Korrosionsuntersuchung

Ohne Zusammenfassung     

Self-avoiding walks on random fractal environments

Self-avoiding random walks (SAWs) are studied on several hierarchical lattices in a randomly disordered environment. An analytical method to determine whether their fractal dimensionD _saw is affected by disorder is introduced. Using this method, it is found that for some lattices,D _saw is unaffected by weak disorder; while for othersD _saw changes even for infinitestimal disorder. A weak disorder exponent is defined and calculated analytically [ measures the dependence of the variance in the partition function (or in the effective fugacity per step)vL on the end-to-end distance of the SAW,L]. For lattices which are stable against weak disorder (<0) a phase transition exists at a critical valuev=v ^* which separates weak- and strong-disorder phases. The geometrical properties which contribute to the value of are discussed.     

Detailed analysis of α,ω-bis(4-hydroxybutyl) poly(dimethylsiloxane) using GPC-MALDI TOF mass spectrometry

In this study the prepolymer alpha,omega-bis(4-hydroxybutyl) poly(dimethylsiloxane), used in the formulation of oxygen permeable films, is evaluated by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) combined with matrix assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) time of flight (TOF) mass spectrometry (MS). Two unexpected mass distributions are observed in the mass spectra. Reaction schemes for the formation of these distributions are proposed. A solution phase trimethylsilane end group modification was performed on the prepolymer to determine whether the unexpected mass distributions occur as impurities from synthesis or as artifacts from the MS process. Evaluation of the TMS modified prepolymer indicates the unexpected mass distributions indeed occur as impurities from the synthetic procedure. Average molecular weight values are determined by traditional GPC, direct MALDI-TOF MS, and GPC-MALDI-TOF MS methods and the results are compared.