Abstract: Hydrogenated polymers with a radial structure having a core made up of calixarenes of the general formula (I), to the core of which is linked a number P of hydrogenated linear polymer segments selected from: —hydrogenated homopolymers or co-polymers of conjugated dienes; or—hydrogenated co-polymers of said conjugated dienes and monoalkenyl arenes, and—mixtures thereof said formula (I) in which: —R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen; a group containing carbon and hydrogen; a group also containing heteroatoms in addition to carbon and hydrogen; a group also containing silicon in addition to carbon, hydrogen and heteroatoms; —one of the two substituents R5 and R6 is hydrogen, while the other may be hydrogen or alkyl, with a number of carbon atoms between 1 and 6, preferably methyl and ethyl; —n is an integer in the range between 4 and 16.

Abstract: A mixed composition comprising an organosilicon compound represented by the following formula (a1), a solvent, water, and a carboxylic acid compound, wherein a mass ratio of the water to the organosilicon compound is 30.0 or more. In the following formula (a1), a plurality of Aa1 each independently represent a hydrolyzable group, Za1 represents a hydrocarbon chain-containing group, x is 0 or 1. Ra10 represents an alkyl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms in which a part of methylene groups may be replaced with an oxygen atom and one or more hydrogen atoms may be replaced with a fluorine atom, and Za1 and Ra10 may be the same or different.

Abstract: A method for producing a cross-linked siloxane network comprises the steps of: (a) providing a first part comprising (i) a first siloxane compound comprising at least one cyclic siloxane moiety and (ii) a second siloxane compound comprising a plurality of siloxane moieties, (b) providing a second part, the second part comprising a hydroxide salt, (c) combining the first part and the second part to produce a reaction mixture, (d) heating the reaction mixture to a temperature sufficient for the hydroxide salt to open the ring of the cyclic siloxane moiety, and (e) maintaining the reaction mixture at an elevated temperature so that at least a portion of the opened cyclic siloxane moieties react to produce a cross-linked siloxane network.

Abstract: A method for producing a hydrosilyl group-containing organic silicon resin of formula (6) in a solid form, wherein after formulae (1) to (3) are hydrolyzed in the presence of an acid catalyst, hydrolysis is carried out by adding hydrosilyl group-containing organic silicon compounds of formulae (4) and (5), followed by neutralization by a base catalyst with the amount thereof being more than a molar equivalent of the acid catalyst, and then by condensation. By so doing, deactivation amount of the hydrosilyl group can be reduced, so that the method for producing the hydrosilyl group-containing organic silicon resin, which is in a solid form without a solvent and to which a hydrosilyl group can be introduced quantitatively and in a large quantity, is provided, R13SiOSiR13??(1) R13SiX1??(2) SiX24??(3) HnR23-nSiOSiR23-nHn??(4) HnR23-nSiX3??(5) (R13SiO1/2)a(HnR23-nSiO1/2)b(SiO2)c(R4SiO3/2)d??(6).

Abstract: Provided is a heat dissipation material comprising a mesogen/silicon compound (co)polymer having a number average molecular weight of 1,000-500,000, represented by general formula (1). (Ar is a mesogen group selected from the structure represented by the following formulas. a represents a positive number from 0.5 to 1, b represents a number from 0 to 0.5 (with the caveat that a and b each represent the ratio of each number of repeating units in molecules, and a+b=1). R1 is independently a monovalent hydrocarbon group which does not independently include a C1-8 aliphatic unsaturated bond. R2 is independently a hydrogen atom, —Si(CH3)3, —Si(CH3)2(OH), —Si(CH3)2(CH?CH) or —Si(CH3)2(CH2—CH?CH2)). This heat dissipation material has excellent thermal conductivity, and further shows good thermoplastic properties and has excellent moldability, and hence can be suitably used as a resin material for heat dissipation materials and semiconductor devices and electronic parts in particular.

