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Les émulsions eau/eau (W/W) ont suscité un grand intérêt en raison de leur potentiel d'application dans différentes industries telles que l'agroalimentaire, les produits pharmaceutiques, les cosmétiques et les soins personnels. Le caractère particulier des émulsions W/W est leur stabilisation par ajout de particules. L’objectif de ce travail de thèse est de comprendre cet aspect en étudiant une émulsion modèle W/W à base de dextran et du poly(oxyde d'éthylène) stabilisée par des particules à base de protéines du lactosérum. Dans un premier temps, nous avons étudié l'effet de la morphologie des particules protéiques et leur partitionnement sur la stabilité des émulsions W/W. En particulier, la stabilité s’est révélée dépendre de la structure des particules quand ses derniers étaient sous forme de microgels, d’agrégats fractals ou de fibrilles. Il a été montré que la stabilité s'améliorait lorsque les particules se localiser préférentiellement dans la phase continue. Deuxièmement, nous avons étudié la gélification, des microgels et des agrégats fractals, induite en réduisant le pH entre 6,5 et 3,5 ou en ajoutant 0,3 M NaCl à pH 7,0 aussi bien quand l’excès des particules se situe dans la phase continue ou dispersée. Dans le premier cas, un réseau se formé dans la phase continue de dextran, permettant d’inhiber le crémage des gouttelettes de PEO, les agrégats fractals étant plus efficaces que les microgels. Dans le second cas, des particules protéiques denses pourraient être formées par gélification des gouttelettes de dextran dispersées. Finalement, nous avons exploré l'adsorption des protéines natives sur les particules de latex et leur capacité à stabiliser les émulsions. / Water/water (W/W) emulsions have attracted great interest recently due to their high potential for applications in different industries such as food and beverages, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and personal care. An important issue is the stabilization of W/W emulsions by adding particles. The aim of the research for this thesis was to shed light on this issue by studying a model W/W emulsion formed by mixing dextran and poly(ethylene oxide) with particles based on whey proteins. Firstly, we studied the effect of the morphology of protein particles and their partitioning on the stability of W/W emulsions. The stability was different when microgels, fractal aggregates or fibrils were added. We showed that stability improved when the particles partitioned to the continuous phase. Secondly, we investigated gelation of the fractal aggregates and microgels induced by reducing the pH between 6.5 and 3.5 or by adding 0.3M NaCl at pH 7.0 with excess particles either in the continuous or he dispersed phase. In the first case, a network was formed in the continuous dextran phase, making it possible to arrest creaming of PEO droplets, fractal aggregates being more effective than microgels. In the second case, dense protein particles could be formed by gelation of the dispersed dextran droplets. Thirdly, we explored the effect of adsorbing native proteins unto latex particles on their capacity to stabilize W/W emulsions.

Orientador: Rodrigo Braga Moruzzi / Resumo: Água de qualidade, livre de poluentes e patógenos é um recurso humano necessário e valioso. As contaminações por fontes naturais e antrópicas podem ameaçar a qualidade desses cursos d’água, fazendo-se necessário um tratamento prévio antes de ser disponibilizada para abastecimento púbico. Com objetivo de eliminação de contaminantes e impurezas diversos processos e operações de tratamento físico/químico são utilizados, como a coagulação, a floculação, e processos de separação sólido/líquido. Para a avaliação do padrão de qualidade final da água pós tratamento são necessários índices de monitoramento, que podem ser obtidos através métodos diretos e/ou indiretos. Os métodos diretos de características físicas e morfológicas tem ganhado cada vez mais atenção entre os estudos da área. Seus parâmetros, como tamanho das partículas e estrutura de fractal têm sido um novo recurso para a temática floculação. Buscando maior entendimento sobre os principais fatores que contribuem para a separação dos agregados de fractal, e consequentemente melhor eficiência de remoção, o presente estudo teve como objetivo investigar o desempenho da Sedimentação Gravitacional e da Flotação por Ar Dissolvido, e suas relações com as características físicas das partículas floculentas a partir da análise das principais variáveis que interferiram nos processos. Para tal, foram investigadas em escala de laboratório quatro diferentes águas preparadas com ácido húmico, caulinita e coaguladas com Sulfato de Alumíni... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Quality water, without pollutants and pathogens is a necessary and valuable human resource. Contamination of natural and anthropogenic sources can affect the quality of these watercourses, requiring primary treatment before being available for public supply. In order to eliminate contaminants and impurities several processes and physical/chemical treatment operations such as, coagulation, flocculation, and solid/liquid separation are used. For the evaluation of the final quality of the water, monitoring indices are necessary, which can be obtained through direct or indirect methods. The direct methods of physical and morphological characteristics have increased attention in this area studies. Parameters such as particle size and fractal structure has been a new feature for flocculation thematic. The aim of this study was investigate the performance of Gravitational Sedimentation and Dissolved Air Flotation and their relationship to the particle’s physical characteristics particles from the analysis of the main variables that interfered in the processes. For this purpose, four different types of water prepared with humic acid, kaolin solution and coagulated with Aluminum Sulphate and Ferric Chloride were investigated in laboratory scale. The flocculation process was monitored by digital image analysis in order to obtain variables that help to determine the particle’s physical characteristics such as the Particle Size Distribution (DTP) and its representative β parameter as wel... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

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Les particules de suie, issues de la combustion incomplète, peuvent, en fonction des conditions de combustion, contenir une part plus ou moins importante de composés organiques (OC/TC). Par ailleurs, dès lors que ces nanoparticules sont émises dans l'atmosphère, des composés organiques volatiles peuvent s'adsorber, formant une gangue autour de ces agrégats fractals. L'impact de cette composition initiale ou de ce « vieillissement atmosphérique » sur les propriétés morphologiques et radiatives de ces particules n'est pas bien connu. Ceci a un impact sur les modèles radiatifs climatiques mais aussi sur l'interprétation des signaux délivrés par les différents diagnostics optiques pouvant être utilisés pour la métrologie des aérosols. En particulier, ce travail vise à juger de la pertinence de l'usage de diagnostics optiques pour caractériser les particules de suie en conditions atmosphériques. Afin d'étudier l'impact des composés organiques initialement présents dans la particule ou adsorbés en post-combustion sur leurs propriétés radiatives, nous avons étudié en laboratoire des suies produites par une flamme de diffusion (miniCAST) pour différentes richesses globales et avons ajouté un revêtement organique d'acide. Dans le but de générer en laboratoire une couche d'acide oléique sur des particules de référence, un dispositif de « coating » a été mis en œuvre et qualifié. Les particules ainsi générées et recouvertes ou non, ont été caractérisées en masse (mesures TEOM), en taille (mesures SMPS) et morphologiquement (densité effective). L'épaisseur de coating ainsi que la restructuration morphologique causée par l'ajout d'une gangue de matière organique ont ainsi été quantifiées. Les propriétés radiatives, ont été mesurées par extinction spectrale (Turbidimétrie) et diffusion (diffusion angulaire et spectrale). Un effort particulier a été mené pour que des mesures expérimentales puissent valider des résultats de calculs numériques préexistants. Par ailleurs, ces différentes techniques de mesures (optiques et non optique) ont conduit à la généralisation de la théorie Rayleigh Debye Gans for Fractal Aggregates (RDG-FA) à des particules de type agrégats fractals polydispersés recouverts d'un revêtement organique (RDG-CFA). Ceci permettant d'appréhender de façon phénoménologique l'impact du coating sur les propriétés radiatives et d'entrevoir une implantation plus aisée dans les codes de simulation climatique ou pour l'interprétation des mesures optiques dans l'atmosphère. Enfin, une attention particulière a été portée sur la technique d'incandescence induite par laser (LII) afin d'étudier la faisabilité de l'application de cette technique aux particules organiques ou ayant interagi avec les composés atmosphériques au cours de leur vieillissement. / Soot particles resulting from incomplete combustion may contain a more or less important part of organic compounds (OC / TC), depending on the combustion conditions. Moreover, once these nanoparticles are emitted into the atmosphere, volatile organic compounds can adsorb, forming a coating around these fractal aggregates. The impact of the initial composition or the atmospheric aging on the morphological and radiative properties of these particles is not well known. This has an impact on the radiative climate models but also on the interpretation of the signais delivered by the different optical diagnostics that can be used for aerosol metrology. In particular, this