Abstract: Described herein are compositions comprising an actinically-crosslinkable polysiloxane-polyglycerol block copolymers, methods of making and use thereof, and devices comprising the compositions described herein. Disclosed herein are compositions comprising an actinically-crosslinkable polysiloxane-polyglycerol block copolymer derived from: a polysiloxane prepolymer comprising a polyglycerol side chain, the polyglycerol side chain comprising an ethylenically unsaturated group covalently linked thereto, wherein the ethylenically unsaturated group is actinically curable.

Abstract: A glass plate with an antifouling layer, including: a glass plate having a first principal surface, a second principal surface opposite to the first principal surface, and an end face connecting the first principal surface and the second principal surface; an adhesive layer formed from the first principal surface to the end face of the glass plate; and an antifouling layer formed on the adhesive layer.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a (per)fluoroelastomer composition comprising: —a (per)fluoroelastomer [fluoroelastomer (A)]; and —at least one (per)fluoropolyether additive [polymer (E)] comprising a (per)fluoropolyether chain comprising recurring units having at least one catenary ether bond and at least one fluorocarbon moiety, and comprising at least one chain end comprising at least one per(halo)fluorinated aromatic group [group (ArF)], said polymer (E) being comprised in the composition in an amount of 0.5 to 30 phr, with respect to fluoroelastomer (A).

Abstract: A process for preparing SiC-bonded polyethersiloxanes by precious metal-catalysed addition of olefinically unsaturated polyethers onto siloxanes having SiH groups is described, wherein, prior to commencement of reaction, the siloxane having SiH groups is mixed with an olefinically unsaturated polyether and with a polyethersiloxane by stirring, and then contacted with a precious metal catalyst and optionally further additives, and the SiC bond formation reaction is conducted up to an SiH conversion, determined by gas-volumetric means, of at least 97%.

Abstract: A process for preparing SiC-bonded polyethersiloxanes by precious metal-catalysed addition of olefinically unsaturated polyethers onto siloxanes having SiH groups is described, in which, prior to commencement of reaction, the siloxane having SiH groups is mixed together with a polyethersiloxane, preferably by stirring, and then, in a second step, this preliminary mixture is contacted with an olefinically unsaturated polyether and with a precious metal catalyst and optionally further additives, preferably with further stirring, and the SiC bond formation reaction is conducted up to an SiH conversion, determined by gas-volumetric means, of at least 97%.

Abstract: A nanostructured article comprises a matrix and a nanoscale dispersed phase. The nanostructured article has a random nanostructured anisotropic surface.

Abstract: A description is given of a process for preparing 1-indanols and 1-indanamines by palladium-catalyzed arylation and of the use thereof as intermediates for the synthesis of fine chemicals and of active agrochemical ingredients.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel silane compounds corresponding to the formula (I) below: A-E-X?? (I) in which: X represents a silyl group capable of creating a covalent bond after reaction with the hydroxyl or hydride functional groups of a support; E represents an organic spacer group; A represents a group chosen from the groups of formulae below: in which: Z1 to Z5 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; Z6 and Z7 represent a group for protecting the phosphonic acid functional group, a hydrogen atom or a monovalent cation; Z8 to Z12 independently represent a group for protecting the carboxylic acid functional group, a hydrogen atom or a monovalent cation; and Z13 represents an imidazole, N-hydroxysuccinimide, nitrophenyl, pentafluorophenyl or acid anhydride group. Use of these silane compounds for functionalizing solid supports and for immobilizing biological molecules on these supports.

Abstract: An antifouling article characterized by having a cured condensed coating film of a perfluoropolyether group-containing silane represented by general formula [1] on the surface of a substrate and by having a fluorine concentration of the cured condensed coating film of 0.2-2.0 ?g/cm2.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an anti-fingerprint coating composition, a coating composition for forming thin films that prevents fingerprints adhered to displays or touch panels from being remarkably visible and exhibits superior durability and slip properties, and a method for preparing the same. The anti-fingerprint coating composition is prepared by mixing a silane compound having an alkyl group with distilled water or acid.

