Many intervention methods theoretically have the potential to eliminate microorganisms. However, they do not perform efficiently once applied to fruits and vegetables. In this study Salmonella Typhimurium LT2 and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) were used as model systems on 6 different types of produce to determine the effect of produce surface characteristics on sanitizer effectiveness. Microbial attachment on produce surfaces was induced after 3 h of drying at 24°C and high relative humidity (RH). Afterwards, produce was stored for 3 subsequent days and washed with sterilized tap water for 5, 10 and 15 minutes to separate weakly from strongly attached microorganisms from the produce surface. The strongly attached microorganisms were then treated with 3% H2O2 for 1, 3, and 5 minutes. These results were compared to the log reduction curves obtained with a pure liquid culture and 3% H2O2. Additionally, contact angle of water and diiodomethane on each type of surface were measured and used as indicator of wettability, and for calculating surface tension characteristics of the produce surfaces. Then these surface characteristics were related to the bacterial attachment and population reduction values obtained after applying the treatments. In general, the geometric mean equation was the most useful in predicting the surface tension values of produce surface and the polar and non-polar components of produce surface tension. Our results suggest that surface properties, such as roughness and surface tension of fruits and vegetables are important factors limiting decontamination. These surface properties allow the formation of micro-air pockets within the rough surface, thus contributing to create a protective environment for microorganisms and reducing the effectiveness of the chemical aqueous based intervention methods applied. Wettable surfaces (water contact angle < 90°) allowed more bacteria to attach after the washing and H2O2 chemical treatments. Roughness and surface polarity are intrinsic characteristics of produce surfaces which affect wettability and the spreading and penetration of the sanitizer treatment on the produce surface. Rough surface and porosity, considered an extreme case of roughness, enhance a deeper cell internalization and a protective environment for bacteria.

The objective of this Ph.D. study is to explore an important and fertile research topic on the methods for synthesis of nanomaterials by homogeneous nonaqueous solution phase reaction. Research in this work focuses on synthesizing several kinds of nanomaterials in different environments and structure, including spherical nanoparticles, nanowires and core-shell structure composites We first synthesized metallic nanomaterials in this system, such as ~10 nm Fe nanoparticles, ~6 nm Au nanoparticles, and ~100 nm Bi nanoparticles, this system are the preparation for the following studies. Secondly, we synthesized bimetallic nanomaterials in this system, such as Fe50Co50 alloy and Bi doped with Mn. For FeCo alloy, after annealing at 500 °C, a pure phase of Fe50Co50 was obtained. And we first synthesized the nanowires of bismuth doped with manganese. By studying intermediates at different temperatures during the growth process of nanowires, the evolution of the crystallization of metallic products and the mechanism of the formation of the nanowires are investigated. Thirdly, we synthesized core-shell structure nanocomposites, including either gold as the shell or polymer as the shell. Au-coated magnetic Fe nanoparticles have been successfully synthesized by partial replacement reaction in a polar aprotic solvent with about 11 nm core of Fe and about 2.5 nm shell of Au. HRTEM images show clear core-shell structure with different crystal lattices from Fe and Au. SQUID magnetometry reveals that particle magnetic properties are not significantly affected by the overlayer of a moderately thick Au shell. The Aucoated particles exhibit a surface plasmon resonance peak that red-shifts from 520 to 680 nm. And Poly (Vinyl Pyrolidone) (PVP) coated iron nanoparticles also have been successfully synthesized in a polar aprotic solvent, which shows the welldefined core-shell structures. In this approach, Poly (Vinyl Pyrolidone) (PVP) was employed as the coating polymer directly coated on metallic core (iron) nanoparticles. In this work, a combination of TEM (transmission electron microscopy), EDS (Energy disperse X-ray spectroscopy), XRD (X-ray powder diffractometry), ICP (inductively-coupled plasma spectrometer), TGA (Thermogravimetric analysis), UV-visible absorption spectroscopy, IR (infrared) spectroscopy and SQUID magnetometry (Superconducting Quantum Interference Device) were employed to characterize the morphology, structure, composition and magnetic properties of the products. In summary, this Ph.D. study successfully and systematically synthesized several kinds of nanocomposites in a system. The synthetic procedure is simple, economic and easily scaled-up for further applications. And many techniques were employed to characterize the products.

