Dendrimerai tai naujai dendritinių polimerų klasei priskiriamos makromolekulės. Jų dydis, funkcinių grupių skaičius yra tiksliai apibrėžti ir gali būti kontroliuojami sintezės metu. Dėl išskirtinių struktūrinių savybių, dendrimerai jau keletą dešimtmečių yra intensyviai tyrinėjamos medžiagos. Pagrindinis disertacijos tikslas yra ištirti PPI ir PAMAM dendrimerų, funkcionalizuotų CAzPA ir ESA fotochrominiais junginiais optines savybes bei šviesa inicijuotų fotocheminių reakcijų dinamiką panaudojus kelias tyrimų metodikas. Kadangi CAzPA ir ESA junginių fotochromizmas yra susijęs su šviesa indukuota izomerizacijos bei tautomerizacijos fotocheminėmis reakcijomis, todėl darbe buvo siekiama ištirti šiais junginiais funkcionalizuotų dendrimerų dinaminių savybių priklausomybę nuo dendrimero tipo bei jo generacijos. Ištyrus PPI ir PAMAM dendrimerų funkcionalizuotų CAzPA junginiais plėvelių ir tirpalų dinamines savybes, buvo nustatyta, kad izomerizacijos sparta nepriklauso nuo dendrimero tipo, tirpiklio ir žadinančios spinduliuotės energijos. Dendrimerų plėvelių sužadintos būsenos relaksacijos trukmė yra apie 15 ps, o tai apie 7 kartus lėčiau nei tirpaluose. Eksperimentiškai ir teoriškai ištyrus skirtingų generacijų PPI dendrimerų funkcionalizuotų ESA fotochrominiais junginiais optines savybes, buvo nustatytos keturios stabilios ESA funkcinių grupių tautomerinės formos, kurių pagrindinės būsenos energijos yra skirtingos. Skirtingų dendrimero generacijų sužadintos būsenos dinamikos... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Dendrimers are multivalent, well-defined materials that constitute a new class of polymer macromolecules. They have been extensively studied over the past several decades mainly due to their exceptional structure properties. The size of molecule, number of terminal groups, molecular weight and several other properties of dendrimers could be precisely controlled during synthesis. The main goal of this thesis is to investigate the optical properties and light induced photochemical reaction dynamics within the PPI and PAMAM dendrimers functionalized by CAzPA and ESA type terminal groups by means of several spectroscopic techniques. Because photochromism of CAzPA and ESA type terminal groups is associated with light induced isomerization and tautomerization photochemical reactions, the main attention of present thesis was devoted to investigate dynamical properties of functionalized dendrimers as an influence of dendrimer type and its generation. Investigations of dynamic properties of PPI and PAMAM dendrimers functionalized with the CAzPA terminal groups have shown that isomerization rate is insensitive to dendrimer type, solvent and excitation wavelength. The isomerization rate of the dendrimer films take place in about 15 ps and it is only seven times slower than in dendrimer solvent. Both experimental and theoretical optical studies performed on PPI dendrimers functionalized with the ESA type terminal groups reveal four stable tautomeric forms with different energy in the... [to full text]

