Patents by Inventor Ude Scheunemann

Ude Scheunemann has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5948314
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising between 30 and 95% by volume of aerogel particles and at least one aqueous binder, where the particle diameter of the aerogel particles is less than 0.5 mm and the aerogel particles preferably have hydrophobic surface groups, a process for the preparation thereof, and the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerhard Geiss, Hans-Karl Muller, Werner Prass, Ude Scheunemann, Andreas Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 5733663
    Abstract: To produce a composite membrane, the solution of a polymer in a volatile organic solvent is spread on water, the solvent is allowed to evaporate, the polymer is crosslinked and the polymer film formed is transferred to a porous support membrane. The polymer is preferably a polysiloxane which is cross-linked via polymer-bonded OH groups. The composite membrane is suitable, inter alia, for pervaporation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ude Scheunemann, Olaf Althoff, Werner Hickel, Gunther Appel, Jacqueline Bauer, Gerhard Geiss
  • Patent number: 5684165
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula I ##STR1## in which R is a C.sub.1 - to C.sub.22 -alkyl radical,A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 are hydrogen or methyl or,A.sup.1 is hydrogen and A.sup.2 is the nitro group, andB is the cyano group, the nitro group or an electron-attracting organic group having a double bond which is in conjugation with the thieno?3,2-b!thiophene ring system,have a high dipole moment and a high polarizability and are suitable for purposes of nonlinear optics. If R in the formula I is a C.sub.12 - to C.sub.22 -alkyl radical, monomolecular layers can be applied to a substrate by the Langmuir-Blodgett method. The resulting layer elements are suitable, inter alia, as waveguides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ivan Cabrera, Uwe Falk, Werner Hickel, Donald Lupo, Ude Scheunemann, Peter Boldt, Martin Blenkle
  • Patent number: 5658669
    Abstract: A composite membrane comprises a porous carrier membrane (A) and a fluorine-containing permselective layer (C) which is a copolymer and has a thickness of 10 to 500 nm. The copolymer of layer (C) comprisesa) 10 to 80 mol % of monomer units of a vinyl ester of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are hydrogen, alkyl radicals, cycloalkyl radicals or aryl radicals, and these radicals together have at least 5 and not more than 30 carbon atoms,b1) 5 to 50 mol % of monomer units of a vinyl alcohol of the formula (II) ##STR2## in which R.sup.4 is the hydroxyl group and up to 10% of the groups R.sup.4 can be replaced by radicals of the formula OCOR.sup.5, in which R.sup.5 is methyl, ethyl or propyl, orb2) 5 to 50 mol % of monomer units of the formula (III) ##STR3## in which R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Olaf Althoff, Uwe Falk, Ude Scheunemann, Werner Prass, Werner Hickel
  • Patent number: 5517350
    Abstract: An optical component comprises an electromagnetic radiation-transparent polymeric medium having a second-order susceptibility of at least 10.sup.-9 electrostatic units where this polymeric medium comprises compounds having polar-aligned noncentrosymmetric molecular dipoles which have as structural element an electron acceptor which is bound to an electron donor via a conjugated .pi.-electron system, which makes possible an oscillation of the molecular dipole between a ground state having a first dipole moment and an electronically excited state having a second dipole moment different from the first, and the nonionic polymeric medium comprises an alternating arrangement of at least one Langmuir-Blodgett film each of at least two different nonionic polymers having nonlinear optical properties. Besides high mechanical and chemical stability the optical component of the invention has excellent nonlinear optical properties, for example frequency-doubling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ivan Cabrera, Uwe Falk, Werner Hickel, Donald Lupo, Andreas Mayer, Georg Pawlowski, Ude Scheunemann
  • Patent number: 5483614
    Abstract: A transparent molded article for optical applications made from silicon nitride and a coating thereon of oxidic silicon nitride formed by chemical reaction of the silicon nitride with oxygen. The moldings can be shaped, depending on the area of application, to give various articles, for example optical waveguides, prisms, sensor elements or lenses, and are used in all areas where high optical demands are made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Martin Bruck, Tilo Vaahs, Marcellus Peuckert, Ude Scheunemann, Thomas Stehlin, Jurgen Theis
  • Patent number: 5432286
    Abstract: Substituted thieno[3,2-b]thiophenes, processes for their preparation and their useCompounds of the formula I ##STR1## in which R is a C.sub.1 - to C.sub.22 -alkyl radical,A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 are hydrogen or methyl orA.sup.1 is hydrogen and A.sup.2 is the nitro group, andB is the cyano group, the nitro group or an electron-attracting organic group having a double bond which is in conjugation with the thieno[3,2-b]thiophene ring system,have a high dipole moment and a high polarizability and are suitable for purposes of nonlinear optics. If R in the formula I is a C.sub.12 - to C.sub.22 -alkyl radical, monomolecular layers can be applied to a substrate by the Langmuir-Blodgett method. The resulting layer elements are suitable, inter alia, as waveguides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ivan Cabrera, Uwe Falk, Werner Hickel, Donald Lupo, Ude Scheunemann, Peter Boldt, Martin Blenkle
