Formation of thin carbon films containing metal nanoparticles by thermolysis of a polymer precursor

A new procedure was developed for preparing carbon films with magnetic metal nanoparticles by thermolysis of a polymer precursor. The conditions for preparing carbon films with required surface concentration of the metal nanoparticles and hence with dielectric or metallic properties were determined.     

The thermal reaction of HNCO at moderate temperatures

The thermal reaction of HNCO has been studied in a static cell at temperatures between 873 and 1220 K and a constant pressure of 800 torr under highly diluted conditions. The reaction was measurable above 1000 K by FTIR spectrometry. The products detected include CO, CO₂, HCN, NH₃, and the unreacted HNCO. In this moderate temperature regime, the rates of product formation and HNCO decay cannot be accounted for by a previously established high-temperature mechanism, assuming HNCO → NH + CO (1) as the initiation process. Instead, a new bimolecular reaction, 2HNCO → CO₂ + HNCNH (2), has been invoked to interpret the disappearance of HNCO as well as the formation of various products, most importantly CO₂. The concentration profiles of all measured species can be quantitatively modeled, throughout the temperature range analyzed, by varying k₂ using a modified mechanism. The kinetically modeled values of k₂ can be effectively represented by This result agrees closely with that computed with the conventional transition-state theory using the TST parameters predicted by the BAC-MP4 method: The bimolecular reaction takes place via a stable 4-membered ring intermediate which is isoelectronic with diketene; viz.      

Effect of molar mass ratio of monomers on the mass distribution of chain lengths and compositions in copolymers: Extension of the stockmayer theory

In statistical copolymers, there exists a distribution according to molar mass as well as according to chemical composition. Stockmayer derived distribution functions, describing the relative weight of a particular molar mass and composition interval, assuming equal molar masses of the monomer units. In this article we present an extension of the distribution functions, suited for those cases where the aforementioned assumption is not valid. The final mathematical results is a product of the original Stockmayer distribution function and a correction function, due to the unequality of molar masses. It appears the correction function is dependent on the average composition, the composition deviation, and the ratio of molar masses of the monomers. Furthermore, a three-dimensional representation of distributions has been developed to get insight in the shape of the distributions.     

Synthesis and stereochemical studies of 6-substituted 1H,3H,6H,7aH-3,3-dimethylimidazo-[1,5-c]thiazol-5-one-7-thiones

The reaction of (4S)-5,5-dimethyl-4-thiazolidine-carboxylic acid 1 with alkyl and aryl isothiocyanates 2 gave bicyclic thiohydantoins 3 . The (2R,4S)- and (2S,4S)-mixtures of 2-substituted 5,5-dimethyl-4-thiazolidine-carboxylic acids 4 and 8 containing two centers of chirality in the analogous reaction afforded thiohydantoins 7 and 10 , respectively, with (1R)-configuration. In some cases we managed to isolate the thioureido acid intermediates 6 and 9 or their triethylamine salts which afforded the corresponding bicycles 7 and 10 under thermal cyclization or acidification. The stereochemistry has been elucidated by high resolution ram studies, optical rotation measurements and X-ray crystallography.     

Organic Synthesis and Technetium-99m Labeling of Some Amino-Phenol Ligands

We reported the synthesis and labeling of one tetradentate and two pentadentate amino-phenol ligands with technetium-99m by the direct pertechnetate addition and by ligand exchange methods. Labeling by direct pertechnetate addition was attended by adding pertechnetate eluate to the ethanolic solution of the amino-phenol ligands at pH 9. Stannous chloride dihydrate was used as reducing agent. Exchange studies were carried out via the use of the following ^99mTc-chelates: ^99mTc-DTPA, ^99mTc-gluconate, ^99mTc-tartrate and ^99mTc-citrate complexes. Ligand exchange method was achieved by incubation the ligand solutions with ^99mTc-co-ligands complexes in 0.05M bicarbonate buffer pH 9. At this pH value the ^99mTc-co-ligands dissociated and the more stable new ^99mTc-ligands were formed with high radiochemical yield 95%. The radiochemical yield of ^99mTc-labeled amino-phenol ligands were estimated by solvent extraction, electrophoresis and HPLC methods. The produced technetium-99m amino-phenol complexes were neutral, lipophilic and stable during the period of 24 hours.     

Screening of homocysteine from newborn blood spots by high-performance liquid chromatography with coulometric array detection

Homocystinuria, due to a deficiency of cystationine-beta-synthase, refers to the rare inborn error of the metabolism of homocysteine. The identification and prompt treatment of homocystinuria during the neonatal period can prevent or greatly reduce the severity of the clinical consequences. We report a new method for homocystinuria diagnosis from dried blood spots on newborn screening cards, based on high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical coulometric array detection. This method shows an excellent linearity (y=10.36x+0.04; r=0.999), precision (RSDs ranged from 2.7 to 5.8%), recovery (87%) and appears to be a cost-effective approach, being simple, rapid, sensitive and cheap.     

