Abstract: Water-based fluids that can viscosify under shear or can produce a gel or form a gel under shear are obtained by dissolving polymers in an aqueous phase. These polymers comprise three types of functional groups: non-ionic functional groups that are hydrosoluble at the temperature under consideration, ionic functional groups, and functional groups that are hydrophobic at the temperature under consideration. These three types of functional groups can be distributed or spread in a random distribution along the polymer chain. A slightly block distribution is acceptable. For applications to oil wells, functional groups are used which exhibit LCST (Lower Critical Solution Temperature) behavior (i.e., a low critical solution temperature) instead of hydrophobic functional groups. At temperatures below the LCST, the functional groups are hydrophobic.

Abstract: Disclosed are multi-purpose polymers that are the polymerization product of a monomer mixture comprising at least one amino-substituted vinyl monomer; at least one nonionic vinyl monomer; at least one associative vinyl monomer; at least one semihydrophobic vinyl surfactant monomer; and, optionally, comprising one or more hydroxy-substituted nonionic vinyl monomer, crosslinking monomer, chain transfer agent or polymeric stabilizer. These vinyl addition polymers have a combination of substituents, including amino substituents that provide cationic properties at low pH, hydrophobic substituents, hydrophobically modified polyoxyalkylene substituents, and hydrophilic polyoxyalkylene substituents. The polymers provide surprisingly beneficial rheological properties in acidic aqueous compositions, and are compatible with cationic materials. The multi-purpose polymers are useful in a variety of products for personal care, health care, household care, institutional and industrial care, and industrial applications.

Abstract: The invention relates to cationic water-soluble polyelectrolytes, especially terpolymers, which are obtained by polymerising monomers of (meth)acrylamide, a quaternised (meth)acrylamide derivative, a (meth)acrylic acid derivative and/or hydrolysis-stable cationic monomers. The composition of the polyelectrolytes is characterised by a toxicity index formula Fi=(QTP?2QME)/10?1 wherein QTP represents the total cationic charge of the polymer and QME represents the charge part of the ester type monomer. The invention also relates to the production and use of said polyelectrolytes and water-in-water polymer dispersions which contain said polyelectrolytes.

Abstract: The invention relates to water-soluble, preferably powder-form polymer compositions which are obtained by continuous polymerization of at least one unsaturated monomer. At least one parameter that influences the polymerization is varied according to a recurrent pattern. The invention also relates to the use of the inventive polymer compositions and to a method for producing them.

Abstract: The invention relates to copolymers, suitable as wetting agents and dispersants, obtainable by copolymerizing (a) 1 to 80 mol % of at least one ethylenically unsaturated 1,2-dicarboxylic acid derivative, (b) 2 to 80 mol % of at least one unsaturated monocarboxylic acid derivative having 12 to 30 carbon atoms, (c) 1 to 90 mol % of at least one polyalkyleneoxyallyl ether having a number-average molecular weight of up to 5000 g/mol and (d) 0 to 30 mol % of further, unsaturated monomers; and also reaction products of the copolymers with ammonia, amines, water, alcohols, amino alcohols and/or alkali metal hydroxides or alkaline earth metal hydroxides. The invention further relates to a process for preparing the copolymers and to their use as wetting agents and dispersants in coating materials and moulding compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of paper from a suspension containing cellulosic fibres, and optional fillers, comprising adding to the suspension drainage and retention aids comprising a cationic organic polymer and anionic microparticulate material, forming and dewatering the suspension on a wire, wherein the cationic organic polymer has a non-aromatic hydrophobic group. The invention further relates to a cationic vinyl addition polymer comprising in polymerized form at least one non-cationic monomer having a non-aromatic hydrophobic group and at least one cationic monomer.

Abstract: Process for preparing stable polymer concentrates, wherein acryloyldimethyltaurine and/or acryloyldimethyltaurate are free-radically polymerized with at least one further component in the presence of a polymerization medium, a higher-boiling solvent or solvent mixture is added to the resulting reaction product or reaction mixture, and the lower-boiling polymerization medium is removed, optionally under reduced pressure.

