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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Study of photo-induced and radical reactions between CH4 and NH3 : astrochemical applications / Étude de réactions photo-induites et radicalaires entre CH4 et NH3 pour des applications astrochimiques

Jonušas, Mindaugas 28 May 2018 (has links)
L'eau joue un rôle fondamental dans la photochimie du milieu interstellaire (MIS), à travers la formation d'espèces très réactives comme OH. Les radicaux OH peuvent par la suite interagir avec d'autres molécules hydrogénées pour reformer H2O par abstraction d'hydrogène: R-H + OH → R* + H2O. Dans le cadre de ce travail de thèse, nous avons étudié l'influence des photons VUV sur des analogues de glace interstellaire. Nous montrons que l'incorporation d'une petite quantité d'eau dans NH3 et CH4 glaces augmente considérablement la formation de radicaux réactifs comme NH2 et CH3 pendant le processus de photolyse et que le chauffage des glaces binaires irradiées telles que NH3-H2O et CH4-H2O conduit à la formation de NH2OH et d'espèces alcooliques plus complexes comme le propanol et le métoxyméthanol. Nous avons également entamé d'autres études en parallèle sur le l'évolution thermique des glaces de NH2OH d'une part et la formation de propanol par voies énergétiques (irradiation VUV) et non énergétique (réaction d'addition H) d'autre part afin de tenter d'expliquer la non-détection des ces espèces organiques dans le milieu interstellaire. L'étude des glaces mixtes irradiées NH3-CH4-H2O a montré la formation à basse température d'espèces plus exotiques en combinant les spectrométries IR et de masse. Nous avons réussi à identifier des composés organiques très complexes déjà détectés ou activement recherchés dans le MIS. / Water plays a fundamental role in the photochemistry of the interstellar medium (ISM), through OH radical formation. OH radicals can interact with other H-containing species to form H2O through a hydrogen abstraction reaction: R-H + OH → R* + H2O. In this work, we have investigated the VUV processing on different interstellar ice analogs. We show that the incorporation of small amount of water in NH3 and CH4 ices greatly increases the formation of reactive NH2 and CH3 radicals during the photolysis processing. Thermal treatments of irradiated NH3-H2O and CH4-H2O ices lead to the formation of NH2OH and larger alcoholic species such as propanol and metoxymethanol. Further studies of thermal processing of NH2OH ice and formation of propanol through energetic (VUV irradiation) and non-energetic (surface H-addition reaction) processing were carried out in the context of this thesis in order to try explaining their non-detection in the interstellar medium. The study of the irradiated mixed NH3-CH4-H2O ices showed the formation of more exotic species by combining the IR and mass spectrometries. We managed to identify very large complex organic compounds already detected or tensively sought in the ISM.
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Characterization And Identification Of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells At Molecular Level

Aksoy, Ceren 01 March 2012 (has links) (PDF)
Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) are pluripotent cells that can differentiate into a variety of non-hematopoietic tissues. They also maintain healthy heamatopoiesis by providing supportive cellular microenvironment into BM. In this thesis, MSCs were characterized in terms of their morphological, immunophenotypical and differentiation properties. Then, they were examined by attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy together with hierarchical clustering, and FTIR microspectroscopy. In the first part of this study, global structural and compositional changes in BM-MSCs during beta thallasemia major (
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Characterization And Identification Of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells At Molecular Level

Aksoy, Ceren 01 March 2012 (has links) (PDF)
Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) are pluripotent cells that can differentiate into a variety of non-hematopoietic tissues. They also maintain healthy heamatopoiesis by providing supportive cellular microenvironment into BM. In this thesis, MSCs were characterized in terms of their morphological, immunophenotypical and differentiation properties. Then, they were examined by attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy together with hierarchical clustering, and FTIR microspectroscopy. In the first part of this study, global structural and compositional changes in BM-MSCs during beta thallasemia major (
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Study of protein in the respiratory chain by IR spectroscopy and electrochemistry

