Dans cette thèse, le concept d’électrochimie bipolaire qui permet de réaliser des réactions électrochimiques par l’application d’un champ électrique, sur un objet conducteur placé dans une solution électrolytique sans aucun contact avec les électrodes, a été utilisé pour générer des objets Janus possédant une partie organique et une partie inorganique. Comme preuve de principe, des billes de carbone vitreux de taille micrométrique ont été modifiées de manière asymétrique par électrochimie bipolaire en réduisant un sel d’aryl diazonium. La couche organique ainsi greffée a pu être observée après interaction avec des nanoparticules d’or, ou des molécules fluorescentes. Les résultats ont montré que la moitié de la surface des billes a pu être modifiée de manière sélective et avec une grande précision. En ajustant le temps et/ou le champ électrique utilisé pour la réduction du sel de diazonium, la surface greffée peut être modulée. Ce concept a été généralisé à l’échelle nanométrique sur des nanotubes de carbone alignés verticalement. Ces nanotubes de carbone ont été préparés par un dépôt chimique en phase gazeuse en utilisant un template d’oxyde d’aluminium poreux. L’électrogreffage bipolaire d’une couche organique uniquement sur une extrémité des nanotubes et uniquement sur la face interne de ces tubes, a été possible en conservant les nanotubes piégés dans le template d’oxyde d’aluminium. Cette technique ouvre donc la voie d’applications dans le domaine des piles à combustible, des bio-capteurs, et également pour la délivrance contrôlée de médicaments. / In this thesis, the concept of bipolar electrochemistry, which allows carrying out electrochemical reactions on a free-standing conductive object in an electric field, was employed to generate Janus-type objects with a hybrid organic-inorganic composition. As a proof-of-concept micrometer-sized glassy carbon beads were modified asymmetrically via the bipolar electrochemical reduction of aryl diazonium salts. The grafted organic layers can be probed either with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) or with fluorescent molecules. The results show that one-half sphere of the beads was modified selectively and with high precision. This concept was then generalized to vertically aligned carbon nonotubes (VACNTs). They were prepared via chemical vapor deposition using porous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) as template. The bipolar electrografting of an organic layer onto the inner surface of the VACNTs was performed by using the tubes that were still embedded in the pores of the AAO membrane as the starting material. The grafted results can be visualized by coupling them with AuNPs. After the AAO removal, the results reveal a grafting of organic layers only at one end of the tubes along the inner wall. For both cases, fine tuning of the deposition time and/or the electric field used for the reduction of diazonium salts can control the geometric area of the grafting. This technique opens up applications of these objects in the fields of controlled drug delivery and storage.

The objective of the research was to develop high quality GaN epitaxial growth on alternative substrates that could result in higher external quantum efficiency devices. Typical GaN growth on sapphire results in high defect materials, typically 10⁸⁻¹⁰cm⁻², due to a large difference in lattice mismatch and thermal expansion coefficient. Therefore, it is useful to study epitaxial growth on alternative substrates to sapphire such as ZnO which offers the possibility of lattice matched growth. High-quality metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) of GaN on ZnO substrate is hard to grow due to the thermal stability of ZnO, out-diffusion of Zn, and H₂back etching into the sample. Preliminary growths of GaN on bare ZnO substrates showed multiple cracks and peeling of the surface. A multi-buffer layer of LT-AlN/GaN was found to solve the cracking and peeling-off issues and demonstrated the first successful GaN growth on ZnO substrates. Good quality InGaN films were also grown showing indium compositions of 17-27% with no indium droplets or phase separation. ZnO was found to to sustain a higher strain state than sapphire, and thereby incorporating higher indium concentrations, as high as 43%, without phase separation, compared to the same growth on sapphire with only 32%. Si doping of InGaN layers, a known inducer for phase separation, did induce phase separation on sapphire growths, but not for growths on ZnO. This higher strain state for ZnO substrates was correlated to its perfect lattice match with InGaN at 18% indium concentration. Transmission electron microscopy results revealed reduction of threading dislocation and perfectly matched crystals at the GaN buffer/ZnO interface showing coherent growth of GaN on ZnO. However, Zn diffusion into the epilayer was an issue. Therefore, an atomic layer deposition of Al₂O₃was grown as a transition layer prior to GaN and InGaN growth by MOCVD. X-ray and PL showed distinct GaN peaks on Al₂O₃/ZnO layers demonstrating the first GaN films grown on Al₂O₃/ZnO. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy showed a decrese in Zn diffusion into the epilayer, demonstrating that an ALD Al₂O₃layer was a promising transition layer for GaN growth on ZnO substrates by MOCVD.

