Abstract: In a method of producing a metal structure by photoreducing metal ion, a substance capable of suppressing growth of metal crystal is added to a medium in which metal ion is dispersed to prevent growth of the metal crystal produced by photoreduction of the metal ion, thereby processing resolution of a metal structure formed of the metal crystal is improved

Abstract: A branched organopolysiloxane is prepared by polymerizing an organopolysiloxane mixture of a branch unit-containing organopolysiloxane and a low molecular weight organopolysiloxane in the presence of an acidic or basic catalyst, or by adding a surfactant to the organopolysiloxane mixture, dispersing it in water to form an emulsion, and polymerizing the emulsion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a powder consisting of particles of a cured fluoro-silicone rubber having a specified average particle diameter and a specified rubber hardness. The fluorosilicone rubber has a siloxane composition consisting of three types of units expressed by the unit formulas of [R1R2SiO2/2], [R22SiO2/2] and [R23SiO1/2], in which R1 is preferably a 3,3,3-trifluoropropyl group and R2 is preferably a methyl group, in such a proportion that the molar ratio of R1:(R1+R2) is in the range from 0.05 to 0.5. The powder is useful as an ingredient in a cosmetic or toiletry preparation to effect improved sustainability of the cosmetic finish and decreased unevenness of coloring on human skin.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel modified organopolysiloxane compound characteristically having carboxylalk(en)ylcarbonyl groups substituting for the hydrogen atoms on the N atoms in an aminoalkyl group-containing organopolysiloxane as introduced by the reaction of a dicarboxylic acid anhydride such as maleic anhydride and succinic anhydride with an aminoalkyl group-containing organopolysiloxane. This modified organopolysiloxane compound serves as a principal ingredient in an aqueous emulsion composition for a finishing treatment of various fabric material to impart excellent touch feeling of softness to the fabric material with little problem of yellowing of the fabric material unavoidable with conventional aminoalkyl group-containing organopolysiloxane compounds. The inventive modified organopolysiloxane compound in the form of an aqueous emulsion is also useful for a waterproofing treatment of paperboards for plasterboards to serve as a covering sheet on the core board of hydrated gypsum.

Abstract: A stable organopolysiloxane emulsion is briefly prepared by emulsifying and dispersing a low molecular weight organopolysiloxane (A) in water in the presence of an organic sulfonic acid or organic sulfate anionic surfactant (B) to form an initial emulsion having a mean particle size of up to 300 nm, and effecting polymerization reaction, followed by neutralization.

Abstract: Provided by the invention is a water-base silicone composition suitable for the surface treatment of, in particular, rubber articles as the substrate to impart the surface with excellent abrasion resistance and lubricity. The composition comprises, as dissolved or dispersed in an aqueous medium: (A) 100 parts by weight of a diorganopolysiloxane, e.g., dimethylpolysiloxane, terminated at each molecular chain end with alkoxy or hydroxyl group and having a specified degree of polymerization; (B) 0.01 to 10 parts by weight of an organotrialkoxy silane compound such as methyl triethoxy silane; (C) 1 to 10 parts by weight of an organoalkoxy silane compound containing an amido group and a carboxyl group in the molecule such as a reaction product of 3-amino-propyl triethoxy silane and maleic anhydride; (D) 1 to 10 parts by weight of an organoalkoxy silane compound having an epoxy group in the molecule such as 3-glycidoxypropyl trimethoxy silane; and (E) 0.01 to 10 parts by weight of a curing catalyst.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel curable silicone-based aqueous emulsion composition suitable as a surface-coating composition for an air bag base cloth and capable of exhibiting excellent adhesion to the substrate cloth and imparting the surface-coated cloth with excellent flexibility and flame retardancy. The aqueous silicone emulsion composition is a uniform blend which comprises:(A) 100 parts by weight of an aqueous base emulsion of an organopolysiloxane consisting of(A1) from 10 to 70% by weight of an organopolysiloxane having at least two hydroxyl groups bonded to the silicon atoms in a molecule, in which from 0.01 to 10% by moles of the monovalent hydrocarbon groups are alkenyl groups,(A2) from 0.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hair-care treatment toiletry composition, such as hair shampoo and hair rinse compositions, capable of imparting excellent smoothness and pliability as well as an adequate moisturized touch feeling to the hair treated therewith. The hair-care treatment toiletry composition contains, as the characteristic ingredient in addition to the usual ingredients acceptable as constituents of a hair-care treatment toiletry composition, a specified amount of a specific morpholino-modified diorganopolysiloxane, e.g., a dimethylpolysiloxane substituted by 3-morpholinopropyl groups for a part of the methyl groups as bonded to the silicon atoms in the organopolysiloxane molecules.

