Abstract: Disclosed is an ink composition comprising water, a colorant, and a linear ASBS′A′ block copolymer wherein A and A′ are each, independently of the other, blocks comprising one or more repeat monomer units of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, or random or alternating mixtures of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, B is a block comprising one or more repeat monomer units of an alkylsiloxane, a dialkylsiloxane, an alkyl aryl siloxane, a diarylsiloxane, or mixtures thereof, S is an optional spacer group between the A and B blocks, and S′ is an optional spacer group between the B and A′ blocks. Also disclosed is a multicolor ink jet printing process using the ink, wherein dry time is reduced and/or intercolor bleed is reduced.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a silicone epoxy resin, its preparation, and the use in corrosion-inhibiting, heat-stable coatings. The inventive resins are obtained by a process which comprises reacting: I) siloxanes of the general formula RaSi(OR′)bO(4−a−b)/2  in which OR′ is an alkoxy group with primary or secondary aliphatic alcohols, R is identical or different and is an alkyl group or an aromatic group, a is from 0.1 to 2.0, and b is from 0.1 to 1.0, with II) one or more low molecular mass polyhydric alcohols/polyols and III) one or more resins containing epoxide groups, containing at least two 1,2-epoxide groups per molecule, at temperatures in the range from about 100 to about 160° C. with removal of the alcohol HOR′ to a degree of conversion of from 20 to 80% and terminating the reaction by cooling to a temperature <about 100° C.

Abstract: An aqueous treatment agent for wiping paper is capable of rendering tissue paper, toilet paper, and other types of wiping paper dry to the touch, highly smooth, nonsticky, and extremely soft while suppressing the slippery or wet feel thereof. The aqueous treatment agent comprises a water dispersion of a silicone rubber powder with an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 500 micrometers, a silicone oil, a surfactant, and water.

Abstract: The present invention provides an epoxy resin composition which comprises an alkoxy-containing silane-modified epoxy resin (A) which is obtainable by dealcoholization condensation reaction between a bisphenol epoxy resin (1) and hydrolyzable alkoxysilane (2); and a curing agent (B) for epoxy resin. The present invention also provides a method for preparing an alkoxy-containing silane-modified epoxy resin, the method comprising dealcoholization condensation reaction between the bisphenol epoxy resin (1) and the hydrolyzable alkoxysilane (2).

Abstract: There are described chloro-, hydroxy- and alkoxysilane derivatives of polysaccharides or oligosaccharides as novel compounds which are polymerizable and cross-linkable, and a method for obtaining them; novel support materials obtained from said derivatives and containing said silane derivatives of polysaccharides or oligosaccharides chemically grafted by a covalent bond with the support and polymerized and cross-linked in a three-dimensional network and a method for obtaining them; as well as the use of said material supports in separation or in preparation of enantiomers, through employment in gaseous, liquid or supercritical chromatography, by electrophoresis, electrochromatography or by percolation processes through membranes containing said support materials.

Abstract: The present invention provides a partial condensate of glycidyl ether group-containing alkoxysilane which is obtainable by dealcoholization reaction between glycidol and a partial condensate of alkoxysilane, compositions comprising the same and preparation methods thereof. Further, the present invention provides an alkoxy-containing silane-modified polyimide resin, alkoxy-containing silane-modified polyamide-imide resin and alkoxy-containing silane-modified phenol resin which are modified with the partial condensate of glycidyl ether group-containing alkoxysilane, and preparation methods thereof.

Abstract: A one-pack type epoxy resin composition is desclosed. The composition comprises a low-viscosity epoxy resin and an acid anhydride hardener, and has a viscosity of 250 P or less at 25° C. The hardener is an imide oligomer comprising an imide unit and having an acid anhydride group at the terminal thereof. The imide unit is represented by formula I: wherein A represents an asymmetric aromatic tetracarboxylic dianhydride residue or alicyclic tetracarboxylic dianhydride residue; and B represents a diaminopolysiloxane residue.

Abstract: This invention relates to a curable release composition, comprising: (A) a compound represented by the formula wherein: n is a number in the range of about 1 to about 60; and T is  (B) a curable organopolysiloxane. This invention also relates to a method of making a release coated substrate comprising coating a substrate with the foregoing release composition and curing the coated composition. This invention relates to a release coated article comprising a substrate which has been coated with the foregoing release composition.

