Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2017-05-09T15:10:00Z No. of bitstreams: 1 fernandadasilvanogueira.pdf: 2728835 bytes, checksum: 4d0c08d9506f20bb35bc5239101ac904 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-05-17T14:15:15Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 fernandadasilvanogueira.pdf: 2728835 bytes, checksum: 4d0c08d9506f20bb35bc5239101ac904 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-17T14:15:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 fernandadasilvanogueira.pdf: 2728835 bytes, checksum: 4d0c08d9506f20bb35bc5239101ac904 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-09-08 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / As estrobilurinas sintéticas são fungicidas produzidos e comercializados no mundo todo, estando entre os mais vendidos por sua eficiência contra diferentes fungos. Por razões de segurança de saúde pública, a ANVISA (Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária) classifica as estrobilurinas sintéticas como produtos altamente ou medianamente tóxicos. Por isso, a legislação tem sido cada vez mais restritiva com relação aos agrotóxicos de modo geral, incluindo as estrobilurinas. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo o desenvolvimento de um método analítico para determinação de sete estrobilurinas por HPLC com detecção simultânea ultravioleta (UV) e eletroquímica/amperométrica (DE), além da sua aplicação na análise de amostras de feijão. O detector eletroquímico foi acoplado de modo “homemade” ao HPLC. O método de separação para as sete estrobilurinas por HPLC empregando coluna de fase reversa C 18 foi otimizado a partir do estudo de parâmetros como a composição da fase móvel e modo de eluição, avaliando-se, entre outros, a resolução e simetria dos picos. Para a detecção UV foi selecionado adequadamente o comprimento de onda, enquanto na detecção amperométrica o potencial de eletrólise, utilizando um eletrodo de diamante dopado com boro (DDB) como eletrodo de trabalho. A detecção UV foi realizada em 200 nm e a amperométrica aplicando-se um potencial de 1,9 V. Foi otimizado um método de extração para as estrobilurinas, o qual foi adequado, seletivo e eficiente na remoção de interferentes. Na avaliação da exatidão do método obteve-se valores de recuperações para as estrobilurinas entre 61,6 % a 98,8 % com desvios padrões menores que 10,0 %. Os limites de detecção do método foram 0,02 mg kg-1 para todas as estrobilurinas, e os limites de quantificação variaram de 0,06 a 0,07 mg kg1, obtidos por detecção UV e DE. Os métodos de detecção UV e DE também foram comparados estatisticamente, o que mostrou não haver diferenças significativas entre os resultados reportados por estes em um nível de 95 % de confiança. Foram analisadas sete amostras de feijão de diferentes tipos e procedência, todavia não foram detectadas nenhuma das estrobilurinas estudadas neste trabalho. / Synthetic strobilurins fungicides are produced and marketed all over the world, being among the best selling ones due to their efficiency against several fungi. For public health security reasons, ANVISA (National Health Surveillance Agency) classifies synthetic strobilurins as highly or moderately toxic. Therefore, legislation has been increasingly stricter regarding pesticides in general, including strobilurins. This study aimed to develop an analytical method for the determination of seven strobilurins using HPLC with simultaneous ultraviolet (UV) and electrochemical/amperometric (DE) detections, in addition to its application for the analysis of bean samples. The electrochemical detector was coupled to the HPLC in a homemade way. The separation method for the seven strobilurins by HPLC employing C18 reversed phase column was optimized from the study of such parameters as the composition of the mobile phase and the elution mode, evaluating, among others, peak resolution and symmetry. For UV detection the wavelength was suitably selected, while for the amperometric detection the potential electrolysis was chosen, using a boron-doped diamond electrode (DDB) as the working electrode. UV detection was performed at 200 nm and amperometric detection at 1.9 V. An extraction method was optimized for the strobilurins, which was adequate, selective and efficient in removing interfering substances. In the accuracy evaluation of the method, the recovery values obtained for strobilurins were between 61.6% and 98.8%, with standard deviations lower than 10.0%. The detection limits of the method were 0.02 mg kg -1 for all the strobilurins, and the quantification limits ranged from 0.06 to 0.07 mg kg-1, obtained by UV and DE detection. UV and DE detection methods were statistically compared, which showed no significant differences between the results reported by them at a 95% confidence level. Seven samples of bean of different types and origins were analyzed, but none of the strobilurins studied in this work were detected.

