Orientador: Antonio Riul Júnior / Banca: Cleber Renato Mendonça / Banca: Nilson Cristino da Cruz / O Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência e Tecnologia de Materiais, PosMat, tem caráter institucional e integra as atividades de pesquisa em materiais de diversos campi da Unesp / Resumo: Fabricamos neste trabalho microcanais em uma matriz de PDMS para otimização de uma configuração que permita, futuramente, a inserção de eletrodos interdigitados no interior dos mesmos para a integração da "língua eletrônica" que estamos trabalhando ao longo dos últimos anos com dispositivos "lab-on-a-chip". O objetivo final é a fabricação de um sensor "tongue-on-a-chip", não havendo nada similar na literatura até o presente momento, tendo-se em vista, principalmente, o potencial de aplicação de ambos dispositivos ("língua eletrônica" e "lab-on-a-chip"). Neste sentido, esta dissertação torna-se uma chave importante para o desenvolvimento de uma tecnologia nova e com forte apelo comercial. Como a fabricação dos microcanais envolve técnicas e equipamentos de litografia que não dispomos em nossos laboratórios, estendemos colaborações com o laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncroton (LNLS - através de um projeto específico nessa linha de atuação), onde fabricamos os microcanais e eletrodos interdigitados envolvidos neste trabalho. Como é a primeira vez que a microfluídica está sendo aplicada em dispositivos do tipo "língua eletrônica", tivemos um trabalho minucioso de verificação das melhores condições envolvidas na fabricação dos dispositivos. As medidas em fluxo no interior dos microcanais mostraram-se mais rápidas e eficientes que as estáticas utilizadas anteriormente, e, adicionalmente à redução no volume das amostras analisadas com os microcanais, necessitamos ainda de um refinamento para aplicações futuras (análises clínicas e biológicas, controle ambiental, análise de bebidas...), pois o maior empecilho encontrado até o momento tem sio a selagem do dispositivo devido à deposição de filmes ultrafinos sobre os eletrodos metálicos, que esperamos resolver em trabalhos futuros. / Abstract: In this work microchannels were fabricated in a PDMS matrix to optimize a configuration that allows, in future works, the insertion of interdigitated electrodes into the microchannel for the integration of the electronic tongue that we have being working in the last couple of years with lab-on-a-chip devices. The final goal is the fabrication of a tongue-on-a-chip sensor, having nothing similar in the literature up to date, bearing in mind the high potential of application of both devices (electronic tongue and lab-on-a-chip). In that sense, this Msc work becomes an important key to the development of a new technology with strong commercial appeal. As the microchannel fabrication needs equipments and techniques not available in our laboratory, we extend the collaboration with the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS - throughout a specific project in this area) where the microchannels and interdigitated electrodes were fabricated. As it is the first time microfluidic is applied in e-tongue sensors, we did a detailed work verifying the best conditions involved in the device fabrication. Flow measurements inside the microchannels shown to be faster and more efficient than the static ones previously made, and, besides the volume reduction of the samples analysed with the microchannels, we still need a refinement for future applications (clinical and biological analysis, environmental control, beverage analysis, ...), as the major problem has being the sealing of the device due to the deposition of ultra-thin films onto the interdigitated electrodes, which we hope to solve in future works. / Mestre

Orientador: Antonio Riul Júnior / Banca: Carlos José Leopoldo Constantino / Banca: Marcelo Nalin / O Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência e Tecnologia de Materiais, PosMat, tem caráter institucional e integra as atividades de pesquisa em materiais de diversos campi da Unesp / Resumo: Utilizamos uma "língua eletrônica" a base de filmes ultrafinos de diferentes materiais, e medidas de espectroscopia de impedância, para analisar amostras de açúcar fornecidas pela Usina da Barra S/A, unidade UNIVALEM de valparaíso (SP). As características do açúcar na usina são geralmente determinadas pela cor ICUMSA (International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis) e teor de sacarose medido por luz polarizada. Nossa proposta é verificar se a "língua eletrônica" serve como ferramenta auxiliar na avaliação dos diferentes tipos de açúcar, e também açúcares similares, mas com diferentes cores IMCUSA. Ressaltamos que o fato do açúcar ser uma substância não eletrolítica dificulta grandemente esse tipo de avaliação em dispositivos semelhantes que usam outras técnicas de medidas, como potenciometria ou voltametria cíclica. Entretanto, as amostras na concentração 1mM (abaixo do limite de sensibilidade biológico = 10mM para o paladar doce) foram facilmente identificadas, conseguimos melhorar consideravelmente a resposta das medidas de impedância elétrica corrigindo o pH = 7 