Abstract: The present invention pertains to composition suitable for manufacturing membranes based on vinylidene fluoride (VDF) polymers, to porous membranes thereof, to methods for their manufacture and to uses thereof, especially for the filtration of water phases. Said composition comprising vinylidene fluoride (VDF) polymers and polymer additives comprising zwitterionic moieties delivers outstanding hydrophilization performances of manufactured membranes.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to composition suitable for manufacturing membranes based on vinylidene fluoride (VDF) polymers, to porous membranes thereof, to methods for their manufacture and to uses thereof, especially for the filtration of water phases. Said composition comprising vinylidene fluoride (VDF) polymers and polymer additives comprising zwitterionic moieties delivers outstanding hydrophilization performances of manufactured membranes.

Abstract: The invention pertains to compositions comprising at least one polymer or precursors thereof, at least one liquid medium and a plurality of microcapsules having a cross-linked polymeric shell and a core containing at least one (per)fuoropolyether compound comprising a (per)fluoropolyoxyalkylene chain being a sequence of recurring units having at least one catenary ether bond and at least one fluorocarbon moiety.

Abstract: A slurry suspension is provided, which comprises (a) carbonaceous material particles having an average diameter D50 comprised between 0.1 ?m and 200 ?m; (b) an organic compound comprising at least one amine group; and (c) an organic phase.

Abstract: A slurry suspension is provided, which comprises (a) carbonaceous material particles having an average diameter D50 comprised between 0.1 ?m and 200 ?m; (b) an organic compound comprising at least one amine group; and (c) an organic phase.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a suspension comprising carbonaceous material particles, an alkoxylated phenol surfactant, and an aqueous liquid phase providing a high stability to the suspensions over time. The invention also concerns a process for the production of said suspensions and methods for generating power comprising combustion of said suspensions, notably with appropriate devices.

Abstract: A slurry suspension is provided, which comprises (a) carbonaceous material particles having an average diameter D50 comprised between 0.1 ?m and 200 ?m; (b) an organic compound comprising at least one amine group; and (c) an organic phase.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid biofuel comprising carbonaceous material particles having a D50 ranging from 0.1 ?m to 200 ?m suspended in a liquid biodiesel composition.

Abstract: A slurry suspension comprises: a) carbonaceous material particles having an average diameter D50 comprised between 0.1 ?m and 200 ?m; b) a non-ionic surfactant; c) an aqueous phase; and d) an organic phase.

Abstract: Described herein are polymer complexes, including polymer gels and polymer foams, containing electrically conductive polymers and ionic liquids. The polymer complexes described herein are useful as components of electronic devices.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a photovoltaic thin film having a heterojunction by depositing a composition, including a first organic electron-donor semiconductor CP and a second organic electron-acceptor semiconductor CN, onto a substrate and then carrying out phase segregation, including: a step (E1) of preparing a first mixture M1 including the organic semiconductors CN and CP within a solvent medium; and then a step (E2) of adding an additive, having at least one N3 function, to the said mixture.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a coating based on two organic semi-conducting compounds CP and CN, respectively of type P and of type N, CN being immiscible with compound CP in the coating produced, and wherein: (A) a solution is deposited on the surface of the support, comprising compounds CP and CN in a solvent medium S capable of solvating compounds CP and CN without chemically reacting therewith, said solvent S being formed by a mixture of: a first fraction formed by a solvent or a mixture of solvents S1 capable of solvating both compounds CP or CN; and a second fraction miscible with the first fraction consisting of a solvent or a mixture of solvents S2 with a higher boiling point than that of the solvent or mixture of solvents S1 and which is capable of solvating one of the compounds CP or CN but not the other one; and (B) the solvent S present in the thereby produced deposit is removed by evaporation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photovoltaic coating containing a mixture of organic N-type (acceptor) and P-type (donor) semiconductor compounds, which makes it possible, when selecting the donor/acceptor pair, to modulate the semiconductor properties of the photovoltaic coating so as to enable the use thereof within a photovoltaic device, wherein one of the organic semiconductors includes a quinone core.

Abstract: The invention proposes an improvement in the characterization of solid materials, by making it easier to be implemented while obtaining reliable and accurate results. According to the method in accordance with the invention; a material to be characterized (M), in powdery form is placed in a well (4); while the material (M) is heated up by applying a predetermined power (P), a radiative thermal flux (F) emitted by the material is measured, and from the measurements relating to the radiative thermal flux (F), a characterization of the material (M) is inferred, related to the heat which this material loses by thermal conduction with the walls of the well (4).

Abstract: The aim of the invention is to improve the surface characterization of solid materials, facilitating the implementation thereof, while producing reliable and accurate results. The method of the invention comprises the following steps: obtaining a material (M) to be characterized, in powder form, and a gas mixture (G) containing a probe molecule (S) that can interact with the material, performing gas percolation through the material by flowing the gas mixture into the free spaces between the grains of the material, while leaving said grains in contact with each other, during the gas percolation through the material (M), measuring a radiative heat flux (F) emitted by the material, and at least one surface characteristic relating to the material (M) is deduced from the radiative heat flux (F) measurements.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process which comprises preparing polymers. The process uses an appropriate installation, and may comprise determining at least one parameter of a physical and/or chemical conversion. The invention also relates to a corresponding screening process. According to this process, a polymerization reaction medium is made to flow in a tubular flow member.

Abstract: Physico-chemical systems subject to transformation are flowed in a flow member, while maintaining the external periphery of the wall of such flow member at one and the same temperature, with the exception of a display zone, at least between two remote points along said member; at least one spatial distribution of the temperature of the physico-chemical system along this display zone is displayed, in particular comprising an infrared camera, and the or each parameter is determined therefrom utilizing the or each spatial temperature distribution.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process which comprises preparing polymers. The process uses an appropriate installation, and may comprise determining at least one parameter of a physical and/or chemical conversion. The invention also relates to a corresponding screening process. According to this process, a polymerization reaction medium is made to flow in a tubular flow member (12).

Abstract: A method, in which a succession of plugs (G) made of a physicochemical system capable of conversion in a carrier phase (P) is made to flow, in a tubular flow member (12), and at least one analysis of at least one plug is carried out and the or each parameter is deduced therefrom.

Abstract: Mineral particle dispersions in an organic hydrophobic medium (organosols) are stabilized by amphiphilic block polymers containing RA groups for developing interactions with the surface of the particles and at least one hydrophobic block B having an affinity for the organic medium of the dispersion.