Abstract: Provided by the invention is a silicone-based oil compound as a base of a defoaming agent of, for example, an emulsion type in an aqueous medium containing a surface active agent capable of exhibiting excellent sustainability of the defoaming activity and stability against dilution. The oil compound comprises (A) from 30 to 98.9% by weight of an .alpha.,.omega.-dihydroxy dimethyl polysiloxane, (B) from 0.1 to 20% by weight of a poly(methyl hydroxy siloxane, such as 1,1,1,3,5,7,7,7-octamethyl-3,5-dihydroxy tetrasiloxane and (C) from 1 to 50% by weight of a finely divided silica powder having a specific surface area of at least 100 m.sup.2 /g.

Abstract: Proposed is a reliable method for the preparation of a water-base hair-care or skin-care toiletry preparation capable of imparting the hair or skin of the user with excellent touch feeling of smoothness and sleekness. The method comprises (a) preparing an aqueous dispersion of globular particles of a cured silicone rubber having a specified average particle diameter by the in situ crosslinking hydrosilation reaction in liquid droplets of a vinyl group-containing dimethylpolysiloxane and an organohydrogenpolysiloxane in combination in the presence of a surface active agent and (b) admixing a base mixture consisting of the principal ingredients of a water-base toiletry composition with a specified amount of the aqueous dispersion of the cured silicone rubber particles.

Abstract: A novel silicone-based coating composition in the form of an aqueous emulsion is proposed which is capable of giving a rubber-like cured coating film of excellent mechanical strengths and flexibility on the surface of various substrate materials exhibiting high adhesive bonding thereto. The composition comprises:(a) water as the dispersion medium of the emulsion; and(b) a combination of the ingredients as the dispersed phase comprising:(A) 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane having, in a molecule, at least two alkenyl groups bonded to the silicon atoms;(B) from 0.05 to 20 parts by weight of an organohydrogen polysiloxane having, in a molecule, at least two hydrogen atoms directly bonded to the silicon atoms;(C) from 1 to 100 parts by weight of a colloidal silica or a polyorganosilsesquioxane;(D) from 0.5 to 20 parts by weight of a reaction product of an amino group-containing organosilane compound and a carboxylic acid anhydride compound; and(E) from 0.

Abstract: A novel aqueous organopolysiloxane emulsion composition of the oil-in-water type suitable as an additive ingredient in toiletry preparations for hair-care treatment, of which the organopolysiloxane particles have a relatively large volume-average particle diameter of 3 to 100 .mu.m as emulsified by using a quaternary ammonium chloride as a cationic surface active agent. The emulsion composition is advantageous in respect of the improved stability of the emulsion and increased retention on the hair treated with the hair-care composition. The emulsion composition is prepared in a process comprising the steps of: mixing the organopolysiloxane and the cationic surface active agent with a relatively small volume of water; vigorously agitating the mixture so as to cause phase inversion into an oil-in-water base emulsion; and diluting the base emulsion with an additional volume of water, optionally, containing the cationic surface active agent.

Abstract: Proposed is a thermoplastic resin-based film suitable as a wrapping material having good slipperiness of the surface without decreasing the high transparency and having high resistance against formation of scratches. The resin film is molded from a thermoplastic resin composition comprising a thermoplastic resin such as polypropylene and polycarbonate as the matrix and a specified amount of fine silicone-based composite particles each consisting of a core particle of a silicone rubber having a specified particle diameter and a coating layer thereon in a specified coating amount formed from a polyorganosilsesquioxane such as polymethylsilsesquioxane.

Abstract: Proposed is a novel organopolysiloxane composition in the form of a water-base emulsion suitable for use as a surface-coating agent on rubber articles such as automobile parts to impart excellent smoothness of the surface, abrasion resistance, adhesion to the rubber surface and so on. The composition comprises: (a) an organopolysiloxane having a viscosity of at least 10000 centipoise at 25.degree. C. and having a molecular structure consisting of the difunctional siloxane units and the trifunctional siloxane units terminated at each molecular chain end with a hydroxy group, in the form of an aqueous emulsion; (b) a hydrolysis-condensation product of an epoxy group-containing dialkoxy silane in the form of an aqueous emulsion; (c) a water-soluble organic amino compound having at least two amino groups in a molecule and containing no silicon atom; and (d) silicone rubber particles in the form of an aqueous dispersion, each in a specified weight proportion.

