 Review the detection methods for organic chloramine described in the literature  Evaluate the formation of organic chloramine from reactions between extracellular polymer substances (EPS), a component of biofilms, and disinfectants (free chlorine or monochloramine)  Evaluate the formation of organic chloramine by reaction between heterotrophic plate count (HPC) bacteria (as planktonic bacte...

Polymer waveguides have emerged as a viable technology for integrated optical devices due to their high packaging density, low cost, capability of integration with other material systems, and ease of fabrication and modification of their chemical structure. This latter property offers enormous flexibility in the design of waveguide laser media. Although laser action has been achieved in many op...

Polymer solar cells, a highly innovative research area for the last decade until today, are currently maturing with respect to understanding of their fundamental processes of operation. The increasing interest of the scientific community is well reflected by the—every year—dynamically rising number of publications. This chapter presents an overview of the developments in organic photovoltaics e...

Desorption of saturated polymers can be inhibited if a nearly dry (glassy) skin with a low diffusion coefficient forms at the exposed surface. In addition, trapping skinning can occur, where an increase in the force driving the desorption decreases the accumulated flux desorbed. The dynamics of such systems cannot be described by the simple Fickian diffusion equation. The mathematical model pre...

We analyze the Farey spin chain, a one dimensional spin system with effective interaction decaying like the squared inverse distance. Using a polymer model technique, we show that when the temperature is decreased below the (single) critical temperature Tc = 1 2 , the magnetization jumps from zero to one.

In this paper, an experimental-theoretical method is suggested for defining physical-mechanical characteristics of polymer materials with regard to influence of corrosive liquid media. Experimental dependences of mechanical characteristics on a swelling function are given for a series of polymer materials. One dimensional and three-dimensional linear-elastic models of body deformation with rega...