Novel luminescent liquid crystalline polyazomethines. Synthesis and study of thermotropic and photoluminescent properties

Novel semiflexible polyazomethines containing chromophoric units into azomethine mesogenic core have been synthesised by condensation of a flexible dialdehyde with mesogenic diamines containing fluorene, antraquinone, pyrimidine, azobenzene and benzophenone. The thermotropic behaviour of the resulting polyazomethines was assessed by differential scanning calorimetry, polarised light microscopy and investigations of the miscibility relations. While the pure polyazomethines showed a birefringent viscous texture difficult to be ascribed, by mixing with a liquid crystal dimer, clear Schlieren or marbled textures were observed, indicating a nematic mesophase. The polymers exhibited violet, blue or yellow light emission.     

Multipod structures of lamellae‐forming diblock copolymers in three‐dimensional confinement spaces: Experimental observation and computer simulation

The three‐dimensional (3D) confinement effect on the microphase‐separated structure of a diblock copolymer was investigated both experimentally and computationally. Block copolymer nanoparticles were prepared by adding a poor solvent into a block copolymer solution and subsequently evaporating the good solvent. The 3D structures of the nanoparticles were quantitatively determined with transmission electron microtomography (TEMT). TEMT observations revealed that various complex structures, including tennis‐ball, mushroom‐like, and multipod structures, were formed in the 3D confinement. Detailed structural analysis, showed that one block of the diblock copolymer slightly prefers to segregate into the particle surface compared with the other block. The observed structures were further elaborated using cell dynamics computer simulation. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2016 , 54, 1702–1709     

Weak Pnictogen Bond with Bismuth: Experimental Evidence Based on Bi−P Through-Space Coupling

To study pnictogen bonding involving bismuth, flexible accordion-like molecular complexes of the composition [P(C₆H₄-o-CH₂SCH₃)₃BiX₃], (X=Cl, Br, I) have been synthesised and characterised. The strength of the weak and mainly electrostatic interaction between the Bi and P centres strongly depends on the character of the halogen substituent on bismuth, which is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses, DFT and ab initio computations. Significantly, ²⁰⁹Bi–³¹P through-space coupling (J=2560 Hz) is observed in solid-state ³¹P NMR spectra, which is so far unprecedented in the literature, delivering direct information on the magnitude of this pnictogen interaction.     

Non-Racemic Mixtures of 1,3,2-Oxazaphosphacyclanes - Enantiomeric Composition Determination by NMR

Abstract

The enantiomeric ratio in non-racemic mixtures of 2-anilino-2-oxo-1,3,2-oxazaphospho-rinane (I) and 3-(α-rnethylbenzyl)-(I)¹ enantiomers was determined by measurement of the integral intensity ratio of two ³¹P-NMR signals, assigned to enantiomers and differentiated due to the effect of statistically controlled associate-diastereoisomerim (scada), ² when association occurs under conditions of fast exchange.     

Development of parametric models for monitoring changes in the properties of materials in the process of operation of gas pipelines

Steel failure is closely associated with the aging process, which consists in the diffusion motion of carbon atoms solved in a ferrite matrix to grain boundaries and the release of carbide particles on them. Steel aging is caused by the thermodynamic nonequilibrium of the initial state and the gradual approach to the state of structural equilibrium under conditions of sufficient diffusion mobility of carbon atoms. Aging promotes the initiation and growth of brittle cracks in steel. It is shown that the change in the strength properties of pipe steels in the process of operation calls for the corresponding methods of determining the lifetime of gas pipelines with consideration of the results of diagnostic examinations and the physico-mechanical properties of structural materials used for the construction and repair of gas pipelines.