Abstract: The present application relates to an anti-fingerprint coating material. a method for evaluating a surface property. More particularly, the present application relates to a non-fluorinated coating materials with anti-fingerprint property, as well as a method for manufacturing thereof, and evaluating an anti-fingerprint properties of the coating materials surface and non-fluorinated coating materials with anti-fingerprint property.

Abstract: An anti-fog composition is provided that includes a superabsorbent polymer that along with a wetting agent are dissolved in a solvent. The superabsorbent polymer excludes hydroxylated acrylate and methacrylate polymers. The composition upon being applied to a substrate with the excess composition removed, an anti-fog film is formed on the substrate without resort to heat treatment and vacuum processing or other complex application processes associated with. The composition is well suited for formation of an end user kit for applying such a film to a substrate. Such a kit includes a container for the composition or a wipe wet with the composition. The container being a bottle or a propellant filled aerosol canister. Upon wiping residual composition from the substrate, the anti-fog film is produced without resort to prior art and complex application processes.

Abstract: The present invention is an organopolysiloxane shown by the following average composition formula (1), wherein each of R1 independently represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms; R2 represents any of a hydrogen atom, a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms, and a monovalent acyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; “n” represents an integer of 0 to 1000; “m” represents 2 or 3; “X” represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 15 carbon atoms; Y represents C—CH2—CH3 when “m” represents 2, while representing a carbon atom when “m” represents 3; “s” represents an integer of 0 to 100; “t” represents an integer of 0 to 50; and “z” represents an integer of 0 to 50. Organopolysiloxane gives a cosmetic with excellent emulsion stability, temporal stability, and cosmetic durability, and excellent dispersion properties to powders.

Abstract: An organopolysiloxane polymer having a glycerol derivative which can swell up by containing at least its own weight of a liquid oil, a pasty composition comprising a liquid oil blended with this polymer, and a cosmetic material containing these polymers or pasty compositions.

Abstract: A reagent that enhances acid generation of a photoacid generator and composition containing such reagent is disclosed. Described is a reagent that generates a first chemical species in at least one of a composition including the reagent, a solution of the composition, and a film formed of the composition. Further described is a reagent that generates a first product in at least one of a composition including the reagent, a solution of the composition, and a film formed of the composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a chromatographic stationary phase material various different types of chromatography. One example chromatographic stationary phase is represented by Formula 1 [X](W)a(Q)b(T)c (Formula 1). X can be a high purity chromatographic core composition. W can be absent and/or can include hydrogen and/or can include hydroxyl on the surface of X. Q can be bound directly to X and can include a first hydrophilic, polar, ionizable, and/or charged functional group that chromatographically interacts with the analyte. T can be bound directly to X and can include a second hydrophilic, polar, ionizable, and/or charged functional group that chromatographically interacts with the analyte. Additionally, Q and T can essentially eliminate chromatographic interaction between the analyte, and X and W, thereby minimizing retention variation over time (drift or change) under chromatographic conditions utilizing low water concentrations.

Abstract: A polymer (A) having, at one terminal moiety thereof, a terminal structure having two or more carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds. A reactive-silicon-group-containing polymer (B) having, at one terminal moiety thereof, a terminal structure having two or more reactive silicon groups.

Abstract: The invention provides a silane compound that includes a hydrophobic group and a silane ester group linked by a hydrophilic group for use as a surface treatment to an inorganic material, such as a pigment, the silane including a hydrophobic group and a silane ester group linked by a hydrophilic group. The invention includes a coated particle including an inorganic material coated with the silane compound(s) and methods of improving the wettability and/or dispersibility of an inorganic material such as a pigment, wherein the method comprises depositing the silane compounds on the surface of a pigment.

Abstract: Methods and compositions useful, for example, for physical solvent carbon capture. A method comprising: contacting at least one first composition comprising carbon dioxide with at least one second composition to at least partially dissolve the carbon dioxide of the first composition in the second composition, wherein the second composition comprises at least one siloxane compound which is covalently modified with at least one non-siloxane group comprising at least one heteroatom. Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) materials and ethylene-glycol based materials have high carbon dioxide solubility but suffer from various problems. PDMS is hydrophobic but suffers from low selectivity. Ethylene-glycol based systems have good solubility and selectivity, but suffer from high affinity to water. Solvents were developed which keep the desired combinations of properties, and result in a simplified, overall process for carbon dioxide removal from a mixed gas stream.