Abstract: A composition is disclosed that comprises non-hydrolyzable, block, non-(AB)n type copolymers comprising units of the formula {XR2[(SiO(R1)2]xSi(R1)2R2X}, units of the formula {YO(CaH2aO)bY}, and linking groups —NR3—, wherein R1 is alkyl, R2 is a divalent organic moiety, X and Y are independently selected divalent organic groups formed by the ring opening of an epoxide, R3 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, oxygen-containing alkyl, oxygen-containing aryl, and oxygen-containing aralkyl, a=2 to 4, b=2 to 100, and x=1 to 500.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a coating composition comprising a first compound comprising at least one bicyclo- or spiro-orthoester group and a second compound comprising at least two hydroxyl-reactive groups. The invention also comprises a process for curing the present coating composition. More particularly, the latent hydroxyl groups of the bicyclo- or spiro-orthoester groups have to be deblocked and reacted with the hydroxyl-reactive groups of the second compound if the present coating composition is to be cured. Further, a process for making bicyclo-orthoester compounds from the corresponding oxetane compound is described, as are polymers comprising at least one bicyclo- or spiro-orthoester group.

Abstract: This invention relates to a novel polyhydric alcohol-modified silicone, and to cosmetic products containing the same. When the polyhydric alcohol-modified silicone was used as an oil base, the cosmetic containing it had excellent adhesion to the skin without being sticky and had a clean feel, and when it was used as an emulsifying agent, it had excellent emulsification stability.

Abstract: An electrically insulating crosslinked thin-film-forming organic resin composition comprising (A) an electrically insulating organic resin having silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms or silicon atom-bonded alkenyl groups and (B) a solvent, and a method for forming a crosslinked thin film therefrom.

Abstract: A curable composition having an epoxy component and an organosilane component. The epoxy component includes at least one epoxy compound having two or more epoxide functional groups. The organosilane component includes at least one organosilane compound having two or more silyl ether groups. An exemplary organosilane compound is a siloxane-modified polyol.

Abstract: Antireflective compositions characterized by the presence of an SiO-containing polymer having pendant chromophore moieties are useful antireflective coating/hardmask compositions in lithographic processes. These compositions provide outstanding optical, mechanical and etch selectivity properties while being applicable using spin-on application techniques. The compositions are especially useful in lithographic processes used to configure underlying material layers on a substrate, especially metal or semiconductor layers.

Abstract: A process for increasing the pill resistance of a polyester polymer wherein the polyester polymer is produced by polymerizing a polymerization mixture comprising (a) a carbonyl compound or an oligomer of the carbonyl compound and (b) a glycol. The process comprises contacting the polymerization mixture with a cross-linker comprising (RO)mSi(X)nZp, wherein: R is hydrogen, a hydrocarbon, or a hydrocarbon oxygen; X is a hydrocarbon or a hydrocarbon oxygen; Z is a hydrophilic group; m is 1 to 3; n is 1 to 3; and p is 1 to 30.

Abstract: An improved coating comprising a coating on a substrate is described. The coating comprises a crosslinked polymeric material derived from an alkine-bridged bis-(aminosilane) or comprising a mixture of the alkine-bridged bis-(amino-silane) and an epoxysilane. The alkine bridged bis-(aminosilane) may have the general formula: wherein R1, R2, and R3 are independently selected from alkyl groups of 1 to 4 carbon atoms or phenyl groups, R4 is selected from hydrogen, phenyl groups, and alkyl of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and m is 1, 2, 3 or 4. The alkine bridged bis-(aminosilane) is itself a novel compound. A novel coating composition comprises a coating composition comprising a solution comprising and epoxysilane and an alkine-bridged bis-(amino-silane), especially where the alkine-bridged bis-(amino-silane) has the general formula: wherein R1, R2, and R3 are independently selected from aliphatic groups or aromatic groups which complete a silane, and m is 1, 2, 3 or 4.

Abstract: A modified organopolysiloxane in which a carboxyl group of a heterocyclic compound having a carboxyl group and containing a nitrogen atom as a heteroatom is combined with an amino group of an amino-modified silicone is used as a gelling agent for low-viscosity silicone oil, which can allow the low-viscosity silicone oil to stably gel without losing the characteristics thereof.

Abstract: A composition and method for making a silicone composition is provided which comprises at least one polysiloxane or silicone resin containing at least one linker and either one or two molecular hooks.

