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Dispersion polymerization of styrene in ethanol and ethanol/ water was performed at 70 ° C with C6F13-I as reversible transfer agent, 2,2 -azobis(2-methylbutyronitrile) as radical initiator, poly(vinylpyrrolidone) as steric stabilizer, and Triton X-305 (octylphenol ethoxylate with average number of ethylene oxide units = 30) as costabilizer. A delayed addition of C6F13-I was required to avoid the disturbance of the nudeation period. 

Controlling fluid loss loss is particularly important in the case of the expensive high density brine completion fluids. While copolymers and terpolymers of vinyl monomers such as sodium poly(2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonate-co-N,N-dimethylacrylamide-coacrylic acid) has been used (H)), hydroxyethyl cellulose is the most commonly used fluid loss additive (11). It is difficult to get most polymers to hydrate in these brines (which may contain less than 50% wt. water). The treatment of HEC particle surfaces with aldehydes such as glyoxal can delay hydration until the HEC particles are well dispersed (12). Slurries in low viscosity oils (13) and alcohols have been used to disperse HEC particles prior to their addition to high density brines. This and the use of hot brines has been found to aid HEC dissolution. Wetting agents such as sulfosuccinate diesters have been found to result in increased permeability in cores invaded by high density brines (14). 

Batch and Semibatch Polymerization. The reactor is normally operated in a semicontinuous mode by delaying vinyl acetate, solvent, and initiator. The same reactor can be used for stripping the poly(vinyl acetate) solution, provided that careful addition of methanol is used in order to prevent the viscosity in the reactor from becoming excessive (249). The disadvantages of batch polymerization are lack of product consistency and unsatisfactory economics in large scale production (250,251). The true batch reaction, where all the reactants are added to the reactor at time zero, yields a product having a very broad molecular weight distribution of limited commercial value. 

In VLSI-MOS based circuits, where doped poly-crystalline silicon (poly-Si) is used as the gate electrode, the performance of the IC is limited by the RC time delays in the poly-Si runners (see for detailed discussions Murarka86, Sachdev et al.212). The main reason for this delay is the high resistivity (500 fiftcm) of n+ doped poly-Si. In addition, the trend to a larger die size worsens the problem because these poly-Si lines become longer. 

Neat Polymer Films. It is interesting to compare the triplet photophysical properties of poly(N-vinylcarbazole) (PVCA)(16) on the one hand and poly(l-vinylnaphthalene) (PIVN)(17) on the other when each is examined as a pure polymer film. Both polymers exhibit a prominent excimer phosphorescence band as well as a distinct delayed fluorescence emission. In addition, the delayed fluorescence arises by a process of triplet-triplet annihilation for both polymers. Furthermore, the luminescence decay kinetics suggest that equilibria of the type... 

Figure S shows the ratio r1 1 / t, for H ZSM-b crystals of different morphology as a function of the amount of n-hexane coke deposited t.33.> poly-crystal line spherical particles and polyhedral crystals. Once again, two stages of coke iormation can be distinguished. The beginning of the second stage is virtually the same for all polyhedral crystals however, a distinct delay of this onset is to be seen with the poiycrystailine grain. This, experimental finding can be explained by the existence of the secondary pore system represented by the free space between the crystallites. Thus, an additional amount oi coke may be deposited on "neutral" spots outside tne zeolite channel network, causing a delay oi the onset oi the second period oi coke formation.

With a glassy solution of poly-1-vinylnaphthalene, the delayed emission spectrum has been shown to consist of an emission having a mean lifetime of approximately 80 ms at the normal fluorescence wavelength, in addition to the phosphorescence having a mean lifetime of about 2 s [159]. The delayed fluorescence did not appear in the spectrum of 1-ethylnaphthalene. With the polymer it was found to be inhibited by piperylene, a well-known triplet quencher. These results have been explained by mutual annihilation of two excited triplet states produced by the absorption of two photons by the same polymer molecule. They are considered as strong evidence for migration of the excited triplet state in poly-1-vinylnaphthalene. In polyacenaphthalene, however, which is chemically very similar to poly-1-vinylnaphthalene (see p. 409), no delayed fluorescence could be detected in the same experimental conditions [155]. 

Poly (vinyl chloride), better known as PVC, was first polymerized by Baumann in 1872 but was only of academic interest at tbat time and was not associated with any practical applications. Russian chemist, Ostromislensky, patented the polymerization of PVC in 1912. The polymer was considered a possible replacement for cellulose nitrate because it was less flammable, so patents proposed its application to film, buttons and combs (Kaufmann, 1963). However, the first attempts at industrial scale production were unsuccessful. PVC s tendency to decompose at processing temperatures between 160°C and 180°C delayed its further development One solution to this difficulty was to copolymerize vinyl chloride with vinyl acetate and a patent was obtained in 1928. Another notable solution was the incorporation of plasticizers or softeners in PVC which lowered its softening temperature. This allowed milder processing temperatures and increased flexibility of the finished products. Plasticizers, heat and light stabilizers, and other additives have contributed greatly to the continued success of PVC because a stable, long-lasting plastic based on this polymer cannot be produced without them. 

Poly(alkyl cyanoacrylate) nanocapsules were successfully used for oral administration of insulin in diabetic rats. Insulin-loaded nanospheres (100 lU/kg of body weight) that were administered perorally in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats provoked a 50% decrease of fasted-glycemia from the second hour up to 10-13 days. When " C-labeled nanospheres loaded with insulin were used, it was found that nanospheres increased the uptake of insulin or its metabolites in the GIT, blood, and liver, while the excretion was delayed when compared with 1 insulin nonassociated to naiiospheres in addition, C and 1 radioactivities disappeared progressively as a function of time, parallel to the biological effect. 

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