Dow Corning Corporation

Dow Corning Toray Silicone Company Limited

Thomas J Tangney

Dwight E Williams

Gerald A Gornowicz

Igor Chorvath

Maris J Ziemelis

Jun Liao

David L Stickles

Charles E Neal, Jr

Larry F Hanneman

Craig K Kendziorski

Val Krukonis

James J Watkins

Loretta A Sobieski

Anthony Revis

David Joseph Romenesko

Akihiko Shirahata

Koji Nakanishi

Robert Harold Krahnke

Yuji Hamada

Craig Gross

Shawn K Mealey

Michael Kang-Jen Lee

Richard Leroy Rabe

Robert L Oldinski

William J Schoenherr

Frances Marie Fournier

Dawei Li

Jeffrey Paul Sage

Yongjun Lee

Mark Hartmann

Dean Curtis Gray

Schuyler B Smith, Deceased

Michal Kang-Jen Lee

Christopher James Julien

Gifford Neale Shearer

Re-processable thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising (A) a thermoplastic polyurethane polymer, and (B) a silicone elastomer, wherein the weight ratio of the silicone elastomer to the thermoplastic polyurethane polymer is from 5:95 to 85:15, are disclosed along with methods for making such compositions.

Thermoplastic polyurethane-silicone elastomers

Polyolefin thermoplastic silicone elastomers employing radical cure

Thermoplastic silicone elastomers employing radical cure

Pressure sensitive adhesives (PSA) having a reduced volatile fraction content are provided by a process which comprises extracting a cured PSA with a fluid in or near its supercritical state. The process provides PSAs and articles containing PSAs which meet the volatility requirements of ASTM E-595. A silicone PSA transfer film having utility in outer space is obtained.

Low-volatility pressure sensitive adhesives

Silicone pressure sensitive adhesive compositions which cure in the presence of moisture comprise an adhesive component which bears alkoxy radical-containing curing radicals and, optionally, a catalyst to accelerate the reaction of moisture with the alkoxy radicals to form siloxane bonds. Curing provides adhesives ranging from pressure sensitive adhesives having improved properties to permanent adhesives. The adhesives are useful for adhering an object to a surface and thereafter improving the bond between the object and the surface by exposure to moisture.

Moisture-curable silicone pressure-sensitive adhesives

Porous materials having a dual surface are disclosed. Also disclosed is a method for their preparation. An example of such a material is silica gel reacted with 1,1,1-trifluoropropyldimethylsilyl-N-methylacetamide and then, with N-trimethylsilyl-N-methylacetamide to give a dual treated material having 1,1,1-trifluoropropyldimethylsilyl groups on the exterior surface and trimethylsilyl groups on the porous interior surface.

Dual surface porous material

The subsequent tack and adhesion of a silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive can be improved by incorporating into the adhesive a small amount of an organopolysiloxane resin having a majority of R.sub.3 SiO.sub.1/2 siloxane units and the balance (R.sup.2 O).sub.a SiO.sub.(4-a)/2, preferably SiO.sub.4/2, siloxane units. The resulting composition, when brought into contact with a release liner, such a peelable protective sheet or the backside of the next turn in a roll of tape, have better tack and/or adhesion when separated from that liner than an analogous composition which does not contain the resin.

Silicon pressure sensitive adhesive compositions

Addition-curable silicone pressure sensitive adhesives can be covered with an addition-cured fluorosilicone release coating to provide a releasable laminate. The release force of the laminate is low to moderate and the subsequent adhesion and tack of the adhesive is high and all three values are stable with time. The laminate can be prepared by contacting the release coating with cured adhesive or by curing the adhesive in contact with the release coating.

Pressure sensitive adhesive/release liner laminate

A new organohydrogenpolysiloxane compound and a new fluorosilicone polymer each have unique properties which allow for the preparation of faster curing coating compositions having longer bath life than those disclosed in the art. In a preferred embodiment the new polymers are mixed together to provide, along with a metal-containing hydrosilylation catalyst and a catalyst inhibitor to provide improved coating compositions which are useful for preparing a release liner to protect silicone pressure sensitive adhesives.

Fluorosilicone compounds and compositions for adhesive release liners

A new organohydrogenpolysiloxane compound and a new fluorosilicone polymer each have unique properties which allow for the preparation of faster curing coating compositions having longer bath life than those disclosed in the art. In a preferred embodiment the new polymers are mixed together to provide, along with a metal-containing hydrosilylation catalyst and a catalyst inhibitor to provide improved coating compositions which are useful for preparing a release linear to protect silicone pressure sensitive adhesives.

Dual zone porous materials having an external zone and an internal zone are prepared by contacting a suspension of a porous support, such as particulate silica, in a solvent with a halosilane and a catalyst for the halosilane in order to form first silyl groups predominantly on the external surfaces of the porous support. Preferably thereafter the porous support is contacted with a silane having second silyl groups in order to a form second silyl groups predominantly on the internal surfaces.

Method for producing dual zone materials by catalyzed halosilylation

Dual zone porous materials having an external zone and an internal zone are prepared by contacting a suspension of a porous support, such as particulate silica, in an aprotic solvent with an organosilane mixture of a first organosilane having first silyl groups and a second organosilane of a second type in order to form first silyl groups predominantly or the external surfaces of the porous support and second silyl groups predominantly on the internal surfaces of the porous support.

Method for producing dual zone materials by use of an organosilane

New acrylofunctional silicones and a method for their synthesis are disclosed. The acrylofunctional silicones are the product of reacting aminoalkyl or diaminoalkyl silicones with isocyanatoacrylates. The acrylofunctional silicones are useful coating materials, and can be cured by ultraviolet radiation.

Acrylofunctional silicones

Aminofunctional siloxanes, such as siloxanes bearing ethylenediamine-substituted hydrocarbon radicals, have their amine functionality fully modified by reaction with a monocarboxylic acid anhydride. The modifying functionality includes complete diamide or amide-amine salt formation. The amide-amine salt functionality can further be converted to a mixture of diamide and amide-amine functionality, if desired. The modified aminofunctional siloxanes have utility as components in hair care compositions, textile treating compositions and moldable polymeric compositions.

Silicones bearing acylated diaminohydrocarbyl radicals and method

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Midland, MI, United States of America

Thomas J Tangney