“…Moreover, POSS promotes flame retardancy (Bourbigot et al , 2009; Kim et al , 2014; Michalowski & Pielichowski, 2018; Kavuncuoglu et al , 2019;), self-healing (Diao et al , 2015; Behera et al , 2018), scratch protection (Lai et al , 2009; Ghermezcheshme et al , 2015; Hebda & Pielichowski, 2018), thermal shielding (Kannana et al , 2006; Janowski & Pielichowski, 2008; Spoljaric & Shanks, 2012; Carmo et al , 2014; Liu et al , 2015; Pagacz et al , 2018; Szolyga et al , 2018; Zaharescu et al , 2018), hydrogel formation (Mather et al , 2006; Wu et al , 2010), drug-releasing stent coatings (Guo et al , 2009; Huitron-Rattinger et al , 2013) and thin-film applications (Oaten & Choudhury, 2005; Madbouly & Otaigbe, 2009; Blattmann & Mulhaupt, 2016) as it was incorporated in polyurethane networks. Recent advancements in HNT-polyurethane systems have also been postulated in several studies and reviews in which the polyurethane matrix was given specific properties including: shape memory (Bouaziz et al , 2019), corrosion resistance in protective coatings (Zahidah et al , 2017; Zeng et al , 2019), drug delivery (Hanif et al , 2016; Fizir et al , 2018), removal of pollutants from water (Anastopoulos et al , 2018; Papoulis, 2019) and thermal stability + fire-proofing (Tang et al , 2008; Smith et al , 2018).…”