>Magister Scientiae - MSc / Spinel lithium manganese oxide (LiMn2O4), for its low cost, easy preparation and nontoxicity, is regarded as a promising cathode material for lithium-ion batteries. However, a key problem prohibiting it from large scale commercialization is its severe capacity fading during cycling. The improvement of electrochemical cycling stability is greatly attributed to the suppression of Jahn-Teller distortion (Robertson et al., 1997) at the surface of the spinel LiMn2O4 particles. These side reactions result in Mn2+ dissolution mainly at the surface of the cathode during cycling, therefore surface modification of the cathode is deemed an effective way to reduce side reactions. The utilization of a nanocomposite which comprises of metallic Cu and Au were of interest because their oxidation gives rise to a variety of catalytically active configurations which advances the electrochemical property of Li-ion battery. In this research study, an experimental strategy based on doping the LiMn2O4 with small amounts of Cu-Au nanocomposite cations for substituting the Mn3+ ions, responsible for disproportionation, was employed in order to increase conductivity, improve structural stability and cycle life during successive charge and discharge cycles. The spinel cathode material was synthesized by coprecipitation method from a reaction of lithium hydroxide and manganese acetate using 1:2 ratio. The Cu-Au nanocomposite was synthesized via a chemical reduction method using copper acetate and gold acetate in a 1:3 ratio. Powder samples of LiMxMn2O4 (M = Cu-Au nanocomposite) was prepared from a mixture of stoichiometric amounts of Cu-Au nanocomposite and LiMn2O4 precursor. The novel LiMxMn2O4 material has a larger surface area which increases the Li+ diffusion coefficient and reduces the volumetric changes and lattice stresses caused by repeated Li+ insertion and expulsion. Structural and morphological sample analysis revealed that the modified cathode material have good crystallinity and well dispersed particles. These results corroborated the electrochemical behaviour of LiMxMn2O4 examined by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The diffusion coefficients for LiMn2O4 and LiMxMn2-xO4 obtained are 1.90 x10-3 cm2 / s and 6.09 x10-3 cm2 / s respectively which proved that the Cu-Au nanocomposite with energy band gap of 2.28 eV, effectively improved the electrochemical property. The charge / discharge value obtained from integrating the area under the curve of the oxidation peak and reduction peak for LiMxMn2-xO4 was 263.16 and 153.61 mAh / g compared to 239.16 mAh / g and 120 mAh / g for LiMn2O4. It is demonstrated that the presence of Cu-Au nanocomposite reduced side reactions and effectively improved the electrochemical performance of LiMn2O4.

Low dimensional semiconductors are promising materials with diverse range of applications in a variety of fields. Specifically, in recent times low dimensional oxide and sulfide based semiconductors are regarded as materials that can have potential applications in chemical gas sensor, optoelectronic devices and memristor. How ever, in some cases it is envisioned that appropriate doping as well as phase stabilization is important in enhancing their material properties. This work presents the synthesis, characterization and application of various (pristine and doped) quasi-one dimensional metal oxides (TiO2, VO2) and two-dimensional materials (CuO thin film, MoS2). Some practical protocols for stabilization of specific phases at ambient conditions via a new method of doping in VO2 nanostructures with aluminum, is demonstrated. Similarly, a temperature-doping level phase diagram for the free-standing nanostructures in the temperature range close to the ambient conditions was presented. TiO2 nanowire was doped during growth and electrical measurements on individual TiO2 single crystal nanowires indicate that light in visible range can induce electron-hole pair formation. Furthermore, gas sensing (CO, H2) measurements taken under visible light irradiation imply that photo-activated chemical oxidization on the surface of TiO2 nanowires occurs, which is responsible for the observed measurements. Further, the effect of self heating in some nanostructures was also explored. Since self-heating is a prospective power-efficient energy delivery channel to the conductometric chemical sensors that require elevated temperatures for their operation, the unprecedentedly low power consumption can be achieved via minimizing the heat dissipation in the optimized device architecture. By investigating the heat dissipation in these devices we show that the thermal, electrical and chemical properties of the self-heated semiconducting nanowires appear to be strongly coupled with each other at nanoscale. This opens up unique opportunity to fabricate low power nanoscopic sensing leading to an ultra-small and power efficient single nanostructure gas recognition system. The CuO film based lateral devices were fabricated and studied for its resistive switching behavior. A good, stable and reproducible threshold RS performance of CuO film was obtained by electrical measurement. Finally, the micro-flake MoS2 based FET photoelectronic device was fabricated (using mechanically exfoliated MoS2) and its electronic and photoelectronic properties were investigated. We show that though the FET mobility values of MoS2 microflake is in the average range, but the photo-responsivity is much higher compared to most of others similar sulfide based 2D layered materials.

