A base composition for forming a release coating composition is disclosed. The base composition comprises (A) a silicate resin that is a liquid at 25° C. in the absence of any solvent. The (A) silicate resin includes an average of at least one silicon-bonded ethylenically un saturated group per molecule. The composition further comprises (B) an organopolysiloxane including an average of at least two silicon-bonded ethylenically un saturated groups per molecule. The (A) silicate resin is miscible with the (B) organopolysiloxane in the absence of any solvent. A method of preparing the base composition and a method of preparing a release coating composition are also disclosed.

Disclosed herein are nanoporous membranes for separating a target substance from a non-target substance in a fluid medium and methods of making and use thereof. The nanoporous membranes comprise a 2D material permeated by a first and second population of pores; wherein the average pore diameter of the first population of pores is greater than or equal to the van der Waals diameter of water and less than the average size of the non-target substance in the fluid medium; wherein the average pore diameter of the second population of pores is greater than or equal to the average size of the non-target substance in the fluid medium; and wherein substantially all of the second population of pores are substantially blocked by a polymer via size-selective interfacial polymerization; such that the nanoporous membrane allows for transport of the target substance through the nanoporous membrane via the first population of pores.

Disclosed are an anti-icing material with stealth function, a preparation method and use thereof. The anti-icing material with stealth function according to the disclosure includes an electrically insulating and thermally insulating layer, a patterned heating layer, an electrically insulating and thermally conducting layer, and a hydrophobic layer, that are disposed sequentially through stacking, wherein the patterned heating layer has a patterned hollowed-out structure.

A polymer composition comprising at least one liquid crystalline polymer and an ultrahigh molecular weight siloxane polymer in an amount from about 0.1 to about 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the liquid crystalline polymer is provided. The siloxane polymer has a number average molecular weight of about 100,000 grams per mole or more.

The adhesive tape of the present disclosure includes: a substrate; and an adhesive layer disposed on one surface of the substrate. In the adhesive tape of the present disclosure, when a breakdown voltage in a thickness direction of the adhesive tape is represented as X (unit: kV) and an initial elastic modulus evaluated from a stress-strain curve in a tensile test is represented as Y (unit: N/mm), an inequality Y ≤ 4.5X -22.5 is satisfied. The adhesive tape of the present disclosure has an excellent balance between insulating properties and winding properties in winding work.

Novel chemical sensors that improve detection and quantification of CO.sub.2 are critical to ensuring safe and cost-effective monitoring of carbon storage sites. Fiber optic (FO) based chemical sensor systems are promising field-deployable systems for real-time monitoring of CO.sub.2 in geological formations for long-range distributed sensing. In this work, a mixed-matrix composite integrated FO sensor system was developed that reliably operates as a detector for gas-phase and dissolved CO.sub.2. A mixed-matrix composite sensor coating on the FO sensor comprising plasmonic nanocrystals and zeolite embedded in a polymer matrix. The mixed-matrix composite FO sensor showed excellent reversibility/stability in a high humidity environment and sensitivity to gas-phase CO.sub.2 over a large concentration range. The sensor exhibited the ability to sense CO.sub.2 in the presence of other geologically relevant gases, which is of importance for applications in geological formations. A prototype FO sensor configuration which possesses a robust sensing capability for monitoring dissolved CO.sub.2 in natural water was demonstrated. Reproducibility was confirmed over many cycles, both in a laboratory setting and in the field.

A film is provided with void spaces having a porous structure with less cracks and a high proportion of void space as well as having strength. The film with void spaces includes one kind or two or more kinds of structural units that form a structure with minute void spaces, wherein the structural units are chemically bonded through catalysis. For example, the abrasion resistance measured with BEMCOT® is in the range from 60% to 100%, and the folding endurance measured by the MIT test is 100 times or more. The film with void spaces can be produced by forming the precursor of the silicone porous body using sol containing pulverized products of a gelled silicon compound and then chemically bonding the pulverized products contained in the precursor of the silicone porous body. The chemical bond among the pulverized products is preferably a chemical crosslinking bond among the pulverized products.

A composition crosslinkable by condensation reaction and producible using (A) organopolysiloxanes of the formula (R.sup.2O).sub.3-aSiR.sup.1.sub.aO(SiR.sub.2O).sub.nSiR.sup.1.sub.a(OR.sup.2).sub.3-a (I), (B1) silanes of the formula R.sup.3.sub.4-b(R.sup.4O).sub.bSi (II), and optionally (B2) silicon compounds consisting of units of the formula R.sup.7.sub.c(R.sup.8O).sub.dSiO.sub.(4-c-d)/2 (III). The composition contains organosilicon compounds having a molecular weight of less than or equal to 195 g/mol maximally in amounts of less than 0.5 wt%, based on organopolysiloxane (A).

There are disclosed methods for producing curable elastomeric compositions comprising carbon black particles, as well as their corresponding cured products. Such compositions, once cured, can be used for the preparation of numerous articles of wide industrial applicability.

There are disclosed methods for producing curable elastomeric compositions comprising carbon black particles, as well as their corresponding cured products. Such compositions, once cured, can be used for the preparation of numerous articles of wide industrial applicability.