Combustion chemical vapor deposition (combustion CVD) is a thin film deposition process that uses a flame created by the ignition of an aerosol containing precursors dissolved in a flammable solvent. Combustion CVD is a relatively new technique for creating thin film oxide coatings. Combustion CVD has been successfully used to deposit high quality thin oxide films for potential applications such as thermal barrier coatings, dielectric thin films, composite interlayer coatings, etc. The present work involved developing the optimum parameters for deposition of thin films of yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ), alumina (Al₂O₃), and YSZ-alumina composites followed by a determination of the mechanical properties of the films (measured using nanoindentation) as a function of composition. The optimized parameters for deposition of YSZ, alumina, and YSZ-alumina composites onto single crystal a-plane alumina involved using an organic liquid as the flammable solvent and Y 2-ethylhexanoate, Zr 2-ethylhexanoate and Al acetylacetonate as the metal precursors at a 0.002 M concentration delivered at 4 ml/min at flame temperatures of 155 ℃ and substrate temperatures of 105 ℃. The resulting films were grown with deposition rates of ~ 1.5 μm/hr. Measurement of the mechanical properties (hardness, elastic modulus and fracture toughness) of the films was performed using a mechanical properties microprobe called the Nanoindenter®. In order to obtain valid results from nanoindentation, the combustion CVD films were optimized for minimum surface roughness and grown to a thickness of approximately 0.8 μm. With the penetration depth of the indenter at approximately 150 nm, the 800 nm thickness of the film made influences of the substrate on the measurements negligible. The hardnesses and elastic moduli of the YSZ-alumina films did not vary with the composition of the film. The fracture toughness, however, did show a dependence on the composition. It was found that second phase particles of alumina grown into a YSZ matrix increased the fracture toughness of the films (on average, 1.76 MPa• m⁰.⁵ for 100% YSZ to 2.49 MPa• m⁰.⁵ for 70 mol% YSZ/30 mol% alumina). Similarly, second phase particles of YSZ grown into an alumina matrix also increased the fracture toughness (on average, 2.20 MPa• m⁰.⁵ for 100% alumina to 2.45 MPa• m⁰.⁵ for 37.2 mol% YSZ/62.8 mol% alumina). Modeling of the fracture toughness of the YSZ-alumina films was successfully achieved by using the following toughening mechanisms: crack deflection from the second phase particles, grain bridging around the particles, and residual stress from the CTE mismatch between the film and the substrate and between the second phase particles and the matrix of the film.

