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: The present invention provides compositions, systems and methods for demulsifying an emulsion including an aqueous phase and an organic phase by adding an effective amount of a composition comprising at least one quaternary organopolysiloxane or salt thereof to the emulsion, the composition optionally including at least one of quaternary epihalohydrin/polyamine copolymers or salts, and/or (poly)diallyldimethylammonium halides.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a demulsifying composition comprising the reaction product of an oxirane or oxetane compound (I) comprising at least two oxirane or oxetane groups; a compound (II) comprising silicon and one or more amino groups; and optionally a polyamine (III); and a secondary amine (IV).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for separating emulsions of oil and water, the method comprising incorporating a demulsifying-effective amount of a polyorganosiloxane demulsifier into an emulsion comprising an oil phase and an aqueous phase. The invention also relates to compositions containing polyorganosiloxane demulsifier and the water and oil phases of an emulsion.

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: The present invention provides compositions, systems and methods for demulsifying an emulsion including an aqueous phase and an organic phase by adding an effective amount of a composition comprising at least one quaternary organopolysiloxane or salt thereof to the emulsion, the composition optionally including at least one of quaternary epihalohydrin/polyamine copolymers or salts, and/or (poly)diallyldimethylammonium halides.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a demulsifying composition comprising a blend of a) an emulsion; and b) a demulsifying-effective amount of a non-crosslinked silicon polyether. The present invention also provides for a method for separating emulsions using the demulsifying composition discussed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a perfluoropolyether-modified polysiloxane represented by general formula (1): wherein Rf is a linear or branched perfluoroalkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; X is a fluorine atom or a trifluoromethyl group; Q is a divalent organic group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms; R1, R2, and R3 are, independently of each other, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an aryl group; a, b, c, and d are, independently of each other, an integer of from 0 to 200, provided that a total of a, b, c and d is 1 or larger; e is an integer of 0 or 1; and z is an integer of from 5 to 100; a method for preparing the same; and a defoaming agent comprising the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a demulsifying composition comprising a blend of a) an emulsion; and b) a demulsifying-effective amount of a silicon containing co-polymer. The present invention also provides for a method for separating emulsions using the demulsifying composition discussed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for separating emulsions of oil and water, the method comprising incorporating a demulsifying-effective amount of a polyorganosiloxane demulsifier into an emulsion comprising an oil phase and an aqueous phase. The invention also relates to compositions containing polyorganosiloxane demulsifier and the water and oil phases of an emulsion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for separating emulsions of oil and water, the method comprising incorporating a demulsifying-effective amount of a polyorganosiloxane demulsifier into an emulsion comprising an oil phase and an aqueous phase. The invention also relates to compositions containing polyorganosiloxane demulsifier and the water and oil phases of an emulsion.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a demulsifying composition comprising a blend of a) an emulsion; and b) a demulsifying-effective amount of a non-crosslinked silicon polyether. The present invention also provides for a method for separating emulsions using the demulsifying composition discussed.

Abstract: A composition comprising one or more siloxane cross-linked demulsifiers wherein said siloxane cross-linked demulsifiers are prepared by reacting one or more alkylphenol-formaldehyde resin alkoxylates, one or more polyalkylene glycols, or a mixture thereof, with up to about 1.0 molar equivalents of one or more silicon-based cross-linkers of formula R1R2R3R4Si wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, R6 and R7 are independently selected from H, Cl, C1-C4 alkyl and C1-C4 alkoxy; R4. is selected from H, Cl, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy and a group of formula L1SiR5R6R7; L1 is absent or is selected from —O—, arylene and C1-C12 alkylene, optionally interrupted by one or more —O— or —N(R8)—; and R8 is H or C1-C4 alkyl and a method of using the demulsifier composition to resolve water-in-oil emulsions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for separating emulsions of oil and water, the method comprising incorporating a demulsifying-effective amount of a silicone demulsifier into an emulsion comprising an oil phase and an aqueous phase, the silicone demulsifier having a molecular structure comprising a polysiloxane backbone of at least two siloxane units covalently bound to (i) one or more alkylene oxide groups comprising one or more alkylene oxide units independently having one to five carbon atoms, and (ii) one or more oxirane-containing and/or oxetane-containing groups, wherein said oxirane or oxetane is optionally ring-opened by reaction with a chemical or group capable of ring-opening an oxirane or oxetane ring, respectively, and wherein a solid filler is substantially excluded from the silicone demulsifier and emulsion. The invention also relates to compositions containing the above-described demulsifier and the water and oil phases of an emulsion.

