Abstract: A crosslinker (i.e., a curing agent) for polymerizing a film-forming material. The crosslinker is an organic compound including at least two functional groups reactive with a film-forming material and at least one pendent group comprising a —Si(OR)3 group, wherein each R is independently an alkyl group including from 1 to about 12 carbon atoms or an aryl group including substituted and unsubstituted phenyl and benzyl groups. Functional groups reactive with a film-forming materials include isocyanate, blocked isocyanate, uretdione, epoxide, hydroxyl, carboxyl, ester, ether, carbamate, aminoalkanol, aminoalkylether, amide, or amine groups. Embodiments include derivatives of the various crosslinkers as disclosed elsewhere herein, where the crosslinker has at least two functional groups reactive with a film-forming material and at least one pendent group comprising a —Si(OR)3 group.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing modified lignocellulosic materials. Said method consists of the following steps a) the lignocellulosic material is impregnated with an aqueous composition which contains i) at least one cross-linkable nitrogen compound and ii) at least one substance which catalyses the cross-linking, b) the impregnated lignocellulosic materials are treated at higher temperatures in order to remove the water and to cross-link the cross-linkable nitrogen compound. In step b) the impregnated lignocellulosic material is treated with overheated steam. The invention also relates to lignocellulosic materials which are obtained according to said method.

Abstract: Film-forming materials include resins and/or crosslinkers having a —Si(OR)3 group. Film-forming resins can include epoxy, acrylic, polyurethane, polycarbonate, polysiloxane, polyvinyl, polyether, aminoplast, and polyester resins. A process to produce a film-forming resin includes reacting various polymers to incorporate a pendent group comprising a —Si(OR)3 group. Film-forming resins can be used in methods of producing coating compositions. Coating compositions can be used to coat a substrate, such as a metal substrate, by electrodeposition Applied coatings containing the film-forming resins can be cured to form crosslinked films on substrates.

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 PKSRP, and isolated nucleic acid coding PKSRP, and vectors and host cells containing the latter. Further provided are methods of producing transgenic plants expressing PKSRP, and methods of identifying novel PKSRP and methods of modifying the expression of PKSRP in plants.

Abstract: Isolated nucleic acid molecules, designated PTS nucleic acid molecules, which encode novel PTS proteins from Corynebacterium glutamicum are described. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing PTS nucleic acid molecules, and host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced. The invention still further provides isolated PTS proteins, mutated PTS proteins, fusion proteins, antigenic peptides and methods for the improvement of production of a desired compound from C. glutamicum based on genetic engineering of PTS genes in this organism.

Abstract: A transgenic plant transformed by a Transcription Factor Stress-Related Protein (TFSRP) 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 TFSRPs, and isolated nucleic acid coding TFSRPs, and vectors and host cells containing the latter.

Abstract: Polyamine-coated superabsorbent polymer particles having a reduced tendency to agglomerate and having improved permeability properties are disclosed. A method of producing the polyamine coating using an ionic crosslinker also is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to dermocosmetic compositions comprising a compound comprising the structural element of the formula I where the radical Z has the following meaning: H, C1-C22alkyl group, C6-C10-aryl group, C1-C22-alkoxy group or a C6-C10-O-aryl group substituted by a C1-C22-alkyl or C-C22-alkoxy group, and the radicals R1 to R6, independently of one another, have the following meaning: H, C1-C22-alkyl group, C6-C10-aryl group, O, OH, C1-C22-alkoxy group or a C6-C10-O-aryl group substituted by a C1-C22-alkyl or C1-C22-alkoxy group, it being possible for R5 and R6 to be bridged in such a way that a five- to eight-membered ring is formed and, in the case of a five-membered ring, this ring may be part of an oligomer as a result of covalent bonds at positions 3 and 4. The invention furthermore relates to the use of said compounds in dermocosmetic formulations and the use of the dermocosmetics according to the invention for reducing skin or hair damage caused by free radicals.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for continuously preparing water-absorbing polymer particles by mixing a monomer solution with a redox initiator consisting of at least one oxidizing agent and at least one reducing agent and polymerizing it, wherein the monomer solution is mixed with at least one oxidizing agent upstream of the polymerization reactor and the at least one reducing agent is metered into the polymerization reactor, and also to an apparatus for performing the process.

Abstract: Process for recovering cyclododecatriene (CDT) from a solution comprising CDT and high boilers such as deactivated catalyst and polymers, which comprises feeding the solution into a preheater and heating it, subsequently depressurizing it through a downstream pressure maintenance device and feeding the resulting two-phase mixture into a helical tube evaporator and there reducing the CDT content of the liquid phase by partial evaporation and discharging a gaseous product stream having an increased concentration of CDT.

