Electrochemical copolymerization of N-vinylazoles with acrylic acid at iron and copper electrodes

Possibility of electrochemical synthesis of polymeric coatings based on copolymers of 1-vinyl-1,2,4-triazole and 1-vinylimidazole with acrylic acid at iron and copper electrodes with aryldiazonium salt as initiator has been demonstrated. Dielectric properties of the so prepared polymeric coatings have been studied. Degradation of 1-vinylimidazole copolymers with acrylic acid has been slower than that of other acrylic acid copolymers.     

Electrosynthesis of metal-containing polymeric coatings based on 1-vinylimidazole and acrylamide

Possibility of electrochemical formation of metal-polymeric nanocomposites and coatings on purely iron and steel electrodes by combining the electrochemically initiated (co)polymerization of 1-vinylimidazole and acrylamide with the cathodic deposition of metals was studied. Polymeric coatings were formed by the method of contact exchange of metals. The structure and selected properties of metal-polymeric coatings were examined. It was found that silver nanoparticles are uniformly distributed in the polymeric matrix. A thermogravimetric analysis demonstrated that the metal-polymers synthesized possess a high thermal stability.     

Protein precipitation method for determination of clobazam and N-desmethylclobazam in human plasma by LC–MS/MS

A protein precipitation method for the determination of clobazam (CLB) and its major active metabolite N-desmethylclobazam (N-CLB) in human plasma by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) was established. CLB and N-CLB were extracted from human plasma samples by protein precipitation with methanol. Analyte separation was done using a Phenomenex Kinetex™ Biphenyl (50 × 2.1 mm, 1.7 μm) column using isocratic elution with a mobile phase of 5 mm ammonium formate with 0.01% ammonium hydroxide (40%) and methanol (60%) at a flow rate of 0.4 mL/min and an injection volume of 10 μL. The detection was performed on a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer in multiple reaction monitoring mode to monitor the precursor-to-product ion transitions of m/z 301.1 → 259.0, 306.0 → 263.9 for CLB and CLB-D5 and 287.0 → 245.0, 292.0 → 250.0 for N-CLB and N-CLB-D5 in positive electrospray ionization mode, respectively. The method was validated over a concentration range of 2.0–750 ng/mL for CLB and 0.7–200 ng/mL for N-CLB on SCIEX Triple Quad 4500 MS System. Total run time was 5 min. This method has been designed for bioequivalence study for formulations containing 20 mg of CLB.     

Recent Studies of Hypernuclei Formation with Electron Beams at MAMI

At the Mainz Microtron MAMI exploratory experiments on the spectroscopy of mesonic weak decays (MWD) of electroproduced Λ-hypernuclei were performed. A unique setup was realized to use the broad momentum-band kaon spectrometer Kaos at zero degree angle with respect to the high-intensity electron beam direction to tag strangeness producing processes. A sample of order 10³ MWD from a beryllium target was collected by the coincidence technique with the high-resolution multi-spectrometer facility of the A1 Collaboration. It is conjectured that this sample contains monochromatic two-body decays from stopped hyperfragment decays as well as a wide momentum distribution of quasi-free produced Λ- and Σ-hyperon decays and three-body decays from hyperfragments. Stopped hyperfragments will be identified as monochromatic peaks in the π ^? momentum spectrum from which their masses can be extracted with a precision of 50 keV/c ².     

On weighted hyperbolic polynomials

The results by Görding, Larsson, Cattabriga, Rodino, Calvo on correctness of Cauchy problem for N-hyperbolic equations are generalized. We prove that in the general case where the vector N = (N ₁, …,N _n ) is different from the vector (1, 0, …, 0), for the correctness of the Cauchy problem more stronger condition is required, which we call weighted hyperbolicity condition. We also discuss the properties of polynomials possessing weighted hyperbolicity property.     

High resolution spectroscopy of the 12Lambda B hypernucleus produced by the (e,e'K+) reaction

High-energy, cw electron beams at new accelerator facilities allow electromagnetic production and precision study of hypernuclear structure, and we report here on the first experiment demonstrating the potential of the (e,e'K+) reaction for hypernuclear spectroscopy. This experiment is also the first to take advantage of the enhanced virtual photon flux available when electrons are scattered at approximately zero degrees. The observed energy resolution was found to be approximately 900 keV for the (12)(Lambda)B spectrum, and is substantially better than any previous hypernuclear experiment using magnetic spectrometers. The positions of the major excitations are found to be in agreement with a theoretical prediction and with a previous binding energy measurement, but additional structure is also observed in the core excited region, underlining the future promise of this technique.     

Electrosynthesis of Silver Nanocomposites Based on N-Vinylimidazole and N-Vinylpyrrolidone

Russian Journal of Electrochemistry - Silver nanocomposites and nanocomposite coatings based on copolymers of N-vinylimidazole and N-vinylpyrrolidone are synthesized in water and water-ethanol...     

Electrosynthesis of 1-Vinylimidazole- and Acrylic-Acid-Based Metal-Containing Nanocomposites

Russian Journal of Electrochemistry - The possibility of electrochemical synthesis of nanocomposites and nanocomposite films at pure-iron and steel electrodes using a...