Abstract: Hydrogenated polymers with a radial structure having a core made up of calixarenes of the general formula (I), to the core of which is linked a number P of hydrogenated linear polymer segments selected from: —hydrogenated homopolymers or copolymers of conjugated dienes; or —hydrogenated copolymers of said conjugated dienes and monoalkenyl arenes, and —mixtures thereof said formula (I) in which: —R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen; a group containing carbon and hydrogen; a group also containing heteroatoms in addition to carbon and hydrogen; a group also containing silicon in addition to carbon, hydrogen and heteroatoms; —one of the two substituents R5 and R6 is hydrogen, while the other may be hydrogen or alkyl, with a number of carbon atoms between 1 and 6, preferably methyl and ethyl; —n is an integer in the range between 4 and 16.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hard coating composition comprising: an alkoxysilane compound or polysiloxane resin having an epoxy group, an acrylate compound having an isocyanate group, a photopolymerization initiator and a solvent; a hard coating film formed using the same; and an image display device having the hard coating film. The hard coating film according to the present invention can minimize the occurrence of curling while having excellent hardness.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a polyhedral oligomer silsesquioxane. The preparation method includes the step of reacting a reaction mixture containing at least two types of silane compounds and a tetraalkylammonium hydroxide having 2 to 5 carbon atoms at a temperature of 5° C. or below.

Abstract: Provided are: an additive reaction-type silicone composition that is for release paper or for a release film, that is non-migratory, and that exhibits light releasability with respect to various adhesives, said silicone composition for release paper or for a release film making it possible to form a cured film that does not adversely affect residual adhesive strength or releasability; and a release paper or a release film obtained by applying the composition to a substrate and curing the result. In a silicone composition for release paper or a release film cured by additive reaction, an organopolysiloxane containing an alkenyl group having a terminal unsaturated bond is used as a base polymer, and a specific amount of an organopolysiloxane that has a lower molecular weight than the base polymer and that contains an alkenyl group having a terminal unsaturated bond is mixed with the base polymer.

Abstract: An epoxy-polysiloxane prepolymer composition(s) including, a mixture of polysiloxane oligomers having at least two epoxy groups, at least one monofunctional epoxy-siloxane as a reactive diluents, at least one amine, at least one pigment and/or at least one filler, at least one pigment dispersing agent, and at least one defoamer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a highly fluorinated silicone resin and a method for making the same. The silicone resin includes M, T, optionally D and optionally Q type monomers and is crosslinkable. The resin has a fluorine content of at least 55 weight percent and a very low refractive index of less than 1.4. The resin is formed in a one step process and requires use of very specific solvents. Preferably the resin includes a first T type monomer having a fluoroalkane group to provide the fluorine to the resin. Preferably the resin includes a second T type monomer having a (meth)acryloyl function to enable cross-linking. The resin forms an effective liquid optically clear adhesive. The resin can be further combined with highly fluorinated (meth)acrylate monomers or perfluoro polyethers to provide even lower refractive indexes and improved adhesive properties.

Abstract: A complex prepared by combining a metal compound and an N-heterocyclic carbene has catalytic activity for condensation reaction of polyorganosiloxane compositions. The composition includes the complex, a silanol functional compound having an average per molecule of one or more silicon bonded hydroxy moieties.

Abstract: Epoxy silane oligomers are prepared from a glycidoxypropyl alkoxysilane in the presence of an alcohol and an esterification and/or transesterification catalyst, and have improved storage stability. The oligomers are particularly useful as scrub-resistant additives for aqueous architectural coatings.

Abstract: A catalyst containing at least one amidine or guanidine group of formula (Ia) or (Ib), which is bound to a silicon atom of a siloxane residue. At room temperature, the catalyst is liquid and odorless. It is particularly suitable as a cross-linking catalyst for curable compositions, in particular for silane group-containing compositions. It is particularly good at accelerating the hardening of such compositions without impairing stability in storage, and displays little volatility but good compatibility. As a result, the compositions do not tend towards separation or migration or evaporation of the catalyst.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fluorinated polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane. The method for manufacture includes opening a single edge of a closed-cage F-POSS and bridging the opened, single edge with a sulfate group. The sulfate group is converted to a disilanol, which is then reacted with a functional dichlorosilane having an organic functional group comprising at least three carbon atoms.

Abstract: A nozzle plate which exhibits excellent ink repellency and excellent durability to wiping, even when used with an ink that adheres readily to the nozzle plate is provided. A method for forming a silicone-based cured film on the ink discharge surface of a nozzle plate for an inkjet printer, the method comprising: (1) a step of preparing a condensation-type silicone composition containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of bismuth compounds and cyclic amidine compounds, (2) a step of applying this condensation-type silicone composition to the ink discharge surface of the nozzle plate to form a coating film, and (3) a step of heating and curing this coating film.

