Effect of bond strength on the breaking strength of two-layer cellophane film materials

The effect of bond strength on over-all tensile strength has been investigated in relation to two-layer materials consisting of cellophane film cut in the longitudinal and transverse directions and bonded with polyisobutylene. It is shown that there is a linear correlation between the bond strength and the combination hardening effect. The breaking stress of two-layer materials is higher than that of the individual films. A possible explanation of this effect is proposed.Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 89–94, 1967     

Synthesis and antifungal evaluation of 1-aryl-2-dimethyl- aminomethyl-2-propen-1-one hydrochlorides

The development of resistance to current antifungal therapeutics drives the search for new effective agents. The fact that several acetophenone-derived Mannich bases had shown remarkable antifungal activities in our previous studies led us to design and synthesize some acetophenone-derived Mannich bases, 1-8 and 2-acetylthiophene-derived Mannich base 9, 1-aryl-2-dimethylaminomethyl-2-propen-1-one hydrochloride, to evaluate their antifungal activities. The designed chemical structures have α,β-unsaturated ketone moieties, which are responsible for the bioactivities of the Mannich bases. The aryl part was C?H?(1); 4-CH?C?H? (2); 4-CH?OC?H? (3); 4-ClC?H? (4); 4-FC?H? (5); 4-BrC?H? (6); 4-HOC?H? (7); 4-NO?C?H? (8); and C?H?S(2-yl) (9). In this study the designed compounds were synthesized by the conventional heating method and also by the microwave irradiation method to compare these methods in terms of reaction times and yields to find an optimum synthetic method, which can be applied for the synthesis of Mannich bases in further studies. Since there are limited number of studies reporting the synthesis of Mannich bases by microwave irradiation, this study may also contribute to the general literature on Mannich bases. Compound 7 was reported for the first time. Antifungal activities of all compounds and synthesis of the compounds by microwave irradiation were also reported for the first time by this study. Fungi (15 species) were used for antifungal activity test. Amphotericin B was tested as an antifungal reference compound. In conclusion, compounds 1-6, and 9, which had more potent (2-16 times) antifungal activity than the reference compound amphotericin B against some fungi, can be model compounds for further studies to develop new antifungal agents. In addition, microwave irradiation can be considered to reduce reaction period, while the conventional method can still be considered to obtain compounds with higher reaction yields in the synthesis of new Mannich bases.     

Electrochemical degradation of tetracycline in artificial urine medium

The electrochemical degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride (TeC) was comparatively investigated in artificial urine and chloride-containing media using a one-compartment filter-press flow cell composed of a Ti/Ru_0.3Ti_0.7O₂ dimensionally stable anode. The effect of the current density (10–40 mA cm^?2) on the removal levels attained for TeC and total organic carbon (TOC) (in both media), as well as for urea and creatinine in artificial urine medium, was assessed. The TeC removal rate in the artificial urine medium was much lower than in chloride-containing medium, probably due to the higher consumption of the electrogenerated active chlorine species by the urea and creatinine in the artificial urine medium. Moreover, the obtained removal levels for the urea and creatinine were negligible at current densities lower than 30 mA cm^?2. As TOC abatement was also very small, it is possible that TeC oxidation leads to intermediate compounds. Thus, if current densities less than 20 mA cm^?2 are applied, TeC can be selectively removed.     

The elementary stages of electroreduction of alkyl(hetero)arylsulfones in water-organic media

Intermediates (IM) of methyl(2-pyridyl)sulfone (MPS) and tert-butyl(2-pyridyl)sulfone (TBPS) formed upon the transfer of the first electron are studied by methods of laser photoelectron emission (LPE). The capture constants of solvated electrons by the MPS and TBPS molecules were determined. The time-resolved voltammograms of each sulfone measured in water-organic mixtures (20–80% ethanol or 60% DMSO) are found to demonstrate a redox wave with half-wave potentials E _1/2 = −1.34 and −1.37 V for MPS and TBPS, respectively. The dependence of rate constants for the one-electron IM reduction and oxidation on the potential is shown to obey the slow-discharge equation and the absolute magnitudes of rate constants are determined. The characteristic times of homogeneous transformations (decomposition, protonation) of MPS and TBPS radical anions do not exceed 3 × 10⁻⁷ s. The LPE data are compared with the results of preparative electrolysis and the mechanisms of both electrochemical and homogeneous reactions of IM are discussed.     

