Basf Se Corporation

Basf Aktiengesellschaft

University of Texas System

Bafs Se

Wintershall Holding Gmbh

Palox Limited

Guenter Oetter

Christian Bittner

Ludwig Voelkel

Andreas Klipp

Susanne Petrovic

Alfred Oftring

Hans-Peter Seelmann-Eggebert

Norbert Wagner

Juergen Detering

Thomas Greindl

Gerold Braun

Matthias Gerber

Arno Lange

Wilhelm Rademacher

Reiner Kober

Bernhard Steinmetz

Marcus Guzmann

Rainer Dyllick-Brenzinger

Hans-Christian Raths

Ulrich Steinbrenner

Stephan Hueffer

Gary A Pope

Dietmar Posselt

Upali Peter Weerasooriya

Markus Hansch

Stefan Becker

Christian E Spindler

Maxim Peretolchin

Hans Ziegler

Karl-Heinrich Schneider

Harald Boehnke

Gregor Brodt

Heiko Maas

Rene Lochtman

Jurith Montag

Jack Tinsley

Gerhard Wolf

Peter Deglmann

Richard R Schmidt

Sophie Maitro-Vogel

Elmar Kibler

Darijo Mijolovic

Christian Wulff

Bernd Burkhart

Matthias Kiefer

Horst Weiss

Joerg Nieberle

Cordula Mock-Knoblauch

Alexsandro Berger

Roland Boehn

Andrei Honciuc

Simon Braun

Rainer Rahm

Bernhard Ulrich Von Vacano

Martin Laun

Reinhold Stadler

Susanne Stutz

Alfred Ruland

Marcel Patrik Kienle

Vandana Kurkal-Siebert

Ingo Muenster

Juergen Huff

Martin Scholtissek

Jack F Tinsley

Sebastian Alexander Weisse

Yeni Burk

Andreas Fechtenkoetter

Lorenz Siggel

Klaus Taeger

Wolfgang Meier

Benjamin Wenzke

Arturo Berastain

Thomas Kroehl

Wessel Nuyken

David William Martin

Ulrike Troppmann

Oskar Schmidt

Sabrina Montero Pancera

Tatjana Levy

Matthias Klueglein

Lysander Chrisstoffels

Bernhard Von Vacano

Gerald Lippert

Juergen Pfister

Reiner Weiler

Joerg Schroeder

Wolfgang Klotz

Cesar Ostos Rios

Ricardo Daniel Lopez Lopez Pinochet

Carlos Rene Ponce Brodersen

Angelika Kuehnle

Tanja Brunner

Ravindra Aglave

Frank Heilmann

Nicole Lichterfeld-Weber

Gabriela Alvarez-Juergenson

Veronika Wloka

Bjoern Heinz

The use of an organic compound as cleavable additive, preferably as cleavable surfactant, in the modification and/or treatment of at least one surface of a semiconductor substrate is described. Moreover, it is described a method of making a semiconductor substrate, comprising contacting at least one surface thereof with an organic compound, or with a composition comprising it, to treat or modify said surface, cleaving said organic compound into a set of fragments and removing said set of fragments from the contacted surface. More in particular, a method of cleaning or rinsing a semiconductor substrate or an intermediate semiconductor substrate is described. In addition, a compound is described which is suitable for the uses and methods pointed out above and which preferably is a cleavable surfactant.

Cleavable additives for use in a method of making a semiconductor substrate

The present invention relates to a method for the production of crude oil from subterranean, oil-bearing formations comprising at least the following steps of providing an aqueous surfactant composition comprising water and a surfactant mixture, injecting said surfactant composition into the subterranean, oil-bearing formation through at least one injection well, thereby reducing the crude oil-water interfacial tension to less than 0.1 mN/m, and withdrawing crude oil from the formation through at least one production well, wherein the surfactant mixture comprises at least a surfactant (A) having the general formula R&#x2014;O&#x2014;(CHCH(R)O)&#x2014;(CHCH(CH)O)&#x2014;(CHCHO)&#x2014;R&#x2014;YM(I) and a solubility enhancer (B) having the general formula R&#x2014;O&#x2014;(CHCH(CH)O)&#x2014;(CHCHO)&#x2014;R&#x2014;YM(II), wherein Rto R, a, b, c, x, y, Y and M have the meaning as defined the the description and claims. The invention further relates to said aqueous surfactant composition and methods for preparing the same as well as the use of solubility enhancer (B) for enhancing the solubility of anionic surfactant (A).

