Abstract: The present invention relates to binders, to processes for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof in formulations, surface coatings, inks and plastics.

Abstract: This invention relates to coloured polymer particles preferably with surface functionality for charge retention, a process for their preparation, the use of these particles for the preparation of an electrophoretic device, colour electrophoretic displays comprising such particle, and new water-soluble dyes.

Abstract: The invention relates to particles which have been functionalised by means of an inertised reactive group, i.e. by means of specific reversibly blocked isocyanate groups, and whose inertisation can be reversed by means of an external influence.

Abstract: The invention relates to a polycondensation network built up from at least one aromatic, bifunctional Friedel-Crafts-active compound (main monomer) and at least one aromatic heterocompound (comonomer), and to the preparation and use thereof as gas storage material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a porous polymeric monolith based on a polymerised high internal phase emulsion (polyHIPE) which is hypercrosslinked, and to the preparation and use thereof, preferably as gas storage material.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape having pressure-sensitive adhesive layers on a top side and a bottom side, and a carrier film between the adhesive layers, wherein there is a white coating layer at least between the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on the top side and the carrier film and there is a metallic layer at least between the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on the bottom side and the carrier film. The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape is useful to bonding parts of optical liquid crystal displays. Optical liquid crystal displays containing the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the preparation of storage-stable and water-compatible inorganic/organic sols suitable for the surface functionalization of a wide variety of substrates.

Abstract: The invention relates to monolithic materials which consist of porous, preferably highly porous, carbon and are suitable, inter alia, for the storage of gases, such as, for example, hydrogen and methane, and for absorptive and adsorptive gas purification.

Abstract: The invention relates to spiro compounds of the formula (I) and to monolithic materials prepared therefrom by twin ring-opening polymerisation which consist of a porous metal oxide or semimetal oxide framework and are suitable for use as catalyst supports or as supports for active compounds.

Abstract: Process for the production on metal or plastic surfaces of thin, hydrolysis-resistant, scratch-resistant and stain-resistant coatings, wherein the coating material can be applied directly to the cleaned metal surface and subsequently cross-linked by high-energy radiation, in particular UV radiation. The substrates can be coated in the form of strip and only subsequently brought into the required external shape. Coated substrates such as these are no longer susceptible to staining by food, cleaning agents or fingerprints and can also be rendered antibacterial. Objects coated in this manner are thus suitable for use in architecture, for interior fittings of buildings, in furniture-making as well as for ornamental applications, and in particular in households, in sanitary applications, in hospitals and in the food-processing and pharmaceutical industries.

Abstract: The invention relates to zinc oxide nanoparticles having an average particle size, determined by particle correlation spectroscopy (PCS), in the range from 3 to 20 nm whose particle surface has been modified by means of at least one copolymer comprising at least one monomer containing hydrophobic radicals and at least one monomer containing hydrophilic radicals, dispersed in an organic solvent, characterised in that they are obtainable by a process in which in a step a) one or more precursors of the nanoparticles are converted into the nanoparticles in an alcohol, in a step b) the growth of the nanoparticles is terminated by addition of at least one copolymer comprising at least one monomer containing hydrophobic radicals and at least one monomer containing hydrophilic radicals when the absorption edge in the UV/VIS spectrum of the reaction solution has reached the desired value, and optionally in step c) the alcohol from step a) is removed and replaced by another organic solvent, to isolated particles, and t

Abstract: The present invention relates to silanes, in particular amphiphilic silanes, to processes for the preparation of the silanes, to the use thereof for the surface modification of particles, and to particles whose surface has been modified by means of the silanes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to concentrated inorganic/organic sols that are readily diluted with water to form coating agents for textile materials. Further, the use of the aqueous formulations, especially for the washproof coating of a textile material.

Abstract: A connecting device for connecting a hose in a fluid-conveying system including a nipple and a compression sleeve. The nipple has a rotation-symmetrical hose-receiving section and, at a distance therefrom, an anti-twist section that is configured in a non-circular manner, at least after a connection has been established between said hose and the nipple. The compression sleeve is configured to extend over the hose-receiving section and over the anti-twist section. The compression sleeve is further configured for a positive-locking engagement with respect to a relative rotation in the anti-twist section. The anti-twist section is configured as a non-circular deformation of at least part of the nipple. A method for establishing an anti-twist connection between a nipple and a hose using a compression sleeve is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of nanoscale zinc oxide, prepared by a sol-gel process, as curing catalyst, in particular for liquid coatings.

Abstract: The invention relates to supported metal-organic framework materials comprising a combination of metal-organic framework material (MOF) and open-pore polymer foams (polyHIPE), and to their preparation and use as gas storage material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to binders, to processes for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof in formulations, surface coatings, inks and plastics.

Abstract: A method is provided for producing a smart card comprising a chip module with at least one contacting area, the chip module arrangeable in a mounting location of a substrate, wherein one contacting loop is formed from a wire connector fed by a wire guiding unit for at least one of the contacting areas, respectively by attaching a first section of the wire conductor to a surface of the substrate outside the mounting location, wherein a second section of the wire conductor proximate to the first section is guided to form the contacting loop along with and protruding from the surface, wherein a subsequent third section of the wire conductor is attached to the surface outside the mounting location, wherein the chip module is inserted into the mounting location and wherein the second section is bent over and electrically contacted to the contacting area.

Abstract: The invention relates to nanoparticles, in particular surface-modified nanoparticles, having an average particle size, determined by means of particle correlation spectroscopy (PCS) or transmission electron microscope, in the range from 3 to 50 nm, dispersed in an organic solvent, characterised in that they are obtainable by a process in which one or more precursors of the nanoparticles are reacted with a compound M3?x[O3?xSiR1+x] in an organic solvent to give the nanoparticles, where x stands for an integer selected from 0, 1 or 2, M stands for H, Li, Na or K, and all R each, independently of one another, stand for a branched or unbranched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 28 C atoms, in which one or more C atoms may be replaced by O, and to the use thereof for UV protection in polymers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an at least partially corrosion protected and in particular, shiny metallic and/or non-metallic substrate, comprising a) the provision of a substrate with an at least partially coatable surface, and b) the application of at least one metallic protective layer, containing a first metal, a first precious metal or a first metal alloy, and at least one salt, one oxide, double oxide, oxide hydrate, sulphide, halogenide, nitride, carbide, carbon nitride, boride, silicide, oxyhalogenide and/or salt of a second metal, second precious metal or second metal alloy.