Ultrafiltration (UF) processes are often used as pretreatment before more retentive/costly processes, such as nanofiltration and reverse osmosis. This study shows the results of low-biofouling nanocomposite membranes, loaded with casein-coated silver nanoparticles (casein-Ag-NPs). Membranes were cast and imbedded with Ag-NPs using two approaches, physical blending of Ag-NPs in the dope solution (PAg-NP/CA membranes) and chemical attachment of Ag-NPs to cast membranes (CAg-NP/CA membranes), to determine their biofouling control properties. The functionalization of Ag-NPs onto the CA membranes was achieved via attachment with functionalized thiol groups with the use of glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) and cysteamine chemistries. The immobilization chemistry successfully prevented leaching of silver nanoparticles during cross-flow studies. Pseudomonas fluorescens Migula in brackish water was used for short-term dead-end filtration, where CA and CAg-NP/CA membranes displayed lower flux declines as compared to PAg-NP/CA membranes. In subsequent long-term biofouling studies, also with Pseudomonas fluorescens Migula in brackish water with addition of sodium acetate, chemically-attached Ag-NPs led to a significant reduction in the accumulation of bacterial cells, likely due to the more dispersed nanoparticles across the surface. Therefore, a method was developed to chemically immobilize Ag-NPs to membranes without losing Ag-NP’s antimicrobial properties.

Orientador: Oswaldo Luiz Alves / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Química / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-27T15:35:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Moraes_AnaCarolinaMazarinde_D.pdf: 5504556 bytes, checksum: ff8566e313e82701925549e2ecd544ab (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / Resumo: O óxido de grafeno (GO) é uma forma quimicamente modificada de grafeno que possui grupos funcionais contendo oxigênio (epóxi, carboxila, carbonila, e hidroxila) distribuídos sobre a base e as bordas de suas folhas. Devido à abundância dos grupamentos oxigenados, o GO tem sido usado como uma plataforma para suportar e estabilizar nanoestruturas metálicas, tais como nanopartículas de prata (NPAgs), visando aplicações biológicas. Além disso, devido à sua excelente capacidade de dispersão e elevada área superficial, o GO tem sido considerado uma carga promissora para a construção de compósitos poliméricos. Neste trabalho, relatamos a síntese do GO e dos nanocompósitos de óxido de grafeno funcionalizado com NPAgs (GO-Ag) os quais podem ser utilizados como agentes antibacterianos de amplo espectro. O GO foi sintetizado por meio do método de Hummers modificado, e o GO-Ag foi preparado através da redução in situ dos íons de prata por citrato de sódio. As folhas de GO foram funcionalizadas com NPAgs esféricas de diâmetro médio de 9,4 nm. Estes nanocompósitos exibiram excelente atividade antimicrobiana contra as principais bactérias em ambiente hospitalar, tais como Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis, Acinetobacter baumannii, e Staphylococcus aureus resistente à meticilina. Os nanocompósitos GO-Ag também foram aplicados como eficazes agentes antimicrobianos a fim de evitar a proliferação bacteriana em membranas de micro e ultrafiltração. Neste sentido, membranas antimicrobianas de acetato de celulose (CA) foram fabricadas a partir da incorporação de GO e GO-Ag na matriz polimérica (CA-GOAg). Após a funcionalização, as membranas permeáveis modificadas com GO-Ag foram capazes de inativar cerca de 90% das células de E. coli em comparação com as membranas de CA não modificadas. Os resultados sugerem que a incorporação de nanocompósitos GO-Ag é uma abordagem promissora para controlar o desenvolvimento da adesão bacteriana em membranas de purificação de água. Com relação à demanda de novos materiais com elevada estabilidade e com capacidade de proteção contra radiação ultravioleta (UV), foram fabricados filmes compósitos transparentes a partir de acetato de celulose e óxido de grafeno. A caracterização físico-química revelou que as folhas de GO estão bem dispersas por toda a matriz polimérica, proporcionando filmes compósitos lisos e homogêneos. Em comparação com os filmes pristinos de CA, os filmes compósitos exibiram melhor capacidade de proteção contra radiação UV combinado com transparência óptica à luz visível, o que reforça a sua aplicação como revestimentos transparentes com