Circuitos integrados VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) usando nanotecnologia demandam novos materiais, estruturas, metodologias de projeto e ferramentas de CAD para lidar com os problemas decorrentes do processo de fabricação, tais como variabilidade. Alguns tipos de concepção são mais ou menos robustos às variações de processo ou ambientais, quer sistemáticas ou aleatórias. Esta pesquisa avalia os tipos de projeto de circuitos integrados e os aspectos que podem ajudar a melhorar a capacidade de fabricação e desempenho nas futuras gerações de dispositivos. Neste contexto, é fundamental avaliar como será o comportamento da tecnologia FinFET em tecnologias além de 20nm. A tecnologia FinFET é candidata a substituir a tecnologia CMOS planar no processo de fabricação. Obter informações preditivas sobre o comportamento desta tecnologia no projeto de células é importante tanto para projetistas como para desenvolvedores de ferramentas de EDA. Esta tese explora tipos de projeto de células básicas com tecnologia FinFET. São objetivos principais a caracterização do desempenho temporal e potência, tanto dinâmica como estática, assim como a identificação dos principais parâmetros geométricos em tecnologias FinFET cuja variabilidade afete as características elétricas e a avaliação da robustez destas células aos efeitos de variabilidade de processo. A primeira contribuição deste trabalho é a exploração de tipos de projeto possíveis com a tecnologia FinFET, tais como o projeto com FinFET de 4 terminais nos estilos Short-Gate, Independent-Gate e Low-Power. Estas células foram caracterizadas e modeladas de forma a serem inseridas em um fluxo de síntese regular e comparadas com células em tecnologia bulk CMOS. A segunda contribuição deste trabalho é a identificação das principais fontes de variabilidade e a tendência de comportamento em tecnologias FinFET sub-20nm. Até o momento da elaboração deste documento, a pesquisa de estado-da-arte aponta que este foi o primeiro trabalho a investigar em nível elétrico o impacto da variabilidade em parâmetros geométricos e elétricos na potência dinâmica e estática de dispositivos FinFET sub-20nm. Finalmente, a terceira contribuição deste trabalho é quantificar a influência das flutuações da função trabalho do metal de gate em FinFETs nas tecnologias sub-20nm, traçando um panorama preditivo dos efeitos da variabilidade em tecnologias sub-20nm. / Integrated circuits VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) using nanotechnology require new materials, structures, design methodologies and CAD tools to address the problems caused by the manufacturing process, such as variability. Some design types are more or less robust to process variations or environmental either systematic or random. This research evaluates the types and aspects of integrated circuit designs that can help to improve manufacturing capacity and performance in future generations. In this context, it is essential to assess what will be the behavior of FinFET technology technologies beyond 20nm. The FinFET technology is a candidate to replace the planar CMOS technology in the manufacturing process. To obtain predictive information about the behavior of this technology in cell design is important for both designers and developers of EDA tools. This work explores basic types of cell design with FinFET technology. Main objectives are to characterize timing and power, both dynamic and static, as well as the identification of the main geometrical parameters in FinFET technologies whose variability affects the electrical characteristics and evaluate the robustness of these cells to process variability effects. The first contribution of this work is the exploration of possible project types with FinFET technology, such as FinFET design with 4 terminals in styles Short-Gate, Independent-Gate and Low-Power. These cells were characterized and modeled in order to be inserted into one regular synthesis flow and compared with cells in bulk CMOS technology. The second contribution of this work is to identify the main sources of variability and the pattern of behavior in FinFET technology sub-20nm. By the time of this writing, the state of the art research shows that this is the first study to investigate in electrical level the variability impact of electrical and geometrical parameters in the dynamic and static power of FinFET devices sub-20nm. The third contribution of this work is to quantify the influence of metal gate workfunction fluctuations of FinFETs in sub-20nm technologies, tracing a predictive picture of the effects of variability in sub-20nm technologies.

The thesis describes a study of the modifications of orthopaedic Ti-based substrates using nanomaterials, and the evaluation of their biocompatibility for further use as implant material, with the aim to develop new, biocompatible β-Ti/CNT composite materials. Traditionally, CNTs require the presence of a transition metal catalyst such as Fe, Ni, Co, for successful growth. Different aspects of a catalyst-assisted CVD MWCNTs growth on various Ti-based substrates including bulk, thin films and 3D porous scaffolds, have been investigated. Low concentrations of catalyst were deposited using spin coating on titanium substrates of various forms and shapes. A strong influence of the surface topography was observed. In contrast, no effect of the elemental composition of the substrate could be detected. To evaluate the biocompatibility of the newly created materials, cell culture studies using fetal human osteoblasts (fHobs) were performed. It was shown that β-Ti/MWCNTs samples possess good initial osteoblast attachment, but no long-term osteoblast activity. Hence the biocompatibility of isolated (i.e. without a Ti substrate) MWCNTs was studied, using MWCNT carpets and various types of MWCNTs buckypapers. All the samples revealed very low cell activity. While β-Ti/MWCNTs samples did not exhibit good biocompatibility, alternative β-Ti/TiC samples were synthesized with a simple CVD method and revealed good osteoblast response with increased mineralization. Moreover, good corrosion resistance and mechanical properties of β-Ti/TiC samples have been reported. Finally, successful method for non-catalytic CVD MWCNTs growth on Ti substrates was developed for the first time, thereby excluding potentially toxic catalysts from the implant material. CVD was performed with acetylene precursor on bulk titanium substrates etched with Piranha solution, which generated an appropriate surface to foster MWCNTs growth. A combination of the change in the surface roughness, improved hydrophilicity, and elemental composition of the surface as a result of the Piranha etching is likely to be responsible for the successful formation of MWCNTs.

