Abstract: A water-rinsable, aqueous cleansing formulation may include a cosmetic oily component. The formulation may foam and remain stable despite the presence of a cosmetic oily component, even when the oily component is present in potentially substantial amounts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing mineral particles grinding a mineral material in the presence of a specific anionic polymer. The polymer used is obtained by means of polymerisation in the presence of sodium hypophosphite, disodium dipropionate trithiocarbonate and at least one radical-generating compound. The invention also relates to an aqueous composition comprising particles of ground mineral material and such a polymer, in particular a paper coating slip composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a paper coating slip composition comprising a copolymer of thickening acrylic acid, a mineral material in the form of particles, a binding agent, and water. The invention also relates to the use of said composition for the production of paper or cardboard, improving the water retention of the paper coating slip.

Abstract: Anti-UV cosmetic compositions in the form of an emulsion may include an emulsifying polymer which is prepared by polymerizing an anionic monomer and a C1-C7 ester of an unsaturated carboxylic acid. Such anti-UV cosmetic compositions may be prepared in the absence of a surfactant. The preparation and use of such anti-UV cosmetic compositions may provide anti-UV cosmetic composition having dual protection for the skin: protection against UV rays and limiting the penetration of UV filters into the skin.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of preparing aqueous dispersions of organic, organometallic or inorganic particles. In particular, the invention relates to the preparation of aqueous suspensions comprising organic, organometallic or inorganic particles and at least one particular copolymer obtained by polymerization of at least one acid and at least one compound or at least one ester derived from a particular acid, in the presence of water, at least one initiator compound and at least one activator compound, followed by total or partial neutralization by means of at least one compound chosen from alkali metal hydroxides, alkaline earth metal hydroxides, alkaline earth metal dihydroxides and mixtures thereof. The invention relates to such a particular copolymer having a low polydispersity index and weight-average molecular weight, the preparation process thereof and the use thereof, especially for the preparation of an aqueous paint composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a dispersion of a lipophilic compound in a continuous hydrophilic phase, the morphology of which is submicronic. During the preparation of this dispersion, there is applied, by means of a device which produces a shearing gradient less than 5000 s?1, a shear stress from 100 to 5000 Pa during the addition of the lipophilic compound in the continuous phase which comprises a rheology-modifying compound selected from anionic copolymers, preferably an anionic polymer, in particular an ASE polymer or a HASE polymer. The dispersed particles of the lipophilic compound are nanometric particles whose size is less than 1 ?m. The dispersion, particularly in the form of an emulsion, can be used in numerous fields.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of cosmetic cleansing compositions and proposes an aqueous cosmetic cleansing composition which does not comprise any surfactant compound and no lipophilic compound. This composition comprises a water-soluble humectant compound and a copolymer of the ASE type or a copolymer of the HASE type. The invention also provides a cleansing method using this composition, and in particular a make-up removal method.

Abstract: (EN) The invention relates to the field involved in the production of aqueous compositions comprising rheology modifying agents, in particular the production of aqueous detergent or cosmetic compositions having improved, thickening and clarity properties, as well as good suspension properties. In particular, the invention relates to a rheology modifying agent which is a copolymer obtained by means of polymerisation of at least one crosslinking monomer with at least one anionic monomer comprising at least one polymerisable ethylenic unsaturation and at least one hydrophobic non-ionic monomer comprising at least one polymerisable ethylenic unsaturation.

Abstract: The invention relates to the preparation of a water-soluble anionic polymer, the weight-average molecular mass MW of which ranges from 1,000 to 10,000 g/mol and the polydispersity index Ip of which is less than 3.5. The polymer according to the invention is obtained by a polymerization reaction in water of an unsaturated anionic monomer, in the presence of CuI or of CuII and of an aromatic compound comprising a functional group chosen from hydroxyl, primary amine, secondary amine and tertiary amine directly bonded to the aromatic ring. The invention also relates to an aqueous composition comprising the polymer according to the invention.

Abstract: A water-rinsable, aqueous cleansing formulation may include a cosmetic oily component. The formulation may foam and remain stable despite the presence of a cosmetic oily component, even when the oily component is present in potentially substantial amounts.

