The new method of fabrication of submicron structures by optical lithography with mask shifting and mask rotation

This paper presents the methods of fabricating narrow parallel submicrometric stripes in silicon dioxide and a resist layer. The experiments were conducted by two techniques: double patterning lithography and double exposure lithography. In addition to the above mentioned processes, mask translation was applied. For all conducted experiments, chrome masks and a 405 nm line of the high pressure mercury lamp of an MA-56 Mask Aligner System were used. The main aim of the performed tests was to establish the utility and the possible applications of the methods used.     

A Convenient Procedure for the Preparation of Alkyl Nitriles from Alkyl Halides. Acetone Cyanohydrin as an In Situ Source of Cyanide Ion

A convenient preparation of alkyl nitriles from alkyl halides is described. Acetone cyanohydrin is employed as the source of cyanide ion.     

A new class of stereoregular vinylene‐arylene copolymers with double‐decker silsesquioxane in the main chain

A synthesis of a new macromolecular class of vinylene‐arylene copolymers with double‐decker silsesquioxane in the main chain is presented. Two transition‐metal‐catalyzed processes, which is silylative‐coupling copolycondensation (SCC) and ADMET copolymerization of divinyl‐substituted double‐decker silsesquioxanes (DDSQ‐2SiVi) with selected diolefins, are reported to be highly efficient tools for the formation of stereoregular copolymers containing DDSQ‐silylene‐vinylene‐arylene units. The copolymeric products are studied in terms of their structural, thermal, and mechanical properties. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2016 , 54, 1044–1055     

Aminophosphinic Acids in a Pyridine Series: Cleavage of Pyridine-2- and Pyridine-4-methyl(amino)phosphinic Acids in Acidic Solutions

The synthesis of a series of new pyridine aminomethylphosphinic acids is described. These compounds were obtained in the reaction of the corresponding pyridine aldehydes with primary amines and with ethyl phenylphosphinate, or methylphosphinate, in the presence of bromotrimethylsilane. In aqueous, strong acid solutions, pyridine aminophosphinic acids were split, forming the phenyl-, or methylphosphonic, acid and the corresponding secondary pyridyl-alkylamines. The kinetics of some observed cleavages were measured, and a mechanism of the cleavage has been proposed.     

Electrically insulated molecular wires

This paper is an up-to-date mini-review based on literature data and own results regarding synthesis and properties of conducting (pseudo)rotaxane supramolecular structures. Conjugated polymers, such as polyarylene, polyheteroarylene, polyaniline, polyarylenevinylene or polyaryleneimine, were used as axle, while the macrocyclic components were cyclodextrins, cucurbiturils, cyclophanes or crown ethers. Properties of the supramolecular structure such as solubility, thermal or chemical stability, conductivity, etc. can be drastically modified by the inclusion of hydrophobic conjugated polymers inside the macrocycle, without any chemical modification. For instance, the photophysical properties (i.e. quantum yield of fluorescence and electroluminescence) of the supramolecular structures were enhanced when compared with uninsulated conjugated polymers. The doping process is also affected, because the access of a dopant to the conjugated chain is limited only to the uncovered domains of the conjugated chain.     

Compatibility study of the acetylsalicylic acid with different solid dosage forms excipients

This study is part of a research project aimed to find and optimize methods by which drug-excipient compatibility can be reliably and quickly assessed. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the compatibility of the acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), an non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, with pharmaceutical excipients of common use including diluents, binders, disintegrants, lubricants and solubilising agents. In order to investigate the possible interactions between ASA and eleven excipients differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetry/derivative thermogravimetry analysis completed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and X-ray powder diffraction were used for compatibility study. The DSC has proven to be, among the selected analytical techniques, the most sensitive and specific in assessing the compatibility. The samples, as physical mixtures, were prepared by mixing the analyte and excipients in a proportion of 1:1 (w:w). On the basis of thermal results (especially DSC), confirmed by FT-IR and X-ray analysis, a possible chemical interaction was found between the ASA with polyvinylpyrrolidone K30 (PVP) and magnesium stearate, respectively a possible physical interaction with colloidal silicon dioxide and stearic acid (Ac. St.).     

