Visando compreender os fluxos na fase líquida do crescimento de silício pelo método Czochralski, é feita a Simulação Numérica do silício fundido, resolvendo-se as equações que governam o fenômeno da convecção forçada no fluido: Balanço de Quantidade de Movimento e Balanço de Massa. A técnica numérica escolhida é a de Elementos Finitos, onde é utilizada a formulação de Galerkin, com aproximações quadráticas nas componentes da velocidade e linear na pressão. A partir de várias combinações de rotações cadinho-cristal, os perfis de velocidade obtidos são analisados com relação aos efeitos de incorporação de impurezas e/ou dopantes no cristal em crescimento. / In order to visualise the flow conditions during crystal growth of Silicon by the Czochralski technique, a numerical simulation is done. It is used the Finite Element Method with the Galerkin Formulation , and with quadratic approximations on the components of the velocity and linear approximations on the pressure. Many combinations of crystal and crucible rotations are analised and discussed considering optimal growth conditions.

I advanced the understanding of particle morphology and its implications for the behavior and effects of atmospheric aerosol particles. I have developed new experimental methods for the Aerosol Optical Tweezers (AOT) system and expanded the AOT’s application into studying realistic secondary organic aerosol (SOA) particle phases. The AOT is a highly accurate system developed to study individual particles in real-time for prolonged periods of time. While previous AOT studies have focused on binary or ternary chemical systems, I have investigated complex SOA, and how they interact with other chemical phases, and the surrounding gas-phase. This work has led to new insights into liquid-liquid phase separation and the resulting particle morphology, the surface tension, solubility, and volatility of SOA, and diffusion coefficients of SOA phases. I designed a new aerosol optical tweezers chamber for delivering a uniformly mixed aerosol flow to the trapped droplet’s position. I used this chamber to determine the phase-separation morphology and resulting properties of complex mixed droplets. A series of experiments using simple compounds are presented to establish my ability to use the cavity enhanced Raman spectra to distinguish between homogenous single-phase, and phase-separated core-shell or partially-engulfed morphologies. I have developed a new algorithm for the analysis of whispering gallery modes (WGMs) present in the cavity enhanced Raman spectra retrieved from droplets trapped in the AOT. My algorithm improves the computational scaling when analyzing core-shell droplets (i.e. phase-separated or biphasic droplets) in the AOT, making it computationally practical to analyze spectra collected over many hours at a few Hz. I then demonstrate for the first time the capture and analysis of SOA on a droplet suspended in an AOT. I examined three initial chemical systems of aqueous NaCl, aqueous glycerol, and squalane at ~ 75% relative humidity. For each system I added α-pinene SOA – generated directly in the AOT chamber – to the trapped droplet. The resulting morphology was always observed to be a core of the initial droplet surrounded by a shell of the added SOA. By combining my AOT observations of particle morphology with results from SOA smog chamber experiments, I conclude that the α-pinene SOA shell creates no major diffusion limitations for water, glycerol, and squalane under humid conditions. My AOT experiments highlight the prominence of phase-separated core-shell morphologies for secondary organic aerosols interacting with a range of other chemical phases. The unique analytical capabilities of the aerosol optical tweezers provide a new approach for advancing the understanding of the chemical and physical evolution of complex atmospheric particulate matter, and the important environmental impacts of aerosols on atmospheric chemistry, air quality, human health, and climate change.

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O comportamento dos materiais cerâmicos quanto à resistência ao choque térmico é um tema de grande interesse, devido às aplicações em que a confiabilidade frente a variações bruscas de temperatura é necessária. Neste trabalho foi estudado como a variação na proporção dos aditivos Y2O3:Al2O3 e diferentes parâmetros no processamento do carbeto de silício sinterizado via fase líquida como, tipo e temperatura de sinterização, podem influenciar na resistência ao choque térmico deste material. As misturas foram preparadas com 90%SiC+10%Y2O3:Al2O3 em mol, variando as proporções molares dos óxidos entre 2:1 e 1:4, com e sem prévia reação dos aditivos. As misturas foram compactadas e sinterizadas em forno resistivo de grafite nas temperaturas de 1750°C, 1850°C e 1950°C e, por prensagem a quente, a 1750°C e 1850°C, sendo avaliadas quanto à densificação. Após análise dos resultados preliminares, a sinterização sem pressão e as misturas com proporções 1:3 e 1:4 de Y2O3:Al2O3 previamente reagidos foram selecionadas para o estudo da resistência ao choque térmico. Os ciclos térmicos foram realizados com aquecimento em temperaturas de 600°C, 750°C e 900°C e resfriamento brusco em água em temperatura ambiente. A avaliação das amostras quanto à resistência ao choque térmico, feita por meio da determinação de módulo de elasticidade, porosidade, resistência à flexão e por análise microestrutural de trincas. As amostras sinterizadas na temperatura de 1950°C são as que apresentam o melhor desempenho em relação à resistência ao choque térmico, enquanto a variação na proporção Y2O3:Al2O3 de 1:3 para 1:4 não altera significativamente esta propriedade. Nas condições utilizadas, a temperatura máxima de aplicação do SiC sinterizado via fase líquida deve ser limitada a 750°C, permitindo seu uso como trocadores de calor, rolamentos, mancais de bombas submersas, turbinas a gás e sensor de motores automotivos e aeronáuticos. / The behavior of ceramic materials towards thermal shock resistance is a topic of great interest, due to applications in which the reliability against sudden temperature variations is required. In this thesis, it was studied how the variation in the proportion of Y2O3:Al2O3 additives and different parameters on the processing of liquid phase sintered silicon carbide may influence thermal shock resistance of this material. Samples were prepared with molar composition 90%SiC+10%Y2O3:Al2O3, by varying oxides molar proportion between 2:1 and 1:4, with and without previous reaction of the additives. Mixtures were compacted and sintered in a resistive graphite furnace at 1750, 1850 and 1950°C, and by hot pressing at 1750 and 1850°C, and evaluated for densification. After analysis of the first results, pressureless sintering and the mixtures with proportions of 1:3 and 1:4 of previously reacted Y2O3:Al2O3 were selected for the study of thermal shock resistance. Thermal cycles were performed by heating at temperatures of 600, 750 and 900°C and sudden cooling in water at room temperature. The evaluation of samples regarding thermal shock resistance was conducted by determination of elasticity modulus, porosity, flexural strength and microstructural analysis of the cracks. The samples sintered at 1950°C temperature are those that exhibit the best performance in relation to thermal shock resistance, while the variation in the proportions Y2O3:Al2O3 from 1:3 to 1:4 do not significantly change this property. Under the conditions used, the maximum temperature for liquid phase sintered SiC application must be limited to 750°C, which allows its use as a component of heat exchanges, bearings, pump bearings, gas turbines and sensors of automotive and aeronautical engines.

