Abstract: A method of preparing a reinforced silicone resin film, the method comprising the steps of impregnating a fiber reinforcement in a hydrosilylation-curable silicone composition comprising a silicone resin and a photoactivated hydrosilylation catalyst; and exposing the impregnated fiber reinforcement to radiation having a wavelength of from 150 to 800 nm at a dosage sufficient to cure the silicone resin; wherein the reinforced silicone resin film comprises from 10 to 99% (w/w) of the cured silicone resin and the film has a thickness of from 15 to 500 ?m; and a reinforced silicone resin film prepared according to the method.

Abstract: The present invention generally provides substrates for use in a variety of analytical and/or diagnostic applications as well as optical systems that employ them, in particular systems based on surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). In one aspect, the invention provides polymeric substrates having conductive surfaces that exhibit micron-sized, and preferably submicron-sized, structures. In other aspects, methods for fabricating such substrates are disclosed, including a step of irradiating a mold surface with a plurality of short laser pulses to form micron-sized or submicron-sized structures and the mold surface and generating the polymeric substrate by replication from the mold surface.

Abstract: A photocurable coating composition is provided comprising (1) porous or hollow inorganic oxide fine particles, (2) a hydrolytic condensate of a bissilane compound or a cohydrolytic condensate of a bissilane compound and another hydrolyzable organosilicon compound, and (3) a photoacid generator. Due to the presence of voids in the resin, the cured coating has a low refractive index.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an active energy ray-curable organopolysiloxane resin composition that comprises an organopolysiloxane resin having an epoxy group and an aromatic hydrocarbon group and a photopolymerization initiator, as well as to a light-transmitting component that comprises cured bodies produced by irradiating the aforementioned organopolysiloxane resin with active-energy rays in the presence of the aforementioned photopolymerization initiator, and to a method for manufacturing the aforementioned light-transmitting component.

Abstract: A method of preparing a cured coating or molded article prepared from a composition comprising an actinic-radiation curing polymer, wherein the composition is cured with actinic radiation at a temperature of at most 150° C. to form the cured coating or molded article; wherein the cured coating or molded article has a thickness of at least about 0.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coating method comprising the following steps a) providing a mixture or a pure substance comprising or consisting of inactive, liquid precursors, b) applying a liquid layer made up of the mixture or the pure substance to a surface to be coated, c) crosslinking the liquid precursors by means of radiation having a wavelength of ?250 nm, so that a solid layer is produced from the mixture and the layer comprises ?10 atomic % of C, based on the quantity of the atoms contained in the layer without H and F, and so that the C contained in the layer is at most 50 atomic % of the C, based on the quantity of the C atoms contained in the layer, constituent of a methoxy group. The invention further relates to layers which can be produced or are generated by means of this method and the uses thereof and also to corresponding coated items and the uses thereof.

Abstract: A composition of matter comprising a cationic energy-cured epoxy material and a plurality of microcapsules. In some embodiments, cationic energy-cured epoxy material is a cationic UV-cured varnish. In some embodiments, the composition further comprises a viscosity modifier. The viscosity modifier comprises a viscosity reducer or a viscosity enhancer. A combination comprising a substrate and the composition of matter, and a method of applying the composition of matter to a substrate, are also described.

Abstract: A silicon-containing film-forming material includes at least one organosilane compound shown by the following general formula (1). wherein R1 to R6 individually represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a vinyl group, a phenyl group, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an acetoxy group, a phenoxy group, or an alkoxy group, provided that at least one of R1 to R6 represents a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an acetoxy group, a phenoxy group, or an alkoxy group, and n represents an integer from 0 to 3.

Abstract: A method for producing a glassy, transparent coating on a substrate by coating the substrate with a solution containing a) a polysilazane of the formula —(SiR?R?—NR??)n— where R?, R?, R?? are identical or different and independently represent hydrogen or an optionally substituted alkyl radical, aryl radical, vinyl radical or (trialkoxysilyl)alkyl radical, n being an integer and or being calculated such that the polysilazane has a number-average molecular weight of from 150 to 150 000 g/mol, and b) a catalyst in an organic solvent, removing the solvent using evaporation such that a polysilazane layer having a layer thickness of 0.05-3.0 ?m remains on the substrate, and irradiating the polysilazane layer with VUV radiation having wavelength portions <230 nm and UV radiation having wavelength portions between 230 and 300 nm in an atmosphere containing steam in the presence of oxygen, active oxygen and optional nitrogen.

