Neste trabalho, sondas solvatocrômicas foram empregadas no estudo da solvatação em solventes puros e misturas aquosas de solventes polares práticos e apráticos. A partir da polaridade de misturas aquosas de solventes orgânicos, determinou-se a concentração de água interfacial de micelas catiônicas. Finalmente, avaliou-se o efeito da polaridade e força iônica interfaciais de micelas catiônicas sobre a velocidade da reação entre p-nitrofenildifenilfosfato e o íon fluoreto. No estudo de misturas aquosas de solventes orgânicos, um novo modelo de solvatação preferencial foi elaborado, segundo o qual três espécies presentes em solução competem pela camada de solvatação da sonda: água, solvente orgânico e o \"complexo\" formado por uma molécula de água e outra de solvente orgânico (Solv-Água). Através deste modelo, analisou-se o efeito da temperatura e das propriedades das sondas e dos solventes orgânicos sobre o fenômeno da solvatação. Em soluções aquosas de micelas catiônicas, observou-se uma desidratação da interface em função do aumento do grupo hidrofílico do tensotativo e da mudança de geometria micelar de esférica para cilíndrica. Verificou-se que a velocidade da reação entre pnitrofenildifenilfosfato e fluoreto é pouco afetada pela interface micelar e pode ser reproduzida, na ausência de micelas, em soluções com mesma concentração de água e força iônica que as micelas. / Solvatochromic probes have been employed to study the polarity of pure solvents and binary mixtures of water with protic and aprotic polar solvents. From polarity data of aqueous organic mixtures, the concentration of interfacial water of cationic micelles has been determined. In aqueous solutions of cationic micelles, the dehydration of interfacial region has been observed as a result of increasing the volume of the surfactant head group and changing micellar geometry from spherical to cylindrical. Finally, the effect of interfacial polarity and ionic force on the rate of the reaction between 4-nitrophenyldiphenylphosphate and fluoride ion has been evaluated. In studying aqueous organic mixtures, a new preferential solvation model has been developed, that considers the competition between three species in solution for the probe micro-solvation shell: water, organic solvent and a 1:1 \"complex\" formed by water and organic solvent (Solv-Água). Based on this new model, the effect of temperature, as well as probe and organic solvent properties on solvation has been analyzed. It has been observed that the rate of the reaction between p-nitrophenyldiphenylphosphate and fluoride ion shows little dependence on the properties of interfacial region of cationic micelles and can be reproduced, in the absence of micelles, in solutions containing the same water concentration and ionic force as the micellar pseudo-phase.

Duas séries homólogas de tensoativos foram sintetizadas, os cloretos de benzil-(3-acilaminopropil)dimetilamônio, RCONH(CH'ind.2')3N'pot.+'(CH'ind.3')]pot.2'CH'pot.2'C'pot.6'H'pot.5'Cl'pot.-'e (3-acilaminopropil)trimetilamônio, RCONH[(CH'pot.2')]'ind.3'N'pot.+'(CH'ind.3')'pot.3'Cl'ind. -' , onde RCO = C'ind.10' a C'ind.16'. A síntese foi realizada a partir de precursor comum, RCONH(CH'ind.2')'pot.3'N'(CH'ind.3')ind.2', sendo a quaternização feita pela reação com cloreto de benzila e iodeto de metila (seguido de troca iônica), respectivamente. Investigou-se a adsorção na interface solução/ar, a micelização e a estrutura dos agregados formados. Os resultados foram comparados com os de tensoativos catiônicos. Algumas das propriedades micelares das séries estudadas (ex: concentrações micelares críticas, graus de dissociação, números de agregação) tem valores na mesma faixa de grandeza dos outros tensoativos catiônicos com o mesmo tamanho de cadeia hidrofóbica. Outras, por exemplo, a energias livres de Gibbs de adsorção e micelização são diferentes (mais favoráveis). Os resultados apontam para o fato de que o grupo 3-amidopropila, [-CO-NH-CH'ind.2'-CH'ind.2'-CH'ind.2'-], quando inserido na molécula do tensoativo, acaba constituindo parte do seu grupo hidrofílico e facilita a micelização do mesmo. A polaridade microscópica da água interfacial foi determinada usando sondas solvatocrômicas e mostra que a água interfacial é menos polar que água 'bulk'. / The following surfactants have been synthesized: benzyl-(3-acyl-aminopropyl)dimethylammonium chloride, RCONH(CH'ind.2')'ind.3'N'pot.+'(CH'ind.3')'ind.2'CH'ind.2'C'ind.6'H'ind.5' Cl'pot.-' and (3-acylaminopropyl) trimethylammonium chloride, RCONH(CH'ind.2')'ind.3'N'pot.+'(CH'ind.3')'ind.3' Cl'ind.-', where RCO = C'ind.10' to C'ind.16'. The two series have been synthesized from the precursor RCONH(CH2)3N(CH3)2, by quaternization with benzyl chloride, and/or methyl iodide (followed by ion exchange), respectively. Adsorption at solution/air interface and micellization in aqueous solution has been studied, and the results compared with those of other cationic surfactants. Some properties, e.g., critical micelle concentrations, degrees of micelle dissociation, and aggregation numbers are similar to those of other cationic surfactants of equivalent hydrophobic chain length. The Gibbs free energies of adsorption at solution/air interface, and of micellization are, however, more favorable. The group [-CO-NH-CH'ind.2'-CH'ind.2'-CH'ind.2'-] is a part of the interface, and lead to favorable micellization. The microscopic polarity of interfacial water has been measured by appropriate solvatochromic probes, and is less than that of bulk water.

