Basf Se Corporation

Georgia Tech Research Corporation

Basf Aktiengesellschaft

Sven Holger Behrens

Marc Rudolf Jung

Simon Nord

Hans-Peter Hentze

Simon Champ

Hans-Peter Kaub

Ulrike Geissler

Yi Zhang

Laurens Victor Breedveld

Heidrun Debus

Yaqian Liu

James Carson Meredith, Iii

Michael A Filler

Jie Wu

Günter Kern

Methods of making various capillary foams are provided. The foams can include liquid foams having a plurality of particles connected by a network of a secondary fluid at the interface between the discontinuous and continuous phase. The foams can also include solid foams where the continuous phases (bulk fluid) is removed to produce the solid foam having high overall porosities and low densities. Densities as low as 0.3 g cmand porosities as high as 95% or higher can be achieved. The secondary fluid can be polymerized to further strengthen the solid foam. Methods and devices are also provided for oil recovery from water using a capillary foam. The methods can include forming a capillary foam wherein the oil is the secondary fluid, and wherein the foam can transport the oil to the surface of the water.

Capillary foams, methods of making thereof, and uses thereof including for mitigation of oil spills

A method for forming nanostructures including introducing a hollow shell into a reactor. The hollow shell has catalyst nanoparticles exposed on its interior surface. The method also includes introducing a precursor into the reactor to grow nanostructures from the interior surface of the hollow shell from the catalyst nanoparticles.

Methods for the continuous, large-scale manufacture of functional nanostructures

Aqueous dispersions of polymers which obtained by free radical suspension polymerization or free radical miniemulsion polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers in an oil-in-water emulsion whose disperse phase comprises at least one fluorescent dye dissolved in at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer and has an average particle diameter of at least 1 &#x3bc;m, in the presence of at least one surface-active compound and at least 0.5% by weight, based on the monomers, of at least one hydrophobic, nonpolymerizable, organic compound, of a hydrophobic polymer of at least one C2- to C&#x2dc;-olefin having a molar mass Mw of up to 10000, of a siloxane having a molar mass Mw of up to 5000 and/or polystyrene having a molar mass Mw of up to 10000, and of the powders obtainable from these polymer dispersions in each case by drying and comprising at least one fluorescent dye for marking of materials.

Aqueous dispersions of polymers which comprise a fluorescent dye, process for their production and their use for marking materials

Aqueous dispersions of polymers which obtained by free radical suspension polymerization or free radical miniemulsion polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers in an oil-in-water emulsion whose disperse phase comprises at least one fluorescent dye dissolved in at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer and has an average particle diameter of at least 1&#x3bc;m, in the presence of at least one surface-active compound and at least 0.5% by weight, based on the monomers, of at least one hydrophobic, nonpolymerizable, organic compound, of a hydrophobic polymer of at least one C- to C-olefin having a molar mass Mof up to 10000, of a siloxane having a molar mass Mof up to 5000 and/or polystyrene having a molar mass Mof up to 10000, and of the powders obtainable from these polymer dispersions in each case by drying and comprising at least one fluorescent dye for marking of materials.

A composition for polishing surfaces comprises the following components:

Composition for polishing surfaces of silicon dioxide

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Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Sven Holger Behrens