Abstract: A transport holder vertically aligns a caulking cartridge, nozzle-down. The holder includes (i) a substantially solid lower plug portion, having a lead face and a bottom face and an center passageway that is at least partially inverted frustum-shaped that forms a side contact face that tapers from a wider lead face opening to a narrower bottom face opening; and or to a tubular sleeve from the side contact face to the bottom face opening; and (ii) an upper sleeve, shaped to receive the caulking cartridge in a desired vertical alignment to the lower plug portion.

Abstract: A silicone adhesive composition including an ionic silicone and useful for healthcare applications such as wound care and drug delivery.

Abstract: The present invention is related to the preparation and use of moderately cross-linked (chin-extended), reverse (or “inverted”) surfactants, wherein the reverse surfactants comprise a polyether backbone with oligomeric or polymeric silicon-containing substitutions along the backbone. The present invention further describes crosslinked versions of the inverted surfactants, reaction products of alkenyl (allyl, vinyl, methallyl) functional copolymers (polyethers), silicone hydrides and cross-linking agents, which may be optionally reacted with water to react the remaining alkoxy groups. The crosslinking agent contains either SiH or Si-alkoxy groups or both. The compounds of the present invention exhibit only moderate cross-linking in order to be soluble or dispersible in appropriate solvents.

Abstract: A polymer composite composition wherein at least one of the constituents is a silicone ionomer and the other constituent is polymer.

Abstract: A composition including an actinic radiation or thermally curable polyorganosiloxane ionomer having one or more reactive groups, for example, vinyl, acrylate, epoxy groups.

Abstract: A curable composition of ionic silicones includes a silicone having the formula M1aM2bM3cD1dD2eD3fT1gT2hT3iQj having ionic groups and crosslinking functional groups. The composition can further include polyorganosiloxane having the average compositional formula R26nR27o(OH)pSiO(4-n-o-p)/2, organohydrogenoligosiloxane or organohydrogenpolysiloxane that has the average compositional formula HqR28rSiO(4-q-r)/2 a transition metal catalyst and other components such as UV stabilizer, cure accelerator, pigment, dye, antimicrobial agent, biocide, surfactant, functional or non-functional filler, conductive filler, finely divided surface treated/untreated metal oxides, clay, plasticizers, tackifiers, mold release agents, adhesion promoters, compatibilizers, pharmaceutical excipients, surfactants or antistatic agents.

Abstract: A personal care composition contains at least one personal care component and at least one end-functionalized ionic silicone.

Abstract: The invention relates to sulfur silane coupling agents containing multiple blocked mercapto groups which are in a state of reduced activity until activated. The coupling agents are advantageously used in rubber formulations, for example, for fabricating tires with low rolling resistance.