Provided herein are color protectant compositions for dyed human hair, and methods for determining the same.

A process for preparing a polymeric membrane for materials used in crop production comprising: a) providing an aqueous dispersion of a polyurethane or polyurethane-urea elastomer comprising segments formed from the copolymer segment of Formula I

A.sup.1-[Y.sup.1].sub.n-L-[Y.sup.2].sub.q-A.sup.2 Formula I

wherein A.sup.1 is an end capping group; A.sup.2 is hydrogen or an end capping group; each [Y.sup.1].sub.n and [Y.sup.2].sub.q is independently selected from a polyether macrodiol, polycarbonate macrodiol, polyester macrodiol, and wherein at least one of [Y.sup.1].sub.n and [Y.sup.2].sub.q is a polyester macrodiol; L is a divalent linking compound independently selected from urethane, urea, carbonate, ester, and phosphonate; n is an integer of 2 to 50; q is an integer of 2 to 50; and b) spraying the aqueous dispersion onto materials to be used in crop production to form a polymeric membrane on the materials.

Disclosed herein are processes for producing polyurethanes including mixing (a) polyisocyanate, (b) polymeric compounds having isocyanate-reactive groups, (c) optionally catalysts, (d) polymeric amines of general formula H.sub.2NW-NR-[W-NR].sub.l-[Q-NR].sub.m-[SNR].sub.n-W-NH.sub.2 and optionally (e) blowing agents, (f) chain extenders and/or crosslinking agents and (g) auxiliaries and/or additives to form a reaction mixture and reacting the reaction mixture to afford the polyurethane where the polydispersity of the polymeric amines (d) is at least 1.2. Further disclosed herein are a polyurethane produced by the process, a method of using such a polyurethane in enclosed spaces and a composition including (b) polymeric compounds having isocyanate-reactive groups, (c) catalysts and (d) polymeric amines of general formula H.sub.2NW-NR-[W-NR].sub.l-[Q-NR].sub.m-[SNR].sub.n-W-NH.sub.2 and blowing agents including water, where the polydispersity of the polymeric amines (d) is at least 1.2.

Disclosed herein are processes for producing polyurethanes including mixing (a) polyisocyanate, (b) polymeric compounds having isocyanate-reactive groups, (c) optionally catalysts, (d) polymeric amines of general formula H.sub.2NW-NR-[W-NR].sub.l-[Q-NR].sub.m-[SNR].sub.n-W-NH.sub.2 and optionally (e) blowing agents, (f) chain extenders and/or crosslinking agents and (g) auxiliaries and/or additives to form a reaction mixture and reacting the reaction mixture to afford the polyurethane where the polydispersity of the polymeric amines (d) is at least 1.2. Further disclosed herein are a polyurethane produced by the process, a method of using such a polyurethane in enclosed spaces and a composition including (b) polymeric compounds having isocyanate-reactive groups, (c) catalysts and (d) polymeric amines of general formula H.sub.2NW-NR-[W-NR].sub.l-[Q-NR].sub.m-[SNR].sub.n-W-NH.sub.2 and blowing agents including water, where the polydispersity of the polymeric amines (d) is at least 1.2.

The present invention relates to a composition comprising: an NCO component comprising: A) at least one polyurethane comprising at least two NCO end groups obtained by polyaddition reaction: of a composition comprising at least one diisocyanate, of a composition comprising at least one polyol, B) at least one polyisocyanate comprising at least three isocyanate NCO functions, selected from the group consisting of biurets, of isocyanurates, of adducts of diisocyanates and triols, and of mixtures thereof; an OH component comprising: at least two polyols P1 having a number-average molecular weight of strictly less than 500 g/mol and at least one polyol P2 having a number-average molecular weight of strictly greater than 1000 g/mol, said composition comprising at least one rheology agent.

Provided herein are surface treating compositions for imparting beneficial surface properties to substrates. The compositions can be prepared by reacting a bio-based polyol with an isocyanate and an ionogenic molecule. The compositions can be used to treat a variety of substrates to provide enhanced properties to a surface of the substrate. Also provided are methods for the chemical modification of triglycerides and fatty acids and use thereof in creating beneficial surface treating compositions.

Provided herein are long lasting hair compositions, color enhancers, and markers for selecting the same.

The present invention relates to shape memory polymers and waterborne coating materials and, more particularly, to waterborne shape memory polymer coatings.

A polyurethane elastomer memory foam composition includes an organic diisocyanate, a chain extender, a crosslinker, a plasticizer, a surfactant, a foaming agent, and a polyester resin, the polyester resin being a random copolymer having randomly distributed subunits of formula 1: ##STR00001##
where: R is ethylene, octylene, or decylene; a is from about 1 to about 99 mole % of the polyester resin; b is from about 1 to about 99 mole % of the polyester resin; c is from 0 to about 10 mole % of the polyester resin; and a+b+c=100 mole % of the polyester resin.

Compositions and/or structures of degradable shape memory polymers (SMPs) ranging in form from neat/unfoamed to ultra low density materials of down to 0.005 g/cc density. These materials show controllable degradation rate, actuation temperature and breadth of transitions along with high modulus and excellent shape memory behavior. A method of m ly low density foams (up to 0.005 g/cc) via use of combined chemical and physical aking extreme blowing agents, where the physical blowing agents may be a single compound or mixtures of two or more compounds, and other related methods, including of using multiple co-blowing agents of successively higher boiling points in order to achieve a large range of densities for a fixed net chemical composition. Methods of optimization of the physical properties of the foams such as porosity, cell size and distribution, cell openness etc. of these materials, to further expand their uses and improve their performance.