The homoaldol reaction is one of the most powerful methods for the construction of C–C bonds as well as 1,4-oxygenated compounds yet this reaction remains in challenging tasks due to the instability of homoenolates which spontaneously cyclize to the cyclopropanolate. A regioselective catalytic homoaldol equivalent reaction of 3-bromo vinyl acetate with aldehydes under Cr(III)-Mn(0) redox condition was developed. This homoaldol equivalent reaction allows access to the 1,4-oxygenated compounds that are not possible by a conventional aldol process. Mild hydrolysis of the vinyl acetate and reduction of the homoaldol adducts generated diols and lactols in high yield (99%). Further manipulation including stereoselective epoxidation and cyclopropanation was achieved in an efficient manner. Furans, found in many natural products and utilized in drug discovery, have been well studied but current synthetic methods toward furans have some limitations in functional group tolerance, substrate scope, and low product yield in many cases. A highly efficient and catalytic cycloisomerization reaction that transforms acetylenic α,β-epoxides to 2,3,5-tri-substituted furans under InCl3 catalysis was developed. This reaction sequence allows access to rapid construction of highly valuable, tri-substituted furan derivatives. Cross-coupling reactions utilizing transition metals and Lewis acids are important synthetic tools for the formation of C–C and C–N bonds and a number of cross-coupling reactions between α-bromo carbonyl compounds and metal reagents such as aryl metals, alkenyl metals, and alkyl metals have been reported. Transition metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction for the construction of α-alkynyl carbonyl compounds has reported in a limited case. The first approach to secondary α-alkynyl carbonyl compounds from secondary α-bromo esters and amides with tributyl(phenylethynyl)stannane under palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction conditions was developed. This synthetic method allows access to secondary α-alkynyl carbonyl compounds which are valuable precursors in pharmaceuticals and agricultural applications.

Polymer/inorganic nanoparticle hybrid thin films, primarily composed of functional inorganic nanoparticles, are of great interest to researchers because of their interesting electronic, photonic, and optical properties. In the past two decades, layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly has become one of the most powerful techniques to fabricate such hybrid thin films. This method offers an easy, inexpensive, versatile, and robust fabrication technique for multilayer formation, with precisely controllable nanostructure and tunable properties. In this thesis, various ways to control the structure of hybrid thin films, primarily composed of polyelectrolytes and indium tin oxide (ITO), are the main topics of study. ITO is one of the most widely used conductive transparent oxides (TCOs) for applications such as flat panel displays, photovoltaic cells, and functional windows. In this work, polyethyleneimine (PEI) was used to stabilize the ITO suspensions and improve the film buildup rate during the LbL assembly of poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) (PSS) and ITO. The growth rate was doubled due to the stronger interaction forces between the PSS and PEI-modified ITO layer. The assembly of hybrid films was often initiated by a polyelectrolyte precursor layer, and the characteristics of the precursor layer were found to significantly affect the assembly of the hybrid thin films. The LbL assembly of ITO nanoparticles was realized on several substrates, including cellulose fibers, write-on transparencies, silicon wafers, quartz crystals, and glasses. By coating the cellulose fibers with ITO nanoparticles, a new type of conductive paper was manufactured. By LbL assembly of ITO on write-on transparencies, transparent conductive thin films with conductivity of 10⁻⁴ S/cm and transparency of over 80 % in the visible range were also prepared. As a result of this work on the mechanisms and applications of LbL grown films, the understanding of the LbL assembly of polyelectrolytes and inorganic nanoparticles was significantly extended. In addition to working with ITO nanoparticles, this thesis also demonstrated the ability to grow bicomponent [PEI/SiO₂]n thin films. It was further demonstrated that under the right pH conditions, these films can be grown exponentially (e-LbL), resulting in much thicker films, consisting of mostly the inorganic nanoparticles, in much fewer assembly steps than traditional linearly grown films (l-LbL). These results open the door to new research opportunities for achieving structured nanoparticle thin films, whose functionality depends primarily on the properties of the nanoparticles.

