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Comparative studies of the proton conductivity behavior during hydration of sulfonated perfluorinated and hydrocarbon proton exchange membranes
Ionics. 2025. Vol. 31. P. 1891–1907.
Ulyana M. Zavorotnaya, Gudkov Y., Ponomarev I., Lyskov N., Ryzhkin I., Vitaly V. Sinitsyn
Impedance spectroscopy was used to study proton conductivity changing of pre-dried sulfonated perfluorinated and hydrocarbon (polynaphtoleimide) membranes over time during their hydration. For this purpose, commercial perfluorinated membranes Nafion 212, Nafion 211, Gore 18 and hydrocarbon co-polynaphthoyleneimide (co-PNIS) membranes with different hydrophobicity blocks (ODAS/MDAC and ODAS/MDOT) synthesized in this work were used. It was found that that the proton conductivity steady state values of Gore 18 membrane were established faster in humidity atmosphere after its drying than for other membranes studied in this work. This membrane demonstrates also better characteristics with cyclic humidity changes from 35 % to 75 % (sorption) and from 75 % to 35 % (desorption), which actually simulates start operation of PEMFC after its storage at the normal conditions. It was found that Nafion type membranes possess more universal hydration characteristics PEMFC in whole investigated humidity values interval and reveal consistently both high proton transport values and proton conductivity recovery kinetics parameters from dry state. However, the proton conductivity highest level at RH > 75% is demonstrated by fluorine-free co-PNIS membranes, which is also associated with its higher hydration degree compared to perfluorinated analogues. Moreover, it has been observed that the hydrocarbon co-PNIS (ODAS/MDOT) membrane, with a large difference in the hydrophobicity degree between polymer blocks is characterized by both higher protonic conductivity and its recovery kinetics parameters compared to the hydrocarbon analogue co-PNIS (ODAS/MDAC). The effect of the hydrophobic block on proton transport in co-PNIS membrane is discussed.
Budkov Y., Journal of Chemical Physics 2026 Vol. 165 No. 9 Article 094902
We derive the stress tensor of a flexible polymer solution within the Gaussian-chain self-consistent field theory (SCFT) without invoking the ground-state dominance (GSD) approximation. Starting from a covariant formulation of the single-chain partition function in a background metric, we obtain the symmetric stress tensor expressed through the full Edwards propagators. The result contains the local ...
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Pikina E., Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 2026 Vol. 113 No. 5
In this work, we investigate the elastic properties of deflated vesicles and their shape dynamics in uniaxial extensional flow. By analyzing the Helfrich bending energy and viscous flow stresses in the limit of highly elongated shapes, we demonstrate that all stable vesicle configurations are metastable. For vesicles with small reduced volume, we identify the type ...
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Chernyshov A., Padokhin A. M., Grach S. M. et al., Geophysical Research Letters 2026 Vol. 53 P. 1–11
This paper presents the first results of a coordinated experiment on the ionospheric plasma response to high-frequency (HF) overdense heating, conducted using the SURA heating facility and the Ionosfera-M satellite. The experiment combined ground-based observations with in situ satellite measurements, enabling a comprehensive study of artificial ionospheric disturbances. During the experiment, the SURA facility transmitted ...
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D. A. Dorofeev, A. A. Chernyshov, Mogilevsky M. M. et al., JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS 2025 Vol. 130 Article e2025JA033900
This study analyzes data from the ERG (Arase) satellite over a period of nearly 7 years (2017–2023). During this time, about 1,000 cases of hectometric continuum (HMC) radiation in near‐Earth space were detected, which made it possible to identify characteristic features on different time scales. On a daily scale, it was established that HMC is ...
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Mogilevsky M. M., Shaposhnikov V., Chernyshov A. et al., Physics of Plasmas 2025 Vol. 32 P. 1–10
The ERG (Arase) satellite recently discovered a non-thermal hectometric continuum with a narrowband frequency structure. The mechanism behind the generation of this type of emission in the near-Earth plasma is still unknown. This study examines the potential use of electron cyclotron harmonics instability to explain the line structure of hectometric radio emissions for the first ...
Added: August 31, 2026
Kobtsev Danil, Albert J., Nitzan M. et al., Applied Sciences (Switzerland) 2026 Vol. 16 No. 17 Article 8577
AIVBVI semiconductors, particularly lead chalcogenides, remain key materials for mid-wave infrared (MWIR) photodetection due to their narrow bandgap and exceptional carrier transport properties. However, the realization of high-quality p-type PbTe thin films, suitable for p–n junction devices, remains a technological challenge. In this work, we report the fabrication of high-mobility p-type PbTe thin films grown on ...
