Influence of the composition of the polymer matrix on the electrooptical properties of films with a dispersed liquid crystal

Polymer films with a dispersed liquid crystal were prepared by photopolymerization of (meth)acrylic monomers. The electrooptical properties of these films were studied. The influence exerted by the composition of the monomer mixture, cross-linking agents, and chain-transfer agent on the liquid crystal drop size and on the transmission of the polymer-liquid crystal films was examined.     

On the theory of isentropic solutions of quasilinear conservation laws

This paper studies isentropic solutions of quasilinear first-order equations with two independent variables and a flux function that is only continuous. The isentropic solutions are characterized by the requirement that the S. N. Kruzhkov entropy conditions hold for these solution with the equality sign. It turns out that the existence of a nonconstant isentropic solution imposes rather strong restrictions on the nonlinearity. In particular, it is shown that on the minimal interval containing the essential image of the isentropic solution, the flux function satisfies the local Lipschitz condition, and its generalized derivative is a function of locally bounded variation. Also, it is proved that when the flux function is nonlinear, any isentropic solution is continuous on nondegenerate intervals. __________ Translated from Sovremennaya Matematika i Ee Prilozheniya (Contemporary Mathematics and Its Applications), Vol. 33, Suzdal Conference-2004, Part 1, 2005.     

Development of digital gamma-activation autoradiography for the determination of platinum group element inclusions in geological samples

It has been shown that gamma-activation significantly extends possibilities of activation autoradiography with respect to determination of platinum group elements (PGE) in silicate samples. All PGE may be activated by bremsstrahlung with forming radionuclides having convenient half-lives for autoradiography (hours-days). Digital methods for quantitative 2D-densitometry of autoradiograph images by means of documents scanners have been developed and discussed. Approaches for increasing selectivity of analysis by means of autoradiography have been proposed and tested on the real sample containing PGE inclusions (analysis of decay kinetics while cooling, combination with gamma-ray spectrometry).     

Synthesis and crystal structure of Nb2S4(S2NCEt2)4, the first molecular complex containing an [Nb2(μ2-S2)2]4+ fragment

The crystal structure was determined for Nb₂S₄(S₂NCEt₂)₄ obtained in 48% yield by the reaction of Cs₄Nb₂S₄(NCS)₈ with NaS₂CNEt₂ in water: a=21.181(8), b=6.958(1), c=16.623(6) Å, =133.95(2)^o, V = 1764(1) ų, space group C2/m, Z=2, d_calc=1.708 g/cm³. The measurements were carried out on a Syntex P2₁ diffractometer with CuK radiation. A total of 2536 reflections were measured, of which 990 were used, R_aniso=0.0444. The basic fragment in this molecule is [Nb₂(₂–S₂)₂]⁴⁺, the Nb–Nb distance in which corresponds to a metal-metal single bond. The molecule is partially disordered over two positions about the twofold axis and mirror plane of the C2/m space group. The dithiocarbamate and disulfide ligands with bidentate coordination form a distorted square antiprism about each of the niobium atoms as in NbS₂Cl₂. The anomalously large S–S bond length in the S₂ ligand [2.282(5) Å] may be attributed to inaccuracy in the determination due to disorder.Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated from Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 134–138, March–April, 1993.     

Autoradiography studies of the processes of wetting and spreading

Data of the studies of wetting and spreading in liquid metal-solid metal systems, as well as the modification of various solid surfaces with aqueous surfactant solutions, by the autoradiography technique are reported.Translated from Kolloidnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 67, No. 1, 2005, pp. 26–31.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Dolzhikova, Bogdanova, Summ, Korobkov.     

Metal versus ligand alkylation in the reactivity of the (bis-iminopyridinato)Fe catalyst

The alkylation of the Brookhart-Gibson {2,6-[2,6-(i-Pr)2PhN=C(CH3)]2(C5H3N)} FeCl2 precatalyst with 2 equiv of LiCH2Si(CH3)3 led to the isolation of several catalytically very active products depending on the reaction conditions. The expected dialkylated species {2,6-[2,6-(i-Pr)2PhN=C(CH3)]2}(C5H3N)Fe(CH2SiMe3)2 (2) was indeed the major component of the reaction mixture. However, other species in which alkylation occurred at the pyridine ring ortho position, {2,6-[2,6-(i-Pr)2PhN=C(CH3)]2-2-CH2SiMe3}(C5H3N)Fe(CH2SiMe3) (1), and at the imine C atom, {2-[2,6-(i-Pr)2PhN=C(CH3)]-6-[2,6-(i-Pr)2PhNC(CH3)(CH2 SiMe3)](C5H3N)}Fe(CH2SiMe3) (3), have also been isolated and fully characterized. In addition, deprotonation of the methyl-imino functions and formation of a new divalent Fe catalyst {[2,6-[2,6-(i-Pr)2PhN-C=(CH2)]2(C5H3N)}Fe(mu-Cl)Li(THF)3 (4) also occurred depending on the reaction conditions. In turn, the formation of 4 might trigger the reductive coupling of two units through the methyl-carbon wings. This process resulted in the one-electron reduction of the metal center, affording a dinuclear Fe(I) alkyl catalyst {[{[2,6-(i-Pr)2C6H5]N=C(CH3)}(C5H3N){[2,6-(i-Pr)26H5]N=CCH2}Fe(CH2SiMe3)]}2 (5). Different from other metal derivatives, complex 5 could not be prepared from the monodeprotonated version of the ligand. Its reaction with a mixture of FeCl2 and RLi afforded instead [{2,6-[2,6-(i-Pr)2PhN-C=(CH2)]2(C5H3N)}FeCH2Si(CH3)3][Li(THF)4] (6) which is also catalytically active. All of these high-spin species have been shown to have high catalytic activity for olefin polymerization, producing polymers of two distinct natures, depending on the formal oxidation state of the metal center.     

Diagnostics of the atmospheric-pressure plasma parameters using the method of near-field microwave sounding

A method of resonant near-field microwave probing is developed for contactless diagnostics of a high-pressure plasma. The efficiency of this method in measuring the parameters of the plasma of an rf capacitive discharge in argon under atmospheric pressure is demonstrated. The experimental results are compared with the data obtained using the independent method, the microwave radiation “cutoff,” and with theoretical estimates.     

Study of a Pulsed Air Flow in a Large Vacuum Chamber by Means of a Commercial Ionization Gauge

Technical Physics - A method for creating a pressure gradient by pulsed injection of air into a large vacuum chamber for laboratory simulation of plasma phenomena in a vertically nonuniform...