Abstract: Disclosed are polyoxyethylene derivatives having different functional groups at both ends of the molecule represented by the following formula (I) and a process for producing the derivatives by anionic living polymerization. The present invention provides polymers which are especially suitable for use as medical materials. wherein A′ and B′ are organosilyl type amino-protecting groups, R is a hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl group, and Y is a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal or a certain functional group.

Abstract: Silane functionalized polyaromatic polymers which may be prepared by reacting a polyaromatic polymer with a sulfonating agent and reacting the sulfonated polyaromatic polymer with a silane terminated coupling agent.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a coating composition particularly useful as a clear coating applied over a pigmented base coating, wherein the clear coating has improved resistance to marring and to acid etching when exposed to natural weathering conditions. The clear coating is particularly useful as an automotive OEM clear coating or as a refinish clear coating. The coating has two components. Component A of the coating composition includes a melamine and an acrylosilane polymer of a polymerized monomers mixture, which includes an alkyl methacrylate, an alkyl acrylate, cycloaliphatic alkyl methacrylate, cycloaliphatic alkyl acrylate, styrene or any mixture of these monomers; hydroxy alkyl methacrylate, hydroxy alkyl acrylate or any mixtures of these monomers; and a mono-ethylenically unsaturated silane monomer. Component B of the composition includes an organic polyisocyanate as a crosslinking agent.

Abstract: A composition comprising (A) 100 parts of a liquid epoxy resin, (B) 100-300 parts of a spherical inorganic filler having a maximum particle size of up to 50 &mgr;m and a mean particle size of 0.5-10 &mgr;m, (C) 0.1-6 parts of a reactive functional group-containing silicone compound, and (D) 0.01-10 parts of a curing accelerator is suitable as an underfill material for flip-chip type semiconductor devices. The composition has improved thin film infiltration and eliminates voids and other defects.

Abstract: The present invention describes a method for producing epoxyorganosilicon compounds through the platinum-catalyzed hydrosilation reaction of ethylenically unsaturated epoxides and a silicon-hydride in the presence of a carboxylic acid salt. Also taught herein is the use of carboxylic acid salts in compositions of epoxyorganosilicon compounds to provide compositions of greater stability.

Abstract: A two component polyurethane clear coat for use with golf balls includes a polyol component and a polyisocyanate component. The polyol component includes a polyester polyol resin containing a neopentyl glycol resin. A mixture of silane and aziridine is also preferably included in the polyol component. The polyisocynanate component includes a mixture of an isocyanate trimer of hexamethylene diisocyanate and a biuret of hexamethylene diisocyanate. The polyol and polyisocyanate components preferably include two solvents forming a blend selected from the group of ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, propyleneglycolmonomethylether acetate, toluene and xylene. The coating may be applied directly to golf ball covers with a variety of chemistries without the need of a primer or basecoat. The clear coat provides superior adhesion and abrasion resistance in addition to improving the drying and curing characteristics.

Abstract: A curable composition and process of applying the composition and the resulting composite coatings provide improved resistance to acid etch and mar. The curable composition has (a) about 30 to 90 percent by weight, based on total weight of resin solids, of a film-forming composition selected from the group consisting of: (i) a polyepoxide and a polyacid crosslinking agent; (ii) an acrylosilane polymer, an acrylic polyol polymer, and optionally an alkylated melamine-formaldehyde crosslinking agent; and (iii) a polyisocyanate and a polymer having at least one group that is reactive with isocyanate; and (b) about 10 to 70 percent by weight, based on total weight of resin solids, of a tricarbamoyl triazine compound of the formula: C3N3(NHCOXR)3 wherein X is nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, phosphorus, or carbon, and R is a lower alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, or mixtures of lower alkyl groups.

Abstract: The present invention relates to multifunctionalized polyorganosiloxanes comprising, per molecule at least one functional siloxy unit Y having C1-C5 alkoxy radical and at least one other functional siloxy unit W having an halogenated or polyhalogenated alkyl, aralkyl or aryl; polyether ether; epoxidized alkyl; alkoxyalkyl; hydroxylated, carbonylated or esterified alkyl; phenol; and alkoxysilyl; and optionally at least one siloxy unit having a SiH group. The alkoxy functionality Y is introduced onto a suitable polyhydroorganosiloxane by a dehydrogenation/condensation reaction from the alcohol from which Y derives and then the non-hydrogen functionality W by a hydrosilylation reaction from the olefinic compound from which W derives. The multifunctionalized polyorganosiloxanes can be used as antiadhesion modulators in silicone compositions.