Abstract: A primer composition for a cured silicon-containing surface and its uses are provided. The composition comprises a polar organic solvent, an acrylic monomer, and an amino-containing silane having a formula of (R1O)x(R2)ySiR3NHR4, wherein each R1 independently represents H, C1-C12 hydrocarbonyl, or aryl, each R2 independently represents H, O, C1-C12 hydrocarbonyl, or aryl, R3 represents divalent C1-C6 hydrocarbonyl being substituted or unsubstituted with one or more aryl rings and the carbon atom chain of the hydrocarbonyl can be inserted with one or more aryl rings, R4 represents H, C1-C12 hydrocarbonyl, amino-C1-C12 hydrocarbonyl, or phenylamino, and x is 0, 1, 2 or 3, y is 0, 1 or 2, and the sum of x and y is 3. The amount of the acrylic monomer ranges from about 0.01 wt % to about 25 wt %, while the amount of the amino-containing silane ranges from about 1 wt % to about 35 wt %, based on the total weight of the composition.

Abstract: An encapsulant composition is provided. The encapsulant composition includes at least one silicone resin monomer and at least one resin monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic resin monomers and epoxy resin monomers, a filler of about 0.1-15 wt % of the encapsulant composition, and an initiator. The invention also provides a method for fabricating an encapsulant material.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a silicone release coating on a support is provided. The process involves the use of short-wave ultraviolet (UV-C) radiation with a wavelength of between 200 and 280 nm and irradiation with quasimonochromatic light.

Abstract: The invention relates to a durably homogeneous, low-viscosity, radiation-curable coating material comprising a) x (meth)acrylated polysiloxanes and if desired b) y (meth)acrylated organic compounds and c) at least one particulate emulsifier having an average particle size of <1000 nm in at least one dimension, with the proviso that x?1, y?0, the sum of x+y?2 and the mixture of components a) and b) alone is not durably homogeneous.

Abstract: Compositions comprising acrylato-functional polysiloxanes can be prepared by reacting dihydroxypolyorganosiloxanes with a mixture of two different acrylato-functional silanes. The compositions can be used for treating sheetlike textiles, particularly for curtain coating.

Abstract: Flexible thermal control coatings for use on components of spacecraft and methods for fabricating such coatings are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a flexible thermal control coating comprises a flexible organic binder for disposition on the component and an inorganic material having a radiation absorptance (?) of less than about 0.2 and an emissivity (?) of at least about 0.6. The inorganic material and the organic binder are oriented relative to each other so that an exterior surface of the coating has a higher concentration of inorganic material than an interior surface of the coating and a lower concentration of organic binder than the interior surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating composition for a film with low refractive index and a film prepared therefrom, and more precisely, a coating composition with low refractive index which contains dispersed porous organic/inorganic hybrid nano-particles or a colloid containing the dispersed nano-particles, a photocurable compound having unsaturated functional groups, photoinitiator or photosensitizer, or an organic siloxane thermosetting compound, and a solvent and a film prepared therefrom. According to the present invention, porous particles have been formed by using a structural regulator in a silane compound at a specific size, in order to be fitted for a film with low refractive index, and then the structural regulator has been eliminated by a simple process before forming the film, resulting in preparation of a film with extremely low refractive index at a low temperature of up to 120° C.

Abstract: A nano-imprint lithography stack includes a nano-imprint lithography substrate, a non-silicon-containing layer solidified from a first polymerizable, non-silicon-containing composition, and a silicon-containing layer solidified from a polymerizable silicon-containing composition adhered to a surface of the non-silicon-containing layer. The non-silicon-containing layer is adhered directly or through one or more intervening layers to the nano-imprint lithography substrate. The silicon-containing layer includes a silsesquioxane with a general formula (R?(4-2z)SiOz)x(HOSiO1.5)y, wherein R? is a hydrocarbon group or two or more different hydrocarbon groups other than methyl, 1<z<2, and x and y are integers.