Au cours des dernières années, l'électronique à base d’oxydes métalliques a attiré de plus en plus d'attention au sein de la recherche, principalement grâce à leur potentiel en termes de réduction de coûts ainsi que la possibilité de développer une électronique transparente. Il existe plusieurs applications potentielles concernant les oxydes métalliques : le photovoltaïque, les transistors à couche mince et la photo-électrochimie. Il existe plusieurs oxydes métalliques de type n avec d'excellentes propriétés électroniques, telles que l'oxyde de zinc dopé à Al. Mais la mise au point de dispositifs entièrement à base d’oxydes métalliques est largement entravée par les mauvaises propriétés électroniques des oxydes de type p jusqu'à présent étudiés. Par conséquent, il est nécessaire de développer des matériaux semi-conducteurs d'oxyde métallique de type p présentant de meilleures propriétés électriques.Dans cette thèse, l'optimisation du dépôt de films minces de Cu2O a été effectuée par MOCVD assisté par aérosol (AA-MOCVD). Par conséquent, des films de Cu2O homogènes et de très forte cristallinité ont été déposés à basse température (environ 335 °C) sans contamination détectable de carbone. De plus, grâce à l'incorporation de l'humidité durant les dépôts, la taille des grains et l'orientation des films Cu2O peuvent être modulées, ainsi des films de Cu2O avec une texturation (111) et une taille de grains > 300 nm ont été obtenus. Pour les films Cu2O optimisés, la mobilité peut atteindre un maximum de 15 cm2 / V.s avec une concentration de porteur de l'ordre de 1015 cm-3. Enfin, un excellent comportement diode a été observé en combinant les films de Cu2O optimisés avec du ZnO, obtenant un rapport on/off supérieur à 104.En raison de l'incompatibilité entre la fenêtre de stabilité thermique associée à AgCuO2 et les températures nécessaires pour déposer des composés Ag et Cu par CVD avec les précurseurs utilisés, le dépôt direct d'AgCuO2 n'a pas pu être obtenu. Ainsi, des techniques de revêtement couche mince à base de solution ont été adoptées pour le dépôt de film AgCuO2. En particulier, la méthode SILAR a permis le dépôt de films minces d’AgCuO2. Grâce à une couche d’amorce sur substrat de verre appropriée, des couches d'AgCuO2 denses et continues ont été revêtues, avec une valeur RMS minimale de 8 nm. Les films d’AgCuO2 déposés avaient une phase presque pure. Les propriétés optiques et de transport des films minces AgCuO2 ont donc été analysées pour la première fois. Les mesures de transmittance ont confirmé la faible largeur de bande interdite prédite d’AgCuO2 (1,2 eV), tandis que grâce à l’utilisation de la formule de Tauc, nous avons constaté que ce matériau est plus susceptible d'avoir une bande interdite directe, en accord avec les calculs DFT publiés. Grâce aux mesures de l'effet Hall, les films AgCuO2 déposés ont été confirmés comme étant de type p. La plus faible résistivité atteinte est de 0,2 Ω.cm. En outre, ces films avaient une densité de porteurs de charge de l'ordre de 1017 cm-3 et la meilleure mobilité atteinte était de 24 cm2 / V.s. En comparaison avec les composés de type p de delafossite précédemment rapportés (M, Al, Cr, Ga, etc.), ce matériau présente la plus petite largeur de bande interdite (intéressant notamment pour l'application photovoltaïque) et une conductivité assez élevée. La caractéristique la plus intéressante est que le problème général de la faible mobilité des transporteurs dans ces composés delafossite a été résolu dans cet AgCuO2, grâce à sa structure électronique mixte et à la délocalisation des charges. Ainsi, ces résultats de caractérisation sans précédent ouvrent la voie à l'utilisation de films AgCuO2 dans des dispositifs fonctionnels. / In recent years, metal oxide electronics has attracted more and more attention in research, mainly thanks to their potential lower cost and the possibility they offer to develop transparent electronics. There are several potential applications concerned with metal oxides including photovoltaics, thin film transistors and photo-electrochemistry. There are several n-type metal oxides with excellent electronic properties being well developed, such as Al doped zinc oxide. But the fabrication of devices fully made with metal oxides is largely impeded by the poor electronic properties of the p-type oxides so far studied. Therefore, there is the need for developing p-type metal oxide semiconducting materials with better electrical properties.In this thesis, the optimization of pure Cu2O thin film deposition was conducted using Aerosol Assisted MOCVD (AA-MOCVD). As a result, homogenous Cu2O films were deposited at low temperature (about 335 °C) without detectable amount of carbon contamination with high crystallinity. In addition, by incorporation of humidity during the deposition, particle size and the orientation of the Cu2O films could be tuned, thus Cu2O films with (111) textured large grain sizes (> 300 nm) were achieved. For optimized Cu2O films, the mobility can reach a maximum of 15 cm2/V.s with carrier concentration in the order of 1015 cm-3. Lastly, an excellent diode behaviour was observed by combining the optimized Cu2O films