The present invention relates to the novel method for the preparation of a polymer of (meth)acrylic acid in aqueous solution, said polymer having a molecular mass of less than 6,500 g/mol, as measured by SEC, using a compound of copper carbonate type or one of its derivatives and a compound of formula (I):

##STR00001## according to which: X represents Na, K or H and R represents an alkyl chain comprising from 1 to 5 carbon atoms.

The present invention relates to the novel method for the preparation of a polymer of (meth)acrylic acid in aqueous solution, said polymer having a molecular mass of less than 6,500 g/mol, as measured by SEC, using a compound of copper carbonate type or one of its derivatives and a compound of formula (I):

##STR00001## according to which: X represents Na, K or H and R represents an alkyl chain comprising from 1 to 5 carbon atoms.

A process of producing methacrylic acid and/or derivatives thereof including the following steps: (a) biologically converting isobutyryl-CoA into methacrylyl-CoA by the action of an oxidase; and (b) converting methacrylyl-CoA into methacrylic acid and/or derivatives thereof. The invention also extends to microorganisms adapted to conduct the steps of the process.

A process of producing methacrylic acid and/or derivatives thereof including the following steps: (a) biologically converting isobutyryl-CoA into methacrylyl-CoA by the action of an oxidase; and (b) converting methacrylyl-CoA into methacrylic acid and/or derivatives thereof. The invention also extends to microorganisms adapted to conduct the steps of the process.

A pressure-sensitive adhesive for bonding printing plates comprises one or more poly(meth)acrylates in a combined mass fraction of 50% or more and preparable by polymerization of a monomer composition comprising, based on the mass of the monomer composition: i) one or more first monomers selected from acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, dimethylacrylamide, hydroxybutyl acrylate, hydroxypropyl acrylate and hydroxyethyl acrylate in a combined mass fraction in the range from 10%-20%, and ii) one or more second monomers selected from (meth)acrylic esters of the formula (I), CH.sub.2═CR.sup.1—C(O)O—CHR.sup.2R.sup.3 (I), where R.sup.1 is hydrogen or methyl, where either i) R.sup.2 is hydrogen and R.sup.3 is a branched alkyl group having 16-20 carbon atoms, or ii) R.sup.2 is a linear or branched alkyl group having 3-10 carbon atoms and R.sup.3 a linear or branched alkyl group having 6-10 carbon atoms, in a combined mass fraction in the range from 20%-90%.

A pressure-sensitive adhesive for bonding printing plates comprises one or more poly(meth)acrylates in a combined mass fraction of 50% or more and preparable by polymerization of a monomer composition comprising, based on the mass of the monomer composition: i) one or more first monomers selected from acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, dimethylacrylamide, hydroxybutyl acrylate, hydroxypropyl acrylate and hydroxyethyl acrylate in a combined mass fraction in the range from 10%-20%, and ii) one or more second monomers selected from (meth)acrylic esters of the formula (I), CH.sub.2═CR.sup.1—C(O)O—CHR.sup.2R.sup.3 (I), where R.sup.1 is hydrogen or methyl, where either i) R.sup.2 is hydrogen and R.sup.3 is a branched alkyl group having 16-20 carbon atoms, or ii) R.sup.2 is a linear or branched alkyl group having 3-10 carbon atoms and R.sup.3 a linear or branched alkyl group having 6-10 carbon atoms, in a combined mass fraction in the range from 20%-90%.

Provided are a solid electrolyte composition including an inorganic solid electrolyte, binder particles, and a dispersion medium, in which the inorganic solid electrolyte has a conductivity of ions of metals belonging to Group I or II of the periodic table and includes a sulfur atom, and the binder particles are constituted of a polymer having a macromonomer having a mass average molecular weight of 1,000 or more combined therewith as a side chain component and having at least one group from a group of functional groups (b) below, an electrode sheet for a battery and an all solid state secondary battery which are produced using the solid electrolyte composition, a method for manufacturing an electrode sheet for a battery, and a method for manufacturing an all solid state secondary battery. group of functional groups (b) a carboxyl group, a sulfonic acid group, a phosphoric acid group, and a phosphonic acid group.

A method and structure for a radio frequency identification (RFID) sensor that may be used to monitor various environmental conditions. The environmental condition measured depends on a sensor material used in the RFID sensor. The sensor material is selected based on a flux in electrical conductivity relative to its saturation of the environmental condition being monitored. The sensor material is placed between adjacent electrically conductive structures of the RFID sensor. Upon a change in the environmental condition being measure, the electrical conductivity of the sensor material changes, thereby increasing or decreasing an amplitude of a response by the RFID sensor to an interrogation by an RFID reader.

A method and structure for a radio frequency identification (RFID) sensor that may be used to monitor various environmental conditions. The environmental condition measured depends on a sensor material used in the RFID sensor. The sensor material is selected based on a flux in electrical conductivity relative to its saturation of the environmental condition being monitored. The sensor material is placed between adjacent electrically conductive structures of the RFID sensor. Upon a change in the environmental condition being measure, the electrical conductivity of the sensor material changes, thereby increasing or decreasing an amplitude of a response by the RFID sensor to an interrogation by an RFID reader.

The invention relates to an aqueous coating composition, comprising: a) an aqueous polymer dispersion with said polymer containing monomeric units of at least one dicarboxylic acid monomer, bearing two carboxylic acid functional groups and said polymer remaining insoluble in water after neutralization and remaining in the form of dispersed polymeric particles having a mean particle size varying from 10 to 1000 nm, b) a crosslinker selected from aminoacids bearing at least two amino functional groups capable of reacting with said carboxylic functional groups. It also relates to its use in the treatment of flexible fibrous substrates, a method for and the coated or treated fibrous substrate.