Depth profiling of latex blends of fluorinated and fluorine‐free acrylates with laser‐induced secondary mass spectrometry

We explored phase separation and self‐assembly of perfluoroalkyl segments at the surface of polymer films obtained from latices of semifluorinated acrylate copolymers and the corresponding latex blends of nonfluorinated and semifluorinated polyacrylates. With laser‐induced secondary mass spectrometry the fluorine distribution was measured after annealing above the minimum film‐forming temperature of the polymers up to a depth of several micrometers. Depth profiles of a semifluorinated acrylate homopolymer and latex blends thereof with fluorine‐free alkylacrylates with 25, 50, and 75 mol % semifluorinated acrylate as well as a copolymer comprised of alkyl acrylate and semifluorinated acrylate (50/50 mol %) were investigated. In the case of latex blends containing both semifluorinated polyacrylates and fluorine‐free or low‐fluorine polymers, self‐assembly accounted for enrichment of the perfluoroalkyl segments at the surface. Coatings exhibiting low surface energy and having a substantially reduced total fluorine content were obtained. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 41: 360–367, 2003     

Combinatorial Characterizations of Authentication Codes II

For any authentication code for k source states and v messages having minimum possible deception probabilities (namely, % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq-Jc9% vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0-yqaqpepae9qq-f0-yqaqVeLsFr0-vr% 0-vr0db8meaabaqaciGacaGaaeqabaWaaeaaeaaakeaacaWGqbWaaS% baaSqaaiaadsgaaeqaaOWaaSbaaSqaaiaaicdaaeqaaOGaeyypa0Za% aSGbaeaacaWGRbaabaGaamODaaaaaaa!3F28!\[P_d _0 = {k \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {k v}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} v}\] and % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq-Jc9% vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0-yqaqpepae9qq-f0-yqaqVeLsFr0-vr% 0-vr0db8meaabaqaciGacaGaaeqabaWaaeaaeaaakeaacaWGqbWaaS% baaSqaaiaadsgaaeqaaOWaaSbaaSqaaiaaigdaaeqaaOGaeyypa0Ze% xLMBb50ujbqeguuDJXwAKbacfaGae8hkaGIaam4AaiabgkHiTiaaig% dacqWFPaqkcqWFVaWlcqWFOaakcqWF2bGDcqGHsislcaaIXaGae8xk% aKIae8xkaKcaaa!4CD1!\[P_d _1 = (k - 1)/(v - 1))\], we show that there must be at least v encoding rules. (This can be thought of as an authentication-code analogue of Fisher's Inequality.) We derive several properties that an extremal code must satisfy, and we characterize the extremal codes for equiprobable source states as arising from symmetric balanced incomplete block designs. We also present an infinite class of extremal codes, in which the source states are not equiprobable, derived from affine planes.Dedicated to Gus Simmons     

A new proof of the Komlós-Révész-theorem

The Komlós-Révész theorem states: For r.v.s.X _n with X _{n 1}M there exists a subsequenceX _{k n} and a r.v.X with X₁M such that

Meromorphic extensions of regular holonomic distributions

In this paper we consider distributions of the form 1/P and dy/P(x,y), whereP is a polynomial. Using results by Kashiwara and Kawai we give fairly accessible proofs that these expressions can be defined as regular holonomic distributions by utilising a meromorphic parameter. We also discuss distributions of the form /P and their direct image , when one knows that is a regular holonomic distribution. All these distributions are relevant to the study of renormalised Feynman integrals.