with ZnO, obtaining an on-off ratio exceeding 104.Besides the Cu2O optimization, the deposition of AgCuO2 by MOCVD was also tackled. In order to do so, the deposition of silver and silver oxide thin films was previously optimized. For that, two new silver precursors, namely, Ag(hfac)phenanthroline and Ag(hfac)triglyme were synthesized and fully characterized. High quality Ag coatings could be obtained with both precursors. Silver oxide films were obtained through electrochemical oxidation and oxygen plasma treatment of pre-deposited Ag coatings.Due to the incompatibility between the thermal AgCuO2 stability window and the temperatures needed to deposit Ag and Cu compounds by CVD with the precursors used, the direct deposition of AgCuO2 could not be obtained. Thus, solution based thin film coating techniques were adopted for AgCuO2 film deposition. In particular, Successive Ionic Layer Adsorption and Reaction (SILAR) allowed the deposition of AgCuO2 thin films. Using a proper seed layer on glass, dense and continuous AgCuO2 films were coated, with minimum RMS value of 8 nm. The deposited AgCuO2 films had almost pure phase. The optical and transport properties of AgCuO2 thin films were thus carried out for the first time. Transmittance measurements confirmed the predicted low bandgap of AgCuO2 (1.2 eV), while by using the Tauc formula, we found that this material is more likely to have a direct bandgap, in agreement with published DFT calculations. Thanks to Hall Effect measurements, the deposited AgCuO2 films were confirmed to be p-type. The lowest resistivity achieved was 0.2 Ω.cm. In addition, those films had carrier density in the order of 1017 cm-3 and the best mobility achieved was 24 cm2/V.s. Comparing with the previously reported CuMO2 (M= Al, Cr, Ga etc) delafossite p-type compounds, this material has shown the lowest bandgap (appropriate for photovoltaic application) and rather high conductivity. The most interesting characteristic is that the general problem of low carrier mobility in those delafossite compounds has been solved in this AgCuO2, thanks to its mixed-valence electronic structure and charges delocalization. Thus, those unprecedented characterization results pave the way for using AgCuO2 films in functional devices.

In recent decades, tremendous efforts have been made to obtain high hydrogen storage capacity in a stable configuration. In the literature there are plenty of experimental works investigating different materials for hydrogen storage and their storage values. In the first part of this thesis the available literature data have been collected and tabulated. In addition to the literature survey the hydrogen storage capacity of carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotubes doped with boron nitride (CBN nanotubes) with different chirality have been investigated by performing quantum chemical methods at semiempirical and DFT levels of calculations. It has been found that boron nitrite doping increases the hydrogen storage capacity of carbon nanotubes. Single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT) can be thought as formed by warping a single graphitic layer into a cylindrical object. SWNTs attract much attention because they have unique electronic properties, very strong structure and high elastic moduli. The systems under study include the structures C(4,4), H2@C(4,4), C(7,0), C(4,0), and the BN doped C(4,4), H2@C(4,4), 2H2@C(4,4), C(7,0), H2@C(7,0), 2H2@C(7,0). Also, we have investigated adsorption and desorption of hydrogen molecules on BN doped coronene models by means of theoretical calculations.

Oxide nanowire arrays are playing an important role in energy sciences nowadays, including energy harvesting, energy storage, and power management. By utilizing a wet chemical growth method, we demonstrated the capabilities of synthesizing density controlled vertical ZnO nanowire arrays on a general substrate, optimizing the aspect ratio of the vertical ZnO nanowire arrays guided by a statistical method, epitaxially growing patterned vertical ZnO nanowire arrays on inorganic substrates, epitaxially growing patterned horizontal ZnO nanowire arrays on non-polar ZnO substrates, and the lift-off of the horizontal ZnO nanowire arrays onto general flexible substrates. In addition, single crystalline PbZrxTi1-xO3 (PZT) nanowire arrays were epitaxially grown on conductive and nonconductive substrates by hydrothermal decomposition. Beyond that, based on the as-synthesized ZnO nanowire arrays, we demonstrated multilayered three dimensionally integrated direct current and alternating current nanogenerators. By integrating a ZnO nanowire based nanogenerator with a ZnO nanowire based nanosensor, we demonstrated solely ZnO nanowire based self-powered nanosystems. Also, utilizing a commercial full-wave bridge rectifier, we rectified the alternating output charges of the nanogenerator based on PZT nanowire arrays, and the rectified charges were stored into capacitors, which were later discharged to light up a laser diode (LD). In addition, blue/near-ultraviolet (UV) light emitting diodes (LED) composed of ordered ZnO nanowire arrays on p-GaN wafers were presented.