<p>Photonic crystals (PhCs) are structures periodic in thedielectric constant. They exhibit a photonic bandgap, i.e., arange of wavelengths for which light propagation is forbidden.Engineering of defects in the PhC lattice offers new ways toconfine and guide light. PhCs have been manufactured usingsemiconductors and other material technologies. This thesisfocuses on two-dimensional PhCs etched in InP-based materials.Only recently, such structures were identified as promisingcandidates for the realization of novel and advanced functionsfor optical communication applications.</p><p>The primary focus was on fabrication and characterization ofPhC structures in the InP/GaInAsP/InP material system. Thedemands on fabrication are very high: holes as small as100-300nm in diameter have to be etched at least as deep as 2µm. Thus, different etch processes had to be explored andspecifically developed for InP. We have implemented an etchingprocess based on Ar/Cl₂chemically assisted ion beam etching (CAIBE), thatrepresents the state of the art PhC etching in InP.</p><p>Different building blocks were manufactured using thisprocess. A transmission loss of 10dB/mm for a PhC waveguide, areflection of 96.5% for a 4-row mirror and a record qualityfactor of 310 for a 1D cavity were achieved for this materialsystem. With an etch depth of 4.5 µm, optical loss wasfound to be close to the intrinsic limit. PhC-based opticalfilters were demonstrated using (a) a Fabry-Pérot cavityinserted in a PhC waveguide and (b) a contra-directionalcoupler. Lag effect in CAIBE was utilized positively to realizehigh quality PhC taper sections. Using a PhC taper, a couplingefficiency of 70% was demonstrated from a standard ridgewaveguide to a single line defect PhC waveguide.</p><p>During the course of this work, InP membrane technology wasdeveloped and a Fabry-Pérot cavity with a quality factorof 3200 was demonstrated.</p><p><b>Keywords:</b>photonic crystals, photonic bandgap materials,indium phosphide, dry etching, chemically assisted ion beametching, reactive ion etching, electron beam lithography,photonic integrated circuits, optical waveguides, resonantcavities, optical filtering, finite difference time domain,plane wave expansion.</p>

Recently, researchers on nanoparticles and nanostructures has received a great deal of attention not only in the area of synthesis and characterization but also in their potential application in various high-technological applications. Nanomaterials are widely used not only for environmental and biological applications but also for electronic and sensing applications. Among various classes of nanomaterials, the metal oxide nanostructures possess particular important because of their significant physical and chemical properties which allowed them to be used for the fabrication of highly efficient nanodevices. The metal oxide nanomaterials are widely used for catalysis, sensing, and electronic devices, and so on. Due to the high-efficient applications, researchers have developed several synthesis strategies to prepare metal oxide nanostructures with tailored geometry and utilize them for a variety of applications. However, it is still desirable to prepare metal oxide nanomaterials with environment-friendly precursors and processes with varied size and morphology for their effective utilization in specific applications. This thesis focuses on the synthesis, characterizations and specific applications of two undoped and doped metal oxide nanostructures, i.e. zinc oxide (ZnO) and iron oxide (α-Fe2O3). The thesis highlights the development of novel synthesis techniques/procedures which are rapid, consume less energy and time, and are less cumbersome, more economical, especially because of the low temperature process. The other aspect of the thesis is to use the as-synthesized nanomaterials for several important applications such as sensors, photovoltaic, and photocatalysis. The thesis is divided into several chapters. Chapter 1 starts with a brief introduction of the metal oxide nanostructures and their various synthetic methods. In addition to this, a short review on the targeted applications, i.e. sensing, photovoltaic and photocatalytic, of this thesis was also discussed in this chapter. Finally, the chapter describes the objective and