Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing nanocomposite dispersions comprising composite particles of inorganic nanoparticles and organic polymers in a continuous phase, especially in a dispersion medium, as well as to the nanocomposite dispersions thus obtained and to the use thereof.

Abstract: Use of a compound having a hydrophobic moiety attached to a hydrophilic moiety, wherein the hydrophilic moiety comprises a ?-keto acid group and the hydrophobic moiety is attached via a bond from a carbon or an oxygen of the hydrophobic moiety to a carbon of the ?-keto acid group, provided that the ?-carbon of the ?-keto acid group does not form part of a carboxyl or ester group, or a salt thereof, as a surfactant. A dispersion comprising said surfactant as a dispersing agent. A method for breaking a dispersion comprising said surfactant as a dispersing agent, said method comprising the steps of a) providing said dispersion at a temperature where it is substantially stable; and b) setting the temperature of said dispersion, so as to achieve a desired decomposition rate of the surfactant.

Abstract: Use of a compound having a hydrophobic moiety attached to a hydrophilic moiety, wherein the hydrophilic moiety comprises a ?-keto acid group and the hydrophobic moiety is attached via a bond from a carbon or an oxygen of the hydrophobic moiety to a carbon of the ?-keto acid group, provided that the ?-carbon of the ?-keto acid group does not form part of a carboxyl or ester group, or a salt thereof, as a surfactant. A dispersion comprising said surfactant as a dispersing agent. A method for breaking a dispersion comprising said surfactant as a dispersing agent, said method comprising the steps of a) providing said dispersion at a temperature where it is substantially stable; and b) setting the temperature of said dispersion, so as to achieve a desired decomposition rate of the surfactant.

Abstract: A surface coated article comprising a substrate with a cured polyethylene oxide-based coating thereupon. The essential features of the article are that the coating essentially consists of polyethylene oxide chains, with one free end and one end that has been cross-linked to other chains via a special cross-linking agent, that the cross-linking has been performed by radiation, and that the substrate has been swollen prior to cross-linking. The article can be prepared by applying to the substrate a solution containing the polyethylene oxide, the cross-linking agent, a swelling solvent and optionally a radical initiator, evaporating the solvent and cross-linking the coating by radiation curing. A suitable coating composition comprises per mole of the polyethylene oxide, 0.1-10 moles of the cross-linking agent, 0-500 moles of the solvent and optionally 0.0001-0.5 moles of the radical initiator.The article is especially useful within the biomedical field.

Abstract: A fluxing agent for soldering, e.g. of electronic components, characterized by consisting of a solution comprising 1-15, preferably 2-12% by weight of nonionic surface active agent and/or another substance with similar capacity to form liquid crystals in the fluxing agent film, 1-80, preferably 1-10% by weight of water, and volatile solvent, preferably at least 70% by weight, and minor quantities of activators which are capable of reacting with impurities on the surfaces subjected to soldering, such as halides and carboxylic acids, and preferably with a weight ratio of nonionic surface active agent to water of 1:8 to 5:1 and especially 0.5:1 to 2:1, and a process for soldering using said fluxing agent.

Abstract: A stable suspension of particles of a metal belonging to the platinum group consists of a microemulsion in which the particles are suspended. The suspension is prepared by dissolving a metal salt in a microemulsion, and reducing the salt to form a metal.