Polpa celulósica, para obtenção de carboximetilcelulose (CMC), foi obtida a partir do bagaço de cana-de-açúcar através de separação do material em fração fibrosa e medula, sua pré-hidrólise, posterior polpação soda/antraquinona e etanol/água. A polpa soda/antraquinona da fração fibra foi submetida ao processo de branqueamento para obter um material rico em celulose de alta pureza. A polpa branqueada da fração fibra foi utilizada na preparação da CMC na forma de sal de sódio e lítio. Para reações de enxertia foram utilizadas amostras de CMC preparadas no laboratório e comerciais usando isocianatos comerciais e sintetizados. Tanto a CMC como a CMC enxertada foram caracterizadas através de análises térmicas (DSC, TGA), espectroscopia no infravermelho (IV), ressonância magnética nuclear de carbono 13 (RMN 13C) e por microscopia eletrônica de varredura (MEV) e Espectroscopia Dispersiva de Raios-X (EDX). A análise detalhada dos espectros de IV e RMN 13C indica a formação de ligações uretanas em diferentes números de onda e deslocamentos químicos dependendo da CMC e isocianato utilizado. Também observa-se uma pequena mudança na linha de base da curva de DSC indicando uma possível transição vítrea da CMC que diminui após a enxertia da CMC com isocianato. Micrografias de MEV mostraram mudanças estruturais com as reações e a análise através de (EDX) um aumento no teor de carbono e diminuição no de oxigênio com as graftizações. Medidas de condutividade demonstraram que a NaCMC graftizada com isocianato de poli(óxido de propileno) apresenta condutividade de 10-5 S/cm a 100oC, comparável com outros eletrólitos sólidos poliméricos / The cellulosic pulp obtained from sugar cane bagasse was used to synthesize carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), the substrate for the grafting reactions with mono and di-isocyanathes. The sugar cane bagasse was separated into fiber and non-fiber fractions that then were submitted to the pre-hydrolyses and pulping reactions (sodium hydroxide/anthraquinone and ethanol/water). After that the sodium hydroxide/anthraquinone pulp of the fiber fraction was bleached to obtain a high purity cellulosic material. This cellulose was used to obtain the sodium and lithium salts of CMC (NaCMC and LiCMC respectively). Then these samples were used for grafting reactions with commercial octadecylisocyanate and hexamethylene-diisocyanate and synthesized monoisocyanate of poly(propylene oxide). All the samples were characterized through thermal analyses (DSC/TGA), infra-red spectroscopy (IR), solid state 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (13C-NMR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The thermal analysis indicate a possible glass transition of CMC at about 65oC that decreases for to about 29oC after the grafting reaction with isocyanate. The micrographs show structural changes occurred during the several reactions confirmed by thermal analysis. The detailed analysis of IR and NMR 13C spectra of grafted samples indicated the formation of urethane bonds. Conductivity measurements of NaCMC grafted with the poly(propylene oxide) isocyanate gave the value of 10-5 S/cm at 100oC that is comparable with other polymeric solid electrolytes.

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The objective of this dissertation is to analytically model a parallel plate electrostatic actuator operating in a liquid electrolyte and experimentally verify the analysis. The model assumes the system remains in thermodynamic equilibrium during actuation, which enables the ion mass balance equations and Guass’ Law to be combined into the Poisson-Boltzmann equation. The governing equations also include the linear momentum equation including the following forces: the electric force, the osmotic force, the spring force, the viscous damping force, and the van der Waals force. Equations are also derived for the energy stored in the actuator. The analytical results emphasize the stored energy at mechanical equilibrium and the voltage versus electrode separation behavior including the instability. The analytical results predict that the system may not be a good actuator because the displacement has a very limited stable range, although the actuator would be suitable for bistable applications. The experiment consisted of a fixed flat gold electrode and a movable gold electrode consisting of a gold sphere several micrometers in diameter mounted on the end of an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) cantilever, which serves as the spring. The electrodes were separated by approximately 100nm of 1mM NaCl aqueous solution. The analytical results were not verified by the experiment. Relative to the analysis, the experiments did not show distinct critical points, and the experiments showed less electrode separation for a given applied electric potential. The experiments did show points at which the electrode separation versus electric potential rapidly changed slope, which may be instability points. It is suggested that this phenomenon may be due to coalesced gas bubbles on hydrophobic regions of the electrode surfaces, which are not included in the model. Although clean gold surfaces are hydrophilic, gold surfaces may become hydrophobic due to impurities.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2004. / Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xiv, 90 p.; also includes graphics. Includes abstract and vita. Advisor: Sherwin J. Singer, Dept. of Chemistry. Includes bibliographical references (p. 86-90).

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Includes bibliography / 1 v. (various pagings) : ill ; 31 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, 1985

Thesis (M.S.)--Montana State University--Bozeman, 2007. / Typescript. Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Stephen W. Sofie. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 151-155).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Sydney, Nepean, 1993. / Bibliography: leaves xi-xv. References: leaves 205-221.

Thesis (doctoral)--Technische Universiteit Delft, 1997. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.