Uma das propriedades fundamentais de soluções de micelas aquosas é sua capacidade de solubililizar uma ampla faixa de solutos orgânicos com diferentes graus de polaridade e hidrofobicidade. Recentemente Quina et. aI., estudaram as interações químicas específicas que governam a solubilidade para um ampla faixa de solutos orgânicos em micelas usando relações lineares de energia livre de solvatação (LSERs), baseado nos parâmetros empíricos do soluto desenvolvido por Abraham. O presente trabalho trata a solubilização de solutos orgânicos em micelas baseado em parâmetros obtidos unicamente da estrutura molecular do soluto através de cálculos de química quântica. Nossos resultados mostram que valores experimentais de Ks para solubilização de solutos orgânicos em detergentes aniônicos (micelas de SDS, dodecil sulfato de sódio e agregados de SDS com PEG-polietilenoglicol) podem ser reproduzidos usando parâmetros teóricos. A relação linear teórica de energia livre de solvatação resultante é quimicamente condizente com LSERs baseados em parâmetros empíricos do soluto. No caso de detergentes catiônicos e não iônicos, a metodologia apresenta limitações, por que o método de cálculo de cargas formais usando a definição de análise populacional de Mulliken não descreve de maneira apropriada o caráter ácido e básico das pontes de hidrogênio entre os solutos e a água. Alternativas para resolver o problema da limitação imposta pelos parâmetros teóricos, mantendo a aproximação linear de energia livre, são discutidas. / One of the most fundamental properties of aqueous micelar solutions is their ability to solubilize a wide variety of organic solutes with quite distinct polarities and degree of hydrophobicity. Recently Quina et al., studied the specific chemical interactions governing the solubilities of a wide range of solutes in micelles using linear solvation energy relationships (LSERs) based on empirical solute parameters developed by Abraham. This work reports an investigation of the solubilization of organic solutes in micelles based on the use of theoretical solute parameters derived from quantum chemical calculations Our results show that the experimental Ks values for solubilization of organic solutes in anionic detergents (micelles of SDS-sodium dodecyl sulfate and aggregate formed between SDS and PEG-poly(ethylene glycol)) can be reproduced using theoretical parameters. The resultant theoretical linear solvation energy relationships are chemically consistent with LSERs based on empirical solute parameters. In the case of cationic and nonionic detergents, the theoretical parameters used to describe hydrogen bonding fail because methods of calculating formal charges using the concept of Mulliken populational analysis cannot describe hydrogen bonding donor and acceptor character in an appropriate way. Possible strategies to solve the theoretical descriptor problem in the context of the linear free energy approximation are discussed.