proteção UV para alimentos, produtos farmacêuticos, biomédicos, e produtos eletrônicos / Abstract: Graphene oxide (GO) is a chemically modified form of graphene that possesses oxygen-containing groups (epoxy, carboxyl, carbonyl, and hydroxyl) distributed on the plane and edges of the sheets. Owing to the abundance of oxygenated groups, GO has been used as a platform to support and stabilize metallic nanostructures such as silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), aiming biological applications. In addition, GO has been considered a promising material for building polymeric composites because of its excellent dispersibility and high surface area. In this work, we report the synthesis of GO and GO functionalized with AgNPs (GO-Ag) for use as a broad-spectrum antibacterial agent. GO was synthesized through the modified Hummers method, and the GO-Ag was prepared through the in situ reduction of silver ions by sodium citrate. Spherical AgNPs with average size of 9.4 nm were found well-dispersed throughout the GO sheets. This nanocomposite exhibited excellent antimicrobial activity against common nosocomial bacteria such as Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis, Acinetobacter baumannii, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. GO-Ag nanocomposites were also applied as an effective antimicrobial agent in order to prevent the bacterial proliferation on micro and ultrafiltration membranes. Cellulose acetate (CA) membranes were then fabricated from the incorporation of GO and GO-Ag into the polymeric matrix (CA-GOAg). After functionalization, the permeable CA membranes modified with GO-Ag were able to inactivate mostly 90% of E. coli cells compared to the non-modified CA membranes. The results suggest that the incorporation of GO-Ag nanocomposites is a promising approach to control biofouling development in water purification membranes. Concerning the demand for novel ultraviolet shielding materials with high stability, transparent and UV-shielding composite films were fabricated by casting a mixture of GO with cellulose acetate (CA). The physicochemical characterization revealed that GO sheets were well-dispersed throughout the polymeric matrix, providing smooth and homogeneous composite films. By comparison with pristine CA films, the composite films displayed an improved UV-shielding capacity combined with optical transparency under visible light, which underscores their application as transparent UV-protective coatings for food, pharmaceutical, biomedical, and electronic products / Doutorado / Quimica Inorganica / Doutora em Ciências

L'acétate de cellulose (CA) est un bio-polymère issu de la cellulose du bois. Sa température de dégradation (dont le degré de substitution 2,5 est développé et commercialisé par le Groupe Solvay) étant très proche de sa température de fusion, son procédé de mise en oeuvre par voie fondue ne peut être envisagé qu'avec l'ajout d'une quantité importante de plastifiant externe (entre 15 et 30% en poids). Le polymère plastifié obtenu est classé parmi les thermoplastiques amorphes et ses propriétés sont régies par un «réseau» de très fortes interactions polaires. La plastification de l'acétate de cellulose à fait l'objet de nombreux travaux nous permettant de nous concentrer in fine sur deux plastifiants: la triacétine (TA), un plastifiant biosourcé fréquemment utilisé dans l'acétate de cellulose et le Diethyl Phthalate (DEP) qui est le plastifiant historique de l'acétate de cellulose et constitue une référence. Les propriétés mécaniques de l'acétate de cellulose plastifié obtenu par voie fondue étant peu étudiées dans la littérature, nous avons dans un premier temps évalué le comportement en traction et l'influence de différents paramètres tels que le taux et le choix du plastifiant mais également l'influence du procédé d'injection sur ces propriétés. Nous avons ainsi pu mettre en évidence l'apparition d'un régime de durcissement plastique (strain hardening en anglais) dès 8% de déformation sous certaines conditions. Il apparaît que le choix du plastifiant, la température d'analyse et la pré-orientation macroscopique des chaînes influencent significativement ce régime. Le durcissement plastique a déjà été observé dans d'autre polymères amorphes tels que le polycarbonate (PC) ou le poly(méthyle methacrylate) (PMMA) qui sont classés parmi les polymères amorphes dit « ductiles ». L'origine de ce régime est encore peu connue et suscite de nombreux