Abstract: A process for preparing aqueous dispersions of composite particles using nonpolymerizable silane compounds.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for increasing the solid state polymerization (SSP) rates of metal catalyzed polyesters. The method comprises in a first step, reacting a dicarboxylic acid or a C1-C4 dicarboxylic diester with a diol at a suitable temperature and pressure to effect esterification or transesterification to prepare a precondensate and in a second step, reacting the precondensate to effect polycondensation at a suitable temperature and pressure to prepare a high molecular weight polyester and in a third step, further increasing the molecular weight and viscosity of the polyester under SSP conditions of a suitable temperature and pressure, where a metal catalyst is added in the first step or in the second step as a reaction catalyst, and where a certain phosphinic acid compound is added in the first step, in the second step or just prior to the third step. The polyester product exhibits low aldehyde formation during melt processing steps as well as excellent color.

Abstract: The invention concerns a process for producing water-absorbing polymer, which comprises a base polymer A being mixed with a first aqueous solution B of at least one surface postcrosslinker and a second aqueous solution C of at least one polyvalent cation and thermally treated, wherein said base polymer A is based on at least 50% neutralized acid-functional monomer and said solutions B and C are metered wholly or partly concurrently through separate nozzles whereby a water-absorbing polymer having a high saline flow conductivity value is obtained.

Abstract: The invention relates to hair dyeing composition comprising (a) a dye of formula (1); (b) a least one dye selected from the compounds of formulae (2) and (3), wherein D is the radical of a diazo component of the formula (2a) and (c) a quaternary ammonium salt selected from (c1) quaternary ammonium salts of the formula (4); (c2) imidazolium salts of the formula (5) and (c3) quaternary diammonium salts of the formula (6). The invention also relates to the dyeing methods for dyeing keratinous fibers comprising such dyeing composition.

Abstract: The instant invention relates to a composition comprising a) an organic material which is susceptible to oxidative, thermal or light-induced degradation, and b) at least one compound of the formula (I) wherein the general symbols are as defined in claim 1; especially wherein at least one of the radicals R2, R3 or R4 is —CH2—CH(CH3)—S(O)p—R12, —CH2—CH2—CH2—S(O)p—R12, —CH2—CH(R11)—CH2—R12 or —CH2—CH?CH—R12, R11 is hydrogen or halogen, R12 is a monovalent perfluorinated alkyl or alkenyl, linear or branched organic radical having four to twenty fully fluorinated carbon atoms; or —CH2CH2(CF2)mCF3, m is 3 to 12, and p is 0, 1 or 2. The compounds of the formula I are useful as reducers of surface energy for organic materials, for example synthetic polymer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new process for the production of arachidonic acid and/or eicosapentaenoic acid in plants through the co-expression of a ?-12-/?-15-desaturase, ?-9-elongase, ?-8-desaturase and a ?-5-desaturase and a process for the production of lipids or oils having an increased content of unsaturated fatty acids, in particular ?-3 and ?-6 fatty acids having at least two double bonds and a 18 or 20 carbon atom chain length. Preferably the arachidonic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid are produced in at least a 1:2 ratio. The invention furthermore relates to the production of a transgenic plants, preferably a transgenic crop plant, having an increased content of arachidonic acid and/or eicosapentaenoic acid, oils or lipids containing C18- or C20-fatty acids with a double bond in position 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15 or 17 of the fatty acid produced, respectively due to the expression of the ?-12-/?-15-desaturase, of the ?-9-elongase, of the ?-8-desaturase and of the ?-5-desaturase in the plant.

Abstract: Described is a process for producing pulverulent, antioxidant-comprising coating compositions, comprising providing an aqueous polymer dispersions comprising one or more antioxidants and a polymer obtained by radical polymerization of a) N,N-diethylaminoethyl methacrylate, and b) at least one radically polymerizable compound selected from esters of ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated mono- and dicarboxylic acids with C1-C8-alkanols, wherein the antioxidants are incorporated into the aqueous polymer dispersion in the form of a solution or of a dispersion, and spray processing the aqueous polymer dispersion to provide a powder form.

Abstract: A process for preparing 1,3-disubstituted pyrazole compounds.

Abstract: Disclosed are new semiconductor materials prepared from dithienylvinylene copolymers with aromatic or heteroaromatic ?-conjugated systems. Such copolymers, with little or no post-deposition heat treatment, can exhibit high charge carrier mobility and/or good current modulation characteristics. In addition, the polymers of the present teachings can possess certain processing advantages such as improved solution-processability and low annealing temperature.

Abstract: Aqueous solutions of acrylic acid polymers are prepared by polymerization of acrylic acid in a feed operation with a free-radical initiator in the presence of hypophosphite in water as solvent, by a process comprising (i) initially charging water and optionally one or more ethylenically unsaturated comonomers, (ii) continuously adding acrylic acid in acidic, unneutralized form, optionally one or more ethylenically unsaturated comonomers, aqueous free-radical initiator solution and aqueous hypophosphite solution, and (iii) adding a base to the aqueous solution on completion of the acrylic acid feed, wherein a comonomer content does not exceed 30% by weight and the aqueous hypophosphite solution is added during a total feed time made up of three consecutive feed time spans ?tI, ?tII, and ?tIII, wherein the average feed rate in the second feed time span ?tII is greater than the average feed rates in the first and third feed time spans ?tI and ?tIII.