Orientador: Mario Roberto Marostica Junior / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T08:09:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Poeta_PaulaTelles.pdf: 385218 bytes, checksum: 2bf4aaf0b22dbeace1a8f8016c3145ef (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: O objetivo do presente trabalho foi avaliar a qualidade nutricional da castanha do Brasil, enfatizando sua qualidade protéica e aminoacídica, sua composição em ácidos graxos e as alterações na composição corpórea de ratos Wistar decorrentes de sua ingestão em diferentes proporções na forma de torta desengordurada. Assim o estudo se iniciou com o recebimento das amêndoas da castanha do Brasil, provenientes da indústria Juta e CastanhaÒ, localizada na cidade de São Paulo. Em seguida procedeu-se à sua prensagem, utilizando a prensa ERT -60-II da Scott TechÒ, empresa localizada no município de Vinhedo ¿ SP. A composição centesimal das fontes protéicas utilizadas no estudo, torta desengordurada de castanha do Brasil e caseína, (utilizada como proteína padrão) foi determinada. A partir desses dados, foram confeccionadas as dietas dos animais, com 12% de proteína, com base na dieta AIN-93G para roedores. As dietas continham diferentes teores de torta e caseína como fontes de proteína, resultando em quatro dietas diferentes, sendo elas: G1: 100% caseína; G2: 35% torta/ 65%caseína; G3: 25%torta/ 75%caseína; G4: 12.5%torta/ 87.5% caseína. O ensaio biológico contou com 32 animais, divididos em quatro grupos de oito animais cada, mantidos em gaiolas separadas, sob ciclo claro/escuro de 12 horas, com temperatura e umidade controladas, durante o período de 28 dias. O consumo de dieta e o ganho de peso foram monitorados. Nos últimos sete dias do período experimental, os animais foram mantidos em gaiolas metabólicas coletando-se urina e fezes para a determinação dos índices de digestibilidade e valor biológico das dietas em estudo. Ao final do experimento, os animais foram sacrificados por decapitação, seu intestino limpo com soro fisiológico e devolvido à carcaça. As carcaças foram congeladas, fatiadas, liofilizadas e trituradas para posterior análise da composição corpórea. O índice químico utilizado para a avaliação da qualidade protéica foi o escore químico de aminoácidos indispensáveis. Para tal, foi realizada a determinação de aminoácidos nas amostras, através de High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) e derivatização com fenilisotiocianato (PITC). O escore químico revelou que a castanha do Brasil utilizada neste estudo é deficiente em lisina e treonina; entretanto esta amêndoa é muito rica em metionina+cisteína. Os índices nutricionais determinados foram o PER (quociente de eficência protéica), BN (balanço de nitrogênio), Da (digestibilidade aparente) e VBa (valor biológico aparente). Os resultados encontrados foram valores de PER variando entre 2.1 ± 0.03 e 2.7 ± 0.02; os valores de BN variaram de 1.2 ± 0.13 a 3.61 ± 0.04; a Da apresentou percentuais que variaram de 90.0 ± 0.78 a 95.1 ± 0.12 ; e os percentuais de VB encontrados variaram de 85.7 ± 3.42 a 92.2 ± 1.13. A análise da composição de ácidos graxos presentes no óleo extraído da castanha do Brasil foi realizado por meio de cromatografia gasosa e derivatização com trifluoreto de boro. O resultado revelou 45.3% de ácido graxo oléico e 27.4% de linoléico. A avaliação da composição corpórea variou entre os grupos alimentados com diferentes proporções das fontes de proteína. Redução de até 36.0% na composição de lipídios da carcaça foi observada no grupo G3 comparado com o grupo padrão; aumento dos conteúdos de proteína, cinza e umidade foram também detectados em todos os grupos alimentados com torta desengordurada de castanha do Brasil / Abstract: The objective of this work was the evaluation of the nutritional quality of the Brazil nut defatted cake. Emphases were done on the protein quality, fatty acid composition and the impact of different proportions of defatted cake on fed to Wistar rats. Nuts were received from ¿Juta e CastanhaÒ company¿, placed in São Paulo city, and were pressed using ERT-60-II press, to obtain the cake. The proximate percent composition of the protein sources used in this study (defatted cake and casein) were done. The feeds were formulated with 12% of protein. The casein of AIN rodent diet was partially replaced by defatted cake as follows: G1(100% casein); G2 (35% defatted cake/65% casein); G3 (25% defatted cake/75% casein); G4 (12.5 defatted cake/87.5% casein). For the biological assay, 