débats, cependant il semblerait qu'il stabilise la déformation en évitant la localisation de l'endommagement et serait donc un paramètre clé pour l'amélioration de la ductilité de ces polymères. Afin de mieux comprendre cette ductilité nous avons réalisé des observations par microscopie électronique à balayage en transmission (STEM) ainsi que par diffusion des rayons X aux très petits angles (USAXS). Grâce à ces caractérisations nous avons pu décrire les micro-mécanismes d'endommagement sous traction de nos polymères depuis l'échelle macroscopique jusqu'à l'échelle nanométrique et ainsi décrire précisément les micro-mécanismes liés à l'initiation et la propagation de l'endommagement. Par ces analyses nous mettons en évidence la nucléation simultanée de craquelures nanométriques autour des défauts préexistants (liés au processus de mise en oeuvre). Ces craquelures vont ensuite croitre de façon très limitée jusqu'à atteindre la centaine de micron. Cependant lorsque la contrainte appliquée devient suffisamment élevée, une petite portion de ces craquelures vont se mettre à croitre plus rapidement jusqu'à entrainer la rupture de l'échantillon. Avec le DEP la cinétique de croissance est très rapide, entrainant une rupture brutale de l'échantillon dès qu'une craquelure atteint une dimension critique. Avec la TA néanmoins cette vitesse est plus lente, ce qui permet d'observer l'évolution d'une deuxième famille de craquelures. Ces travaux proposent un nouveau mécanisme d'endommagement dans l'acétate de cellulose plastifié basé sur des résultats expérimentaux et un modèle physique permettant une meilleure compréhension de la ductilité dans ces polymères / Cellulose acetate (CA) is a bio based polymer. Melt processing of cellulose based thermoplastic polymers is a real challenge. One problem is the existence of a narrow window between the melting point and the degradation temperatures for cellulose acetate with a substitution degree (DS) around 2.45 (which is developed and commercialized by Rhodia Acetow). As a consequence, its processing can only be considered with a sufficient amount of externalplasticizer (between 15 and 30% by weight). The corresponding polymer/plasticizer blends areamorphous and their mechanical properties are mainly governed by the presence of a high volume fraction of strong hydrogen bonds. The plasticization of cellulose acetate has been thesubject of many studies allowing us to focus on two plasticizers: triacetin (TA), an eco-friendlyplasticizer frequently used for cellulose acetate and diethyl phthalate (DEP) which is the historicplasticizer of cellulose acetate which constitutes a reference for this work as it is usually the case in the literature. Few studies have been published regarding the mechanical properties of bulk cellulose acetate (prepared via injection molding). It is described that they are comparable to those of PS or poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and have proven to be particularly interesting. Cellulose acetate based materials usually display a high Young modulus. But its small deformation at break limits its potential for new applications. The objectives of this thesis are to deeply understand the mechanical properties and damage mechanisms of bulk plasticized cellulose acetate polymers. For this purpose we first analyzed the tensile behavior and the influence of various parameters such as nature and content of the plasticizer, but also the influence of the injection process. We have thus been able to highlight the appearance of a strain hardening regime from 8% of deformation under certain conditions. It appears that the choice of the plasticizer, the temperature of the experiment and the macroscopic pre-orientation of the chains significantly influence this regime. Strain hardening has already been observed in other amorphous polymers such as polycarbonate (PC) or poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) which are classified as amorphous polymers called "ductile". The origin of this regime is still undeveloped and much debated, however it appears that it stabilizes the deformation by avoiding the localization of damage and is therefore a key parameter for improving the ductility of these polymers. In order to better understand this ductility, we have made some analysis by Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM) as well as Ultra Small Angles X-ray Scattering (USAXS). Thanks to these characterizations we have been able to describe