Neehaul, Yashvin 13 September 2012 (has links) (PDF)
The field of molecular bioenergetics deals with the energy transduction in biological cells. In this project, respiration and more specifically proton and sodium pumping enzymes and their coupling to electron transfer have been in focus. First we have been interested in the Na+-pumping NADH:quinone reductase from Vibrio cholerae which is the entry site of electrons in the respiratory chain of several pathogens. The role of specific flavin cofactors and amino acids involved in Na+ transfer has been shown in a combined IR spectroscopic and electrochemical approach. The interaction between proteins, namely the cytochrome c552 and the CuA fragment from the terminal ba3 oxidase from the organism Thermus thermophilus was then investigated. Structural reorganization during electron transfer was revealed by IR spectroscopy. Finally, in the third part of the project the interaction within the bc1-aa3 supercomplex from the respiratory chain from Corynebacterium glutamicum was analyzed.
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Towards an early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: development of an ATR-FTIR biosensor for the detection of Abeta toxic conformations / Développement d'un biosenseur ATR-FTIR, spécifique aux conformations toxiques du peptide amyloide beta impliqué dans la maladie d'Alzheimer

Kleiren, Emilie 09 September 2013 (has links)
As the most prevalent cause of dementia worldwide, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has become a global issue of public health. By current criteria, diagnosis of this neurodegenerative disorder requires both clinical confirmation of dementia and post-mortem detection of the so-called neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques in the brain. Yet the main proteinaceous component of these plaques, the amyloid beta peptide (Abeta) is now widely believed to initiate a cascade of events that ultimately leads to Alzheimer’s disease. Besides, extensive evidence supports a pathogenic role of soluble oligomers formed upon Abeta aggregation in the onset of the disease, which, unlike Abeta fibrils, present distinct neurotoxic properties and correlate well with disease progression. Their detrimental effects have been suggested to appear decades before the first signs of cognitive impairment, making them biomarkers of choice in the study of the pathology. <p>Given that present guidelines for AD diagnosis are increasingly considered as ill-defined, reliable and early-stage detection methods taking into account the presence of toxic Abeta species are highly awaited by the medical community. In this regard, this thesis work describes the development of a sensing device aiming at the specific detection of the amyloid beta peptide in solution via recognition by antibodies grafted at the surface of functionalized germanium crystals. This new type of BIA-ATR (Biospecific Interaction Analysis - Attenuated Total Reflection) biosensor resorts on ATR-FTIR (Attenuated Total Reflection - Fourier Transform Infrared) spectroscopy, which is extremely sensitive to the secondary structure of proteins. The ATR mode uses germanium as optical transduction element combined to the evanescent wave principle to allow selective online monitoring of peptide-antibody binding events. <p>In the first part of this work, evaluation of the photochemistry on germanium optical elements have been the subject of intense research focus. Our investigations led to the elaboration of a quality control of functionalization efficiency based on infrared spectroscopy. We also set up in the lab an original ELISA method for selecting antibodies in terms of their true affinity for the Abeta peptide. <p>Thereafter binding experiments were carried out on the BIA-ATR sensor using different antibodies and Abeta isoforms, leading to the establishing of a standardized protocol for the detection of molecules of interest. Our results showed that Abeta detected on the biosensor corresponded precisely to antibody-bound peptide, whereas Abeta assemblies, and especially Abeta 1-42 oligomeric conformations, could be discriminated with respect to their spectral signature. This point, which was later confirmed by unsupervised statistical analysis, could be considered as particularly interesting and innovative, since to our knowledge, such conformation-sensitivity has never been observed with existing AD diagnostic methods. Moreover, effective recycling of the functionalized crystals has been demonstrated, which confers thereby a second major advantage to the biosensor. <p>In parallel to these experiments, a structural characterization study of Abeta species was undertaken in order to generate a database of IR spectra, as reference for future comparative analysis of physiological fluids on the biosensor. ATR-FTIR measurements revealed a strong dependency on the ratio between oligomers and fibrils within a mixture and their relative ratio in antiparallel and parallel beta-sheet content. Interestingly, separation trials of oligomeric entities demonstrated a specific effect of Cu2+ ions on Abeta aggregation. Stabilization of small oligomeric aggregates at equimolar Cu2+:Abeta ratios, which had never been clearly evidenced so far, could help to unravel some aspects of the complex role of copper in AD development. <p>These investigations illustrate the applicability of the so-called BIA-ATR methodology to online detection of different forms of the Abeta peptide in solution and the potential of this new sensor technology to fulfill current pitfalls in providing a reliable and comprehensive approach of AD diagnosis. / Doctorat en Sciences agronomiques et ingénierie biologique / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished
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Identification des intermédiaires de la réduction du dioxygène par la cytochrome c oxydase et ses modèles en faisant appel à la spectroscopie IR différentielle / Identification of the oxygen reaction intermediates of cytochrome c oxydase and its models by differential infrared spectroscopy

