Edit: please explain like I am actually five.
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Silicone is a name for any molecule made up of chains of something called “silane” units. Silane is a silicon atom connected to ~~oxygen~~ hydrogen atoms. Those silane units like to stick to many other things, but don’t like to stick to each other. So, if you have short chains of silane, and you put them between two surfaces, they’ll stick to each surface but in between, they will slide past each other. If the chains are very long, then one end of the chain sticks to one side, and the other end sticks to the other side, and the chain holds them together.
Edit: I forgot that the hydrogen atoms on the surface is what makes them not stick to each other. The silane units connect to each other with via oxygen atoms to form silicone.
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