the micromechanisms of damage from macro to nano-scales and thus precisely describe the micromechanisms related to initiation and propagation of damage. By these analyzes we highlight the simultaneous nucleation of nano crazes around pre-existing defects (related to the injection process). These crazes grow slowly until reaching the hundred microns. However, when the applied stress becomes sufficiently high, a small portion of these crazes starts to grow faster until the failure of the sample. With DEP the kinetics of growth is very fast, causing a brittle failure of the sample. With TA this growth is slower, which makes it possible to observe the evolution of the larger crazes. This work proposes a new mechanism of damage in plasticized cellulose acetate based on experimental results and physical interpretations

L’objectif de ces travaux est d’analyser les propriétés rhéologiques de l’acétate de cellulose, un polymère biosourcé. Afin de faciliter la mise en œuvre de l’acétate de cellulose, il est usuel d’y incorporer des plastifiants. Dans le but de développer la transformation de ce polymère par des procédés industriels conventionnels, il est nécessaire d’obtenir davantage d’informations rhéologiques pour différentes conditions d’écoulement. Le comportement rhéologique particulier d’un acétate de cellulose plastifié de degré de substitution 2,45 a été étudié à l’aide de différentes mesures rhéologiques. Des mesures viscoélastiques dans le régime linéaire ont été menées et des comportements inattendus ont été mis en évidence. Par rapport à des polymères thermoplastiques conventionnels, la structure et les dynamiques des relaxations des chaînes macromoléculaires d’acétate de cellulose semblent être plus complexes que celles des polymères synthétiques communs. Ces observations ont été confirmées par des mesures dans le régime non linéaire. Les résultats suggèrent que le comportement viscoélastique des chaînes d’acétate de cellulose n’est pas contrôlé par des enchevêtrements mais plutôt par une autre longueur de corrélation définie par l’existence de points d’interactions fortes entre les chaînes nommés stickers. Ces interactions engendrent un comportement d’échelle inhabituel suivant le taux de plastifiant et la température. / This present work deals with the rheological properties of cellulose acetate which is a biobased polymer manufactured from cellulose. In order to facilitate its forming process, cellulose acetate is usually blended with plasticizers. As the conventional industrial processes need rheological information for different flow conditions, viscoelastic behaviour of a plasticized cellulose acetate with a degree of substitution of 2,45 was investigated by various rheology experiments. Measurements in the linear regime were carried out for various plasticizer contents and some unexpected behaviours have been highlighted. Compared to conventional thermoplastic polymers, the structure and dynamics of the macromolecular chains of cellulose acetate seem to be more complex than that of common synthetic polymers. This was confirmed by measurements in the nonlinear domain. The results suggests that the viscoelastic behaviour of cellulose acetate chains is not controlled by entanglements but rather by another correlation length related to strong interactions between chains, named stickers. These interactions confer to the polymer dynamics an unusual scaling behaviour depending on plasticizer content and temperature.

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Filtration and separation technologies remain as one of the biggest challenges humanity currently faces. The separation of different elements such as bacteria, viruses, heavy metals, particles, and chemical agents require the development of multifunctional membranes. In membrane technology, one of the most promising fabrication techniques is electrospinning, which can produce highly tailored non-woven fibrous multifunctional membranes with a high surface area. On the other hand, cellulose derivatives, like cellulose acetate, have many beneficial properties for filtering technology such as high availability and easy functionalization. Likewise, cellulose nanocrystals are used to improve mechanical properties and functionalize membranes. In this project, a cellulose nanocrystal (CNCs) functionalized cellulose acetate electrospun multifunctional membrane is developed for adsorption and separation of nanosized particles. In this work, cellulose acetate (CA) fibers with an average fiber diameter of approximately 900 nm were electrospun and tested as membranes for size and affinity based filtration. First, the electrospinning process was optimized regarding solution and process parameters. As a result, solution parameters were found to be 12 wt% solid content CA dissolved in a 1:1 acetone:acetic acid solution. Regarding process parameters, the suitable electrospinning parameters were found to be 18 kV applied voltage, a feeding rate of 5 mL/h, and a tip-to-collector distance of 20 cm.   