USE OF HYPERBRANCHED POLYMERS COMPRISING URETHANE AND/OR UREA GROUPS FOR MODIFYING SURFACES

• Main Authors: BRUCHMANN, BERND, MEFFERT, HELMUT
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 06.05.2004
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; CHEMISTRY; COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES ORLACQUERS; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; CORRECTING FLUIDS; DYES; FILLING PASTES; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; INKS; LAUNDERING; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONSONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PAINTS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; POLISHES; TEXTILES; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS,FABRICS, FEATHERS, OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR; WOODSTAINS; WORKING-UP

The invention relates to substrates comprising a suitable amount of a hyperbranched polymer on the surface thereof for modifying the properties of the surface. Said polymer comprises urethane and/or urea groups. The inventi on also relates to a method for modifying the properties of the surface of substrates.