importance of the thesis. Chapter 2 deals with the details of the synthesis and characterization techniques used in this thesis. Two specific techniques, i.e. hydrothermal and thermal evaporation, have been used for the synthesis of various undoped and doped nanomaterials explored in this thesis. The synthesized nanomaterials were examined by variety of techniques in terms of the morphological, structural, optical, compositional and electrical properties. Moreover the prepared nanomaterials together were used for various applications such as sensing, photovoltaic and photocatalytic applications. In a word, this chapter provides all the detailed procedures for the synthesis, characterizations and applications of targeted nanomaterials in this thesis. Chapter 3 describes the main results and discussion of the thesis. This chapter is divided into several sections and each section describes the synthesis, detailed characterizations and particular application of a single metal oxide nanomaterial. Section 1 describes the growth, characterization and ammonia chemical sensing applications of well-crystalline ZnO nanopencils grown via facile and simple hydrothermal process using commonly used laboratory chemicals. Importantly, the fabricated ammonia chemical sensor exhibited ultra-high sensitivity. Section 2 demonstrates the use of ZnO balls made of intermingled nanocrystalline nanosheets for photovoltaic device application. Successful growth, characterizations and phenyl hydrazine chemical sensing applications based on Ag-doped ZnO nanoflowers was demonstrated in section 3 of this chapter. Section 4 describes the Ce-doped ZnO nanorods for the detection of hazardous chemical; hydroquinone. Section 5 exemplifies the facile growth and detailed structural and optical characterizations of In-Doped ZnO hollow spheres composed of nanosheets networks and nanocones. Finally, section 6 illustrates the utilization of α-Fe2O3 hexagonal nanoparticles for environmental remediation and smart sensor applications. Moreover the synthesized α-Fe2O3 hexagonal nanoparticles were characterized in detail in terms of their morphological, structural, compositional and optical properties. Chapter 4 briefly highlights the overall conclusion and an outlook for further investigations suggested by the work undertaken here for this thesis. / Τα τελευταία χρόνια τα νανοσωματίδια και οι νανοδομές έχουν προσελκύσει μεγάλο ερευνητικό ενδιαφέρον λόγω των σημαντικών δυνατοτήτων που προσφέρουν για εφαρμογές υψηλής τεχνολογίας. Τα νανοϋλικά χρησιμοποιούντα ευρέως τόσο για περιβαλλοντικές και βιολογικές εφαρμογές όσο και για εφαρμογές στην ηλεκτρονική και τους αισθητήρες. Μεταξύ των διάφορων κατηγοριών νανοϋλικών, οι νανοδομές μεταλλικών οξειδίων παρουσιάζουν ιδιαίτερο ενδιαφέρον λόγω των φυσικών και χημικών ιδιοτήτων τους, που τους επιτρέπουν να χρησιμοποιούνται για την κατασκευή νανοσυσκευών υψηλής απόδοσης, με χαρακτηριστικά πεδία εφαρμογών την κατάλυση, την ηλεκτρονική και τους αισθητήρες. Για τους σκοπούς αυτούς, έχει αναπτυχθεί πληθώρα μεθόδων για την σύνθεση και προετοιμασία νανοδομών μεταλλικών οξειδίων με επιθυμητές γεωμετρίες, ώστε να είναι κατάλληλα για διαφορετικές εφαρμογές. Παρόλα αυτά, εξακολουθεί να υπάρχει έντονο ενδιαφέρον για την παραγωγή τέτοιων υλικών σε διάφορα μεγέθη και μορφολογίες, με περιβαλλοντικά φιλικές μεθόδους, με απώτερο σκοπό την χρησιμοποίησή τους σε συγκεκριμένες εφαρμογές. Η παρούσα διατριβή εστιάζει στην σύνθεση, τον χαρακτηρισμό και τις εφαρμογές των νανοδομών δύο συγκεκριμένων μεταλλικών οξειδίων (ZnO και α-Fe2O3) με ή χωρίς προσμείξεις. Η διατριβή δίνει έμφαση σε νέες τεχνικές σύνθεσης, οι οποίες είναι γρήγορες, καταναλώνουν λιγότερη ενέργεια και είναι πιο οικονομικές κυρίως λόγω χαμηλότερης θερμοκρασίας επεξεργασίας. Οι δομές των νανοϋλικών που προκύπτουν, χρησιμοποιούνται σε διάφορες σημαντικές εφαρμογές, όπως είναι οι αισθητήρες, τα φωτοβολταϊκά και η φωτοκατάλυση. Η διατριβή χωρίζεται σε 4 κεφάλαια. Στο κεφάλαιο 1 δίνεται μία σύντομη εισαγωγή στις νανοδομές των μεταλλικών οξειδίων και τις διάφορες μεθόδους σύνθεσης. Παρουσιάζονται συνοπτικά τα είδη των εφαρμογών τα οποία θα αποτελέσουν αντικείμενο μελέτης και τέλος περιγράφονται οι αντικειμενικοί στόχοι και η σημασία της διατριβής. Το κεφάλαιο 2 πραγματεύεται λεπτομερώς τις τεχνικές