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Воронеж: Издательский дом ВГУ, 2026.
В сборник вошли материалы XXXII Международной научно-технической конференции «Радиолокация, навигация, связь» (RLNC*2026), прошедшие ре цензирование членами программного комитета конференции. Основной целью конференции является организация взаимодействия научных и научно технических коллективов для обмена опытом и новыми творческими успехами. Достижение этой цели также способствует внедрению перспективных разрабо ток, имеющих практическое значение для дальнейшего развития промышленно сти, экономики ...
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Melnikov I., Pelinovsky E., Nonlinear Dynamics 2026 No. 114 Article 934
Pyramidal solitons (solitons with more than two inflection points) of the generalized Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) equation are investigated. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of such structures are presented. Within the framework of the generalized Gardner equation — the simplest model that admits pyramidal solitons as solutions — it is shown that these solutions ...
Added: August 27, 2026
Zhukov A., Kryzhanovskaya N., Moiseev E. et al., Nature 2026 Vol. 656 P. 80–85
Reaching lasing in electrically pumped microdevices based on solution-processed
semiconductors poses a substantial scientific and technological challenge. Halide
perovskites offer a promising platform for electrical injection1, as their optically
excited single-crystal cavities2–4 and predesigned5,6 or postprocessed microstructures7,8
have exhibited low lasing threshold. Indirect electrical pumping of a dual-cavity
perovskite laser was recently obtained9, using a well-established technological
concept of embedding a ...
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Belousov Y., Кискин М. А., Sidoruk A. et al., Australian Journal of Chemistry 2022 Vol. 75 No. 9 P. 572–580
Four new complexes [Ln(pfaa)3(H2O)2]n (Ln = Eu (1), Tb (2)) and [Ln2Cd2(pfaa)10 (phen)2(EtOH)2]·2MeCN (Ln = Eu (3), Tb (4), phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) based on pentaphorphenylacetic acid (Hpfaa) have been prepared and completely investigated. The structures of compounds 1 and 3 were studied by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis: the isostructural complexes 1 and 2 represent ...
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Mazur D., Petr E. Brandyshev, Doronin S. et al., Electrochimica Acta 2026 Vol. 577 Article 149729
The electric double layer (EDL) at a single-crystal metal surface is controlled not only by the electrolyte composition and the electrode potential, but also by the atomic structure of the surface itself. This makes the Ag(hkl)/NaF interface a stringent test for continuum theories of the EDL. In the third part of our series, we examine ...
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Gimaev R., Karpenkov A., Shelkovyi F. et al., Journal of Alloys and Compounds 2026 No. 1080 Article 190307
The magnetothermal properties of the quaternary Fe49Rh46.1Pd3.1Ir1.8 alloy are investigated by a combination of first-principles calculations, structural characterization, magnetometry, calorimetry, and direct measurements of the adiabatic temperature change. An exceptional magnetocaloric response is obtained, with ΔTad reaching −11.9 K in a field of 1.85 T under the discontinuous protocol and −8.6 K under the continuous ...
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Beck M. E., Seidov S., Mukhin S., Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical physics 2026 Vol. 113 No. 6 Article 063706
Quantum dissipation is studied in the superradiant phase of the extended Dicke model. It is demonstrated analytically by quantum mechanical derivation of the Lindblad equation for the Dicke model in the superradiant state coupled to Caldeira-Leggett thermal bath that the effective viscosity appearing in the semiclassical equations of motion of polaritonic condensate survives in the zero-temperature limit ...
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S. S. Seidov, N. G. Pugach, Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2026 Vol. 114 No. 7 Article 074504
In this manuscript we consider a superconducting film in the vicinity of the critical temperature and presence of the proximity effect. We analytically solve the corresponding linearized Usadel equation and the self-consistency equation, defining the critical temperature. This is a system of coupled differential and integral equations for the anomalous Green's function and the order parameter of ...
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Ievlev E., Marshakov A., Sumbatian G. et al., Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 2026 Vol. 114 Article 046006
We continue the study of non-Abelian vortex string in 4D N =2 supersymmetric QCD (SQCD) as
critical superstring, and extend this analysis to UðNÞ gauge theory with arbitrary even N and Nf = 2N
number of quarks. We introduce a special mass deformation and show that the SQCD hadron spectrum is
still given by the string spectrum on the ...