The possibility of different time scales in the dynamics of pore imbibition

To model the imbibition of liquids into porous solids, use is often made of the Lucas-Washburn equation, which relates the distance of penetration of a liquid at a given time to the pore radius, the viscosity and surface tension of the liquid, and the effective contact angle between the liquid and the solid. In this paper, we extend previous large-scale molecular dynamics simulations to show how this tool can be used to study the details of liquid imbibition, including the impact of the contact angle on the dynamics of penetration and the evolution of the internal flow field. In particular, we show that the asymptotic behavior of the contact angle versus time for a completely wetting liquid is given by approximately t(-1/4).     

Effect of Hydration–Dehydration Processes on the Structure and Porosity of Detemplated Silica Fibers

A study was carried out on the conditions of template removal (calcination or extraction by solvents) and hydration–dehydration processes on the hexagonal structure and porosity of detemplated fibers. The hydration–dehydration cycle leads to a decrease in fiber porosity, especially in fiber detemplation by extraction with surfactant solvents such as ethanol and acetic acid.     

Thio-claisen rearrangements of some ketene derivatives

A number of 1-allylthio and 1-crotylthio 1-aminoalkenes derived from ketones and active methylene compounds has been prepared and rearranged to the corresponding thioamides (thio-Claisen rearrangement). Besides rearrangement products, small amounts of 1-alkyl-thio-N-alkyl-N-phenyl-1-aminoalkenes have also been isolated. When the ketene derivatives did possess a H-atom on nitrogen, cleavage of the formed thioamide produced phenyl isothiocyanate and substituted active methylene compounds.     

Dielektrische Relaxation Polymerer bei Temperaturen bis 1 °K

Zusammenfassung Es werden Messungen des dielektrischen Verlustes tan im Temperaturbereich von 1 bis 80 °K und bei verschiedenen Frequenzen zwischen 10 Hz und 10 kHz an einer Reihe von Polymeren mitgeteilt.Der dielektrische Verlust sinkt im allgemeinen mit Annäherung an den absoluten Nullpunkt monoton ab. Es scheint dies anzudeuten, daß immer ein dielektrischer Untergrund, beruhend auf allgemeinen thermischen Fluktuationen, existiert, der im übrigen für Polymere mit polaren Gruppen höher liegt als für unpolar gebaute. Zu tiefsten Temperaturen hin überlagert sich diesem allgemeinen Trend oft noch ein Maximum, wenngleich bei Temperaturen bis 1 °K herab zuweilen nur erst in einer Konstanz der Verlustwinkel-Werte angedeutet. Es sieht also so aus, als ob auch noch bei tiefsten Temperaturen singuläre Relaxationsmechanismen eine Rolle spielen können. In einer Reihe von Fällen findet man weitere Relaxationsprozesse zwischen 15 und 40 °K.Soweit sich Aktivierungsgrößen aus der Auftragung der Maximallage in der Temperatur mit der Frequenz nach Abtrennung des allgemeinen Untergrundes abschätzen lassen, werden diese mit sinkender Temperaturlage immer kleiner.Die dielektrischen Verluste sind in allen Fällenextrem abhängig von der Vorgeschichte der Proben und zwar insofern, daß offensichtlich Verspannungen im Material infolge von Deformationsprozessen und anderen Behandlungen zu einer erheblichen Erhöhung der Verluste führen, sowohl des Untergrundes als der singulären Mechanismen.

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Summary Investigations of dielectric loss in the temperature range 1–80 °K and with frequencies between 10 c/sec and 10 kc/sec for diverse polymers a presented. For all polymers the dielectric loss decreases in principle monotonely with the approximation of the absolute Zero-point.Thus we suppose the existence of a common dielectric background loss depending from the thermal fluctuations in the material. Moreover this background losses are higher for substances with polar groups.At the lowest temperatures in most cases there seems to appear a loss peak. For temperatures down to 1 °K often this can be only suggested from the constancy of losses. But it seems to be a quite normal fact, that for extremely deep temperatures something as a singular relaxation mechanism may exist.Further discrete mechanisms exist for the range between 15 and 40 °K. Activation energy evaluated formally from the experimental dates in the normal manner after separation of the peaks from the background becomes smaller and smaller with decreasing temperatures.In all investigated cases the dielectric losses are very sensible to prehistory of the samples. It seems, that expecially stress, by deformation and other treatments, gives rise for an increase of loss for the background as for discrete mechanisms.