Abstract: The present invention relates to azolylmethyloxiranes of the general formula I in which A is phenyl which is substituted by an F and another substituent selected from the group consisting of Cl, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl and C1-C4-alkoxy, B is unsubstituted pyridyl, thienyl, thiazolyl, oxazolyl or furyl or is phenyl which is substituted by one to three of the following substituents: halogen, NO2, amino, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-haloalkoxy, C1-C4-alkylamino, C1-C4-dialkylamino, thio or C1-C4-alkylthio, with the proviso that B is not o-methylphenyl if A is 2-chloro-4-fluorophenyl, and to the plant-compatible acid addition salts or metal salts thereof, to the use of the compounds of the formula I for controlling phytopathogenic fungi and to compositions comprising these compounds.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the use of alkylalkoxysulfonates for the production of foams, which are stable at high temperatures, e.g. up to about 250° C. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for producing of high temperature stable foams by using a foamable aqueous composition comprising at least one linear alkylalkoxysulfonate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to crystalline complexes of 4-hydroxy benzoic acid and selected pesticides. It also relates to agriculturally useful compositions of the complexes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing metal oxide nanofibers using a sol-gel precursor. The nanofibers produced by the process according to the invention are notable for an increased metal oxide content compared to the prior art.

Abstract: The present invention provides a photolatent Ti-chelate catalyst formulation, comprising (i) at least one compound of the formula (I) wherein R1 is C1-C20alkyl or C2-C20alkyl which is interrupted by one or more non-consecutive O-atoms; Y is formula (II) or optionally substituted phenyl; Y1 is formula (III) or optionally substituted phenyl; Y2 is formula (IV) or optionally substituted phenyl; Y3 is formula (V) or optionally substituted phenyl; R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12 and R13 independently of each other are hydrogen, halogen, optionally substituted C1-C20alkyl, or R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12 and R13 independently of each other are optionally substituted C6-C14aryl, provided that only one of R2, R3, R4 is hydrogen and only one of R5, R6, R7 is hydrogen and only one of R8, R9, R10 is hydrogen and only one of R11, R12, R13 is hydrogen; and (ii) at least one chelate ligand compound of the formula IIa, IIb or IIc, wherein Y? is formula (VI) or formula (VII); Y?1 is formula (VI

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing pulverulent organic porous materials, comprising (i) the provision of an organic xerogel or organic aerogel and then (ii) the comminution of the material provided in step (i). The invention further relates to the pulverulent organic porous materials thus obtainable, to thermal insulation materials comprising the pulverulent porous organic materials, to building material and vacuum insulation panels comprising the thermal insulation materials, and to the use of the pulverulent organic porous materials or of the thermal insulation materials for thermal insulation.

Abstract: Isolated nucleic acids and proteins associated with lipid and sugar metabolism regulation are provided. In particular, lipid metabolism proteins (LMP) and encoding nucleic acids originating from Arabidopsis thaliana, Brassica napus, and Physcomitrella patens are provided. The nucleic acids and proteins are used in methods of producing transgenic plants and modulating levels of seed storage compounds. Preferably, the seed storage compounds are lipids, fatty acids, starches, or seed storage proteins.

Abstract: Described are processes for producing pulverulent coating compositions comprising providing an aqueous polymer dispersion comprising i) as component A a polymer obtained by radical polymerization of a) N,N-diethylaminoethyl methacrylate, and b) at least one radically polymerizable compound selected from esters of ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated mono- and dicarboxylic acids with C1-C8-alkanols; and spray processing the aqueous polymer dispersion in the presence of a drying gas to provide a powder, wherein the entry temperature of the drying gas into the spraying apparatus is at least 20° C. above the glass transition temperature and is at least 20° C. above the minimum film-forming temperature of the polymer and the exit temperature of the drying gas from the spraying apparatus is kept at 40 to 85° C.

Abstract: A process for the production of a lignocellulose-containing substance having an average density in the range from more than 600 to 900 kg/m3, in which, in each case based on the lignocellulose-containing substance: A) from 30 to 95% by weight of lignocellulose particles; B) from 1 to 25% by weight of expanded plastics particles having a bulk density in the range from 10 to 100 kg/m3; C) from 3 to 50% by weight of a binder selected from the group consisting of aminoplast resin, phenol-formaldehyde resin and organic isocyanate having at least two isocyanate groups and, if appropriate D) additives, are mixed and then pressed at elevated temperature and under elevated pressure.

Abstract: Environmentally friendly, high performance coating formulations and methods for their preparation are described. The coating formulations can be prepared as aqueous dispersions. The aqueous dispersions include a plurality of multiphase polymer particles and a C8-C18 alkyl alcohol alkoxylated phosphate ester surfactant. The multiphase particles include an acrylic-based copolymer derived from one or more (meth)acrylate monomers and at least one copolymerizable surfactant. Optionally, the acrylic-based copolymer is further derived from one or more acid monomers, one or more amide monomers, and/or one or more molecular weight regulators. Further described herein are products prepared from the aqueous dispersions, such as for high gloss and satin paint compositions, that can have a low VOC content.