Synthesis of POSS‐Functionalized Polyisobutylene via Direct Initiation

POSS‐functionalized polyisobutylenes (PIBs) were synthesized by carbocationic polymerization using an epoxy‐POSS/TiCl₄ initiating system in hexane/methyl chloride (60:40 v/v) solvent mixture at −80 °C. ¹H NMR spectroscopy verified the incorporation of one epoxy‐POSS per polymer chain. Light scattering and TEM analysis demonstrated the formation of 50–100 nm sized aggregates and micron‐sized clusters.

     

Weak amenability of weighted Orlicz algebras

Let G be a locally compact abelian group, \(\omega :G\rightarrow (0,\infty )\) be a weight, and (\(\Phi ,\Psi \)) be a complementary pair of strictly increasing continuous Young functions. We show that for the weighted Orlicz algebra \(L^\Phi _\omega (G)\), the weak amenability is obtained under conditions similar to the ones considered in Zhang (Proc Amer Math Soc 142:1649–1661, 2014) for weighted group algebras. Our methods can be applied to various families of weighted Orlicz algebras, including weighted \(L^p\)-spaces.     

Microstructural and superconducting properties of C6H6 added bulk MgB2 superconductor

The effect of aromatic hydrocarbon (benzene, C₆H₆) addition on lattice parameters, microstructure, critical temperature (T_c), critical current density (J_c) of bulk MgB₂ has been studied. In this work only 2 mol% C₆H₆ addition was found to be very effective in increasing the J_c values, while resulting in slight reduction of the T_c. J_c values of 2 mol% C₆H₆ added MgB₂ bulks reached to 1.83×10⁶ A/cm² at 15 K and 0 T. Microstructural analyses suggest that J_c enhancement is associated with the substitution of carbon with boron and which also results in the smaller MgB₂ grain size. The change in the lattice parameters or the lattice disorder is claimed as a cause of the slight reduction in the T_c by carbon addition. We note that our results show the advantages of C₆H₆ addition include homogeneous mixing of precursor powders, avoidance of expansive nanoadditives, production of highly reactive C, and significant enhancement in J_c of MgB₂, compared to un-doped samples.     

Crystal Structure and Conformational Analysis of 4-[(<Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-Dimethylamino)Benzylidene]-2-Phenyloxazole-5-One

Abstract  

Molecular and crystal structure of 4-[(p-N,N-dimethylamino)benzylidene]-2-phenyloxazol-5-one, C₁₈H₁₆N₂O₂, have been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction study. The title compound is monoclinic, with a = 12.1704(23) ?, b = 3.9810(5) ?, c = 30.9603(56) ?, β = 101.176(15)°, Z = 4, D _x = 1.32 g/cm³, μ(Mo Kα) = 0.087 mm⁻¹, and space group is P12₁/c1. The structure was solved by direct methods and refined to a final R = 0.047 for 3166 reflections with I > 2σ(I). The crystal structure is stabilized by C–H⋯O and C–H⋯N type intra-molecular, C–H⋯O type inter-molecular interactions. To enlighten the flexibility and the geometric isomerism (E or Z) of the title compound, the selected torsion angle is varied from −180 to 180° in every 10° separately and molecular energy profile is calculated and analyzed.     

Spiro,ansa-derivatives of cyclotetraphosphazenes with a tetrafluorobutane-1,4-diol

The reaction of the octachlorocyclotetraphosphazene, N₄P₄Cl₈ (1), in three stoichiometries (1:1, 1:2 and 1:3) with the sodium derivative of the fluorinated diol, 2,2,3,3-tetrafluorobutane-1,4-diol (2), in THF solution at room temperature produced seven products, whose structures have been characterized by elemental analysis, mass spectrometry, ¹H, ¹⁹F, ³¹P NMR spectroscopy and by X-ray crystallography, where suitable single crystals were obtained: the mono-spiro compound, N₄P₄Cl₆(OCH₂CF₂CF₂CH₂O) (3), its ansa isomer (4), cis- and trans-bis-spiro derivatives N₄P₄Cl₄(OCH₂CF₂CF₂CH₂O)₂ (5 and 6), tris-spiro compound N₄P₄Cl₂(OCH₂CF₂CF₂CH₂O)₃ (7), its mono-spiro-bis-ansa isomer (8) and tetrakis-spiro compound N₄P₄(OCH₂CF₂CF₂CH₂O)₄, (9). X-ray crystallographic studies confirmed that the structure of the mono-spiro-bis-ansa isomer (8) has been reported as a first example in the literature. The results of all reactions were compared with previous work on the reaction of hexachlorocyclotriphosphazene, N₃P₃Cl₆ with the sodium derivative of the diol (2), in a 1:1.2 mole ratio in the in the same solvent, THF, and with the reaction of octafluorocyclotetraphosphazene, N₄P₄F₈, with the silyl derivative of the diol (2), (Me₃SiOCH₂CF₂)₂, in a 1:0.4 mole ratio in THF.     

