Patent ID: 8148459

Claim:
A method for forming a dispersion of a hydrophobic material in water or a dispersion of an organophobic material in an organic solvent, the method comprising contacting said material with at least one metal organosilicate polymer having the following formula I: R 8 Si 8+x M 6 O 16 (OH) y Formula I: in which: each R is, independently of the others, a group selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted benzyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted vinyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted polyaromatic group and a substituted or unsubstituted allyl group, −0.2≦x≦2.8, y≧4, in formula I, M is chosen from the group consisting of calcium, magnesium, zinc and strontium and mixtures of two or more thereof, and the Si/M molar ratio is between 1.8 and 1.3 inclusive.