International Business Machines Corporation

University of California

Liqwd, Inc.

Dow Global Technolgoies LLC

Olaplex, Inc.

Rohm and Haas Company

Hitachi Global Storage Netherlands, B.v.

Other

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.v.

Rohm & Haas Electronic Materials LLC

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.

Craig Jon Hawker

Robert Dennis Miller

James L Hedrick

Willi Volksen

Eric D Pressly

Kenneth Raymond Carter

Victor Yee-Way Lee

Teddie Peregrino Magbitang

Do Yeung Yoon

Urs T Duerig

Bernd W Gotsmann

Dennis R McKean

Jane Elizabeth Frommer

Michael William Chaw

Dan Dawson

Antony Keith Van Dyk

Alaina McGrath

Michael A Gaynes

Stephen L Buchwalter

Phillip Joe Brock

John Campbell Scott

David Laitar

Edward J Kramer

Richard I Palmisano

Elbert Emin Huang

Michel Despont

Peter Vettiger

Gerrit Klaerner

Richard Anthony DiPietro

Daniel Joseph Dawson

Victor Y Lee

Glenn H Fredrickson

Paul G Clark

Wesley LeRoy Hillman

Jeong-ik Lee

Kenichi Takizawa

Sungbaek Seo

David Mecerreyes

Benjaporn Narupai

Damien Montarnal

David Lunn

Mark Alfred Lantz

Peter Trefonas, Iii

Nicholas Lawrence Abbott

Sukrit Mukhopadhyay

Eric Gerhard Liniger

John W Kramer

Robert F Cook

Keiichi Seki

Puspendu Deo

James Lupton Hedrick

Jeffrey A Gerbec

Anatoliy N Sokolov

Maria Simon

Zachariah Allen Page

Rosette G Guino

Christian Wilhelm Pester

Yutaka Moti

Jing Ming Ren

Martha Alyne Harbison

Gerd K Binnig

Jeffrey Curtis Hedrick

Marc Husemann

Michael L Chabinyc

Eric F Connor

Galen D Stucky

Mark Whitney Hart

Justin Poelma

Nicholas Ian Buchan

William Dinan Hinsberg

James P Godschalx

Jila Tabib

Shinji Aramaki

Hengbin Wang

Nobuhiko Ueno

Q Jason Niu

Alexander Mikhailovsky

Nathaniel A Lynd

Michael L Morrison

Sean Clemenza

Mark Clinton Thurber

Takaaki Niinomi

Herbert J Waite

Glenn H Frederickson

Anzar Khan

B Kollbe Ahn

Robert Vestberg

Hunaid Nulwala

Jinhwa Heo

Anika A Odukale

Taegon Kang

Emre Discekici

In-Hwan Lee

Olof Mikael Trolls&aring;s

Sang-Ho Lee

Andreas Heise

Yingdong Luo

Sung-Yu Ku

Christopher Liman

Brett P Fors

Methods and kits for treating hair or preventing damage in the relaxing of hair are disclosed herein. Hair that is damaged during a relaxing treatment with hydroxide-containing relaxing agents, can be treated with formulations containing one or more active agents. The active agent formulations can be applied simultaneously with the hair relaxing formulation, or optionally applied immediately following application of the relaxing formulation, to reduce damage and breakage. Use of the active agent formulation along with a relaxing treatment can be used to control the level of curl achieved or retained in the relaxed hair, as compared to the natural amount of curl in the untreated hair.

Methods for treating relaxed hair

Compositions, kits, and methods for repairing bonds, for example, disulfide bonds, in hair or on the skin are disclosed. The compositions provide improved conditioning benefit for dry hair or moisturize the skin. The compositions also provide a long lasting moisturized feel and smooth feel to the skin or hair, without feeling greasy. The compositions contain one or more compounds that covalently bind at least two thiol groups in the hair or on the skin. Use of the binding compositions prevents reversion of the repaired bonds to their free thiol state, for at least one week or one month, or more, after a single application of the composition. Improved methods of styling hair, for example permanent hair waving, hair curling, hair coloring or highlighting, and hair straightening, are also provided.

Methods for fixing hair and skin

A method of treating keratin of a person is disclosed. The method includes contacting the keratin with a composition comprising a compound having a chemical structure of

A method for inhibiting scale comprises adding to a fluid that causes scale formation a polycarboxylic acid or a salt thereof which has a star structure and at least 5 arms. A star polymer comprising a core based on 2,2'-[Oxybis(methylene)]bis[2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol] and 6 arms comprising linear polycarboxylic acids of degree of polymerization (DP) of the arm of at least 2 and in some embodiments up to 15 or more is useful in inhibiting scale formation.