O câncer de mama é a segunda principal causa de morte entre as mulheres nos países em desenvolvimento, devido ao seu alto grau de malignidade. O tratamento baseia-se, principalmente, em terapias hormonais, uma vez que as células deste tipo de tumor expressam, em sua maioria, um elevado número de receptores hormonais, responsáveis pela regulação do crescimento do mesmo. O tamoxifeno é um fármaco da classe dos moduladores seletivos de receptores de estrógeno, que atua através do antagonismo à ativação de tais receptores por este hormônio, reduzindo, assim, a taxa de crescimento celular do tecido tumoral. Embora o tratamento com tamoxifeno seja altamente efetivo, este se relaciona a severos efeitos colaterais dosedependentes. O objetivo central deste trabalho foi desenvolver sistemas micelares de longo tempo de circulação contendo tamoxifeno, preparados à base do fosfolipídeo DSPE-PEG(n), associado ou não ao derivado de vitamina E TPGS, para administração intravenosa, capazes de permitir um acúmulo maior do fármaco no sítio tumoral devido a suas dimensões nanométricas, permitindo, desta forma, a redução da dose e a consequente redução dos efeitos colaterais. A determinação da eficiência de encapsulação e a quantificação do tamoxifeno no estudo de liberação in vitro a partir dos sistemas obtidos foram realizadas por CLAE, utilizando métodos previamente validados. Os melhores resultados foram alcançados com as formulações à base de DSPE-PEG(2000) e TPGS, preparadas pelo método de evaporação do solvente, as quais apresentaram diâmetro médio inferior a 20 nm, baixo índice de polidispersividade e eficiência de encapsulação entre 70 e 95%. A análise por microscopia eletrônica de transmissão evidenciou o formato esférico e comprovou a homogeneidade do tamanho das partículas. Os sistemas foram caracterizados, ainda, por espectrofotometria no infravermelho para avaliação de possíveis interações entre os componentes das formulações. O perfil de liberação in vitro demonstrou que após 168 h, no máximo cerca de 30% do fármaco foi liberado, verificando-se que o aumento na quantidade de TPGS na formulação reduziu a porcentagem de tamoxifeno liberado. A baixa taxa de liberação in vitro sugere que a maior parte do fármaco mantenha-se no interior da estrutura micelar durante o período de permanência no sangue, favorecendo a chegada da nanoestrutura íntegra ao sítio tumoral. No estudo do perfil de concentração plasmática em ratas Wistar, não foi possível detectar o fármaco e seu principal metabólito pelo método por CLAE desenvolvido, sugerindo que os sistemas micelares tenham extravasado rapidamente para os órgãos. / Breast cancer is the second main cause of death among women in development countries due to their high malignance grade. The treatment is mainly based on hormonal therapies, once the cells of the majority of mammary tumors express a high number of hormone receptors, responsible for the tumor growth. Tamoxifen is a selective estrogen receptor modulator drug, acting through the antagonism of the activation of the estrogen receptor, reducing thus the tumor growing rate. Despite the treatment with tamoxifen is highly effective, it is related to severe dose-dependent side effects. The central objective of this work was the development of long time circulation micelles containing tamoxifen, prepared with the phospholipid DSPEPEG(n) and TPGS, a vitamin E derivative, by the method of solvent evaporation, for intravenous administration, able to allow a higher accumulation of the drug at the tumoral site due to their nanometric dimensions, leading to a reduction in the dose and consequently in the side effects. The determination of the encapsulation efficiency and the quantification of tamoxifen in the in vitro release profile study from the micellar systems were carried out by HPLC, using methods previously validated. The best results were achieved with the formulations based on DSPE-PEG(2000) and TPGS, which showed mean particle diameter less than 20 nm, low polydispersity index and encapsulation efficiency ranging from 70 to 95%. The transmition electronic microscopy pointed the spherical shape and proved the homogeneity of particle size. The systems were also characterized by infrared spectrophotometry to identify eventual interactions among the components of the formulations. The in vitro release profile study showed that after 168 h, a maximum of about 30% of tamoxifen was released, evidencing that the increase of the TPGS amount in the formulation reduced the amount of tamoxifen released. The low rate of in vitro release drug suggests that the major part of the drug will remain encapsulated during the period of blood permanence, favoring the arrival of the intact nanostructure at the tumoral site. During the evaluation of the plasmatic concentration profile, conducted with Wistar rats, it was not possible to detect neither the tamoxifen nor its main metabolite, suggesting that the intact micelles may have quickly accumulated in the organs.

