A process for end capping and chain extending silanol terminated polydiorganosiloxanes with a mixture of one or more alkylacetoxydialkoxysilanes and one or more alkyldiacetoxyalkoxysilanes. The resulting capped polymeric material may be utilised as a polymer in e.g. a one-part alkoxy sealant composition such as, for example, an alkoxy low modulus clean (non-staining) or clear sealant composition.

Film-forming polymers that contain covalently-attached or non-covalently bound light-filtering, e.g., UV-absorbing, compounds and their use as a skin-protectant coating, such as a sunscreen, are disclosed.

Film-forming polymers that contain covalently-attached or non-covalently bound light-filtering, e.g., UV-absorbing, compounds and their use as a skin-protectant coating, such as a sunscreen, are disclosed.

The present invention provides a bio-electrode composition including a silsesquioxane bonded to a sulfonimide salt, wherein the sulfonimide salt is shown by the following general formula (1): ##STR00001##
wherein R.sup.1 represents a linear, branched, or cyclic alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms that may have an aromatic group, an ether group, or an ester group, or an arylene group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms; Rf represents a linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms containing at least one fluorine atom; M.sup.+ is an ion selected from a lithium ion, a sodium ion, a potassium ion, and a silver ion. This can form a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode that is excellent in electric conductivity and biocompatibility, light-weight, manufacturable at low cost, and free from large lowering of the electric conductivity even though it is wetted with water or dried.

A material for three-dimensional printing including at least one of a functionalized silicone polymer, a functionalized silica particle, or a combination thereof; wherein the functionalized silicone polymer is functionalized with a member of the group consisting of a carboxylic acid, an amine, and combinations thereof; and wherein the functionalized silica particle is functionalized with a member of the group consisting of a carboxylic acid, an amine, and combinations thereof. A process for preparing the three-dimensional printing material. A process for three-dimensional printing use of the material.

The present invention relates to aspartic acid ester-functional polysiloxanes, their use in the manufacture of curable compositions using polyisocyanate crosslinkers, in particular, in the manufacture of coating compositions, cured compositions obtained from said curable compositions and articles comprising the cured compositions.

The present invention relates to aspartic acid ester-functional polysiloxanes, their use in the manufacture of curable compositions using polyisocyanate crosslinkers, in particular, in the manufacture of coating compositions, cured compositions obtained from said curable compositions and articles comprising the cured compositions.

A curable coating composition is provided having multi-functionalized acrylic copolymer and amino-functional silicone resin curing agents. The acrylic copolymer of the curable coating composition has, in polymerized form, epoxy functionalized groups and cure compatibility groups and the amino-functional silicone resin is an alkoxy functional siloxane, which optionally is derived from sterically hindered alcohol-amine precursor moieties. The coating compositions are useful in the field of superior weatherable and durable coatings and are useful to replace isocyanate-containing polyurethane based coatings. Also provided are coated articles produced from the curable composition.

A composition for forming a resist underlayer film containing a hydrolysis condensate prepared through hydrolysis and condensation of a hydrolyzable silane, wherein the hydrolyzable silane contains a hydrolyzable silane of Formula (1):

R.sup.1.sub.aR.sup.2.sub.bSi(R.sup.3).sub.4−(a+b)   Formula (1)

wherein R.sup.1 is an organic group having a primary amino group, a secondary amino group, or a tertiary amino group and is bonded to a silicon atom via an Si—C bond; R.sup.2 is an alkyl group, an aryl group, a halogenated alkyl group, a halogenated aryl group, an alkoxyaryl group, an alkenyl group, an acyloxyalkyl group, or an organic group having an acryloyl group, a methacryloyl group, a mercapto group, an amino group, an amide group, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, an ester group, a sulfonyl group, or a cyano group, or any combination of these groups, and is bonded to a silicon atom via an Si—C bond; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are optionally bonded together to form a ring structure; R.sup.3 is an alkoxy group, an acyloxy group, or a halogen group; a is an integer of 1; b is an integer of 0 to 2; and a+b is an integer of 1 to 3; and the hydrolysis condensate contains an organic group having a salt structure formed between a counter anion derived from a nitric acid and a counter cation derived from a primary ammonium group, a secondary ammonium group, or a tertiary ammonium group.

There are provided self-healing elastomeric materials and compositions and skin-like materials for use in a wide range of applications, particularly medical training simulators and mannequins. The self-healing elastomeric material comprises polysiloxane or poly ether soft segments connected via carbonate, urethane and/or urea bonds. The self-healing elastomeric material is intrinsically and/or thermally self- healing. Reusable devices, apparatuses and articles comprising the elastomeric materials as skin-like materials are disclosed.