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No. of bitstreams: 1 GARCIA_Uanderson_2017.pdf: 25453924 bytes, checksum: 4c34f46362e91f9eb2f88106f805d7f3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-14 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / This work covers the investigation and synthesis of nanometric structures of Porous Anodic Alumina PAA, produced from low purity substrates, in aim to obtain selfsustained membranes. The Hard Anodization (HA) and Mild Anodization (MA) processes were used under special conditions through those found in literature. The analyses of results were based in comparing the AAP produced under the same conditions except the applied potential that was different depending on the MA or HA. HA process had its time halved in order to investigate the oxide growth rate and to calibrate the conditions of anodized membrane synthesis over the glass samples. This work also covers the construction of a resistive thermal evaporation PVD system capable of evaporating metals with melting points below 800°C. Through the deposition of successive layers it was possible to obtain metallic films of aluminum with thicknesses above 10 µm, enabling conditions of synthesis of porous anodic alumina on substrates produced by thermal resistive evaporation. The result of membrane synthesis on low purity aluminum substrates was complement to the synthesis of membranes obtained in aluminum evaporated in glass substrates, since the thickness of each deposited film is low if compared to the thickness of the AAP layer. Therefore, it was necessary to make several Al depositions on the same samples, to obtain an aluminum film that was able to support an oxide layer of anodic alumina and with the same characteristics of those obtained by the process of MA. All anodized samples were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, including samples made from metalized aluminum. The micrography obtained from the low purity aluminum membranes were treated by ImageJ software allowing the morphological analysis. AAP membranes obtained from technical Al substrate depicted the formation of branched pore channels, a result of instabilities in applied electric field during Anodization and presence of different alloying elements in the Al substrate. The metalized aluminum film had a larger thickness in the samples positioned in the middle of the sample holder possibly due to different temperature gradients of filament depending on the position of Al pellets. / Este trabalho aborda a síntese e investigação de estruturas nanométricas de Alumina Anódica Porosa AAP produzidas a partir de substratos de baixa pureza, com a finalidade da obtenção de membranas auto-suportadas. Foram utilizados os processos de Hard Anodization (HA) e Mild Anodization (MA). Para efeito comparativo entre os processos foram mantidas todas as condições variando apenas o potencial aplicado. Posteriormente para HA o tempo experimental foi reduzido pela metade a fim de investigar a velocidade no crescimento do óxido e condições de anodização de membranas sobre as amostras de vidro. Este trabalho também abrange a construção de um sistema Phisical Vapor Deposition (PVD) por evaporação térmica resistiva, capaz de evaporar metais com pontos de fusão abaixo de 800°C. Através da deposição de sucessivas camadas foi possível a obtenção de filmes metálicos de Alumínio com espessuras acima de 10 µm, possibilitando condições de síntese de alumina anódica porosa sobre substratos produzidos por evaporação térmica resistiva. O resultado da síntese de membranas em substratos de Al de baixa pureza foi complementar à síntese das membranas obtidas em alumínio evaporado em substratos de vidro, pois a espessura de cada filme depositado é baixa se comparados a espessura da camada de AAP. Portanto, houve a necessidade de várias deposições sobre as mesmas amostras, para se obter o filme de alumínio que fosse capaz de suportar uma camada de alumina anódica porosa resistente e que se aproximasse das características das obtidas pelo processo de MA. Todas as amostras anodizadas foram caracterizadas por microscopia eletrônica de