Functional Organosilicones for Stable Low-Cost Emulsification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current organosilicones used in consumer products face challenges due to high costs, instability issues such as creaming and discoloration, and the need for expensive silicone emulsification steps, which affect their chemical and physical stability and performance.
Innovation Solution
Development of economical organosilicones with specific low-cost functional groups that enhance emulsification and provide higher care benefits, including the use of certain surfactants and organosilicone polymers with defined structures to improve stability and performance in consumer products.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If current organosilicones are used in consumer products, then care benefits such as softness and conditioning are provided, but the products become expensive and require complex emulsification steps
Solution Approach 1:
The patent modifies the chemical structure of silicones by incorporating specific functional groups (carboxylic acid, hydroxyl, amine) to change their emulsification properties. This allows the silicones to self-emulsify without requiring complex external emulsification steps, thereby reducing manufacturing complexity while maintaining care benefits
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates composite organosilicone structures by combining silicone backbones with various functional groups (carboxylic acid, hydroxyl, amine). These composite structures provide both the desired care benefits and improved emulsification properties, eliminating the need for separate emulsification agents or complex processing steps
2Reliability
If current organosilicones are used in consumer products, then conditioning and softness benefits are achieved, but chemical and physical stability problems occur such as creaming and discoloration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the chemical parameters of organosilicones by incorporating stable functional groups (carboxylic acid, hydroxyl, amine) that improve compatibility with other product ingredients. This reduces chemical reactions that cause discoloration and creaming, thereby improving stability while maintaining care benefits
Solution Approach 2:
The patent converts the traditionally problematic hydrophilic functional groups into beneficial elements by carefully selecting and positioning them on the silicone structure. These groups, which can sometimes cause instability, are now used to improve compatibility and stability with water-based formulations, preventing creaming and discoloration
3Adaptability or versatility
If silicone emulsification steps are implemented, then organosilicones become useful in products, but production costs increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and eliminates the need for separate emulsification steps by incorporating emulsification-capable functional groups directly into the organosilicone structure. This self-emulsifying capability removes the requirement for additional emulsification agents and processing steps, significantly reducing production costs while maintaining product usability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables organosilicones to self-emulsify through their inherent functional groups (carboxylic acid, hydroxyl, amine). This self-service capability eliminates the need for external emulsification assistance, reducing both material and processing costs while ensuring the organosilicones remain usable in consumer products
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The new organosilicones offer improved chemical and physical stability, reduced production costs, and enhanced care benefits in consumer products, addressing the limitations of existing silicones by facilitating easier emulsification and improved product performance.
Implementation Method 1
certain low cost functional groups can be attached to a silicone to yield an organosilicone that can be easily emulsified
Data Source
AI summary
The present application relates to organosilicones and compositions such as consumer products comprising such organosilicones, as well as processes for making and using such organosilicones and such compositions. Such compositions comprising such organosilicones are easier to formulate, and provide more economical and superior care benefits when compared to current silicone containing compositions.