Investigations in the field of vinyl ethers and esters of the furan series

Vinyl-furancarboxylate has been synthesized by the reaction of-furancarboxylic acid with acetylene and with vinyl acetate in the presence of various catalysts. The structure of the vinyl ester has been confirmed by IR spectra and by catalytic hydrogenation. The acid and alkaline hydrolyses of vinyl-furancarboxylate have been studied.     

Tracing of peroxy radicals in hexane cool flames

Stabilized hexane-air cool flames in a separately heated two-section reactor have been studied at T=480–770 K and P=30–63 kPa. ESR spectra of peroxy radicals were analyzed by the radical freezing technique and sonde sampling. Under these conditions high radical concentrations (>10¹⁴ cm^–3) are observed. With increasing pressure and temperature, the fraction of HO₂ radicals in the overall amount of radicals grows.

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Radical concentrations and temperature oscillations in cool flame oxidation of butane

Damping and stable oscillation of free radical concentrations in butane oxidation have been found and studied experimentally by using a differential thermocouple. It has been established that maximum oscillations of radical concentrations slightly precede temperature maxima.

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Photoluminescence kinetics of wurtzite GaN quantum dots in an AlN matrix

The photoluminescence (PL) of GaN quantum dots in an AlN matrix is studied. It is found that the maximum of the PL line does not shift when the laser excitation power varies. The transient PL spectra indicate that the quenching kinetics is nonexponential and the quenching law depends on the spectral range. The experimental data are explained in the framework of a model taking into account the strong built-in electric field in wurtzite structures and the transport of charge carriers between them.     

Photocatalytic Activity of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Immobilized in the Polymer Network of Polyacrylamide Hydrogel

Composite hydrogels based on polyacrylamide immobilized nanoparticles of commercial (P25 brand) titanium dioxide and of titanium dioxide nanoparticles prepared by electric explosion of a wire were synthesized. The enthalpy of interaction at the polyacrylamide/TiO₂ interface was determined by microcalorimetry using the thermochemical cycle method. Interaction of polyacrylamide polymer chains with the surface of TiO₂ nanoparticles is energetically unfavorable. The absence of interactions between the hydrogel polymer network and surface of TiO₂ nanoparticles favors manifestation of the UV-induced photocatalytic activity of TiO₂ nanoparticles immobilized in the hydrogel. Immobilization in the polyacrylamide hydrogel matrix decreases the photocatalytic activity of P25 brand TiO₂ nanoparticles, but does not affect the photocatalytic activity of titanium dioxide nanoparticles prepared by the electric explosion method. The photocatalytic activity of TiO₂ nanoparticles immobilized in the bulk of polyacrylamide hydrogel evaluated by the decomposition of Methyl Orange dye is controlled by the diffusion rate of the dye molecules into the bulk of the hydrogel and depends also on the aggregation of TiO₂ nanoparticles in the hydrogel matrix.

     

Reaction of o-phenylenediamine with α-bromoacetylenic ketones

Conclusions 1,2-Di-(acylethynylaza)benzenes and 2-acylmethylenebenzo-1,3-imidazoline hydrobromides were obtained by the reaction of o-phenylenediamine with-bromoacetylenic ketones.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 1173–1175, May, 1984.     

Linearly polarized photoluminescence from an ensemble of wurtzite GaN/AlN quantum dots

Microphotoluminescence from GaN/AlN quantum dots grown by molecular beam epitaxy on sapphire substrates along the (0001) axis has been studied. To produce quantum dots of different average sizes and densities, the nominal amount of deposited GaN has been varied from 1 to 4 ML. The density of the quantum dots was about 10¹¹ cm⁻², which corresponded to about 10³ quantum dots excited in the experiments. The photo-luminescence from the quantum dots was linearly polarized and the maximum polarization degree (15%) has been observed for the sample with the lowest amount of deposited GaN. The photoluminescence intensity from this sample under continuous laser excitation decreased by more than two orders of magnitude for about 30 min and then stabilized. The photoluminescence intensity from other samples under continuous excitation remained constant. We suggest that a rather high polarization degree is caused by anisotropy in the strain and shape of the quantum dots formed near the dislocations, which also act as the centers of nonradiative recombination.     

Aging Process Effects on the Characteristics of Vacuum Residue Oxidation Products with the Addition of Crumb Rubber

This paper considers the effect of aging processes on viscoelastic characteristics of vacuum residue oxidation products modified with crumb rubber. Viscoelastic properties were compared to original bitumen raw material-vacuum residue and vacuum residue oxidation products during short-term and long-term aging. The complex shear modulus of the vacuum residue and its oxidation products decreased with an increase in temperature. Short-term aging resulted in increased shear modulus for all samples.The vacuum residue oxidation product modified with crumb rubber had the maximum values of the rutting parameter and fatigue parameter. There was an expansion of the temperature range of plasticity: for the vacuum residue oxidation product with crumb rubber, its value was 67.2 °C. The curves of the black diagram of the modified vacuum residue oxidation product are shifted towards smaller phase angles with the increase in the shear modulus, which indicates the increase in the stiffness and elasticity of the rubber bitumen binders. The vacuum residue oxidation product modified with crumb rubber corresponded to the rubber bitumen binder of the grade RBB 60/90, according to its physical and mechanical indicators.