Silicones for Personal Care, 2nd Edition

Anthony O'Lenick Jr.
Hardcover
417 pages
Published 2008
ISBN-10: 1-932633-36-7
ISBN-13: 978-1-932633-36-8

Look Inside the Book:
Preface
Table of Contents
Sample Pages

Silicone polymers have become increasingly important in advanced cosmetic formulations through the years. Silicone science is an area seeing many new developments being made, any of which could revolutionize the industry.

Silicones for Personal Care, 2nd Edition provides invaluable information to the cosmetic chemist about the basic chemistry and properties of these important silicones. This book stresses the various steps in the synthesis of silicone compounds—construction, functionalization and derivitization—which have a profound impact on performance.

Topics include:

Basic silicone materials
Emulsions
Silicone surfactants
Silicone esters
Silicone complexes
Silicone resins
And much more!

You’ll love Tony O’Lenick’s easy-to-read style and find this book a must-read!

Author Expertise

Anthony O’Lenick Jr. has more than 30 years of experience in innovative personal care ingredients. He is president of Siltech LLC, a company he founded in 1989, specializing in functional silicones and specialty surfactants. O’Lenick has five published books, more than 40 technical articles and is the inventor of more than 260 patents.