Synthesis of polyampholyte microgels from colloidal salts of pectinic acid and their application as pH-responsive emulsifiers

A novel method for obtaining cross-linked microgels of apple pectin has been introduced. This method is based on the Ugi four-component condensation in colloidal suspensions of pectinic acid and amines. Using various processing parameters (the polysaccharide concentration, the type and density of crosslink, and the optimal pH range), particles with controlled colloidal properties have been obtained. Lightly cross-linked polysaccharide chains acquire anionic character due to deprotonation of the carboxyl groups at pH?9–10. Increasing the degree of cross-linking leads to a polyampholyte microgel, which can be protonated in acidic medium or deprotonated in basic medium. Polyampholyte microgels derived from apple pectin have proved to be an effective Pickering emulsifier at low concentrations and pH?2–3, forming stable oil-in-water emulsions. These Pickering emulsions exhibited pH-responsive behavior: raising the solution pH to 10 resulted in immediate demulsification due to the destabilization of microgel network at the oil–water interface.     

Production of poly(chlorosulfostyrene) by synthesis in a gel

Synthesis in a gel as a method for the preparation of poly(chlorosulfostyrene) by treating polystyrene with chlorosulfonic acid was proposed, which makes it possible to obtain a polymer with a total degree of functionalization of sulfo and chlorosulfo groups up to 1.0. The possibility of regulating the degree of chlorosulfonation in the range from 50 to 100% was shown. The composition and structure of the products of polymer-analogous transformations were characterized by elemental analysis, FTIR spectroscopy, and thermogravimetry with IR identification of the decomposition products. Chlorosulfonation in the gel makes it possible to achieve a high degree of functionalization even at lower temperatures, at room temperature, and at less time than compared with known methods.     

Mixed-anion complexes with a bipyrazolyl ligand. A new entry to a realm of three-dimensional five-connected coordination topologies

Cross-linking of corrugated square grid coordination layers by anionic bridging groups generates five-connected coordination networks; the 3D topologies of mixed-anion cobalt(II) and nickel(II) complexes with a tetramethyl-substituted 4,4'-bipyrazolyl ligand are supported by mu-SO4(2-) functions and exist as neutral or cationic five-connected arrays involving additional terminal (NCS-) or non-coordinated (NO3-, ClO4-) groups.     

Heterocyclization of compounds containing diazo and cyano groups. 6. Theoretical and experimental investigations of cyclization of 2-cyano-2-diazoacetamides to 5-hydroxy-1,2,3-triazole-4-carbonitriles

A series of N-alkyl- and N-aryl-2-cyano-2-diazoacetamides was synthesized by the reaction of 2-amino-2-cyanoacetamides with sodium nitrite in hydrochloric acid. The mechanism of their heteroclectrocyclization to 5-hydroxy-1,2,3-triazoles was investigated kinetically and theoretically by the B3LYP/6-31+G^* method. The conclusion was made on the basis of the determined activation energy of the cyclization process. reaction parameters , and kinetic isotope effects, that there is a difference between the mechanisms of cyclization of the N-alkyl and N-aryl derivatives of 2-cyano-2-diazoacetamide; cyclization of the N-alkyl derivatives takes place by a monorotatory mechanism, while cyclization of the N-aryl derivatives takes place by a mechanism where one of the stages is heteroelectrocyclization of 2-diazoacetimidates.For Communication 5, see [1].Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 26–41, January, 2000.     

Orientation and dynamics of a vesicle in tank-treading motion in shear flow

Experimental results on mean inclination angle and its fluctuation due to thermal noise in tank-treading motion of a vesicle in shear flow as a function of vesicle excess area, normalized shear rate, viscosity, and viscosity contrast between inner and outer fluids, , are presented. Good quantitative agreement with theory made for was found. At the dependence is altered significantly. Dependence of the vesicle shape on shear rate is consistent with theory. A tank-treading velocity of the vesicle membrane is found to be a periodic function close to that predicted by theory.     

Mass-spectrometric study of isomeric 5-amino-1,2,3-thiadiazoles and 5-mercapto-1,2,3-triazoles

The behavior of the isomeric 5-amino-1,2,3-thiadiazoles and 5-mercapto-1,2,3-triazoles under electron impact was studied. It was shown that mass spectrometry can serve as a rapid and reliable method for the identification of these compounds. Key factors in the assignment of a compound to one or the other class are the peaks of the [M-N₂]⁺ ions, which are more intense in the case of the thiadiazoles, and the ions determined by the decomposition of the prototropic forms of the triazoles. The compositions of the ions were determined by the high-resolution mass spectra.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 681–689, May, 1987.     

气体团簇离子束两步能量修形法的平坦化效应

本文提出采用气体团簇离子束的两步能量修形法来改善4H-SiC(1000)晶片表面形貌.先用15 keV的高能Ar团簇离子进行整体修形,再用5 keV的低能团簇离子优化表面.结果表明,在相同的团簇离子剂量下,与单一15 keV的高能团簇处理相比,两步法修形后的表面具有更低的均方根粗糙度,两者分别为1.05 nm和0.78 nm.本文还以原子级平坦表面为研究对象,揭示了载能团簇引起的半球形离子损伤(弧坑)与团簇能量的关系,及两步能量修形法在弧坑修复中的优势.在原子力显微镜表征的基础上,引入了二维功率谱密度函数,以直观全面地给出材料的表面形貌特征及其随波长(频率)的分布.结果表明,经任何能量的团簇离子轰击的表面,在0.05—0.20μm波长范围内,团簇轰击都能有效地降低粗糙度,而在0.02—0.05μm范围内,则出现了粗化效应,这是由于形成了半球形离子损伤,但第二步更低能量的团簇离子处理可以削弱这种粗化效应.