Abstract: In a process for the purification of triethylenediamine (TEDA) in which TEDA is vaporized and the gaseous TEDA is passed into a liquid solvent and is subsequently crystallized from this, the mother liquor obtained after the TEDA has been crystallized is extracted with an extractant which is immiscible or only slightly miscible with the solvent of the mother liquor and in which TEDA is readily soluble, and the TEDA-depleted mother liquor obtained after extraction and/or the TEDA-enriched extractant which has been used for the extraction are/is returned to the process.

Abstract: The present invention provides moldings of lignocellulose materials comprising based on the weight of the molding 5-20% by weight of glue resin, and 2-30% by weight of microcapsules comprising a polymer wall and a core composed predominantly of latent heat storage materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to the preparation of pure triethylenediamine (TEDA) by evaporating TEDA from the mixture comprising a solvent or diluent, where the solvent or diluent has a boiling point at atmospheric pressure in the range from 175 to 250° C., passing the vapor-form TEDA into a liquid solvent, and subsequently crystallizing the TEDA out of the resultant solution.

Abstract: In a process for the purification of triethylenediamine (TEDA) in which TEDA is vaporized and the gaseous TEDA is passed into a liquid solvent and is subsequently crystallized from this, the mother liquor obtained after the TEDA has been crystallized is extracted with an extractant which is immiscible or only slightly miscible with the solvent of the mother liquor and in which TEDA is readily soluble, and the TEDA-depleted mother liquor obtained after extraction and/or the TEDA-enriched extractant which has been used for the extraction are/is returned to the process.

Abstract: The invention relates to the preparation of pure triethylenediamine (TEDA) by evaporating TEDA from the mixture comprising a solvent or diluent, where the solvent or diluent has a boiling point at atmospheric pressure in the range from 175 to 250° C., passing the vapor-form TEDA into a liquid solvent, and subsequently crystallizing the TEDA out of the resultant solution.

Abstract: Positive-working radiation-sensitive mixtures, essentially consisting of(a1) a water-insoluble organic binder which contains acid-labile groups and is rendered soluble in aqueous alkaline solutions by the action of an acid, or(a2.1) a polymeric binder which is insoluble in water but soluble in aqueous alkaline solutions and(a2.2) an organic compound whose solubility in an aqueous alkaline developer is increased by the action of an acid, and(b) an organic compound which produces an acid under the action of actinic radiation, which additionally contain(c) a strongly basic organic compound having hydroxide, alkoxide or phenoxide anions, are suitable for the production of relief structures having improved contrast.

Abstract: A positive-working radiation-sensitive mixture essentially consists of(a) at least one polymer which contains acid-labile groups and is insoluble in water but becomes soluble in aqueous alkaline solutions as a result of the action of acid,(b) at least one organic compound which produces an acid under the action of actinic radiation and(c) at least one further organic compound differing from (b), where the polymer (a) contains incorporated units of the formulae (I), (II) and (III) ##STR1## and the organic compound (b) is a sulfonium salt of the formula (IV) ##STR2## The radiation-sensitive mixture is suitable for the production of relief structures having improved contrast.

Abstract: A positive-working radiation-sensitive mixture essentially consists of(a.sub.1) at least one water-insoluble, organic polymeric binder which contains acid-labile groups and becomes soluble in aqueous alkaline solutions as a result of the action of acid, or(a.sub.2.1) a polymeric binder which is insoluble in water and soluble in aqueous alkaline solutions and(a.sub.2.2) a low molecular weight organic compound whose solubility and aqueous alkaline developer is increased as a result of the action of acid, and(b) at least one organic compound which produces an acid under the action of actinic radiation, and, if required,(c) one or more further organic compounds which differ from (b),at least one of the components (a.sub.1), (a.sub.2.1), (a.sub.2.2), (b) and (c) containing a bonded group of the general formula (I) --O.sup..crclbar. N.sup..sym. R.sub.4, or component (c) being of the formula (II) ##STR1## The radiation-sensitive mixture is suitable for the production of relief structures.

