Abstract: A coating formed on a substrate is provided which coating comprises (a) an organic NIR-transparent pigment and/or an inorganic NIR-reflective pigment; (b) a dye having a transmittance of at least 75% in the range of from 700 to 2500 nm; and (c) optionally an effect pigment; wherein said coating exhibits a total solar reflectance (TSR) of (i) ?40%, if 60<L*<100, or (ii) ?30%, if 30<L*?60, or (iii) ?20%, if 0<L*?30, wherein L* is the lightness. The coating is suitable for an exterior-use coating like an industrial coating or a coating for vehicles, especially an automotive finish, having improved jetness.

Abstract: A coating formed on a substrate is provided which coating comprises (a) an organic NIR-transparent pigment and/or an inorganic NIR-reflective pigment; (b) a dye having a transmittance of at least 75% in the range of from 700 to 2500 nm; and (c) optionally an effect pigment; wherein said coating exhibits a total solar reflectance (TSR) of (i) ?40%, if 60<L*<100, or (ii) ?30%, if 30<L*?60, or (iii) ?20%, if 0<L*?30, wherein L* is the lightness. The coating is suitable for an exterior-use coating like an industrial coating or a coating for vehicles, especially an automotive finish, having improved jetness.

Abstract: Solid pigment preparations comprise as essential constituents (A) at least one organic pigment, (B) at least one polyisobutene derivative having at least one nitrogenous end group and (C) at least one nonionic surface-active additive.

Abstract: Polymeric compositions comprising polyolefins, amphiphilic block copolymers composed of polyisobutene blocks and polyoxyalkylene blocks and also optionally other polymers and/or fillers. Processes for dyeing or for printing such compositions and the use of amphiphilic block copolymers as auxiliaries for dyeing and printing polyolefins.

Abstract: A process for producing dyed textile materials comprising polypropylene fiber wherein, first, polypropylene is mixed with a polyester having a melting point in the range from 50 to 200° C. in the melt and processed into undyed polypropylene fiber, the undyed polypropylene fiber is processed into textiles and thereafter the textiles are dyed in aqueous liquor or printed, and also to undyed polypropylene fiber particularly useful for executing the process.

Abstract: Solid pigment preparations comprise as essential constituents (A) at least one organic pigment, (B) at least one polyisobutene derivative having at least one nitrogenous end group and (C) at least one nonionic surface-active additive.

Abstract: Dye concentrate comprising at least one polyisobutene derivative composed of at least one hydrophobic block (X) and at least one hydrophilic block (Y) as component A and at least one dye as component B and also a dye concentrate which, as well as components A and B, comprises at least one polyolefin as component C1 and/or at least one solvent as component C2, production of the dye concentrates, coloration of polymeric materials by contacting the polymeric materials with the dye concentrates of the present invention, colored polymeric compositions composed of at least one dye concentrate of the present invention and at least one polymeric material, fibers, films, packaging, moldings composed of the colored polymeric composition of the present invention, the use of the dye concentrates of the present invention for coloration of polymeric materials, and also the use of polyisobutene derivatives composed of at least one hydrophobic block (X) and at least one hydrophilic block (Y) as an auxiliary for migration-res

Abstract: Polymeric compositions comprising polyolefins, amphiphilic block copolymers composed of polyisobutene blocks and polyoxyalkylene blocks and also optionally other polymers and/or fillers. Processes for dyeing or for printing such compositions and the use of amphiphilic block copolymers as auxiliaries for dyeing and printing polyolefins.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the identification-marking of plastics parts.

Abstract: Production of polymer blends using amphiphilic block copolymers which comprise poly-isobutene blocks and also polyoxyalkylene blocks, as compatibilizers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing color pastes, in which a component comprising colorant particles is dispersed in a binder. In the method of the invention the dispersing operation is controlled by beaming excitational light of a defined wavelength range into a mixture of the component comprising colorant particles and the binder, detecting the light transmitted, reflected and/or scattered by the mixture and determining a sample spectrum, evaluating the sample spectrum and hence determining parameters of the color paste, and monitoring changes in the sample spectrum over time and terminating the dispersing operation when predetermined target parameters are attained.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing color pastes, in which a component comprising colorant particles is dispersed in a binder. In the method of the invention the dispersing operation is controlled by beaming excitational light of a defined wavelength range into a mixture of the component comprising colorant particles and the binder, detecting the light transmitted, reflected and/or scattered by the mixture and determining a sample spectrum, evaluating the sample spectrum and hence determining parameters of the color paste, and monitoring changes in the sample spectrum over time and terminating the dispersing operation when predetermined target parameters are attained.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel cholesteric layered materials having the layer sequence A1/B/A2, where A1 and A2 are identical or different and each comprise at least one cholesteric layer, and B is at least one interlayer separating the layers A1 and A2 from one another, wherein layer B is an adhesive layer; cholesteric multilayered pigments which can be produced therefrom; a process for their production, and their use.

Abstract: A pigment paste for use in preparing aqueous paints includes a binder that includes at least one polyurethane acrylate resin, water as a solvent, and a pigment component that may be an organic pigment, an inorganic pigment, or carbon black. Preferably, the polyurethane acrylate is a product of a process comprising polymerizing one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers in the presence of a polyurethane resin, which has a number-average molecular weight from about 200 to about 30,000, and which contains, on average, from about 0.05 to about 1.1 polymerizable double bonds per molecule. The reaction product is then converted into an aqueous dispersion, and mixed with the pigment and water to form the pigment paste. A preferred pigment paste contains from 10 to 35% of the polyurethane acrylate resin, from 10 to 65% water, and a percentage of the pigment component which varies, depending on the material selected.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel cholesteric layered materials having the layer sequence A1/B/A2, where A1 and A2 are identical or different and each comprise at least one cholesteric layer, and B is at least one interlayer separating the layers A1 and A2 from one another, wherein layer B is an adhesive layer; cholesteric multilayered pigments which can be produced therefrom; a process for their production, and their use.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous powder clearcoat dispersion comprising a solid pulverulent component A and an aqueous component B, where component A is a transparent powder coating material comprising a) at least one epoxy binder containing from 25 to 45% by weight, preferably from 25 to 35% by weight, of glycidyl-containing monomers, with or without a fraction of vinylaromatic compounds, preferably styrene, b) at least one crosslinking agent, preferably straight-chain, aliphatic dicarboxylic acids and/or carboxy-functional polyesters, and c) if desired, catalysts, auxiliaries, additives typical for transparent powder coating materials, such as devolatilizers, leveling agents, UV absorbers, free-radical scavengers, and antioxidants, and component B is an aqueous dispersion comprising a) at least one nonionic thickener and b) if desired, catalysts, auxiliaries, defoamers, wetting agents, antioxidants, UV absorbers, free-radical scavengers, biocides, small amounts of solvent, leveling agents,

Abstract: A process for coating or printing substrates with a coating or printing composition comprises applying a polymerizable material containing liquid-crystalline, polymerizable monomers which carryat least two polymerizable groups for coating andat least one polymerizable group for printing,to the substrate, and subsequently carrying out the polymerization, where the coating composition or the printing composition comprisesa.sub.1) a chiral liquid-crystalline monomer andb) a polymeric binder and/or monomeric compounds which can be converted into the polymeric binder by polymerization, or, in the case of emulsion coatings and printing inks, a dispersion auxiliary d),or the coating composition or the printing composition comprisesa.sub.