work aims to evaluate the relevance of the use of optical diagnostics to characterize soot particles in atmospheric conditions. In order to study the impact of organic compounds initially present in the particle or adsorbed in post-combustion on their radiative properties, we have studied soot produced by a diffusion flame (miniCAST) for different global richnesses and added an organic acid coating. In order to produce an oleic acid layer on reference particles, a coating device has been implemented and qualified. Particles thus generated, coated or not, were characterized in mass (TEOM measurements), in size (SMPS measurements) and morphologically (effective density). The coating thickness as well as the morphological restructuring caused by the addition of an organic coating was thus quantified. The radiative properties were measured by spectrally resolved light extinction and scattering (angular and spectrally resolved). A special effort was made to allow experimental measurements to validate pre-existing numerical results. Moreover, these different measurement techniques (optical and non-optical) have led to the generalization of the Rayleigh Debye Gans for Fractal Aggregates (RDG-FA) theory to particles of the polydispersed fractal aggregate type coated with an organic layer (RDG-CFA). This allows to understand phenomenologically the impact of a coating on the radiative properties and to permit an easier implementation in climate simulation codes or for the interpretation of optical measurements in the atmosphere. Finally, special attention was paid to the laser induced incandescence technique (LII), to study the applicability of this technique to organic particles or having interacted with atmospheric compounds during their aging processes.

Superaggregates are clusters formed by diverse aggregation mechanisms at different scales. They can be found in fluidized nanoparticles and soot formation. An aggregate, with a single aggregation mechanism, can be described by the fractal dimension, df , which is the measure of the distribution and configuration of primary particles into the aggregates. Similarly, a su-peraggregate can be analyzed by the different fractal dimensions that are found at each scale. In a fractal structure aggregate, a self-similarity can be identified at different scales and it has a power law relation between the mass and aggregate size, which can be related to properties like density or light scattering. The fractal dimension, df , can be influenced by aggregation mechanism, particles concentration, temperature, residence time, among other variables. More-over, this parameter can help on the estimation of aggregates’ properties which can help on the design of new processes, analyze health issues and characterize new materials.A multi-dimensional soot aggregate was simulated with the following approach. The first aggregation stage was modeled with a Diffusion Limited cluster-cluster aggregation (DLCA) mechanism, where primary clusters with a fractal dimension, df1, close to 1.44 were obtained. Then, the second aggregation stage was specified by Ballistic Aggregation (BA) mechanism, where the primary clusters generated in the first stage were used to form a superaggregate. All the models were validated with reported data on different experiments and computer models. Using the Ballistic Aggregation (BA) model with primary particles as the building blocks, the fractal dimension, df2, was close to 2.0, which is the expected value reported by literature. However, a decrease on this parameter is appreciated using primary clusters, from a DLCA model, as the building blocks because there is a less compact distribution of primary particles in the superaggregate’s structure.On the second aggregation stage, the fractal dimension, df2, increases when the superaggre-gate size increases, showing an asymptotic behavior to 2.0, which will be developed at higher scales. Partial reorganization was implemented in the Ballistic Aggregation (BA) mechanism where two contact points between primary clusters were achieved for stabilization purposes. This implementation showed a faster increase on the fractal dimension, df2, than without par-tial reorganization. This behavior is the result of a more packed distribution of primary clusters in a short range scales, but it does not affect the scaling behavior of multi-dimensional fractal structures. Moreover, the same results were obtained with different scenarios where the building block sizes were in the range from 200 to 300 and 700 to 800 primary particles.The obtained results demonstrate the importance of fractal dimension, df , for aggregate characterization. This parameter is powerful, universal and accurate since the identification of the different aggregation stages in the superaggregate can increase the accuracy of the estimation of properties, which is crucial in physics and process modeling.