Symmetric cell division in gram-negative bacteria is essential for generating two equal-sized daughter cells, each containing cellular material crucial for growth and future replication. The Min system, comprised of proteins MinC, MinD and MinE, is particularly important for this process since its deletion leads to minicells incapable of further replication. This thesis focuses on the interactions involving MinE that are important for allowing cell division at the mid-cell and for directing the dynamic localization of MinD that is observed in vivo. Previous experiments have shown that the MinE protein contains an N-terminal region that is required to stimulate MinD-catalyzed ATP hydrolysis in the Min protein interaction cycle. However, MinD-binding residues in MinE identified by in vitro MinD ATPase assays were subsequently found to be buried in the hydrophobic dimeric interface in the MinE structure, raising the possibility that these residues are not directly involved in the interaction. To address this issue, the ability of N-terminal MinE peptides to stimulate MinD activity was studied to determine the role of these residues in MinD activation. Our results implied that MinE likely undergoes a change in conformation or oligomerization state before binding MinD. In addition we performed circular dichroism spectroscopy of MinE. The data suggest that direct interactions between MinE and the lipid membrane can lead to conformational changes in MinE. Using NMR spectroscopy in an attempt to observe this structure change, different membrane-mimetic environments were tested. However the results strongly suggest that structural studies on the membrane-bound state of MinE will pose significant challenges. Taken together, the results in this thesis open the door for further exploration of the interactions involving MinE in order to gain a better understanding of the dynamic localization patterns formed by these proteins in vivo.

Le procédé hydrométallurgique le plus utilisé pour extraire l'uranium VI des minerais phosphoriques met en jeu un mélange synergique de deux molécules extractantes : HDEHP et TOPO. Si les combinaisons synergiques sont connues dans le domaine de l'extraction liquide/liquide, les mécanismes qui pilotent la synergie d'extraction sont encore mal décrits. Une approche multi-échelle a été utilisée pour décrire ces mécanismes, combinant deux descriptions qui diffèrent par leur centre d'intérêt, respectivement l'ion pour l'approche moléculaire et les agrégats d'extractants pour l'approche supramoléculaire. Ces deux approches ont parallèlement été rationnalisées par des calculs de dynamique moléculaire. La description obtenue permet de rendre compte de la synergie via la structure des complexes et des agrégats formés pour différents ratios HDEHP/TOPO. De la même façon, des composés bifonctionnels, qui combinent deux fonctions extractantes au sein de la même molécule ont été étudiés et comparés au système HDEHP/TOPO pour identifier l'origine de l'augmentation des performances d'extraction et de sélectivité. / Uranium VI is commonly extracted from phosphoric ores by a well-known process exploiting the synergistic mixture of two extractant molecules : HDEHP and TOPO. In the field of liquid-liquid extraction, synergistic combinations are common but the mechanisms at the origin of the synergy are not well understood. A multi-scale approach has been used to describe these mechanisms, combining two different descriptions : the molecular scale focuses on the ion point of view, while the supramolecular scale focuses on extractants' aggregation. These two approaches have been rationalized by molecular dynamics computations. The results allow describing the synergy through the structure of the complexes and aggregates. With the same approach, some bifunctional compounds, combining the two extracting sites in one molecule, have been studied and compared to the HDEHP/TOPO system in order to identify the origin of their increased capacities in extraction and selectivity.

This thesis deals with the study of preparation and characterization of hyaluronan-micelle aggregates. The theoretical part deals with drug delivery systems, characterization of used materials and methods especially fluorescence spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering and turbidimetry. Methods of determination of measured data are summarized in the experimental section. The result section is divided into two subsections dedicated to different preparation methods of hyaluronan-surfactant complexes. Induced aggregates of hyaluronan with Septonex are characterized in terms of their origin and stability, and the results are compared with previously studied surfactants CTAB. In the second part are discussed so-called decorated micelles, their formation, properties and stability.