Cette thèse porte sur la modélisation des plasmas micro-ondes en mélanges H2/CH4 et H2/CH4/B2H6, utilisés pour le dépôt de diamant intrinsèque et de diamant dopé au bore. L'objectif est d'établir des modèles de cinétique chimique afin de décrire la phase gazeuse et d'appréhender les limitations des modèles physiques nécessaires à l'étude des plasmas H2/CH4 et H2/CH4/B2H6 fonctionnant à haute densité de puissance (haute pression / haute puissance). L'étude repose sur une approche numérique à travers plusieurs modèles physique (1D et 2D) et chimiques qui permet la description physico-chimique de la phase plasma en fonction de nombreux paramètres expérimentaux (pression, puissance, composition du gaz). Une comparaison des résultats numériques a été effectuée systématiquement avec des mesures de densités intégrées radialement réalisées par TDLAS et OES pour les espèces CH4, CH3, C2H2, C2H4, C2H6, B2H6 et B. Cette comparaison a pour objectif la validation des modèles physiques et des schémas cinétiques. Des écarts significatifs entre le modèle et l'expérience ont révélé une limitation intrinsèque à l'utilisation d'une approche ID radiale pour décrire les propriétés du plasma pour les conditions de haute densité de puissance. L'utilisation d'un modèle 2D fluide conçu à partir du logiciel ANSYS Fluent propose une meilleure description des phénomènes de transport mais ne permet pas de prendre en compte les processus électroniques. L'analyse de la composition chimique des plasmas micro-onde H2/CH4, H2/B2/H6 et H2/CH4/ B2H6 a montré une limitation des schémas cinétiques décrivant ces mélanges par une large gamme de conditions opératoires. En particulier les mécanismes C/B de ces modèles ne reproduisent pas la forte influence observée expérimentalement de l'addition de méthane sur le bore atomique. Enfin une étude numérique sur la distribution spatiale des espèces borées à poximité de la surface est confrontée à des résultats expérimentaux sur le dopage de diamant en fonction de différents paramètres du procédé. / This thesis deals with modelling of high power density microware plasmas of H2/CH4 and H2/CH4/B2H6 mixtures used for growing intrinsic and boron-doped diamond films. The aim of this work is to establish chemical kinetic schemes in order to describe the gas phase composition and to manage limitations of physical models of high power density H2/CH4 and H2/CH4/B2H6 plasmas. This investigation relies on a numerical approach using different physical models (ID and 2D) as well as chemical models according to differents experimental parameters (pressures, power, gas composition). Comparisons are carried out with integrated densities of CH4, CH3, C2H2, C2H4, C2H6, B2H6 and B measured by TDLAS and OES in order to validate the models. Significant discrepancies highlight limitation of ID approach for high power density whereas the use of a 2D fluid model (Fluent based) proposes better description of transport phenomena. The chemical analysis of H2/CH4, H2/B2H6 and H2/CH4/B2H6 MW plasmas also shows a limitation of the current kinetic schemes for a wide range of operating conditions. In particular C/B mechanisms do not reproduce the strong influence of methane addition on B. At least, a numerical study of spatial composition of boron species near the substrate is compared to experimental results on doping efficiency.

The aim of this thesis is the study of electrochemical oxidation of para-substituted phenol derivates using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and ,,direct current" voltammetry (DCV) on boron-doped diamond electrode (BDD) and comparison with some analogous meta-substituted compounds. Among the studied substances were p-cresol, 4-methoxyphenol, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propionic acid, 4-nitrophenol, 4-chlorophenol and 3-(trifluoromethyl)phenol. The oxidation of the analytes was performed in an acidic (pH 2,0) and basic (pH 11,0) Britton-Robinson buffer on mechanically polished, oxidated and hydrogenated surfaces. Another subject of the thesis is to analyze the influence of different substituents, characterized by the Hammett constant, on the oxidation potential of selected phenols. They are oxidized at more positive redox potentials in acidic media, than in basic media, where they are dissociated. The oxidation on the polished and hydrogenated surfaces were similar, whereas were shifted to higher values on the oxidated surface. Further, the signal intensity decreased on the oxidated one, and the oxidation of phenols was not recognizable in basic media. The passivation of the electrode was less significant in pH 2,0 buffer. The best result of Hammett correlation was achieved on a polished and...

