Abstract: Reactive dyes of the formula I where a is 1 or 2, b is 0 or 1, Y is vinyl or a radical of the formula C2H4Q, where Q is an alkali-detachable group, L3 is a direct bond or a bridge member of the formula CO—NH—M1, where M1 is C2-C6-alkylene with or without interruption by 1 or 2 unadjacent oxygen atoms, imino or C1-C4-alkylimino groups, A1 is hydroxysulfonyl or a radical of the formula SO2Y, A2 is hydrogen, hydroxysulfonyl, methoxy, chlorine, bromine or carboxyl, W is either in case 1) the radical of a coupling component, of a monoazo dye or additionally, when b=0, of a disazo dye, which may each bear further fiber-reactive groups, or  in case 2) the radical of a chromophore which optionally has further reactive groups, L1 and L2 are each a bridge member, are useful for hair dyeing and for use in cosmetic preparations for dyeing hair.

Abstract: Hair treatment compositions in the form of pump sprays and pump foams that are free from propellant gases comprise at least one cationic and at least one anionic polymer having methacrylic and ethyl units.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers, polyureas and water-soluble or water-dispersible polymeric salts, a cosmetic or pharmaceutical composition which comprises at least one such polymer, and to the use of the polymers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a water-soluble or water-dispersible polymeric salt, to a cosmetic or pharmacuetical composition which comprises at least one such polymeric salt, and to the use of the polymeric salts.

Abstract: Cationic polymers obtainable by free-radically initiated copolymerization of (a) from 60 to 99% by weight, based on the overall amount of all monomers, of a substituted or unsubstituted and quaternized or nonquaternized 1-vinylimidazole, (b) from 1 to 40% by weight of an acid which contains a polymerizable double bond, or of salts of such an acid, and (c) from 0 to 30% by weight of a further free-radically copolymerizable monomer, percentages by weight being based in each case on the overall amount of all monomers, and quaternization of the polymer if a nonquaternized 1-vinylimidazole was employed as monomer a) are used as active ingredients in cosmetic hair formulations such as shampoos.

Abstract: Cationic polyurethanes and polyureas formed from (a) at least one diisocyanate or reaction product thereof with one or more compounds containing two or more active hydrogen atoms per molecule, and (b) at least one diol, primary or secondary amino alcohol, primary or secondary diamine or primary or secondary triamine each with one or more tertiary, quaternary or protonated tertiary amine nitrogen atoms and having a glass transition temperature of at least 25 ° C. and an amine number of from 50 to 200, based on the non-quaternized or -protonated compounds, or other salts of these polyurethanes and polyureas, are useful as ingredients of cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations.

Abstract: Water-soluble or water-dispersible graft copolymers in which a tert-butyl acrylate and a polymerizable carboxylic acid are grafted onto a polyvinyllactam, to their preparation and to their use, especially in the form of cosmetic preparations, particularly as hair-setting compositions.

Abstract: Water-soluble polymers whose characteristic structural elements comprise units of the formulae I and/or II where R1 is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl, R2 and R3 independently are as defined for R1 or are selected from substituted alkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, substituted aryl or substituted aralkyl, the substituents being selected from OH, O-alkyl, O-aryl, SH, S-alkyl, S-aryl, NH2, NH-alkyl, NH-aryl, N(alkyl)2, possibly in protinated form, N(Alkyl)3+3Z−, where Z is the radical of an inorganic or organic acid, COOH, COO-alkyl, CONH2, CONH-alkyl, CON(alkyl)2, CN and SO3H; and the indices x are each independently an integer from 1 to 20; and the acid addition salts of these polymers, (processes for whose preparation are also described), are used in cosmetic compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to crosslinked, water-soluble or water-dispersible polyurethanes of A) at least one water-soluble or water-dispersible polyurethane prepolymer having terminal isocyanate groups of a) at least one compound having a molecular weight in the range from 56 to 300 which contains two active hydrogen atoms per molecule, b) at least one polymer containing two active hydrogen atoms per molecule, c) at least one compound which contains two active hydrogen atoms and at least one ionogenic or ionic group per molecule, d) at least one diisocyanate, B) at least one polymer containing groups which are reactive toward isocyanate groups, chosen from hydroxyl, and primary and secondary amino and/or carboxyl groups, or the salts thereof.

