Synthesis, Characterization, and Application Prospects of Novel Soluble Polysilsesquioxane Bearing Glutarimide Side-Chain Groups.

The requirement for the development of advanced technologies is the need to create new functional thermostable soluble polysilsesquioxanes. Combining the potential of organosilicon chemistry and the chemistry of heterocyclic compounds is a promising direction for the formation of novel organosilicon polymer systems with new properties and new possibilities for their practical application. Using the classical method of hydrolysis and polycondensation of previously unknown trifunctional (trimethoxysilylpropyl)glutarimide in the presence or absence of an acid or base catalyst, a universal approach to the formation of new thermostable soluble polysilsesquioxanes with glutarimide side-chain groups is proposed, which forms the basis for the synthesis of polysilsesquioxane polymers with different functionality.

A novel water-soluble polymer nanocomposite containing ultra-small FeO nanoparticles with strong antibacterial and antibiofilm activity.

A novel water-soluble polymer nanocomposite containing ultra-small iron oxide nanoparticles, intercalated into a biocompatible matrix of 1-vinyl-1,2,4-triazole and -vinylpyrrolidone copolymer has been synthesized for the first time. The use of an original polymer matrix ensured effective stabilization of the crystalline phase of iron oxides at an early stage of its formation in an ultra-small (2-8 nm, average diameter is 4.8 nm) nanosized state due to its effective interaction with the functional groups of copolymer macromolecules.

Search for Soft Unclustered Energy Patterns in Proton-Proton Collisions at 13 TeV.

The first search for soft unclustered energy patterns (SUEPs) is performed using an integrated luminosity of 138  fb^{-1} of proton-proton collision data at sqrt[s]=13  TeV, collected in 2016-2018 by the CMS detector at the LHC. Such SUEPs are predicted by hidden valley models with a new, confining force with a large 't Hooft coupling. In events with boosted topologies, selected by high-threshold hadronic triggers, the multiplicity and sphericity of clustered tracks are used to reject the background from standard model quantum chromodynamics.

Search for the Z Boson Decay to ττμμ in Proton-Proton Collisions at sqrt[s]=13 TeV.

The first search for the Z boson decay to ττμμ at the CERN LHC is presented, based on data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138  fb^{-1}. The data are compatible with the predicted background. For the first time, an upper limit at the 95% confidence level of 6.