Polymer composites of silicone ionomers

A polymer composite composition comprising at least one silicone ionomer with the general formula

• 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
• where R1, R2, R3, R5, R6, R8, R9, R10, R11, R13, R15, R16 are aliphatic, aromatic or
• fluoro containing monovalent hydrocarbon radicals containing from 1 to about 60 carbon atoms;
• where R4, R12, R17 are monovalent radical bearing ion-pairs and have the formula (II):
• -A-Ix−Mny+:
• (II)
• where A is a spacing group having at least one spacing atom selected from a
• divalent hydrocarbon or hydrocarbonoxy group,
• where I is an ionic group such as sulfonate —SO3−, sulfate —OSO3−, carboxylate —COO−, phosphonate —PO32− and phosphate —OPO32− group,
• where M is hydrogen or a cation independently selected from alkali metals, alkaline
• earth metals, transition metals, rare earth metals, metals, metal complexes, quaternary ammonium and phosphonium groups, organic cations, alkyl cations, cationic hydrocarbons and cationic polymers;
• or,
• zwitterions having the formula (III):
• —R′—NR″2+—R′″—I (III)
• where R′ is a divalent hydrocarbon radical containing from 1 to about 20 carbon
• atoms, where R″ is monovalent hydrocarbon radical containing from 1 to about 20 carbon atoms and
• where R′″ is divalent hydrocarbon radical containing from 2 to about 20 carbon atoms;
• where I is as defined above and,
• where R7, R14 and R18 are each independently monovalent radicals selected from —OR20, hydrogen, unsaturated monovalent radicals, monovalent epoxy group-containing radicals, monovalent sulfur atom-containing radicals, monovalent organosilane groups and monvalent hydroxyl group containing radicals, and a monovalent hydrocarbon containing one or more of a halogen moiety, a carboxylate moiety, an imine moiety, an isocyanate moiety, an amide moiety, a nitrile moiety, or a tertiary amine moiety containing other than alkyl groups moiety,
• where R20 is hydrogen or a monovalent hydrocarbon radical containing from 2 to about 60 carbon atoms,
• where superscripts x and y are independently from 1 to 6 and x is a product of n and y,
• 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.