Creping adhesives can include one or more crosslinked resins having the chemical formula (O), (P), or (Q), where R.sup.X can be a crosslinking moiety, each R.sup.Y can independently be a substituted or unsubstituted organic diyl moiety, and each A.sup.? can independently be an anion. The creping adhesive can have a cylinder probe adhesion of about 100 gram-force to about 300 gram-force. The creping adhesive can have a peel adhesion of about 20 g/cm to about 110 g/cm.

Described herein is a composition including copper ions, an acid, and at least one polyaminoamide including, a group of formula L1
[A-B-A-Z].sub.n[YZ].sub.m(L1)
where
B is a diacid fragment of formula L2 ##STR00001##
A, A are amine fragments independently selected from the group consisting of formula L3a ##STR00002## and formula L3b ##STR00003##
Y is a co-monomer fragment;
Z is a coupling fragment of formula L4 ##STR00004##
n is an integer of from 1 to 400; and
m is 0 or an integer of from 1 to 400.

Reaction products of primary and secondary diamines and bisanhydrides are included as additives in metal electroplating baths. The metal electroplating baths have good throwing power and deposit metal layers having substantially planar surfaces. The metal plating baths may be used to deposit metal on substrates with surface features such as through-holes and vias.

The hydration of clays and shale in drilling operations may be inhibited by employing an aqueous based drilling fluid comprising a shale hydration inhibition agent comprising a polyaminopolyamide-epichlorohydrin resin, preferably the polyamino polyamide-epichlorohydrin resin is a reaction product of an aliphatic polyamine, an aliphatic polycarboxylic acid, and epichlorohydrin. The shale hydration inhibition agent should be present in the aqueous based drilling fluid in sufficient concentration to reduce the reactivity, such as swelling, of clays and shale when exposed to water-based drilling fluids.

A number of cationic antimicrobial polymers have been synthesized by a condensation polymerization in bulk. The initial polymer formed has backbone tertiary nitrogens, which are subsequently quaternized using a suitable quaternizing agent (e.g., alkyl halide). The cationic polymers include polyamides, polycarbonates, polypolyureas and polyguanidiniums having a cationic repeat unit comprising the quaternary ammonium nitrogen as a backbone nitrogen. The cationic polymers can be active against Gram-negative, Gram-positive microbes, and/or fungi.

The invention relates to a method for dissolving cationic starch. In the method is obtained an aqueous polyelectrolyte solution comprising a synthetic cationic polymer, which has a charge density value of at least 0.1 meq/g, determined at pH3, the concentration of the cationic polymer in the polyelectrolyte solution being >2.5 weight-%, and the aqueous polyelectrolyte solution is brought together with cationic starch having a degree of substitution, DS, >0.1. The cationic starch is dissolved to the polyelectrolyte solution by heating and/or mixing. The invention relates also to a papermaking agent comprising 2-40 weight-% of synthetic cationic polymer which has a charge density value of at least 0.1 meq/g, determined at p H 3, and 2.5-25 weight-% cationic starch having degree of substitution, DS, >0.1. The papermaking agent is in slurry form and has a viscosity of 50-20 000 m Pas, measured at 25 C. with Brookfield DVI+ viscometer.

A number of cationic antimicrobial polymers have been synthesized by a condensation polymerization in bulk. The initial polymer formed has backbone tertiary nitrogens, which are subsequently quaternized using a suitable quaternizing agent (e.g., alkyl halide). The cationic polymers include polyamides, polycarbonates, polypolyureas and polyguanidiniums having a cationic repeat unit comprising the quaternary ammonium nitrogen as a backbone nitrogen. The cationic polymers can be active against Gram-negative, Gram-positive microbes, and/or fungi.

The invention relates to a hair care composition comprising at least one cationic film forming polymer selected from the group of Polyquaternium and at least one quaternized hyperbranched polymer having end-groups of formula (I) characterized in that said quaternized hyperbranched polymer is obtainable by preparation of a hyperbranched polymer having dimethylamino end groups by condensation of 2-dodecen-1-ylsuccinic anhydride, diisopropanolamine and N,N-bis[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]amine followed by quaternization of the dimethylamino end-groups to end groups of formula (I). ##STR00001##

The present application relates to fibers having a diameter of 1 nm to 10,000 nm, of one or more biocompatible polymers, wherein the polymers have a backbone which includes a positively charged component from a zwitterionic moiety. Additionally, this application discloses an implantable therapeutic delivery system and its method of formation, comprising a housing defining a chamber, wherein said housing is porous and formed from the fibers. Inside of the housing includes a preparation of cells which release a therapeutic agent from the chamber. The implantable therapeutic delivery system can be used in the treatment of diabetes.