Abstract:
The present invention relates to novel polymer dispersants in the form of comb polymers P and to a liquid composition containing solid fine particles, such as organic or inorganic pigments and fillers, and the polymer dispersants. The comb polymer P having at least 0.5 mol-%, e.g. 0.5 to 90 mol-%, based on the total amount of repeating units in the comb polymer, of repeating units A, selected from repeating units of the formulae la and lb: wherein R 1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, -S(=O) 2 R a , C 1 -C 20 alkyl, C 3 -C 10 cycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aryl-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl and heteroaryl-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl; and X indicates a polymer group of the following formula X wherein Z indicates a polymer segment or a monovalent alkyl or alkenyl segment having from 10 to 100 carbon atoms; R1 is as defined above; k is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; n is 0, 1 or 2; A is a chemical bond or a divalent moiety selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 6 alkylene, -O-(C 2 -C 6 alkylene) or -C(=O)-O-(C 2 -C 6 alkylene), where the C 2 -C 6 alkylene part is attached to Q; Q is a divalent moiety selected from the group consisting of -O-, -NH- and -S-; R 2 is independently selected from the group consisting of -OH, - COOH, -COOCH 3 , -NH 2 , -NH(C 1 -C 6 alkyl), -N(C 1 -C 6 alkyl) 2 , -NO 2 , -S(=O) 2 R a , C 1 -C 20 alkyl, C 1 -C 4 alkoxy, halogen, aryloxy, aryl, heteroaryl.
Abstract:
The present invention is in the field of nanoparticles, their preparation and their use as pinning centers in superconductors. In particular the present invention relates to nanoparticles comprising an oxide of Sr, Ba, Y, La, Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, or Ta, wherein the nanoparticles have a weight average diameter of 1 to 30 nm and wherein an organic compound of general formula (I), (II) or (III) or an organic compound containing at least two carboxylic acid groups on the surface of the nanoparticles (I) (II) (III) wherein a is 0 to 5, b and c are independent of each other 1 to 14, n is 1 to 5, f is 0 to 5, p and q are independent of each other 1 to 14, and e and f are independent of each other 0 to 12.
Abstract:
The presently claimed invention relates to a composition comprising polyurethane polymer and diluents, which is used as an additive in coating formulations, in particular water-borne paint and coating formulations, for reducing the effect of the viscosity loss caused by the addition of colorants/ pigment pastes thereby improving the viscosity stability in tinted coating formulations as well as the method for preparing the composition.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to latex paints, which contain a) a multistage carboxylated polymer latex binder obtainable by multistage aqueous emulsion polymerisation of a monomer composition M consisting of at least one non-ionic monomer M1, which is selected from C 1 -C 20 -alkyl esters of acrylic acid, C 1 -C 20 -alkylesters of methacrylic acid, and vinyl aromatic monomers; one or more monoethylenically unsaturated monomers M2, which are selected from monoethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acids having 3 to 6 carbon atoms and monoethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids having 4 to 6 carbon atoms, and optionally one or more non-ionic monomers M3, which are different from monomers M1; where in at least one stage, the relative amount of monomers M2 added in this stage is at least 6% by weight, based on the total amount of monomers added in said stage, the total amount of monomers M2 being from 0.05 to 5% by weight, based on the total amount of the monomer composition M; b) a titanium dioxide pigment; c) a polymeric dispersant PD which is selected from homo and copolymers of monomers M4, which are selected from monoethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acids having 3 to 6 carbon atoms and monoethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids having 4 to 6 carbon atoms, where the monomers M4 make up at least 85% of the monomers forming the polymeric dispersant; and d) an associative thickener polymer.
Abstract:
The presently claimed invention relates to urea urethane compounds obtainable by reacting tolu-ene diisocyanate with a mixture of monohydroxy alcohols followed by reaction with a diamine. The presently claimed invention provides a process for preparing the urea urethane compounds, liquid compositions comprising the urea urethane compounds and the use of the urea urethane compounds as a thickening and thixotropic agent for water based and solvent based paint and coating formulations, lacquer, varnish, paper coating, wood coating, adhesive, ink, cosmetic for-mulation, detergent formulation, textile and drilling muds plaster formulations, PVC plastisol and cement formulations.
Abstract:
The presently claimed invention relates to polymer with branched structure, in particular, hydrophobically modified alkali-soluble (or alkali-swellable) emulsion (HASE) copolymers which are effective thickeners at high shear rates and at the same time offer a Newtonian rheology profile and their use in aqueous compositions, particularly in aqueous coating formulations as well as a method for preparing hydrophobically modified alkali-soluble (or alkali-swellable) emulsion copolymers.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to polyalkylene imine based polymers, which have aliphatic polyester groups attached to the polyalkylenimine backbone via an carboxamide group. The novel polymers are particularly useful as dispersants for pigments, in particular as dispersants for pigments in non-aqueous compositions. The polyalkylene imine based polymers are characterized by having a) a polyalkylene imine backbone; b) at least one aromatic moiety P.1, which is bound to a nitrogen atom of the polyalkylene imine backbone via an carboxamide or carboximide group; and c) at least one aliphatic polyester moiety P.2, which is bound to a nitrogen atom of the polyalkylene imine backbone via an carboxamide group.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a dispersant composition comprising: a) at least one oligomeric acid A, which has i) at least one acidic group selected from COOH and PO 3 H 2 , and ii) at least one polyoxyalkylene-ether radical of the formula (I): R-(O-A) x O-G-, where A is an C 2 -C 4 -alkan-1,2-diyl radical; X is an integer having a number average value in the range from 2 to 20; and R is hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms; G is a chemical bond or a carbonyl group; and b) at least one polyamine B, which is selected from the group consisting of polyvinylamines, poly-C 2 -C 3 -alkyleneimines, modified poly-C 2 -C 3 -alkyleneimines, melamine compounds, modified melamine compounds, poly-(C 2 -C 4 -alkyleneether) amines, polyetheramine polyols, and modified polyetheramine polyols. The invention also relates to aqueous pigment compositions containing a dispersant composition as defined herein, a pigment component, selected from the group consisting of pigments and mixtures of at least one pigment and at least one filler, and an aqueous diluent.