Abstract: A composition comprising a carbodiimide and a polymer, wherein the carbodiimide comprises a reaction product of a) at least one of an aliphatic C4 to C20 polyisocyanate and an araliphatic C4 to C20 polyisocyanate, b) at least one of a hydroxy carboxylic acid and a hydroxy carboxylic salt, c) optionally, a further compound carrying groups able to react with isocyanate groups in an addition reaction, d) optionally, at least one other isocyanate, and the carbodiimide units being derived essentially exclusively from the isocyanate groups of component a), and the polymer comprises a reaction product of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and at least one of a (meth)acrylate, a vinyl ester of a carboxylic acid, a vinyl aromatic compound, an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile, a vinyl halide, an aliphatic hydrocarbon, and a free-radically polymerizable monomer. Also, a method of applying the composition on and/or in a substrate.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) wherein X, Y and W have the significances given in claim 1 and optionally the enantiomers thereof. The active ingredients have advantageous pesticidal properties. They are especially suitable for controlling parasites in and on warm-blooded animals.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) wherein X, Y and W have the significances given in claim 1 and optionally the enantiomers thereof. The active ingredients have advantageous pesticidal properties. They are especially suitable for controlling parasites in and on warm-blooded animals.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) wherein X, Y and W have the significances given in claim 1 and optionally the enantiomers thereof. The active ingredients have advantageous pesticidal properties. They are especially suitable for controlling parasites in and on warm-blooded animals.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer synthesized from 0.5 to 30% by weight of vinyl acetate (a), from 0.1 to 10% by weight of monomer containing at least one acid or acid anhydride group (b), from 5 to 70% by weight of at least one monomer other than (a) and (b), having a solubility of more than 5 g/l water (21° C., 1 bar) and a glass transition temperature of less than 15° C. (c), from 0 to 20% by weight of a vinylaromatic monomer having a solubility of less than 5 g/l water (d), from 0 to 90% by weight of at least one C1 to C20 alkyl (meth)acrylate (e) other than (a) to (d), and from 0 to 40% by weight of at least one further monomer (f) other than (a) to (e).

Abstract: A composition comprising an aqueous polymer dispersion, characterised in that a) the composition contains 0.001 to 0.5 mol of a photo-initiator, which causes a cross-linking reaction on irradiation with energy-rich light and b) the polymer dispersed in the dispersion has 0.0001 to 1 mol of keto or aldehyde groups, whereby the mol amounts relate to 100 g of the dispersed polymer.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) wherein X, Y and W have the significances given in claim 1 and optionally the enantiomers thereof. The active ingredients have advantageous pesticidal properties. They are especially suitable for controlling parasites in and on warm-blooded animals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of acetophenone or benzophenone derivatives of the formula I where R is unsubstituted or substituted C1 to C3 alkyl, C6 to C10 aryl or aralkyl having from 6 to 10 carbon atoms in the aryl moiety and from 1 to 6 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety as copolymerizable photoinitiators. The invention further relates to copolymers containing acetophenone or benzophenone derivatives of the formula I in copolymerized form, to processes for preparing said copolymers, and to the use of said copolymers in UV crosslinkable compositions.

Abstract: A laminating adhesive comprising as binder a mixture of A) a polymer obtainable by polymerizing free-radically polymerizable compounds, and B) compounds containing ethylenically unsaturated, free-radically polymerizable groups (polymerizable groups for short) and having a weight-average molecular weight Mw of less than 5000 g/mol.

Abstract: The use of compositions comprising a copolymer obtainable by multistage free-radical polymerization, in which first an aqueous polymer dispersion is prepared (referred to for short as 1st stage) and in at least one further stage monomers are polymerized in the presence of the resulting polymer dispersion (all further stages referred to for short as 2nd stage).

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of acetophenone or benzophenone derivatives of the formula I where R is unsubstituted or substituted C1 to C3 alkyl, C6 to C10 aryl or aralkyl having from 6 to 10 carbon atoms in the aryl moiety and from 1 to 6 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety as copolymerizable photoinitiators. The invention further relates to copolymers containing acetophenone or benzophenone derivatives of the formula I in copolymerized form, to processes for preparing said copolymers, and to the use of said copolymers in UV crosslinkable compositions.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive comprising a mixture of: a radiation-crosslinkable polymer A) composed of at least 40% by weight of C1 to C18 alkyl (meth)acrylates, and a polymer B) composed of at least 20% by weight of vinylpyrrolidone and of less than 40% by weight of C1 to C18 alkyl (meth)acrylates, wherein the fraction of the polymer B) in the mixture is less than 15% by weight, based on the sum of A)+B).

Abstract: A composition comprising an aqueous polymer dispersion, characterised in that a) the composition contains 0.001 to 0.5 mol of a photo-initiator, which causes a cross-linking reaction on irradiation with energy-rich light and b) the polymer dispersed in the dispersion has 0.0001 to 1 mol of keto or aldehyde groups, whereby the mol amounts relate to 100 g of the dispersed polymer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer synthesized

Abstract: A composition comprising a carbodiimide and a polymer, wherein the carbodiimide comprises a reaction product of a) at least one of an aliphatic C4 to C20 polyisocyanate and an araliphatic C4 to C20 polyisocyanate, b) at least one of a hydroxy carboxylic acid and a hydroxy carboxylic salt, c) optionally, a further compound carrying groups able to react with isocyanate groups in an addition reaction, d) optionally, at least one other isocyanate, and the carbodiimide units being derived essentially exclusively from the isocyanate groups of component a), and the polymer comprises a reaction product of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and at least one of a (meth)acrylate, a vinyl ester of a carboxylic acid, a vinyl aromatic compound, an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile, a vinyl halide, an aliphatic hydrocarbon, and a free-radically polymerizable monomer. Also, a method of applying the composition on and/or in a substrate.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive comprising a mixture of