Hydrophobic mineral insulation materials and method of making the same are disclosed. The mineral insulants may include at least one amino-functional organosilicon compound. The amino-functional organosilicon compounds may have an amine number in the range of 0.05 to 0.40. The method of hydrophobicizing may include providing an aqueous emulsion having at least one amino-functional organosilicon compound which may have an amine in the range of 0.05 to 0.40.

Hydrophobic mineral insulation materials and method of making the same are disclosed. The mineral insulants may include at least one amino-functional organosilicon compound. The amino-functional organosilicon compounds may have an amine number in the range of 0.05 to 0.40. The method of hydrophobicizing may include providing an aqueous emulsion having at least one amino-functional organosilicon compound which may have an amine in the range of 0.05 to 0.40.

Disclosed is an electrical steel sheet with an insulating coating formed by applying a surface-treatment agent to at least one surface of the electrical steel sheet and drying the surface-treatment agent, wherein the surface-treatment agent contains: certain trialkoxysilane and/or dialkoxysilane (A); a silane coupling agent (B) that does not contain a polymerizable unsaturated group in its structure; plate-like silica (C); a polymerizable unsaturated-group-containing compound (D); and water, within a range satisfying the following conditions (1) to (3): (1) a mass ratio (A/B) of (A) to (B) is from 0.05 to 1.00; (2) a content of (C) is 2 mass % to 30 mass % with respect to a total mass of (A) to (D) in the surface-treatment agent; and (3) a content of (D) is 2 mass % to 18 mass % with respect to the total mass of (A) to (D) in the surface-treatment agent.

The present invention relates to a polysiloxane copolymer including a structural unit derived from a siloxane-based polymer and a structural unit derived from a silane-based monomer, and a method for preparing the same. The polysiloxane copolymer of the present invention has excellent heat resistance, flexibility, transparency, photosensitivity, durability and the like, and may be widely used as a material in an optical field or/and an electronic field.

The present invention relates to a polysiloxane copolymer including a structural unit derived from a siloxane-based polymer and a structural unit derived from a silane-based monomer, and a method for preparing the same. The polysiloxane copolymer of the present invention has excellent heat resistance, flexibility, transparency, photosensitivity, durability and the like, and may be widely used as a material in an optical field or/and an electronic field.

The present technology provides a UV curable coating composition, methods for forming a photocured coating on a substrate, and articles that include a substrate and a photocured coating. The UV curable coating composition includes an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compound, a functionalized siloxane compound, and optionally a micronized inorganic particle(s). The cured coating may provide improved dirt and/or brake dust pick-up resistance.

A polyimide copolymer according to the present invention has a particular structure in which siloxane structures are distributed in a nanosize in a polymer and thus enables excellent transparency, heat resistance, mechanical strength and flexibility and effective reduction of residual stress, and thus can be used in various fields such as a substrate for a device, a cover substrate for a display, an optical film, an integrated circuit (IC) package, an adhesive film, a multi-layer flexible printed circuit (FPC), tape, a touch panel and a protective film for an optical disk.

A polyimide copolymer according to the present invention has a particular structure in which siloxane structures are distributed in a nanosize in a polymer and thus enables excellent transparency, heat resistance, mechanical strength and flexibility and effective reduction of residual stress, and thus can be used in various fields such as a substrate for a device, a cover substrate for a display, an optical film, an integrated circuit (IC) package, an adhesive film, a multi-layer flexible printed circuit (FPC), tape, a touch panel and a protective film for an optical disk.

The silicone emulsion composition for forming a rubber coating film according to the present invention, including (A) an organopolysiloxane having at least two hydroxyl groups bonded to silicon atoms at terminal ends of the molecule in each molecule thereof, (B) an aminoalkyltrialkoxysilane represented by formula (1) ##STR00001##
(where R.sup.1 through R.sup.3 represent H or a univalent hydrocarbon group, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 represent divalent hydrocarbon groups, R.sup.6 represents a univalent hydrocarbon group, and n is an integer 0 to 6), (C) a vinyltrialkoxysilane represented by formula (2):
CH.sub.2═CHSi(OR.sup.7).sub.3
(where R.sup.7 represents a univalent hydrocarbon group), (D) a surfactant, and (E) water and not containing an organic tin compound, is free of problems with storage stability or byproducts, and a rubber coating film can be formed thereby in a short time without the use of an organic tin compound.

The silicone emulsion composition for forming a rubber coating film according to the present invention, including (A) an organopolysiloxane having at least two hydroxyl groups bonded to silicon atoms at terminal ends of the molecule in each molecule thereof, (B) an aminoalkyltrialkoxysilane represented by formula (1) ##STR00001##
(where R.sup.1 through R.sup.3 represent H or a univalent hydrocarbon group, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 represent divalent hydrocarbon groups, R.sup.6 represents a univalent hydrocarbon group, and n is an integer 0 to 6), (C) a vinyltrialkoxysilane represented by formula (2):
CH.sub.2═CHSi(OR.sup.7).sub.3
(where R.sup.7 represents a univalent hydrocarbon group), (D) a surfactant, and (E) water and not containing an organic tin compound, is free of problems with storage stability or byproducts, and a rubber coating film can be formed thereby in a short time without the use of an organic tin compound.