Abstract: Provided is a release control agent containing a silicone resin having a weight average molecular weight based on standard polystyrene by gel permeation chromatography of 3,000 to 6,000 and expressed by the average unit formula: (R13SiO1/2)a(SiO4/2)1.0, wherein each R1 independently represents an alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and “a” represents a number from 0.5 to 1.5, and (B) a diorganopolysiloxane having at least two silicon-bonded alkenyl groups in a molecule and/or (C) an ?-olefin with 12 to 24 carbon atoms. Also provided is a releasable film-forming silicone composition containing the release control agent. The releasable film-forming silicone composition forms a releasable film with little change in release force and that does not reduce the residual adhesive strength of a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) after long-term aging in a state adhered to the PSA despite exhibiting a relatively large release force with respect to the PSA.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a curable silicone composition that contains little to no solvent, has excellent transparency and adhesion to a substrate, and has a low overall haze value, and also relates to a cured product thereof. The curable silicone composition comprises: 100 mass parts of (A) a chain organopolysiloxane having an aliphatic unsaturated carbon-carbon bond-containing group and a degree of siloxane polymerization (DP) within a range of 10 to 1000; 1 to 100 mass parts of (B) a chain organopolysiloxane having an aliphatic unsaturated carbon-carbon bond-containing group and having a DP within a range of 1001 to 10,000; 0 to 100 mass parts of (C) an organopolysiloxane resin; (D) a polyorganohydrogen siloxane; and (E) a catalytic amount of a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst. Optionally, the composition further comprises: 0 to 60 mass parts of (F) an organic solvent, for 100 mass parts of the sum of components (A) to (D).

Abstract: A method for producing a silicone-based adhesive is disclosed. The method comprises: (1) applying a silicone composition (I) to one surface of a peelable substrate, and then forming a silicone layer (I) by curing or drying the silicone composition (I); and (2) applying a silicone composition (II) to a surface of the silicone layer (I), and then forming the silicone-based adhesive by curing the silicone composition (II). The silicone composition (I) contains a silicone resin. The silicone composition (II) either does not contain the silicone resin or if contained, its content amount is lower than that in the silicone composition (I). The method is useful for producing a silicone-based adhesive with low peel resistance from a peelable substrate even with a low modulus.

Abstract: Disclosed is an adhesive film. The adhesive film has a silicone adhesive layer on one surface or both surfaces of a substrate film. A silicone adhesive material is used to form the silicone adhesive layer. The silicone adhesive material has 120 to 380% of an elongation at break (tensile speed of 300 mm/min, temperature of 25° C.) specified in JIS K 6251, and 1.8×105 to 4.5×105 Pa of a shear storage modulus (frequency of 10 Hz, temperature of 25° C.). The adhesive film generally has good wettability to the surface of an adherend and in general can be easily attached without creating air bubbles, to the extent that, even if air bubbles are created, the air bubbles can be easily dissipated. Further, even though the adhesive film is generally not easily peeled, peeling is generally possible with a small adhesive force during high speed peeling.

Abstract: Disclosed is an adhesive film. The adhesive film has a silicone adhesive layer on one surface or both surfaces of a substrate film. A silicone adhesive material is used to form the silicone adhesive layer. The silicone adhesive material has 120 to 380% of an elongation at break (tensile speed of 300 mm/min, temperature of 25° C.) specified in JIS K 6251, and 1.8×105 to 4.5×105 Pa of a shear storage modulus (frequency of 10 Hz, temperature of 25° C.). The adhesive film generally has good wettability to the surface of an adherend and in general can be easily attached without creating air bubbles, to the extent that, even if air bubbles are created, the air bubbles can be easily dissipated. Further, even though the adhesive film is generally not easily peeled, peeling is generally possible with a small adhesive force during high speed peeling.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive composition. The silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprises: (A) a straight chain organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups in each molecule; (B) an organopolysiloxane containing a siloxane unit represented by the formula: R13SiO1/2 and a siloxane unit represented by the formula: SiO4/2, wherein, R1 is the same or different unsubstituted or halogen-substituted monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms; (C) at least one reactive diluent having one aliphatic unsaturated carbon-carbon bond in each molecule; (D) an organopolysiloxane having at least eight hydrogen atom-bonding siloxane units in each molecule; and (E) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst. The silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive composition forms a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer generally exhibiting good adhesiveness along with little change in adhesiveness over time.