Abstract: Provided are an organopolysiloxane represented by the following formula (I), which has at least one norbornane skeleton and at least one amino group, and a fiber finishing composition containing as a main component the aforesaid organopolysiloxane: ##STR1## wherein R groups are the same or different, and each of them represents an alkyl group containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms or an aryl group containing 6 to 20 carbon atoms; X is a group represented by the following formula (II); A groups are the same or different, and each of them represents an alkoxy group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a hydroxyl group, R or X; m is from 10 to 10,000; and n is from 0 to 500, wherein when n is 0 at least one A group represents X; ##STR2## wherein Q.sup.1 and Q.sup.2 are the same or different, and each represents a divalent organic group containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Proposed is a powder of silicone rubber having improved flowability and dispersibility consisting of particles of a cured silicone rubber of which each particle has a coating layer of a polyorganosilsesquioxane resin in a specified coating amount. The powder is prepared by the admixture of an aqueous dispersion of a cured silicone rubber particles, which is preferably prepared by the hydrosilation reaction between a vinyl group-containing organopolysiloxane and an organohydrogen polysiloxane emulsified in an aqueous medium, with a trialkoxy silane compound such as methyl trimethoxy silane together with an alkaline compound, e.g., ammonia water, under agitation so that the hydrolysis-condensation reaction of the trialkoxy silane compound proceed to form a coating layer on the surface of the silicone rubber particles.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silicone-based coating composition in the form of an aqueous dispersion of organopolysiloxanes suitable for the surface treatment of a rubber article to impart the surface with excellent lubricity and abrasion resistance so as to be useful for upgrading, for example, wind shields in automobiles. The coating composition comprises, as the effective ingredients, four organopolysiloxanes each in the form of an aqueous dispersion or solution including (a) an organopolysiloxane having a branched molecular structure consisting of two types of the siloxane units of the general formulas R.sup.1.sub.2 SiO and R.sup.1 SiO.sub.1.5, in which R.sup.1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, (b) a hydrolysis-condensation product of an epoxy group-containing dialkoxy silane compound, (c) a hydrolysis-condensation product of an aminoalkyl group-containing dialkoxy silane compound and (d) cured silicone rubber particles in a specified proportion.

Abstract: Disclosed is a water-based printing ink composition exhibiting excellently low foaming behavior with sustainability even under adverse conditions of high temperature and intense shearing force encountered in the printing works. The printing ink composition comprises, besides an organic polymer as the binder resin in the form of an aqueous solution or emulsion and a coloring agent, e.g., dyes and pigments, a silicone-based defoaming composition comprising a polyoxyalkylene-modified polydiorganosiloxane, polydimethylsiloxane, finely divided silica filler and organopolysiloxane resin mainly or solely consisting of monofunctional organosiloxane units and tetrafunctional siloxane units each in a specified weight proportion.

Abstract: A process of producing hydrophobic titanium oxide fine particles, comprising the steps of dispersing titanium oxide fine particles in an aqueous alkaline solution, adding a trialkoxysilane to the resulting dispersion in an amount of 1 to 1,000 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the titanium oxide fine particles, and carrying out the hydrolysis, whereby a film of a hydrolysis condensation product of the trialkoxysilane is formed on the surface of the titanium oxide fine particles. According to the present invention, titanium oxide fine particles can be treated quite effectively to be rendered hydrophobic without damaging the powdery nature of the titanium oxide.

Abstract: An electroviscous fluid composition comprising a dispersion medium of two nonmiscible components (A) and (B) as below, the volum ratio of (A)/(B) being in the ratio 99/1-1/99, and a dispersoid (C) as below; wherein the true specific gravity of the dispersoid (C) is greater than the specific gravity of said component (A) and less than the specific gravity of said component (B);Component (A):A silicone oil of general formula (I):R.sub.a SiO.sub.(4-a)/2(wherein R, which may be similar or dissimilar, are monovalent hydrocarbon groups with 1-18 carbon atoms and "a" lies in the range 1.8<a<3.0.) having a viscosity of 1-1,000 centistokes at 25.degree. C. and a specific gravity of 0.8-1.5,Component (B):A synthetic fluorinated oil having a viscosity of 1-1,000 centistokes at 25.degree. C. and a specific gravity greater than 1.