Electrochemical oxidation of acyclovir at glassy-carbone electrode and boron-doped diamond electrode gives one pH-dependent oxidation signal; the corresponding electrode reaction is controlled by diffusion. It is followed by a second indistinctive signal in the pH range 2,0 - 9,0. Further, optimization of conditions was carried out for determination of acyclovir using DC and DP voltammetry. The calibration dependence on GC electrode in B−R buffer (pH = 6,0) is linear only in the concentration range from 2 to 10 μmol∙l−1 for DCV with limit of detection 0,38 μmol∙l−1; for DPV it is not linear. BDD electrode has to be activated to prevent its passivation. Anodic activation at +2,4 V for 15 s with simultaneous stirring of solution results in relative standard deviation of 0,9% for acyclovir concentration of 1∙10−4 mol∙l−1. Using DCV and DPV methods linear concentration dependences were obtained in 0,1 mol∙l-1 nitric acid and in pH 6,0 B−R buffer. The lowest limit of detection and limit of quantification (LOD = 0,47 μmol∙l−1 a LOQ = 1,55 μmol∙l−1) and linear range from 0,6 to 100 μmol∙l−1 was reached in pH 6,0 B−R buffer. Further, standard addition method was used to quantify acyclovir in Zovirax tablets. Satisfactory recoveries of 101,1 ± 2,3 % using DCV and 98,8 ± 2,2 % using DPV at BDD (compared with the...

This work is devoted to the study of boron doped diamond as electrode material, its properties and use in electroanalytical methods - in voltammetric and subsequently amperometric methods in combination with high performance liquid chromatography. The series of boron doped diamond films was tested with respect to the effect of boron concentration on their morphology, quality, electrochemical and spectral properties using scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and cyclic voltammetry and differential pulse voltammetry. Further, the effect of boron concentration on the determination of selected substances was investigated, both for their oxidation (2-aminobiphenyl, benzophenone-3) and for their reduction (5-nitroquinoline). Furthermore, a voltammetric and amperometric method was developed for the determination of a mixture of aminobiphenyls and aminonaphthalenes using a boron doped diamond electrode. The effects of activation cleaning programs on the signal of benzophenone-3 were investigated using a boron doped diamond electrode, and the determination of benzophenone-3 on boron doped diamond electrode in the presence of the selected surfactant was studied. Boron doped diamond as carbon-based material was compared with other selected carbon materials such as glassy...

In this doctoral thesis, a novel method for the determination of primary bile acids cholic acid and chenodeoxycholic acid is presented. Bile acids play various vital roles in the mammalian body. Moreover, their determination is extremely helpful in liver and biliary disease diagnosis and management. These saturated organic compounds lack strong chromophores and fluorophores in their structure, and thus are usually hard to detect in spectroscopy. For this reason, either instrumentally advanced but expensive methods, such as mass spectrometry, or less reliable enzymatic methods are commonly employed in bile acids quantitation. Hence, the demand for simple and reliable methods for their determination is strong. Bile acids are also known to be virtually inert for direct electrochemical oxidation. Herein, a simple method for their chemical activation for electrochemical oxidation on bare electrode materials was developed, optimized and applied to cholic acid and chenodeoxycholic acid determination. The activation is based on a dehydration reaction of a primary bile acid with 0.1 mol L-1 HClO4 in acetonitrile (water content 0.55%) that introduces double bond(s) into the originally fully saturated steroid core. This naturally increases the electron density in the structure, and thus allows electrochemical...

