Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the generation of thermoset-thermoplastic hybrid nanoparticles with a hard phase and a soft phase, wherein the hard phase comprises or consists of a thermosetting polymer and the soft phase comprises or consists of a thermoplastic polymer, the method including a) providing a mixture of a thermosetting resin, monomers of a thermoplastic polymer, and a curing agent for the thermosetting resin; b) dispersing the mixture into an aqueous medium to form a miniemulsion, c) polymerizing the thermosetting resin in the miniemulsion by stepwise polymerization to form a seed emulsion of thermoplastic monomer swollen thermosetting polymer nanoparticles; d) adding monomers of the thermoplastic polymer to the seed emulsion; and e) adding a polymerization initiator and polymerizing the monomers of the thermoplastic polymer by free radical polymerization to form the core-shell nanoparticle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymerizable composition, containing at least one benzoxazine compound and certain oligomeric or polymeric urethane group-free polyether compounds. The present invention further relates to adhesives, sealants or coatings comprising the polymerizable composition according to the invention and the polymerization products of said composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to peptides, in particular dodecapeptide-containing coating agents, adhesion promoters or adhesives for oxidic surfaces, a multilayer composite or a coated substrate, containing compounds which are formed entirely or in part of dodecapeptides as adhesion promoters between at least two adjacent layers of the composite or between the coating and the substrate, and to dodecapeptides that can be used as coating agents, adhesion promoters or adhesives for oxidic surfaces.

Abstract: The invention relates to polymerizable benzoxazine compounds with interfacial active or surface active properties, having at least one polyalkylene oxide structural element, and to a method for producing said compounds. The invention also relates to benzoxazine (co)polymers comprising at least one of said benzoxazine compounds in the polymerized form.

Abstract: The invention relates to polymerizable benzoxazine compounds with interfacial active or surface active properties, having at least one polyalkylene oxide structural element, and to a method for producing said compounds. The invention also relates to benzoxazine (co)polymers comprising at least one of said benzoxazine compounds in the polymerized form.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mini-emulsion which comprises at least one hydrolase, where the continuous phase of the mini-emulsion contains at least one oxidant, while the dispersed phase comprises at least one C6-60 carboxylic acid and optionally at least one reactant. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method of preparing the mini-emulsion and to a process for the preparation of C6-60 percarboxylic acids and to a process for the preparation of an oxidized reactant, in each case using the abovementioned mini-emulsions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a curable composition comprising: at least one benzoxazine and at least one toughening additive which can be bound to the at least one benzoxazine in the curing process, characterized in that the toughening additive is distributed in the cured composition in form of discrete domains, and that at least 50% of the discrete domains related to the total amount of discrete domains have a maximum length in any direction of space in the range of 10 nm to 500 nm as determined by transmission electron microscopy (TEM).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a curable composition, comprising at least one benzoxazine compound, and at least one sulfonic acid ester having a cyclic structure. In particular, the invention relates to the use of at least one sulfonic acid having a cyclic structure as a heat-activatable catalyst for curable composition, comprising at least one benzoxazine compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymerizable composition comprising at least one polymerizable benzoxazine compound and core-shell particles, where the core of the core-shell particles comprises at least one (co)polymer of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer (A) and the shell of the core-shell particles comprises at least one crosslinked (co)polymer of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer (B), where the ethylenically unsaturated monomer (B) encompasses at least one aromatic group. The present invention further relates to adhesives, sealants or coatings, which encompass the polymerizable composition of the invention, and also to the polymerization products of this composition. The present invention further relates to a process for the production of the polymerizable composition of the invention.

Abstract: The invention relates to washing and cleaning agents for washing or cleaning colored textile surface structures, used for improving the color-fastness thereof. The aim was substantially met by adding polymers obtained by the polymerization of benzoxazine monomers to the agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymerization catalyst, comprising at least two components, wherein at least one or more of said at least two components are selected from the group of nitrogen containing heterocycles and/or their derivatives and at least one or more of said at least two components is selected from the group of organic sulfur containing acids and/or derivatives of organic sulfur containing acids.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a curable composition, comprising specific meta-substituted aromatic compounds and at least one benzoxazine compound. In particular, the invention relates to the use of said meta-substituted aromatic compounds as curatives/catalysts for benzoxazine-containing compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a curable composition, comprising at least one benzoxazine compound, and at least one sulfonic acid ester having a cyclic structure. In particular, the invention relates to the use of at least one sulfonic acid having a cyclic structure as a heat-activatable catalyst for curable composition, comprising at least one benzoxazine compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst, which is an organic component with electron withdrawing substituents and to compositions with such catalyst and at least one benzoxazine component, and the use of such compositions in adhesives, sealants and coatings.

Abstract: Cationic benzoxazine (co)polymers wherein at least 5% of all nitrogen atoms are in the form of quaternary nitrogen atoms, and to a method for producing said polymers. The invention also relates to a washing and cleaning agent, a textile treatment agent or a cosmetic agent containing at least one cationic benzoxazine (co)polymer according to the invention.

Abstract: The invention provides an adhesive with an aqueous polymer dispersion. The aqueous polymer dispersion comprises a copolymer of a) esters of vinyl alcohol with C2 to C6 monocarboxylic acids, b) ?,?-unsaturated C3 to C9 carboxylic acids or vinyl-substituted phosphonic or sulfonic acids, c) polyunsaturated monomers, and optionally d) non-polar, copolymerizable monomers and e) copolymerizable monomers that carry polar functional groups, where the ratio of c:b ranges from 1:10 to 1:400. The adhesive has high adhesion strength, stable viscosity during high-speed automatic application process and, is optionally, remoistenable with water or becomes water-soluble. The adhesive may be advantageous used as wood adhesive, remoistenable adhesive, label adhesive, bottle adhesive, and the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymerizable composition, containing at least one benzoxazine compound and certain oligomeric or polymeric urethane group-free polyether compounds. The present invention further relates to adhesives, sealants or coatings comprising the polymerizable composition according to the invention and the polymerization products of said composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a curable benzoxazine macromonomer containing at least 3 benzoxazine rings and at least one aliphatic, heteroaliphatic, araliphatic, hetereoaraliphatic, aromatic or heteroaromatic fragment, the fragment comprising a shortest atom chain containing at least 40 consecutive atoms between two benzoxazine nitrogen atoms or between two benzoxazine oxygen atoms, and said atom chain must not include any oxazine ring atoms (“soft fragment”). The invention further relates to cured products made thereof and a method or producing the same.

Abstract: Polymerizable combinations, comprising at least one first component selected from the group of benzoxazine monomers and at least one second component selected from the group of aromatic esters are described. Further on the use of aromatic esters as additives to benzoxazine monomers as well as methods of coating a device by heating the above mentioned combination, and a device, coated by that way is explained.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymerizable composition comprising, as a component A, at least one silicon-organic compound having at least two ?Si—H groups that are reactive in the hydrosilylation reaction and, as a component B, at least one benzoxazine compound having at least two unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds that are reactive in the hydrosilylation reaction with the component A. Additional objects of the present invention include adhesives, sealants or coatings containing the polymerizable composition according to the invention, and the polymerization products of said components.