Abstract: The present invention provides fora silicone epoxy resin, its preparation, and the use in corrosion-inhibiting, heat-stable coatings.

Abstract: A powder coating composition of a solid particulate film-forming mixture including (a) a carbamate group-containing polymer having a glass transition temperature of at least 30° C.; and (b) a curing agent having functional groups reactive with the carbamate functional groups of the polymer. Also provided is a multi-component composite coating composition characterized by a pigmented basecoat deposited from a pigmented film-forming composition and a substantially pigment-free top coat applied over the basecoat. The top coat is deposited from the powder coating composition. A method of forming a wrinkled coating on a substrate is further provided where a curable powder coating composition is prepared from a solid particulate film-forming mixture, applied to a substrate and thermally cured to form a continuous coating having a wrinkled surface. The solid particulate film-forming mixture includes (a) a carbamate functional group-containing polymer having a glass transition temperature at least 30° C.

Abstract: Compositions having improved stability which, when applied to a variety of substrates and cured, form transparent abrasion resistant coatings having improved adhesion, and improved resistance to crack formation. The coating compositions are aqueous-organic solvent mixtures containing a mixture of hydrolysis products and partial condensates of an epoxy functional silane and a disilane and a carboxylic acid component. Substrates containing the coating compositions and a process for applying the coating composite to a substrate are also disclosed.

Abstract: An ocular lens material comprising a silicone compound having a zwitterionic group (I) represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 is H or an alkyl, R2 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon or an aromatic hydrocarbon, A1 is O, S, NH or direct bond, A2 is POO− or SOO−, A3 is O, S, NH or ═O, in which when A2 is SOO−, A1 and A3 are not S, and when A3 is ═O, R2 is absent, each of p and q is 1 to 20; a zwitterionic group (II) represented by the formula (II): wherein R3 is H or an alkyl, A4 is O, S, NH or direct bond, each of r, s and t is 1 to 20; or a zwitterionic group (III) represented by the formula (III): wherein R4 is H or an alkyl, each of A5 and A6 is O, S, NH or direct bond, in which A5 and A6 are not direct bonds at the same time, u is 1 to 20, and a process for producing the same. The ocular lens material shows excellent transparency, oxygen permeability, deposit resistance and wettability to tears at the same time.

Abstract: Novel silsesquioxane polymers are formed by methods which avoid the use of BBr3. The novel silsesquioxane polymers are especially useful in negative photoresist compositions and photolithographic processes. Alternatively, improved silsesquioxane polymer-containing negative photoresist compositions are obtained by using a polymer component containing a blend of silsesquioxane polymer and non-silsesquioxane polymer. The photoresist compositions provide improved dissolution characteristics enabling the use of 0.26N TMAH developer. The photoresist compositions also provide improved thermal characteristics enabling use of higher processing temperatures. The photoresist compositions are especially useful in a multilayer photolithographic processes and are capable of producing high resolution.

Abstract: A method comprising (a) synthesis of a poly(arylene ether) having the structure (1) wherein m is an integer having an average value in the range from about 3 to about 300; (b) solution functionalization of polymer (1) to form functionalized poly(arylene ether) having the structure (2) wherein X is a reactive functional group selected from the group consisting of anhydride, hydroxyl, epoxy, carboxyl, —R1OH, R1CO2R2, —R1CH2═CH2, or vinyl, wherein R1 is a primary or secondary divalent alkyl or haloalky group having from 1 to 20 carbons, or an aryl group and R2 is a primary or secondary alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbons; and Q4 is hydrogen, X, or a mixture thereof; (c) reaction of functionalized poly(arylene ether) (2) with a poly(organosiloxane) having structure (3): wherein x is zero or one and Y is a functional group reactive with X, selected from the group consisting of —OH, —CH2═CH2, epoxy, amino, carboxy, &mdash

Abstract: Disclosed are inorganic-organic copolymers and their preparation using polyvinylalcohol-silane coupling agents. The inorganic-organic copolymers can be prepared through the reaction of silane-coupling agents containing hydroxy groups and silane groups with organic metal compounds. The inorganic-organic copolymers are of high transparency as well as shows superb moisture barrier characteristics and hydrophilicity and can be applied as resins or film coatings for many fields, including anti-fogging agents, anti-foaming agents, lubricants, paints, anti-corrosive coatings, water-resistant coatings, plastic or metal-protective coatings.

