In order to respond to the rapid developments in the field of localprobes, Commission I.3 has decided to edit a monograph on this importantsubject. Forty-three individuals active in this area have been identifiedand twenty-three have agreed to participate.Project completed - report reference: PureAppl. Chem., 70(7), 1395-1414, 1998 and erratum includingreference list, Pure Appl. Chem., 70(12),[...]
A range of generic amorphous polymers will be produced and these will be available for characterisation in un-coated or coated forms. Participants will be invited to make their contributions in a number of areas: i) surface properties characterisation (nano- or micro-hardness, scratching, abrasion, erosion, AFM or other localised deformation techniques, ii) bulk properties (modulus, toughness,[...]
The technology that employs micro fabricated devices for biomedical applications i.e. using sample and reagents in minute amounts e.g. nanoliter range, has seen an almost exponential growth. The potential of this technology for analytical purposes in biomedicine has been demonstrated for immunoassays, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), cell isolation, electrophoresis and mass spectrometry. This technology[...]
The development of processible forms of conducting polymers by the formation of colloids and thin nanofilms is proposed. The colloids are produced during the oxidation of aniline with ammonium peroxydisulfate in acidic aqueous medium in the presence of a suitable polymeric stabilizer [1]. The polyaniline films grow in situ under similar reaction conditions virtually on[...]
The book is to be written for chemical engineers and industrial chemists, funders of chemical research, and research students and general chemists. Draft outline Multi-phase thermodynamics of pulp suspensions - scale-up and reactor design with thermochemical models (combining reaction rates with Gibbs energy models) Use of multi-phase thermodynamics in slag metallurgy and steelmaking Metastable coating[...]
Recent developments in the technology of intercalating polymer chains in nanoscale layers of clay have produced new types of high performance polymer composites. However, the effects of the higher order structure on mechanical properties are not yet well understood. For example, little is known on the crystallization of polymer chains confined in the nano-scale domains[...]
The book will highlight important areas of new research involving theory, techniques, results, modeling, simulation and industrial applications related to solubility. It will include chapters on super critical fluids, data banks, "green chemicals", molten salts, liquid-liquid phase equilibria, nanotechnology, industrial solutions including cryogenic solutions, predictions, simulations and molecular modeling, gases in polymers, metallurgical and hydrometallurgical[...]
During the past three decades, the determination of the relative amounts of stable isotopes of the light elements (H, C, N, O, and S) has dramatically increased because of expanded use in hydrology, environmental studies, microbiology, forensic investigations, atmospheric investigations, oceanography, etc. In the last 10 years, determination of the relative amounts of the isotopes[...]
The physical and chemical properties of aggregated polymers and polymer molecules that spontaneously assemble into ordered structures are more often determined by these macroscopic structures than by the individual polymer molecules from which they are built. Typically, molecules that have assembled into micelles might act as hosts to smaller molecules that are held in place[...]
(1) Polyaniline will be prepared in the solutions of strong and weak acids and in water (E.N. Konyushenko, Dr J. Stejskal, Prague). Polyanilines and the corresponding bases will be distributed to project participants. (2) The participants will record FTIR spectra of 6 samples dispersed in FTIR pellets and will interpret the spectra. All of them[...]
