Abstract: The present invention relates to a light-emitting tile having a layer structure which includes a visible plate (2) and at least one illuminant, which is characterised in that the illuminant provided is at least one OLED (3).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid phase process for the direct hydrolysis of a fatty acid ester to the corresponding fatty acid and alcohol in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the fatty acid in the liquid phase is contacted with steam in the presence of a compound of a metal that is capable of forming a soap with a large hydration shell as a catalyst.

Abstract: A layer system with a controllable heat emission, includes an IR-transparent carrier substrate, a layer with a controllable IR-transmission, an ion-permeable, IR-reflecting electrode, a solid electrolyte, an ion storage layer, a back electrode. The ion-permeable, IR-reflecting electrode is structured in such a manner that it is provided with non-cohesive openings which are distributed homogeneously over the electrode surface and whose maximal flat dimension is smaller than 10 .mu.m.

Abstract: A transparent glass/plastic material composite pane, comprising at least one transparent plastic pane, at least one glass pane and according to demand an adhesion-promoting intermediate layer between the glass pane and the plastic pane, the glass pane being a glass film of a layer thickness of from 30 to 1,000 .mu.m.

Abstract: Pane or foil with controllable transparency and light transmission comprises a layer configuration between two transparent carriers such as glass panes, foils or the like; transparent electrodes are disposed on the carriers; a tansparent electrolyte and an active polymer layer are disposed between the electrodes; the active polymer layer has light absorption in the visible spectrum range characterized by a variation in the case of a reversible chemical doping reaction; preferably an additional transparent layer is included to serve as reversible source for storage and yielding of ions, the additional layer is juxtaposed to the electrolyte.