Abstract: A siloxane compound comprises a plurality of siloxane repeating units and at least a portion of the siloxane repeating units are cyclosiloxane repeating units conforming to a specified structure. A process for producing such siloxane compounds is also provided. A process and kit for producing a cross-linked silicone polymer using the described siloxane compounds is also provided. A light emitting diode (LED) comprises an encapsulant, and the encapsulant comprises a cross-linked silicone polymer produced from the described siloxane compounds.

Abstract: A siloxane compound comprises a plurality of siloxane repeating units and at least a portion of the siloxane repeating units are cyclosiloxane repeating units conforming to a specified structure. A process for producing such siloxane compounds is also provided. A process and kit for producing a cross-linked silicone polymer using the described siloxane compounds is also provided. A light emitting diode (LED) comprises an encapsulant, and the encapsulant comprises a cross-linked silicone polymer produced from the described siloxane compounds.

Abstract: Methods of forming blocked-mercapto alkoxy-modified silsesquioxanes are provided. The blocked-mercapto alkoxy-modified silsesquioxane compounds contain an alkoxysilane group that participates in an alkoxysilane-silica reaction as a silica dispersing agent in rubber, with the release of zero to about 0.1% by weight of the rubber as alcohol (a volatile organic compound (VOC)), during compounding and further processing. The blocked-mercapto alkoxy-modified silsesquioxane compounds also contain a blocked mercapto group which, when de-blocked, allows the mercapto group to interact with the polymer(s) in a rubber composition. Further described are rubber compounds containing the blocked-mercapto alkoxy-modified silsesquioxanes.

Abstract: A siloxane compound comprises a plurality of siloxane repeating units and at least a portion of the siloxane repeating units are cyclosiloxane repeating units conforming to a specified structure. A process for producing such siloxane compounds is also provided. A process and kit for producing a cross-linked silicone polymer using the described siloxane compounds is also provided. A light emitting diode (LED) comprises an encapsulant, and the encapsulant comprises a cross-linked silicone polymer produced from the described siloxane compounds.

Abstract: A method for simultaneously moisturizing and/or blurring the appearance of skin defects, or reducing pore size, or treating skin with a multi-benefit composition.

Abstract: Disclosed are coating compositions comprising at least one hydroxyl-containing compound (A) and at least one isocyanato-containing compound (B), wherein one or more of the constituents of the coating composition comprise between 2.5 and 97.5 mol %, based on the entirety of structural units (I) and (II), of at least one structural unit of the formula (I) —N(X—SiR?x(OR?)3-x)n(X?—SiR?y(OR?)3-y)m??(I) and between 2.5 and 97.5 mol %, based on the entirety of structural units (I) and (II), of at least one structural unit of the formula (II) —Z—(X—SiR?x(OR?)3-x)??(II).

Abstract: Compositions useful for improving the adhesion of coating compositions, such as dielectric film-forming compositions, include a hydrolyzed poly(alkoxysilane). These compositions are useful in methods of improving the adhesion of coating compositions to a substrate.

Abstract: A hydrosilylation method is provided. In this hydrosilylation method, silylation of the carbon atom other than the terminal carbon atom and generation of the by-product isomer by internal migration of the double bond are suppressed without sacrificing the hydrosilylation reactivity, even if an olefin compound having tertiary amine atom which can be a catalyst poison was used. In the hydrosilylation, an olefin compound having carbon-carbon unsaturated bond, and a compound having hydrogensilyl group are reacted in the presence of an acid amide compound, a nitrile compound and an aromatic hydroxyl compound, or an organoamine salt compound, by using catalytic action of platinum and/or its complex compound.

Abstract: A vessel for mixing a fluid with a reagent as the fluid flows through the vessel includes a vessel wall that encloses an interior volume. The vessel includes a first end, a second end spaced, and an axis that extends from the first end to the second end. The axis is configured to intersect and form an angle with a reference plane. The vessel also includes a fluid inlet proximate the first end through which the fluid enters the interior volume, a fluid outlet proximate the second end through which the fluid exits the interior volume, a port through which the reagent enters the interior volume, and at least one packing material positioned within the interior volume between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. The packing material randomly distributes the fluid and the reagent as the fluid flows through the vessel from the fluid inlet towards the fluid outlet.