Abstract: Telechelic polymers are presented, comprising polysiloxane polymers having multiple epoxy end-groups of the formula G—R3—SiR1R2O(SiR1R2O)mSiR1R2—R3—G wherein each R1 and R2 are independently monovalent alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, and halohydrocarbon radicals having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, halohydrocarbon radicals having the formula CnF2n+1CH2CH2— wherein n is an integer from 1 to 18; m is an integer in the range from 10 to about 1000; R3 is a divalent hydrocarbon radical having from 2 to 18 carbon atoms; and G is a silicon-based functionalized end group, wherein the functionalities are selected from the group consisting of epoxides, vinyl ethers, propenyl ether, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polymerizable terminal group-containing polyorganosiloxane having a number average molecular weight of 500 to 100000 represented by the following Formula (1): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 each represent a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 4 to 10 carbon atoms or an aryl-containing group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms; R6 represents a hydrogen atom, a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms or an aryl-containing group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms; n represents 1 or more and m represents 0 or more, in which n+m represents an average polymerization degree and is 4 to 1100; X represents an alkylene group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms; Y represents —OCH2CH2—, —OCH(CH3)CH2— or —OCH2CH(CH3)—; p represents 3 or more; and Z represents an alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A UV-stabilizer comprising a mixture of hydroxybenzotriazole and a hydrolyzable silane containing at least one epoxy group is disclosed. The stabilizer is especially suitable as a component of a siloxane system for coating substrates, especially thermoplastic substrates and most especially polycarbonate substrates.

Abstract: The invention relates to nematic organosiloxanes (F) having at least two mesogenic side groups, of which at most one has three nuclei and all the others have two nuclei, where the term nucleus is taken to mean a six-membered ring or a bicyclic structure consisting of six-membered rings, and where at least one of the mesogenic side groups contains a methacryloyl or acryloyl group.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a coating composition comprising a first compound comprising at least one bicyclo- or spiro-orthoester group and a second compound comprising at least two hydroxyl-reactive groups. The invention also comprises a process for curing the present coating composition. More particularly, the latent hydroxyl groups of the bicyclo- or spiro-orthoester groups have to be deblocked and reacted with the hydroxyl-reactive groups of the second compound if the present coating composition is to be cured. Further, a process for making bicyclo-orthoester compounds from the corresponding oxetane compound is described, as are polymers comprising at least one bicyclo- or spiro-orthoester group.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel crosslinkable, photoactive silane derivatives of the formula I mixtures of silane derivatives of the formula I and mixtures of silane derivatives of the formula I with uncrosslinkable silane derivatives as usually used for silanizing inorganic, oxide-containing surfaces. The invention furthermore relates to the use of silane derivatives of the formula I and of mixtures which contain at least one silane derivative of the formula I as orientation layers for liquid crystals and for the production of unstructured or structured optical elements and multilayer systems.

Abstract: The present invention relates to rubber compounds comprising one or more soluble rubbers, hydrophobized filler, and one or more sulfane-silane compounds on an inorganic or organic support and to a process for making them. The novel rubber compounds are suitable for moldings of every kind, especially tires or tire treads having low rolling resistance and high resistance to abrasion.

Abstract: Compositions, comprising functionalized resins having the formula MxHMyRQ  (I) wherein x+y is in the range from 0.

Abstract: An amine-, polyol-, amide-, dimethyl-functional siloxane copolymer and a method for its preparation are disclosed. The copolymer is suitable for use in fiber treatment compositions. The copolymer provides good hand, resistance to yellowing, and hydrophilicity to fibers treated therewith.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel polymers containing at least some units of formula (I): in which: A1⊕ and A2⊕; which may be identical or different, denote: a) a quaternary unsaturated heterocycle; or b) a quaternary ammonium and at least one of the groups A1⊕ and A2⊕ denotes a quaternary unsaturated heterocycle; p denotes an integer or fraction from 0 to 50; B1 denotes an &agr;, &ohgr;-bis(alkyl)polysiloxane group or a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon-based chain containing upto 6 consecutive carbon atoms, which can contain one or more hydroxyl groups and can be interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms and/or several aromatic rings; B2 denotes a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon-based chain containing upto 6 consecutive carbon atoms, which can contain one or more hydroxyl groups and can be interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms and/or several aromatic rings; R1, R2, R3 and R4, which may be identical or different, de