Abstract: The present application relates to compositions comprising at least one siloxane and at least one superplasticizer based on polycarboxylate ethers or sulphonates of lignin, melamine or naphthalene or of resins thereof, and to the use of such compositions as or in building-product mixtures or building products, especially mortar mixtures or concrete mixtures. Preferably the siloxane is a branched siloxane containing at least one “T” unit and containing at least two different polyoxyalkylene moieties.

Abstract: Methods for producing regioregular poly(aryl ethynyl)-poly(aryl vinyl) and monomers for preparing the regioregular poly(aryl ethynyl)-poly(aryl vinyl) polymers are described herein. Regioregular poly(aryl ethynyl)-poly(aryl vinyl) are useful for electronics, among other things.

Abstract: A method of producing a glycerin derivative-modified silicone or a composition comprising the same, including a process that treats the glycerin derivative-modified silicone or the composition comprising the same with one or more type of acidic inorganic salt, which is solid at 25° C. and water soluble, and which is such that a pH at 25° C. of an aqueous solution prepared by dissolving 50 g of the acidic inorganic salt in 1 L of ion exchanged water is 4 or lower; and an external use preparation, cosmetic composition, or raw materials thereof that contain the low odor glycerin derivative-modified silicone obtained by the production method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing inorganic oxide particles, comprising at least the following steps of: coagulating a dispersion obtained by carrying out the hydrolysis reaction and the polycondensation reaction of a metal alkoxide in the presence of a basic catalyst; filtering the dispersion to obtain particles; and drying the particles, wherein the step of coagulating the dispersion is carried out by adding a coagulant comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of carbon dioxide, ammonium carbonate, ammonium hydrogen carbonate and ammonium carbamate to the dispersion. The inorganic oxide particles obtained by the method of the present invention have high purity and are excellent in flowability.

Abstract: A heterogeneous catalyst comprising a metal-containing polymer matrix covalently bonded to a support material and a method of making and using such catalysts. The metal-containing polymer matrix comprises metal nano-particles encapsulated in a polymer matrix, e.g., a siloxane. In one aspect, the metal-containing polymer matrix can be bonded to the support material via a hydrophobic group attached to the support material. The catalyst can be recovered after being used in a metal catalyzed reaction and exhibit excellent catalytic activity upon reuse in subsequent reactions.

Abstract: Described are electrolyte compositions having at least one salt and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of: wherein “a” is from 1 to 3; “b” is 1 or 2; 4?“a”+“b”?2; X is a halogen; R can be alkoxy or substituted alkoxy, among other moieties, and R1 is alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, alkoxy, or substituted alkoxy. Also described are electrochemical devices that use the electrolyte composition.

Abstract: Methods for producing regioregular poly(aryl ethynyl)-poly(aryl vinyl) and monomers for preparing the regioregular poly(aryl ethynyl)-poly(aryl vinyl) polymers are described herein. Regioregular poly(aryl ethynyl)-poly(aryl vinyl) are useful for electronics, among other things.

Abstract: A co-modified organopolysiloxane represented by General Formula (1): R2R12SiO(R12SiO)nSiR12Q, and a surfactant/dispersing agent, emulsifier for a water-in-oil emulsion, external use preparation and cosmetic composition comprising the same. In the formula, the R1 groups are monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, R2 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 13 to 30 carbon atoms, and Q is a sugar alcohol group-containing organic group or a diglycerin derivative group having an average number of repetitions of a glycerin unit of 1.1 to 2.9, n is a number in a range of 0 to 100.

Abstract: The invention relates generally to transition metal salts, more specifically to iron, nickel, cobalt, manganese and ruthenium salts, activated with silylhydrides, and their use as efficient hydrosilylation catalysts.

Abstract: To provide a method of producing a polyoxyalkylene-modified polysiloxane composition that is free of acid-mediated carbon-oxygen bond and silicon-oxygen bond cleavage, that is substantially deodorized and also does not generate odor with elapsed time, and that is therefore well suited for use in cosmetic applications, e.g., for hair cosmetics, skin cosmetics, and so forth. A production method of this invention is characterized by removing the odor-causing substance from a polyoxyalkylene-modified polysiloxane composition that has been synthesized by a hydrosilylation reaction, by subjecting the polyoxyalkylene-modified polysiloxane composition to a hydrolysis treatment in the presence of an acidic inorganic salt that is a solid at 25° C. and gives a specific pH at 25° C. in aqueous solution; for example, potassium hydrogensulfate.

