Influence of the composition of the polymer matrix on the electrooptical properties of films with a dispersed liquid crystal

Polymer films with a dispersed liquid crystal were prepared by photopolymerization of (meth)acrylic monomers. The electrooptical properties of these films were studied. The influence exerted by the composition of the monomer mixture, cross-linking agents, and chain-transfer agent on the liquid crystal drop size and on the transmission of the polymer-liquid crystal films was examined.     

Mechanism of the Reaction of Xenon Tetraoxide with Hydrogen: A Photochemical Reaction

The dependence of the rate of a photochemical reaction of XeO₄with H₂on the concentrations of H₂and the diluent gases He and CO₂is studied at room temperature. The results are compared with the data for the dark reaction. A mechanism with the elementary energetic branched-chain reaction OH (v) + XeO₄OH + O + XeO₃is proposed to explain the results of the study.     

Kinetics and mechanism of the photodecomposition of xenon tetroxide

The of photochemical decomposition of XcO4 under the action of UV-radia(ion in the wavelength range of 200–300 nm was investigated. The quantum yield of the formation of oxygen atoms upon XeO₄ photodissociation was measured (Ф = 3.6±0.4). The results obtained point to the predominant role of the XeO₄ +hv → 4O + Xe photodissociation channel of XeO₄. The value of the rate constant of the reaction XeO₄ + O → O₂ + XeO₃ was estimated (<4.5 · 10^?16 cm² s^?1).     

Perovskites with the Framework‐Forming Xenon

The Group 18 elements (noble gases) were the last ones in the periodic system to have not been encountered in perovskite structures. We herein report the synthesis of a new group of double perovskites KM(XeNaO₆) (M=Ca, Sr, Ba) containing framework‐forming xenon. The structures of the new compounds, like other double perovskites, are built up of the alternating sequence of corner‐sharing (XeO₆) and (NaO₆) octahedra arranged in a three‐dimensional rocksalt order. The fact that xenon can be incorporated into the perovskite structure provides new insights into the problem of Xe depletion in the atmosphere. Since octahedrally coordinated Xe^VIII and Si^IV exhibit close values of ionic radii (0.48 and 0.40 Å, respectively), one could assume that Xe^VIII can be incorporated into hyperbaric frameworks such as MgSiO₃ perovskite. The ability of Xe to form stable inorganic frameworks can further extend the rich and still enigmatic chemistry of this noble gas.     

Halonitromethylation of benzene and its derivatives

Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2650–2651, November, 1988.     

Effect of the humidity on the uptake of NO<Subscript>3</Subscript> on coatings composed of MgCl<Subscript>2</Subscript> · 6H<Subscript>2</Subscript>O and MgBr<Subscript>2</Subscript> · 6H<Subscript>2</Subscript>O and mixtures thereof with NaCl

The reactive uptake of NO₃ radicals on the surface of wetted individual X salts and of wetted X-NaCl salts (X = MgCl₂ · 6H₂O and MgBr₂ · 6H₂O) at [H₂O] = 2 × 10¹²−2 × 10¹⁵ cm⁻³ and NO₃ (4.8 × 10¹² cm⁻³) was studied using a reactor with a movable insert covered with a salt coating in combination with a mass spectrometer for monitoring the initial reactant and products. The probabilities of NO₃ uptake γ on X-NaCl binary salts as functions of the content of doping salt were determined. A parametric approximation of the experimental data was proposed, which makes it possible to quantitatively predict the extent of surface enrichment of a wetted binary salt coating in doping salt and its dependence on the humidity and the content of this salt in the binary mixture. It was established that the relative surface density σ_X of X doping salt depends on its mole fraction μ_X in the X-NaCl binary salt as σ_X = aμ_X (a = 2.2 for MgBr₂ and 13.1 for MgCl₂) over the entire humidity range covered. The contributions of the X salts to the overall uptake of NO₃ at NO₃ concentration typical of the tropospheric conditions ([NO₃] ∼ 10⁷ cm⁻³ and relative humidities of RH ≤ 20%) were estimated.     

Efficiently implementable iterative methods for linear elliptic variational inequalities with constraints on the gradient of solution

We construct and investigate a new iterative solution method for a finite-dimensional constrained saddle point problem. The results are applied to prove the convergence of different iterativemethods formesh approximations of variational inequalities with constraints on the gradient of solution. In particular, we prove the convergence of two-stage iterative methods. The main advantage of the proposed methods is the simplicity of their implementation. The numerical testing demonstrates high convergence rate of the methods.     

Structural conformation in a poly(ethylene oxide) film determined by X-ray emission spectroscopy

The electronic structure of pol(ethylene oxide) (PEO) in a thin (<1 mu) film sample was experimentally probed by X-ray emission spectroscopy. Both nonresonant and resonant X-ray emission spectra were simulated by using density functional theory (DFT) applied to four different models representing different conformations in the polymer. Calculated spectra were compared with experimental results for the PEO film. It was found that the best fit was obtained with the polymer conformation in PEO electrolytes from which the salt (LiMF6, M = P, As, or Sb) had been removed. This conformation is different from the crystalline bulk polymer and implies that film casting, commonly used to form electrolytes for Li polymer batteries, induces the same conformation in the polymer not depending upon the presence of salt.     

Bis(tetramethylammonium), bis(tetrabutylammonium), and bis(tetraphenylarsonium) dihydrohexaoxoxenonates(VIII)

Bis(tetramethylammonium), bis(tetrabutylammonium), and bis(tetraphenylarsonium) dihydrohexaoxoxenonates(VIII) were obtained in an aqueous solution and in acetonitriie. The rate constants of their decomposition were determined.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 184–185, January, 1995.This work was carried out with financial support from the International Scientific Foundation (Grant REI 000).