Scale inhibition using star polymers

Iodine transfer radical polymerization of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer comprising (meth)acrylic acid, salt thereof, or combination thereof, in the presence of a radical polymerization initiator, an organoiodide, and a solvent, is a useful method for making (meth)acrylic acid polymers. The amounts of components utilized can be 2 to 100 equivalents of acrylic acid and 2 to 100 equivalents of sodium acrylate, both dissolved in water to form a 15 to 50 weight percent solution, based on the total weight of the acrylic acid, sodium acrylate, and water; 0.05 to 1 equivalent of an azo polymerization initiator, 1 equivalent of an organoiodide; and 0 to 3 equivalents of an iodide salt. (Meth)acrylic acid polymer solutions are made by these methods. The (meth)acrylic polymers are useful as dispersants.

Iodine transfer polymerization method and compositions therefrom

Disclosed herein is a method for inhibiting scale comprising adding to a fluid that causes scale formation a polycarboxylic acid having a polymer backbone and a plurality of branches from the polymer backbone.

Scale inhibition using branched polymers

Reverse iodine transfer polymerization of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer comprising (meth)acrylic acid, salt thereof, or combination thereof, in the presence of a radical polymerization initiator, an oxidant, an iodide salt, and a solvent, is a useful method for making (meth)acrylic acid polymers. The amounts of components utilized can be 5 to 500 equivalents of the ethylenically unsaturated monomer comprising (meth)acrylic acid, salt thereof, or combination thereof, in the presence of 1 to 3 equivalents of the radical polymerization initiator, 0.2 to 1 equivalent of the oxidant, and 1 equivalent of the iodide salt. (Meth)acrylic acid polymer solutions are made by these methods. The (meth)acrylic polymers are useful as dispersants.

Reverse iodine transfer polymerization method and compositions therefrom

A branched polycarboxylic acid or salt thereof, wherein the average number of branches is (2) to (100) and the average degree of polymerization of the branches is (2) to (50), is an effective polymeric dispersant. More specifically, the polymeric dispersant is a branched polycarboxylic acid or salt thereof, in which the branched polycarboxylic acid is derived from polymerization of (meth)acrylic acid; the average degree of polymerization is (10) to (150); the average number of branches is (2) to (20); and the average degree of polymerization of the branches is (2) to (30). The branched polycarboxylic acid or salt thereof can be combined with a pigment to form an aqueous dispersion. An aqueous coating composition includes the aqueous dispersion; a polymeric binder; and a rheology modifier.

Branched polymeric dispersants, aqueous pigment dispersions, and aqueous coating compositions thereof

Methods, formulations, and kits for curling and/or preventing damage in the curling of hair are disclosed herein. Hair can be curled by treatment with hydroxide-containing agents, in combination with one or more active agents, without the need for thiol-based or peroxide-based agents. The active agent can be applied simultaneously with the hydroxide-containing agent, to impart curl to the hair. They may be applied as a combined formulation or as separate formulations applied simultaneously. Use of the active agent along with a hydroxide-containing agent can be used to control the level of curl imparted to hair, as compared to the natural amount of curl, if any, in the untreated hair.

Methods and formulations for curling hair

A compound of formula (I): can be used as a monomer for making an underwater adhesive polymer. The compound of formula (I) can be prepared using eugenol as a starting material. 

Adhesive materials and methods of making and using the same

Disclosed herein is an article comprising a substrate; a first region having a first brush polymer chemically bonded to the substrate; where the first brush polymer comprises repeat units of a first ethylenically unsaturated monomer and a second ethylenically unsaturated monomer; where the first ethylenically unsaturated monomer comprises a first electroactive moiety and where the second ethylenically unsaturated monomer comprises a second electroactive moiety that is different from the first electroactive moiety; where at least one of the first electroactive moiety or the second electroactive moiety is an emitter moiety and where the repeat units of the first ethylenically unsaturated monomer are covalently bonded to repeat units of the second ethylenically unsaturated monomer.

Photopatterned growth of electronically active brush polymers for light emitting diode displays

Disclosed herein is a device comprising a substrate; where the substrate comprises a plurality of brush polymers that are covalently or ionically bonded to the substrate; where at least a portion of the brush polymers comprise a covalently bonded emitter moiety.

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