σύνθεσης και χαρακτηρισμού που υιοθετούνται στο μεγαλύτερο μέρος της μελέτης. Συγκεκριμένα, για την σύνθεση των νανοϋλικών (με ή χωρίς προσμίξεις) χρησιμοποιούνται οι τεχνικές της υδροθερμικής και της θερμικής εξάχνωσης. Τα παραγόμενα νανοϋλικά μελετήθηκαν ως προς την σύνθεσή τους, καθώς επίσης και τις μορφολογικές, δομικές, οπτικές και ηλεκτρικές ιδιότητες. Στην συνέχεια, χρησιμοποιούνται για τα διάφορα είδη εφαρμογών που αναφέρθηκαν παραπάνω. Με άλλα λόγια, στο κεφάλαιο αυτό περιέχονται όλες οι λεπτομέρειες των διαδικασιών παραγωγής και των εφαρμογών. Το κεφάλαιο 3 περιλαμβάνει την παρουσίαση και συζήτηση των αποτελεσμάτων. Αποτελείται από διάφορες παραγράφους η κάθε μία εκ των οποίων περιγράφει την σύνθεση, τον χαρακτηρισμό και τις εφαρμογές ενός εκ των υλικών. Στην Παράγραφο 1 περιγράφονται η ανάπτυξη, ο χαρακτηρισμός των κρυσταλλικών ZnO νανομολυβδιών μέσω μίας απλής και εύκολης υδροθερμικής διαδικασίας, χρησιμοποιώντας συνηθισμένα εργαστηριακά υλικά, καθώς επίσης και η εφαρμογή τους ως χημικοί αισθητήρες αμμωνίας. Αξίζει να σημειωθεί ότι οι αισθητήρες που κατασκευάστηκαν επέδειξαν υπέρ-υψηλή ευαισθησία. Η παράγραφος 2 επιδεικνύει την χρήση ZnO σφαιρών που είναι κατασκευασμένες απο αναμιγμένα νανοκρυσταλλικά νανοφύλλα για φωτοβολταϊκές εφαρμογές. Η επιτυχής ανάπτυξη και χαρακτηρισμός ZnO νανολουλουδιών εμπλουτισμένα με Άργυρο καθώς επίσης και η χρήση τους σε εφαρμογές αισθητήρων φαινυλο-υδραζίνης παρουσιάζονται στην παράγραφο 3. Στην παράγραφο 4 περιγράφεται η χρήση ZnO νανοράβδων εμπλουτισμένων με Δημήτριο για την ανίχνευση της επικίνδυνης χημικής ουσίας υδροκινόνης. Στην Παράγραφο 5 παρουσιάζεται η ανάπτυξη και ο λεπτομερής δομικός και οπτικός χαρακτηρισμός κοίλων σφαιρών ZnO εμπλουτισμένων με Ίνδιο που αποτελούνται απο δίκτυα νανοφύλλων και νανοκώνους. Τέλος στην παράγραφο 6 περιγράφεται η χρήση εξαγωνικών νανοσωματιδίων α-Fe2O3 για περιβαλλοντική αποκατάσταση και εφαρμογές ευφυών αισθητήρων. Οι δομές αυτές χαρακτηρίστηκαν λεπτομερώς ως προς τη σύνθεση τις μορφολογικές, τις δομικές και τις οπτικές ιδιότητες. Στο κεφάλαιο 4 παρουσιάζονται τα συμπεράσματα της παρούσας διατριβής καθώς επίσης και προστάσεις για την περεταίρω διερεύνηση των υπό μελέτη συστημάτων.

Les méthodes d'imagerie médicale non invasives, comme la scintigraphie monophotonique (SPECT) ou la tomographie par émission de positons (PET), sont des outils précieux pour le développement et la validation de nouvelles molécules thérapeutiques. Cette approche nécessite la fixation d'une molécule émettrice d'un signal sur un traceur biologique, par exemple par marquage radioisotopique. Parmi les radionucléides largement utilisés en médecine nucléaire, des cations tels que 111In3+ pour la SPECT, 64Cu2+ et 68Ga3+ pour la PET ont été mis en œuvre ces dernières années. Afin de minimiser la distribution de l'élément radioactif par transmétallation ou par transchélation dans l'organisme, il est indispensable de piéger sélectivement le radiométal visé par des ligands adaptés qui forment des complexes stables et inertes vis-à-vis de la démétallation. De nombreux travaux impliquant des ligands polyazotés linéaires ou cycliques ont été entrepris, mais le choix des ligands a rarement été étayé par une caractérisation structurale, thermodynamique et cinétique complète de leurs propriétés de coordination. L'objet de nos travaux est l'étude physico-chimique de ligands modèles N fonctionnalisés en série tétraazamacrocyclique afin d'évaluer l'impact du remplacement d' un groupe acétate par une fonction acétamide lors de la conjugaison du macrocycle au vecteur biologique via un bras de coordination. Les constantes de formation des complexes avec les isotopes naturels du Cu2+, Ga3+ et In3+, ainsi qu'avec les cations métalliques biologiquement importants tels que le Mg2+, Ca2+, Fe3+ et Zn2+ ont été mesurées. Par la suite, nous nous sommes efforcés de synthétiser et d'isoler les complexes métalliques formés avec les ions ciblés (Cu2+, Ga3+, In3+) dans le but de les caractériser par différentes méthodes spectroscopiques (RMN, RPE, UV-visible, IR, MS-ESI) ainsi que par diffraction des rayons X. Par ailleurs, les potentiels redox des complexes de cuivre(II) ont été déterminés dans l'optique d'identifier ceux qui ne sont pas susceptibles d'être réduits par les réducteurs physiologiques.

