Abstract:
The present invention provides an aqueous composition useful for treating fabric comprising (i) a complex of silver ion with a copolymer and (ii) a dispersed amine-functional softener, wherein said copolymer comprises (a) 60-95 wt % polymerized units of one or more monomer X, wherein said monomer X is an ethylenically unsaturated compound having a substituent group selected from an unsaturated or aromatic heterocyclic group having at least one nitrogen atom; and (b) 5-40 wt % polymerized units of one or more monomer Y, wherein said monomer Y is an ethylenically unsaturated compound selected from carboxylic acids, organosulfuric acids, sulfonic acids, phosphonic acids, esters comprising polymerized units of ethylene oxide, and mixtures thereof. Also provided is a method of treating fabric comprising contacting said fabric with the composition of claim 1 at pH from 3 to 7.
Abstract:
A composition useful for treating fabrics. The composition contains a silver-containing copolymer having polymerized units of a monomer X which is an ethylenically unsaturated compound having a substituent group selected from an unsaturated or aromatic heterocyclic group having at least one nitrogen atom and polymerized units of a monomer Y which is an ethylenically unsaturated compound selected from carboxylic acids, organosulfuric acids, sulfonic acids, phosphonic acids and esters comprising polymerized units of ethylene oxide.
Abstract:
A latex copolymer composition comprising >5 wt % of polymerized units derived from a monomer X containing an unsaturated heterocycle, wherein the latex copolymer composition comprises ≦1,000 ppm of residual monomer X is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the latex copolymer compositions.
Abstract:
A method for preserving wood by contacting wood with a composition comprising an aqueous polymer dispersion, at least one surfactant, and a wood preservative.
Abstract:
An aqueous composition comprising polymer particles of one or more multistage aqueous emulsion, at least one of which is a multistage aqueous emulsion copolymer comprising polymerized units derived from monomer X in at least one stage, wherein monomer X is selected from polymerizable derivatives of imidazole, imidazoline, amidine, pyridine, pyrrole, pyrrolidine, pyrrolidinone, caprolactam, and combinations thereof. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the compositions.
Abstract:
A method for chemical mechanical polishing of semiconductor substrates containing a metal layer requiring removal and metal interconnects utilizing a composition containing engineered copolymer molecules comprising hydrophilic functional groups and relatively less hydrophilic functional groups; the engineered copolymer molecules enabling contact-mediated reactions between the polishing pad surface and the substrate surface during CMP resulting in minimal dishing of the metal interconnects in the substrate.
Abstract:
An aqueous abrasive-free composition is useful for chemical mechanical polishing of a patterned semiconductor wafer containing a nonferrous metal. The composition comprises an oxidizer, an inhibitor for the nonferrous metal, 0 to 15 weight percent water soluble modified cellulose, 0 to 15 weight percent phosphorus compound, 0.005 to 5 weight percent of an amphiphilic polymer, the amphiphilic polymer having an ionic hydrophilic portion with a carbon number of 2 to 250 and water.
Abstract:
A method for chemical mechanical polishing of semiconductor substrates containing a metal layer requiring removal and metal interconnects utilizing a composition containing engineered copolymer molecules comprising hydrophilic functional groups and relatively less hydrophilic functional groups; the engineered copolymer molecules enabling contact-mediated reactions between the polishing pad surface and the substrate surface during CMP resulting in minimal dishing of the metal interconnects in the substrate.
Abstract:
Disclosed are compositions containing biologically active compounds that slowly release the biologically active compound. These compositions may be directly incorporated into the locus to be protected or may be applied to a structure in a coating.