  • Patent number: 5429842
    Abstract: In order to continuously produce an ultrathin, ordered layer of amphiphilic molecules on the surface of a polar liquid a directed flow of the polar liquid is produced in a duct which contains the amphiphilic molecules in dissolved or undissolved form on the surface in spread form. In the duct, a duct section having a relatively high flow rate on the surface and comprising a ramp which is arranged at the bottom of the duct and washed over by the polar liquid is provided. This is followed by a duct section having a relatively low flow rate on the surface, in which the flow is dammed up at an obstacle at a liquid level constant with time, so that an ultrathin, ordered layer of amphiphilic molecules is continuously formed in these duct sections at the polar liquid/air interface by compression of the flow. The washed over ramp is movable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1995
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gunther Appel, Jacqueline Bauer, Werner Hickel, Donald Lupo, Werner Prass, Ude Scheunemann
  • Patent number: 5402262
    Abstract: A layer element comprises a plurality of monomolecular layers in a regular and alternating arrangement ABABAB . . . on a substrate, wherein A is a layer of a dye whose chromophore has a donor-acceptor structure and B is a layer of cellulose whose hydroxyl groups are at least partly substituted by the radical ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each independently of the other an alkyl radical of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R.sup.3 is an alkyl radical of from 1 to 18 carbon atoms or phenyl, tolyl or benzyl. It is useful for nonlinear optics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Uwe Falk, Werner Hickel, Donald Lupo, Ude Scheunemann
  • Patent number: 5358746
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of optical materials from silicon nitride by pyrolysis of polymeric silazanes, by pressing the pulverulent polymeric silazanes to give moldings before the pyrolysis or first dissolving the polymeric silazanes in an organic solvent, drawing fibers from this solution and pyrolyzing these fibers after evaporation of the solvent, or by melting polymeric silazanes, casting, injection-molding or extruding this melt to give moldings and subsequently pyrolyzing the moldings. An oxidic coating is produced on the silicon nitride molding in an oxygen-containing atmosphere during or after the pyrolysis. The pyrolysis can be carried out at 800.degree.-1000.degree. C. in an atmosphere containing ammonia or an ammonia/inert gas mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Martin Bruck, Tilo Vaahs, Marcellus Peuckert, Ude Scheunemann, Thomas Stehlin, Jurgen Theis
  • Patent number: 5258262
    Abstract: Radiation-sensitive film composed of at least one monomolecular layer of fluorine-containing amphiphiles. If a vinyl monomer containing fluoroalkyl side groups is copolymerized with a vinyl monomer containing oxirane groups, an amphiphilic polymer is obtained. To prepare a sandwich, a polymer is dissolved in a volatile organic solvent which is immiscible with water, the solution is spread on the water/air boundary surface, the resultant layer is compressed after the solvent has evaporated and transferred to a solid layer support by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique. The oxirane rings are cleaved and the film crosslinked by the action of high-energy radiation on the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1993
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christian Erdelen, Helmut Ringsdorf, Werner Prass, Ude Scheunemann
  • Patent number: 5256749
    Abstract: Amphiphilic copolymers containing silanyl groups and composed of derivatives of acrylic and/or methacrylic acid are described, which copolymers are suitable for the production of layer elements by the Langmuir-Blodgett method. Layer elements of this type can be used for optical waveguide systems and for the production of optical filters and for lithographic purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1993
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Hickel, Donald Lupo, Werner Prass, Ude Scheunemann, Peter Wilharm
  • Patent number: 5166307
    Abstract: Polyamides of the general formula [N(A)-X-N(B)-CO-Y-CO-].sub.n are described, in which Y denotes a divalent group, X a divalent radical whose chain contains at least two carbon atoms, A and B independently of one another denote H or a C.sub.1 to C.sub.26 alkyl group and n denotes an integer greater than 4. The said polyamides contain at least one alkyl group of C.sub.6 to C.sub.26 per repeating unit. The groups X and/or Y contain at leat one CH.sub.2 group in the chain. The polyamides are prepared by reaction of a diamine of the formula NHA-X-NHB with an about equimolar amount of a reactive derivative of a dicarboxylic acid of the formula COOH-Y-COOH. The polyamides obtained can be used in order to prepare highly ordered monomolecular LB films on a support. For this purpose, the polyamide is dissolved in a volatile organic solvent which is immiscible with water and the solution is spread on the water/air interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Harald Cherdron, Werner Prass, Ude Scheunemann, Donald Lupo