Abstract: A polymer cures by either radiation or moisture curing mechanisms, or both. The polymer is prepared by hydrosilylation. The polymer includes units of formula: (R22Si02/2)b, (R2Si03/2)c, (SiO4/2)d, (R1?)f, and (R23Si01/2)g, where each R1 is independently an oxygen atom or a divalent hydrocarbon group; each R1? is independently divalent hydrocarbon group; each R2 is independently a monovalent organic group that is free of terminal aliphatic unsaturation each X is independently a monovalent hydrolyzable group; each J is independently a monovalent epoxy functional organic group; subscript a has a value of 1 or more; subscript b has a value of 0 or more; subscript c has a value of 0 or more; subscript d has a value of 0 or more; subscript e has a value of 1 or more; subscript f has a value of 0 or more; subscript g has a value of 0 or more; subscript s is 1, 2, or 3; and subscript t is 1, 2, or 3.

Abstract: A release film 10 having a base film 12 and a polymer layer 14 formed on one side of the base film 12, wherein the polymer layer 14 includes a layer containing a cured (meth)acrylate component and a film containing a silicone polymer component covering part of the surface on the side of the layer opposite the base film side, and wherein the silicone polymer component is a modified silicone oil polymer that has been modified with a (meth)acryloyl and/or vinyl group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preparing an excellent protecting film with high strength, wear resistance, and excellent barrier property by low temperature hardening, a protecting film prepared therefrom, a substrate comprising the same, and a component or device comprising the same. The composition comprises an organosiloxane polymer a), a photobase generator b), and an organic solvent c).

Abstract: An ultra violet light transmitting polymer is obtainable by the polymerisation of at least one compound having a substantially non UV absorbing core group comprising; linear or branched aliphatic hydrocarbons which may contain an aliphatic ring; or polydialkylsiloxanes. The compounds have at least one functional group comprising formula (A), (B) or (C):and each of the groups —R3— are, independently, linking groups which may be present or absent and, where present, may be a C1 to C10 hydrocarbon chain, which may contain an ether linkage. Methods for producing the polymers and uses for the polymers are also described.

Abstract: Coating compositions yielding cured coatings that exhibit excellent abrasion-resistance and hardness for use on polymeric substrates such as the front side of optical lenses, in a manner that meets or exceeds the stringent requirements for such use. The compositions include the hydrolysis product of an epoxy functional alkoxy silane, a viscosity-reducing amount up to 50% by weight, solids basis, of a monomeric (silanol free) epoxy functional epoxy silane, and colloidal silica present in an amount sufficient to improve abrasion resistance as compared to a composition lacking the colloidal silica.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a double layer coating formed of a first layer (lower layer) of photo/thermosetting resin and a second later (upper layer) comprising hydrophobic microparticles partially incorporated in a matrix of photo/thermosetting resin. The application of said coating is an effective method for generating ultra water-repellent and antireflective surfaces.

Abstract: An ink jet head is formed of a nozzle material composed of a condensation product containing a hydrolysable silane compound having a fluorine-containing group and a photo-polymerizable resin composition.

Abstract: Methods of making titania coatings having self-cleaning properties, and associated articles are provided. In certain example instances, a substrate supports a layer comprising titanium dioxide. The substrate may support multiple layers. After curing using ultraviolet radiation and/or electron beams, the resulting coating may inhibit fouling.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polyorganosiloxane composition containing the following components (a)-(c). (a) 100 parts by mass of a polyorganosiloxane obtained by mixing at least one silanol compound represented by the general formula (1) below, at least one alkoxysilane compound represented by the general formula (2) below, and at least one catalyst selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the general formula (3) below, compounds represented by the general formula (4) below and Ba(OH)2, and polymerizing the mixture without actively adding water thereinto [chemical formula 1] R2Si(OH)2 (1) [chemical formula 2] R?Si(OR?)3 (2) (chemical formula 3] M(OR??)4 (3) [chemical formula 4] M?(OR??)3 (4) (b) 0.1-20 parts by mass of a photopolymerization initiator (c) 1-100 parts by mass of a compound other than the component (a) having two or more photopolymerizable unsaturated bonding groups.