de todas as amostras. Verificamos através da técnica de Espectroscopia de Espalhamento Raman possíveis interações entre o filme e as soluções analisadas, obtendo resultados satisfatórios. / Abstract: An electronic tongue system based on ultra-thin films of different materials and impedance spectroscopy measurements was used in the assessment of sugar samples from Usina da Barra S/A, Univalem branch at Valparaíso (SP). Sugar characteristics in the plant station are generally made by ICUMSA (International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis) colour and sucrose content, measured by polarized light. We intend to check if the electronic tongue serves as an auxiliary tool in the evaluation of different samples and also sugars having similar ICUMSA colours. It is worth mentioning that sugar is a non-electrolyte substance, being quite difficult to be detected in similar devices using other techniques, such as potentiometry and cyclic voltammetry. However, samples at 1 mM (below the human threshold = 10mM for sweetnes) were easily distinguished. We could improve considerably the correlation of the samples at pH = 7. In addition, through raman spectroscopy we check possible interactions between films and analytes, with satisfactory results. / Mestre

O objetivo principal desta tese foi desenvolver dispositivos microfluídicos do tipo língua eletrônica baseada em espectroscopia de impedância para análise de líquidos complexos. Dois tipos de língua eletrônica foram desenvolvidos. O primeiro com unidades sensoriais fabricadas com eletrodos interdigitados de ouro sobre vidro, selados com microcanal de PDMS, e recobertos com filmes automontados de polímeros condutores, materiais orgânicos e semicondutores. Essa língua eletrônica foi usada para diferenciar os sabores básicos, representados por soluções aquosas de NaCl (salgado), sacarose (doce), cafeína (amargo), HCl (azedo) e glutamato monosódico (umami), distinguir diferentes tipos de cafés, e detectar a presença de gliadina em soluções e alimentos. A distinção foi possível processando-se os dados de magnitude da capacitância com técnicas de projeção multidimensional IDMAP (Interactive Document Map) e análise de componentes principais (PCA). O segundo tipo de língua foi produzido com eletrodos interdigitados de carbono impressos sobre papel com canal hidrofílico e barreiras hidrofóbicas também impresso, modificado com hidrogel funcionalizado com ácido fenil-borônico (PBA) ou polilíquido iônico (PIL). Com dados de capacitância tratados com PCA e IDMAP, a língua foi usada para distinguir soluções dos açúcares glicose, frutose e sacarose, em diferentes concentrações, e diferentes marcas de suco de maçã. Nesta última língua, empregou-se a capacidade de intumescimento de hidrogéis contendo PBA na presença de açúcares, principalmente frutose, que também foi explorada na confecção de sensores com eletrodos de papel que puderam detectar concentrações baixas de glicose, próximas às encontrados no suor humano. Com a tecnologia de sensores em papel e microfluídica, podem-se conceber aplicações futuras, de baixo custo, em sensores na forma de emplastro para monitorar o nível de glicose no suor humano de maneira não invasiva e língua eletrônica para verificar a presença de glúten em alimentos. / The main aim of this thesis was to develop microfluidic devices of electronic tongue (e-tongue) type based on impedance spectroscopy to analyze complex liquids. Two types of e-tongue were developed. The first had sensing units fabricated with gold interdigitated electrodes onto glass with a microchannel sealed with PDMS and coated with layer-by-layer films of conducting polymers, organic and semiconductors. This e-tongue was used to distinguish the basic tastes, represented by aqueous solutions of NaCl (salty), sucrose (sweet), caffeine (bitter), HCl (sour) and monosodium glutamate (umami), to distinguish different types of coffees, and detect the presence of gliadin in solutions and food. The distinction was made possible by processing the capacitance data with the multidimensional projection techniques IDMAP (Interactive Document Map) and principal component analysis (PCA). The second type of e-tongue was produced with carbon interdigitated electrodes printed on paper with a hydrophilic channel with hydrophobic barriers, also printed, modified with functionalized hydrogel with phenylboronic acid (PBA) or poly(ionic liquid) (PIL). With capacitance data treated with PCA and IDMAP, the e-tongue was used to distinguish solutions at various concentrations of glucose, fructose and sucrose, in addition to different brands of apple juice. In this latter e-tongue, use was made of the ability of the hydrogel containing PBA to swell in the presence of sugars, mainly fructose, which was exploited in producing sensors with paper electrodes that could detect low concentrations of glucose, close to the values found in human sweat. With the technology of paper-based sensors and microfluidics, one may envisage future low cost applications, including patch sensors to monitor glucose in human sweat in a non-invasive manner and e-tongues to determine the presence of gluten in food.

