Patent ID: 7576168

Claim:
A metallized thermoset comprising: a crosslinked metallized polymer comprising a backbone comprising: an acetylenic repeat unit, at least one of the acetylenic repeat units comprising a (ML x ) y -acetylene complex; wherein each M is an independently selected metal; wherein each L is an independently selected ligand; and wherein x and y are positive integers; and one or more repeat units selected from —SiR 2 —(O—SiR 2 ) n — and —SiR 2 —(O—SiR 2 ) n -[Cb-SiR 2 —(O—SiR 2 ) n ] m —; wherein each R is an independently selected organic group; wherein each Cb is an independently selected carborane; and wherein each n is an independently selected integer greater than or equal to one; and wherein each m is an independently selected integer greater than or equal to zero; wherein the metallized thermoset comprises one or more of a crosslink between acetylene groups and a polycarbosiloxane crosslink.