Dsm Fine Chemicals Austria Nfg Gmbh & Co. Kg

Imertech Sas

Imerys Talc America, Inc.

Michael Schmidt

Irma Wirth

Herfried Griengl

Edward J McCarthy

Christian Werenka

Caroline Abler

Saied Kochesfahani

Maziyar Bolourchi

Gilles Meli

Michele Laperna Wong

Gerald Kirchner

Edward F Mccarthy

Parashar Dave

Anna Borchert

There is disclosed a polymer-based foam composition comprising a polymer and up to 20 M.-% particles of one or more inorganic particulate materials, based on the total weight of the composition, wherein the one or more inorganic particulate materials comprise less than 20 wt.-% Al, calculated as AlO-content. According to one aspect, the one or more inorganic particulate materials comprise phyllosilicates. Also part of the present invention is the use of such polymer-based foam compositions and their method of production.

Polymer-based foam compositions comprising inorganic particulate fillers

A reinforced resin composition may include a polycarbonate, a functionalizing agent, and an inorganic filler that has been functionalized with the functionalizing agent, the functionalized inorganic filler being present in an amount ranging from 1 to 25 percent by weight of the resin composition. The reinforced resin may exhibit a melt flow index of 25 or less, when measured at a load of 1.2 kg, after allowing the resin to remain at a temperature of 300&#xb0; C. for 10 minutes. A method of reducing thermal degradation of a reinforced polycarbonate material may include introducing into said polycarbonate material at least one inorganic filler functionalized with a functionalizing agent, such that the reinforced resin exhibits a melt flow index of 25 or less, when measured at a load of 1.2 kg, after allowing the resin to remain at a temperature of 300&#xb0; C. for 10 minutes.

Engineering minerals for use as polycarbonate fillers, and methods of using the same to reinforce polycarbonates

An enantioselective process for the preparation of the (S)-enantiomer of an optically active cyanohydrin by reaction of an aldehyde or of a ketone with a cyanide group donor, in which the aldehyde or the ketone is reacted with a cyanide group donor in an organic diluent in the presence of a recombinant (S)-hydroxynitrile lyase from and the (S)-cyanohydrin formed is isolated from the reaction mixture.

Enzymatic processes for preparing (S)-cyanohydrins

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