  • Patent number: 5137799
    Abstract: An electrically conductive resist material is disclosed, comprising at least one polymer which is sensitive to ionizing radiation and a soluble electrically conductive oligomer or polymer. A process for producing the resist material is also described, comprising admixing an electrically conductive oligomer or polymer dissolved in a solvent to at least one polymer which is sensitive to ionizing radiation. The resist material is useful in preparing electron beam resists which prevent electrostatic charging and resultant electrostatic fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Guenther Kaempf, Michael Feldhues, Ude Scheunemann, Juergen Lingnau
  • Patent number: 5120809
    Abstract: Amphiphilic monomers with mixed-chain structures of the formula ##STR1## in which Y denotes --O-- or --NH--X denotes a group of the formula --(CH.sub.2).sub.n -- or --(CH.sub.2 --O--CH.sub.2).sub.n --l denotes an integer from 0 to 10,n denotes an integer from 1 to 10,R.sup.1 denotes hydrogen, methyl, chlorine, cyano, fluorine or bromine,R.sup.2 denotes C.sub.1 -C.sub.24 -alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.24 -fluoroalkyl andR.sup.3 denotes C.sub.8 -C.sub.24 -alkyl or C.sub.8 -C.sub.24 -fluoralkyl, with the proviso that the groups R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 contain a different number of carbon atoms. The monomers are polymerized on their own or together with other comonomers. The polymers obtained are suitable for the preparation of ultra-thin layers on a suitable layer support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Donald Lupo, Werner Prass, Ude Scheunemann
  • Patent number: 5116925
    Abstract: Amphiphilic monomers having mixed-chain structures of the general formulae (I) or (II) ##STR1## where Y is --O-- or --NH--,X is a group of the formula --(CH.sub.2).sub.n -- or --(CH.sub.2 --O--CH.sub.2).sub.n --,l is an integer from 0 to 10,m is an integer from 10 to 26,n is an integer from 1 to 10,R.sup.1 is hydrogen, methyl, chlorine, cyano, fluorine or bromine, andR.sup.2 is O-alkyl or NH-alkyl,are polymerized alone or together with other comonomers. The polymers obtained are suitable for preparing ultra-thin films on a suitable base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1992
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Donald Lupo, Werner Prass, Ude Scheunemann
  • Patent number: 5081212
    Abstract: A polyurea of the general formula ##STR1## where X and Y are. independently of one another, a divalent radical whose chain contains in each case at least two carbon atoms, and A and B are, independently of one another, H or (C.sub.1 -C.sub.26)alkyl, and n is an integer greater than 4, which polyurea contains at least one (C.sub.6 -C.sub.26) alkyl group per repeating unit, is prepared by reacting the diamine NHA-X-NHB with roughly the equimolar amount of a diisocyanate OCN-Y-NCO. The polyurea is suitable for preparing ordered monomolecular LB films on a base (film-substrate-system). For this purpose it is dissolved in a volatile organic solvent which is not miscible with water, the solution is spread at the water/air interface, and the layer formed is compressed after the solvent has evaporated and it is transferred to a solid layer base by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1992
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Prass, Ude Scheunemann
  • Patent number: 5034277
    Abstract: A film for use in nonlinear optics comprises at least one Langmuir-Blodgett layer, the layer containing or comprising a dye of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 denotes a long-chain alkoxy, acyloxy, alkylamino or acylamino group. In particular when the film contains alternating layers of unsaturated amphiphilic compounds, it produces a stable multilayer having good nonlinear optical properties and is suitable, for example, for electrooptical switches, diode laser frequency amplifiers or optical parametric amplifiers.Besides the dye indicated, the unimolecular layer can additionally contain at least one second amphiphilic compound. In this case, the unimolecular layer comprises amphiphilic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andre Laschewsky, Helmut Ringsdorf, Werner Interthal, Donald Lupo, Werner Prass, Ude Scheunemann
  • Patent number: 4960635
    Abstract: The film consists of one or more Langmuir-Blodgett layers, the layer containing an organic polymer having long-chain fluoroalkyl side groups or consisting of this compound. The film is distinguished by a multilayer structure having few defects and is, for example, suitable for optical purposes and for surface treatment. The order of the molecules in the multilayer can be improved by annealing and by heating the film through the phase transition and cooling again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1990
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christian Erdelen, Helmut Ringsdorf, Werner Prass, Ude Scheunemann