This water-repellent, oil-repellent member is obtained via, inter alia, a method having: a step for wet-coating a substrate surface with a solution that contains a solvent and an organosilicon compound comprising multiple silanol groups in the molecule; a step for drying the solvent to form and laminate a primer layer on the substrate surface; a step for wet-coating the outer surface of the primer layer with a solution containing a hydrolyzable fluorine-containing compound and a solvent, and subsequently drying the solvent, or dry-coating the outer surface of the primer layer with a hydrolyzable fluorine-containing compound obtained by evaporating the solvent from the solution; and a step for curing the hydrolyzable fluorine-containing compound to form and laminate a water-repellent, oil-repellent layer on the outer surface of the primer layer. The water-repellent, oil-repellent member is obtained by providing, on various substrates: a primer layer of a specific thickness that contains, as a main component, an organosilicon compound having multiple silanol groups in the molecule; and, on the outer surface of the primer layer, a water-repellent, oil-repellent layer of a specific thickness that contains, as a main component, the cured hydrolyzable fluorine-containing compound. The water-repellent, oil-repellent member makes it possible for a water-repellent, oil-repellent coating exhibiting superior abrasion resistance and antistatic properties to be stably and straightforwardly formed on various substrates.

Crosslinkable silicone resins of high molecular weight are produced in a multistep process by reacting a mixture of at least two different silicone resin intermediates (A) composed of units of the formula R.sub.a(OR.sup.1).sub.bO.sub.(4-a-b)/2 (1), having a molecular weight M.sub.w of 600 to 2500 to an extent such groups OR.sup.1 are reduced by at least 5% resulting alcohol is preferably removed by distillation to obtain silicone resins having a molecular weight M.sub.w between 2500 and 10,000 g/mol, and then the silicone resins are further condensed with polyhydric alcohols in the presence of water to obtain silicone resins having a molecular weight M.sub.w of 5000 to 50,000 g/mol.

Crosslinkable silicone resins of high molecular weight are produced in a multistep process by reacting a mixture of at least two different silicone resin intermediates (A) composed of units of the formula R.sub.a(OR.sup.1).sub.bO.sub.(4-a-b)/2 (1), having a molecular weight M.sub.w of 600 to 2500 to an extent such groups OR.sup.1 are reduced by at least 5% resulting alcohol is preferably removed by distillation to obtain silicone resins having a molecular weight M.sub.w between 2500 and 10,000 g/mol, and then the silicone resins are further condensed with polyhydric alcohols in the presence of water to obtain silicone resins having a molecular weight M.sub.w of 5000 to 50,000 g/mol.

A method of coating a paper surface proceeds by applying a composition which is low in volatile organic compounds (VOC) or essentially free of VOC, wherein the composition is art least partially based on one or more partially or fully hydrolyzed and optionally condensed or co-condensed aminoalkyl- and oligosilyated-aminoalkyl-, alkoxy- or hydroxy-functional silicon compounds and the alcohol is at least partially removed from the composition

A method of coating a paper surface proceeds by applying a composition which is low in volatile organic compounds (VOC) or essentially free of VOC, wherein the composition is art least partially based on one or more partially or fully hydrolyzed and optionally condensed or co-condensed aminoalkyl- and oligosilyated-aminoalkyl-, alkoxy- or hydroxy-functional silicon compounds and the alcohol is at least partially removed from the composition

An alkoxysilane is contacted with water and an inorganic acid to form a first composition. A zirconium alkoxide is contacted with an organic acid to form a second composition. One or more alkoxysilanes and an organic acid are contacted with a mixture of the first and second compositions to form a sol-gel composition, to which a photoinitiator is added. The sol-gel composition has a ratio of a number of moles of silicon to a number of moles of zirconium (n.sub.Si/n.sub.Zr) ranging from about 2 to about 10. The sol-gel composition is applied on a substrate (e.g., an aluminum alloy substrate) multiple times to form multiple sol-gel layers, and at least one of the sol-gel layers is cured by UV radiation. The multiple sol-gel layers are then thermally cured.

An alkoxysilane is contacted with water and an inorganic acid to form a first composition. A zirconium alkoxide is contacted with an organic acid to form a second composition. One or more alkoxysilanes and an organic acid are contacted with a mixture of the first and second compositions to form a sol-gel composition, to which a photoinitiator is added. The sol-gel composition has a ratio of a number of moles of silicon to a number of moles of zirconium (n.sub.Si/n.sub.Zr) ranging from about 2 to about 10. The sol-gel composition is applied on a substrate (e.g., an aluminum alloy substrate) multiple times to form multiple sol-gel layers, and at least one of the sol-gel layers is cured by UV radiation. The multiple sol-gel layers are then thermally cured.

An imprinting apparatus includes a silicon master and an anti-stick layer coating the silicon master. The silicon master includes a plurality of features positioned at an average pitch of less than about 425 nm, each of the plurality of features comprises a depression having an opening with its largest opening dimension being less than about 300 nm. The anti-stick layer includes a crosslinked silane polymer network.

An imprinting apparatus includes a silicon master and an anti-stick layer coating the silicon master. The silicon master includes a plurality of features positioned at an average pitch of less than about 425 nm, each of the plurality of features comprises a depression having an opening with its largest opening dimension being less than about 300 nm. The anti-stick layer includes a crosslinked silane polymer network.

Partially reacted alkoxysilane compositions, the use of partially reacted alkoxysilane compositions as adhesion-promoting primer coatings, and methods of using the partially reacted alkoxysilane compositions and coatings are disclosed.