Abstract: The invention relates to uses of comb polymers of acryloyldimethyltaurine and/or acryloyldimethyltaurates in cosmetic, pharmaceutical and dermatological applications as thickeners, dispersing agents, suspending agents, emulsifiers, stabilizers, solubilizers, conditioning agents, consistency-giving agents, lubricants, bonding agents and/or conditioners. The comb polymers of the present invention comprise at least one copolymer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a radiation-curable prepolymer. The radiation-curable prepolymer of the invention is prepared by reacting an isocyanate-capped polyurethane with an ethylenically unsaturated amine or an ethylenically unsaturated monohydroxy compound or a mixture thereof, wherein the isocyanate-capped polyurethane is a copolymerization production of: (a) at least one polyalkylene glycol; (b) at least one branching agent having at least three hydroxy groups; and (c) at least one di- or polyisocyanate. The radiation-curable prepolymer of the invention can find use in economically producing contact lenses which have durable, highly elastic soft contact lenses with desired physical properties. In addition, the present invention provides method for making a radiation-curable prepolymer of the invention and for making a medical device, preferably an ophthalmic device, more preferably a contact lens.

Abstract: A biodegradable cationic polymer is disclosed. The biodegradable cationic polymer of the invention has amino groups in the backbone and side chains, self-assembles cationic complexes with nucleic acids, and delivers nucleic acids into a cell by endocytosis. The biodegradable cationic polymer of the invention also has very low cytotoxicity. Methods of making and using the biodegradable cationic polymer are further disclosed.

Abstract: A biocompatibilizing process in which a substrate having a surface which bears substrate pendant functional groups is biocompatibilized by coating it with a coating composition containing a polymer formed from a radical polymerizable monomers including a radical polymerisable zwitterionic monomer and a radical polymerizable monomer containing a reactive group to form a polymer having zwitterionic groups and pendant reactive groups and the said pendant reactive groups are reacted to form covalent bonds with said substrate pendant functional group and thereby form a stable coating of polymer on the said surface.

Abstract: Covalently-bound, hydrophilic copolymer coatings for implants are disclosed. The copolymer coatings comprise a hydrophobic aryl acrylic monomer, a hydrophilic monomer selected from the group consisting of hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylates, n-vinyl pyrrolidone and acrylamides, and a (meth)acrylamide reactive plasticizer.

Abstract: The invention provides water-soluble or water-swellable copolymers obtained by free-radical copolymerization of A) acryloyldimethyltaurine and/or acryloyldimethyltaurates, B) if desired, one or more other olefinically unsaturated, optionally crosslinking comonomers containing at least one oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur or phosphorus atom and possessing a molecular weight of less than 500 g/mol, the copolymerization C) taking place in the presence of at least one polymeric additive having a number-average molecular weight of from 200 g/mol to 109 g/mol. The water-soluble or water-swellable copolymers of the present invention are useful in paper processing, laundry detergents, textile processing, petroleum extraction and formulating cosmetics.

Abstract: Ion exchange resins are described that are hydrophilic, crosslinked (meth)acrylic copolymers. The ion exchange resins are macroporous, have a surface area of at least 50 m2/g, and an average particle size of at least 20 micrometers. Additionally, chromatographic columns containing the ion exchange resins, composite materials containing the ion exchange resin, filtration elements containing the ion exchange resin, methods of preparing the ion exchange resins, and methods of separating or purifying negatively or positively charged materials with the ion exchange resins are described.

Abstract: The invention provides ion exchange and electrochemical methods and devices employing anion exchange polymers produced by substantially simultaneous quaternization and polymerization reactions. Anion selective polymers are produced in accordance with the invention by combining, an ethylenic tertiary amine monomer, an alkylating agent having a boiling point temperature of at least about 100° C., and a cross-linking agent in the presence of a polymerizing agent for a time and at a temperature sufficient to form the polymer. The alkylating agent and the cross-linking agent may be the same compound, a cross-linking alkylating agent. The polymers may be produced in the presence of solvents and/or in the presence of diluting monomers which are incorporated into the polymers.

Abstract: The invention relates to an acrylic monomer defined by formula (I): wherein R1, R2 and R3 are H or CH3; R4 and R5 are H or OH; R6 and R7 are H or OH; R8 is H or CH3; m is 2–4; and n and p are 0 or 1. The invention also relates to a polymer comprised of repeated such monomer units as well as a separation matrix prepared thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to cosmetic, dermatological, and pharmaceutical products containing an electrolyte. The products are obtained by free-radical copolymerization of A) acryloyldimethyltaurine and/or acryloyldimethyltaurates, and B) optionally, one or more further olefinically unsaturated, noncationic comonomers, C) optionally, one or more olefinically unsaturated, cationic comonomers, D) optionally, one or more silicon-containing component(s), E) optionally, one or more fluorine-containing component(s), F) optionally, one or more macromonomers, G) optionally, the copolymerization taking place in the presence of at least one polymeric additive, H) with the proviso that component A) is copolymerized with at least one component selected from one of the groups D) to G).