abstract: Liquid-phase exfoliation (LPE) is a straightforward and scalable method of producing two-dimensional nanomaterials. The LPE process has typical been applied to layered van der Waals (vdW) solids, such as graphite and transition metal dichalcogenides, which have layers held together by weak van der Waals interactions. However, recent research has shown that solids with stronger bonds and non-layered structures can be converted to solution-stabilized nanosheets via LPE, some of which have shown to have interesting optical, magnetic, and photocatalytic properties. In this work, two classes of non-vdW solids – hexagonal metal diborides and boron carbide – are investigated for their morphological features, their chemical and crystallographic compositions, and their solvent preference for exfoliation. Spectroscopic and microscopic techniques are used to verify the composition and crystal structure of metal diboride nanosheets. Their application as mechanical fillers is demonstrated by incorporation into polymer nanocomposite films of polyvinyl alcohol and by successful integration into liquid photocurable 3D printing resins. Application of Hansen solubility theory to two metal diboride compositions enables extrapolation of their affinities for certain solvents and is also used to find solvent blends suitable for the nanosheets. Boron carbide nanosheets are examined for their size and thickness and their exfoliation planes are computationally analyzed and experimentally investigated using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. The resulting analyses indicate that the exfoliation of boron carbide leads to multiple observed exfoliation planes upon LPE processing. Overall, these studies provide insight into the production and applications of LPE-produced nanosheets derived from non-vdW solids and suggest their potential application as mechanical fillers in polymer nanocomposites. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Chemistry 2020

京都大学 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(医科学) / 甲第23115号 / 医科博第126号 / 新制||医科||8(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院医学研究科医科学専攻 / (主査)教授 伊佐 正, 教授 髙橋 良輔, 教授 井上 治久 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Medical Science / Kyoto University / DFAM

This thesis work focus on evaluating the metallurgical bonding between the TiB2 andiron grains in the Fe-TiB2 composite. The starting materials were commercial materialsin form of Ferro-boron and Ferro-titanium that together with pure TiB2 powder formeda material with the composition seen below:FeB + FeTi + TiB2  52.3TiB2 + 45.7Fe + 2TiDuring sintering an iron liquid phase is formed where the boron from the FeB diffuse tothe titanium in FeTi which enables the formation of TiB2. The temperature used in theliquid phase sintering was chosen just above the three phase region, Fe-TiB2-liquid inthe phase diagram, to get an adequate densification of the samples. However, thetemperature could not be too high because of the internal stress and deformation thesamples would have been exposed to.After sintering the material properties and microstructure were examined throughPalmqvist indentations, Fargo and Transverse-Rupture-Strength tests and SEM studiesincluding EBSD.Through these tests the hardness was measured to 1323 HV and the microstructureconsidered to be fine with well distributed phases. The EBSD also showed that thebrittle Fe2B phase is present close to the TiB2 grains and that the porosity givesunreliable results for the Fargo and TRS-tests. The composite was impregnated withcopper to show that it may be possible to achieve wetting of the TiB2 phase by castingand to perform new tests on the material with less porosity.

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The liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) of biomolecules is a phenomenon which received a lot of attention in the last years because it is not only related to theformation of membraneless organelles but also to neurodegenerative diseases. Lysozyme is a globular protein that undergoes LLPS in a buffer salt system andfor that it is well investigated with several techniques like microscopy, dynamic lightscattering (DLS) or small-angle X-ray scattering. In this work we investigate the effect of temperature, solvent and sample con-centration on the diffusion coefficient, the hydrodynamic radius and the viscosity oflysozyme using a DLS setup. Furthermore, the influence of these parameters on thecluster formation is addressed. Finally, we investigate the question if the LLPS oflysozyme in a buffer environment effects the formation of dynamic clusters.