Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology offer
- POD Reference
- TODE20250224010
- Term of Validity
- 24 February 2025 - 24 February 2026
- Company's Country
- Germany
- Type of partnership
- Investment agreement
- Research and development cooperation agreement
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- Scientists at a German university have developed a revolutionary hair care formulation: Lignin particles provide UV protection, condition the hair, absorb excess sebum and enable reversible color changes - sustainable and versatile.Added value: Protects, conditions and temporarily colors the hair, combined with environmentally friendly clean beauty technology for everyday and professional applications. The university offers a license and/or a technology agreement.
- Full Description
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Scientists at a German university have invented an innovative new cometic technology. A new hair conditioning formula uses lignin particles as a central component to produce a synergistic effect including sun protection boosting, conditioning effect, and temporary coloration. Lignin, a naturally occurring biopolymer, has structural properties that make it antioxidative, antimicrobial, and highly effective in enhancing absorption of UV radiation and excess sebum.
Essential formula characteristics:
Photoprotective effect: Lignin particles enhance the effect of UV filters, reducing UV-induced damage to hair structure.
Conditioning function: The formula enhances hair structure, producing a shine and a mechanical load to hair fibers less than that from hair chalk or hair mascara.
Temporary color modification: The combination of lignin particles and suitable dye pigments allows reversible color changes.
Sebum absorption: Lignin particles function as absorbing components for excess lipids, giving hair a clean, fresh appearance.
The application can be flexibly designed, taking the form of powder, emulsion, or spray, for instance, for various applications.
The university offers interested companies the opportunity to license and refine this technology. The technology can also be researched as part of a project in which interested companies can participate. This technology profile is of particular interest to companies in the cosmetic or hairdressing supply industry. - Advantages and Innovations
- An essential advantage of this technology is that it provides a much more pleasant hair feeling than that of conventional hair chalk and hair mascara. The formula ensures a smooth, natural texture. It is also very well suited to temporary root dying, making it a practical solution for quick dying corrections. This also opens up a variety of possible hair styling uses: The formula could be used as a test application for a new hair color preliminary to permanent coloration, for instance.
- Stage of Development
- Lab tested
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
- IPR status
- IPR applied but not yet granted
- IPR notes
- The invention has been registered with the German Patent and Trade Mark Office, and other subsequent international applications can be made in the priority year.
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
- The university offers interested companies the opportunity to license and refine this technology. The technology can also be researched as part of a project in which interested companies can participate. This technology profile is of particular interest to companies in the cosmetic or hairdressing supply industry.
- Type and Size of Partner
- Big company
- SME 50 - 249
- SME 11-49
- SME <=10
- Other
- Type of partnership
- Investment agreement
- Research and development cooperation agreement
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 05001004 - Organic Chemistry
- Market keywords
- 07004002 - Health and beauty aids
- Targeted countries
- All countries