Ce travail de thèse de doctorat propose et évalue différentes solutions pour caractériser, avec des outils optiques et électromagnétiques non intrusifs, les nanoparticules et agrégats observés dans différents systèmes physiques : suspensions colloïdales, aérosols et plasma poussiéreux. Deux types de modèles sont utilisés pour décrire la morphologie d'agrégats fractals (p. ex. : suies issues de la combustion) et agrégats compacts (qualifiés de « Buckyballs » et observés dans des aérosols produits par séchage de nano suspensions). Nous utilisons différentes théories et modèles électromagnétiques (T-Matrice et approximations du type dipôles discrets) pour calculer les diagrammes de diffusion (ou facteur de structure optique) de ces agrégats, de même que leurs spectres d'extinction sur une large gamme spectrale. Ceci, dans le but d'inverser différentes données expérimentales. Différents outils numériques originaux ont également été mis au point pour parvenir à une analyse morphologique quantitative de clichés obtenus par microscopie électronique. La validation expérimentale des outils théoriques et numériques développés au cours de ce travail est focalisée sur la spectrométrie d'extinction appliquée à des nano agrégats de silice, tungstène et silicium. / This Ph.D. work provides and evaluates various solutions to characterize, with optical/electromagnetic methods nanoparticles and aggregates of nanoparticles found in suspensions, aerosols and dusty plasmas. Two main models are introduced to describe the morphology of particle aggregates with fractal-like (for particles in plasmas and combustion systems) and Buckyballs-like (aerosols, suspensions) shapes. In addition, the author proposes various solutions and methods (T-Matrix, Rayleigh type approximations) to calculate the scattering diagrams (optical structure factors) of fractal aggregates as well as algorithms to inverse extinction spectra. As a reference case for the performed analysis, several tools to describe the morphology of fractal aggregates from electron microscopy images have been also developed. The experimental validation carried out with the Light Extinction Spectrometry (LES) technique (for nano silica beads, tungsten, dusty plasma and silicon aggregates) clearly proves the validity of the algorithms developed as well as the potential of the LES technique.

Le but de ce travail est de déterminer par méthodes optiques la distribution de taille (pdf) des nanoparticules de suie, agrégats de morphologie fractale. Après des études préliminaires qui utilisent DDSCAT pour valider la théorie RDG-FA et permettent de convertir un rayon de giration en rayon de mobilité, deux diagnostics optiques sont étudiés. Le premier consiste à exploiter une mesure d'extinction spectrale de la lumière. Nous montrons que pour exploiter ce signal, il faut connaître les propriétés optiques des suies, leur préfacteur et dimension fractale, la loi de distribution et le diamètre des sphérules primaires. Le second diagnostic tire parti de la mesure angulaire de la diffusion de la lumière. Nous montrons qu'il est possible de déterminer la pdf à l'aide de la mesure de diffusion à trois angles. Il faut supposer la loi de distribution et la dimension fractale. Cette deuxième approche, in-situ, est plus appropriée que la première pour déterminer optiquement la pdf des suies. / The objective of this thesis is to determine by optical methods the soot size distribution. Soot are fractal-like morphology nanoparticles aggregates. After preliminary studies which used DDSCAT to validate the RDG-FA theory and allow converting gyration radius to mobility radius, two optical approaches are considered. The first one is based on a measure of spectral light extinction by soot. To exploit this signal, the knowledge of soot optical properties, fractal prefactor, type of law distribution, fractal dimension and primary spheres diameters are needed. The second one exploits the measure of angular scattering by particles. It is possible to determine the size distribution by using scattering measurement at only three angles. However, it's necessary to assume the type of law distribution and the fractal dimension. This second approach is more appropriate than the first one to determine optically the size distribution of soot and hold the interest to be in-situ.