The electrospun CA membrane was coated with cationic (+) and anionic (-) cellulose nanocrystals up to a 25 wt% concentration. The incorporation of CNCs, of either anionic or cationic surface charge, affected membrane wettability. The neat CA membrane had a hydrophobic behavior with a contact angle of 110°. The addition of CNCs decrease contact angle, to 31.5° for CA-CNCs(-) and 50° for CA-CNCs(+), which resulted in functionalized membranes with a hydrophilic behavior. Both functionalized membranes managed to maintain high flux values. CA-CNCs(-) maintained a flux of 9500 Lm−2h−1, while CA-CNCs(+) maintained a flux of 6700 Lm−2h−1. The addition of cellulose nanocrystals improved the mechanical properties of the CA membranes. The tensile strength increases from 410 kPa to 4990 kPa for CA-CNCs(-) membranes and 3010 MPa for CA-CNCs(+) membranes, and is accompanied by an increase in Young’s modulus as well. To evaluate the adsorption efficiency and size-exclusion filtration, an anionic dye (Congo red), a cationic dye (Victoria blue), and 500 nm model particles were used. CA-CNC(-) membranes achieved a removal efficiency of 96% of 500 nm particles with an affinity-based dye removal of 63% of Victoria blue dye. On the other hand, CA-CNC(+) membranes achieved a removal efficiency of 43% of 500 nm particles with a dye removal of 27% of Congo red dye. In this regard, CA-CNC(-) membranes were the best candidate for size-exclusion filtration, while also maintaining a good level of adsorption. Cellulose based composite membranes were successfully produced as multifunctional filters that could act in both size-exclusion regime and affinity-based regime. A cellulose acetate fibrous membrane was produced by electrospinning, tuning for fiber size and porosity, while the incorporation of cellulose nanocrystals functionalizes the membranes and enhance mechanical properties, and wettability.

Os processos de separação por membrana (PSM) vêm ganhando destaque em aplicações industriais por conta de suas vantagens, principalmente o baixo custo de implementação e o baixo consumo de energia para sua operação. A utilização de subprodutos agrícolas na obtenção de materiais é uma tendência crescente, sendo os seus maiores atrativos a grande disponibilidade desses subprodutos e por serem uma matéria-prima barata. O presente trabalho teve como principais objetivos a produção de membranas sua utilização na detoxificação do hidrolisado hemicelulósico originado do tratamento ácido do bagaço de cana-de-açúcar. Para tanto foram produzidos dois tipos de membranas a partir de três polímeros diferentes, o acetato de celulose obtido a partir do bagaço de cana, o acetato de celulose comercial e a poliamida 66. Na produção de acetato a partir do bagaço foi realizado um estudo exploratório para extrair a celulose, matéria-prima do acetato, de uma maneira que se obtivesse um material com alto grau de pureza e que as perdas de celulose durante o processo fossem minimizadas. Para a produção das membranas foi utilizada a técnica de inversão de fases. No caso das membranas de acetato de celulose, foi realizada uma variação dos parâmetros utilizados no processo de confecção das membranas (tempo de evaporação do solvente, temperatura do banho de coagulação e tratamento térmico), com o intuito de se estabelecer as melhores variáveis do processo, enquanto que para a poliamida 66, foram utilizadas condições previamente determinadas por outros estudos. Depois de prontas, as membranas foram caracterizadas fisicamente e pelas suas propriedades de fluxo de água pura, fluxo de vapor de água, rejeição de sais, rejeição de açúcares e rejeição de compostos tóxicos. Finalmente, as membranas foram aplicadas no processo de detoxificação do hidrolisado hemicelulósico para testar sua capacidade de remoção de furfural, hidroximetilfurfural (HMF), ácido acético e compostos fenólicos. No estudo de extração da celulose do bagaço, as melhores