Study of Magnetic and Electrical Properties of Poly(o-phenylenediamine)/Manganese Substituted ZnFe2O4 Nanocomposites

Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials - Different concentrations of ZnFe2O4 and manganese substituted ZnFe2O4 nanoparticles (10%, 20% and 30%) dispersed...     

Reliable nonfragile tracking control for switched systems with external disturbances

With the assistance of reliable control technique, the nonfragile tracking problem has been proposed in this paper for a class of switched systems with external disturbances under the aegis of modified repetitive controller. Notably, the designed repetitive controller is used to improve the tracking performance of the addressed switched systems. Preciously, the influence of external disturbances are estimated through the improved equivalent-input-disturbance strategy, wherein the effect caused by the external disturbances to the output channel are reduced by the aid of modified repetitive control strategy. The fundamental intention of this control synthesis is that the output of the system precisely tracks the reference signal even in the presence of external disturbances and gain fluctuations. For that cause, Lyapunov stability technique in conjunction with average dwell time approach is implemented to obtain adequate conditions in the shape of linear matrix inequalities which insists the exponential stability for the addressed system. Ultimately, the efficiency and supremacy of the proposed control schemes are justified via two numerical examples, wherein it is exposed to view that the developed control strategy is capable of good tracking performance and also estimates the external disturbances efficiently.     

Synthesis and characterization of aromatic/cycloaliphatic poly(amide‐ imide‐imide)s from bis(4‐amino‐ 3,5‐dimethylphenyl) cycloalkane derivatives

A series of novel aromatic diamines containing cycloaliphatic moieties was synthesized by the reaction of cycloalkanones like cyclohexanone and cycloheptanone with 2,6‐dimethylaniline. The tetrimide diacid was synthesized using the prepared diamine with 3,3′,4,4′‐benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid dianhydride/pyromellitic dianhydride and p‐aminobenzoic acid. The polymers were prepared by treating the tetrimide diacid with different aromatic diamines. The structures of the monomers and polymers were identified using elemental analysis and Fourier transform infrared, ¹H NMR and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy. The polymers show excellent solubility. The polymers are amorphous and have high optical transparency. They also show good thermal stability and their T_g value is found to be in the range 268–305 °C. Copyright © 2007 Society of Chemical Industry     

Synthesis,characterization and properties of photoresponsive polymers comprising photocrosslinkable pendant chalcone moieties

New methacrylate monomers, namely 4‐methacryloyloxyphenyl‐4′‐fluorostyryl ketone and 4‐methacryloyloxyphenyl‐4′‐ethylstyryl ketone comprising a free radical polymerizable group and a photocrosslinkable group, were synthesized by reacting the respective hydroxychalcones with methacryloyl chloride in the presence of triethylamine. The monomers were polymerized in the presence of ethyl methyl ketone (EMK) at 70 °C using benzoyl peroxide as the initiator. The chemical structures were characterized using various spectroscopic techniques: ultraviolet, Fourier transform infrared, ¹H NMR and ¹³C NMR. The thermal stability of the polymers was studied using thermogravimetric analysis in nitrogen atmosphere. Differential scanning calorimetry was used to determine the glass transition temperature of the homopolymers. Photocrosslinking of the synthesized homopolymers was investigated in solution. The two homopolymers were crosslinked within 10–15 min. After crosslinking, the homopolymers were insoluble in the same solvent. Copyright © 2006 Society of Chemical Industry     

Synthesis and characterisation of organosoluble polyimides containing the anisyl moiety

A new type of diamine monomer containing the anisyl moiety was synthesized via a straight‐forward one‐step procedure. Anisaldehyde was reacted with 2,6‐dimethylaniline in the presence of dry HCl to attain bis(4‐amino‐3,5‐dimethylphenyl)anisylmethane. A series of organo‐soluble polyimides were prepared using the anisyl diamine and various aromatic dianhydrides via a two step method involving thermal imidization. All polyimides are soluble in strong polar solvents such as N‐methyl‐2‐pyrollidone, N,N‐Dimethylformamide, and N,N‐DimethylAcetamide. The polyimides show excellent thermal stability and good mechanical properties. The glass transition temperatures of the polyimides are in the range 265–294 °C. The tensile strengths are in the range 79–99 MPa and the temperatures at which 10 % weight loss occurs are in the range 460–496 °C. Copyright © 2004 Society of Chemical Industry     

Biopreservative technologies of food: an alternative to chemical preservation and recent developments

Food Science and Biotechnology - Despite centuries of developing strategies to prevent food-associated illnesses, food safety remains a significant concern, even with multiple technological...     

Improvement of tea leaves fermentation with Aspergillus spp. pectinase

The pectinase enzymes isolated from Aspergillus spp., A. indicus, A. flavus and A. niveus were used for fermentation of tea leaves. The enzymes were purified and characterized. The effect of both crude enzyme preparation and purified pectinase enzymes on the improvement of tea leaf fermentation were determined in terms of theaflavin, thearubigin, high polymerized substances, total liquor colour, dry matter content and total soluble solids of the tea produced. The crude enzyme preparations obtained from ethanol precipitation were found to be more effective in improving tea leaf fermentation than the purified pectinase enzymes.     

Synthesis,characterization, thermal,electrical and electrochemical studies of oligo nitrobenzimidazoles and their p–n diode applications

Three novel nitro oligobenzimidazoles, oligo-2-(6-nitro-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)phenol (OBINP2), oligo-3-(6-nitro-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)phenol (OBINP3) and oligo-4-(6-nitro-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)phenol (OBINP4) were synthesized by oxidative polycondensation of benzimidazole monomers with NaOCl in aqueous alkaline medium. The structure of the monomers and oligomers were confirmed by FT-IR, UV–Vis, ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopic techniques. The monomer BINP2 and its oligomer are showing dual emission through excited state intramolecular proton transfer process. The band gap values of monomers and oligomers were calculated from both UV–Vis spectroscopic and cyclic voltammetric data. Theoretical band gap values of monomers obtained from DFT were compared with experimentally calculated band gap values. The electrical conductivity of I₂ doped and undoped oligomers were measured using two point probe technique and are showing good correlation with the charge densities on imidazole nitrogen obtained from Huckel method. The conductivity of oligomers increases with increase in iodine vapour contact time up to 144 h. The variation of dielectric properties of oligomers has been investigated at different frequency and temperature. Among the oligomers, OBINP3 is having greater thermal stability as evidenced by its high carbine residue of around 65% at 600 °C in thermogravimetric analysis.