Σκοπός της παρούσας εργασίας είναι αρχικά να μελετηθεί η επιφάνεια του οξειδίου ινδίου κασσιτέρου που έχει αποτεθεί σε υπόστρωμα ΡΕΤ και να γίνουν πάνω σε αυτήν χημικές επεξεργασίες αλλά και ιοντοβολή, ώστε να παρατηρηθούν τι επιδράσεις έχουν αυτές οι κατεργασίες στην επιφάνεια και ενδεχομένως στο έργο εξόδου. Οι κατεργασίες επιλέχθηκαν επειδή είναι γνωστή από την βιβλιογραφία η επίδρασής τους στο ΙΤΟ που όμως έχει αποτεθεί σε γυαλί, και η σύγκριση με τα δικά μας αποτελέσματα θα δώσει χρήσιμες πληροφορίες για τις διαφορές των δύο υλικών καθώς και αν οι κατεργασίες αυτές μπορούν να χρησιμοποιηθούν και αν είναι χρήσιμες για την αύξηση του έργου εξόδου του ΙΤΟ-ΡΕΤ. Επίσης, στη συνέχεια έγιναν αποθέσεις οργανικού ημιαγώγιμου υλικού (NiPc) πάνω στο υπόστρωμα ΙΤΟ-ΡΕΤ το οποίο είχε επεξεργαστεί χημικά, με σκοπό να προσδιοριστεί η ηλεκτρονική δομή της διεπιφάνειας του οργανικού και του υποστρώματος, ώστε να μελετηθεί η επίδραση του ΙΤΟ-ΡΕΤ στην συμπεριφορά της διεπιφάνειας και να διαπιστωθεί η πιθανή εφαρμογή τους σε ηλεκτρονικές διατάξεις. / The purpose of this thesis is to study the surface of indium tin oxide deposited on PET substrate after some chemical treatments and Argon Sputtering, in to order to investigate what effects these treatments have on the surface and possibly in the work function. The treatments were chosen because it is known from the literature the influence they have on the ITO, but which it has been deposited on glass, and a comparison of our results will provide useful information about differences between the two materials, and whether these treatments can be useful for increasing the work function of ITO-PET. Also, it was deposited organic semiconductor material (NiPc) onto the ITO-PET substrate that was chemically processed in order to determine the electronic structure at the interface of organic substrate and to study the effect of ITO-PET in the behavior of interface and to determine its possible application in electronic devices.

The popularity of III-nitride materials has taken up the semiconductor industry to newer applications because of their remarkable properties. In addition to having a direct and wide band gap of 3.4 eV, a very fascinating property of GaN is the band gap tuning from 0.7 to 6.2 eV by alloying with Al or In. The most common orientation to grow optoelectronic devices out of these materials are the polar c-plane which are strongly affected by the intrinsic spontaneous and piezoelectric polarization fields. Devices grown in no polar orientation such as (1 0 –1 0) m-plane or (1 1 –2 0) a-plane have no polarization in the growth direction and are receiving a lot of focus due to enhanced behaviour. The first part of this thesis deals with the development of non-polar epimGaN films of usable quality, on an m-plane sapphire by plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy. Growth conditions such as growth temperature and Ga/N flux ratio were tuned to obtain a reasonably good crystalline quality film. MSM photodetectors were fabricated from (1 0 -1 0) m-GaN, (1 1 -2 0) a-GaN and semipolar (1 1 -2 2) GaN films and were compared with the polar (0 0 0 2) c-GaN epilayer. Later part of the thesis investigated (1 0 -1 0) InN/ (1 0 -1 0) GaN heterostructures. Further, we could successfully grow single composition nonpolar a-plane InxGa1-xN epilayers on (1 1 -2 0) GaN / (1 -1 0 2) sapphire substrate. This thesis focuses on the growth and characterisation of nonpolar GaN, InxGa1-xN and InN by plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy and on their photodetection potential. Chapter 1 explains the motivation of this thesis work with an introduction to the III-nitride material and the choice of the substrate made. Polarization effect in the polar, nonpolar and semipolar oriented growth is discussed. Fabrication of semiconductor photodetectors and its principle is explained in details. Chapter 2 discusses the various experimental tools used for the growth and characterisation of the film. Molecular beam epitaxy technique is elaborately explained along with details of the calibration for the BEP of various effusion cells along with growth temperature at the substrate. Chapter 3 discusses the consequence of nitridation on bare m-sapphire substrate. Impact of nitridation