Abstract: A double layer capacitor (DLC) containing at least one double layer capacitor cell is provided. Each double layer capacitor cell contains two current collectors, each containing a metallized carrier film with upper and lower planar surfaces, two thin electrode layers in direct contact with the lower and upper planar surfaces of the metallized carrier films of the first and second current collectors, and a polymer electrolyte layer in direct contact with the first and the second thin electrode layers. The polymer electrolyte is applied as a liquid which impregnates and encases the electrode layers and then solidified to form the electrolyte layer. The resulting DLC is preferably no thicker than about 20 microns, and may be as thin as 5 microns. Methods of producing a DLC and for forming a cross-linked electrolyte are also provided.

Abstract: A method of forming an ultraviolet curable paint coating is provided. First, an ultraviolet curable paint composition is formed by mixing, based on 100 parts by weight of the ultraviolet curable paint composition, 1 to 10 parts by weight of a photo-initiator, 5 to 20 parts by weight of an organosilane compound, 5 to 30 parts by weight of a binding agent, 0.1 to 15 parts by weight of a catalyst, and an ultraviolet curable resin, wherein a number of the functional group of the binding agent is more than that of the organosilane compound. Thereafter, a sub coating is formed by using the ultraviolet curable paint composition, and an ultraviolet curable paint coating is then formed by contacting the sub coating with a paint, wherein the unreacted hydroxyls of the sub coating react with the paint to facilitate the paint to adhere to a surface of the sub coating.

Abstract: A photoalignment material includes an alignment polymer, a photoalignment additive including a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 and an organic solvent. In Chemical Formula 1, R1 represents a cyclic compound. A and B independently represent a single bond or —(CnH2n)—. “n” represents an integer in a range of 1 to 12. Each —CH2— of A and/or B may be replaced with R3 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and each —CH2— of A and/or B may be replaced with —O—. R4 represents In Chemical Formula 1, each hydrogen atom excluding hydrogen atoms of R4 may be replaced with chlorine (Cl) or fluorine (F). Thus, an alignment layer having an orientation may be formed without an alignment polymer having a photoreactive portion, and the density of the alignment layer may be increased.

Abstract: A release-treated substrate is a release-treated substrate having a release treating agent layer by a cationically polymerizable ultraviolet curing silicone treating agent at least partially on at least one side of the substrate, and is characterized in that the cationically polymerizable ultraviolet curing silicone treating agent is at least partially applied to at least one side of the substrate, and heat treatment is then conducted before conducting ultraviolet irradiation treatment. As the cationically polymerizable ultraviolet curing silicone treating agent, a cationically polymerizable ultraviolet curing silicone treating agent in which a modified silicone polymer component having at least two epoxy groups in the molecule is an effective component is suitable. It is preferable that temperature in the heat treatment is from 35 to 120° C.

Abstract: A method for providing a flexible hardcoat on a substrate includes the use of a dual cure silane possessing a UV curable group and a thermally curable silane group. The dual cure silane hydrolyzed and a portion of the silanol groups are condensed with silica to provide a fluid coating composition which is then applied to a substrate. A first cure with UV radiation causes the coating to harden into a flexible hardcoat which permits the substrate to be thermoformed or embossed without damage to the coating. The substrate is then heated to thermally cure the hardcoat to provide a fully cured hard and abrasion resistant hardcoat.

Abstract: A method of forming a silicon film capable of forming an excellent high-crystalline silicon film without heat treatment at high temperature is provided. A method of manufacturing a polysilane-modified silicon fine wire includes a step of: irradiating a mixed liquid including a silicon fine wire and a polysilane with light to bond the polysilane to a surface of the silicon fine wire.

Abstract: Dielectric compositions comprising siloxane and polymeric components, as can be used in a range of transistor and related device configurations.

Abstract: An active energy ray-curable resin composition is handleable when it is formed into an uncured film. The resin composition cures quickly, is formable, and can be used to make a hard coat layer with a high hardness. Specifically, the active energy ray-curable resin composition of the present invention contains a vinyl polymer having alkoxysilyl groups in its side chain, along with a photoacid generator. In its uncured state, the active energy ray-curable resin composition has a glass transition temperature of 15° C. to 100° C.