In this diploma thesis were studied solubilization properties of polysaccharides by using hydrophobic solutes (Sudan Orange G, Sudan Red G, (±)-alpha-Tocopherol, Pyrene, Perylene, Nile red), which were represented by alkyl derivates of hyaluronan. At first, a behaviour of individual hydrophobic solutes was investigated in variously polar solvents (Methanol, 1 Propanol, Chloroforme, Cyklohexane, n Heptane) and in the environment of varying ionic strength (water, 0.1 M and 0.4 M NaCl). Afterwards, solubilization properties of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate model solubilizated the hydrophobic solutes into a core of micelles was examinate. We were interested in the solubilization capacity as the mol of solubilized molecules per mol micelles of surfactant corresponding with a state of micelles saturation. In the case of the solubilization of (±)-alpha-Tocopherol into the core of micelles, it was not possible to determine the solubilization capacity. So we changed the determination of universally solubilization power. The solubilization power is defined as mol of molecules solubilized per mol surfactant relative to the quantity solubilizate at the micelles saturation. Model system of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate as a simple surfactant carrying a negative charge as the alkyl derivates of hyaluronan was selected bacause of its characteristics.The surfactant forms unimolar micelles and its critical micelle concentrations and aggregation numbers are tabelated for the investigated microenvironment. The main aim of the study was investigating of hydrophobic domains of alkyl derivates of hyaluronan as free places for incorporation hydropbobic solutes in the microenvironment of varying ionic strength. The critical aggregation concentrations were determined by the Pyrene 1:3 ratio method. For the research of micropolarity of alkyl derivates hyaluronan’s domains were selected two concentrations of derivates for the next research of solubilization experiments - the first concentration near the critical aggregation concentration and the second concentration above it. The effect of concentration of Pyrene on a core polarity of derivates was investigated. We discovered the influence of the concentration and the other we found a stationary area of the concentration. In the end we investigated the influence of preparation of solutions of derivates of hyaluronan on the core polarity by the concentration of pyrene which corresponds to the stationary area. The study of solubilization properties of alkyl derivates of hyaluronan is not a simple case as we assumed. When we measured spectra of the absorbance, higher concentration of derivates of hyaluronan belittle absorbance of solubilizates. At the experiment of solubilization with Sudan Red G we found out that Sudan Red G is not able to solubilizate into the hydrophobic core of micelles of hyaluronan’s derivates because of lipophilic or steric effects. We had to change Perylene as a new solubilizate. From the measured emission spectra we found saturation micelles. We can express the solubilization power of hyaluronan’s derivates for the concentration of Perylene. The main aim of the diploma thesis was to determine optimal way of the preparation of hyaluronan’s derivates solutions with required degree of solubilization.

In this thesis resonance energy transfer between perylene and fluorescein in tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TTAB) solution was studied. The influence of addition of native or modified sodium hyaluronate on resonance energy transfer was also investigated. The addition of native sodium hyaluronate supports energy transfer at lower fluorescein concentrations and the addition of modified sodium hyaluronate influences the maximal value of energy transfer effectivity. Strong influence on the critical micelle concentration (CMC) values with the addition of sodium hyaluronate during CMC of TTAB determination was investigated. The data indicates not only micelles formation, but also formation of aggregates of sodium hyaluronate with TTAB. Aggregation numbers of TTAB with addition of native and modified sodium hyaluronate by the quenching of pyrene by cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) was investigated. The addition of sodium hyaluronate into the solution of TTAB changes the average mean aggregation number. Solute exchange between micelles of TTAB and the influence of addition of modified sodium hyaluronate on this exchange was also investigated. No solute exchange between micelles in TTAB and in TTAB with added modified sodium hyaluronate was discovered during this experiment.

Práce popisuje přípravu tenkých transparentních vrstev oxidu titaničitého metodou sol-gel procesu s reverzními micelami, které jsou jedinečným uskupením zajišťujícím uniformní velikost připravených částic. Neionogenní tenzid byl použit jako templát. Pomocí materiálového tisku, tedy specializovanou formou inkoustového tisku, byly připraveny tenké filmy oxidu titaničitého nanesením 1–4 vrstev. Po kalcinaci byly připravené vrstvy oxidu titaničitého charakterizované šířkou zakázaného pásu. Struktura vrstev byla popsána optickou mikroskopií a SEM. Fotokatalytická aktivita byla ověřena oxidační reakcí 2,6-dichlorindofenolu a rozkladem kyseliny stearové, která byla přímo natištěna na vrstvy oxidu titaničitého. Fotoindukovaná změna hydrofility byla studována pomocí měření kontaktního úhlu smáčení vody. Fotokatalytická účinnost připravených filmů rostla s počtem vrstev oxidu titaničitého.