Oueslati, Nesrine 06 July 2012 (has links)
La cytochrome c oxydase (CcO) est un complexe protéique commun à tous les organismes aérobies. Elle catalyse la réduction de l’oxygène en eau au niveau d’un site catalytique qui contient un atome de fer hémique et un atome de cuivre (CuB). La famille de ces oxydases est ainsi appelée super famille des oxydases à "hème-cuivre". Malgré le grand nombre d’études réalisées au sujet de l’activité catalytique des CcO, le déroulement exact des étapes de leur mécanisme reste encore mal connu. Afin de mieux cerner le problème de la relation structure-activité de cette hémoprotéine, deux approches distinctes et complémentaires ont été abordées : l’étude du système naturel et l’approche biomimétique. Les propriétés électroniques et vibrationnelles de certains intermédiaires du cycle catalytique de la cytochrome c oxydase ont été caractérisées par spectroscopies UV-Visible, de fluorescence résolue en temps et infrarouge. L’analyse du site actif de la CcO par des substitutions isotopiques du CuB, ainsi que l’influence du pH sur la structure de cet enzyme sont discutées. La deuxième partie de ce travail concerne l’étude du rôle de l’environnement proche de l’hème sur la réactivité des complexes FeII-CO et FeII-O2 grâce à une série de modèles superstructurés du centre binucléaire Fe/Cu de la CcO. Ces analogues synthétiques conservent l’hème, la ligation fer-histidine du site proximal et le ligand complexant le cuivre du site distal de la CcO, mais se différencient notamment par leur environnement autour de l’atome de cuivre et par leur rigidité. Deux techniques ont été utilisées: la spectroscopie ATR-IRTF et la photochimie dans le cas d’espèces carbonylées. / Cytochrome c Oxidase (CcO), a member of the heme-copper oxidase superfamily, is a membrane protein in many aerobic organisms, that catalyses the reduction of dioxygen to water. Dioxygen binding and reduction occurs at a heterobinuclear site that is comprised of a heme a3, and a copper atom (CuB) in close proximity. Despite, the CcO has been the subject of numerous biophysical and spectroscopic investigations, the detailed molecular mechanism of CcO remains still elusive. In order to better define the structure-function relationship for this hemoprotein, two distinct and complementary approaches have been employed: the study of the natural system and the biomimetic approach.Structural changes accompanying the change in the redox state of some CcO intermediates have been characterised by UV-Visible, ATR-FTIR and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopies. The study of the cytochrome c oxydase active site modified with isotopic substitutions of CuB, and the effect of pH on the structure are discussed. The second part of this work is related to study the role of environment on the reactivity of FeII-CO et FeII-O2 complexes by exploiting a series of superstructured models of the binuclear Fe/Cu active site of CcO. Based upon a porphyrin core, all these models have the iron-histidine ligation of the proximal site and the copper ligand of the distal site of CcO but they differ strongly by the environment around the copper and their rigidity.
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Využití chromatografie na tenké vrstvě k frakcionaci a charakterizaci organické hmoty izolované z alginitu / Use of thin layer chromatography for fractionation and characterization of organic matter isolated from alginite

