Parameterization of the chaotic surface relief based on atomic-force microscopic data

An approach to parameterization of the structure of chaotic surfaces was presented which employs the flicker-noise spectroscopic technique for analyzing the atomic-force microscopy data arrays. This approach implies calculation of the surface relief parameters with the use of the information parameters characterizing the components of the surface relief profiles for different spatial frequency ranges. The basic characteristics of the nanoscale surface structure include the nanorelief stepwiseness and spikiness describing the highest-frequency component of the nanorelief. The capabilities of the FNS methodology were demonstrated by the example of parameterization of AFM data arrays for binary and triple systems crystallized on mica from aqueous acidic solutions of chitosan, Pluronic, and porphyrin photosensitizer (dimegin). These systems attract much interest in the context of studies dedicated photoinduced oxidation of organic substrates in aqueous solutions.     

The Influence of Effect of Polysaccharides and Polyvinylpyrrolidone on the Photocatalytic Activity of Chlorin e6 in Tryptophan Oxidation

Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A - The effect amphiphic polymer poly-N-vinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and polysaccharides (PSs), sodium alginate (SA) and hyaluronic acid (HA), have on the...     

Unexpected Result of Thiophosphorylation of 6-Aminopyrano[2,3-c]pyrazole-5-carbonitrile Derivative

Russian Journal of General Chemistry - The reaction of 6-amino-3-methyl-4-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-2,4-dihydropyrano[2,3-c]pyrazole-5-carbonitrile with phosphorus sulfide in boiling pyridine...     

Synthesis of New Polycyclic Compounds Containing Thieno[2′,3′:5,6]pyrimido[2,1-a]isoindole Fragment

Russian Journal of General Chemistry - The reaction of partially saturated derivatives of 3-aminothieno[2,3-b]pyridine-2-carboxamide with phthalic anhydride in acetic acid or DMF on heating leads...     

The effect of Pluronics on the photocatalytic activity of water-soluble porphyrins

Solubilization of hydrophilic porphyrins, 2,7,12,18-tetramethyl-3,8-di(1-methoxyethyl)-13,17-di(2-oxycarbonylethyl) porphyrin disodium salt (dimegin) and N-methyl-di-D-glucose amine salt of chlorine e ₆ (photoditazine), as well water-insoluble meso-tetraphenylorphyrin in the micelles of Pluronics (triblock copolymers and propylene oxide and ethylene oxide), increases the photocatalytic activity of porphyrins in the course of the oxidation of L-tryptophan in aqueous salt-containing solutions. The maximum photocatalytic activity is attained for the photocatalysts based on the Pluronics P85 and F127 containing 50–70% ethylene oxide units. As a result of solubilization, the activity of tetraphenylporphyrin increases by a factor of 50, while the activities of hydrophilic dimegin and photoditazine increase by factors of 1.5 and 6, respectively. The increased activity of tetraphenylporphyrin is due to the dissolution and dissociation of aggregates in the presence of Pluronics. The increased activity of dimegin, which is known to aggregate in water, is primarily provided by disaggregation. In the case of photoditazine, which does not form aggregates in aqueous solutions and is likely to be localized in the polar micellar “crown,” the effect of a polymer is due to the local concentration of both a substrate and a catalyst in the micellar pseudophase.     

The structural-phase state of C<Subscript>60</Subscript>-C<Subscript>70</Subscript> fullerene mixtures

The structural and phase state of the C₆₀-C₇₀ system at various C₆₀/C₇₀ ratios in mixtures obtained by the vaporization of solutions in toluene at ∼98°C was studied by X-ray structure analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, and infrared spectroscopy. Solid solutions based on the face-centered cubic packing of C₆₀ are not formed in the C₆₀-C₇₀ system at C₇₀ contents from 0.5 to 50 wt %. The hexagonal close packing of a solid solution of C₆₀ in C₇₀ can be formed as a result of the thermally activated decomposition of the ternary crystal solvate in the C₆₀-C₇₀-C₆H₅CH₃ system. The structural state of multiphase mixtures formed under conditions far from equilibrium is characterized by a high degree of structure imperfection and greater ability to undergo oxidation compared with C₆₀ and C₇₀.     

Reaction of 5-Amino-3-(cyanomethyl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carbonitrile with Hydroxycyclohexanones

Russian Journal of General Chemistry - The reaction of 5-amino-3-(cyanomethyl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carbonitrile with 3-aryl-5-hydroxy-5- methyl-2,4-di(ethoxycarbonyl)cyclohexanones in acetic acid...     

A generalized Milne solution for the correlation effects of multiple light scattering with polarization

The Wiener-Hopf method is used to obtain a generalized Milne solution for scalar and electromagnetic fields with single-scattering anisotropy. For the scalar field, the solution found for the time correlation function and the interference component of backscattering is in good agreement with available experimental data. A solution of the Milne problem is constructed for the electromagnetic field. Given anisotropy, the generalized Milne equation is solved in the P₁ approximation for the quantity that describes the degree of depolarization of the scattered light. It is shown that the depolarization of the scattered light can change sign at large anisotropies.