Abstract: Process for producing multicoat color and/or effect paint systems comprising a color and/or effect basecoat (A) and a transparent topcoat (B) by a wet-on-wet method using a color and/or effect coating material (A) and a transparent coating material (B), the coating material (A) being prepared by separately preparing an aqueous, structurally viscous powder dispersion (A1), in an amount, based on (A), of 50% to 100% by weight, mixing it with the other constituents (A2) of the coating material (A), and homogenizing the resulting mixtures (A).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing structured, electrically-conductive surfaces (3, 11) on an electrically nonconductive support (1), in which the structured and/or full-area electrically-conductive surfaces (3) of a first plane are applied onto the support (1) in a first step, an insulating layer (9) is applied in a second step at the positions where structured and/or full-area electrically-conductive surfaces (11) of a second plane cross the structured and/or full-area electrically-conductive surfaces (3) of the first plane and no electrical contact is intended to take place between the structured and/or full-area electrically-conductive surfaces of the first plane (3) and of the second plane (11), in a third step the structured and/or full-area electrically-conductive surfaces (11) of the second plane are applied according to the first step, and the second and third steps are optionally repeated.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a spray-polyurethane system which comprises a polyol component (A) and an isocyanate component (B), where the polyol component (A) comprises a1) at least one compound reactive with isocyanate, a2) at least one reactive chain extender having at least two groups reactive toward isocyanates, where at least one group reactive toward isocyanates is a free, primary NH2 group, and also a3) at least one metal catalyst, and a4) if appropriate, further additives, where the spray-polyurethane system comprises no amine catalyst. The present invention moreover relates to a process for production of a backing layer composed of polyurethane for moldings and to the use of this backing layer for production of automobile parts. Inventive backing layers have good mechanical properties, and low emissions, and their demolding time is small when compared with the open assembly time.

Abstract: The use of Pt- and Pd-bis- and tetracarbene complexes with bridged carbene ligands in organic light-emitting diodes, organic light-emitting diodes comprising at least one aforementioned Pt- or Pd-carbene complex, at least one transition metal-carbene complex of the general formula I and/or II, organic light-emitting diodes where the at least one transition metal-carbene complex of the general formula I and/or II is present in the light-emitting layer, a blocking layer for electrons, a blocking layer for excitons and/or a blocking layer for holes, a light-emitting layer comprising at least one aforementioned Pt- or Pd-carbene complex, organic light-emitting diodes comprising at least one inventive light-emitting layer, and devices which comprise at least one inventive organic light-emitting diode.

Abstract: A process for continuously preparing water-absorbing polymer beads by determining at least one particulate delivery material mass flow by means of incident electromagnetic waves.

Abstract: Process for passivating metallic surfaces, and a preparation suitable for implementing the process, comprising at least water, an acid, and a copolymer of functionalized (meth)acrylic esters, monomers containing phosphoric and/or phosphonic acid groups, monomers having COOH groups, and, if appropriate, further monomers. Copolymer which comprises said monomers.

Abstract: An epoxy resin with amine functionality is manufactured continuously through a first reaction zone in which an epoxide-functional resin is made by ring-opening addition, a second reaction zone in which the resin is reacted with amine to make an epoxide-functional product, and a third reaction zone in which the epoxide functional product is reacted with amine to make the epoxy resin with amine functionality. In other embodiments, some amine may be added in the first reaction zone to produce an epoxide functional product, with elimination of the second reaction zone, or all of the amine reactant may be added in the first reaction zone to produce an amine functional product, with elimination of both the second and third reaction zones. Optionally, solvent may be removed in an evaporation zone and recycled into the continuous process and further zones may be included to incorporate crosslinker, additives, and to emulsify the resin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of increasing the amount of at least one polypeptide in the host cell by expressing a modified nucleotide sequence encoding for a polypeptide in a host cell with said modified nucleotide sequence being derived from a different non-modified nucleotide sequence encoding for a polypeptide of identical amino acid sequence such that the codon usage of the modified nucleotide sequence is adjusted to the codon usage of abundant proteins in the host cell.

Abstract: The present invention describes a process for acylating polysaccharides, oligosaccharides or disaccharides or derivatives thereof by dissolving these in an ionic liquid and reacting them with a ketene, and also novel acylated polysaccharides, oligosaccharides or disaccharides or derivatives thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition for producing foams, in particular for mineral oil and natural gas production.