Abstract: A method for producing a silicone-based adhesive is disclosed. The method comprises: (1) applying a silicone composition (I) to one surface of a peelable substrate, and then forming a silicone layer (I) by curing or drying the silicone composition (I); and (2) applying a silicone composition (II) to a surface of the silicone layer (I), and then forming the silicone-based adhesive by curing the silicone composition (II). The silicone composition (I) contains a silicone resin. The silicone composition (II) either does not contain the silicone resin or if contained, its content amount is lower than that in the silicone composition (I). The method is useful for producing a silicone-based adhesive with low peel resistance from a peelable substrate even with a low modulus.

Abstract: A curable organopolysiloxane composition comprising: (A) an organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups in each molecule; (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane in an amount sufficient to provide a value of 1.1:1 to 20:1 (SiH:alkenyl group) for the molar ratio of silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms in the organohydrogenpolysiloxane to the alkenyl groups in component (A), wherein component (B) consists of the following components (B1) and (B2) at a mass ratio of (B1)/(B2) in the range from 100/0 to 15/85: (B1) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least three silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms in each molecule and a silicon-bonded hydrogen content [Si—H] mass % satisfying the following equation: 0<[Si—H] mass %<5/(DP)0.5 wherein the DP is in the range from 5 to 1000; (B2) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least one silicon-bonded hydrogen atom in each molecule, which is different from the component (B1); and (C) a hydrosilation reaction catalyst in a catalytic amount.

Abstract: Disclosed is an aluminum-magnesium-silicon composite material that contains an alloy comprising Al, Mg, and Si and can be used favorably as a material for a thermoelectric conversion module, and that has excellent thermoelectric conversion properties. The aluminum-magnesium-silicon composite material contains an alloy comprising Al, Mg and Si, and has an electrical conductivity (?) of 1000-3000 S/cm at 300 K. This aluminum-magnesium-silicon composite material is favorable in the production of a thermoelectric exchange element as a result of having excellent thermoelectric conversion properties.

Abstract: An electrode composition comprises a silicon powder comprising non-crystalline and crystalline silicon, where the crystalline silicon is present in the silicon powder at a concentration of no more than about 20 wt. %. An electrode for an electrochemical cell comprises an electrochemically active material comprising non-crystalline silicon and crystalline silicon, where the non-crystalline silicon and the crystalline silicon are present prior to cycling of the electrode. A method of controlling the crystallinity of a silicon powder includes heating a reactor to a temperature of no more than 650° C. and flowing a feed gas comprising silane and a carrier gas into the reactor while maintaining an internal reactor pressure of about 2 atm or less. The silane decomposes to form a silicon powder having a controlled crystallinity and comprising non-crystalline silicon.

Abstract: Using a silicon-containing carbon-based composite material represented by the compositional formula: SiOxCyHz. In this formula, “x” is from 0.8 to 1.7, “y” is from 1.4 to 7.5, and “z” is from 0.3 to 1.3. The composite material is preferably obtained by: obtaining a cured product by crosslinking (A) a crosslinkable group-containing organic compound, and (B) a silicon-containing compound capable of crosslinking the crosslinkable group-containing organic compound, and heat treating the obtained cured product. The composite material of the present invention has high reversible capacity and stable charge and discharge cycle characteristics, and has high initial charge and discharge efficiency. Therefore, the composite material of the present invention is suitable for an electrode of an electricity storage device, particularly of a lithium or lithium-ion secondary battery.

Abstract: The present invention has features in that a lithium transition metal silicate obtained by sintering a mixture containing a transition metal compound containing at least one transition metal selected from the group consisting of Mn, Fe, Co and Ni; a lithium compound; and a silicon-based polymer compound, is used as a positive electrode material for a secondary battery. The lithium transition metal silicate of the present invention has a high lithium occlusion and release efficiency per unit amount of a transition metal. A secondary battery in which the cost is low, stability and safety are high, and superior charge and discharge characteristics are exhibited can be provided.

