Abstract: (A) solid polymer particles being finely dispersed in the aqueous phase and containing pendant functional groups (a1) capable of strongly interacting and forming strong complexes with the metal of the surfaces to be polished, and pendant functional groups (a2) capable of interacting less strongly with the metal of the surfaces to be polished than the functional groups (a1); and (B) an organic non-polymeric compound dissolved in the aqueous phase and capable of interacting and forming strong, water-soluble complexes with the metal of the surfaces to be polished and causing an increase of the material removal rate MRR and the static etch rate SER of the metal surfaces to be polished with increasing concentration of the compound (B); a CMP process comprising selecting (A) and (B) and the use of the CMP agent and process for polishing wafers with ICs.

Abstract: A nanoporous polymer foam having an average pore diameter in the range of from 10 nm to 1000 nm, obtainable by means of a process comprising the following stages: a) providing a solution of a polycondensation reactive resin in an organic solvent, b) mixing the solution with a curing catalyst for the polycondensation reactive resin and curing the reactive components to form a gel, and c) removing the organic solvent, and the use thereof for thermal insulation purposes.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of an aqueous polymer dispersion using RAFT compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing polymer fibers, especially nano- and mesofibers, by electrospinning a colloidal dispersion of at least one essentially water-insoluble polymer in an aqueous medium, and to fibers obtainable by this process, to textile fabrics comprising the inventive fibers, and to the use of the inventive fibers and of the inventive textile fabrics.

Abstract: The invention relates to a xerogel comprising from 30 to 90% by weight of a monomer component (a1) composed of at least one polyfunctional isocyanate and from 10 to 70% by weight of a monomer component (a2) composed of at least one polyfunctional aromatic amine, at least one of which is selected from 4,4?-diaminodiphenylmethane, 2,4?-diaminodiphenylmethane, 2,2?-diaminodiphenylmethane and oligomeric diaminodiphenylmethane, where the sum of the % by weight of monomer components (a1) and (a2) adds up to 100% by weight and where the monomer components are present in polymeric form in the xerogel and the volume-weighted mean pore diameter of the xerogel is at most 5 ?m, The invention further relates to a process for preparing xerogels, to the xerogels thus obtainable and to the use of the xerogels as an insulating material and in vacuum insulation panels.

Abstract: A nanoporous polymer foam having an average pore diameter in the range of from 10 nm to 1000 nm, obtainable by means of a process comprising the following stages: a) providing a solution of a polycondensation reactive resin in an organic solvent, b) mixing the solution with a curing catalyst for the polycondensation reactive resin and curing the reactive components to form a gel, and c) removing the organic solvent, and the use thereof for thermal insulation purposes.