step prior to the growth of GaN film over (1 0 -1 0) m-sapphire substrate was also studied. The films grown on the nitridated surface resulted in a nonpolar (1 0 -1 0) orientation while without nitridation caused a semipolar (1 1 -2 2) orientation. Room temperature photoluminescence study showed that nonpolar GaN films have higher value of compressive strain as compared to semipolar GaN films, which was further confirmed by room temperature Raman spectroscopy. The room temperature UV photodetection of both films was investigated by measuring the I-V characteristics under UV light illumination. UV photodetectors fabricated on nonpolar GaN showed better characteristics, including higher external quantum efficiency, compared to photodetectors fabricated on semipolar GaN. Chapter 4 focuses on the optimization and characterisation of nonpolar (1 0 -1 0) m-GaN on m-sapphire by molecular beam epitaxy. A brief introduction to the challenges in growing a pure single phase nonpolar (1 0 -1 0) GaN on (1 0 -1 0) sapphire without any other semipolar GaN growth is followed by our results achieving the same. Effect of the growth temperature and Ga/N ratio on the structural and optical properties of m-GaN epilayers was studied and the best condition was obtained for the growth temperature of 7600C and nitrogen flow of 1 sccm. Strain in the film was quantitatively measured using Raman spectroscopy and qualitatively analyzed by RSM. Au/ nonpolar GaN schottky diode was fabricated and temperature dependent I-V characteristics showed rectifying nature. Chapter 5 demonstrates the growth of (1 0 -1 0) m-InN / (1 0 -1 0) m-GaN / (1 0 -1 0) m-sapphire substrate. Nonpolar InN layer was grown at growth temperature ranging from 3900C to 440C to obtain a good quality film at 4000C. An in-plane relationship was established for the hetrostructures using phi-scan and a perfect alignment was found for the epilayers. RSM images on the asymmetric plane revealed highly strained layers. InN band gap was found to be around 0.8 eV from absorption spectra. The valance band offset value is calculated to be 0.93 eV for nonpolar m-plane InN/GaN heterojunctions. The heterojunctions form in the type-I straddling configuration with a conduction band offsets of 1.82 eV. Chapter 6 focuses on the optimization of nonpolar (1 1 -2 0) a-GaN on (1 -1 0 2) r-sapphire by molecular beam epitaxy. Effect of the growth temperature and Ga/N ratio on the structural and optical properties of a-GaN epilayers was studied and the best condition was obtained for the growth temperature of 7600C and nitrogen flow of 1 sccm. An in-plane orientation relationship is found to be [0 0 0 1] GaN || [-1 1 0 1] sapphire and [-1 1 0 0] GaN || [1 1 -2 0] sapphire for nonpolar GaN on r-sapphire substrate. Strain in the film was quantitatively measured using Raman spectroscopy and qualitatively analyzed by RSM. UV photo response of a-GaN film was measured after fabricating an MSM structure over the film with Au. EQE of the photodetectors fabricated in the (0 0 0 2) polar and (1 1 -2 0) nonpolar growth directions were compared in terms of responsively, nonpolar a-GaN showed the best sensitivity at the cost of comparatively slow response time. Chapter 7 demonstrates the growth of non-polar (1 1 -2 0) a-plane InGaN epilayers on a-plane (1 1 -2 0) GaN/ (1 -1 0 2) r-plane sapphire substrate using PAMBE. The high resolution X-ray diffraction (HRXRD) studies confirmed the orientation of the films and the compositions to be In0.19Ga0.81N, In0.21Ga0.79N and In0.23Ga0.77N. The compositions of the films were controlled by the growth parameters such as growth temperature and indium flux. Effect of variation of Indium composition on the strain of the epilayers was analyzed from the asymmetric RSM images. Further, we report the growth of self-assembled non-polar high indium clusters of In0.55Ga0.45N over non-polar (1 1 -2 0) a-plane In0.17Ga0.83N epilayer grown on a-plane (1 1 -2 0) GaN / (1 -1 0 2) r-plane sapphire substrate. The structure hence grown when investigated for photo-detecting properties, showed sensitivity to both infrared and ultraviolet radiations due to the different composition of InGaN region. Chapter 8 concludes with the summary of present investigations and the scope for future work.