Fluid Simulation of Capacitively Coupled HBr/Ar Plasma for Etching Applications

In this work, a fluid model has been applied to study HBr/Ar capacitively coupled plasma discharges that are being used for anisotropic etching process. Based on time average reaction rates, the model identify the most dominant species in HBr/Ar plasma. Our simulation results show that the neutral species like H and Br, which are the key precursors in chemical etching, have bell shape distribution while ions like HBr⁺, Br⁺ and Ar⁺ which plays a dominant role in the physical etching, have double humped distribution and shows peaks near electrodes. The effect of HBr/Ar mixing ratios on densities of dominant species are analyzed. The addition of Ar to HBr plasma decreases H, Br and HBr⁺ densities slightly while increases Br⁺ and Ar⁺ densities. It was found that the dilution of HBr by Ar results in an increase in electron density and electron temperature, which results in more ionization and dissociation. The densities and hence the fluxes of the neutrals and positive ions for etching and subsequently chemical etching versus physical etching in HBr/Ar plasmas discharge can be controlled by tuning Ar concentration in the discharge and the desire etching can be achieved.     

First-principles prediction of spin-density-reflection symmetry driven magnetic transition of CsCl-type FeSe

Based on results of density functional theory (DFT) calculations with the local spin density approximation (LSDA) and the generalized gradient approximation (GGA), we propose a new magnetic material, CsCl-type FeSe. The calculations reveal the existence of ferromagnetic (FM) and antiferromagnetic (AFM) states over a wide range of lattice constants. At 3.12 Å in the GGA, the equilibrium state is found to be AFM with a local Fe magnetic moment of . A metastable FM state with Fe and Se local magnetic moments of 2.00 and , respectively, lies 171.7 meV above the AFM state. Its equilibrium lattice constant is ∼2% smaller than that of the AFM state, implying that when the system undergoes a phase transition from the AFM state to the FM one, the transition is accompanied by volume contraction. Such an AFM-FM transition is attributed to spin-density z-reflection symmetry; the symmetry driven AFM-FM transition is not altered by spin-orbit coupling. The relative stability of different magnetic phases is discussed in terms of the local density of states. We find that CsCl-type FeSe is mechanically stable, but the magnetic states are expected to be brittle.     

Ferromagnetism without flat bands in thin armchair nanoribbons

Describing by a Hubbard type of model a thin armchair graphene ribbon in the armchair hexagon chain limit, one shows in exact terms, that even if the system does not have flat bands at all, at low concentration a mesoscopic sample can have ferromagnetic ground state, being metallic in the same time. The mechanism is connected to a common effect of correlations and confinement.     

The behavior of silicalite-1 under high pressure conditions studied by computational simulation

Completely siliceous zeolite ZSM-5 (silicalite-1) under high external pressures, up to 7 GPa, was investigated by energy minimization techniques. Classical empirical potentials have been used to study the phase transformation of the silicalite crystal to a new one with a lower symmetry. The analysis of the unit cell geometry and vibrational spectra at selected pressures suggest the loss of crystallinity of the silicalite structure. We found that a low-density amorphous phase is reached at pressures around 2.5–3.5 GPa. These results are compatible with recent Raman and X-Ray diffraction studies. We report the structural and vibrational properties of the new phase. In addition, we report the simulated elastic constants and the Young’s modulus of silicalite at selected pressures. The simulated results are in semi-quantitative agreement with the experiment.     

Standardization of Biomarkers Gallic Acid and Berberine in Polyherbal Formulation Entoban Capsules by High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography—Densitometry

JPC – Journal of Planar Chromatography – Modern TLC - The technological improvement in the structural elucidation of natural compounds has made it probable to generate appropriate...