Abstract: The invention concerns alkali-stable hydrophilic sorbents for ion-exchange chromatography. The invention is characterized in that it consists in using as base material a crosslinked vinyl polymerconsisting of vinyl monomers containing diol groups and crosslinking monomers whereof the polymerizable groups are bound by carbonamide-containing chains. Monomers containing ionic groups are grafted on said base material using cerium (IV) salts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adsorbent material for chromatography comprising a polymer immobilized onto a support, wherein the polymer backbone is attached to the support by one or more linkages which comprise one or more amide groups. It further relates to a method for preparing an adsorbent material for chromatography wherein a support is reacted with a polymer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a radiation-curable prepolymer. The radiation-curable prepolymer of the invention is prepared by reacting an isocyanate-capped polyurethane with an ethylenically unsaturated amine or an ethylenically unsaturated monohydroxy compound or a mixture thereof, wherein the isocyanate-capped polyurethane is a copolymerization production of: (a) at least one polyalkylene glycol; (b) at least one branching agent having at least three hydroxy groups; and (c) at least one di- or polyisocyanate. The radiation-curable prepolymer of the invention can find use in economically producing contact lenses which have durable, highly elastic soft contact lenses with desired physical properties. In addition, the present invention provides method for making a radiation-curable prepolymer of the invention and for making a medical device, preferably an ophthalmic device, more preferably a contact lens.

Abstract: The water absorbent material of the present invention is composed of a copolymer of an anhydropolyamino acid having at least one ethylenically unsaturated double bond in a molecule, a water-soluble monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond and polysaccharides, and has high water absorption ratio and high water absorption rate in pure water or water having a low ion content and also has high absorption properties for high concentration salt-containing solutions.

Abstract: Compositions comprising at least one water-insoluble ingredient and at least one copolymer of A) from 5 to 99% by weight of at least one N-vinylcarboxamide of the formula I where R1 and R2 independently of one another are hydrogen or C1-C6-alkyl; B) from 1 to 95% by weight of at least one monomer having a hydrophobic radical which can be copolymerized with vinylcarboxamides of the formula I; and optionally C) from 0 to 94% by weight of at least one other copolymerizable monomer, and the use of the above copolymers as solubility promoters.

Abstract: What is described herein are conditioning/styling tetrapolymers of vinyl caprolactam (VCL), vinylpyrrolidone (VP), dimethylaminopropyl methacrylamide (DMAPMA) and C8-C24 alkyl quaternized dimethylaminopropyl (meth)acrylamide or methacrylic acid quaternized monomers (QDMAPMA), in a defined compositional range. Hair and skin care compositions which include these tetrapolymers exhibit advantageous low tackiness and high humidity resistance.

Abstract: The polymer matrix material includes a polymerization product of one or more monomers selected from the group of water-soluble, ethylenically-unsaturated acids and acid derivatives, and a crosslinking agent. A quantity of water is used for polymerization, such that the polymer material is swelled to a defined volume upon curing. Optionally, a water-soluble or water-swellable polymer and/or a chemical polymerization initiator.

Abstract: The invention provides water-soluble or water-swellable copolymers obtained by free-radical copolymerization of A) acryloyldimethyltaurine and/or acryloyldimethyltaurates, B) optionally, one or more other olefinically unsaturated, optionally crosslinking, comonomers containing at least one oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur or phosphorus atom and possessing a molecular weight of less than 500 g/mol, and C) one or more at least monofunctional, fluorine-containing components capable of free-radical polymerization, the copolymerization D) taking place in the presence or absence of at least one polymeric additive having number-average molecular weights of from 200 g/mol to 109 g/mol. The water-soluble or water-swellable copolymers of the present invention are useful in paper processing, laundry detergents, textile processing, petroleum extraction and formulating cosmetics.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there are provided film adhesive compositions comprising at least one macromonomer having at least one unit of ethylenic unsaturation, at least one thermoplastic elastomer co-curable with the macromonomer, and at least one cure initiator, and methods for use thereof. Invention compositions are useful as adhesives in the microelectronics industry. In particular, invention film adhesives may be used to produce microelectronic assemblies with very thin bond lines without compromising adhesive strength.