Abstract: A cosmetic composition comprising water-soluble copolymer, which as characteristic structural elements comprises a) vinylcarboxamide units of the general formula I where R1 and R2 independently of one another are H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl, and b) units of the general formula II where A is a chemical bond or an alkylene group, the radicals R3 independently of one another are H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or aralkyl, or together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded, form an unsubstituted, mono- or polysubstituted, five- to seven-membered, heterocyclic, aromatic or nonaromatic ring, which if appropriate contains one or two further heteroatoms, selected from among O, N and S, it being possible for the heterocyclic ring to be fused to a further five- or six-membered, aromatic or nonaromatic ring, R4 is H, alkyl or aralkyl.

Abstract: Aqueous preparations comprising a) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of a copolymer based on N-vinylcaprolactam, N-vinylpyrrolidone and N-vinylimidazole and b) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of at least one polyoxyethylene C6-C15-monoalkyl ether, and their use in cosmetic formulations are described.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing microstructure elements having structure depths of from several .mu.m to the mm region by imagewise irradiation of polymers with X-rays, where the polymers employed are aliphatic polyesters.

Abstract: A process for the production of micromoldings having a high aspect ratio by imagewise irradiation of a polymer with high-energy, parallel radiation from an X-ray source employs, as the polymer, a homo- or copolyoxymethylene.

Abstract: A process for producing a polymer/metal or polymer/semiconductor composite having an adhesive layer between the polymer and the metal or between the polymer and the semiconductor in which a layer of at least two different chemical elements is applied to the metal or semiconductor by vapor-deposition or cathode sputtering, then selectively or partially removing at least one chemical element of this layer in an etching process, and then applying the polymer.

Abstract: A process for the production of microstructure elements having structure depths of from several .mu.m into the mm range by imagewise irradiation of polymers with X-rays and removal of the areas of the polymers which have been irradiated imagewise, comprises applying the polymers, before the imagewise irradiation, to an electroconductive substrate in a layer thickness of from several .mu.m into the mm range by melting under pressure, thus firmly anchoring the polymers.The process according to the invention is particularly suitable for the production of microstructure elements having structure depths of from 3 to 2000 .mu.m and lateral dimensions of less than 10 .mu.m.

Abstract: A process for the production of micromoldings having a high aspect ratio by imagewise irradiation of a polymer with high-energy, parallel radiation from an X-ray source employs, as the polymer, a copolymer comprising SO.sub.2 and one or more ethylenically unsaturated organic compounds.

Abstract: Self-bonding enamel solutions containA) from 5 to 80% by weight of a copolyamide composed of units which are derived fromA.sub.1) organic dicarboxylic acids ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is an aliphatic radical of 1 to 20 carbon atoms or an aromatic radical of 5 to 25 carbon atoms,andA.sub.2) a mixture of diisocyanates, consisting ofa.sub.21) from 20 to 95 mol % of a diisocyanate of the general formulaOCN--R.sup.2 --NCOwhere R.sup.2 is an aromatic radical of 5 to 25 carbon atoms,a.sub.22) from 5 to 70 mol % of a diisocyanate of the general formulaOCN--R.sup.3 --NCOwhere R.sup.3 is ##STR2## or a linear aliphatic radical of 3 to 30 carbon atoms which is substituted by 1 to 3 C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl groups and R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 independently of one another are each C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or hydrogen, anda.sub.23) from 0 to 20 mol % of a diisocyanate of the general formulaOCN--(CH.sub.2).sub.y --NCOwhere y is an integer of from 1 to 20, andB) from <0.