A bio-electrode composition includes (A) an ionic material and (B) a lithium titanate powder. The component (A) is a polymer compound containing a repeating unit-a having a structure selected from an ammonium salt, a sodium salt, a potassium salt, and a silver salt of any of fluorosulfonic acid, fluorosulfonimide, and N-carbonyl-fluorosulfonamide. Thus, the present invention provides a bio-electrode composition capable of forming a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode that is excellent in electric conductivity and biocompatibility, is light-weight, can be manufactured at low cost, and can control significant reduction in the electric conductivity even when the bio-electrode is wetted with water or dried; a bio-electrode including a living body contact layer formed of the bio-electrode composition; and a method for manufacturing the bio-electrode.

A method for preparing a curable silicone pressure sensitive adhesive emulsion includes preparing a dispersion of benzoyl peroxide and a phenoxy-functional alcohol and thereafter combining the dispersion with the other starting materials of the emulsion.

An (A) additive organopolysiloxane composition is disclosed, which includes (A1) a branched organopolysiloxane polymer comprising M, D and Q siloxy units, (A2) a silicone resin, and (A3) a polydiorganosiloxane oligomer. A curable composition is also disclosed, the curable composition including the (A) additive organopolysiloxane composition, (B) an organosilicon compound having at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule, and (C) a hydrosilylation catalyst. A method of preparing the curable composition, and a method of forming a film with the curable composition are also disclosed. The compositions and methods are useful for forming silicone release coatings with high release force.

The present invention relates to a curable silicone composition comprising: (A) at least one organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups per molecule; (B) at least one mercapto functional organopolysiloxane having at least two thiol groups per molecule; (C) at least one photopolymerization initiator; and, (D) 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol (BHT), wherein the composition has a viscosity of less than 200 mPa.Math.s at 25° C.

A photosensitive resin composition comprising (A) a silphenylene and polyether structure—containing polymer and (B) a photoacid generator is coated onto a substrate to form a photosensitive resin coating which has improved substrate adhesion, a pattern forming ability, crack resistance, and reliability as protective film.

A crosslinked silicone material Y obtained by heating to a temperature of between 70 and 200° C., a crosslinkable composition X including an organopolysiloxane compound A containing, per molecule, at least two C.sub.2-C.sub.6 alkenyl radicals bonded to silicon atoms; an organohydrogenopolysiloxane compound B containing, per molecule, at least two hydrogen atoms bonded to an identical or different silicon atom; a catalyst C of formula [Ni(L.sup.1).sub.2] where Ni represents nickel at degree of oxidation II; L.sup.1 which may be identical or different, represents a β-dicarbonylato anion or the enolate anion of a β-dicarbonylated compound; optionally an adhesion promoter D; and optionally a charge E.

The invention relates to a silane or silane mixture obtainable by reacting a hydrolysable silane of the formula (A): SiR4 in which R is a hydrolytically condensable group or hydroxyl with a compound R*(OH)x where x is 1, 2, 3 or greater 3, where R* has a straight-chain or branched hydrocarbon skeleton which, according to the number x, is monovalent, divalent, trivalent or multivalent, and has a hydrocarbonaceous chain interrupted by at least two —C(O)O— groups, wherein there are a maximum of 8 successive carbon atoms in the individual hydrocarbon units formed by interruptions within this chain and the, or in the case of branched structures at least one, end of the hydrocarbonaceous chain at the opposite end to the sole hydroxyl group or one of the hydroxyl groups bears an organically polymerizable group, wherein the alcohol is otherwise unsubstituted or has further substituents. The invention further relates to an organically modified silica polycondensate formed as a result of hydrolytic condensation of the silane or silane mixture and optionally a subsequent organic polymerization of the organically polymerizable groups, with optional addition of an organic, at least difunctional compound to the silica polycondensate prior to the organic polymerization.

A polydiorganosiloxane having both a silicon bonded aliphatically unsaturated group and a silicon bonded poly(meth)acrylate polymer or copolymer, and method for preparation of this polydiorganosiloxane are disclosed. The method preserves the aliphatically unsaturated groups when grafting the poly(meth)acrylate to the polydiorganosiloxane. This polydiorganosiloxane is useful in hydrosilylation reaction curable compositions, such as pressure sensitive adhesive compositions.

An adhesive polyorganosiloxane composition includes, at a specific composition ratio: (A) a linear polyorganosiloxane containing an alkenyl group including a low-viscosity linear polyorganosiloxane containing an alkenyl group; (B) a polyorganosiloxane containing at least three alkenyl groups in the molecule; (C1) a polyorganohydrogensiloxane having 3 or more hydrogen atoms bonded to a silicon atom in the molecule; (C2) a linear polyorganohydrogensiloxane having one hydrogen atom bonded to a silicon atom only at both terminals of the molecular chain, and having no aliphatic unsaturated bonds in the molecule; (D) a filler; (E) a platinum group metal compound; and (F) two or more kinds of specific adhesion imparting agent.

Organofunctional organopolysiloxanes resins are prepared by reaction of a reactive silicone resin with a symmetrically substituted disiloxane in the presence of a heterogeneous activated silicate catalyst.