Modified Polyethylene Foams for Insulation Systems.

Effective insulation of buildings and other industrial objects requires the use of materials and system solutions that ensure maximum uniformity and density of insulation shells. The study focuses on the development of insulation systems based on expanded polyethylene and, in particular, on the development of modified polyethylene with reduced flammability containing a flame-retardant modified montmorillonite clay, which does not hinder gas formation, and silicate nanofillers in layered construction. Active experiments based on mathematical design methods allowed us to establish an analytical relationship between flame-retardant and modifier consumption and extruder pressure and response functions: average density of polyethylene foam and flammability criterion.

Modified Polyethylene Foam for Critical Environments.

One of the most important priorities for all countries with property beyond the Arctic Circle and territories located in permafrost areas is the development of special construction technologies and systems. The required conditions are met by insulation systems based on seamless insulation shells made of polyethylene foam. The study of the strength and performance properties of polyethylene foam and its combinability was carried out according to standard methods and using the methods of experimental design and the analytical processing of the results.

Foam Polymers in Multifunctional Insulating Coatings.

The application of foamed polymers as one of the components of insulating coatings allows to solve the problems of energy saving and creation of optimal operating conditions for constructions. The systems of application of energy-efficient heat-insulating materials must consider both the particularities of the insulating materials and the functional orientation of the constructions. The implementation of the concept of seamless insulating coatings implies the achievement of thermal effect and reduction in air permeability both by means of the application of thermal insulation with low thermal conductivity and the minimization of junctions between separate elements of the insulating coating, which is achieved using elastic foamed polymers and, first of all, polyethylene foam.

Chernobyl clean-up workers erythrocyte membrane lipid content at the remote period.

Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident clean-up workers were exposed to different radiation doses. Realization of remote effects depends on cellular membrane structure and function. We studied lipid composition of erythrocyte ghost and blood plasma in clean-up workers on the 12-th year after the accident.

Long-chain N-acylethanolamines inhibit lipid peroxidation in rat liver mitochondria under acute hypoxic hypoxia.

Two long-chain N-acylethanolamines (NAEs), N-palmitoyl- (NPE) and N-stearoylethanolamine (NSE), are shown to inhibit an in vitro non-enzymatic Fe(2+)-induced free radical oxidation of lipids in the liver mitochondria of rats with hypoxic hypoxia. NSE appeared to be more effective than NPE in suppressing some kinetic parameters of the Fe(2+)-induced chemiluminescence. The inhibitory action of NAEs on non-enzymatic lipid peroxidation supports the idea that they possess membrane protective properties.