An optical multilayer structure including a hard coating layer, a low-reflective adhesion reinforcement layer, and a water repellent layer on a substrate layer. The optical multilayer structure includes a structure in which a hard coating layer, a low-reflective adhesion reinforcement layer including a siloxane-based compound, and a water repellent layer including an alkoxysilane-based compound containing a fluorine atom are laminated on a substrate layer, thereby having high wear resistance and water contact angle simultaneously.

A phosphor coating material containing phosphor particles and a curable resin component. A viscosity of the phosphor coating material, measured at 25° C. and a rotation speed of 20 rpm using a B-type viscometer, is equal to or more than 60 dPa.Math.s and equal to or less than 450 dPa.Math.s.

A composition contains: (a) a vinyl-functional polysiloxane; (b) a silyl hydride functional polysiloxane having on average at least two silyl hydride groups per molecule; (c) 60 to 92 weight-percent thermally conductive filler; (d) a platinum hydrosilylation catalyst; and (e) 0.05 to 2.0 weight-percent of a trialkoxy-functional polysiloxane; where the trialkoxy-functional polysiloxane has two or more trialkoxy functionalities per molecule and a number average molecular weight of 1200 or more and where weight-percents are relative to the composition weight.

Provided herein are ionically conductive solid-state compositions that include ionically conductive inorganic particles in a matrix of an organic material. The resulting composite material has high ionic conductivity and mechanical properties that facilitate processing. In particular embodiments, the ionically conductive solid-state compositions are compliant and may be cast as films. In some embodiments of the present invention, solid-state electrolytes including the ionically conductive solid-state compositions are provided. In some embodiments of the present invention, electrodes including the ionically conductive solid-state compositions are provided. The present invention further includes embodiments that are directed to methods of manufacturing the ionically conductive solid-state compositions and batteries incorporating the ionically conductive solid-state compositions.

Composition of comprising nano metal oxide/hydroxide particles and a polyorganosiloxane having increased refractive index, processes to cure these compositions for making transparent coats, shaped articles by an extrusion or molding process having a refractive index above the refractive index of the polyorganosiloxane. Use of the cured polyorganosiloxane compositions as optical devices, coats, lenses or light guides.

There is provided a process for stabilizing additive concentrates comprising or consisting of one or more additives in dialkylsilanol terminated polydiorganosiloxane polymers for use in condensation curable organosiloxane compositions. Processes for making condensation curable organosiloxane compositions incorporating the additive concentrates as well as the use of the stabilized additive concentrates in condensation cure organosiloxane compositions are also described. The stabilizer used is a polydialkylsiloxane having the general formula: R.sup.3.sub.3—Si—O—((R.sup.2).sub.2SiO).sub.d—Si—R.sup.3.sub.3 where R.sup.2 is an alkyl or phenyl group, each R.sup.3 group may be the same or different and are selected from R.sup.2 alkenyl or alkynyl groups and the average value of d is between 7 and 20, in an amount of from 0.5 to 5 wt. % of the composition.

A manufacturing method of an aerogel powder of the present invention includes: a mixing process of mixing a silicon alkoxide (TEOS (tetraethoxysilane)) and a solvent (methanol) to form a sol on hydrolysis; a gelling process of gelling the sol obtained in the mixing process; an aging process of aging the gel obtained in the gelling process to obtain a wet gel (alkogel); a solvent exchanging process of replacing the solvent of the wet gel with a predetermined replacement solvent (hexane); a modifying process of modifying a surface of a network structure of the wet gel with a predetermined organic group using TMCS; a process of washing the modified wet gel obtained in the wet gel generating process; drying the washed and modified wet gel; and crushing the dried, washed and modified wet gel. It is possible to provide aerogel powder with reduced manufacturing cost per unit bulk volume and excellent in thermal insulation.

The present invention relates to a modified siloxane resin, a crosslinked modified siloxane resin, and a method for preparing the crosslinked resin. More specifically, the present invention relates to a modified siloxane resin, a crosslinked modified siloxane resin with excellent superhydrophobicity obtained by dual curing of the resin, and a method for preparing the crosslinked resin. The use of the modified siloxane resin according to the present invention allows the crosslinked modified siloxane resin to have excellent superhydrophobicity and high hardness. The water repellency of the crosslinked resin can be appropriately controlled by varying the amount of the siloxane resin mixed.

The present invention relates to a method of making a composite material, the method comprising: (1) forming a Pickering emulsion comprising a continuous liquid phase, a discontinuous liquid phase, and a 2D material: wherein the discontinuous liquid phase comprises a polysiloxane and a curing agent; (2) leaving the Pickering emulsion formed in step (1) in a sealed system for sufficient time to at least partially cure the polysiloxane: and (3) allowing any remaining liquid to evaporate.

A one-pack type curable silicone gel composition which contains: 100 parts by mass of (A) a branched chain organopolysiloxane having a specific structure from 0.1 part by mass to 50 parts by mass of (B) a diorganopolysiloxane having both molecular chain ends blocked with diorganohydrogensiloxy groups; (C) a platinum-based catalyst; and (D) a phosphite compound represented by formula (3)

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(wherein R.sup.2 represents a monovalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and X represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group) in such an amount that more than 3 molecules hut not more than 15 molecules of the phosphite compound represented by formula (3) are present per one platinum atom in component (C). This one-pack type curable silicone gel composition is stable in terms of characteristics and physical properties even if exposed to a temperature more than 50° C. for a long period of time.