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Рыжкин М. И., Рыжкин И. А., Синицын В. В. et al., Письма в Журнал экспериментальной и теоретической физики 2025 Т. 122 № 1-2 С. 109–115
The frequency dependence of the proton conductivity of ice and water is theoretically investigated in a wide frequency range. The electric field of the inhomogeneous distribution of proton current carriers and their finite mass are taken into account. The first factor is responsible for the difference in the behavior of the transverse and longitudinal conductivities, ...
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Tarasova N., Bedarkova A., Animitsa I. et al., International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2023 Vol. 48 No. 59 P. 22522–22530
Proton-conducting electrochemical devices such as protonic ceramic fuel cells and pro- tonic ceramic electrolysis cells play a major role in the creation of eco-friendly “green” energy systems. The most studies of proton-conducting materials for these devices are barium cerate zirconates. The layered perovskites are novel class of proton-conducting materials. In this paper, the possibility of ...
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Tarasova N., Abakumova E., Kuznetsova T. et al., Ceramics International 2024 Vol. 50 No. 20 P. 40445–40452
The search for novel functional ceramic materials with targeted properties is currently very important. Complex oxides with perovskite or perovskite-related structure are being considered for the production of electrochemical devices for the hydrogen energy ecosystem. Layered perovskites including based on BaLaInO4 are promising materials for proton-conducting electrolyte of solid oxide fuel cells. The idea of ...
Added: December 18, 2025
Zhigileva E. A., Enakieva Y. Y., Sinelshchikova A. A. et al., Dalton Transactions 2023 Vol. 52 No. 24 P. 8237–8246
Hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (HOFs) possessing high crystallinity, simple synthetic procedure and easy regeneration provide high efficiency as multifunctional systems, including applications as proton conductors. Porphyrinylphosphonates having acidic moieties, which can form multiple hydrogen bonds, together with tunable physical–chemical properties of a macrocycle may significantly improve the proton conductivity of such materials. Herein, the synthesis, characterization ...
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Baldin E., Lyskov N., Vorobieva G. et al., Energies 2023 Vol. 16 No. 15 Article 5637
We report a study of nanophases in the La2O3–MO3 (M = Mo, W) systems, which are known to contain a variety of good oxygen-ion and proton conductors. Mechanically activated La2O3 + MO3 (M = Mo, W) mixtures and the final ceramics have been characterized by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) with Rietveld ...
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Рыжкин М. И., Рыжкин И. А., Кашин А. М. et al., Письма в Журнал экспериментальной и теоретической физики 2020 Т. 112 № 7-8(10) С. 531–538
The pressure dependence of the proton conductivity of water ice is studied theoretically. It is shown that the decrease in the hydrogen bond length leads to the decrease in the formation energy of ionic defects and to the increase in the formation energy of bond defects. As a result, the partial conductivity of ionic defects, ...
Added: October 31, 2022
Zavorotnaya U., Igor I. Ponomarev, Volkova Y. et al., Materials 2020 Vol. 22 No. 13 Article 5297
The sulfonated polynaphthoyleneimide polymer (co-PNIS70/30) was prepared by copolymerization of 4,4′-diaminodiphenyl ether-2,2′-disulfonic acid (ODAS) and 4,4’-methylenebisanthranilic acid (MDAC) with ODAS/MDAC molar ratio 0.7/0.3. High molecular weight co-PNIS70/30 polymers were synthesized either in phenol or in DMSO by catalytic polyheterocyclization in the presence of benzoic acid and triethylamine. The titration reveals the ion-exchange capacity of the polymer ...
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Yurova P., Yaroslavtsev A. B., Ashrafi A. et al., Reactive and Functional Polymers 2021 Vol. 165 Article 104959
Perfluorinated sulfonic acid (PFSA) polymer membranes are widely used as ion-conducting electrolytes in
energy-conversion devices. The development of novel hybrid materials containing inorganic dopants offers the
route towards optimization of the performance of the PFSA membranes. In this work, the effect of ultrasonic (US)
treatment of the PFSA solutions in the presence of SiO2 nanoparticles on the characteristics ...
Added: September 16, 2022
Enakieva Y., Zhigileva E., Fitch A. et al., Dalton Transactions 2021 Vol. 50 P. 6549–6560
The rational design of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) is highly important for the development of new
proton conductors. Porphyrinylphosphonate-based MOFs, providing the directed tuning of physical and
chemical properties of materials through the modification of a macrocycle, are potentially high-conducting
systems. In this work the synthesis and characterization of novel anionic Zn-containing MOF based on
palladium(II) meso-tetrakis(3-(phosphonatophenyl))porphyrinate, IPCE-2Pd, are reported. ...
Added: October 19, 2021