varredura, inclusive as amostras produzidas a partir do alumínio metalizado. As micrografias obtidas a partir das membranas de alumínio de baixa pureza foram tratadas pelo software ImageJ, possibilitando a análise morfológica das mesmas. As membranas de AAP de baixa pureza possuem poros com ramificações transversais, são provocadas pelos desvios do campo elétrico aplicado, além da possibilidade de formação de outros tipos de óxidos. O filme de alumínio metalizado teve maior espessura nas amostras posicionadas na parte central do porta amostra, isso pode estar relacionado com o aquecimento do filamento que ocorre da região central para as extremidades. / 2010/10813-0

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Materials and method: Sintered zirconia blocks (N=180) (Lava, 3M ESPE), with final dimensions of 5.25 x 3.74 x 4.5 mm, were embedded in acrylic resin, polished and randomly distributed among 18 groups (n=10), according to the factors: "solution (8 levels) and air-particle-abrasion" (2 levels): Ctr (control without treatment), AP- Alloy Primer/Kuraray, MP- Monobond Plus/Ivoclar, MZP- Metal Zircônia Primer/Ivoclar, MZ- MZ Primer/Angelus, ReX- Relyx Ceramic Primer/3M ESPE, Sg- Signum Zirconia Bond/Kulzer, SbU- Scotchbond Universal/3M ESPE and ZP- Z Prime Plus/Bisco. The same solutions were also used after zirconia sandblasting: Ctr.S, AP.S, MP.S, MZ.S, ReX.S, Sg.S, SbU.S and ZP.S (*.S = sandblasting). Prior sandblasting, the zirconia/acrylic resin assemblents were ultrasonic cleaned for 5min (Vitasonic, Germany). The .S groups were air abraised with Al2O3 particles (110μm, 2.5 bar, 20s at 10mm), with an assistance of a chairside air-abrasion device (Bioart, Brazil) and another ultrasonic cleaned was performed. After dry the solutions were applied according to the manufactors´ recommendations. The resin cement (Rely X ARC, 3M ESPE) cylinders were bonded and polymerized to zirconia surface, with the aid of a silicone mold (Ø = 3.5, height = 3 mm). All samples were stored in distilled water (60 days at 370 C), and after were subjected to shear test (1 mm/min). Data were analyzed by ANOVA (e-way) and Tukey test (α=5%). Results: Air-particle abrasion (p=0.0001) and solution (p=0.0001) factors significantly affected the bond strength (ANOVA) All samples of the groups Ctr, Ctr.S, ReX, MZ.S and MZP, MZP.S showed premature failure (debonding). Thus, they were not included in the statistical analysis. In addition, air-abrasion increased the bond strength (With: 110.78A MPa; Without: 70.92B MPa) and the solution SbU (142.91a MPa) promoted higher adhesion between ceramic/resin cement than MP (100.15bc MPa), AP (90.03c MPa), ReX (34.03d MPa) and MZ (23.66d MPa), and was similar to Sg (131.78ab MPa) and ZP (113.37bc MPa) (Tukey). Conclusion: Air-abrasion with 110 μm Al2O3 followed by solutions application increased the bond strength to zirconia, except for SbU, that presented the highest value of bond strength. / Objetivo: Este estudo avaliou a influência do jateamento com partículas de O2Al3 e de diferentes soluções na resistência ao cisalhamento entre um cimento resinoso e à cerâmica de zircônia (Y-TZP). Materiais e método: Blocos de zircônia sinterizados (N = 180) (Lava, 3M ESPE), com dimensões finais de 5,25 x 3,74 x 4,5 mm foram incluídos em resina acrílica, polidos e aleatoriamente distribuídos em 18 grupos (n = 10), de acordo com os fatores: "solução" (8 níveis) e "jateamento" (2 níveis): Ctr (controle sem tratamento), AP- Alloy Primer/Kuraray, MP- Monobond Plus/Ivoclar, MZP- Metal zircônia Primer/Ivoclar, MZ- MZ Primer/Angelus, Rex- Relyx Primer para Cerâmica/3M ESPE, Sg- Signum Zircônia Bond/Kulzer, SbU- Scotchbond Adesivo Universal/3M ESPE e ZP- Z Prime Plus/Bisco. As mesmas soluções também foram utilizadas após o jateamento da zircônia: Ctr.S, AP.S, MP.S, MZ.S, ReX.S, Sg.S, SbU.S e ZP.S(* S = jateamento). Anteriormente ao Jateamento os bloco de zircônia foram submetidos à limpeza em ultrassom por 5min (Vitasonic, Alemanha). Os grupos ".S" foram jateados com Al2O3 (110μm, 2,5 bar, 20s à 10 mm), com o auxílio de um microjateador (Bioarte, Brasil) e outra limpeza ultrassônica foi