Patent ID: 11945935
Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
Field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  A | IPC A  C

Claim 0:
1. An article having a major exterior surface, the article comprising an intimate mixture of
a silicone component including at least one polysiloxane, the silicone component comprising the cured product of a curable composition including one or more cross-linkable polysiloxanes and an effective amount of a cross-linking agent; and
a polymer component including at least one hydrophilic polymer having a water-absorption capacity of at least 50 wt. %;, wherein the silicone component and the polymer component are present in the mixture in a dry weight ratio within the range of 99.9:0.1 to 30:70.