Solanský, Pavel January 2021 (has links)
This diploma thesis is focused on the study of structure and physicochemical properties of organic fractions of humic substances, which were obtained by the method of thin-layer chromatography. Humic substances, which were used in this study, were isolated from a sample of Slovak alginite based on the procedure of the International Humic Substances Society (IHSS). The following analytical techniques were selected for the characterization of isolated humic substances: thermogravimetric and elemental analysis, molecular absorption spectroscopy (UV/Vis), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and steady-state fluorescence spectroscopy. Each organic fraction of humic substances were characterized by molecular absorption spectroscopy (UV/Vis) and steady-state fluorescence spectroscopy. Using steady-state fluorescence spectroscopy, humic substances were found to be composed of fluorophores of humic and non-humic (protein) character. Organic fractions corresponding to the humic fluorophores were characterized by a higher content of oxygen substituents on the aromatic nukleus, a higher degree of aromaticity and also a higher molecular weight. The aim of this diploma thesis was to design and optimize the process of organic matter fractionation for the purpose of detailed understanding of the structure and properties of humic substances, which were isolated from the sedimentary rock alginite. Based on this, the practical applicability of the thin layer chromatography method to significantly reduce the molecular heterogenity of the studied humic substances was evaluated.
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Differenzierung von humanen Plattenepithelkarzinomen mittels IR-mikrospektroskopischem Imaging

Steller, Wolfram 06 August 2007 (has links)
Die Dissertation befasste sich mit der Entwicklung einer neuen diagnostischen Methode für in-situ-Gewebeuntersuchungen. Der Ansatzpunkt war die Untersuchung von pathologischen Veränderungen im Gewebe, die sich biochemisch in den Zellen widerspiegeln und deshalb mit schwingungsspektroskopischen Methoden, wie der IR-Spektroskopie, erfassbar sind. Das Ziel der Arbeit war die IR-spektroskopische Charakterisierung und Klassifizierung von benignen, präkanzerösen und malignen Geweben mittels chemometrischer Algorithmen auf der Basis multivariater Informationen der IR-Spektren. Um komplexe spektrale Veränderungen zu charakterisieren und die Ergebnisse statistisch abzusichern, ist für jeden Gewebetyp eine Vielzahl an Spektren erforderlich. Daher wurde zur Spektrenakkumulation das IR-mikrospektroskopische Imaging mittels Focal Plane Array Detektor (FPA) genutzt. Die Herausforderung liegt in der Datenanalyse. Der große Datenumfang macht die Anwendung multivariater Algorithmen notwendig. Angewendet wurden Clusteralgorithmen zur Spektrendifferenzierung und die SIMCA (Soft Independent Modelling of Class Analogies) zur Spektrenklassifizierung. Die Validierung der Ergebnisse erfolgt über die histologische Untersuchung der nach der spektroskopischen Messung gefärbten Gewebedünnschnitte. Die genaue Vorgehensweise bei der Auswertung wird in dieser Arbeit anhand humaner Gewebeproben dargestellt. Die untersuchten Plattenepithelkarzinome und Adenokarzinome gehören zu den epithelialen Tumoren, die oralen bzw. zervikalen Ursprungs sind. Die Übertragbarkeit der spektralen Modelle wurde mit Gewebeproben mehrerer Patienten innerhalb einer und zwischen verschiedenen Tumorarten untersucht. Das ist ein erster Schritt zum Einsatz spektroskopischer Methoden in der medizinischen Forschung und Diagnostik.
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Meeting at the Membrane – Confined Water at Cationic Lipids & Neuronal Growth on Fluid Lipid Bilayers: Meeting at the Membrane – Confined Water at Cationic Lipids &Neuronal Growth on Fluid Lipid Bilayers

