Bis-spironaphthooxazine based photochromic polymer materials

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 506-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davita L. Watkins ◽  
Tomoko Fujiwara
Author(s):  
А. Kolendo ◽  
I. Savchenko ◽  
L. Vretik ◽  
V. Syromyatnikov ◽  
N. Kutsevol ◽  
...  

Polymers, composites, their components and complexes for application in information tecnologies and biotechnology as well as for medicine and solar energy transfer have been obtained. In particular, new high-resolution photochromic polymer materials with a significant nonlinear optical effect of the third order have been developed. They are perspective for the creation of high-speed optical switches in optical recording and information storage. A new way of recording information based on the generation of the second harmonic with new photochromic polymers has been found. The perspectivity of alken-functionalised poly(phenyl/naphthylmethacrylates) as basic compounds for polarization-sensitive polymeric media was prooved.The chemical modification of polymers by benzenesulfonamide derivatives for biostabilization of plastic masses and providing hydrophilic properties for their surface was carried out. A fundamentally new approach is developed in which processes of energy transfer of excited states in polymer macromolecule to the photostabilaser are used for effective stabilization of polymer materials. Thermostabilized samples of polystyrene with covalently bonded of imidophenylmethacrylates have been developed. The branched copolymers are highly efficient matrices for the synthesis of stable gold, silver, CdS and Au / CdS nanoparticles and copolymers that can be used as nanovectors for the target delivery of highly toxic antitumor drugs. New effective preparations for desinfaсtion of fish nurseries, dressing and hygienic materials, linen and clothes have been developed.


Author(s):  
D.T. Grubb

Diffraction studies in polymeric and other beam sensitive materials may bring to mind the many experiments where diffracted intensity has been used as a measure of the electron dose required to destroy fine structure in the TEM. But this paper is concerned with a range of cases where the diffraction pattern itself contains the important information.In the first case, electron diffraction from paraffins, degraded polyethylene and polyethylene single crystals, all the samples are highly ordered, and their crystallographic structure is well known. The diffraction patterns fade on irradiation and may also change considerably in a-spacing, increasing the unit cell volume on irradiation. The effect is large and continuous far C94H190 paraffin and for PE, while for shorter chains to C 28H58 the change is less, levelling off at high dose, Fig.l. It is also found that the change in a-spacing increases at higher dose rates and at higher irradiation temperatures.


Author(s):  
J. Petermann ◽  
G. Broza ◽  
U. Rieck ◽  
A. Jaballah ◽  
A. Kawaguchi

Oriented overgrowth of polymer materials onto ionic crystals is well known and recently it was demonstrated that this epitaxial crystallisation can also occur in polymer/polymer systems, under certain conditions. The morphologies and the resulting physical properties of such systems will be presented, especially the influence of epitaxial interfaces on the adhesion of polymer laminates and the mechanical properties of epitaxially crystallized sandwiched layers.Materials used were polyethylene, PE, Lupolen 6021 DX (HDPE) and 1810 D (LDPE) from BASF AG; polypropylene, PP, (PPN) provided by Höchst AG and polybutene-1, PB-1, Vestolen BT from Chemische Werke Hüls. Thin oriented films were prepared according to the method of Petermann and Gohil, by winding up two different polymer films from two separately heated glass-plates simultaneously with the help of a motor driven cylinder. One double layer was used for TEM investigations, while about 1000 sandwiched layers were taken for mechanical tests.


Author(s):  
H.-J. Cantow ◽  
M. Kunz ◽  
M. Möller

In transmission electron microscopy the natural contrast of polymers is very low. Thus the contrast has to be enhanced by staining with heavy metals. The resolution is limited by the size of the staining particles and by the fact that electrons with different energy are focused in different image planes due to the chromatic aberration of the magnetic lenses. The integration of an electron energy loss spectrometer into the optical coloumn of a transmission electron microscope offers the possibility to use monoenergetic electrons and to select electrons with a certain energy for imaging. Thus contrast and resolution are enhanced. By imaging only electrons with an element specific energy loss the element distribution in the sample can be obtained. In addition, elastic bright field images and diffraction patterns yield excellent resolution. Some applications of the method on multicomponent polymer materials are discussed.Bulk polymer samples were prepared by ultramicrotoming at room temperature or well below the glass transition temperature. Very thin films for the direct observation of the structure in semicrystalline polymers were obtained by melt-spinning. Specimens were examined with a ZEISS CEM 902 operated at 80 kV.


Author(s):  
Patricia M. Wilson ◽  
David C. Martin

Efforts in our laboratory and elsewhere have established the utility of low dose high resolution electron microscopy (HREM) for imaging the microstructure of crystalline and liquid crystalline polymers. In a number of polymer systems, direct imaging of the lattice spacings by HREM has provided information about the size, shape, and relative orientation of ordered domains in these materials. However, because of the extent of disorder typical in many polymer microstructures, and because of the sensitivity of most polymer materials to electron beam damage, there have been few studies where the contrast observed in HREM images has been analyzed in a quantitative fashion.Here, we discuss two instances where quantitative information about HREM images has been used to provide new insight about the organization of crystalline polymers in the solid-state. In the first, we study the distortion of the polymer lattice planes near the core of an edge dislocation and compare these results to theories of dislocations in anisotropic and liquid crystalline solids. In the second, we investigate the variations in HREM contrast near the edge of wedge-shaped samples. The polymer used in this study was the diacetylene DCHD, which is stable to electron beam damage (Jc = 20 C/cm2) and highly crystalline. The instrument used in this work was a JEOL 4000 EX HRTEM with a beam blanidng device. More recently, the 4000 EX has been installed with instrumentation for dynamically recording scattered electron beam currents.


2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-90
Author(s):  
Y. M. Dovydenko ◽  
N. A. Ivanova ◽  
S. A. Chizhik ◽  
V. E. Agabekov

The intensification of the work of open gutter by applying textured shells to their bottom surface, forming an artificial roughness, is considered. It is shown that the presence of corrugated surfaces contributes to vortex formation during water flow and improves the separation and transportation of mineral impurities previously dropped into the bottom of the gutters. The implementation of operations to improve the structure of the gutters is possible during the repair and restoration works with the use of modern polymer materials. The design of a small-sized hydraulic stand, which makes it possible to study the transport capacity of flows containing solid inclusions, is presented. The method of research is hydraulic testing, accompanied by the use of chiaroscuro effect, as well as photo and film equipment. The optimal structure of the inner surface of the gutters and pipes providing vortex formation, which will improve the ability of the flow to carry out and transport foreign dispersed inclusions (sand) of different granulometric compositions, is determined.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document