Dendrimers are multivalent, well-defined materials that constitute a new class of polymer macromolecules. They have been extensively studied over the past several decades mainly due to their exceptional structure properties. The size of molecule, number of terminal groups, molecular weight and several other properties of dendrimers could be precisely controlled during synthesis. The main goal of this thesis is to investigate the optical properties and light induced photochemical reaction dynamics within the PPI and PAMAM dendrimers functionalized by CAzPA and ESA type terminal groups by means of several spectroscopic techniques. Because photochromism of CAzPA and ESA type terminal groups is associated with light induced isomerization and tautomerization photochemical reactions, the main attention of present thesis was devoted to investigate dynamical properties of functionalized dendrimers as an influence of dendrimer type and its generation. Investigations of dynamic properties of PPI and PAMAM dendrimers functionalized with the CAzPA terminal groups have shown that isomerization rate is insensitive to dendrimer type, solvent and excitation wavelength. The isomerization rate of the dendrimer films take place in about 15 ps and it is only seven times slower than in dendrimer solvent. Both experimental and theoretical optical studies performed on PPI dendrimers functionalized with the ESA type terminal groups reveal four stable tautomeric forms with different energy in the... [to full text] / Dendrimerai tai naujai dendritinių polimerų klasei priskiriamos makromolekulės. Jų dydis, funkcinių grupių skaičius yra tiksliai apibrėžti ir gali būti kontroliuojami sintezės metu. Dėl išskirtinių struktūrinių savybių, dendrimerai jau keletą dešimtmečių yra intensyviai tiriamos medžiagos. Pagrindinis disertacijos tikslas yra ištirti PPI ir PAMAM dendrimerų, funkcionalizuotų CAzPA ir ESA fotochrominiais junginiais optines savybes bei šviesa inicijuotų fotocheminių reakcijų dinamiką panaudojus kelias tyrimų metodikas. Kadangi CAzPA ir ESA junginių fotochromizmas yra susijęs su šviesa indukuota izomerizacijos bei tautomerizacijos fotocheminėmis reakcijomis, todėl darbe buvo siekiama ištirti šiais junginiais funkcionalizuotų dendrimerų dinaminių savybių priklausomybę nuo dendrimero tipo bei jo generacijos. Ištyrus PPI ir PAMAM dendrimerų funkcionalizuotų CAzPA junginiais plėvelių ir tirpalų dinamines savybes, buvo nustatyta, kad izomerizacijos sparta nepriklauso nuo dendrimero tipo, tirpiklio ir žadinančios spinduliuotės energijos. Dendrimerų plėvelių sužadintos būsenos relaksacijos trukmė yra apie 15 ps, o tai apie 7 kartus lėčiau nei tirpaluose. Eksperimentiškai ir teoriškai ištyrus skirtingų generacijų PPI dendrimerų funkcionalizuotų ESA fotochrominiais junginiais optines savybes, buvo nustatytos keturios stabilios ESA funkcinių grupių tautomerinės formos, kurių pagrindinės būsenos energijos yra skirtingos. Skirtingų dendrimero generacijų sužadintos būsenos dinamikos... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]

The synthesis of high molecular weight copolymer of carbon disulphide (CS2) and propylene oxide (PO) has not reported in literature. In the present work, zinc isopropyl xanthate (Zn(Xt)2) was used as catalyst for the copolymerisation of PO and CS2 into high copolymer. However, the product can be fractionated into high and low molecular weight components. High molecular weight copolymer was rubbery products, but low molecular weight copolymers were oily products containing cyclic dithiocarbonates. Copolymers were characterized by elemental, end group analysis, DSC, TGA, GPC, Light Scattering, UV, IR, NMR spectroscopy, polarized microscopy and refractometry. Copolymerization process was zeroth order with respect to monomers, and its non-terminated but suffered from several types of transfer reactions. As a result of transfer reactions S-(C=S)-S, O-(C=S)-O, O-(C=O)-O groups in the backbone of copolymer and SH groups at the chain terminals and cyclic dithiocarbonates are formed. Apart from SH groups, OH and double bonds were found and their amounts were determined at the chain terminals. Copolymers with high mole fractions of PO units (F1) in the copolymer are crystallized in the shape of Malta&amp / #8217 / s Cross. Melting points of products were obtained from DSC. The F1 values are calculated from elemental analysis as well as zeroth order rate constants and from melting point of the crystals. All three results were in close agreement and changed between 0.9 &amp / #8211 / 0.7. However, these ratios depend on reaction conditions (temperature, catalyst and monomer concentrations, time and dielectric constant of reaction medium). A mechanism for coordination-copolymerization on the basis of above observation was proposed.