Abstract: The present invention provides the compound [6]-cycloparaphenylene, cycloparaphenylene intermediates (e.g. [n]macrocycles), and methods for making [n]cycloparaphenylenes and [n]cycloparaphenylene intermediates in quantities not previously available. The cycloparaphenylene compounds and their intermediates can be useful in nanotube preparation and in the preparation of other supramolecular structures.

Abstract: In one aspect, an epidermal coolant dispensable by an aerosol container includes a phase change material that changes phase between about 28-degrees and 40-degrees Celsius. The coolant also includes a solvent in which the phase change material is dissolved and a surfactant. The coolant may further include a propellant to express the product from the aerosol container. In another aspect, an epidermal coolant includes a porous material and a phase change material retained in the porous material. The phase change material has a melting point between about 0-degrees Celsius and about 65-degrees Celsius and is retained in the porous material when the phase change material is in either the solid or liquid phase.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions comprising an organosilane having the formula; (R1)n(R2O) (3.n)SiR3O(CH2CH2O)a(C3H6O)b R4 where n is 1 or 2, a?1, b may vary from 0 to 30, with the proviso a?b, R1 is a hydrocarbon group containing 1 to 12 carbon atoms, R2 is hydrogen or an alkyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R3 is a divalent hydrocarbon group containing 2 to 12 carbon atoms, R4 is hydrogen, R1, or an acetyl group. The present organosilane compositions are particularly useful to treat various surfaces to render them more hydrophilic.

Abstract: Polysiloxane polyether copolymers with amino groups and/or quaternary ammonium groups in the polyether moiety, process for their preparation from hydrogen siloxanes and chlorine-containing unsaturated polyethers in a hydrosilylation reaction with subsequent substitution of chlorine by amine groups and use as softeners for textile fabrics.

Abstract: This invention provides mixed-mode stationary phase compositions, devices and systems comprising the stationary phases as well as methods of producing these compositions using epoxide ring-opening reactions. Also provided are methods of using the stationary phases of the invention in separations.

Abstract: This invention provides aqueous-compatible, polar-embedded reversed-phase stationary phase compositions, devices and systems comprising the stationary phases as well as methods of producing these compositions using epoxide ring-opening reactions. Also provided are methods of using the stationary phases of the invention in separations.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are cobalt complexes containing terdentate pyridine di-imine ligands and their use as efficient, reusable, and selective dehydrogenative silylation, crosslinking, and tandem dehydrogenative silylation-hydrogenation catalysts.

Abstract: Methods for producing regioregular poly(aryl ethynyl)-poly(aryl vinyl) and monomers for preparing the regioregular poly(aryl ethynyl)-poly(aryl vinyl) polymers are described herein. Regioregular poly(aryl ethynyl)-poly(aryl vinyl) are useful for electronics, among other things.

Abstract: A racemic complex of formula (I), wherein M is zirconium or hafnium; each X is a sigma ligand; L is a divalent bridge selected from —R?2C—, —R?2C—CR?2, —R?2Si—, —R?2Si—SiR?2—, —R?2Ge—, wherein each R? is independently a hydrogen atom, C1-20-hydrocarbyl, tri(C1-20-alkyl)silyl, C6-20-aryl, C7-20-arylalkyl or C7-20-alkylaryl; R2 and R2? are each independently a C1-20 hydrocarbyl radical optionally containing one or more heteroatoms from groups 14-16; R5? is a C1-20 hydrocarbyl group optionally containing one or more heteroatoms from groups 14-16 and optionally substituted by one or more halo atoms.