realizada. Depois de secos, as soluções foram aplicadas de acordo com as recomendações dos fabricantes. Cilindros do cimento resinoso (Rely X ARC, 3M ESPE) foram colados e polimerizados na superfície da zircônia com auxílio de um molde de silicone (Ø = 3,5, altura= 3 mm). Todas as amostras foram armazenadas em água destilada (60 dias a 370 C), e depois submetidas ao teste de cisalhamento (1mm/min). Os dados foram analisados pela análise de variância (dois- fatores) e teste de Tukey (α=5%). Resultados: "Os fatores jateamento com O2Al3" (p = 0,0001) e "solução" (p=0,0001) afetou significativamente a resistência de união (ANOVA). Todas as amostras dos grupos Ctr, Ctr.S, Rex, MZ.S e MZP, MZP.S mostraram uma falha prematura (descolamento). Assim, não foram incluídos na análise estatística. Além disso, o jateamento aumentou a resistência de união (com: 110.78A MPa; sem: 70.92B MPa) e a solução SbU (142.91a MPa) promoveu maior adesão entre cimento resinoso/cerâmica. O MP (100.15bc MPa), AP (90.03c MPa), ReX (34.03d MPa) e MZ (23.66d MPa), e foi semelhante ao Sg (131.78ab MPa) e ZP (113.37bc MPa) (Tukey). Conclusão: Jateamento com O2Al3 seguido pela aplicação de soluções aumentou a resistência de união à zircônia, com exceção do SbU, que apresentou o maior valor de resistência de união

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A dosimetria das radiações alfa, beta e gama é importante para diversas áreas aplicadas, sendo utilizada na proteção radiológica de pacientes e profissionais que se expõem a esses tipos de radiações. Com estudos dosimétricos pode-se obter melhores estimativas de dose absorvida, e ter mais precisão na estimativa de riscos populacionais. As técnicas de Termoluminescência (TL) e Luminescência Oticamente Estimulada (OSL) são utilizadas para essas aplicações dosimétricas. Estudos recentes têm mostrado que alguns materiais dosimétricos conhecidos como óxido de alumínio dopado com carbono (Al$_2$O$_3$:C) e óxido de berílio (BeO) sofrem mudanças no formato observado dos sinais OSL com relação as taxas de dose e tipos de radiação. O principal objetivo desse trabalho foi analisar os formatos dessas curvas e verificar quantitativamente, se existem ou não mudanças nos formatos dos sinais OSL dos dosímetros irradiados com diferentes tipos de radiação e taxas de dose. Sob o modelo de uma armadilha e um centro de recombinação (OTOR) foram estudados os sinais OSL com estímulo contínuo (CW-OSL). O modelo OTOR é simples, mas não possui solução analítica e as soluções computacionais são custosas pelo número grande de variáveis e parâmetros. Nesse trabalho, foi necessário realizar algumas simplificações para obtenção de um modelo ainda mais simples para ajuste nos dados. O modelo OTOR simples apresenta um comportamento de decaimento exponencial na descrição do sinal CW-OSL. Uma outra abordagem de extensão do modelo OTOR-simples foi a utilização do modelo com duas armadilhas independentes e um centro de recombinação, que resulta em dois decaimentos exponenciais. Para obtenção dos parâmetros que descrevem o sinal CW-OSL com esses modelos, foi utilizado o método dos mínimos quadrados (MMQ), com refinamento dos parâmetros pelo método de Gauss. O modelo de dois decaimentos exponenciais mostrou-se superior em qualidade com análise do parâmetro $\\chi^2$ e do comportamento dos resíduos em relação ao modelo de um decaimento exponencial para ambos os materiais utilizados. Com os ajustes, foi possível verificar diferenças nos comportamentos do sinal CW-OSL das amostras irradiadas em diferentes situações. As diferenças observadas nos comportamentos são apresentadas pelos parâmetros de decaimento ou de sinal inicial, ou pelas relações entre esses. Os parâmetros ajustados mostram que os sinais OSL provenientes do Al$_2$O$_3$:C e do BeO irradiados com alfa, beta e gama apresentam diferenças significativas nos comportamentos. As diferenças verificadas pelos ajustes dos sinais CW-OSL apresentados pelos dosímetros irradiados com beta e gama podem ter sido em parte causadas por efeito de fading, que afeta de maneira distinta os formatos das curvas e parâmetros ajustados. Nas irradiações com radiação