La préparation de nouveaux catalyseurs à base de tungstène par la voie Chimie Organométallique de Surface a été abordée dans cette thèse pour la production du propylène à partir de l'éthylène et/ou de butènes. Deux types de systèmes catalytiques ont été développés. Des hydrures de tungstène supportés, obtenus par réaction de surface entre un complexe de tungstène [W(CtBu)(CH2 tBu)3] et la -alumine suivi d'un traitement sous H2 à 150°C ont été préparés. Les caractérisations par différentes techniques spectroscopiques (IR, RMN solide, Raman et EXAFS) et réactivité stoechiométrique ainsi que les modélisations par calculs théoriques (DFT) ont montré la présence à la surface de deux espèces trishydrures : neutre et cationique. Ce catalyseur s'est révélé particulièrement actif pour la conversion directe de l'éthylène en propylène à 150°C selon un mécanisme trifonctionnel (dimérisation, isomérisation et métathèse croisée). L'accent a été mis sur la détermination du mode de désactivation par oligomérisation de l'éthylène, due principalement à la présence en surface d'espèce cationique. Pour pallier ce problème, d'autres réactions permettant la production de propylène avec de meilleures activités ont été développées (conversion des butènes, métathèse croisée éthylène/2-butène, 2-butène/isobutène). La conversion directe de 2-butène en propylène, inconnue jusqu'à lors, a notamment été étudiée. Enfin, un second type de systèmes catalytiques, modèles du site actif de l'hydrure de tungstène supporté et du catalyseur industriel WO3/SiO2, a été préparé et caractérisé. Ces nouveaux catalyseurs, portant un ligand oxo, se sont montrés bien plus actif en métathèse des oléfines que leurs homologues portant un ligand imido. Ces derniers se désactivent rapidement par décomposition de métallacyclobutane entraînant une réduction du tungstène non observée dans le cas des systèmes oxo / The preparation of new tungsten based catalyst using Surface Organometallic Chemistry is described in this thesis. These catalysts have been prepared for the production of propylene from ethylene and/or butenes. Two types of catalyst have been developed. Supported tungsten hydrides, resulting from the surface reaction of [W(CtBu)(CH2 tBu)3] with -alumina followed by a treatment under H2 at 150°C have been prepared. The characterizations by several spectroscopic techniques (IR, SSNMR, Raman and EXAFS) and stoichiometric reactivity combined by with theoretical calculations (DFT) have demonstrated the presence of two tungsten hydride surface species: a neutral and a cationic. This catalyst have shown outstanding reactivity for the direct conversion of ethylene to propylene 150°C following a tri-functional mechanism (dimerization, isomerization and crossmetathesis). The deactivation pathway has been attributes to ethylene oligomerization mainly due to the presence of cationic surface species. To circumvent this deactivation, other reactions affording propylene have been developed (butenes conversion, ethylene/2-butene and isobutene/2-butene cross metathesis). The conversion of 2-butene to propylene, until then unreported, has been notably studied. Finally, a second type of catalyst, models of the active site of supported tungsten hydrides and of WO3/SiO2 catalyst, has been prepared and characterized. These new catalysts, bearing an oxide ligand, have been shown to be more active than their imido counterparts. These later deactivates quikely by metallacyclobutane decomposition leading to the reduction of the tungsten non observed in the case of oxo systems

The aim of this master´s thesis was the measurement of electrical conductivity and dynamic viscosity of the electrolytes. Based on these measurements to verify Walden theorem between measured variables. Electrolytes were used on sulfolane base in combination with propylene carbonate and salt. The thesis also deals with the measuring method of dielectric properties of electrical and optical method with a refractometer. The freezing point of combination of sulfolan and propylene carbonate were determined by cryoscopy.

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Tyrophagus putrescentiae, known as the ham mite, is the most difficult pest to control in the dry-cured ham industry. Food-grade propylene glycol coated nets have been studied as an alternative to conventional mite infestation treatments but were heavy and costly to ship. This study aimed to increase the ease of use of the coated nets via drying. Three drying treatments: oven dried for 7 min (OD7m), oven dried for 20 min (OD20m), and counter dried for 24 h (CD24h), were tested to determine the efficacy at controlling mites as well as the mechanical properties of the nets and sensory characteristics of ham wrapped in the treated nets. The OD7m and CD24h treatments were effective at controlling mite growth in a laboratory setting. The drying treatments did not affect the mechanical properties, or the sensory characteristics of the hams wrapped with the dried net treatments.

