Dow Global Technolgoies LLC

Rohm and Haas Company

Georgia Tech Research Corporation

Dow Agrosciences LLC

Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.

Dow Silicones Corporation

Sudhakar Balijepalli

Emerentiana Sianawati

Alvin Michael Maurice

Paul Edward Doll

Laura A Grier

Holger Tank

Zenon Lysenko

Ian A Tomlinson

John Joseph Rabasco

Ray E Drumright

Mark F Sonnenschein

Arkady L Krasovskiy

Christopher John Tucker

Francois M Casati

Christopher P Christenson

Jozef Bicerano

Alan K Schrock

Felipe A Donate

Christopher W Jones

Yiyong He

Jodi M Mecca

Michael E Mills

Stephen L Wilson

Paul Foley

Andreas Sebastian Bommarius

John Anderson Roper, Iii

Hanno R Van Der Wal

Bedri Erdem

Kathleen R Manna

Zhifeng Bai

Rebecca J Wachowicz

Sarah T Eckersley

Thomas Glenn Madle

Matthew D Reichert

Lidaris San Miguel Rivera

Yanxiang Li

Dale J Aldrich

Bettina Bommarius

Adam L Grzesiak

Kumar Nanjundiah

Melinda H Keefe

Michael P Tate

Douglas R Hawkins

Claribel Acevedo Velez

Milton H Repollet-Pedrosa

Tirtha Chatterjee

Fabio Aguirre

Gregory F Meyers

Kathleen Manna

Adam Holewinski

Jenny B Werness

Michael Brasseur

Laurel A Rufe

Shubhangi Hemant Nair

Brad E Elwood

Yanziang Li

Christopher R Murdock

John M Robbins

Akihiro Nomura

Giovanni Gadda

John Anderson Roper Iii

Giovani Gadda

Bettina R Bommarius

Shubhangi H Nair

Douglas Raymond Hawkins

Brad M Elwood

Paul Doll

A liquid applied, silicone-based air and water barrier coating composition and its use as a silicone-based air and water barrier is provided. The barrier is generally vapour permeable and suitable for the construction industry. The liquid coating composition generally has a shelf-life of at least 9 months. The liquid coating composition comprises: (i) a crosslinked polysiloxane dispersion comprising (c) a surfactant and (d) water; (ii) a combination of rheology modifiers and at least one of the following ingredients: (iii) one or more fillers and/or (iv) one or more stabilizers.

Silicone-based barrier compositions

The present disclosure provides for an agrochemical emulsion with reduced spray drift that includes an emulsion pre-mix concentrate, an acrylate-based copolymer, and an aqueous based agrochemical composition. The agrochemical emulsion includes 0.05 to 5 weight percent (wt %) of the emulsion pre-mix concentrate, 0.05 to 5 wt. % of the acrylate-based copolymer and 90 to 99.9 wt. % of the aqueous based agrochemical composition. The emulsion pre-mix concentrate includes 40 to 70 wt. % of an alkylene glycol ether, 10 to 40 wt. % of a vegetable-oil, and a surfactant, where the wt. % of the surfactant is 0.5 to 2 times the wt. % of the vegetable-oil wt. %, where the wt. % values are based on the total weight of the emulsion pre-mix concentrate and the wt. % of the alkylene glycol ether, the vegetable-oil and the surfactant total 100 wt. % of the emulsion pre-mix concentrate. The acrylate-based copolymer has a weight average molecular weight of 0.5 to 1.5 million.

Rheological modifiers for spray drift control in agrochemical emulsions

A coating for conversion of formaldehyde to carbon dioxide includes an alcohol/aldehyde oxidase and a formate oxidase immobilized on a solid particulate support; and a latex binder.

Coating for aldehyde remediation and method of making

Embodiments of the present invention relate to compositions, aqueous coating compositions, and methods for improving the freeze/thaw stability of aqueous coating compositions. In one aspect, a method for improving the freeze/thaw stability of an aqueous coating composition comprising an aqueous polymeric dispersion, the method comprising adding the following compound to the aqueous coating composition: (Formula (I)) wherein n=4 to 8. 

Compositions, aqueous coating compositions, and methods for improving the freeze/thaw stability of aqueous coating compositions

The present invention provides aqueous compositions that provide improved open time, the compositions comprising (i) an aqueous polymer composition of one or more emulsion polymers, one or more aqueous dispersion polymers, or mixtures thereof, preferably, a vinyl or acrylic emulsion polymer, and (ii) from 0.1 to 5 wt. %, based on the total weight of solids in the composition, one or more polyalkoxylates having from 2 to 15 polyalkoxylate chains and an ethylene oxide (EO) content ranging from 20 to 70 wt. %, based on the total weight of polyalkoxylate solids in the composition. The compositions are useful in high solids or fast drying compositions such as coatings and non-cementitious mortars.