gama com faixas de doses (de 22 a 122 mGy) e taxas doses absorvidas (de 0.024 a 1.66 Gy/s) não foram observados diferenças significativas nos sinais OSL. / The dosimetry of alpha, beta and gamma radiation is important in various applied areas, it is used in radiation protection of patients and professionals who are exposed at this kind of radiation. With dosimetric studies, it is possible to better estimate the absorbed dose, and population risks. Thermoluminescence (TL) and Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) techniques are used for these dosimetric applications. Recent studies have shown that some known dosimetric materials as carbon doped aluminum oxide (Al$_2$O$_3$:C) and berilium oxide (BeO) undergo changes in OSL signal behavior related to dose rates and types of radiation. The main objective of this work was to analise the formats of these curves and quantitatively verify whether or not there are changes in OSL signal of the dosimeters irradiated with different types of radiation and dose rates. Under the model of one trap one recombination center (OTOR) the continuous wave OSL (CW-OSL) signals were studied. The OTOR model is the simplest model, but has no analytical solution and the computational solutions are costly by the large number of variables and parameters. In this work, it was necessary to make some simplifications in order to obtain a simple model that could be fitted to the data. The simple-OTOR model shows an exponential decay behavior in the CW-OSL signal description. Another extension approach to the simple-OTOR model was the model with two independent traps and one recombination center, that results in two exponential decays. To obtain the parameters that describe the CW-OSL signal with these models, the least square method (LSM) was used, with parameter refinement by Gauss method. For both the materials the two exponential decay model proved to be superior in quality to the one exponential decay by the analysis of the parameter $\\chi^2$ and the behavior of the residuals. With the fittings, it was possible to verify differences in the behavior of the CW-OSL signal of the samples irradiated in different situations. These differences observed are presented in the decay or initial signal parameters, or in their ratios. Fitted parameters show that OSL signals from Al$_2$O$_3$:C and BeO irradiated with alpha, beta and gamma exhibit significant differences in behavior. The differences verified by the fittings of the CW-OSL signals presented by beta and gamma irradiated dosimeters may in part have been caused by fading effect, which affects in a different way the shapes of the curves and fitted parameters. Gamma irradiation with dose and absorbed dose rate ranges from 22 to 122 mGy and from 0.024 to 1.66Gy/s respectively did not produce significant differences in OSL signals.

Lorsqu'une impulsion laser est focalisée sur une cible solide immergée dans un liquide, de la matière est vaporisée. La nucléation et la croissance ont lieu dans le liquide et des nanoparticules sont ainsi synthétisées. La méthode est très polyvalente puisqu'une grande variété de matériaux peut être générée. De plus, les nanoparticules sont directement stabilisées dans le solvant. L'ajout d'agent complexant n'est pas nécessaire mais peut tout de même permettre de mieux contrôler la taille des nanoparticules. Cependant, de nombreux processus sont mis en jeu durant la synthèse et l'objectif de ce travail doctoral est de développer la compréhension de ces éléments. Dans la mesure où l'ablation laser déploie une multitude d'´échelle de temps, il a fallu employer différentes méthodes pour élucider ces mécanismes. Pour commencer, je définirai un état de l'art de l'utilisation de l'ablation laser en milieu liquide et nos résultats concernant la synthèse d'aluminium oxyde dopé chrome. Par la suite, je présenterai la spectroscopie des plasmas et les questions sous-jacentes à la notion d'´équilibre dans un plasma moléculaire. Ensuite, je décrirai notre approche atomistique de la nucléation basée sur les techniques de chimie quantique. Enfin, je montrerai l'apport de l'utilisation des