Key Technologies in Polymer Chemistry

Nikolay D. Morozkin, DSc, is a professor and rector at Bashkir State University in Ufa, Russia. He is an Honored Worker of Russian Higher Education and an Honored Scientific Worker of the Republic of Bashkortostan. He has trained eight candidates of science (PhD) and is author and co-author of more than 100 scientific works. His area of expertise is applied mathematics and informatics. Vadim P. Zakharov, DSc, is professor and vice-chancellor for scientific work at Bashkir State University in Ufa, Russia. He is a Laureate of the Russian Government Award in Science and Technology. He has trained five candidates of science (PhD) and is author and co-author of three monographs, more than 160 scientific articles, and 11 patents. His area of expertise is in macrokinetics of high-speed processes in liquid phase and catalytic polymerization of dienes. Gennady E. Zaikov, DSc, is head of the Polymer Division at the N. M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, and professor at Moscow State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology, Russia, as well as professor at Kazan National Research Technological University, Kazan, Russia. He is also a prolific author, researcher, and lecturer. He has received several awards for his work, including the Russian Federation Scholarship for Outstanding Scientists. He has been a member of many professional organizations and on the editorial boards of many international science journals.

• Preface; Section 1: Materials with Improved Properties at Synthesis and Modification of Polymers; Peculiarities of Methanofullerene Structure Revealed by UV-Spectroscopy; Biodegradable Polymer Films on Low-Density Polyethylene, Modified Chitosan; Chemical Modification of Syndiotactic 1,2-Polybutadiene; Approach to Creating Prolonged Drugs on Carbon-Polymer Basis; Usage of Speed Sedimentation Method for Enzyme Degradation of Chitosan; Studying of Antibiotics Release from Medicinal Chitosan Films; Features of Enzymatic Destruction of Chitosan in Acetic Acid Solution; and V. V. Chernova; Section 2: New Methods for the Synthesis of Isoprene-Monomer for the Production of Isoprene Rubber; Quantum-Chemistry Study of the Formation Mechanism of Hydrogenated Furans in Trifluoroacetic Acid by Prins Reaction; Theoretical Investigation of 1,3-Dioxanes Formation in Prins Reaction by Addition of Formaldehyde Oligomers To Alkenes; Quantum-Chemistry Study of the Features of Participation of Formaldehyde Oligomers in Prins Reaction; Quantum Chemical Investigation of Features of Formation of O- Containing Heterocycles by Prins Reaction; Section 3: New Technological Solutions in the Production of Polymers; Modification of A Neodymium Catalyst for Synthesis Polyisoprene; Oil Neutralization in Turbulent Microreactor; Processing of Black Sulfuric Acid to Give the Desired Products; Study of Chromium Complexation of Diphenyl Carbazide on Activated Carbon Fiber Surface; Band Structure of Solid Solutions of Copper and Silver Chalcogenides; Interaction of a Pair of Impurities and Kinks in the Sine-Gordon Equation; Electronic Tongue Application for Identification of Mineral Oils; Section 4: Biologically Active Substances Such As Inhibitors of the Catalytic Activity of Biopolymers; The Study of Structure-Antiarrhythmic Activity Relationship of Biological Activity Compounds Using Sar-Methodology; Research of Medicine Structural Descriptors for Treatment of Mcf-7 Ductal Invasive Breast Carcinoma; V Computer Modeling of Structure-Antitumor Activity Relationship Using SAR Techniques and QSAR Methodology; Virtual Screening of Natural and Synthetic 5-Lipoxygenase Inhibitors; Kinetics of Liquid-Phase Oxidation of Polyvinyl Alcohol; Activity of Hydrolytic Enzymes of Basidiomycetes According To Their Trophic Features; Index