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We study the distribution and scaling of the extreme height fluctuations for Edwards-Wilkinson-type relaxation on small-world substrates. When random links are added to a one-dimensional lattice, the average size of the fluctuations becomes finite (synchronized state) and the extreme height diverges only logarithmically in the large system-size limit. This latter property ensures synchronization in a practical sense in small-world coupled multi-component autonomous systems. The statistics of the extreme heights is governed by the Fisher-Tippett-Gumbel distribution., Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures

In this work, thermal solution imidization kinetics of two high performance polyimides, prepared from the polycondensation of pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) and 3,3',4,4'-benzophenonetetracarboxylic dianhydride (BTDA) with 4,4'-bis(3-aminophenoxy)diphenylsulfone (DAPDS) were investigated using nonaqueous titration technique with tetramethylammonium hydroxide. Most of the kinetic investigations, found in the literature, are based on the aromatic p-diamines.(1,2) In the present work, attention was focused on imidization kinetics with m-substituted aromatic diamines having electron donating (-O-) and electron withdrawing (-SO2-) groups in the same molecule. Kinetic parameters, namely the rate constants, activation energies, ies, entropies and enthalpies of imidization reactions were determined and compared with the literature values. It is reported in literature(3) that electron affinities of dianhydrides and ionization potentials of diamines, have strong influence on the reaction rate and activation energies of imidization. Activation energy (E-a) values were found to be 66 and 57 kJ/mol for DAPDS/PMDA and DAPDS/BTDA respectively, and order of reaction was found to be second order. Polyimides DAPDS/PMDA. and DAPDS/BTDA, subjected to kinetic investigation, showed glass transition temperatures of 267 degrees C and 241 degrees C, both were found to be thermally stable up to 500 degrees C. (C) 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

In this study, the dependence of the mechanical properties of a UV curable acrylated urethane on reactive diluent types and their amounts was investigated. The acrylated urethane prepolymer was synthesized from isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI), an aliphatic diisocyanate, and polypropylene glycol monomethacrylate (PPGMMA) by stepwise addition reaction. UV sensitive mixtures containing N-vinylpyrrolidinone (NVP), thiodiethylene glycol diacrylate (TDGDA) and isobornyl acrylate (IBoA) as reactive diluents were irradiated by UV light. An increase in reactive diluent content, either TDGDA or IBoA, caused an increase in tensile strength and a decrease in elongation values. In contrast, above a certain concentration a decrease in tensile strength was observed when NVP was used as reactive diluent.