Abstract: The invention relates to nanoparticulate formulations comprising at least one active compound or compound with a special effect and at least one random radical copolymer. The copolymers are formed from monomers carrying sulfonic acid groups and additional olefinically unsaturated compounds. The formulations are dispersible as nanoparticles in an aqueous medium. The invention includes, in addition, processes for the preparation of the solid and liquid formulations, and their use.

Abstract: Bisimine compounds of the formula (I) where the symbols have the following meanings: A is a nonmetal selected from among N, S, O and P, R1 is a radical of the formula NR5R6, R2 is a radical of the formula NR5R6 or NR7R8, alkyl, aryl or cycloalkyl, R5 and R6 together with the N atom form a 5-, 6- or 7-membered ring in which one or more of the —CH— or —CH2— groups may be replaced by suitable heteroatom groups and which may be saturated or unsaturated and unsubstituted or substituted or be fused with further carbacyclic or heterocarbacyclic 5- or 6-membered rings which may in turn be saturated or unsaturated and substituted or unsubstituted, and R7 and R8 are, independently of one another, alkyl, aryl or cycloalkyl radicals, and R3, R4 are, independently of one another, H or alkyl, aryl or cycloalkyl radicals, and n is 1 or 2, are used to prepare bisimidinato complexes which can be used in the polymerization of unsaturated compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for parallel and automated evaluation of the blushing of n samples of dispersion films, which comprises (a) providing an illuminated array of n spatially separated samples of the dispersion films, (b) imaging the array of n samples by means of a CCD camera at m+1 different times t0 to tm and digitizing the images, (c) automatically determining multiple brightnesses B(k, ti) for each sample at different times ti selected from t0 to tm from the m+1 different digitized images for at least a portion of the n samples, where B(k, ti) is the brightness of the kth of n samples at the respective time ti and is a measure for the blushing of this sample at this time, (d) determining values P(k) of a parameter characteristic of the kinetics of the blushing from the different brightnesses B(k, ti) for each sample for at least a portion of the n samples, where P(k) is the value of the characteristic parameter for the kth of the n samples.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the combinatorial investigation of the hardening of hardenable liquid or viscous formulations (a) in which n hardenable formulations are prepared in parallel in n containers, and (b) the degree of hardening is determined at least once on each of the n formulations by inserting a measurement tip into the formulation with a certain force and measuring the maximum penetration depth achieved as a measure of the degree of hardening of this formulation, and (c) for in each case one composition of the formulations, one or more parameters that are characteristic of the kinetics of hardening are determined from the measurement values for the penetration depth at various times after preparation of the formulations.

Abstract: The invention relates to a solid crop protection formulation comprising

Abstract: Bisimine compounds of the formula (I) where the symbols are defined in the specification are used to prepare bisimidinato complexes which can be used in the polymerization of unsaturated compounds.

Abstract: A remote research system, comprising: a central laboratory site equipped to be used for chemical research tests; one or several laboratory robots for performing chemical research tests; a central processing unit (CPU); one or several workstations linked to said central processing unit and set up to control said laboratory robots; one or several cameras for detecting actions of said laboratory robots when performing one of said chemical research tests, said one or several cameras being linked to said central processing unit via said one or several workstations; one or several remote user workstations linked to said central processing unit via a computer network and set up to allow remote user access to chemical research tests performed in said central laboratory site, the execution of a test performed being transmitted by said one or several cameras via said central processing unit and said computer network to said one or several remote user workstations.