The aim of this diploma thesis was to develop an electrochemical method for three phytosterols, namely stigmasterol β-sitosterol and ergosterol using voltammetry techniques on glassy carbon electrode and boron doped diamond electrode. The work builds on previous results, where it was shown that the electrochemical oxidation of phytosterols requires perchloric acid in acetonitrile. When this acid is used, a dehydration reaction occurs. Calibration dependences were measured here for all phytosterols in an environment with a water content of 0.43%. The stability of the signal with increasing distilled water content was further investigated. Then the calibration dependences in the increased water content were measured again. If we want to use HPLC-type separation techniques, we must first find out how the phytosterols will behave in this environment, and therefore the signal stability on the buffer content was investigated. The buffers used were phosphate and acetate buffer. Subsequently, the concentration dependence was measured in an environment with a higher content of phosphate buffer. Furthermore, the possibility of detecting two phytosterols at once was investigated. Key words: dehydration, glassy carbon electrode, boron doped diamond electrode, oxidation, phytosterols, voltammetry

This thesis deals with the determination of carvacrol, thymol, and eugenol by HPLC with electrochemical detection. Carbon paste electrode and boron doped diamond film electrode were used as the working electrodes. For the comparison, UV spectrophotometric detection at 275 nm was used besides the electrochemical detection. The separation was performed on LiChroCART 125-4, RP-18e (5 µm) column. Optimum separation conditions were found: mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile and acetate buffer in ratio 50:50, the optimum buffer pH was pH 5. The optimum potential of working electrode during electrochemical detection was +0,8 V and +1,2 V for carbon paste electrode and boron doped diamond film electrode, respectively. For both electrodes, repeatability of the measurement was examined; the surface of both electrodes had to be renewed between the measurements. Under the obtained optimum conditions, calibration dependences were measured. The studied substances were determined in real samples, in Thymus vulgaris L. and Achillea millefolium L. and in thyme-containing tea and syrup.

Presented Diploma Thesis deals with the study of electrochemical behavior of 5-nitroimidazole (5-NI), with the search for optimal conditions for its determination using techniques of DC voltammetry (DCV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) at a mercury meniscus modified silver solid amalgam electrode (m-AgSAE) and at a boron-doped diamond film electrode (BDDFE), and with the comparison of reached limits of quantification (LQs). The optimal conditions found for measuring calibration dependences of 5-NI at the m-AgSAE in deionized water were as follows: Britton-Robinson buffer of pH 7.0 and 10.0 for DCV and DPV, respectively. At both thechniques, it is advisable to use an electrochemical regeneration of the electrode surface by the application of a couple of regeneration potentials Ereg,1 = 0 mV and Ereg,2 = −800 mV. The calibration dependences were measured in the concentration range from 1·10−6 to 1·10−4 mol·l−1 , with the LQs of 1.0·10−6 mol·l−1 for DCV at the m-AgSAE and 1.5·10−6 mol·l−1 for DPV at the m-AgSAE. The concentration dependences of 5-NI at the BDDFE were measured using the DCV technique in the BR buffer of pH 3.0. For the DPV technique, the optimal medium seemed to be the BR buffer of pH 2.0, however, because of the presence of an interfering peak in the supporting electrolyte,...

