Vol 473, No 1 (2017)

The position of a graphene nanoribbon on a solid substrate allows the chemical modification of only one of the nanoribbon sides. A method was proposed that enables the chemical modification of the other side, too. It was numerically modeled how a nanoribbon separated from a substrate rolls up into a roll and how the roll unrolls on a flat substrate. The dependences of the number of coils and the radii of rolls forming by hydrogenation on the nanoribbon length and width were determined.

The method of time-resolved magnetic field effect (TR MFE) in recombination fluorescence of spin-correlated radical ion pairs has been used to detect and identify radical cations generated at early stages after the pulse irradiation of polyethylene and tricosane. From analysis of TR MFE curves, the widths of unresolved EPR spectra of radical cations have been determined, and their g factors have been evaluated. The results have demonstrated that, as distinct from n-alkanes, primary radical cations in polyethylene are localized on chemical defects of the polymer chain in a time of about 1 ns or less.

New biodegradable composites based on keratin and polyethylene have been produced under shear deformation. It has been demonstrated that the introduction of keratin leads to an increase in elastic modulus and to a decrease in ultimate tensile strength and elongation at break of the compositions. Elongation at break ε_b depends on the keratin dispersity; the highest ε_b values are observed for the compositions containing the smallest keratin particles. It has been shown that the compositions are susceptible to mold fungi; i.e., they are biodegradable.