Abstract: A polymer comprising the unit (I) wherein R is selected form the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C18 alkyl, C1-C18 aralkyl, C1-C18 alkaryl, carboxylic acid, carboxy-C1-6alkyl, or any one of the C1-C18 alkyl, C1-C18 alkenyl, C1-C18 aralkyl, C1-C18 alkaryl substituted with a heteroatom within, or attached to, the carbon backbone; R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl groups; X is an acylating agent and wherein the polymer has a polydispersity of less than 1.4, preferably less than 1.2 and a molecular weight (Mw) of less than 100,000, the polymer is preferably made by controlled radical polymerization and is useful in the production of polymer drug conjugates with desirable biological profiles.

Abstract: The invention discloses a process for the preparation of polymeric absorbents useful for gelling organic liquids. The process comprises mixing one or more monomers with a cross-linking agent, a free radical initiator, an optional solvent, optionally in the presence of a transition metal source and subjecting the mixture so obtained to a conventional polymerisation method. The polymer is removed, crushed to obtain polymer powder, washed with solvent and dried by conventional methods to remove unreacted monomers, followed by swelling in alcohols to obtain the desired product.

Abstract: A biocompatibilising process in which a substrate having a surface which bears substrate pendant functional groups is biocompatibilised by coating it with a coating composition containing a polymer formed from a radical polymerisable monomers including a radical polymerisable zwitterionic monomer and a radical polymerisable monomer containing a reactive group to form a polymer having zwitterionic groups and pendant reactive groups and the said pendant reactive groups are reacted to form covalent bonds with said substrate pendant functional group and thereby form a stable coating of polymer on the said surface.

Abstract: A water-soluble, cationic polymer comprising from about 1 to about 65 mole percent of one or more cationic monomers, from about 99 to about 35 mole percent of one or more nonionic monomers and from about 1 to about 1000 ppm, based on the total monomer content, of one or more hyperbranched monomers wherein the hyperbranched monomer contains from about 2 to about 20 allyl, vinyl, or acrylic end groups and method of dewatering sludge is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing copolymer hydrogels with controlled molecular weights and having both thermo- and pH-responsive properties, wherein the process comprises the steps of (a) providing sulfonamide type styrenic or (meth)acrylamide-based monomers exhibiting different pKa values; (b) providing poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) or crosslinked poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-methylene bisacrylamide) hydrogels having thermo-responsive properties; and (c) providing several hydrogels exhibiting pH-sensitive properties and random or block copolymerizations of the sulfonamide type styrenic or (meth)acrylamide-based monomers prepared in step (a) with N-isopropylacrylamide and/or methylene bisacrylamide monomers used in step (b) in a polar or non-polar solvent; wherein said steps (b) and (c) are carried out by controlled/living radical polymerization using alkyl halides as the initiators and the transition metals with phosphine or amine ligands as the catalysts.

Abstract: A biocompatibilising process in which a substrate having a surface which bears substrate pendant functional groups is biocompatibilised by coating it with a coating composition containing a polymer formed from a radical polymerisable monomers including a radical polymerisable zwitterionic monomer and a radical polymerisable monomer containing a reactive group to form a polymer having zwitterionic groups and pendant reactive groups and the said pendant reactive groups are reacted to form covalent bonds with said substrate pendant functional group and thereby form a stable coating of polymer on the said surface.

Abstract: A transparent heat-resistant resin optical materials having excellent heat resistance and dynamic characteristics, having negative birefringence and exhibiting a high refractive index and a high Abbe number, especially optical compensating members such as films, sheets and retardation films for LCD display element. The transparent heat-resistant resin optical material is made of a copolymer containing a specific olefin residue unit and a specific N-phenyl-substituted maleimide residue unit and having a weight average molecular weight, as reduced into standard polystyrene, of from 5×103 to 5×106, the transparent heat-resistant resin optical material exhibiting negative birefringence; and a retardation film having a relationship of three-dimensional refractive indexes of nz≧ny>nx, nz>ny≧nx, or nz>nx≧ny.