Woiterski, Lydia 05 December 2013 (has links)
Die Zellmembran dient der Zelle nicht nur als äußere Hülle, sondern ist auch an einer Vielzahl von lebenswichtigen Prozessen wie Signaltransduktion oder Zelladhäsion beteiligt. Wasser als integraler Bestandteil von Zellen und der extrazellulären Matrix hat sowohl einen großen Einfluss auf die Struktur von Biomolekülen, als auch selbst besondere Merkmale in eingschränkter Geometrie. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wurden zwei Effekte an Modellmembranen untersucht: Erstens der Einfluss des Gegenions an kationischen Lipiden (DODAX, X = F, Cl, Br, I) auf die Eigenschaften des Grenzflächenwassers und zweitens das Vermögen durch Viskositätsänderungen das Wachstum von Nervenzellen anzuregen sowie die einzelnen Stadien der Bildung von neuronalen Netzwerken und deren Optimierung zu charakterisieren. Lipidmultischichten und darin adsorbiertes Grenzflächenwasser wurden mittels Infrarotspektroskopie mit abgeschwächter Totalreflexion untersucht. Nach Charakterisierung von Phasenverhalten und Wasserkapazität der Lipide wurden die Eigenschaften des Wassers durch kontrollierte Hydratisierung bei einem Wassergehalt von einem Wassermolekül pro Lipid verglichen. Durch die geringe Wasserkapazität können in diesem besonderen System direkte Wechselwirkungen zwischen Lipiden und Wasser aus der ersten Hydratationsschale beobachtet werden. Bemerkenswert strukturierte OH-Streckschwingungsbanden in Abhängigkeit des Anions und niedrige IR-Ordnungsparameter zeigen, dass stark geordnete, in ihrer Mobilität eingeschränkte Wassermoleküle an DODAX in verschiedenen Populationen mit unterschiedlich starken Wasserstoffbrückenbindungen existieren und sich vermutlich in kleinen Clustern anordnen. Die zweite Fragestellung hatte zum Ziel, das Wachstum von Nervenzellen auf Membranen zu beleuchten. Auf der Ebene einzelner Zellen wurde untersucht, ob sich in Analogie zu den bisher verwendeten elastischen Substraten, die Viskosität von Membranen als neuartiger physikalischer Stimulus dafür eignet, das mechanosensitive Verhalten von Neuronen zu modulieren. Das Wachstum der Neuronen wurde auf substrat- und polymergestützten Lipiddoppelschichten mittels Phasenkontrastmikroskopie beobachtet. Die Quantifizierung der Neuritenlängen, -auswuchsgeschwindigkeiten und -verzweigungen zeigten kaum signifikante Unterschiede. Diffusionsmessungen (FRAP) ergaben, dass entgegen der Erwartungen, die Substrate sehr ähnliche Fluiditäten aufweisen. Die Betrachtung der zeitlichen Entwicklung des kollektiven Neuronenwachstums, also der Bildung von komplexen Netzwerken, offenbarte robuste „Kleine-Welt“-Eigenschaften und darüber hinaus unterschiedliche Stadien. Diese wurden durch graphentheoretische Analyse beschrieben, um anhand typischer Größen wie dem Clusterkoeffizienten und der kürzesten Pfadlänge zu zeigen, wie sich die Neuronen in einem frühen Stadium vernetzen, im Verlauf eine maximale Komplexität erreichen und letztlich das Netzwerk durch effiziente Umstrukturierung hinsichtlich kurzer Pfadlängen optimiert wird.
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Interfacial studies of Pt and Cu single-crystal electrodes modified by transition metal deposition

Sarabia, Francisco J. 05 February 2021 (has links)
El conocimiento de las características interfaciales es de suma importancia para poder desarrollar materiales que sean capaces de dar lugar a reacciones electrocatalíticas eficientes. Por esta razón, en esta tesis se muestran diferentes estudios interfaciales sobre superficies monocristalinas de platino y cobre en diferentes electrolitos. Además se estudian las características de la interfase electrodoldisolución con superficies de platino modificadas con adátomos de hierro, cobalto y níquel. Para ello, se han empleado las técnicas de voltametría cíclica, espectroscopía infrarroja con transformada de Fourier, desplazamiento de carga con CO y salto de temperatura inducido por láser. Los resultados muestran cómo varía el campo eléctrico interfacial disminuye al aumentar el recubrimiento de hierro y níquel en la superficie de platino. Este efecto tiene un gran impacto en la reacción de evolución de hidrógeno, ya que la mejora electrocatalítica de esta reacción está relacionada con la energía de reorganización de las moléculas de agua, la cual, depende de la fortaleza del campo eléctrico interfacial. Los estudios realizados en medio alcalino para las diferentes superficies de cobre y platino sin modificar muestran una correlación entre el potencial de máxima entropía y las funciones de trabajo para cada una de las diferentes orientaciones atómicas superficiales. Por otro lado, debido a la aplicabilidad de las nanopartículas en los sistemas reales de conversión de energía, se realizaron experimentos de sincrotrón empleando la técnica de Bragg coherent difraction imaging con el objetivo de estudiar el deterioro de las nanopartículas en condiciones operando.

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