Polymerization and Copolymerization of Some Monomers as Adducts with β-Cyclodextrin

The feasibility of chemical bond formation, especially in the chain-transfer reaction between polymer and β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) molecules in the products of the radiation polymerization of β-CD with vinylidene chloride (VDC) its adducts has been considered. The lack of these bonds in the polymerization products of similar β-CD adducts with methyl methacrylate (MM), styrene (St), a mixture of VDC and allyl chloride (AC) and a mixture of VDC and MM (10:90 molar ratio) has been established. On the basis of the results obtained the lack of chemical bonds in the polymerization product of β-CD· VDC adduct is suggested.     

Multi-criteria optimisation of the vibro-isolation properties

The paper deals with a methodology of shaping the vibro-isolation properties of suspensions applied in automotive systems. The developed optimisation procedure allows to find the Pareto-optimal system configuration for the conflicted vibro-isolating criteria. The correctness of proposed methodology is evaluated using the semi active and active systems with optimal controller settings. (© 2015 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

The synthesis and characterisation of some nickel(0) complexes with π-bounded vinylsilicon ligands; the molecular structure of [Ni{P(C6H5)3}2{η-CH2CHSi(CH3)3}]

Reactions of the nickel(0) complexes [Ni(cod)₂] (in the presence of PP or [Ni(PPh₃)₂C₂H₄] with vinyl-siloxanes, -silanes or -silazanes yield, by displacement of alkene ligand, the new nickel π-complexes [Ni(PPh₃)₂(η-CH₂CHSi(OSiMe₃)₃)] (2), [{Ni(PPh₃)}₂{μ-(η-{(CH₂CH)₂SiMe}₂O})] (4), [Ni(PPh₃){η⁴-CH₂CHSi(Me)(μ-O)}₃] (5), [{Ni(η-CH₂CHSiMe₂)₂O}(η-CH₂CHSiMe₃)] (7) and the known complexes [Ni(PPh₃)₂(η-CH₂CHSiMe₃)] (1), [{Ni(PPh₃)}₂{μ-(η-(CH₂CH)₄Si})] (3), [{Ni(PPh₃)(η-CH₂CHSiMe₂)₂NH}] (6) obtained by a simple one pot synthesis, more efficiently than in hitherto published reports. The X-ray crystal structure of (1) shows a trigonal planar environment around the nickel atom.     

Detection of diazepam in horse hair samples by mass spectrometric methods

A method for the detection of diazepam in horse hair samples by low resolution gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was developed. Two other techniques, gas chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry (GC-HRMS) and high-performance liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical-ionisation mass spectrometry (HPLC-APCI-MS-MS) were applied on some selected samples. Sample preparation was performed according to a technique previously described for human hair, involving incubation with Sorensen buffer and solvent extraction. Hair samples from different sites such as coat on the neck, coat on the back, mane and tail were collected from two thoroughbreds which had received several dosages of diazepam corresponding to a total dose of 750 mg and 200 mg of diazepam respectively. In the first experiment, by low resolution GC-MS using single ion monitoring, diazepam was detected in the mane for at least 85 d after the last administration. In the second one, using the same method, diazepam was detected in the coat on the neck up to 25 d following the last administration. Low resolution GC-MS data were confirmed by the two other techniques. Furthermore, GC-HRMS even made possible the detection of diazepam up to 38 d after the administration of 200 mg of diazepam.     

Synthesis of organofunctional silanes with sterically hindered substituents at silicon atoms

Organofunctional silanes with more sterically hindered substituents at the silicon atom than the typical methoxy (ethoxy) group have lately been frequently used as silane coupling agents, in polymer coupling systems, sol‐gel processes and also as interpenetrating polymer network substrates. New and very efficient synthetic ways leading to organofunctional silanes of the above type with methacryl, amine, chloro and isocyanato functional groups are proposed here. Catalytic transesterification and/or alcoholysis of chloropropyltrialkoxysilanes followed by­nucleophilic substitution has been employed. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Integrable deformations of integrable Hamiltonian systems

We give new effective necessary conditions for the integrability of nonhomogeneous potentials which are sums of two homogeneous terms. These conditions were deduced from an analysis of the differential Galois group of variational equations. We apply the obtained result to polynomial perturbations of linear oscillator with two degrees of freedom.     

Laboratory optimization of the soil digging process

A new idea for the optimization of digging using earth-working machinery is presented and experimentally verified. This idea is based on the conclusions derived from previous papers presented by the same authors, that the soil cutting trajectories incorporating the generated shear band as a part of them are the optimal ones. Dividing the whole excavation task into several repeatable cycles for which the soil free boundary before and after the experiment are similar the optimization of a single cycle plays a significant role in the energetic efficiency of the whole task. A single cycle of the working process is defined using several basing parameters. The influence of each parameter on the specific unit energy of the process was experimentally verified. Finally, a set of values for the discussed parameters is recommended for the particular soil and tool shape.