Abstract: A radiation-sensitive mixture essentially consisting of(a) a water-insoluble binder or binder mixture and(b) a compound which forms a strong acid on exposure to radiation,component (a) being a phenolic resin in which some or all of the phenolic hydroxyl groups have been replaced with groups (IA) or (IB) ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each alkyl or R.sup.1 together with R.sup.2 forms a ring and X is CH.sub.2, O, S, SO.sub.2 or NR.sup.4, is suitable for the production of relief structures.

Abstract: Novel triphenylene compounds which contain, bonded to the triphenylene framework, at least three ethylenically unsaturated groups or groups carrying oxiranyl or thiiranyl groups, and a process for the preparation of discotic liquid crystalline crosslinked polymers.

Abstract: A positive-working UV-sensitive mixture containing(a1) an organic binder containing acid-labile ether, ester or carbonate groups or(a2) a polymeric binder which is insoluble in water but soluble in aqueous alkaline solutions and(a2.1) an organic compound whose solubility in an aqueous alkaline developer is increased by the action of an acid, or(a2.2) an organic compound whose solubility in an aqueous alkaline developer is increased by the action of an acid and which contains one or more acid-cleavable groups and in addition a group which forms an acid under the action of radiation, or a mixture of the organic compounds (a2.1) and (a2.2) and(b) an arylsulfonic ester, is suitable for the production of relief patterns.

Abstract: In an electroluminescent arrangement containing one or more organic layers, at least one of the layers is obtained by thermal or radiation-induced crosslinking and at least one charge-transporting compound is present per layer. The novel arrangements are very suitable, for example, for the production of displays.

Abstract: Low-molecular-weight and polymeric liquid-crystalline 2-substituted benzotriazoles of the formula ##STR1## are used as photoconductors or electrophotographic recording materials or as fluorescent dyes for fluorescent displays.

Abstract: The present invention relates to photoconductors composed of low molecular weight or polymeric organic compounds with liquid crystal properties, where the photoconduction in the discotic phase is higher than in the non-liquid-crystal phases, and to a method for increasing the photoconductivity by molecular ordering in photoconductors.

Abstract: A radiation-sensitive mixture which contains(a) a polymeric binder which is insoluble in water but soluble in aqueous alkaline solutions and(b) an organic compound whose solubility in an aqueous alkaline developer is increased by the action of an acid and which contains one or more groups cleavable by an acid and in addition a group which forms a strong acid under the action of radiation, and additionally(c) an alkyl- or arylsulfonate of a hydroxyaromatic, is suitable for the production of relief patterns.

Abstract: Novel (meth)acrylate copolymers which contain, as polymerized units,A) one or more (meth)acrylates and/or (meth)acrylamides having second order nonlinear optical properties and of the general formula I ##STR1## where R is hydrogen or methyl, X is a flexible spacer, which may or may not be present, Y is a divalent group having electron donor activity and Z is a noncentrosymmetric radical containing an easily polarizable conjugated .pi.-electron system and one or more electron acceptor groups, andB) one or more (meth)acrylates of alkanols where the alkyl radical is of 10 to 30 carbon atomsin a molar ratio of (A) to (B) of from 1:0.5 to 1:5 are very suitable as nonlinear optical materials for nonlinear optical arrangements and for the production of Langmuir-Blodgett films.

Abstract: The novel compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## where X is straight-chain or branched alkanediyl having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms orX is straight-chain or branched alkanediyl having from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, whose carbon chain is interrupted by --O--, --S-- and/or --NR--,R is hydrogen, straight-chain or branched alkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or cycloalkyl, andY is a non-centrosymmetric radical containing an easily polarized conjugated .pi.-electron system and at least one terminal electron-acceptor group,having nonlinear optical properties, are highly suitable as nonlinear optical materials for nonlinear optical arrangements and for the preparation of polymers having nonlinear optical properties. In particular, they can be used to prepare organopolysiloxanes having nonlinear optical properties and containing side groups of the general formula Ia ##STR2## in which the variables are as defined above.

Abstract: Information stored in a thin polymer layer is read out in a process wherein information introduced into a thin polymer layer on a metallic or semiconductor layer by electromagnetic or particle rays which produce a permanent change in the properties of the polymer layer in the irradiated areas is read out using surface plasmons.