32 animals were used. They were divided into 4 groups of 8 animals each housed separately with a regime of 12 h dark/light cicle, under controlled temperature and humidity during 28 days. Diet consumption and weight gain were registered. During last 7 days of experiment, the animals were housed in metabolic cages for urine and feces collection in order to determine digestibility and biological value of the studied protein diet. At the end of the experiment, the animals were sacrificed (decapitation), the intestines were removed for cleaning with physiological solution and returned to the respective carcass, which were frozen, sliced, freeze dried and triturated for further analysis. Chemical Score of indispensable amino acids was used in evaluating protein quality. Amino acids were determined using HPLC and derivatization with phenylisothiocyanante (PITC). The amino acid chemical score revealed that Brazil nut is deficient in lysine and threonine; however, the nut is very rich in methionine+cysteine. The nutritional indices used in this work were PER (Protein Efficiency ratio), NB (Nitrogen Balance), AD (Apparent digestibility) and ABV (Apparent Biological Value). The results were: PER>2.0; NB positive to all groups; AD > 90.0%; all ABV > 85.0%. The fatty acids composition of Brazil Nut was determined using gas chromatography and derivatization with boron trifluoride. The extracted oil had 45.3% oleic and 27.4% linoleic acids. The body composition varied among the groups fed different protein sources. Reduction of 36.0% of carcass lipid composition was achieved in G3 group compared to control group; increasing of protein, ash and moisture contents were also detected in all groups fed with defatted cake. For statistical analysis, SAS System, BC, 2001 software was used. ANOVA was applied and averages values were compared using Tukey test (p<5%) / Universidade Estadual de Campi / Nutrição Experimental e Aplicada à Tecnologia de Alimentos / Mestre em Alimentos e Nutrição

La bêta-lapachone (b-lap) est une substance active présentant des activités trypanocides, anti-infectieuses et anticancéreuses, avec une sélectivité thérapeutique. Cependant, en raison de sa faible hydrosolubilité et de sa toxicité, b-lap n'est pas encore appliquée en clinique. Nous avons étudié son encapsulation dans des vésicules phospholipidiques, complexée ou non par des cyclodextrines. Nous avons d'abord analysé l'interaction de b-lap avec des excipients lipidiques par des mesures de pression de surface, DSC et SAXS. Elles ont montré que blap est insérée dans les bicouches lipidiques, proche des têtes polaires avec une solubilité maximale d'environ 3,5 mol%. Les résultats expérimentaux ont été confirmés par des simulations de dynamique moléculaire. Le taux d'encapsulation (ER%) de b-lap dans les liposomes s’est avéré en accord avec sa solubilité maximale dans les lipides. Des complexes b-lap:cyclodextrines ont été formés et incorporés dans le coeur aqueux de liposomes déjà chargés en b-lap. Des ER% plus élevés ont été obtenus, mais avec une efficacité d'encapsulation plus faible. Des tests in vitro sur des lignées cellulaires épithéliales et tumorales de prostate ont démontré la cytotoxicité élevée de b-lap, sans différence toutefois entre b-lap libre et formulée, ni entre les cellules normales et les cellules cancéreuses. / Beta-lapachone (b-lap) is a potential drug with trypanocidal, anti-infectious and anticancer activities with reported selectivity of effects. However, due to its poor water solubility and toxicity, b-lap is not yet applied in therapeutics. We have studied the encapsulation of b-lap in conventional phospholipid vesicles and in-cyclodextrin-in-liposomes. We first analyzed the interaction of b-lap with lipid excipients by surface pressure measurements, DSC and SAXS. They showed that b-lap inserts in lipid bilayers close to polar head groups with a maximum solubility of about 3.5 mol%. The experimental results were supported by molecular dynamics simulations. Encapsulation rates (ER%) of b-lap in liposomes were consistent with b-lap maximal solubility in lipids. B-lap:cyclodextrin complexes were formed and entrapped in the aqueous core of blap-loaded liposomes. Higher ER% were obtained, but with lower encapsulation efficiency. In vitro tests on prostate epithelial and tumor cell lines demonstrated the high cytotoxicity of b-lap, however, without difference between formulated and free b-lap, nor between normal and cancer cells.

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