Abstract: A crosslinked material of a polyether copolymer comprising: (A) 1 to 98% by mol of a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by the formula (I): (B) 95 to 1% by mol of a repeating unit derived from a monomer represented by the formula (II): (C) 0.005 to 15% by mol of a repeating unit derived from a monomer having one epoxy group and at least one reactive functional group; provides a polymer solid electrolyte which is superior in ionic conductivity and also superior in processability, moldability, mechanical strength and flexibility, furthermore thermal resistance.

Abstract: A thermosetting resin composition obtained by heat treating, under the specified conditions, a mixture of a polyaddition thermosetting resin, a silicic compound (oligomer) having a functional group capable of causing an addition reaction with a curing agent for the polyaddition thermosetting resin, and water, followed by adding of a curing agent for the polyaddition thermosetting resin is useful for producing thermosetting resin molded articles, resin encapsulated semiconductor devices, automobile parts, etc., which are high in heat resistance, small in change of elastic modulus at high temperatures, and resistant to crack and peeling.

Abstract: Water-soluble, i.e. easily dispersible, amino-functional polyorganosiloxanes obtained by radical polymerization of vinyl compounds containing amino or ammonium groups onto polyorganosiloxanes which contain at least one mercapto group. They are suitable as textile finishing aids, surfactants and emulsifiers.

Abstract: The present invention teaches heterocyclic amine modified siloxanes and their use, a preferred of which is as adjuvants for pesticides. The heterocyclic amine modified siloxanes have siloxane backbones with pendant, terminal or intermediate heterocyclic amine groups, which may contain one or more heteroatoms, i.e., nitrogen, sulfur or oxygen. The heterocyclic amine groups or the siloxane may be functionalized further with alkyl or alkyleneoxide groups.

Abstract: The invention relates to organopolysiloxanes with dye residues comprising units of the general formula R1a(RO)bAcR2dSiO(4−a−b−c−d)/2  (I) wherein R can be identical or different and is hydrogen atom or monovalent, substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon radical, R1 can be identical or different and is hydrogen atom or monovalent, SC-bonded hydrocarbon radical, R2 can be identical or different and is substituted, monovalent, Si—C bonded hydrocarbon radical, A can be identical or different and is a radical of a water-soluble organic dye containing at least one of sulfonic acid groups, sulfonate groups, or metal complexes thereof, a is 0, 1, 2, or 3, b is 0, 1, 2 or 3, d is 0, 1, 2, or 3 and c is 0, 1 or 2 with the proviso that the sum of a, b, c and d is less than or equal to 3, the organopolysiloxanes have at least one radical, and, in the units of the formula (I) where c is other than 0, d is 0.

Abstract: A continuous process for producing a silicone polymer comprises the sequential steps of (i) polymerisation of a linear silanol group containing siloxane by condensation polymerisation, or of a cyclosiloxane by ring opening polymerisation, or of a mixture of said linear and cyclosiloxanes with a phosphazene base in the presence of water and the presence or absence of a filler in a static mixer, (ii) neutralising the reaction mixture in a static mixer, an in-line mixer or an extruder, and (iii) stripping the neutralised reaction mixture to remove volatile materials. Preferably step (ii) is performed in a static mixer and step (iii) is performed in a thin film stripper, extruder or co-rotating processor.

Abstract: A composite comprising a polysilamine having a repeating unit represented by the following formula [—N(R1)—A1—Si(R2)(R3)—B—] wherein R1, R2 and R3 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; A1 is a lower alkylene group which may be substituted by a lower alkyl group, a group represented by the formula —A2—N(R4)—A3— or a group represented by the formula —A2—N(R4)—A3—N(R5)—A4—, wherein A2, A3 and A4 are the same or different and each is a lower alkylene group which may be substituted by a lower alkyl group; R4 and R5 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom or lower alkyl groups; B is a lower alkylene group which may be substituted by a lower alkyl group; and n is an integer of not less than 2, and a strong acid is disclosed. This composite has proton conductivity and is thus suitably used as an electrolyte membrane of a fuel cell.