The obtaining of NiCr2O4 nanoparticles by unconventional synthesis methods

This paper presents a study regarding the obtaining of NiCr₂O₄ by two new unconventional synthesis methods: (i) the first method is based on the formation of Cr(III) and Ni(II) carboxylate-type precursors in the redox reaction between the nitrate ion and 1,3-propanediol. The thermal decomposition of these complex combinations, at ~300 °C, leads to an oxide mixture of Cr₂O_3+x and NiO, with advanced homogeneity, small particles and high reactivity. On heating this mixture at 500 °C, Cr₂O₃ reacts with NiO to form NiCr₂O₄, which was evidenced by FT-IR and X-ray diffractometry (XRD) analysis; (ii) the second method starts from a mechanical mixture of (NH₄)₂Cr₂O₇ and Ni(NO₃)₂·6H₂O. On heating this mixture, a violent decomposition at 240 °C with formation of an oxides mixture (Cr₂O₃ + CrO₃) and NiO takes place. On thermal treatment up to 500 °C, an intermediary phase NiCrO₄ is formed, which by decomposition at ~700 °C leads to NiCr₂O₄, evidenced by FT-IR and XRD analysis. NiCr₂O₄ is formed, in both cases, starting with a temperature higher than 400 °C, when the non-stoichiometric chromium oxide (Cr₂O_3+x ) loses the oxygen excess and turns to stoichiometric chromium oxide (Cr₂O₃), which further reacts with NiO.     

Thermal analysis of corrosion products formed on carbon steel in ammonium chloride solution

The influence of different ions NO₃ ^? and SO₄ ^2? on the carbon steel corrosion in ammonium chloride was investigated using mass loss measurements and potentiodynamic polarization. Corrosion products were analyzed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and simultaneous thermal and differential scanning calorimetry (TG/DSC). XPS analysis shows that the main product of corrosion is a non-stoichiometric Fe³⁺ oxyhydroxide, consisting of a mixture of FeO(OH) and FeO(OH) containing inclusions of these anions, species such as Fe³⁺O(OH,Cl^?); Fe³⁺O(OH,SO₄ ^2?); and Fe³⁺O(OH,NO₃ ^?). TG/DSC confirms the decomposition of the rusty products formed by chemical corrosion, compounds like Fe³⁺ oxyhydroxides, with β-FeOOH as the major phase, crystal structure of which may contain Cl^?, NO₃ ^?, and SO₄ ^2?—e.g., akaganeite [Fe³⁺O(OH,A)].     

CoFe2O4/SiO2 nanocomposites by thermal decomposition of some complex combinations embedded in hybrid silica gels

The study reports the preparation of CoFe₂O₄/SiO₂ nanocomposites by a new modified sol–gel method starting from cobalt nitrate, iron nitrate, and diols: 1,2-ethanediol (EG), 1,3-propanediol (1,3PG), and tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS), for final compositions of 30 %CoFe₂O₄/70 %SiO₂ and 50 %CoFe₂O₄/50 %SiO₂. The method is based on the formation of a Co(II), Fe(III)—carboxylate precursors mixture, during the redox reaction between the NO ₃ ^? ion and the diol (~140 °C) within the silica gels. The thermal decomposition of these complex combinations takes place at ~300 °C leading to the corresponding amorphous metal oxides within the pores of the hybrid gels. Depending on the subsequent thermal treatment, CoFe₂O₄ can be obtained as single phase or in a mixture with Co₂SiO₄. The CoFe₂O₄ crystallites sizes are in the nanometer range (3–10 nm). The obtained nanocomposites have a hard magnet behavior, as a result of the high anisotropy of CoFe₂O₄ having large hysteresis cycles.     

Thermal stability of pentoxifylline: active substance and tablets

Thermal analysis is a routine method in the solution of pharmaceuticals problems such as the control of raw materials, to the determination of purity, to the qualitative and quantitative analysis of drug formulation, tests of thermal stability and compatibility, the determination of kinetic parameters, etc. The evaluation of thermal stability in the solid state is mostly made by analyzing their decomposition under isothermal and non-isothermal conditions. The present work reports the study on the thermal behavior of pentoxifylline—active substance and tablets, respectively, the determination of the kinetic parameters for the decomposition process under non-isothermal conditions and in a nitrogen atmosphere at five heating rates: 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10 and 15 °C min^?1. For the determination of kinetic parameters from the TG/DTG curves, the following differential methods were utilized: Friedman isoconversional and Chang, respectively, integral methods: Flynn–Wall–Ozawa, Kissinger–Akahira–Sunose, Li–Tang, and Starink. Thermoanalytical curves showed that the active substance is thermally more stable than the tablets. The decrease in stability was attributed to the presence of excipients.