Solubility enhancers on basis of allyl alcohol for aqueous surfactant formulations for enhanced oil recovery

The present invention relates to the use of a composition comprising one or more ammonium salt(s) of one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of sulfobutanedioic acid diester(s), (sulfomethyl)-butanedioic acid diester(s), methyl-sulfobutanedioic acid diester(s), sulfoglutaric acid diester(s), and sulfotricarballic acid triester(s), for cleaning or rinsing a product comprising a substrate and supported thereon a patterned material layer having line-space structures with a line width of 50 nm and below. The invention also relates to a corresponding method of making a cleaned or rinsed product comprising a substrate and supported thereon a patterned material layer having line-space structures with a line width of 50 nm or below. The invention also relates to a solution with color of HAZEN number below 1000 and/or a turbidity in the range of from 0.08 to 10 NTU, wherein the solution comprises water and one or more ammonium salt(s) and optionally one or more organic solvent compounds. The invention also relates to a method of making a corresponding solution.

Defect reduction rinse solution containing ammonium salts of sulfoesters

Process for treating subterranean oil-bearing formations comprising carbonate rocks with an aqueous composition comprising cationic ammonium salts comprising four hydrocarbon radicals wherein at least one of the hydrocarbon radicals is substituted by an OH-group. The process may be a process for enhanced oil recovery, fracturing, acidizing or antiscale treatment.

Process for treating subterranean oil-bearing formations comprising carbonate rocks

A method of reducing defects of a semiconductor substrate whereby the substrate is rinsed with an aqueous composition containing a gemini additive of the general formula I after the development of a photoresist or a photolithographic mask 

Compositions for anti pattern collapse treatment comprising gemini additives

The invention relates to a process for enriching an iron mineral from a silicate containing iron ore by inverse flotation comprising the addition of a collector or collector composition comprising at least one of the compounds of formulae RO&#x2014;X&#x2014;NH(Ia); RO&#x2014;X&#x2014;NHY(Ib); RO&#x2014;X&#x2014;NH&#x2014;Z&#x2014;NH(IIa); and RO&#x2014;X&#x2014;NH&#x2014;Z&#x2014;NHY(IIb), in which X is a linear or branched aliphatic alkylene group containing 2 to 6 carbon atoms; Z is a linear or branched aliphatic alkylene group containing 2 to 6 carbon atoms; Y&#x2212; is an anion; and R is an aliphatic group of the formula (I) CHCH(CH)CH&#x2014; (I) wherein the CHmoeity of the aliphatic group of the formula (I) comprises 70 to 99% by weight n-CH&#x2014;, and 1 to 30% by weight CHCH(CH)CH&#x2014; and/or CHCH(CH)CHCH&#x2014;.RO&#x2014;X&#x2014;NH&#x2003;&#x2003;(Ia)RO&#x2014;X&#x2014;NHY&#x2003;&#x2003;(Ib)RO&#x2014;X&#x2014;NH&#x2014;Z&#x2014;NH&#x2003;&#x2003;(IIa)RO&#x2014;X&#x2014;NH&#x2014;Z&#x2014;NHY&#x2003;&#x2003;(IIb)CHCH(CH)CH&#x2014;&#x2003;&#x2003;(I)

Amine and diamine compounds and their use for inverse froth flotation of silicate from iron ore

Compounds of the formulae: RO&#x2014;X&#x2014;NH(Ia); RO&#x2014;X&#x2014;NHY(Ib); RO&#x2014;X&#x2014;NH&#x2014;Z&#x2014;NH(IIa); and RO&#x2014;X&#x2014;NH&#x2014;Z&#x2014;NHY(IIb), in which X is an aliphatic alkylene group containing 2 to 6 carbon atoms; Z is an aliphatic alkylene group containing 2 to 6 carbon atoms; Yis an anion; and R is an aliphatic iso CH-group with average branching degree ranging from 1.5 to 3.5. The compounds are particularly suitable as flotation collectors for enriching an iron mineral from a silicate-containing iron ore.