Abstract: A method for forming an insulation film on a semiconductor substrate by plasma reaction includes: vaporizing a silicon-containing hydrocarbon having a Si—O bond compound to provide a source gas; introducing the source gas and a carrier gas without an oxidizing gas into a reaction space for plasma CVD processing; and forming an insulation film constituted by Si, C, O, and H on a substrate by plasma reaction using a combination of low-frequency RF power and high-frequency RF power in the reaction space. The plasma reaction is activated while controlling the flow of the reaction gas to lengthen a residence time, Rt, of the reaction gas in the reaction space.

Abstract: This composition for treating the surface of a glass-ceramic, especially in plate form, flat glass or hollowware, or glass in the form of fibers, is able to be applied as a thin coating to said glass-ceramic or said glass.

Abstract: Disclosed is a precursor composition comprising: a compound selected from a compound represented by the formula: Si(OR1)4 and a compound represented by the formula Ra(Si) (OR2)4-a (in the formulas represents a monovalent organic group; R represents a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom or a monovalent organic group; R2 represents a monovalent organic group; and a is an integer ranging from 1 to 3, provided that R, R1 and R2 may be the same or different from one another) a thermally degradable organic compound; an element having a catalyst activity; urea; and the like. A porous thin film produced from the precursor composition is irradiated with ultraviolet ray, and then subjected to gas-phase reaction with a hydrophobic compound. A porous thin film thus prepared can be used for the manufacture of a semiconductor device.

Abstract: Radiation curable coatings and methods of utilizing the coatings are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a coating composition containing about 15% to about 80% by weight of one or more radiation curable compounds such as polycarbonate acrylate oligomers, polyurethane acrylate oligomer, polyester acrylate oligomers, silicone-based acrylate oligomers, or a combination thereof, and about 10% to about 80% by weight of one or more acrylate monomers.

Abstract: Coating compositions yielding cured coatings that exhibit excellent abrasion-resistance and hardness for use on polymeric substrates such as the front side of optical lenses, in a manner that meets or exceeds the stringent requirements for such use. The compositions include the hydrolysis product of an epoxy functional alkoxy silane, a viscosity-reducing amount up to 50% by weight, solids basis, of a monomeric (silanol free) epoxy functional epoxy silane, and colloidal silica present in an amount sufficient to improve abrasion resistance as compared to a composition lacking the colloidal silica.

Abstract: A distributed refractive index lens and method of producing the lens are disclosed. The lens has a plurality of areas having refractive index distributions, and includes a plate-like member containing polysilane. The refractive index distribution of these areas is a distribution that includes a change in a refractive index in a direction parallel to a plane of the plate-like member, and includes a substantial uniform refractive index in a direction perpendicular to the plane.

Abstract: A non-stick surface comprising a porous, hard metal-ceramic coating such as chromium oxide applied to the cook surface of a cooking utensil by arc or plasma spraying. The pores of the coating are impregnated under vacuum with an inert release agent of low viscosity such as food grade liquid silicon resin. After vacuum impregnation, the impregnate is thermally cured and the cook surface is mechanically abraded/polished to remove the protruding peaks of metal-ceramic material to expose flattened bare metal portions interspersed between and substantially co-planar with the surfaces of the impregnated release agent residing in the valleys/pores.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a low-k dielectric layer is provided. An embodiment comprises forming a dielectric layer on a substrate, wherein the layer comprises a pore generating material dispersed in an uncured matrix. A second step comprises forming pores in the uncured matrix by irradiating the layer with radiation having a first wavelength. After pore forming, a third step comprises cross-linking the dielectric by irradiating it at a second wavelength, the second being less than the first. In an embodiment, the irradiating wavelengths comprise ultra-violet radiation. Embodiments may further include repairing processing damage wherein the damage includes dangling bonds or silanol formation. The repairing includes annealing in a carbon-containing ambient such as C2H4, C3H6, or hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS).