Abstract: Novel water soluble polymers in solution or water-in-oil emulsion form are disclosed containing quaternary ammonium monomers; and optionally (meth)acrylic acid or 2-(meth)acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid; methylene bis-acryamide and the like; and a C1-C3 alkyl (meth) acrylate acrylamide or methacrylamide and the use thereof in hair, skin and nail conditioning; papermaking; and subterranean well drilling and well cementing operations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing copolymer hydrogels with controlled molecular weights and having both thermo- and pH-responsive properties, wherein the process comprises the steps of (a) providing sulfonamide type styrenic or (meth)acrylamide-based monomers exhibiting different pKa values; (b) providing poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) or crosslinked poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-methylene bisacrylamide) hydrogels having thermo-responsive properties; and (c) providing several hydrogels exhibiting pH-sensitive properties and random or block copolymerizations of the sulfonamide type styrenic or (meth)acrylamide-based monomers prepared in step (a) with N-isopropylacrylamide and/or methylene bisacrylamide monomers used in step (b) in a polar or non-polar solvent; wherein said steps (b) and (c) are carried out by controlled/living radical polymerization using alkyl halides as the initiators and the transition metals with phosphine or amine ligands as the catalysts.

Abstract: This invention relates to a non-leachable, oil based carrier derived from the anhydrous free radical solution polymerization of a water insoluble acrylate and/or acrylamide monomer in an oil medium for use in long lasting skin lubricating formulations.

Abstract: The present invention is directed, in part, to improved polymer compositions and processes for preparing same. Specifically, in one embodiment, there is provided a process for preparing a polymer, wherein the process comprises: providing a reaction mixture comprising a portion of at least one polar monomer and at least one multivalent cation; adding the remaining portion of the polar monomer to the reaction mixture; and polymerizing the monomer to form the polymer. In certain embodiments, the reaction mixture in the providing step comprises at least two molar equivalents or greater of the total amount of polar monomer with respect to one molar equivalent of multivalent cation.

Abstract: Compounds of general formula (I), the described methods to prepare these macromonomer compounds, and the copolymer products of these compounds with other vinyl monomers. Wherein W is a capping group; l is 0 or 1; n is 2-1000; m is 2-5; R1 is CH2═CH—CH2—, or CH2═CH—O—R8—; R2 is selected from H, CH2═CH—CH2—, and phenyl or alkyl and wherein R3-R7 is H1, C1-C4 alkyl, and quaternary salts thereof. When R7 and X— is absent, the polymer is amphiphilic. When R7 is alkyl and X— is an anion, the polymer is cationic polymer.

Abstract: A multipurpose cement dispersing, shrinkage compensating and anticorrosive polymer and an admixture comprising said polymer, which improve the workability and the early strength development of fresh concrete, are described. Said polymer is an ester- and amid group-modified acrylic polymer, obtainable by aqueous solution radical copolymerization of (1) acrylic or methacrylic acid with (2) an acrylic or methacrylic methoxy-polyalkyleneglycolester monomer having 2 to 300 moles of an oxyalkylene group each having 2 to 3 carbon atoms, (3) optionally an acrylic or methacrylic methoxy-polyalkyleneglycolamide monomer having 2 to 300 moles of an oxyalkylene group each having 2 to 3 carbon atoms, (4) an acrylic or methacrylic ester of a tertiary aminoalkanol and (5) optionally an acrylic amide of a primary or secondary aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic amine.

Abstract: Linear, branched or crosslinked polymer, capable of being obtained by polymerization of N-alkylacrylamide, in which the alkyl radical is linear or branched and comprises from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, with one or more monomers chosen from cationic monomers, monomers comprising at least one partially salified or completely salified strong acid functional group or monomers comprising at least one partially salified or completely salified weak acid functional group. A method of preparing the polymer is also disclosed.

Abstract: Reactive silica particles capable of producing coatings exhibiting excellent scratch resistance, weather resistance, adhesiveness, and curability, while satisfying a wide spectrum of performances from transparency to semi-transparency and providing a glossy surface as well as a frosty surface. Reactive silica particles comprises silica particles and an organic compound chemically bonded to the silica particles via a silyloxy group, wherein the organic compound has a polymerizable unsaturated group, a group represented by the following formula (1), (wherein X is a group selected from —NH—, —O—, and —S— and Y is a group selected from oxygen and sulfur, provided that when X is —O—, Y is a sulfur atom), and a group represented by the following formula (2), (wherein Z is a group selected from oxygen and sulfur).