Orientador: Antonio Riul Júnior / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-02T23:09:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Gaal_Gabriel_M.pdf: 44712274 bytes, checksum: 82729c0ddf725ae1aecd4acf867ce13e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017 / Resumo: Hoje em dia um dos maiores desafios na área de fabricação de eletrodos é o desenvolvimento de novos materiais e métodos alternativos às técnicas tradicionais. Neste cenário, a eletrônica impressa aparece como alternativa interessante devido à simplicidade e robustez para deposição de trilhas condutoras em designs diversos. Aliado a tal fato, o desenvolvimento de novos materiais e novas tecnologias de impressão 3D facilita a aplicação dessa técnica no desenvolvimento de dispositivos, diminuindo custos, etapas de fabricação e tempo de prototipagem. Nesse projeto apresentamos o desenvolvimento de eletrodos interdigitados (IDEs, do inglês interdigitated electrodes) impressos utilizando uma impressora 3D Mendel90, totalmente montada pelo nosso grupo de pesquisa em colaboração com o Prof. Varlei Rodrigues. Utilizamos um filamento comercial a base de ácido polilático (PLA) dopado com fibras de grafeno para a impressão das trilhas condutoras, além de PLA transparente, também comercial, para impressão do suporte sobre o qual os IDEs foram impressos. Conseguimos imprimir IDEs em ~ 10 minutos, algo impraticável com técnicas fotolitográficas. Alternativamente, realizamos a funcionalização química das trilhas condutoras utilizando um banho de 2 h em solução de KMnO4 diluído em H2SO4, seguido por uma limpeza em água ultrapura e nova lavagem em HCl. Finalmente, para remoção do permanganato residual da superfície dos eletrodos, banhamos rapidamente as trilhas em solução de H2SO4 com H2O2 em proporção de 25% para 75% respectivamente. Realizamos caracterizações morfológicas, composição química, medidas elétricas e eletroquímicas das trilhas impressas e dos eletrodos funcionalizados quimicamente, comparando com resultados de IDEs de ouro de geometria idêntica. Em particular, verificamos diferenças significativas na impedância dos eletrodos impressos em relação aos de ouro, devido a baixa capacidade de formação de dupla-camada elétrica nos IDEs impressos. Foi observado também que o tratamento químico proposto modifica a resposta elétrica, aproximando o espectro de impedância dos eletrodos impressos ao obtido com os IDEs de ouro. Verificamos que a funcionalização química aumenta o desbalanceamento de cargas na superfície dos eletrodos impressos, favorecendo a formação de dupla-camada elétrica na interface eletrodo/eletrólito. Aproveitando esse desbalanceamento, realizamos a deposição de filmes poliméricos nanoestruturados visando o desenvolvimento de uma língua eletrônica totalmente impressa. Como etapa final, utilizamos esse sensor na distinção de amostras de solos com diferentes tipos de macro nutrientes, obtendo resultados semelhantes aos obtidos por sensores tradicionais. Com esta prova de conceito esperamos contribuir para uma metodologia mais simples, barata e rápida na fabricação de eletrodos e dispositivos explorando as facilidades da técnica de impressão 3D, permitindo sua prototipagem em geometrias complexas e tridimensionais que possam ser futuramente aplicados em sensoriamento e biossensoriamento / Abstract: Nowadays, one of the biggest issues addressed to sensor fabrication is build up efficient electrodes as an alternative way to the complex and expensive processes required by traditional techniques. Within this context, printed electronics arises as an interesting alternative due its simplicity and robustness to put electrodes on various surfaces. Furthermore, the development of new materials and technologies to 3D printing techniques eneables its exploration as a cheap and accessible technology to fabricate electrodes and potentiates several fields with more creative ideas, cost-effective and alternative materials for a rapid prototyping of complex devices. We show here the fabrication of fully 3D printed interdigitate electrodes (IDE) using a standard home-made Mendel90 Fused Deposition Modeling 3D printer, assembled in our research group in collaboration with Prof. Varlei Rodrigues. We used a commercial polylactic acid (PLA) filament doped with graphene fibers to print the conductive tracks and transparent PLA filament to print the electrodes substrate. As a result, we