Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, 2006. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on June 19, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-212). Also issued in print.

Thesis (doctoral)--University of Göteborg, 1992. / Added t.p. with thesis statement inserted. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (doctoral)--University of Göteborg, 1992. / Added t.p. with thesis statement inserted. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / Typescript. Vita. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Queensland, 2001. / Includes bibliography.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Delaware, 2009. / Principal faculty advisor: John W. Gillespie, Dept. of Materials Science. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--Worcester Polytechnic Institute. / Keywords: Polymer; polystyrene; electrospinning; rheology. Includes bibliographical references (leaves: 67 - 68 ).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005. / Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xxxiv, 429 p.; also includes graphics (some col.). Includes bibliographical references (p. 402-429). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

Modified pectin is a polysaccharide rich in galacturonic acid altered by pH adjustment and thermal treatment used especially as an anti-cancer agent. The aim of this work was to study the physical and chemical properties of modified and unmodified pectins extracted from orange bagasse by using citric and nitric acids. The galacturonic acid content, degree of esterification, Fourier Transform Infrared 30 Spectroscopy profile, molar mass, intrinsic viscosity, rheological properties and antioxidant activity of the pectins were evaluated. The modification process caused the de-esterification of pectins, responsible for improving the intestinal absorption of modified pectin and a decrease of molecular weight due to removal of neutral sugars, maintaining the linear chain of galacturonic acid. Such changes also caused a significant increase in the in vitro antioxidant activity and influenced the rheological properties of pectin, reducing its viscosity. This work showed that the modification of pectin from orange bagasse with citric and nitric acids altered its structural and physical characteristics as well as its biological activity toward a free-radical, suggesting that some functional properties related to antioxidant activity activity and absorption of nutrients may be increased.

Une étude combinant expériences et analyses est menée afin de rationaliser la dynamique et la rhéologie des suspensions très concentrées de fibres rigides, non colloïdales dans un fluide newtonien. Des mesures rhéologiques couplées à des mesures de la microstructure sont réalisées à l’aide de plusieurs dispositifs expérimentaux permettant d’analyser différents types de géométries et d’écoulements. Des expériences de rhéologie standards (rhéologie à volume contrôlé), ainsi qu’une méthode de rhéologie non-conventionnelle (rhéologie à pression contrôlée) sont associées afin de mesurer la contrainte de cisaillement, la pression de la phase particulaire et la fraction volumique des suspensions très concentrées. Un autre dispositif expérimental a été conçu dans le but d’étudier la microstructure (distribution spatiale et distribution d’orientations) d’une suspension de fibres rigides dans un écoulement de Poiseuille oscillant. Alors que ce type d’écoulement est réversible pour un liquide newtonien, dans le cas d’une suspension concentrée, les interactions entre particules introduisent des changements irréversibles de microstructure. Cette microstructure est affectée et a un effet sur l’écoulement imposé, cette dépendance non-linéaire incluant les interactions hydrodynamiques. L’objectif de ces expériences est d’apporter un éclairage sur des effets tels que la rhéofluidification observée à fort taux de cisaillement et sur le démixage dû à la migration induite par cisaillement. / A combined work of experiments and data analyses is proposed to investigate the dynamics and rheology of highly concentrated suspensions of non-colloidal rigid rods in a Newtonian fluid. Detailed measurements of the rheology and the microstructure are made using a variety of experimental devices with different geometries and imposed flows. Standard rheology experiments (volume-controlled rheology), as well as a novel method of rheometry, are carried out to measure torques, particle pressures, and volume fractions at high concentration (pressure-controlled rheology). Another experiment has been designed and constructed to study the microstructure (spatial and orientation distribution) of a suspension of rigid rods in an oscillatory parabolic flow. Though the flow is reversible in these systems, the changes in the microstructure are irreversibile in the case of concentrated suspensions due to particle interactions. The microstructure is affected by, and has an effect, on the imposed flows; this non-linear dependency includes hydrodynamic interactions. The purpose of these experiments is to gain insight into phenomena such as apparent shear-thinning at high shear rates and demixing due to shear-induced migration.