A curable composition containing an ionic silicone of the following formula: M 1 a M 2 b M 3 c D 1 d D 2 e D 3 f T 1 g T 2 h T 3 i Q j wherein: M 1 =R 1 R 2 R 3 SiO 1/2 M 2 =R 4 R 5 R 6 SiO 1/2 M 3 =R 7 R 8 R 9 SiO 1/2 D 1 =R 10 R 11 SiO 2/2 D 2 =R 12 R 13 SiO 2/2 D 3 =R 14 R 15 SiO 2/2 T 1 =R 16 SiO 3/2 T 2 =R 17 SiO 3/2 T 3 =R 18 SiO 3/2 Q=SiO 4/2 wherein R 1, R 2, R 5, R 6, R 8, R 9, R 11, R 13, and R 15 are aliphatic, aromatic or fluoro monovalent hydrocarbons having from 1 to 60 carbon atoms. R 3, R 10, R 16 are independently selected from -CH 2 CH(R')(C n H 2n)-O-(C 2 H 4 O) o -(C 3 H 6 O) p -(C 4 H 8 O) 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' is hydrogen or an aliphatic, aromatic or fluoro hydrocarbon having from 1 to 60 carbon atoms, or a glycolide {-C CH 2 O-}, lactide {-C CH(CH 3)O-}, butyrolactide {-C CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 O-} or caprolactide {-C CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 O-} radical; or a hydrocarbon radical defined by R 1; R 4, R 12, R 17 are monovalent radical-bearing ion-pairs having the formula, A-l x- M n y+; 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 -SO 3 -, sulfate -OSO 3 -, phosphonate -PO 3 2- and phosphate -OPO 3 2- groups, and M is a cation independently selected from Li, Na, K, Cs, Mg, Ca, Ba, Zn, Cu, Fe, Ni, Ga, Al, Mn, Cr, Ag, Au, Pt, Pd, Pb, Sb, Ru, Sn Rh, Co, Ce, Eu, Gd and La; R 7, R 14, and R 18 are curable functional groups independently selected from hydrogen or the monovalent radical containing the group of the general formulae wherein R 21 to R 25 are independently selected from hydrogen aliphatic/aromatic monovalent hydrocarbon having from 1 to 60 carbon atoms, X is a divalent hydrocarbon linkage consisting of 1 to 60 carbon atoms and 0 to 20 heteroatoms such as oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur; and subscripts 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. M 1 =R 1 R 2 R 3 SiO 1/2 M 2 =R 4 R 5 R 6 SiO 1/2 M 3 =R 7 R 8 R 9 SiO 1/2 D 1 =R 10 R 11 SiO 2/2 D 2 =R 12 R 13 SiO 2/2 D 3 =R 14 R 15 SiO 2/2 T 1 =R 16 SiO 3/2 T 2 =R 17 SiO 3/2 T 3 =R 18 SiO 3/2 Q=SiO 4/2 R 1, R 2, R 5, R 6, R 8, R 9, R 11, R 13, and R 15 are aliphatic, aromatic or fluoro monovalent hydrocarbons having from 1 to 60 carbon atoms. R 3, R 10, R 16 are independently selected from -CH 2 CH(R')(C n H 2n)-O-(C 2 H 4 O) o -(C 3 H 6 O) p -(C 4 H 8 O) 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' is hydrogen or an aliphatic, aromatic or fluoro hydrocarbon having from 1 to 60 carbon atoms, or a glycolide {-C CH 2 O-}, lactide {-C CH(CH 3)O-}, butyrolactide {-C CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 O-} or caprolactide {-C CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 O-} radical; or a hydrocarbon radical defined by R 1; R 4, R 12, R 17 are monovalent radical-bearing ion-pairs having the formula, A-l x- M n y+; 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 -SO 3 -, sulfate -OSO 3 -, phosphonate -PO 3 2- and phosphate -OPO 3 2- groups, and M is a cation independently selected from Li, Na, K, Cs, Mg, Ca, Ba, Zn, Cu, Fe, Ni, Ga, Al, Mn, Cr, Ag, Au, Pt, Pd, Pb, Sb, Ru, Sn Rh, Co, Ce, Eu, Gd and La; R 7, R 14, and R 18 are curable functional groups independently selected from hydrogen or the monovalent radical containing the group of the general formulae wherein R 21 to R 25 are independently selected from hydrogen aliphatic/aromatic monovalent hydrocarbon having from 1 to 60 carbon atoms, X is a divalent hydrocarbon linkage consisting of 1 to 60 carbon atoms and 0 to 20 heteroatoms such as oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur; and subscripts 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.