Abstract: This invention relates to viscoelastic silicone rubber compositions that are the products of the reaction of: (a) a silanol-terminated polyorganosiloxane base; (b) a boron-containing crosslinking agent; and (c) a siloxane bond-forming crosslinking agent. In a viscoelastic silicone rubber composition of the invention some of the crosslinks, the siloxane crosslinks, are permanent and others of the crosslinks, the boron-containing crosslinks, are temporary. Because a fraction of its crosslinks can come apart and then reform, a viscoelastic silicone rubber composition of the invention can relax stress in response to strain and thus adapt to new shapes. The composition has sufficient permanent crosslinks, however, to establish a permanent equilibrium shape to which the composition will eventually return when not subject to any imposed stress.

Abstract: The design and deposition of a sensing layer for room temperature SAW/BAW chemical sensors utilizing macrocyclic compounds in accordance with supra-molecular chemistry principles. The gas to be sensed is attached to the organic sensing film thus changing its visco-elastic properties and creating a mass increase of the film deposited on the surface of SAW/BAW devices. A direct printing method can be used as an additive, mask-less procedure to deposit metallic interdigital transducers and electrodes required for SAW/BAW devices, along with the deposition of a guiding layer and the organic films only on the location required by the sensing SAW/BAW principle of the sensor. Different thermal treatment solutions can be used for the consolidation of the gelly organic films deposited by the direct printing methods.

Abstract: Disclosed is an optoelectronic device that includes a light source, an emission layer disposed on the light source including a light emitting particle dispersed in a matrix polymer, and a polymer film disposed on the emission layer, the polymer film including a polymerized polymer of a first monomer including at least two thiol (—SH) groups and a second monomer including at least two carbon-carbon unsaturated bond-containing groups at a terminal end.

Abstract: A method of preparing an organopolysiloxane is provided. An organopolysiloxane, which has both a linear or cross-linking structure derived from a trifunctional siloxane unit and a linear structure derived from a difunctional siloxane unit among the molecular structures and also has a sufficiently long linear structure, can be effectively prepared. Also, the organopolysiloxane can be synthesized so that it can have a sufficiently high molecular weight, and a target product showing excellent physical properties can be effectively prepared by minimizing a ratio of a functional group such as an alkoxy group or a hydroxyl group in the synthesized organopolysiloxane.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for preparing silicone resins having improved product purity. The process involves flowing a first liquid containing a silicone resin and an impurity through a fiber bundle, wherein the first liquid and second liquid are substantially immiscible.

Abstract: Provided is an ink jet recording head, including a member provided with an ejection orifice for ejecting ink, in which the ink jet recording head further includes a water-repellent layer including a cured product of a condensed product obtained by condensation of a hydrolyzable silane compound having an epoxy group and a hydrolyzable silane compound having a perfluoropolyether group on a surface of the member on a side on which the ejection orifice opens.

Abstract: A room-temperature-curable silicone rubber composition comprises: (A) an organopolysiloxane having on silicon atoms in the molecular chain in one molecule at least two specific alkoxysilyl-containing groups; (B) an organopolysiloxane having on silicon atom in the molecular chain neither a hydroxyl group nor an alkoxy group; (C) an alkoxysilane or its partial hydrolysis and condensation product; (D) a condensation reaction catalyst; and optionally comprises (E) an adhesion promoter and/or (F) a reinforcing filler. The composition cures at room temperature due to contact with atmospheric moisture and exhibits an excellent adhesiveness to substrate in contact with the composition during the cure of the composition.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for producing solvent-soluble polysiloxanes which includes a condensation process of subjecting a raw material having siloxane-bond-forming groups to hydrolytic copolycondensation in the presence of a catalyst to synthesize a reactive polysiloxane represented by general formula (1), the raw material containing both an organosilicon compound (S1) having a (meth)acryloyl group and siloxane-bond-forming groups and at least one silicon compound (S2) selected from among tetraalkoxysilanes and tetrahalogenosilanes, wherein in the condensation process, the organosilicon compound (S1) and silicon compound (S2) are used at a (S2)/(S1) molar ratio of 1.