Submitted by Pedro Silva Filho (pfsilva@ipen.br) on 2017-11-22T17:07:51Z No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2017-11-22T17:07:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Este trabalho tem como objetivo investigar a concentração de impurezas radioativas gama emissoras presentes nas soluções dos radiofármacos produzidos no Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares - IPEN em São Paulo. Para que este radiofármaco possa ser utilizado adequadamente, sua qualidade deve ser avaliada de acordo com os procedimentos estabelecidos de acordo com os \"Requisitos Gerais para a Competência de Laboratórios de Teste e Calibração\", ISO / IEC 17025: 2005 e pelas \"Boas Práticas de Fabricação\" (BPF), controladas pela ANVISA (Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária), no Brasil. Para determinar a atividade, dos radiofármacos das impurezas gama emissoras, foi utilizado um espectrômetro gama de alta resolução em duas distâncias fonte-detector; uma de 18 cm e outra de 1,7 cm. Para a distância de 18 cm, o espectrômetro HPGe foi calibrado com energias gama entre 81 kev e 1408 kev, medindo ampolas seladas de 60Co, 133Ba, 137Cs e 152Eu, padronizadas no Laboratório de Metrologia Nuclear (LMN) do IPEN. Para impurezas com baixas atividades, utilizou a distância fontedetector de 1,7 cm. A esta distância, o efeito soma em cascata é muito elevado, tornando difícil a medição das ampolas de calibração padrão, com isso, a curva de eficiência do espectrômetro foi obtida por um código de simulação de Monte Carlo, desenvolvido no IPEN. Neste código, todos os detalhes do sistema de detecção são modelados e as curvas de resposta para raios X e raios gama são calculadas pelo código de transporte de radiação MCNPX. Os espectros gama foram analisados pelo programa Alpino, que aplica o método de integração numérica da área sob os fotopicos de absorção total. Para as impurezas gama emissoras não detectadas visualmente, os limites de detecção foram calculados a partir da taxa de contagem de fundo, sob a área do pico de interesse. As soluções radioativas analisadas foram 67Ga,99Mo, 99mTc, 111In, 131I, 153Sm, 177Lu e 201Tl. Os resultados da relação entre a atividade do radionuclídeo em análise e as impurezas identificadas apresentaram acordo com os certificados de análise dos fabricantes, assim como, com as especificações da ANVISA. / Dissertação (Mestrado em Tecnologia Nuclear) / IPEN/D / Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares - IPEN-CNEN/SP

Submitted by Pedro Silva Filho (pfsilva@ipen.br) on 2017-11-22T17:28:55Z No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2017-11-22T17:28:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Neste trabalho os diferentes sistemas eletrocatalíticos PtIn/C, PtRu/C, PtRuIn/C e suas diferentes proporções mássicas foram sintetizados pelo método de redução por Borohidreto de Sódio, a fim de serem utilizados como ânodo na célula a combustível alcalina de metanol direto (DMFC). Os materiais obtidos foram caracterizados pelas técnicas de EDX, DRX e MET. O método de redução aplicado na síntese se mostrou efetivo, uma vez que as partículas apresentaram boa dispersão no suporte de carbono Vulcan XC72, de acordo com as analises de EDX e MET. Os resultados obtidos por DRX evidenciaram em todos os difratogramas apresentados a estrutura CFC da platina e um relativo deslocamento do pico equivalente ao plano (220) para valores maiores e menores que 2&theta;. O tamanho médio do cristalito e os parâmetros de rede calculados indicaram a inserção de átomos de Índio e Rutênio à estrutura da Platina, supondo a formação de ligas. A oxidação eletroquímica do metanol foi estudada por voltametria cíclica, cronoamperometria e curvas de polarização. Os experimentos eletroquímicos demonstraram que nos eletrocatalisadores binários com maior composição de Índio e Rutênio a eficiência catalítica frente a oxidação do combustível foi melhor e para os ternários, o eletrocatalisador que possuía maior composição de Rutênio se mostrou mais eficiente. Nos experimentos práticos em células a combustível, as curvas de polarização mostraram divergências de resultados com os obtidos por voltametria cíclica e cronoamperometria, justificadas por problemas de prensagem e descolamento de MEA\'s em sistemas que apresentaram maior quantidade de cocatalisador como Índio e Rutênio. / Dissertação (Mestrado em Tecnologia Nuclear) / IPEN/D / Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares - IPEN-CNEN/SP

