Curable-on-demand polysiloxane coating composition

1. A curable composition comprising

(a) at least one polydiorganosiloxane, fluorinated polydiorganosiloxane, or combination thereof comprising reactive silane functionality comprising at least two hydroxysilyl moieties;

(b) at least one polydiorganosiloxane, fluorinated polydiorganosiloxane, or combination thereof comprising reactive silane functionality comprising at least two hydrosilyl moieties; and

(c) at least one photoactivatable component that, upon exposure to radiation, generates at least one base selected from phosphazenes, proazaphosphatranes, and combinations thereof;

wherein at least one of said components (a) and (b) has an average reactive silane functionality of at least three.

2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said components (a) and (b) each comprise at least one polydiorganosiloxane; wherein said polydiorganosiloxane comprises polydimethylsiloxane; and/or wherein said component (a) is hydroxyl-endblocked.

3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said component (a) is selected from polysiloxanes that are represented by the following general formula:

(OH) p —Si(R′) 3-p -[G-Si (R′) 2 ] t —O—[(R′) 2 SiO] q [Si(R′) 2 -G] t -Si(R′) 3-p -(OH) p   (I)

wherein each p is independently an integer of 1, 2, or 3; each G is independently a divalent linking group; each R′ is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, fluoroalkyl, aryl, fluoroaryl, cycloalkyl, fluorocycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, heterofluoroalkyl, heteroaryl, heterofluoroaryl, heterocycloalkyl, heterofluorocycloalkyl, and combinations thereof; q is an integer of 0 to 15,000; and each t is independently an integer of 0 or 1.

4. The composition of claim 3 , wherein each said G is independently selected from oxy, alkylene, arylene, heteroalkylene, heteroarylene, cycloalkylene, heterocycloalkylene, and combinations thereof; each said R′ is independently selected from alkyl, fluoroalkyl, aryl, and combinations thereof; said q is an integer of 20 to 15,000; and/or said t is an integer of 0.

5. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said component (a) comprises a mixture of (1) at least one polydiorganosiloxane, fluorinated polydiorganosiloxane, or combination thereof having a weight average molecular weight in the range of 300,000 to 1,000,000 and (2) at least one polydiorganosiloxane, fluorinated polydiorganosiloxane, or combination thereof having a weight average molecular weight in the range of about 150 to about 150,000; and/or wherein said component (b) has an average reactive silane functionality of at least three.

6. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said component (b) is selected from polysiloxanes that are represented by the following general formula:

R′ 2 R″SiO(R′ 2 SiO) r (HR′SiO) s SiR″R′ 2   (II)

wherein each R′ is independently selected from alkyl, alkenyl, fluoroalkyl, aryl, fluoroaryl, cycloalkyl, fluorocycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, heterofluoroalkyl, heteroaryl, heterofluoroaryl, heterocycloalkyl, heterofluorocycloalkyl, and combinations thereof; each R″ is independently hydrogen or R′; r is an integer of 0 to 150; and s is an integer of 2 to 150.

7. The composition of claim 6 , wherein each said R′ is independently selected from alkyl, fluoroalkyl, aryl, and combinations thereof.

8. The composition of claim 6 , wherein said R′ and said R″ are methyl; said r is an integer of 0; and/or said s is an integer of 40.

9. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said photoactivatable component further comprises at least one photosensitizer.

10. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said composition is an organometallic catalyst-free composition; wherein said composition is solventless; and/or wherein said composition has been cured.

11. A coating process comprising

(a) providing the curable polysiloxane composition of claim 1 ;

(b) providing at least one substrate having at least one major surface;

(c) applying said curable polysiloxane composition to at least a portion of at least one said major surface of said substrate; and

(d) inducing said curable polysiloxane composition to cure to form a coating by exposing at least a portion of said curable polysiloxane composition to radiation.

12. An article comprising at least one substrate having at least one major surface, said substrate bearing, on at least a portion of at least one said major surface, a coating prepared by the coating process of claim 11 .

13. The article of claim 12 , wherein said article further comprises a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive prepared by application of a photopolymerizable composition to said coating, followed by irradiation of said photopolymerizable composition to effect photopolymerization thereof.

14. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said base is selected from

(1) phosphazene compounds that are represented by the following general formula:

(2) proazaphosphatrane compounds that are represented by the following general formula:

and combinations thereof;

wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 are each independently selected from hydrogen, monovalent organic groups, monovalent heteroorganic groups, and combinations thereof; and

wherein any two or more of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 of said phosphazene compounds optionally can be bonded together to form a ring structure.

15. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said base is selected from phosphazenes and combinations thereof.

16. The composition of claim 15 , wherein said base is selected from 2-tert-butylimino-2-diethylamino-1,3-dimethylperhydro-1,3,2-diazaphosphorine, phosphazene base P 1 -t-Bu-tris(tetramethylene), phosphazene base P 4 -t-Bu, and combinations thereof.

17. The composition of claim 1 , wherein said base is selected from proazaphosphatranes and combinations thereof.

18. The composition of claim 17 , wherein said base is 2,8,9-triisopropyl-2,5,8,9-tetraaza-1-phosphabicyclo[3.3.3]undecane.

19. A curable composition comprising

(a) at least one polydiorganosiloxane, fluorinated polydiorganosiloxane, or combination thereof that is hydroxyl-endblocked;

(b) at least one polydiorganosiloxane, fluorinated polydiorganosiloxane, or combination thereof comprising at least three hydrosilyl moieties; and

(c) at least one photoactivatable component that, upon exposure to radiation, generates at least one base selected from 2-tert-butylimino-2-diethylamino-1,3-dimethylperhydro-1,3,2-diazaphosphorine, phosphazene base P 1 -t-Bu-tris(tetramethylene), phosphazene base P 4 -t-Bu, 2,8,9-triisopropyl-2,5,8,9-tetraaza-1-phosphabicyclo[3.3.3]undecane, and combinations thereof.

20. A curable composition comprising

(a) at least one polydiorganosiloxane, fluorinated polydiorganosiloxane, or combination thereof comprising reactive silane functionality comprising at least two hydroxysilyl moieties;

(b) at least one polydiorganosiloxane, fluorinated polydiorganosiloxane, or combination thereof comprising reactive silane functionality comprising at least two hydrosilyl moieties; and

(c) at least one photoactivatable component that, upon exposure to radiation, generates at least one base selected from 2-tert-butylimino-2-diethylamino-1,3-dimethylperhydro-1,3,2-diazaphosphorine, phosphazene base P 1 -t-Bu-tris(tetramethylene), phosphazene base P 4 -Bu, 2,8,9-triisopropyl-2,5,8,9-tetraaza-1-phosphabicyclo[3.3.3]undecane, and combinations thereof;

wherein at least one of said components (a) and (b) has an average reactive silane functionality of at least three.