Abstract: A polymer may have a molecular mass of less than 8,000 g/mol and a polymolecularity index PI of less than 3, produced by free radical polymerization, in water, and at a temperature higher than 50° C., of at least one anionic monomer comprising at least one polymerizable olefinic unsaturation and at least one carboxylic acid function, in the presence of phosphorus with a degree of oxidation I, phosphorus with a degree of oxidation III and a radical-generating compound. Such polymers may be produced and use for grinding mineral matter, as a detergent agent, or as an anti-scaling agent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a dispersion of a lipophilic compound in a continuous hydrophilic phase, the morphology of which is submicronic. During the preparation of this dispersion, there is applied, by means of a device which produces a shearing gradient less than 5000 s?1, a shear stress from 100 to 5000 Pa during the addition of the lipophilic compound in the continuous phase which comprises a rheology-modifying compound selected from anionic copolymers, preferably an anionic polymer, in particular an ASE polymer or a HASE polymer. The dispersed particles of the lipophilic compound are nanometric particles whose size is less than 1 ?m. The dispersion, particularly in the form of an emulsion, can be used in numerous fields.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cosmetic composition in the form of an emulsion which is water-resistant due to the use of an emulsifying polymer. This polymer is prepared by polymerization of an anionic monomer and a C1-C7 unsaturated carboxylic acid ester. The cosmetic composition according to the invention is free of film-forming agent and surfactant compound. The invention also relates to the preparation and the use of this cosmetic composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous composition comprising a copolymer obtained by a specific polymerisation reaction using an anionic monomer comprising a polymerisable olefinic unsaturation and a carboxylic acid function and a monomer of formula (I): The invention also relates to said copolymer, to a method for the production thereof, and to the use of same as a superplasticizing agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the synthesis of an associative acrylic (co)polymer by aqueous emulsion radical polymerization. The (co)polymer contains at least one oligomer of acrylic acid represented by the formula (I): where n is an integer ranging from 1 to 10. The oligomer is prepared from acrylic acid at a temperature of between 50° C. and 200° C. in the presence of a basic or acid catalyst, water, and polymerization inhibitors. The present invention also relates to the associative acrylic (co)polymer obtained from the method and also to the use of this (co)polymer as a thickener in various formulations.

Abstract: The invention relates to a paper coating slip composition comprising a copolymer of thickening acrylic acid, a mineral material in the form of particles, a binding agent, and water. The invention also relates to the use of said composition for the production of paper or cardboard, improving the water retention of the paper coating slip.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of the production of aqueous compositions comprising rheology-modifying agents, in particular the production of aqueous cosmetic or detergent compositions having improved thickening and clarity properties and also good suspending properties. In particular, the invention relates to a rheology-modifying agent which is a copolymer obtained by polymerization of at least one cross-linking monomer with at least one anionic monomer comprising at least one polymerizable ethylenic unsaturation and at least one hydrophobic nonionic monomer comprising at least one polymerizable ethylenic unsaturation.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of preparing aqueous dispersions of organic, organometallic or inorganic particles. In particular, the invention relates to the preparation of aqueous suspensions comprising organic, organometallic or inorganic particles and at least one particular copolymer obtained by polymerization of at least one acid and at least one compound or at least one ester derived from a particular acid, in the presence of water, at least one initiator compound and at least one activator compound, followed by total or partial neutralization by means of at least one compound chosen from alkali metal hydroxides, alkaline earth metal hydroxides, alkaline earth metal dihydroxides and mixtures thereof. The invention relates to such a particular copolymer having a low polydispersity index and weight-average molecular weight, the preparation process thereof and the use thereof, especially for the preparation of an aqueous paint composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing mineral particles grinding a mineral material in the presence of a specific anionic polymer. The polymer used is obtained by means of polymerisation in the presence of sodium hypophosphite, disodium dipropionate trithiocarbonate and at least one radical-generating compound. The invention also relates to an aqueous composition comprising particles of ground mineral material and such a polymer, in particular a paper coating slip composition.

Abstract: Composition including at least one hydrocarbon-containing cut of petroleum origin or obtained from biomass conversion (a) and at least one copolymer (b) resulting from the copolymerization of: at least one monomer selected from: acrylic acid and any salt thereof, optionally at least one monomer selected from: methacrylic acid and any salt thereof, at least one monomer selected from the monomers of formula (I): R—X—R???(I) according to which R represents a polymerizable unsaturated function, R? denotes hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, X represents a structure including n unit(s) of ethylene oxide EO and m unit(s) of propylene oxide PO, m and n are two integers in the range from 0 to 150, at least one of which is not zero.