Abstract: Compositions comprising an asymmetric disiloxane surfactant composition comprising a silicone composition comprising a silicone having the formula: MM? where M or M? comprises an alkylpolyalkyleneoxide bearing substituent selected from the group consisting of: R13(C2H4O)a(C3H6O)b(C4H8O)cR14 and R12SiR5R6(R13(C2H4O)a(C3H6O)b(C4H8O)cR14) that exhibit resistance to hydrolysis over a wide pH range.

Abstract: [PROBLEMS] To provide a polyimidesiloxane solution composition that is excellent in defoaming ability and that can maintain the wettability of an outer lead bonded portion on a wiring board at a high level, even when it is applied on the surface of the wiring board and then cured, to form an insulating cured film. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A polyimidesiloxane solution composition which comprises an organic solvent, polyimidesiloxane soluble in the organic solvent, a curable components such as an epoxy compound and a polyvalent isocyanate compound, and a silicone defoamer, wherein the silicone defoaming agent comprises dimethylpolysiloxane, a polysiloxane compound having a hydrophilic group in a side chain or a terminal moiety, and a micro-powder silica.

Abstract: A composition comprising one or more siloxane cross-linked demulsifiers wherein said siloxane cross-linked demulsifiers are prepared by reacting one or more alkylphenol-formaldehyde resin alkoxylates, one or more polyalkylene glycols, or a mixture thereof, with up to about 1.0 molar equivalents of one or more cross-linkers of formula R1R2R3R4Si wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently selected from H, Cl, C1-C4 alkyl and C1-C4 alkoxy and a method of using the demulsifier composition to resolve water-in-oil emulsions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for separating emulsions of oil and water, the method comprising incorporating a demulsifying-effective amount of a silicone demulsifier into an emulsion comprising an oil phase and an aqueous phase, the silicone demulsifier having a molecular structure comprising a polysiloxane backbone of at least two siloxane units covalently bound to (i) one or more alkylene oxide groups comprising one or more alkylene oxide units independently having one to five carbon atoms, and (ii) one or more oxirane-containing and/or oxetane-containing groups, wherein said oxirane or oxetane is optionally ring-opened by reaction with a chemical or group capable of ring-opening an oxirane or oxetane ring, respectively, and wherein a solid filler is substantially excluded from the silicone demulsifier and emulsion. The invention also relates to compositions containing the above-described demulsifier and the water and oil phases of an emulsion.

Abstract: Antifoam agents improve detection of polynucleotide amplification reactions and improve manipulation of fluids in microfluidic devices.

Abstract: The present invention is a demulsifying and corrosion-inhibiting compound formed from the salt of an amphiphilic amine and an amphiphilic acid. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the demulsifier may be a salt of an alkyl amine and an alkyl aryl sulfonic acid. Even more preferably, the demulsifier may be a salt of a methyl, di-cocoyl amine and an alkyl aryl sulfonic acid. According to another embodiment of the invention, an organic system may be demulsified by mixing the salt of an alkyl amine and an alkyl sulfonic acid with the system to be demulsified.

Abstract: The present invention is a demulsifying and corrosion-inhibiting compound formed from the salt of an amphiphilic amine and an amphiphilic acid. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the demulsifier may be a salt of an alkyl amine and an alkyl aryl sulfonic acid. Even more preferably, the demulsifier may be a salt of a methyl, di-cocoyl amine and an alkyl aryl sulfonic acid. According to another embodiment of the invention, an organic system may be demulsified by mixing the salt of an alkyl amine and an alkyl sulfonic acid with the system to be demulsified.

Abstract: The water-repellent mixture comprises i) a halogenated dispersant chosen from the group constituted by a totally halogenated molecule and a partially halogenated molecule with at least one atom of hydrogen and ii) a copolymeric silicone having a hydrophilic function, for drying solids by the movement of water, the copolymeric silicone preferably being a polyalkylineoxide modified polydimethylsiloxane of formula: with 0≦m≦100, 4≦n≦50 and R being a radical chosen from the group of radicals constituted by a hydrogen atom, an alcohol group, an amine group and a polyalkyl group containing 1 to 5 carbon atoms.