Nas últimas décadas a medicina nuclear tornou-se uma grande aliada no auxílio ao diagnóstico de doenças e também para o tratamento do câncer. Parte deste sucesso está relacionada à constante pesquisa e desenvolvimento de novos radiofármacos. Uma classe de molécula que vem se mostrando promissora para o tratamento de tumores, tanto na sua forma orgânica quanto na forma de complexos organo-metálicos, é a tiossemicarbazona e seus derivados, os quais também podem formar complexos com radioisótopos metálicos dando origem a radiofármacos para diagnóstico e terapia. Neste trabalho foram preparados complexos com o ligante benzil-5-hidroxi-3-metil-5-fenil-4,5-diidro-1H-pirazol-1-carboditionato (H2bdtc) com os radioisótopos [99mTc]tecnécio, (67/68Ga)gálio e (111In)índio, e foram avaliados a pureza radioquímica, Log P e a estabilidade na presença de L-cisteína, L-histidina, soro albumina humana (SAH) e plasma de sangue humano; também foram avaliadas a taxa de captação dos radiofármacos in vitro em células de melanoma murino B16F10 e TM1M, além da avaliação da captação ex vivo e in vivo utilizando camundongos C57B/6 inoculados com as duas linhagens tumorais. Com o [99mT]tecnécio foram obtidos dois complexos diferentes, dependendo da concentração do PBS na solução, sendo que em um deles foi possível confirmar sua estrutura como [[99mTc]O(bdtc)(Hbdtc)] a partir do complexo de rênio [ReO(bdtc)(Hbdtc)], o outro complexo de [99mTc]tecnécio, bem como de (67/68Ga)gálio e (111In)índio não tiveram a estrutura caracterizada. A eficiência de marcação dos complexos foi superior a 90 %, com Log P maior que 1 para os complexos [[99mTc]O(bdtc)(Hbdtc)], [[99mTc]-bdtc] e [67/68Ga-bdtc] e 0,9 para [111In-bdtc]. Todos os complexos se mostraram com boa estabilidade na presença de L-cisteína e L-histidina, principalmente na primeira hora de incubação, mas não o foram na presença de SAH e plasma. A captação in vitro dos complexos em células B16F10 e TM1M variou entre 0,6 % e 1,8 %, e nos estudos de biodistribuição ex vivo foi obesrvada intensa e persistente captação hepática e no baço, superando 90 %, e captação no tumor variando de 0,2 % a 3 %, enquanto que nas imagens in vivo não foi possível observar de forma uma adequada captação nos tumores a ponto de permitir o uso como agente de diagnóstico. Os resultados permitem concluir que os complexos de derivados tiossemicarbazonas podem formar complexos com diferentes metais, mas novos derivados devem ser preparados para tentar melhorar o desempenho nos sistemas biológicos. Os experimentos com animais foram aprovados pela Comissão de Ética em Pesquisa da Faculdade de Medicina - USP, processo 372/12 / In recent decades, nuclear medicine has been used as diagnostic agent for disease and for the treatment of cancer. Part of this success is related to the constant research and development of new radiopharmaceuticals. Thiosemicarbazone and their derivatives have proven to be promising agent for the treatment of tumors, both in its organic form or as organo-metallic complexes. Also, they can to form complexes with metal radioisotopes giving radiopharmaceuticals for diagnosis and therapy. In this work we prepared complex of benzyl-5-hydroxy-3-methyl-5-phenyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-1-carboditionato (H2bdtc) with radioisotopes [99mTc]technetium (67/68Ga)gallium and (111In)indium and the radiochemical purity, Log P and stability in the presence of L-cysteine, L-histidine, human serum albumin (HSA) and human blood plasma were assessed; also were assessed the in vitro uptake rate of radiopharmaceuticals in murine melanoma cells B16F10 and TM1M, besides the evaluation of ex vivo uptake and in vivo using C57Bl/6 mice inoculated with both tumor lines. With [99mT] technetium two different complexes were obtained, depending on the concentration of the PBS in the solution, and one of them was had its structure to confirm as [[99mTc]O(bdtc)(Hbdtc)] from the standard rhenium complex [ReO(bdtc)(Hbdtc)], the other [99mTc] echnetium complex as well as (67/68Ga)gallium and (111In)indium not have characterized the structure. The labeling efficiency of compleos was higher than 90%, with log P higher than 1 for the complexes [[99mTc]O(bdtc)(Hbdtc)], [[99mTc]-bdtc] and [(67/68Ga)-bdtc] and 0.9 to [111In-bdtc]. All the complexes showed good stability in the presence of L-cysteine and L-histidine, especially in the first hour of incubation, but not in the presence of HSA and plasma. The uptake in vitro complexes in B16F10 and TM1M cells varied between 0.6% and 1.8%, and in ex vivo biodistribution studies was obesrvada intense and persistent liver uptake and spleen, exceeding 90%, and tumor uptake in changing from 0.2% to 3%, while in vivo imaging was not possible to observe a properly uptake in tumors, not allowing to use these molecules as a diagnostic agent. The results indicate that the thiosemicarbazone derivative complex can give complexes with different metals, but new derivatives should be prepared to try to improve performance in biological systems. The animal experimentation was approved by Comissão de Ética em Pesquisa da Faculdade de Medicina - USP, proccess 372/12