The Procter Gamble Company

Henkel Ag & Company, Kgaa

Lina Mayr

Josef Breu

Hans-Georg Kinzelmann

Arsen Arsenov Simonyan

Ligang Zhao

Steven Ray Merrigan

Hanns Misiak

Maxwell Joseph Wingert

Andreas Edenharter

Sonja Amschler

The invention relates to a method for preparing an at least partially exfoliated clay. The present invention further relates to an at least partially exfoliated clay obtainable by such a method and to a suspension comprising such a clay, as well to the use of such an at least partially exfoliated clay and of a suspension comprising such an at least partially exfoliated clay. Furthermore, the present invention is also directed to a polymeric composition comprising an at least partially exfoliated clay and/or a suspension comprising an at least partially exfoliated clay.

Method for preparing an at least partially exfoliated clay

Open-cell foam having a structure of interconnected struts formed of polymeric material and defining open cells, resulting from polymerization of a continuous phase of a high internal phase water-in-oil emulsion, the struts comprising the polymeric material with clay nanoparticles at least partially captured therewithin, is disclosed. The clay nanoparticles may be present in combination with a surface modifier. Methods for making the open-cell foam are also disclosed. Absorbent articles including the open cell foam are also disclosed.

Absorbent articles including HIPE foam enhanced with clay nanoplatelets, and method of manufacture

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Bayreuth, Germany

Lina Mayr