Abstract: Branched polysiloxanes of formula (I) Ma1MHa2MVia3Db1DHb2DVib3Tc1THc2TVic3Qd??(I) wherein M=[R2R12SiO1/2], MH=[R12HSiO1/2], MVi=[R3R12SiO1/2], D=[R12SiO2/2], DH=[R1HSiO2/2], DVi=[R1R3SiO2/2], T=[R4SiO3/2], TH=[HSiO3/2], TVi=[R3SiO3/2], Q=[SiO4/2], R1 is mutually independently identical or different, linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon moieties, R2 is mutually independently the same as R1, an alkoxy moiety or a hydroxy group, R3 is mutually independently identical or different, linear or branched, olefinically unsaturated hydrocarbon moieties, R4 is mutually independently R1 or identical or different linear, branched and/or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon moieties comprising heteroatoms, a1=from 0 to 50, a2=from 1 to 50, a3=from 1 to 50, b1=from 10 to 5000, b2=from 0 to 30, b3=from 0 to 30, c1=from 0 to 50, c2=from 0 to 50 c3=from 0 to 50, d=from 0 to 50, with the proviso that the sum c1+c2+c3+d is greater than or equal to 1, are provided.

Abstract: Crosslinkable compositions are disclosed herein that comprise at least one silicon-based material comprising at least one alkyl group and at least one aryl or aromatic group, at least one catalyst, and at least one solvent.

Abstract: A method is presented for making alkoxy-modified silsesquioxanes (AMS) or co-alkoxy-modified silsesquioxanes (co-AMS,) comprising the steps of (a) combining as a reaction mixture (i) water, (ii) an acid-stable solvent for the water, (iii) a solid strong cationic hydrolysis and condensation catalyst, and (iv) a trialkoxysilane compound, (b) allowing the reaction mixture to react for about 0.5 hours to about 200 hours to form the alkoxy-modified silsesquioxanes; and (c) recovering the alkoxy-modified silsesquioxanes from the reaction mixture. The use of solid strong cationic catalysts in this reaction system is advantageous because they remain as solids throughout the reaction, allowing simplified separation of the solid catalyst from the soluble AMS or co-AMS products, resulting in total or near total recovery of the AMS or co-AMS products, the products being free of, or substantially free of residual acid catalyst, as well as virtual total recovery of the catalyst for recycling.

Abstract: An amino alkoxy-modified silsesquioxane (AMS) comprising one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of an amino AMS, an amino/mercaptan co-AMS, an amino/blocked mercaptan co-AMS, mixtures thereof, and a weak acid-neutralized solid or aqueous solution thereof, and a method of making the amino AMS, are presented. The compounds are useful in compounding, processing, cure and storage of silica-reinforced rubbers because they contain low levels of volatile organic compounds (VOC).

Abstract: A process for condensation between at least one ?SiOH unit and at least one ?SiOR unit is provided. In accordance with the present invention, R=a hydrogen or a C1-C20 hydrocarbon group optionally comprising one or more heteroatoms, and the ?SiOH and ?SiOR units belong to at least one identical or different (organo)silicon compound P. The process is conducted in the presence of an effective amount of at least one catalyst C, comprising a carbene. Compositions are also provided.

Abstract: A silanol condensation catalyst including at least the zirconium metal salt expressed by Formula (I) below (wherein n is an integer from 1 to 3; each R1 is a hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 16 carbons; and each R2 is a hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 18 carbons.) A heat-curable silicone resin composition for sealing optical semiconductors includes 100 parts by mass of a polysiloxane containing two or more silanol groups in the molecule; from 0.1 to 2,000 parts by mass of a silane compound containing two or more alkoxy groups that are bonded to a silicon atom in the molecule; and a zirconium metal salt expressed by Formula (I). A sealed optical semiconductor is formed by sealing a LED chip by applying the heat-curable silicone resin composition to the LED chip, heating the LED chip, and curing the heat-curable silicone resin composition.

Abstract: This invention provides compositions comprising reactive inorganic fillers in a cross-linked organosiloxane matrix and methods to produce the same. These compositions are useful as stain and acid resistant grouts and mortar.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polysiloxane-polylactide block copolymer and a preparation method thereof, in which the polysiloxane-polylactide block copolymer has improved impact resistance and flexibility, compared to the conventional polylactide resins and can be prepared by ring-opening polymerization of lactide monomers in the presence of a polymerization initiator of polysiloxane.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for forming an inorganic polymer material, including mixing 10 to 80 parts by weight of tetraalkoxysilane and 10 to 80 parts by weight of trialkoxysilane to form a mixture; and performing a reaction at pH of 0 to 4 by adding 5 to 30 parts by weight of a catalyst to the mixture to form an inorganic polymer material.