Abstract: A method of preparing a silicone resin film comprising coating a release liner with a nanomaterial-filled silicone composition comprising (i) a hydrosilylation-curable silicone composition comprising a silicone resin and a photoactivated hydrosilylation catalyst and (ii) a carbon nanomaterial, and exposing the coating to radiation having a wavelength of from 150 to 800 nm at a dosage sufficient to cure the silicone resin; a silicone resin film prepared according to the preceding method; and a nanomaterial-filled silicone composition.

Abstract: This invention relates to acrylic functional resin compositions. More particularly, this invention relates to Poly [organ-co-(meth)acryloxyorgano]silsequioxane resins that are curable upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation with photo initiator or upon heating with or without a free radical generator. The resin compositions have high storage stability at room temperature and produces films that are useful as planarization layer, interlayer dielectric, passivation layer, gas permeable layer, negative photoresist, antireflective coating, conformal coating and IC packaging.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for multi-layer coating of substrates, in particular vehicles and vehicle parts, by applying two or more coating layers and curing of the applied coatings, wherein at least one of the coating layers is produced from a coating composition which comprises at least one polyurethane binder with free-radically polymerizable olefinic double bonds in the form of (meth)acryloyl groups and with hydrolysable alkoxysilane groups, wherein the resin solids content of the coating composition exhibits an equivalent weight of C?C double bonds of 200-2000, preferably of 300-1500, and a content of silicon bound in alkoxysilane groups of 1-10 wt-%, preferably of 1-7 wt-%, especially preferably of 2-6 wt-%, and wherein curing of the coating layer, of which there is at least one, proceeds by free-radical polymerisation of the C?C double bonds on irradiation with high energy radiation and by the formation of siloxane bridges under the action of moisture.

Abstract: Low dielectric materials and films comprising same have been identified for improved performance when used as interlevel dielectrics in integrated circuits as well as methods for making same. In certain embodiments of the invention, there is provided a low-temperature process to remove at least a portion of at least one pore-forming material within a composite film thereby forming a porous film. The pore-forming material may be removed via exposure to at least one energy source, preferably an ultraviolet light source, in a non-oxidizing atmosphere.

Abstract: Antireflective coatings comprising (i) a silsesquioxane resin having the formula (PhSiO (3-x)/2 (OH) x) mHSiO (3-x)/2 (OH) x) n (MeSiO (3-x)/2 (OH) x) p where Ph is a phenyl group, Me is a methyl group, x has a value of 0, 1 or 2; m has a value of 0.01 to 0.99, n has a value of 0.01 to 0.99, p has a value of 0.01 to 0.99, and m+n+p=1; (ii) a polyethylene oxide fluid; and (iii) a solvent; and a method of forming said antireflective coatings on an electronique device.

Abstract: The present invention provides inexpensively an article with a hard coat excellent in anti-staining property, lubricity, scratch resistance and abrasion resistance. The present invention provides a method for forming the hard coat. A hard coat agent composition comprising an active energy ray-curable compound is applied onto a surface of an article 1 to be hard-coat-treated, thereby forming a hard coat agent composition layer, a surface material layer is formed by film-forming with a surface layer material comprising an active energy ray-curable compound having anti-staining property and/or lubricating property on the surface of the hard coat agent composition layer, and active energy rays are irradiated onto the formed hard coat agent composition layer and surface material layer so as to cure the two layers simultaneously, thereby forming a hard coat layer 2 contacting the surface of the article 1 and an anti-staining surface layer 3 contacting the surface of the hard coat layer 2.

Abstract: An imprint process comprising coating a selected surface of a micropatterned template with a release composition having a basic reactive moiety; wherein the template is transparent to UV radiation; imprinting the template onto a photocationically curable composition; curing the UV curable composition to form an imprinted composition, wherein the release composition having a basic reactive moiety is effective to locally inhibit curing of the composition at an interface between the template and the imprinted composition; and releasing the template from the imprinted composition.

Abstract: A method for producing film-forming materials including resins and/or crosslinkers having a —Si(OR)3 group. Methods of producing coating compositions and coating a substrate, such as a metal substrate, by electrodeposition. Applied coatings containing the film-forming materials can be cured to form crosslinked films on substrates.