méthodes d'ombrographie pour mieux comprendre la thermodynamique du système au temps plus long. Notre étude démontre que la bulle formée suite à l'ablation laser est constituée essentiellement de molécule du solvant dont la quantité n'évolue quasiment pas au cours du temps de vie de la bulle / When a pulsed-laser is focused into a solid target immersed in water, the material is evaporated. Nucleation and growth occur in the liquid and nanoparticles are synthesized. The method can be considered as versatile because one can try to synthesize any kinds of materials. Also, the nanoparticles are directly stabilized by the solvant so there is no need of complexing agents. The nanoparticles are described as ligand-free. However, various processes can occur during the synthesis and the aim of my work is to understand these different components. Since the laser ablation in liquid displays a wide range of timescales, we used numerous methods to address this problem. First, I will present the use of plasma spectroscopy and the questions it raises towards local thermodynamic equilibrium. Then, I will describe our microscopic approach of nucleation based on quantum chemistry techniques. Finally, I will illustrate the advantages of shadowgraphic measurements to reach an hydrodynamic understanding of the system

Les travaux dont les résultats sont présentés dans ce manuscrit ont été menés dans le but de préparer des matériaux catalytiques à base de métaux nobles pour l'élimination de certains composés organiques volatils (COV). Différents catalyseurs à base de platine ont ainsi été préparés et leurs performances catalytiques évaluées pour l'oxydation de deux polluants : le n-butanol et l'acide acétique. Une première étude sur l'élimination oxydative et non-oxydative du n-butanol sur des catalyseurs à base de platine supportés sur alumine a été menée. Ce travail a porté essentiellement sur l'étude de l'effet des différents paramètres intervenant dans la réaction (oxygène, eau, métal). Le phénomène d'adsorption-désorption du polluant à la surface du catalyseur a également été étudié. S'inspirant des données de la littérature sur les propriétés redox particulières de la cérine, les travaux ont ensuite porté sur l'effet de l'ajout de CeO2 à des catalyseurs de type Pt/Al2O3 pour l'oxydation du n-butanol et de l'acide acétique. La modification des propriétés redox et acido-basiques ainsi que celle des performances catalytiques du matériau observées avec l'ajout de CeO2 a permis d'établir une corrélation entre activité catalytique en oxydation, capacité de stockage de l'oxygène et basicité. Cette corrélation a été confirmée dans la dernière étude menée sur des catalyseurs mis en forme de type monolithes enduits avec différents matériaux (Pt/Al2O3, Pt/CeO2, Pt/ZrO2, Pt/Al2O3-CeO2, Pt/Al2O3-ZrO2 et Pt/CeO2-ZrO2). / The results presented in this manuscript have aimed at preparing catalytic materials based on noble metals for the removal of volatile organic compounds (VOC). Thus, different platinum based catalysts have been prepared and their catalytic performances have been evaluated for n-butanol and acetic acid oxidation. A first study on oxidative and non-oxidative removal of n-butanol over alumina supported platinum based catalysts has been performed. This work focused on the study of the effect of the different parameters involved in the reaction (oxygen, water, metal). The adsorption-desorption phenomenon of the pollutant on the catalyst surface has also been studied.Inspired by the literature on the specific redox properties of ceria, the work was then focused on the effect of the addition of CeO2 to Pt/Al2O3 catalysts for n-butanol and acetic acid oxidation. The modification of the redox and acid-base properties as well as that of the catalytic performances of the material with the addition of CeO2 allowed to establish a relationship between catalytic oxidation activities, oxygen storage capacity and basicity. This correlation has been confirmed in the last study performed on the monolithic catalysts coated with different materials (Pt/Al2O3, Pt/CeO2, Pt/ZrO2, Pt/Al2O3-CeO2, Pt/Al2O3-ZrO2 and Pt/CeO2-ZrO2).