Abstract: The invention relates to an organic white light-emitting diode comprising at least one blue light-emitting fluoranthene derivative of the general formula I as component A and at least one blue light-emitting arylamine derivative as component B, the HOMO energies and LUMO energies of components A and B being different, with the condition that the LUMO energy of component A is higher than the HOMO energy of component B; to a composition comprising at least one blue light-emitting fluoranthene derivative of the formula I as component A and at least one blue light-emitting arylamine derivative as component B, the HOMO energies and LUMO energies of components A and B being different, with the condition that the LUMO energy of component A is higher than the HOMO energy of component B; and also to a light-emitting layer comprising a composition and to an organic white light-emitting diode comprising an inventive composition or an inventive light-emitting layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous dispersions comprising (A) at least one (co)polymer of at least one branched or straight-chain C3-C10-alkene, (B) at least one emulsifies synthesized by (a) preparation of a (co)polymer of isobutene, the (co)polymer having at least one reactive group, (b) functionalization of the (co)polymer of at least one branched or straight-chain C3-C10-alkene, (c) incorporation of at least one hydrophilic unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing polyisobutyl-substituted cyclo-hexanols by hydrogenating polyisobutyl-substituted hydroxybenzenes. The invention further relates to the polyisobutyl-substituted cyclohexanols obtainable by this process and functionalization products thereof, and to their use for the surface modification of inorganic or organic material.

Abstract: The present application relates to a process for reacting a composition I comprising at least one aldehyde with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst in at least one main reactor and at least one postreactor, wherein at least 50% of the fresh hydrogen fed to the reaction system is fed into at least one postreactor. In a preferred embodiment, composition I comprises at least one further organic compound.

Abstract: The invention relates to hydrogels having a low freezing point, comprising at least one water-absorbing polymer, at least one nonaqueous solvent and water, to a process for their production and to the use of hydrogels in cooling elements.

Abstract: A process for preparing tri- and tetraoxymethylene glycol dimethyl ether (POMDMEn=3,4) by reacting formaldehyde with methanol and subsequently working up the reaction mixture by distillation, comprising the steps of.

Abstract: Process for preparing an aqueous polymer dispersion using alkenes of 5 to 12 carbon atoms and use of the resultant aqueous polymer dispersions as adhesives components.

Abstract: The invention relates to a solvent-stable metal catalyst having slightly coordinating counter anions of formula I [M(L)a(Z)b]m+m(A?)(I), wherein M represents a transition metal of groups 3-12 of the periodic system, a lanthanide or a metal of groups 2 or 13 of the periodic system; L represents a solvent molecule; Z represents a mono or polycharged ligand; A? represents a slightly or non coordinated anion; a represents a whole number which is greater than or equal to 1; b represents a whole number which is greater than or equal to 1, whereby the total from a and b is between 4 and 8, and m represents a whole number from 1 6. The invention also relates to a method for polymerising olefinically unsaturated compounds in the presence of said catalyst and copolymers which are made of monomers comprising isobutene and at least one vinylaromatic compound which is obtained according to said inventive method.

Abstract: A process is described for preparing adiponitrile by hydrocyanating 1,3-butadiene over a catalyst, by, in a first process step, hydrocyanating 1,3-butadiene to 3-pentenenitrile over at least one nickel(0) catalyst, and, in a second process step, hydrocyanating 3-pentenenitrile to adiponitrile over at least one nickel(0) catalyst with addition of at least one Lewis acid, wherein at least one of the at least one nickel(0) catalysts used in the particular process steps is transferred into the other process step.

Abstract: The present invention comprises aqueous dispersions comprising a nanoparticulate formulation of crop protection agents in which the nanoparticles have core-shell structures having a mean particle diameter of 0.05 to 2.0 ?m and the crop protection agent is present in the core X-ray amorphous together with one or more polymers, where the polymer is not or only partially soluble in water or aqueous solutions or water/solvent mixtures and the shell consists of a stabilizing coating matrix, preparable by a process which comprises (a) preparing a solution of the crop protection agent in a water-immiscible organic solvent, (b) dissolving the core polymer in a water-immiscible organic solvent; and (c) emulsifying the mixture resulting from (a) and (b) with an aqueous solution comprising components of the coating matrix by injecting the corresponding solutions into a mixing chamber and removing the organic solvent after emulsification.