Abstract: Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) wherein the template comprises either a) a peptide or amino acid sequence that has an N-terminal histidine residue or b) histamine. The MIP's may be prepared in aqueous systems using reagents that are water soluble at the relevant concentrations. Also, the invention includes methods for using the MIP's as receptors or adsorbents for, or to determine the present or non-presence of, target molecules containing i) particular peptides or amino acid sequences having N-terminal histidine residue or ii) histamine.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cationic water-soluble resin which comprises a (co)polymer of, in formula (I), repeating units (a) represented by formula (a) and repeating units (b) represented by formula (b), the content of the repeating units (a) in the (co)polymer being 100 to 0% by mole, the (co)polymer having in its molecule a carboxyl-containing group as one of the terminal groups and an aromatic ring-containing group as the other terminal group. The addition of this resin to ink compositions can realize the formation of images possessing excellent waterfastness and lightfastness and having no significant feathering or color bleeding. Likewise, the addition of this resin to a reaction solution for ink jet recording involving the deposition of two liquids, an ink composition and a reaction solution, onto a recording medium, can realize the formation of images possessing excellent waterfastness and lightfastness and no significant feathering or color bleeding.

Abstract: An acrylamide derivative of the following general formula (I) is used to prepare a polymer or copolymer: wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a straight-chain or branched alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a C3-6 cycloalkyl group, R2 and R3 each independently represent an alkylene group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms or R2 and R3 may be combined to form a ring, X represents a hydrogen atom, an amino group, a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom, a carboxyl group or a —COOR4 group wherein R4 represents a C1-6 straight-chain or branched alkyl, C3-6 cycloalkyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, benzyl or substituted benzyl group, and Y represents an amino group, a halogen atom, a carboxyl group or a —COOR4 group wherein R4 represents a C1-6 straight-chain or branched alkyl, C3-6 cycloalkyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, benzyl or substituted benzyl group.

Abstract: Improved methods of treating water and hydrocarbon producing subterranean formations to reduce the water permeability thereof are provided. The methods basically comprise introducing into the formation a water flow resisting chemical which attaches to adsorption sites on surfaces within the porosity of the formation and reduces the water permeability thereof without substantially reducing the hydrocarbon permeability thereof. The water flow resisting chemical is comprised of a polymer of at least one hydrophilic monomer and at least one hydrophobically modified hydrophilic monomer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to water or alcohol soluble or dispersible thermoplastic elastomeric copolymers and to cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions containing these copolymers. This invention especially relates to copolymers useful for hair styling purposes, and to hair styling compositions containing these copolymers. This invention further relates to copolymers useful for providing cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions for topical application to the skin. These topical skin care compositions are useful for delivereing and/or transdermally transporting active ingredients to or thorugh the skin.

Abstract: A polymer dispersant for pigments based on a random copolymer wherein the copolymer has a weight average molecular weight of at least 3000 and comprises a polymeric backbone of primarily acrylic monomers wherein the backbone contains multiple pigment anchoring groups attached thereto including at least one amide group and one or more additional pigment anchoring groups selected from the group consisting of aromatic esters, aromatic amines, and quaternary ammonium salts. These materials disperse a wide variety of pigments and are useful in solvent borne coatings where they can provide improved efficiency of pigment use, lower paint viscosity, and reduced emission of volatile organic solvent.

Abstract: Amidoalkanesulfonic acids are prepared by reacting a molar excess of an unsaturated nitrile, a source of SO3, and an olefin, in a substantially non-aqueous medium, and transferring the crude reaction product containing amidoalkanesulfonic acid, without substantial purification steps, into an apparatus for incorporation of the amidoalkanesulfonic acid into a copolymer.

Abstract: A copolymer of acrylamide or of an acrylamide derivative and of trialkylammonium salts which is a radical polymerization product, in the presence of an initiator, of at least a first monomer chosen from acrylamide and its derivatives of formula H2C═CH—(CH2)n″—CONH2  in which n″ is an integer which can vary from 1 to 5, and of a second monomer chosen from trialkylammonium salts corresponding to the following formula (I) (H2C═C(R1)—(CH2)n—A—(CH2)n′—N+(R2)(R3)(R4))X−  (I)  in which, R1 represents H or an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, R2, R3 and R4, which are identical or different, each represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, n and n′ each represents, independently of one another, a non-zero integer at most equal to 15, A represents a divalent carboxyl or amide functional group, and X− represents a counterion.

Abstract: Adhesives useful in applying articles, such as tapes, labels, signs, decals, emblems, car moldings, protective or optical films, etc., to surfaces to which articles normally do not adhere well, such as surfaces containing fluorine and polycarbonate, for example. The adhesives include a copolymer of one or more monoethylenically unsaturated alkyl (meth)acrylate monomers, one or more monoethylenically unsaturated secondary or tertiary amide-functional monomers, and optionally one or more acidic monomers.