Abstract: A siloxane resin is a polymer of a monomer mixture including a compound represented by Formula 1, a compound represented by Formula 2, and a compound represented by Formula 3. A coating solution composition including the siloxane resin can form a coating layer exhibiting excellent properties in terms of abrasion resistance, weather resistance and the like.

Abstract: A polycarbonate glazing includes a polycarbonate substrate and a silicon oxide-containing hard coating layer formed on one surface of the substrate, wherein the polycarbonate glazing has a haze difference (?Haze) of about 4.5 or less between before and after abrasion, as measured in accordance with ASTM D1003 after 500-cycle testing under conditions of a CS-10F abrasion wheel and a load of 500 g using a Taber Abraser, and has a water contact angle from about 40° to about 60°. The polycarbonate glazing may exhibit excellent abrasion resistance and transparency.

Abstract: A silicone composition comprises (a) a curable silicone resin, (b) an inorganic particle having a polymeric surface coating formed thereon, and (c) a cross-linking compound. The (a) curable silicone resin comprises units having a functional group R1 selected from an aryl group, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, and hydrogen. The polymeric surface coating comprises an organopolysiloxane. The organopolysiloxane comprises units selected from R23SiO1/2, R22SiO2/2, R2SiO3/2, and combinations thereof. R2 is selected from an aryl group, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, hydrogen, and combinations thereof, and R1 equals R2. The (c) cross-linking compound is reactive with at least one of (a) and the polymeric surface coating.

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: A process for producing silicon-containing particles having an extremely small particle diameter by a simple process without using surface-active agents or the like. The process is characterized by forming silicon-containing particles as a result of phase separation from an organic polymer, wherein the phase separation is achieved by an addition reaction, condensation reaction, ring-opening reaction, or a radical reaction of a curable silicon-containing compound or a curable composition that contains said compound, and the silicon-containing compound or the composition is maintained in a uniform liquid, fused, or dissolved phase with the organic polymer that is free of silicon and does not participate in the curing reaction of the silicon-containing compound or the composition.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for manufacturing silicon-containing particles characterized by preparing a uniform phase comprising a curable composition that includes a silicon-containing compound having in one molecule one or more reactive functional groups per 50 silicon atoms and an oil that does not participate in curing of the composition, then curing the composition, and causing phase separation from the oil for obtaining the silicon-containing particles; and to silicon-containing particles obtained by the above method. The method provides silicon-containing particles of an extremely small diameter in a simple process without the use of surfactants. And the silicon-containing particles possess excellent dispersibility in oil and a high degree of ceramification by baking.

Abstract: A curable liquid composition obtained by subjecting hydrogen halosiloxane or hydrogen alkoxysilane to condensation or to hydrolysis and condensation in an organic solvent in which fine polyvalent metal oxide particles with hydroxyl groups are dispersed; a method of forming a hard silica-type layer by applying onto an inorganic substrate the aforementioned composition and then curing the composition; an inorganic substrate with the aforementioned hard silica-type layer; and a semiconductor device comprising the aforementioned inorganic substrate on which a semiconductor layer is formed.

Abstract: A metal particle dispersion structure characteristically comprising (B) 0.005 to 100 weight parts of metal nanoparticles dispersed in (A) 100 weight parts of polymerized polymer, wherein the metal nanoparticles are metal particles obtained by mixing (b1) organohydrogenpolysiloxane and (b2) at least one metal compound which is soluble in component (b3) to uniformity in (b3) cyclic or chain dimethylpolysiloxane or at least one organic solvent.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an inorganic substrate coated with a thin silica type glass layer of 2H to 9H pencil hardness, said method comprising the steps of: coating an inorganic substrate with a cyclic dihydrogenpolysiloxane and/or a hydrogenpolysiloxane represented by a specific unit formula, and curing it; an inorganic substrate coated with a thin silica type glass layer; a coating agent for an inorganic substrate that is composed of a cyclic dihydrogenpolysiloxane and/or a hydrogenpolysiloxane represented by a specific unit formula; and a semiconductor device having an inorganic substrate coated with a thin silica type glass layer.

Abstract: In an embodiment, one reinforced substrate for use in a photovoltaic device includes a polymer base material and a reinforcing structure bonded with the base material. The reinforced substrate presents a surface in a condition that is made-ready for deposition of thin film layers of the photovoltaic device. A thin film photovoltaic device includes the reinforced substrate, a back contact layer formed on the surface of the reinforced substrate, and a solar absorber layer formed on the back contact layer. A plurality of thin film photovoltaic devices may be formed on a common reinforced substrate. A process of producing a reinforced substrate includes combining a fluid base material and a fiber reinforcing structure to form an impregnated fiber reinforcement. The impregnated fiber reinforcement is cured to form the reinforced substrate, and the reinforced substrate is annealed.