The Fluidized Catalytic Cracking (FCC) is known for its ability to convert refinery wastes into useful fuels such as gasoline, diesel and some lighter products such as ethylene and propylene, which are major building blocks for the polyethylene and polypropylene production. It is the most important unit of the refinery. However, changes in quality, nature of crude oil blends feedstock, environmental changes and the desire to obtain higher profitability, lead to many alternative operating conditions of the FCC riser. There are two major reactors in the FCC unit: the riser and the regenerator. The production objective of the riser is the maximisation of gasoline and diesel, but it can also be used to maximise products like propylene, butylene etc. For the regenerator, it is for regeneration of spent or deactivated catalyst. To realise these objectives, mathematical models of the riser, disengage-stripping section, cyclones and regenerator were adopted from the literature and modified, and then used on the gPROMS model builder platform to make a virtual form of the FCC unit. A new parameter estimation technique was developed in this research and used to estimate new kinetic parameters for a new six lumps kinetic model based on an industrial unit. Research outputs have resulted in the following major products’ yields: gasoline (plant; 47.31 wt% and simulation; 48.63 wt%) and diesel (plant; 18.57 wt% and simulation; 18.42 wt%) and this readily validates the new estimation methodology as well as the kinetic parameters estimated. The same methodology was used to estimate kinetic parameters for a new kinetic reaction scheme that considered propylene as a single lump. The yield of propylene was found to be 4.59 wt%, which is consistent with published data. For the first time, a Z-factor correlation analysis was used in the riser simulation to improve the hydrodynamics. It was found that different Z factor correlations predicted different riser operating pressures (90 – 279 kPa) and temperatures as well as the riser products. The Z factor correlation of Heidaryan et al. (2010a) was found to represent the condition of the riser, and depending on the catalyst-to-oil ratio, this ranges from 1.06 at the inlet of the riser to 0.92 at the exit. Optimisation was carried out to maximise gasoline, propylene in the riser and minimise CO2 in the regenerator. An increase of 4.51% gasoline, 8.93 wt.% increase in propylene as a single lump and 5.24 % reduction of carbon dioxide emission were achieved. Finally, varying the riser diameter was found to have very little effect on the yields of the riser products.

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Catalysts consisting of silver on α-Al₂O₃, α-SiC, and β-SiC supports were synthesized and tested for catalytic performance in the gas-phase direct oxidation of ethylene to ethylene oxide. For this study, which used no promoters, ethylene oxidation selectivity of SiC-supported catalysts ranged from 10 to 60% and conversion from 0-4.5%. Silicon carbide supported catalysts exhibited poor performance except for a surface-modified β-SiC-supported catalyst, which demonstrated conversion and selectivity similar to that of an α-Al₂O₃-supported catalyst. This Ag/β-SiC catalyst was further investigated with a kinetic study, and the reaction orders were found to be 0.18 with respect to ethylene and 0.34 with respect to oxygen. The kinetic results were consistent with Langmuir-Hinshelwood rate expressions developed from single-site and dual-site reaction mechanisms. Gold nanoparticles on titanium oxide and titania-silica supports are active for the formation of propylene oxide by the oxidation of propylene with hydrogen and oxygen mixtures. This study investigates the effect of cyanide treatment on gold supported on titanosilicate zeolite supports (Au/TS-1). Catalysts treated with weak solutions of sodium cyanide resulted in preferential removal of small gold particles, while catalysts treated with strong solutions resulted in dissolution of the gold and re-precipitation as gold (+1) cyanide. X-ray absorption spectroscopy demonstrated that catalysts which produce propylene oxide in the presence of hydrogen and oxygen mixtures had supported gold (+3) oxide nanoparticles of 3 nm size after synthesis, which were reduced to gold metal at reaction conditions. Samples treated with strong solutions of sodium cyanide resulted in supported gold (+1) cyanide particles of large size, 9-11 nm. These particles did not produce propylene oxide but, surprisingly, showed high selectivity toward propylene hydrogenation. Increasing gold (+1) cyanide particle size resulted in a decrease in hydrogenation activity. TS-1 and Au/TS-1 surfaces were studied with laser Raman spectroscopy. Surface fluorescence was substantially reduced with a low-temperature ozone treatment, allowing observation of titanosilicate framework bands. Hydrocarbon vibrations are observed for TS-1 and Au/TS-1 under propylene. Density functional theory models indicated that propylene adsorbed to a metal site along the Ï bond would show a Raman spectrum very similar to gas-phase propylene except for out-of-plane C-H vibrations, which would be moved to higher energy. This adsorption spectrum, with out-of-plane vibrations shifted to higher energy, was observed for both TS-1 and Au/TS-1. Langmuir adsorption isotherms were generated for both TS-1 and Au/TS-1, and a scaling factor derived from propylene uptake experiments allowed these isotherms to be scaled to propylene coverage of titanium. / Ph. D.