Abstract: An electrode active material comprising a silicon-containing carbon-based composite material obtained by: preparing a cured product of (A) a silicon-free organic compound having a crosslinkable group, and (B) a silicon-containing compound capable of crosslinking the component (A); and baking the cured product in an inert gas or in a vacuum at 300 to 1,500° C.; an electrode comprising the electrode active material; and an electricity storage device comprising the electrode. The electrode active material has high reversible capacity and stable charge and discharge cycle characteristics, has little electrical potential loss when lithium is discharged, and furthermore, can be manufactured via a simple manufacturing process. Therefore, an electrode active material that is particularly suitable for an electrode of a lithium secondary battery can be provided, and an electricity storage device having an electrode comprising the electrode active material can also be provided.

Abstract: This invention relates to an electrode active material, an electrode containing the active material, and an electricity storage device including the electrode. The electrode active material comprises a silicon-containing carbon-based composite material obtained by preparing a uniform phase comprising at least (A) a crosslinkable composition that includes a silicon-containing compound having a crosslinkable group, and (B) a liquid or melt that does not participate in the crosslinking reaction of the crosslinkable composition; then crosslinking the component (A), causing phase-separation from the component (B) for obtaining silicon-containing crosslinked particles or a dispersion wherein the silicon-containing crosslinked particles are dispersed in the component (B); and then baking the silicon-containing crosslinked particles or the dispersion in an inert gas or in a vacuum at 300 to 1,500° C.

Abstract: Disclosed is an aluminum-magnesium-silicon composite material that contains an alloy comprising Al, Mg, and Si and can be used favorably as a material for a thermoelectric conversion module, and that has excellent thermoelectric conversion properties. The aluminum-magnesium-silicon composite material contains an alloy comprising Al, Mg and Si, and has an electrical conductivity (?) of 1000-3000 S/cm at 300 K. This aluminum-magnesium-silicon composite material is favorable in the production of a thermoelectric exchange element as a result of having excellent thermoelectric conversion properties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a porous silicon-containing carbon-based composite material produced by carbonizing both (1) a silicon metal or a silicon-containing compound and (2) an organic compound containing no silicon atoms and having a softening point or a melting point, in an inert gas or in a vacuum at a temperature ranging from 300 to 1,500° C. The porous silicon-containing carbon-based composite material of the present invention can be used as an electrode of a battery. Thereby, a battery which has an increased reversible capacity and stable charge and discharge cycle characteristics, and has a reduced loss of potential at the time of discharging lithium can be produced with a simple production process.

Abstract: The present invention has features in that a lithium transition metal silicate obtained by sintering a mixture containing a transition metal compound containing at least one transition metal selected from the group consisting of Mn, Fe, Co and Ni; a lithium compound; and a silicon-based polymer compound, is used as a positive electrode material for a secondary battery. The lithium transition metal silicate of the present invention has a high lithium occlusion and release efficiency per unit amount of a transition metal. A secondary battery in which the cost is low, stability and safety are high, and superior charge and discharge characteristics are exhibited can be provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gelled composition comprising a polymer and a solvent, said polymer being obtained by an addition reaction between a linear copolymer having two terminal hydrosilyl groups and a compound having 3 or more ethylenic double bonds, wherein

Abstract: A hair growing agent composition containing a pharmaceutically active component, solvent and the additive shown by the following formula (I) or (II) wherein, R1 is an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 30, an aryl group or a group shown by the formula (R2)3SiO— or —YO(C2H4O)a(C3H6O)bR3; at least one R1s is an alkyl group having a carbon number of 6 to 30 or a group shown by the formula —YO(C2H4O)a(C3H6O)bR3; R2 is an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 5 or an aryl group; R3 is a hydrogen, an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 6 or an acetoxy group; Y is a divalent organic group bound to an adjacent silicon atom through a carbon-silicon bond and to a polyoxyalkylene block through an oxygen atom; R4is an alkyl group having a carbon number of 6 to 30 or a group shown by the formula —YO(C2H4O)a(C3H6O)bR3; m is 1 to 50: and a and b are 0 to 50 respectively and satisfy the relationship a+b≧2.

Abstract: The present invention provides an tonically conductive composition comprising a linear copolymer of a compound (A) having two functional groups (a) and a compound (B) having two functional groups (b) and an electrolyte; as well as a battery containing it. Preferably, a polymer having a network structure obtained by reacting the linear copolymer having functional group (b) at each end with a compound having three or more functional groups (a) is used in the ionically conductive composition of the present invention.