were able to develop fully 3D printed IDEs within 10 minutes, something impossible to achive with photolitographic techniques. We also applied a chemical functionalization to the electrodes with a 2 hours bath of KMnO4 dissolved in a H2SO4 solution, followed by a cleaning process with ultra-pure water and HCl. The IDEs were then immersed in a 25% H$2SO4 and 75% H2O2 solution in order to remove the potassium permanganate thin film adhered to the IDE surface. Finally, we carried out morphological, chemical composition, electrical and electrochemistry characterizations of the 3D printed IDEs, besides the functionalized electrodes and the results were compared with identical gold IDEs. In particular, we noticed a great difference between the electrical impedance response of the gold IDE compared with the 3D printed due to its low capacity to form electrical double layer. Moreover, we verified that the chemically treated IDEs show a similiar impedance behavior compared with the gold electrodes due a higher unbalance of superficial charges. Therefore, we explored this higher surface charge distribution to deposit polimeric nanostructured films aiming the development of a fully 3D printed electronic tongue. Lastly, we used this sensor to distinguish different soil samples fertilized with different macro nutrients. We obtained a distinguish equivalent to a tradicional e-tongue system built with microfabrication techniques. With this proof of concept, we expect to contribute with a simpler, cheaper and faster thecnique of electrode and device fabrication that explore the facilities and strengths of 3D printing technologies, eneabling their development in complex and 3D geometries for its appication in sensing and biosensing devices / Mestrado / Física / Mestre em Física / 156050/2015-3 / CNPQ

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:31:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-08-07Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:40:50Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 ferreira_aa_dr_bauru.pdf: 1254678 bytes, checksum: f64cbe45b824915b62c316769bcbbf68 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Neste trabalho foram preparados filmes ultrafinos de ftalocianinas, polipirrol, quitosana e lignina usando as técnicas de automontagem (LbL, layer-by-layer), deposição física à vapor PVD (physical vapor deposition) e Langmuir-Blodgett (LB). Os filmes foram caracterizados usando a técnica de espectroscopia UV-vis e apresentaram características adequadas para fabricar sensores capacitivos com o intuito de comporem uma língua eletrônica. Para se analisar as respostas capacitivas dos sensores em função da frequência, eles foram mergulhados em soluções de água Milli-Q e do refrigerante Tubaína (Funada), com diferentes valores de pH, teor de sacarose e ºBrix. A partir das capacitâncias para a frequência de 1 kHz utilizou-se a técnica de análise estatística de componentes principais (PCA) para distinguir o teor de ºBrix, sacarose e acidez. Além disso, o trabalho apresenta um método para selecionar os sensores mais adequados, o qual consiste da análise PCA da matriz transposta dos resultados das capacitâncias. Na análise PCA dos resultados obtidos em água Milli-Q foi constatado que, do conjunto de sete sensores, são necessários apenas três sensores para avaliar a variação do pH enquanto que para o teor de sacarose são necessários quatro sensores. Para se avaliar a variação do pH no refrigerante Tubaína são necessários três sensores e quatro sensores para o teor de ºBrix. Na parte final a língua eletrônica foi usada para identificar as variações de pH e o teor de sacarose em água Milli-Q e pH e teor ºBrix no refrigerante Tubaína. / Ultrathin polymeric films were fabricated from phytalocyanine, polypirrol, chitosan and lignin using the layer-by-layer, physical vapor deposition (PVD) and Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) techniques. Films were characterized by UV-Vis spectroscopy showing that are suitable to fabricate capacitive sensors to form an electronic tongue. To probe the capacitive response of sensors on frequency they were immersed in Milli-Q water and in the soft soda Tubaina (from Funada) with different pH, sucrose and ºBrix content. From capacitances measured at 1 kHz the principal component analysis (PCA) was employed to distinguish the ºBrix, pH and sucrose content. Besides this, we