Emission-based optical carbon dioxide sensing with HPTS in green chemistry reagents: room-temperature ionic liquids

We describe the characterization of a new optical CO₂ sensor based on the change in the fluorescence signal intensity of 8-hydroxypyrene-1,3,6-trisulfonic acid trisodium salt (HPTS) in green chemistry reagents—room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs). As far as we are aware, this is the first time RTILs, 1-methyl-3-butylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (RTIL-I) and 1-methyl-3-butylimidazolium bromide (RTIL-II), have been used as matrix materials with HPTS in an optical CO₂ sensor. It should be noted that the solubility of CO₂ in water-miscible ionic liquids is approximately 10 to 20 times that in conventional solvents, polymer matrices, or water. The response of the sensor to gaseous and dissolved CO₂ has been evaluated. The luminescence intensity of HPTS at 519 and 521 nm decreased with the increasing concentrations of CO₂ by 90 and 75% in RTIL-I and RTIL-II, respectively. The response times of the sensing reagents were in the range 1–2 min for switching from nitrogen to CO₂, and 7–10 min for switching from CO₂ to nitrogen. The signal changes were fully reversible and no significant hysteresis was observed during the measurements. The stability of HPTS in RTILs was excellent and when stored in the ambient air of the laboratory there was no significant drift in signal intensity after 7 months. Our stability tests are still in progress.      

On weakly clean rings

A ring is called clean if every element is a sum of a unit and an idempotent, while a ring is said to be weakly clean if every element is either a sum or a difference of a unit and an idempotent. Commutative weakly clean rings were first discussed by Anderson and Camillo [2 Anderson, D. D., Camillo, V. P. (2002). Commutative rings whose elements are a sum of a unit and idempotent. Commun. Algebra 30(7):3327–3336.[Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]] and were extensively investigated by Ahn and Anderson [1 Ahn, M.-S., Anderson, D. D. (2006). Weakly clean rings and almost clean rings. Rocky Mountain J. Math. 36:783–798.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]], motivated by the work on clean rings. In this paper, weakly clean rings are further discussed with an emphasis on their relations with clean rings. This work shows new interesting connections between weakly clean rings and clean rings.     

On rings with associated elements

A principal right ideal of a ring is called uniquely generated if any two elements of the ring that generate the same principal right ideal must be right associated (i.e., if for all a,b in a ring R, aR = bR implies a = bu for some unit u of R). In the present paper, we study “uniquely generated modules” as a module theoretic version of “uniquely generated ideals,” and we obtain a characterization of a unit-regular endomorphism ring of a module in terms of certain uniquely generated submodules of the module among some other results: End(M) is unit-regular if and only if End(M) is regular and all M-cyclic submodules of a right R-module M are uniquely generated. We also consider the questions of when an arbitrary element of a ring is associated to an element with a certain property. For example, we consider this question for the ring R[x;σ]∕(xⁿ⁺¹), where R is a strongly regular ring with an endomorphism σ be an endomorphism of R.     

Biosorption of uranium (VI) and thorium (IV) onto Ulva gigantea (K��tzing) bliding: discussion of adsorption isotherms, kinetics and thermodynamic

Ulva gigantea (Kützing) bliding (UGB) obtained from sea inlet of Izmir-Turkey has been studied as a biosorbent for removal of radioactive metals from water. In this study, unmodified UGB and modified UGB with glutaraldehyde (GUGB) characterized by FTIR spectroscopy were used as biosorbents for removal of U(VI) and Th(IV) ions from aqueous solution. Adsorption experiments performed under batch process with initial pH, contact time, adsorbent mass and temperature as variables. In order to determine the adsorption characteristics, Langmuir, Freundlich and Dubinin-Raduschkevich adsorption isotherms were applied to the adsorption data. Adsorption experiments showed that the adsorption isotherms correlated well with the Freundlich model. The sorption followed pseudo-second-order kinetics. The thermodynamic parameters such as variations of ??H°, ??G° and ??S° were estimated as a function of temperature. The thermodynamics of the adsorption of U(VI) and Th(IV) onto UGB and GUGB indicates that the spontaneous and exothermic nature of the process. The results showed that UGB and GUGB were potential for application in removal of U(VI) and Th(IV) from aqueous solution.