Silicones, Silicone-Organic Hybrids and Silanes

Versatile materials tailorable for an array of demanding applications

Compared to organic-based materials, silicone-based materials typically enable more demanding applications, from those operating at extreme temperatures, to those under harsh environmental conditions for long durations. They are used as additives that provide benefits like the ones below and many more.

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Silicones are used across a variety of markets and applications including the ones listed below. They can also be found in a number of forms such as adhesives, sealants, rubber, emulsions, powders, fluids, and more.

Personal care products

Beauty and Personal Care

Developing eco-friendly materials and formulations for cosmetic and personal care products that unlock exciting benefits for brand owners and consumers.

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Paints, Inks and Coatings

Partnering with paint, ink, and coatings formulators to develop innovative solutions to enhance performance, durability, aesthetics and sustainability.

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Consumer Goods and Appliances

Collaborating across many industries to develop materials to improve consumer products people rely on every day.​

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Building, Construction and Infrastructure 

Bringing together sustainability and high-performance infrastructure applications for building solutions and commercial construction materials.

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Electronics

Helping you achieve faster processing, higher purity, higher conductivity, more sustainable silicone and organic solutions across the entire electronics value chain.

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Chemical Manufacturing and Industrial

Working closely with manufacturers to make chemical manufacturing and industrial operations more sustainable and efficient.​

SILASTIC™ Silicone Elastomer Custom Compound

Request custom compound silicones and fluorosilicone rubber elastomers to meet your unique end-use requirements and resolve your processing challenges. Engineered elastomers from Dow that meet your specific design needs for energy efficiency, greater comfort, safety and sustainability.

Conformal Coatings

Explore our portfolio of DOWSIL™ branded conformal coatings for vital protection of electronic components against harsh factors – and use filters to narrow by application, durometer/hardness, cure characteristics and more.

Gels and Encapsulants

Explore our portfolio of DOWSIL™ and SYLGARD™ branded gel encapsulants for vital protection of electronic components against harsh factors – and use filters to narrow by application, viscosity/flow, durometer/hardness, cure characteristics, one or two part and more.

Silicones, Silicone-Organic Hybrids and Silanes

Explore our range of silicones, silicone-organic hybrids and silanes which have enabled thousands of unique products used around the world.

DOWSIL™ EA-7100 Adhesive

Conductive Materials

Deliver solutions for your most sensitive assemblies with our industry-leading portfolio of thermally and electrically conductive silicones.

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Optical Materials

Solve pressing design and manufacturing challenges such as bonding, sealing, protecting, insulating and improving productivity by streamlining manufacturing costs and cycle time.

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Silicone Waxes

See how formulators seek to achieve new products that meet customer needs with our silicone waxes, powders and gums.

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Thermoset Additives for Plastics

Meet market needs to enrich, reinforce and modify technical polymers in association with additives, mineral fillers and silicones in order to extend their potential.

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Silicone Additives for Coatings

Produce better paints, coatings, printing inks and overprint with high performance silicone and siloxane additives.

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Silicone Resins and Binders

Enable your coatings to do more with our diverse line of silicone resins, binders and intermediates.

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Limitless Silanes: Bonding organic and inorganic materials

Explore the addition of small silicon-based molecules called silanes results in compositions that adhere and penetrate to improve resistance to physical, chemical, environmental and thermal degradation.

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Fascinating Silicones: Material forms that fuel innovation

From automotive to building and construction, personal care to electronics and lighting, Dow’s silicone materials are synonymous with efficiency, durability and reliability.

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