present a method to select which sensors are more appropriated, consisting of the PCA analysis of the transposed matrix of the capacitance results. Employing the modified PCA analysis of results obtained from measurements in Milli-Q water we found that, from the set of seven sensors, only three sensors are required to distinguish the pH while only four sensors to distinguish the sucrose. In the case of the soft drink Tubaina three and four sensors are also required to distinguish the pH and ºBrix content, respectively. Finally, the electronic tongue was employed to distinguish the pH and sucrose content in Milli-Q water and the pH and ºBrix in soft drink Tubaina.

<p>This thesis is a part of a project where a new method, the base descriptor approach, is studied. The purpose of this method is to reduce drift and extract vital information from electronic tongue measurements. Reference solutions, called descriptors, are measured and the measurements are used to find base descriptors. A base descriptor is, in this thesis, a regression vector for prediction of the property that the descriptor represent. The property is in this case the concentration of a chemical substance in the descriptor solution. Measurements from test samples, in this case fruit juices, are projected onto the base descriptors to extract vital and drift-stable information from the test samples. </p><p>The base descriptors are used to determine the concentrations of the descriptors'chemical substances in the juices and thereby also to classify the different juices. It is assumed that the measurements of samples of juices and descriptors drift the same way. This assumption has to be true in order for the base descriptor approach to work. The base descriptors are calculated by multivariate regression methods like partial least squares regression (PLSR) and principal component regression (PCR). </p><p>Only two of the descriptors tested in this thesis worked as basis for base descriptors. The base descriptors'predictions of the concentrations of chemical substances in the juices are hard to evaluate since the true concentrations are unknown. Comparing the projections of juice measurements onto the base descriptors with a classification model on the juice measurements performed by principal component analysis (PCA), there is no significant difference in drift of the juice measurements in the results of the two methods. The base descriptors, however, separates the juices for classification somewhat better than the classification of juices performed by PCA.</p>

This thesis is a part of a project where a new method, the base descriptor approach, is studied. The purpose of this method is to reduce drift and extract vital information from electronic tongue measurements. Reference solutions, called descriptors, are measured and the measurements are used to find base descriptors. A base descriptor is, in this thesis, a regression vector for prediction of the property that the descriptor represent. The property is in this case the concentration of a chemical substance in the descriptor solution. Measurements from test samples, in this case fruit juices, are projected onto the base descriptors to extract vital and drift-stable information from the test samples. The base descriptors are used to determine the concentrations of the descriptors'chemical substances in the juices and thereby also to classify the different juices. It is assumed that the measurements of samples of juices and descriptors drift the same way. This assumption has to be true in order for the base descriptor approach to work. The base descriptors are calculated by multivariate regression methods like partial least squares regression (PLSR) and principal component regression (PCR). Only two of the descriptors tested in this thesis worked as basis for base descriptors. The base descriptors'predictions of the concentrations of chemical substances in the juices are hard to evaluate since the true concentrations are unknown. Comparing the projections of juice measurements onto the base descriptors with a classification model on the juice measurements performed by principal component analysis (PCA), there is no significant difference in drift of the juice measurements in the results of the two methods. The base descriptors, however, separates the juices for classification somewhat better than the classification of juices performed by PCA.