Abstract: Branched organopolysiloxanes of low molecular weight contain bonded arylalkyl groups. Si—C bonded surfactant groups, preferably polyoxyalkylene polyether groups, and long chain alkyl groups, exhibit a high refractive index, are completely or partially self-emulsifying, and are compatible with a variety of cosmetically acceptable oils and solvents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid organopolysiloxane having fluidity at a temperature of at least 100° C., having a silicon-bonded sugar alcohol-modified group, and having a crosslinked structure comprising a carbon-silicon bond in the crosslinking portion. The liquid organopolysiloxane of the present invention has excellent emulsion characteristics, imparts excellent tactile sensation, and, in particular, when compounded in an external use preparation or a cosmetic composition containing water and oil, takes advantage of the effects of water to suppress oiliness and provide a smooth, thick feeling when applied, a natural feeling to the skin with good compatibility with the skin, excellent moisturizing effects, and an excellent sensation during use without any oily stickiness.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for producing microcapsules with UV filter activity, wherein at least one type of crosslinkable chromophore with UV-A and/or UV-B and/or UV-C filter activity and optionally at least one type of crosslinkable monomer which does not have UV-A and/or UV-B and/or UV-C filter activity are subjected to a crosslinking reaction in the absence of non-crosslinkable chromophores with UV-A and/or UV-B and/or UV-C filter activity and microcapsules obtainable by this process.

Abstract: Hydrogen, methyl, acetyl or butyl capped Polyether modified Silicone (PES) containing compositions are disclosed. The PES containing compositions can be used as defoamers or deaerators in coating compositions and, in particular, for airless sprayed compositions.

Abstract: A (meth)allylsilane compound chemically bonded to various alcohol derivatives including polyol derivatives such as saccharides, is raw material used to cause a substrate to express functionalities such as a defogging property and separation characteristics for column chromatography, can be easily prepared, is easily purified, and is stable and easy to handle, and a functional material in which those functionalities are expressed, while silyl group-containing groups are conveniently carried at a high density on the surface of the substrate, by using the (meth)allylsilane compound as a silane coupling agent for silane-coupling to the substrate. The (meth)allylsilane compound includes a (meth)allylsilyl group-containing alkyl group or a (meth)allylsilylalkyl group-containing aralkyl group that is bonded to an alcohol derivative.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel 11-step enantioselective approach to the natural product hyperforin, which enables access to a wide variety of hyperforin analogs. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising inventive hyperforin analogs. Hyperforin analogs synthesized using the present synthetic method are envisioned useful in the treatment of various conditions, including, but not limited to, depression and conditions characterized by depression, inflammatory skin conditions, diabetes, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), kidney disorders, and ischemic brain damage.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are cobalt complexes containing terdentate pyridine di-imine ligands and their use as efficient and selective dehydrogenative silylation and crosslinking catalysts.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes compounds of Formula (I) wherein m is 1 to 6, n is 6 to 10 and R1 is a straight or branch chain siloxane, their use in methods to modify the surface of hydrophobic substrates to render the substrates superhydrophilic and surface-modified substrates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to modified colloidal silica particles covalently linked to at least one polyalkyleneoxy moiety having at least about 3 alkyleneoxy units. The invention also relates to an aqueous dispersion thereof, and a method of producing such modified silica particles. The invention further relates to use of the modified colloidal silica particles as emulsifiers for paper sizing agents, agriculturally active ingredients and asphalts, as well as dispersant for oil spills.

Abstract: An organic polymer, having a number-average molecular weight of 800 to 15,000, and comprising 0.5 or more but less than 1.2 reactive silicon groups in each molecule of the polymer on average, in which the reactive silicon groups are introduced into one-side out of terminals thereof, and heightening, in particular, the proportion of molecules (of the polymer) into each of which the silicon group is introduced.

Abstract: The invention relates to a silane compound including a cycloalkyne functionality, to a method for functionalising a solid substrate, and to the solid substrate thus produced. The silane compound of the invention corresponds to the formula X-E-A-Z where X is a silyl group, E is an organic spacer group, A is a single bond or a —CONH—, —NHCO—, —OCH2CONH—, —NHCOCH2O—, —O— or —S— group, and Z is a cycloalkyne or heterocycloalkyne with at least 8 members. The invention is particularly suitable for use in the field of medicine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to highly disperse precipitated silicas which exhibit an extremely high level of reinforcement of rubber vulcanizates, to a process for their preparation, and to their use as filler for rubber mixtures.