Abstract: Silicone resins with a weight average molecular weight of at least 5000 g/mol and polydispersity of ?65 are prepared by hydrolyzing and condensing: (A) silicon-bonded alkoxylated and optionally hydroxylated silicone resin intermediate(s), (C) a basic or acidic catalyst or mixture thereof which is not completely self-neutralizing, (D) water, and (E) in the presence of an aliphatic carboxylic ester as the sole process solvent, with the provisos that I) alcohol eliminated in the reaction is removed from the reaction mixture by distillation, II) the catalyst (C) is deactivated by thermal treatment or neutralization, and III) a portion of (E) remains in the final product.

Abstract: A method includes the steps of (I) fabricating a cured silicone product and (II) using the cured silicone product in a patterning technique. The cured silicone product is a reaction product of (A) a silicone cure package and (B) is a polar additive having a polyalkylene oxide functionality and a reactive functionality. The method is useful in soft lithography applications.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid hydrosilicone resin and a preparation process thereof. The average composition of the liquid hydrosilicone resin is represented by the following formula: (R1R2R3SiO1/2)M.(R4R5SiO2/2)D. (R6SiO3/2)T.(SiO4/2)Q wherein R1 to R6 are identical or different radicals independently selected from the group consisting of organic groups and a hydrogen atom, with the proviso that at least one of R1to R6 is a hydrogen atom bonded directly to a silicon atom. The liquid hydrosilicone resin is obtained by dispersing a hydrosilicone oil, a hydroxyl silicone resin and a dehydrogenation catalyst in a solvent to form a dispersion, allowing the dispersion to react, and then removing the solvent and the catalyst.

Abstract: A targeted molecular weight of an organopolysiloxane is obtained in a two stage hydrolysis by hydrolyzing a chlorosilane with from 0.002 to 0.6 mol of water in a first step in the presence of alcohol, in which the pressure and/or temperature are adjusted such that following further hydrolysis in a second step, the targeted molecular weight is obtained.

Abstract: A curable resin composition, comprising 100 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylic polymer (A) having, at a terminal thereof, at least one crosslinkable silyl group; 0.1 to 100 parts by mass of a diamine compound (B) having a monovalent or bivalent aliphatic or alicyclic hydrocarbon group that has 8 or more carbon atoms and may be branched and having at least one primary amino group; and 0.1 to 100 parts by mass of a diamine compound (C) having a monovalent aliphatic or alicyclic hydrocarbon group that has 8 or more carbon atoms and may be branched, and having a crosslinkable silyl group and/or a (meth)acryloyl group.

Abstract: A stable viscosity coating composition, a method of forming the stable viscosity coating composition and a method for using the stable viscosity coating composition in a micro-molding imprint lithographic process, such as Step and Flash Imprint Lithography is disclosed. The stable viscosity coating composition may include at least one vinyl ether having at least one vinyl ether group (—OCR?CR2), and a stabilizer, wherein the stabilizer may be 9-anthracenemethanol, a substituted 9-anthracenemethanol, phenothiazine, or a substituted phenothiazine. The coating composition may include a radiation sensitive photoacid generator (PAG). The method of forming the coating composition comprises combining at least one vinyl ether having at least one vinyl ether group (—OCR?CR2), and at least one stabilizer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions containing polyether-siloxane copolymers which are based on branched SiH-functional siloxanes, where at least one of the polyether-siloxane copolymers has a radical —OR8 where R8=hydrogen or an alkyl radical having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms which is bound to a silicon atom, a process for producing polyurethane foam in which these compositions are used as foam stabilizers, polyurethane foams containing these compositions and the use of these polyurethane foams.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a polysilane-polycarbosilane copolymer solution. Said method comprises the preparation of a polysilane, obtained by the disproportionation of a methylchlorodisilane or a mixture of methylchlorodisilanes of formula Si2MenC16-n with a Lewis base as the catalyst, a subsequent thermal cross-linking of the polysilane to form an infusible polysilane-polycarbosilane copolymer that is soluble in inert solvents, in addition to the production of said solution by the dissolution of the polysilane-polycarbosilane copolymer in an inert solvent. The invention also relates to a method for producing oxygen-depleted ceramic fibers and other molded bodies with a composition similar to that of SiC. Said method comprises the spinning of the solution to obtain green fibers according to the dry spinning method and the pyrolysis of the dried green fibers in an inert gas atmosphere or a reductive atmosphere.