A functionalized ionic silicone having formula: M 1 a M 2 b M 3 cD l 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 where R 1, R 2, R 3, R 5, R 6, R 8, R 9, R 10, R 11, R 13, R 15, R 16 are aliphatic, aromatic or fluoro containing monovalent hydrocarbon radicals containing from 1 to 60 carbon atoms; where R 4, R 12, R 17 are monovalent radical bearing ion-pairs and have 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, where I is an ionic group such as sulfonate -SO 3 -, sulfate -OSO 3 2-,, carboxylate -COO -, phosphonate -PO 3 2- and phosphate -OPO 3 2- group, where M is hydrogen or a cation independently selected from alkali metals, alkali earth metals, transition metals, metal complexes, quaternary ammonium and phosphonium groups, organic cations, alkyl cations, cationic hydrocarbons and cationic biopolymers; each of R 7, R 14 and R 18 are a monovalent hydrocarbon radical selected from the group of the formulae to -CH 2 CHR 59 (CHR 60) n SiR 61 s L 3-s where R 21, R 26, R 29, R 30, R 33, R 34, R 40, R 46, R 47, R 52 are independently selected from -H, -OH, -R 66 and aliphatic/aromatic monovalent hydrocarbon having from 1 to 60 carbon atoms, where R 22, R 23, R 24, R 25, R 27, R 28, R 31, R 32, R 35, R 36, R 37, R 38, R 39, R 41, R 42, R 43, R 44, R 45, R 48, R 51, R 53, R 59, R 60, R 61, are independently selected from hydrogen, aliphatic/aromatic monovalent hydrocarbon having from 1 to 60 carbon atoms, where R 49, R 50, R 54, R 55 are independently selected from -H, - C t H 2t OH and aliphatic/aromatic monovalent hydrocarbon having from 1 to 60 carbon atoms, wherein t is a positive integer where L is a monovalent radical independently selected from halogen, OR 64, -CO R 65, -N=CR 66 2, -NCO, -C=N, -N=N and -NR 68 2 where R 64, R 65, R 66, R 68 are independently selected from a group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl and aryl containing from 1 to 60 carbon atoms, where X is divalent radical selected from -CHR 65 -, -O-, -NR 65 - and -S- linkages, where the subscript n is zero or positive integer and has a value in the range of 0 to 60; where subscript o is positive integer and has a value in the range of 1 to 60, and s is zero or positive integers and has a value of 0 to 2. 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 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 where A is a spacing group having at least one spacing atoms selected from a divalent hydrocarbon or hydrocarbonoxy group, where I is an ionic group such as sulfonate -SO 3 -, sulfate -OSO 3 2-,, carboxylate -COO -, phosphonate -PO 3 2- and phosphate -OPO 3 2- group, where M is hydrogen or a cation independently selected from alkali metals, alkali earth metals, transition metals, metal complexes, quaternary ammonium and phosphonium groups, organic cations, alkyl cations, cationic hydrocarbons and cationic biopolymers; each of R 7, R 14 and R 18 are a monovalent hydrocarbon radical selected from the group of the formulae to where R 21, R 26, R 29, R 30, R 33, R 34, R 40, R 46, R 47, R 52 are independently selected from -H, -OH, -R 66 and aliphatic/aromatic monovalent hydrocarbon having from 1 to 60 carbon atoms, where R 22, R 23, R 24, R 25, R 27, R 28, R 31, R 32, R 35, R 36, R 37, R 38, R 39, R 41, R 42, R 43, R 44, R 45, R 48, R 51, R 53, R 59, R 60, R 61, are independently selected from hydrogen, aliphatic/aromatic monovalent hydrocarbon having from 1 to 60 carbon atoms, where R 49, R 50, R 54, R 55 are independently selected from -H, - C t H 2t OH and aliphatic/aromatic monovalent hydrocarbon having from 1 to 60 carbon atoms, wherein t is a positive integer where L is a monovalent radical independently selected from halogen, OR 64, -CO R 65, -N=CR 66 2, -NCO, -C=N, -N=N and -NR 68 2 where R 64, R 65, R 66, R 68 are independently selected from a group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl and aryl containing from 1 to 60 carbon atoms, where X is divalent radical selected from -CHR 65 -, -O-, -NR 65 - and -S- linkages, where the subscript n is zero or positive integer and has a value in the range of 0 to 60; where subscript o is positive integer and has a value in the range of 1 to 60, and s is zero or positive integers and has a value of 0 to 2.