Curable polysiloxane coating composition

1. A coating process comprising

(a) providing a curable polysiloxane composition comprising

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

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

(3) at least one base selected from amidines, guanidines, phosphazenes, proazaphosphatranes, and combinations thereof,

wherein at least one of said components (1) and (2) has an average reactive silane functionality of at least three;

(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) allowing or inducing said curable polysiloxane composition to cure to form a release coating.

2. The coating process of claim 1 , wherein said components (1) and (2) of said curable polysiloxane composition each comprise at least one polydiorganosiloxane; and/or wherein said polydiorganosiloxane comprises polydimethylsiloxane.

3. The coating process of claim 1 , wherein said component (1) of said curable polysiloxane composition is hydroxyl-endblocked.

4. The coating process of claim 1 , wherein said component (1) of said curable polysiloxane composition 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.

5. The coating process of claim 4 , 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.

6. The coating process of claim 1 , wherein said component (1) of said curable polysiloxane composition comprises a mixture of (i) 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 (ii) 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 (2) of said curable polysiloxane composition has an average reactive silane functionality of at least three.

7. The coating process of claim 1 , wherein said component (2) of said curable polysiloxane composition 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.

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

9. The coating process of claim 7 , wherein said R′ and said R″ are methyl; said r is an integer of 0; and/or said s is an integer of 40.

10. The coating process of claim 1 , wherein said component (3) of said curable polysiloxane composition is selected from

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

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

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

(4) 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 amidine, guanidine, and/or phosphazene compounds optionally can be bonded together to form a ring structure.

11. The coating process of claim 10 , wherein said component (3) is selected from amidine compounds, guanidine compounds, phosphazene compounds, and combinations thereof that each comprise at least one said ring structure.

12. The coating process of claim 1 , wherein said component (3) of said curable polysiloxane composition is selected from 1,2-dimethyl-1,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrimidine, 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]-7-undecene (DBU), 1,5-diazabicyclo[4.3.0]-5-nonene (DBN), 1,5,7-triazabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-5-ene (TBD), 7-methyl-1,5,7-triazabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-5-ene (MTBD), 2-tert-butyl-1,1,3,3-tetramethylguanidine, 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.

13. The coating process of claim 1 , wherein said base is selected from amidines, guanidines, and combinations thereof.

14. The coating process of claim 13 , wherein said base is selected from amidines and combinations thereof.

15. The coating process of claim 14 , wherein said amidine is selected from 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]-7-undecene (DBU), 1,5-diazabicyclo[4.3.0]-5-nonene (DBN), and combinations thereof.

16. The coating process of claim 1 , wherein said curable polysiloxane composition is an organometallic catalyst-free composition; and/or wherein said curable polysiloxane composition is in the form of an emulsion.

17. 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 release coating prepared by the coating process of claim 1 .

18. The article of claim 17 , wherein said article further comprises a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive prepared by application of a photopolymerizable composition to said release coating, followed by irradiation of said photopolymerizable composition to effect photopolymerization thereof.

19. The article of claim 17 , wherein said article further comprises a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive in contact with said release coating.

20. A coating process comprising

(a) providing a curable polysiloxane composition comprising

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

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

(3) at least one base selected from 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]-7-undecene (DBU), 1,5-diazabicyclo[4.3.0]-5-nonene (DBN), and combinations thereof;

(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) allowing or inducing said curable polysiloxane composition to cure to form a release coating.