Temperature dependence of the configurational free energy of a branched polymer

We consider a lattice model of branched polymers in dilute solution in which the polymer is modelled as an animal, weakly embeddable in the (simple cubic) lattice. In order to model the effect on the thermodynamic properties of changing the temperature or the quality of the solvent, we include an energy associated with the number of nearneighbour contacts between pairs of vertices of the animals. We show that the configurational free energy of the animal is a continuous function of the temperature and derive rigorous upper and lower bounds on the temperature dependence of the free energy. Finally, we comment on similarities between these results and corresponding ones for a model in which the energy is associated with the cyclomatic index of the animal.     

Methyltriazolocoumarins: New furocoumarin isosters as potential photochemotherapeutic agents

A number of new methyltriazolocoumarins with a linear psoralen-like structure or an angular angelicin-like structure were synthetized. The syntheses were performed starting from the appropriate methylated 7-aminocoumarins which were nitrated, reduced and successively diazotized with concomitant cyclization to form the condensed triazolo ring. The new methyltriazolocoumarins show promising spectroscopic properties which are potentially predictive of their photochemical and photobiological behaviour.     

Highly polarized enamines. 2. Synthesis and investigation of the further amination of derivatives of α,α-DIAMINO-β-cyano-β-nitroethylene

Highly polarized enediamines of the a, -diamino--cyano--nitroethylene type have been obtained by the hydrolysis of 4-chloro-5-nitropyrimidines. Several chemical conversions of the enamines obtained have been studied, particularly leading to derivatives of 2-(cyanonitromethylene)imidazoline and -hexahydropyrimidine, and also to derivatives of N, N-bisvinylpiperazine and 7 methylene-1, 4-diazabicyclo(2.2. 1 ]heptane.Center for Drug Chemistry, All-Russian Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Moscow 119815. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 811–820, June, 1996. Original article submitted February 6, 1996.For Part 1, see [1].     

A Possibility of Improving Lead Dioxide Electrode of Lead Battery

The influence exerted by a reinforcing additive, an aqueous suspension of 4D fluoroplastic (Teflon), on the structural, physicochemical, and service characteristics of the positive electrode of the lead battery was studied. A paste with polymer and carbon additives, extending the service life of the lead dioxide electrode, was developed for industrial use.     

Extractive substances formed from buckwheat grain production waste

Properties of liquid and dry extracts produced in treatment of buckwheat fruit shells (husk) and straw with water or an acid solution were studied. The conditions of pigment concentration from aqueous extracts by ultrafiltration were determined.     

Photosensitivity of holographic recording media based on films of polymer compositions with cadmium sulfide nanoparticles

The effect of doping with CdS nanoparticles of recording medium films for the thermoplastic holographic recording process, which are based on photosemiconductors (oligomers and cooligomers of glycidylcarbazole) and a dielectric (a styrene copolymer with octyl methacrylate) containing a photoconductivity sensitizer, on their photosensitivity was studied. The enhancement of photosensitivity of films by doping with nanoparticles is associated with the appearance of an additional channel for transport of electrons generated from sensitizer molecules. A difference in informational properties between the oligomer and the polymer films was revealed.