condições produziram uma celulose com pureza de 84,01%. O acetato produzido apresentou um grau de substituição de 2,52, podendo ser classificado como um triacetato de celulose. Em comparação, o acetato comercial apresentou um grau de substituição de 2,85. Fisicamente, todas as membranas apresentaram uma morfologia que intercalava a presença de poros com regiões nodulares. As membranas de bagaço de cana apresentaram uma considerável fragilidade, por isso nos testes de permeação sob pressão, elas foram suportadas por uma membrana de polissulfona comercial. Todas as membranas de acetato de bagaço e membrana de poliamida apresentaram fluxo de água pura, enquanto que apenas algumas membranas de acetato comercial conseguiram permear água pura. As membranas apresentaram diferentes resultados nos experimentos de rejeição de compostos, resultado das diferenças estruturais entre elas. No ensaio de detoxificação, a membrana que alcançou o melhor desempenho foi a membrana obtida a partir do acetato comercial. Essa membrana conseguiu remover 89,92% de HMF, 91,99% de furfural, 51,52% de ácido acético e 8,35% de compostos fenólicos. As membranas produzidas a partir do bagaço de cana alcançaram uma remoção de 71,66 de HMF, 60,87% de furfural, 91,79% de ácido acético e 10,86% de fenólicos. / Membrane separation processes (MSP) have been highlighted at industrial processes because of their advantages, mainly the low cost of implementation and the low energy consumption during their operation. The utilization of agriculture co-products for the obtainment of material is a increasing trend, wherein the main attractive are the high availability and the low cost of these co-products. The aims of this work were to produce membranes and to investigate their utilization in the detoxification of the hemicellulosic hydrolisate originated from the acid treatment of sugarcane bagasse. For that, two types of membranes were produced from three different types of polymers, cellulose acetate obtained from sugarcane bagasse, commercial cellulose acetate and polyamide 66. For the production of the sugarcane bagasse cellulose acetate it was conducted an exploratory study in order to extract cellulose, raw-material of the acetate, in a manner that the final material possessed high purity degree and the losses of cellulose during the process were minimized. The technique of phase inversion was utilized to produce the membranes. In the case of cellulose acetate membranes, the variation of the membrane production parameters (time of solvent evaporation, temperature of coagulation bath and thermical treatment) was performed for the purpose of establishing the best process parameters, whereas it was utilized previously established conditions found in the literature for the polyamide membrane production. The membranes were characterized physically and for their properties of pure water flux, vapor water flux, salt rejection, sugar rejection and toxic compound rejection. Finally, the membranes were applied in the process of hemicellulosic hydrolysate detoxification for testing their capacity of furfural, hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), acetic acid and phenolic compound removal. The best conditions of cellulose extraction from sugarcane bagasse were able to produce cellulose with 84.01% of purity. The sugarcane cellulose acetate presented a substitution degree of 2.52, being classified as cellulose triacetate. In comparison, commercial cellulose acetate presented a substitution degree of 2,85. Physically, all membranes possessed a morphology that interspersed the presence of porous and nodular regions. Due to their fragility, sugarcane bagasse membranes were supported by a polysulfone commercial membrane in the tests of permeation under pressure. All sugarcane bagasse membranes and polyamide membrane achieved pure water flux. Nevertheless, just some commercial cellulose acetate membranes could permeate pure water. In the assays of compound rejection, the membranes reached different results, on behalf of their structural differences. The membrane that obtained the best performance in the detoxification process was the membrane produced form commercial cellulose acetate. This membrane was able to remove 89.92% of HMF, 91.99% of furfural, 51.52% of acetic acid and 8.35% of phenolic compounds. The membranes produced from sugarcane bagasse reached a removal of 71.66 of HMF, 60.87% of furfural, 91.79% of acetic acid and 10,86% of phenolics.