O comportamento eletroquímico do Nitrofural (NFZ) foi estudado em eletrodos de pasta de carbono, carbono vítreo e diamante altamente dopado com boro (EDADB) em tampão Britton-Robinson (BR) usando a voltametria cíclica. Os melhores resultados foram obtidos em EDADB, no qual foi possível estabilizar o radical aniônico (R-NO2•&#8254) em meio predominantemente aquoso, como também estudar a interação entre o R-NO2•‾ a glutationa (GSH), a L-cisteína (Cis) e o O2. Somente na superfície do EDADB, o NFZ foi diretamente reduzido à amina derivada (R-NH2) no intervalo de 2,02 ≤ pH ≤ 4,03 num processo envolvendo seis (6,0 ± 0,4) elétrons e seis prótons. Na faixa de 7,04 &#8804 pH ≤ 12 e meio predominantemente aquoso, a etapa de redução desmembrou-se em seus dois componentes: a redução do NFZ ao nitro radical aniônico (R-NO2•‾) e posterior redução deste ao derivado hidroxilamínico (R-NHOH) em processos envolvendo um e três (3,1 ± 0,1) elétrons respectivamente. No sentido anódico da varredura dos voltamogramas cíclicos registrados em pH 8,06, observou-se a oxidação da hidroxilamina ao derivado nitroso (R-NO), num processo envolvendo 2 (1,7 ± 0,2) elétrons e 2 prótons. Além disto, um novo pico de oxidação não relatado na literatura em qualquer material de eletrodo foi detectado em pH ≤ 8,06, que foi observado não importando se o NFZ havia sido previamente reduzido ou não. O cálculo do número de elétrons, n, envolvido em cada etapa eletroquímica foi satisfatoriamente estimado usando-se a equação de Randles-Sevcik. Na presença de [Tiol] ≤ 3,7 x 10-2 mol L-1, o NFZ é reduzido ao aduto R-NO-Tiol em um processo eletroquímico envolvendo dois elétrons e dois prótons. Por outro lado, o O2 atua como um aceptor de R-NO2•‾ e a constante de equilíbrio para a transferência monoeletrônica do R-NO2•‾ para o oxigênio, kO2, é 60. O processo é catalítico e pode ser utilizado para a determinação analítica de NFZ na faixa de 9,9 x 10-7 ≤ [NFZ] ≤ 1,1 x 10-5 mol L-1 em pH 8,06, com sensibilidade amperométrica de 2,2 x 104 µA L mol-1 cm-2 e limite de detecção de 3,4 x 10-7 mol L-1. Os parâmetros analíticos foram similares aqueles obtidos em pH 4,0 usando a redução direta do NFZ à respectiva amina derivada em um processo envolvendo seis elétrons e seis prótons. A caracterização do processo de redução total do NFZ em meio aquoso e velocidades de varredura relativamente baixas, 100 mV s-1, somente foi possível devido às características superficiais intrínsecas do EDADB, o qual estabiliza o radical livre, R-NO2•‾, permitindo trabalhar numa ampla janela de potencial, sem haver perda do sinal de oxidação do R-NO2•‾. / The electrochemical behaviour of nitrofural (NFZ) at carbon paste, glassy carbon and highly boron doped diamond (HBDD) electrodes was studied in Britton- Robinson (BR) buffer using cyclic voltammetry. The best results were obtained at HBDD electrodes, in which it was possible to stabilize the radical anion (R-NO2•‾) in predominantly aqueous medium as well as to study the interaction between the radical anion and glutathione (GSH), L-cysteine (Cys), and O2. Only at HBDD surface, NFZ was directly reduced to the amine derivative (R-NH2) in the pH range of 2.02 to 4.03 in a process involving six (6.0 ± 0.4) electrons and six protons. In the range of pH 7.04 to 12 and, predominantly aqueous medium, the reduction step split into its two components: the reduction of NFZ to the nitro radical anion (R-NO2•‾) and reduction of R-NO2•‾ to hydroxylamine derivative (R--NHOH) in processes involving one and three (3.1 ± 0.1) electrons respectively. On the anodic scan of the cyclic voltammograms and at pH 8.06, it was observed the oxidation of the hydroxylamine to the nitroso derivative (R-NO), in a process involving 2 (1.7 ± 0.2) electrons and 2 protons. In addition and unreported in the literature on any electrode material, was the detection of a new oxidation peak at pH > 8.06, which was observed regardless of whether NFZ had been previously reduced or not. The calculation of n, number of electrons, involved in each electrochemical step was satisfactorily accomplished using the Randles-Sevcik equation. In presence of [Thiol] ≤ 3.7 x 10-2 mol L-1 NFZ is directly reduced to R-NO---Thiol adducts in an electrochemical process involving two electrons and two protons. On the other side, O2 acts as a R-NO2•‾ scavenger and the equilibrium constant for the electron transfer from nitro radical to oxygen, kO2, is 60. The process is catalytic and can be used to the analytical determination of NFZ in the range of 9.9 x 10-7 ≤ [NFZ] ≤ 1.1 x 10-5 mol L-1 at pH 8.0, with amperometric sensitivity of 2.2 x 104 µA L mol-1 cm-2 and detection limit of 3.4 x 10-7 mol L-1. The analytical parameters were similar to those obtained at pH 4.03 using the direct reduction of NFZ to the respective amine derivative in a process involving six electrons and six protons. The characterization of NFZ global reduction process in aqueous medium and at relative low scan rate, 100 mVs-1, was only possible due the intrinsic superficial characteristics of the HBDD electrode, which stabilize the R-NO2•‾ free radical, allowing to work in a large potential window, without losing the R-NO2•‾ oxidation signal.