Objectives: To review, develop, and validate appropriate methods for quality control testing of sublingual (SL) tablets; to formulate and characterize new generations of SL tablets of epinephrine (E) for the potential first-aid treatment of anaphylaxis; and to evaluate the effects of non-medicinal ingredients (NMIs) on the in vitro characteristics and in vivo bioavailability of the formulated tablets. Methods: A custom-made apparatus and a novel method that simulates SL conditions were evaluated for dissolution testing of SL tablets. An electronic tongue (e-Tongue) was used to assess the degree of E bitterness and to demonstrate the masking effects of sweetening and/or flavoring agents. The effect of several NMIs in various properties on the in vitro characteristics of new generations of E SL tablets was evaluated. Formulations with the best in vitro characteristics, containing E 30 mg and 40 mg, were evaluated in vivo using our validated rabbit model and compared with placebo SL tablets (negative control) and E 0.3 mg intramuscular (IM) injection (positive control). Results: The novel in vitro dissolution testing resulted in accurate and reproducible data and was capable of detecting the effect of minor changes in formulations. Using the e-Tongue, E bitartrate had an extremely bitter taste which was masked to various degrees by the addition of aspartame, acesulfame potassium, and citric acid alone or in combination. Citric acid alone masked the bitter taste by >80%. The evaluation of NMIs revealed that the best formulation contained specific proportions of mannitol and coarse and fine grades of microcrystalline cellulose. Appropriate comparative testing resulted in the selection of a taste-masked E SL formulation with optimum in vitro characteristics. This formulation containing E 40 mg resulted in similar bioavailability to E 0.3 mg IM. This formulation containing E 30 mg had higher bioavailability than placebo, but lower bioavailability than E 40 mg tablets. Conclusions: Grades and proportions of NMIs carefully selected using appropriate in vitro testing resulted in successful formulations. The results of these in vitro tests enabled the development of the optimum E SL tablet formulation which was bioequivalent to the EpiPen. These tablets are potentially suitable for Phase 1 studies in humans and might transform the first-aid treatment of anaphylaxis in community settings.

Objectives: To review, develop, and validate appropriate methods for quality control testing of sublingual (SL) tablets; to formulate and characterize new generations of SL tablets of epinephrine (E) for the potential first-aid treatment of anaphylaxis; and to evaluate the effects of non-medicinal ingredients (NMIs) on the in vitro characteristics and in vivo bioavailability of the formulated tablets. Methods: A custom-made apparatus and a novel method that simulates SL conditions were evaluated for dissolution testing of SL tablets. An electronic tongue (e-Tongue) was used to assess the degree of E bitterness and to demonstrate the masking effects of sweetening and/or flavoring agents. The effect of several NMIs in various properties on the in vitro characteristics of new generations of E SL tablets was evaluated. Formulations with the best in vitro characteristics, containing E 30 mg and 40 mg, were evaluated in vivo using our validated rabbit model and compared with placebo SL tablets (negative control) and E 0.3 mg intramuscular (IM) injection (positive control). Results: The novel in vitro dissolution testing resulted in accurate and reproducible data and was capable of detecting the effect of minor changes in formulations. Using the e-Tongue, E bitartrate had an extremely bitter taste which was masked to various degrees by the addition of aspartame, acesulfame potassium, and citric acid alone or in combination. Citric acid alone masked the bitter taste by >80%. The evaluation of NMIs revealed that the best formulation contained specific proportions of mannitol and coarse and fine grades of microcrystalline cellulose. Appropriate comparative testing resulted in the selection of a taste-masked E SL formulation with optimum in vitro characteristics. This formulation containing E 40 mg resulted in similar bioavailability to E 0.3 mg IM. This formulation containing E 30 mg had higher bioavailability than placebo, but lower bioavailability than E 40 mg tablets. Conclusions: Grades and proportions of NMIs carefully selected using appropriate in vitro testing resulted in successful formulations. The results of these in vitro tests enabled the development of the optimum E SL tablet formulation which was bioequivalent to the EpiPen. These tablets are potentially suitable for Phase 1 studies in humans and might transform the first-aid treatment of anaphylaxis in community settings.

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