Aqueous compositions having polyalkoxylates for improved open time

Reactive multi-functional additives for coatings compositions

The present invention provides aqueous compositions which have low or zero volatile organic content (VOC) comprising (i) an open time additive composition of one or more phosphorus acid salts, preferably a phosphoric acid salt, and one or more polyalkoxylates having from 2 to 15 polyalkoxylate chains and an ethylene oxide (EO) content ranging from 20 to 70 wt. %, based on the total weight of polyalkoxylate solids in the composition. The (i) additive compositions may have a solids content as high as 95 wt. %. Further, the compositions may comprise (ii) one or more aqueous polymer, such as for use in coatings or non-cementitious mortars.

Aqueous compositions having polyalkoxylate salts for improved open time

A coalescent consisting essentially of a residue from a process for forming propyleneglycol phenyl ether, the coalescent consisting essentially of 65%-75% by weight, based on the weight of the residue, dipropyleneglycol phenyl ether, 8%-10% by weight, based on the weight of the coalescent, monopropyleneglycol phenyl ether, 4%-6% by weight, based on the weight of the coalescent, tripropyleneglycol phenyl ether, and 0.1%-10% by weight, based on the weight of the coalescent, alkalinity (reported as NaOH) is provided. Also provided is a method for forming certain low-VOC, low cost, coalesced aqueous polymeric dispersions including, as copolymerized units, from 70% to 100% by weight, based on the solids weight of the aqueous polymeric dispersion, vinyl acetate monomer and an aqueous coating composition including the coalesced aqueous polymeric dispersion.

Low-VOC, low cost coalescent for certain aqueous polymeric dispersions

The present invention relates to a composition comprising an aqueous dispersion of a binder and from 0.01 to 2 weight percent, based on the weight of the binder, of a defoamer characterized by the following structure: wherein R, R, x, y, m, and n are defined herein. The composition of the present invention is especially useful in reducing foam formation in a low VOC paint formulation.

Formulation with defoamer

The present invention relates to a composition comprising a stable aqueous dispersion of polymer particles and a dispersant adsorbed onto the surfaces of TiOparticles, wherein the dispersant is a water-soluble polymer functionalized with structural units of a carboxylic acid ester and tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane. The composition of the present invention is particularly useful for achieving high hiding for paints containing associative thickeners.

Coating composition with trisamine functionalized dispersant

The present invention addresses a need in the art by providing a composition comprising an aqueous dispersion of a binder and porous ion exchange resin particles that are functionalized with primary amine groups or secondary amine groups or both. The composition of the present invention provides an efficient way of removing aldehydes from or in the vicinity of a coating prepared from the composition.

Aldehyde abatement with porous amine functional resins

The present invention relates to a process comprising adding a sufficient amount of a halamine with a latex binder to achieve microbial prophylaxis, wherein the halamine is characterized by the following formula: wherein Xis H, Br, or Cl; Xis Br or Cl; and Ris H or a Calkyl group or mixtures thereof. The present invention also relates to a composition comprising the halamine and a latex binder. The present invention provides a quick kill shelf stable preservative for latex binders and for formulations that use such binders.

Hindered primary chlorinated amine in a latex formulation

A synergistic antimicrobial composition containing a glyphosate compound and thiabendazole is provided. Also provided is a method of inhibiting the growth of or controlling the growth of microorganisms in a building material by adding such a synergistic antimicrobial composition. Also provided is a coating composition containing such a synergistic antimicrobial composition, and a dry film made from such a coating composition.

Synergistic combination of a glyphosate compound and TBZ

A synergistic antimicrobial composition containing a glyphosate compound and zinc pyrithione is provided. Also provided is a method of inhibiting the growth of or controlling the growth of microorganisms in a building material by adding such a synergistic antimicrobial composition. Also provided is a coating composition containing such a synergistic antimicrobial composition, and a dry film made from such a coating composition.

Synergistic combination of a glyphosate compound and ZPT

The instant invention is a coating system, a coating composition, a coating layer, a coated substrate, a method for producing a coating composition, a method for forming a coating layer, a method for making a coated substrate, and a method for healing a coated substrate. The coating system according to the present invention comprises (a) one or more natural oil derived polyols having an average of 3 or more hydroxyl groups per molecule, a number average molecular weight in the range of 300 to 3000 Daltons, a Tin the range of from less than 0&#xb0; C.; and (b) one or more polyisocyanates.

Coating composition

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Sudhakar Balijepalli