Os processos de separação por membrana (PSM) vêm ganhando destaque em aplicações industriais por conta de suas vantagens, principalmente o baixo custo de implementação e o baixo consumo de energia para sua operação. A utilização de subprodutos agrícolas na obtenção de materiais é uma tendência crescente, sendo os seus maiores atrativos a grande disponibilidade desses subprodutos e por serem uma matéria-prima barata. O presente trabalho teve como principais objetivos a produção de membranas sua utilização na detoxificação do hidrolisado hemicelulósico originado do tratamento ácido do bagaço de cana-de-açúcar. Para tanto foram produzidos dois tipos de membranas a partir de três polímeros diferentes, o acetato de celulose obtido a partir do bagaço de cana, o acetato de celulose comercial e a poliamida 66. Na produção de acetato a partir do bagaço foi realizado um estudo exploratório para extrair a celulose, matéria-prima do acetato, de uma maneira que se obtivesse um material com alto grau de pureza e que as perdas de celulose durante o processo fossem minimizadas. Para a produção das membranas foi utilizada a técnica de inversão de fases. No caso das membranas de acetato de celulose, foi realizada uma variação dos parâmetros utilizados no processo de confecção das membranas (tempo de evaporação do solvente, temperatura do banho de coagulação e tratamento térmico), com o intuito de se estabelecer as melhores variáveis do processo, enquanto que para a poliamida 66, foram utilizadas condições previamente determinadas por outros estudos. Depois de prontas, as membranas foram caracterizadas fisicamente e pelas suas propriedades de fluxo de água pura, fluxo de vapor de água, rejeição de sais, rejeição de açúcares e rejeição de compostos tóxicos. Finalmente, as membranas foram aplicadas no processo de detoxificação do hidrolisado hemicelulósico para testar sua capacidade de remoção de furfural, hidroximetilfurfural (HMF), ácido acético e compostos fenólicos. No estudo de extração da celulose do bagaço, as melhores condições produziram uma celulose com pureza de 84,01%. O acetato produzido apresentou um grau de substituição de 2,52, podendo ser classificado como um triacetato de celulose. Em comparação, o acetato comercial apresentou um grau de substituição de 2,85. Fisicamente, todas as membranas apresentaram uma morfologia que intercalava a presença de poros com regiões nodulares. As membranas de bagaço de cana apresentaram uma considerável fragilidade, por isso nos testes de permeação sob pressão, elas foram suportadas por uma membrana de polissulfona comercial. Todas as membranas de acetato de bagaço e membrana de poliamida apresentaram fluxo de água pura, enquanto que apenas algumas membranas de acetato comercial conseguiram permear água pura. As membranas apresentaram diferentes resultados nos experimentos de rejeição de compostos, resultado das diferenças estruturais entre elas. No ensaio de detoxificação, a membrana que alcançou o melhor desempenho foi a membrana obtida a partir do acetato comercial. Essa membrana conseguiu remover 89,92% de HMF, 91,99% de furfural, 51,52% de ácido acético e 8,35% de compostos fenólicos. As membranas produzidas a partir do bagaço de cana alcançaram uma remoção de 71,66 de HMF, 60,87% de furfural, 91,79% de ácido acético e 10,86% de fenólicos. / Membrane separation processes (MSP) have been highlighted at industrial processes because of their advantages, mainly the low cost of implementation and the low energy consumption during their operation. The utilization of agriculture co-products for the obtainment of material is a increasing trend, wherein the main attractive are the high availability and the low cost of these co-products. The aims of this work were to produce membranes and to investigate their utilization in the detoxification of the hemicellulosic hydrolisate originated from the acid treatment of sugarcane bagasse. For that, two types of membranes were produced from three different types of polymers, cellulose acetate obtained from sugarcane bagasse, commercial cellulose acetate and polyamide 66. For the production of the sugarcane bagasse cellulose acetate it was conducted an exploratory study in order to extract cellulose, raw-material of the acetate, in a manner that the final material possessed high purity degree and the losses of cellulose during the process were minimized. The technique of phase inversion was utilized to produce the membranes. In the case of cellulose acetate membranes, the variation of the membrane production parameters (time of solvent evaporation, temperature of coagulation bath and thermical treatment) was performed for the purpose of establishing the best process parameters, whereas it was utilized previously established conditions found in the literature for the polyamide membrane production. The membranes were characterized physically and for their properties of pure water flux, vapor water flux, salt rejection, sugar rejection and toxic compound rejection. Finally, the membranes were applied in the process of hemicellulosic hydrolysate detoxification for testing their capacity of furfural, hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), acetic acid and phenolic compound removal. The best conditions of cellulose extraction from sugarcane bagasse were able to produce cellulose with 84.01% of purity. The sugarcane cellulose acetate presented a substitution degree of 2.52, being classified as cellulose triacetate. In comparison, commercial cellulose acetate presented a substitution degree of 2,85. Physically, all membranes possessed a morphology that interspersed the presence of porous and nodular regions. Due to their fragility, sugarcane bagasse membranes were supported by a polysulfone commercial membrane in the tests of permeation under pressure. All sugarcane bagasse membranes and polyamide membrane achieved pure water flux. Nevertheless, just some commercial cellulose acetate membranes could permeate pure water. In the assays of compound rejection, the membranes reached different results, on behalf of their structural differences. The membrane that obtained the best performance in the detoxification process was the membrane produced form commercial cellulose acetate. This membrane was able to remove 89.92% of HMF, 91.99% of furfural, 51.52% of acetic acid and 8.35% of phenolic compounds. The membranes produced from sugarcane bagasse reached a removal of 71.66 of HMF, 60.87% of furfural, 91.79% of acetic acid and 10,86% of phenolics.

