Patent ID: 7642332

Claim:
A multicomponent network comprising the reaction product of at least one hydrophilic polymer, at least one hydrophobic polymer and at least one mono-modified alkyl-substituted cyclopentasiloxane crosslinking composition according to the following formula: where R is a moiety having one or more ethylene oxide units and 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a di-glycol moiety that contains from 4 to about 20 carbon atoms, an ether moiety that contains from about 4 to about 20 carbon atoms, a partially or fully halogenated ether moiety that contains from about 4 to about 20 carbon atoms, or a siloxy silane moiety according to the formula shown below: where X is a linear or branched C 1 to C 10 alkyl group, a linear or branched C 2 to C 10 alkenyl group, a linear or branched C 2 to C 10 alkynyl group, and where each Z is independently selected from a linear or branched C 1 to C 20 alkyl group, a linear or branched C 2 to C 20 alkenyl group, a linear or branched C 2 to C 10 alkynyl group.