Hyperbranched Polyesteramide Shampoo for Hair Volume and Styling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional volumizing shampoos fail to provide real volume benefits and styling attributes while often leaving hair stiff or excessively sticky, lacking in wet-conditioning properties.
Innovation Solution
Aqueous compositions combining an anionic surfactant with a hyperbranched polyesteramide having at least one quaternized amine end-group, which are used in shampoo preparations to enhance hair volume, styling attributes, and wet-combability without weighing the hair down.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If conventional volumizing shampoos are used to increase hair volume, then hair volume is improved, but hair becomes stiff and excessively sticky with poor wet-conditioning properties
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the molecular parameters of the conditioning agent by using hyperbranched polyesteramides with specific quaternized amine end-groups instead of conventional linear polymers. This structural parameter change allows the agent to provide volume without the harmful stiffness and stickiness associated with conventional products
Solution Approach 2:
The invention creates a composite effect by combining the hyperbranched polyesteramide polymer structure with quaternized amine functional groups. This composite material approach allows simultaneous achievement of volume enhancement and desirable conditioning properties without the negative effects of conventional single-material solutions
2Volume of moving object
If conventional volumizing shampoos are used to increase hair volume, then hair volume is improved, but styling attributes are not provided
Solution Approach 1:
The hyperbranched polyesteramide with quaternized amine end-groups serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides volume enhancement, delivers styling attributes, and maintains wet-conditioning properties. This multi-functional approach resolves the contradiction by making a single agent capable of performing multiple roles that conventional single-function products cannot achieve
3Volume of moving object
If effective ingredients are added to volumizing shampoos to provide volume benefits, then volume is increased, but the ingredients are too heavy and weigh hair down
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the molecular weight and structural parameters of the conditioning agent. The hyperbranched polyesteramide provides volumizing benefits through its three-dimensional structure and interaction with hair, rather than through high molecular weight alone, thus avoiding the hair-weighting effect of conventional heavy ingredients
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The compositions effectively increase hair volume, improve styling attributes, and enhance wet-combability while maintaining a healthy, non-sticky texture.
Implementation Method 1
aqueous compositions comprising an anionic surfactant and ahyperbranched polyesteramide having at least one quaternized amine end-group
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AI summary
The invention relates to aqueous compositions comprising an anionic surfactant and a hyperbranched polyesteramide having at least one quaternized amine endgroup. The compositions, in particular in the form of shampoo preparations are suited for increasing the volume of hair treated therewith. Furthermore, such compositions provide styling attributes and increase the wet-combability of hair.