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: 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: Cyclic dihydrogenpolysiloxanes, hydrogenpolysiloxanes of specific siloxane unit formulas etc., a process for their production using hydrolysis/condensation, a process for the production of silica type glass moldings with an optical transmittance of 90% to 100% in the vacuum-UV region to UV region and an optical transmittance of 98% to 100% in the visible region to near infrared region by curing said cyclic dihydrogensiloxanes or said hydrogenpolysiloxanes in a mold, said silica type glass moldings, optical elements made up of the silica type glass, a process for the production of optical elements having such a silica type glass film layer by coating an optical element with the hydrogenpolysiloxanes and curing them, and optical elements having such a silica type glass film layer.

Abstract: A silicone composition comprises (a) a curable silicone resin, (b) an inorganic particle having a polymeric surface coating formed thereon, and (c) a cross-linking compound. The (a) curable silicone resin comprises units having a functional group R1 selected from an aryl group, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, and hydrogen. The polymeric surface coating comprises an organopolysiloxane. The organopolysiloxane comprises units selected from R23SiO1/2, R22SiO2/2, R2SiO3/2, and combinations thereof. R2 is selected from an aryl group, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, hydrogen, and combinations thereof, and R1 equals R2. The (c) cross-linking compound is reactive with at least one of (a) and the polymeric surface coating.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for manufacturing silicon-containing particles characterized by preparing a uniform phase comprising a curable composition that includes a silicon-containing compound having in one molecule one or more reactive functional groups per 50 silicon atoms and an oil that does not participate in curing of the composition, then curing the composition, and causing phase separation from the oil for obtaining the silicon-containing particles; and to silicon-containing particles obtained by the above method. The method provides silicon-containing particles of an extremely small diameter in a simple process without the use of surfactants. And the silicon-containing particles possess excellent dispersibility in oil and a high degree of ceramification by baking.

Abstract: A process for producing silicon-containing particles having an extremely small particle diameter by a simple process without using surface-active agents or the like. The process is characterized by forming silicon-containing particles as a result of phase separation from an organic polymer, wherein the phase separation is achieved by an addition reaction, condensation reaction, ring-opening reaction, or a radical reaction of a curable silicon-containing compound or a curable composition that contains said compound, and the silicon-containing compound or the composition is maintained in a uniform liquid, fused, or dissolved phase with the organic polymer that is free of silicon and does not participate in the curing reaction of the silicon-containing compound or the composition.

Abstract: A method of forming a ceramic silicon oxide type coating and a method of producing an inorganic base material having this coating, by coating an organohydrogensiloxane/hydrogensiloxane copolymer on the surface of an inorganic base material and converting the coating into a ceramic silicon oxide type coating by heating to high temperatures in an inert gas or an oxygen-containing inert gas (oxygen gas less than 20 volume %). A coating-forming agent comprising an organohydrogensiloxane/hydrogensiloxane copolymer or its solution. A semiconductor device comprising at least a semiconductor layer formed on a silicon oxide type coating on an inorganic substrate.

Abstract: A metal particle dispersion structure characteristically comprising (B) 0.005 to 100 weight parts of metal nanoparticles dispersed in (A) 100 weight parts of polymerized polymer, wherein the metal nanoparticles are metal particles obtained by mixing (b1) organohydrogenpolysiloxane and (b2) at least one metal compound which is soluble in component (b3) to uniformity in (b3) cyclic or chain dimethylpolysiloxane or at least one organic solvent.

Abstract: Cyclic dihydrogenpolysiloxanes, hydrogenpolysiloxanes of specific siloxane unit formulas etc., a process for their production using hydrolysis/condensation, a process for the production of silica type glass moldings with an optical transmittance of 90% to 100% in the vacuum-UV region to UV region and an optical transmittance of 98% to 100% in the visible region to near infrared region by curing said cyclic dihydrogensiloxanes or said hydrogenpolysiloxanes in a mold, said silica type glass moldings, optical elements made up of the silica type glass, a process for the production of optical elements having such a silica type glass film layer by coating an optical element with the hydrogenpolysiloxanes and curing them, and optical elements having such a silica type glass film layer.

Abstract: A composite article includes a first pane comprising a first window layer formed from a vitreous material and a reinforced silicone layer disposed adjacent to and in contact with the first window layer. The reinforced silicone layer includes a cured silicone composition and a fiber reinforcement. The composite article includes a second pane spaced from the first pane to define a gap therebetween and a frame disposed adjacent to and in contact with the first pane and the second pane to enclose the gap. The composite article may be suitable for load-bearing applications requiring thermal and acoustic insulation.