Abstract: An epoxy resin with amine functionality is manufactured continuously through a first reaction zone in which an epoxide-functional resin is made by ring-opening addition, a second reaction zone in which the resin is reacted with amine to make an epoxide-functional product, and a third reaction zone in which the epoxide functional product is reacted with amine to make the epoxy resin with amine functionality. In other embodiments, some amine may be added in the first reaction zone to produce an epoxide functional product, with elimination of the second reaction zone, or all of the amine reactant may be added in the first reaction zone to produce an amine functional product, with elimination of both the second and third reaction zones. Optionally, solvent may be removed in an evaporation zone and recycled into the continuous process and further zones may be included to incorporate crosslinker, additives, and to emulsify the resin.

Abstract: Disclosed are catalyst systems and methods of making the catalyst systems/supports for the polymerization of an olefin containing a solid titanium catalyst component and an antistatic agent. Also disclosed are methods of making a polyolefin involving contacting an olefin with a catalyst system containing an antistatic agent. The use of the antistatic agent added to the catalyst system can improve flowability and/or dispersibility of the catalyst system.

Abstract: Methods of increasing permeability in a carbonatic rock formation, the methods comprising: providing an alkanesulfonic acid; and introducing the alkanesulfonic acid into the carbonatic rock formation.

Abstract: A process for operating a hydraulic wash column, in which the position of the buildup front in the wash column is positioned by means of the flow rates of control liquor conducted into the wash column and/or by means of the flow rate of the suspension conducted into the wash column, and the flow rate determination is with the aid of the pressure difference which exists in the column between points in the suspension zone disposed upstream of the buildup front and points in the zone projecting from the buildup front up to the end of the crystal bed.

Abstract: Liquid pesticide composition containing N-phenylsemicarbazone pesticide compounds The present invention relates to liquid pesticide compositions which contain at least one N-phenylsemicarbazone of the formula A wherein R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, CN, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, C1-C4 haloalkyl or C1-C4 haloalkoxy and R3 is C1-C4 alkoxy, C1-C4 haloalyl or C1-C4 haloalkoxy. The invention also relates to a process for preparing the liquid pesticide compositions and to spray liquors of the invention, respectively, and to their use for plant and material protection.

Abstract: Diesel exhaust treatment articles, systems and methods are disclosed. According to one or more embodiments, an oxygen storage component is utilized and degradation of the oxygen storage component is correlated with degradation of the hydrocarbon conversion efficiency of a catalyst in a diesel engine system.

Abstract: Catalyst systems for preparing carboxylic acids and/or anhydrides, the catalyst system comprising a reaction zone and a layered catalyst, the reaction zone comprises a gas inlet region and a gas outlet region, the layered catalyst comprises an active composition and one or more middle layers, one or more first layers disposed on a side of the one or more middle layers toward the gas inlet region, and one or more second layers on a side of the one or more middle layers toward the gas outlet region, wherein the active composition content of one or more of the middle catalyst layers, based on total mass of the layered catalyst, is lower than the active composition content of the one or more first catalyst layers and is lower than one or more second catalyst layers; and processes for gas phase oxidation employing a layered catalyst of the present invention.

Abstract: A process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles by polymerizing droplets of a monomer solution, where the monomer solution comprises at least two initiators, one of the initiators is a peroxide with the exception of persulfate, and the molar ratio of peroxide to further initiator is at least 1:8, the water-absorbing polymer particles themselves, and hygiene articles comprising these water-absorbing polymer particles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for separating off solvents from solvent-comprising hydrogenation outputs from a catalytic hydrogenation process, which comprise at least one water-soluble hydrogenation product having at least one alcohol, lactone, ether, lactam or amino group in a solvent which is immiscible or not completely miscible with water and has a boiling point below 100° C., wherein water is added to the hydrogenation output, the solvent-comprising phase is separated off and recirculated to the hydrogenation.

Abstract: A transgenic plant transformed by a Protein Kinase Stress-Related Protein (PKSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant. Also provided are agricultural products, including seeds, produced by the transgenic plants. Also provided are isolated PKSRPs, and isolated nucleic acid coding PKSRPs, and vectors and host cells containing the latter.