<p>Diss. (sammanfattning) Umeå : Umeå universitet, 1994, härtill 5 uppsatser.</p> / digitalisering@umu

Neste trabalho foram estudadas as potencialidades eletroanalíticas de um material híbrido condutor baseado em acetato de celulose e grafite com eletrodeposição de filme condutor de Azul da Prússia (CA/G/PB) como sensor para espécies com importância biológica. O material híbrido foi preparado pelo processo de inversão de fase e caracterizado pelas técnicas de microscopia eletrônica de varredura acoplada com espectroscopia de energia dispersiva (SEM-EDS) e voltametria cíclica. O composto Azul da Prússia (PB) foi imobilizado na superfície do material por eletropolimerização, aplicando-se um potencial fixo de 20 mV em uma janela de -0,3 V a 1,2 V. Os estudos eletroquímicos do eletrodo modificado CA/G/PB foram realizados em solução de KCl 0,1 mol.L-1, sendo obtidos dois pares redox para a espécie eletroativa imobilizada com potenciais médios (E0) em 0,204 V e 0,842 V, indicando um comportamento quase-reversível. O eletrodo demonstrou alta estabilidade após 500 ciclos redox, não sendo observada lixiviação da espécie eletroativa da superfície da matriz modificada. Os dois pares redox do material híbrido CA/G/PB permaneceram praticamente constantes entre os pH 5,0 e 8,0, indicando que as intensidades de pico não são significativamente afetadas nessa faixa de pH. A correlação linear entre as intensidades de pico e a raiz quadrada da velocidade de varredura, indicou que o sistema possui um comportamento similar aqueles em que o processo é controlado por difusão das espécies eletroativas à superfície do eletrodo. O azul da Prússia imobilizado foi aplicado na determinação de dopamina (DP), ácido úrico (AU), ácido ascórbico (AA) e Paracetamol (PCT) através da técnica de voltametria cíclica, voltametria de pulso diferencial e cronoamperometria. / In this work, we studied the electroanalytical potential of a conductive hybrid material based on cellulose acetate and graphite with electrodeposition Blue conductor film of Prussia (CA / G / PB) as a sensor for species with biological importance. The hybrid material was prepared by phase inversion process and characterized by the techniques of scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) and cyclic voltammetry. The dye of Prussian blue (PB) was immobilized on the surface of the material by electropolymerization applying a fixed potential of 20 mV in a interval from -0.3 V to 1.2 V. The electrochemical behavior of the modified electrode CA / G / PB were performed in solution of 0.1 mol L-1 KCl being obtained two redox couples for the electroactive species immobilized with midpoint potentials (E0) in 0.204 V and 0.842 V, indicating a quasi-reversible behavior. The electrode showed high stability after 500 redox cycles with no observed leaching of electroactive species to the surface of the modified electrode. The two redox pair of the CA / G / PB electrode was kept practically constant within pH 5.0 and 8.0, indicating that the peak intensities are not significantly affected in this pH range. The linear correlation between peak intensities and the square root of scan rate, indicated that the system has a similar behavior those in which the process is controlled by diffusion of electroactive species to the electrode surface. The immobilized Prussian blue was applied to determine dopamine (DP), uric acid (UA), ascorbic acid (AA) and paracetamol (PCT) by analytical techniques of cyclic voltammetry, differential pulse voltammetry and chronoamperometry.