Patent ID: 7074491

Claim:
A polyfunctional silicon compound having one of the following structures: wherein at least one of R 1 , R 2 and R 3 is a leaving group which, after leaving, permits the Si in one of said structures to form a Siâ€”Oâ€”Si or Siâ€”Oâ€”Zr bond, wherein L 1 , L 2 and L 3 comprise alkyl or substituted alkyl chains from 1 to 100 in length, wherein m=1âˆ’100; wherein N-PG, N-PG 1 and N-PG 2 are nitrogen-containing polar groups; wherein each of E, E 1 , and E 2 comprise alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, or substituted aryl groups, comprising 1â€“50 carbon atoms, and exclude functional groups selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, carboxyl, amino, thio, halo and sulfonate moieties.