The invention concerns a process for enriching an iron mineral from a silicate containing iron ore by inverse flotation comprising the addition of a collector or collector composition comprising at least one of the compounds of formulae RC(O)N(Z&#x2014;O&#x2014;X&#x2014;NH)(Ia); RC(O)N(Z&#x2014;O&#x2014;X&#x2014;NH)HY(Ib); in which X is an aliphatic alkylene group containing 2 to 6 carbon atoms; Z is an aliphatic alkylene group containing 2 to 6 carbon atoms; Yis an anion; and R is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, aliphatic or aromatic moiety having between 7 and 23 carbon atoms. The invention also relates to the novel compounds according to formulae (Ia) and (Ib), compositions comprising said compounds and the use of compounds and formulations as collectors for enriching of iron mineral.

Diamine compounds and their use for inverse froth flotation of silicate from iron ore

A method for manufacturing integrated circuit devices, optical devices, micromachines and mechanical precision devices, the said method comprising the steps of (1) providing a substrate having patterned material layers having line-space dimensions of 50 nm and less and aspect ratios of &#x3e;2; (2) providing the surface of the patterned material layers with a positive or a negative electrical charge by contacting the substrate at least once with an aqueous, fluorine-free solution S containing at least one fluorine-free cationic surfactant A having at least one cationic or potentially cationic group, at least one fluorine-free anionic surfactant A having at least one anionic or potentially anionic group, or at least one fluorine-free amphoteric surfactant A; and (3) removing the aqueous, fluorine-free solution S from the contact with the substrate.

Method for manufacturing integrated circuit devices, optical devices, micromachines and mechanical precision devices having patterned material layers with line-space dimensions of 50 nm and less

Use of a reaction product of saturated or unsaturated aliphatic mono- or polycarboxylic acids with aliphatic polyamines for improving or boosting the separation of water from fuel oils which comprise additives with detergent action. A Fuel additive concentrate comprising the said reaction product, certain additives with detergent action and optionally dehazers, cetane number improvers and solvents or diluents.

Use of a reaction product of carboxylic acids with aliphatic polyamines for improving or boosting the separation of water from fuel oils

Compositions and methods of synthesis of anionic surfactants by alkoxylation of a Guerbet alcohol (GA) having 12 to 36 carbon atoms using butylene oxide, and optionally propylene oxide and/or ethylene oxide followed by the incorporation of a terminal anionic group are described herein. The GA of the present invention is made by a facile and inexpensive method that involves high temperature base catalyzed dimerization of alcohols with 6 to 18 carbon atoms. The large hydrophobe ether surfactants of the present invention find uses in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) applications where it is used for solubilization and mobilization of oil and for environmental cleanup. Further, the hydrophobe alkoxylated GA without anionic terminal group can be used as an ultra-high molecular weight non-ionic surfactant.

Anionic polyalkoxy group comprising surfactants on basis of guerbet-alcohols, method of manufacture and use in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) applications

The present invention relates to a novel liquid formulation for crop protection which comprises a) pyraclostrobin; b) at least one organic solvent S1 with a water solubility of less than 2 g/l at 20&#xb0; C.; c) at least one organic solvent S2 with a water solubility of at least 2 g/l at 20&#xb0; C., where S2 comprises at least one solvent S2.1 with a water solubility of more than 200 g/l at 20&#xb0; C. and optionally at least one solvent S2.2 with a water solubility of 2 to 200 g/l at 20&#xb0; C.; d) at least one anionic surface-active substance SA1; e) at least one nonionic surface-active substance SA2; and f) water. The invention also relates to the use of the crop protection formulation for treatment of plants and seed, and to corresponding methods.

Liquid pyraclostrobin-containing crop protection formulations

Use of a mixture comprising a surfactant and a cosurfactant in the form of an aqueous solution for flooding underground deposits of hydrocarbons for mobilizing and recovering the hydrocarbons from the underground deposits, the cosurfactant being a substance or a group of substances selected from the following list: 

Surfactant mixtures for tertiary oil recovery

A composition for cyanide leaching which comprises at least one nonionic surfactant and a process for extracting metals using the abovementioned composition are described.

Use of non-ionic surfactants in the production of metals

A magnetorheological formulation which comprises at least one base oil, at least one magnetizable particle, a at least one dispersant and a at least one thixotropic agent is described.

Magnetorheological liquid

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