Curable compositions of ionic silicones

A curable composition containing an ionic silicone of the following formula (I):

• M1aM2bM3cD1dD2eD3fT1gT2hT3iQj. (I)
• wherein:
• M1=R1R2R3SiO1/2
• M2=R4R5R6SiO1/2
• M3=R7R8R9SiO1/2
• D1=R10R11SiO2/2
• D2=R12R13SiO2/2
• D3=R14R15SiO2/2
• T1=R16SiO3/2
• T2=R17SiO3/2
• T3=R18SiO3/2
• Q=SiO4/2
• wherein R1, R2, R5, R6, R8, R9, R11, R13, and R15 are aliphatic, aromatic or fluoro monovalent hydrocarbons having from 1 to 60 carbon atoms.
• R3, R10, R16 can be independently chosen from glycolide {—C(O)CH2O—}, lactide {—C(O)CH(CH3)O—}, butyrolactide {—C(O)CH2CH2CH2O—} and caprolactide {—C(O)CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2O—}radicals or hydrocarbon radical defined by R1.
• R3, R10, R16 are independently selected from —CH2CH(R′)(CnH2n)—O—(C2H4O)o—(C3H6O)p—(C4H8O)q—R′, wherein subscript n is zero or positive and has a value in the range of 0 to 6, subscripts o, p and q are zero or positive and independently selected from a value in the range of 0 to 100, subject to the limitation of o+p+q greater than or equal to 1, wherein R′ can be hydrogen or an aliphatic, aromatic or fluoro hydrocarbon having from 1 to 60 carbon atoms, or R′ can be independently chosen from glycolide {—C(O)CH2O—}, lactide {—C(O)CH(CH3)O—}, butyrolactide {—C(O)CH2CH2CH2O—} and caprolactide {—C(O)CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2O—}radicals or hydrocarbon radical defined by R1,
• R4, R12, R17 are monovalent radical-bearing ion-pairs having the formula (II) or zwitterions having formula (III), wherein formula (II) is as follows,
• A-Ix-Mny+ (II);
• where A is a spacing group having at least one spacing atoms selected from a divalent hydrocarbon or hydrocarbonoxy group,
• I is an ionic group selected from sulfonate —SO3−, sulfate —OSO3−, carboxylate —COO−, phosphonate —PO32− and phosphate —OPO32− groups,
• M is hydrogen or a cation independently selected from alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, transition metals, metal complexes, quaternary ammonium and phosphonium groups, cationic hydrocarbons, organic cations, alkyl cations, cationic biopolymers, and the zwitterions have the formula (III):
• R′—NR″2+—R′″—I (III)
• where
• R′ is a divalent hydrocarbon radical containing from 1 to about 60 carbon atoms,
• R″ is monovalent hydrocarbon radical containing from 1 to about 60 carbon atoms,
• R′″ is divalent hydrocarbon radical containing from 2 to about 20 carbon atoms, specifically from 2 to about 8 carbon atoms and more specifically from 2 to about 4 carbon atoms;
• and,
• I is an ionic group selected from sulfonate —SO3−, sulfate —OSO3−, carboxylate —COO−, phosphonate —PO32− and phosphate —OPO32− groups,
• where R7, R14, and R18 are independently selected from hydrogen, or unsaturated monovalent radicals or epoxy group containing radicals,
• where
• the subscript a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j are zero or positive subject to the following limitations:
• the sum a+b+c+d+e+f+g+h+i+j is greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 6000, b+e+h is greater than zero, and c+f+i is greater than zero.