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-02T11:16:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2014-02-18Bitstream added on 2014-12-02T11:21:10Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000793946.pdf: 1058988 bytes, checksum: ce3649bc54da6962a44fe15e7b1cbe9d (MD5) / A adição de nanopartículas aos materiais odontológicos busca melhorar principalmente suas propriedades antibacterianas sem, contudo, alterar suas propriedades mecânicas e físicas. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a influência da incorporação de nanopartículas de dióxido de titânio (TiO2) a um CIV convencional (Ketac Molar EasyMix) sobre suas propriedades mecânicas (dureza Vickers e resistência a compressão axial) e físicas (rugosidade e porosidade). Para todos os testes foram adotados quatro grupos (n=10): controle (sem adição de nanopartículas), 1, 2 e 5% em peso de TiO2. A dureza Vickers foi avaliada por meio do microdurômetro digital (Micromet 2100), a compressão axial por máquina de testes universais (EMIC-DL 2000), a rugosidade por rugosímetro (Mitutoyo SJ-400) e a porosidade por imagens de microscopia eletrônica de varredura (SM-300), analisadas pelo software Image J. Os dados foram analisados pela Análise de variância (ANOVA) a um critério fixo seguida do pós-teste de Tukey, com nível de significância de 5%. Houve diferença estatisticamente significativa para os experimentos dureza Vickers (p ≤ 0.001) e rugosidade (p = 0.010). Observamos que o CIV contendo 1% ou 2% de nanopartículas apresentou valores mais baixos para dureza. A rugosidade de superfície mostrou-se menor ao adicionar 2% e 5% de nanopartículas. Imagens em MEV mostraram não haver mudanças significativas na morfologia da porosidade na superfície do CIV. A adição de 5% de nanopartículas de TiO2 ao CIV convencional proporcionou resultados promissores, uma vez que não comprometeu suas propriedades mecânicas e físicas, e melhorou a rugosidade de superfície. Assim, a adição da nanopartícula de TiO2 a 5% ao Ketac Molar EasyMix sugere sua indicação clínica. / The addition of nanoparticles to dental materials mainly searches to improve the antibacterial properties without changing their mechanical and physical properties. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of the incorporation of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles to conventional glass ionomer cement (GIC) (Ketac Molar EasyMix) on mechanical (Vickers hardness and compressive strength) and physical (roughness and porosity) properties. For all experiments four groups (n=10) were used: control (without addition of nanoparticles), 1%, 2%, 5% (w/w) of TiO2. The Vickers hardness was measured using a digital hardness (Micromet 2100), compressive strength using a universal testing machine (EMIC-DL 2000), the roughness using a profilometer (Mitutoyo SJ-400) and for porosity, images were made using scanning electron microscopy (SM-300) and analyzed by Image J-software. The data were analyzed by one-way ANOVA and Tukey's post hoc test, with the level of significance set at 5%. There were statistically significant differences for the experiments of Vickers hardness (p ≤ 0.001) and roughness (p = 0.010). We observed that the GIC containing 1% or 2% of nanoparticles had lower values for hardness and the surface roughness was lower by adding 2% and 5% of nanoparticles. SEM images showed no significant changes in surface morphology of the GIC. The addition of 5% (w/w) TiO2 nanoparticles to conventional GIC provides promising results, since it does not compromise the physical and mechanical properties and improves surface roughness. The addition of TiO2 nanoparticle to Ketac Molar EasyMix suggests clinical indication.

Fiber optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs) are based on a highly-efficient four-wave mixing process. Their capability to give very high gain and large bandwidths have made them an attractive candidate for providing higher bandwidths for future telecommunication systems, such as wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) photonics networks. In dynamic photonic networks a where number of channels are dropped and/or added all the time, the OPA gain for the other channels is affected. In this thesis we employed a well-known gain control technique, all-optical gain clamping (AOGC), and reduced the gain variation of fiber OPAs below 0.5 dB, under varying input conditions. We also showed an improvement in power penalties o at the bit-error rate of 10-8, from 2.5 dB to 0.5 dB for on/off keying modulation. We also investigated fiber optical parametric oscillators (OPOs). Using fiber OPAs as gain medium we realized two different continuous-wave (CW) OPOs, centred at 1561 nm and 1593 nm. One gave us watt-level output power from 1600 nm to 1670 nm, with overall tuning range of 211 nm. The output linewidth of signal and idler was measured to be 0.08 nm and 0.15 nm respectively. The OPO centred at 1593 nm gave us a record tuning range of 254 nm, and with 3 dB output coupling fraction, it gave us large output powers (20-27 dBm) from 1610 nm to 1720 nm. Using a large seed generated by a watt-level fiber OPO in the U-band, and using 3 W of CW pump source in the C-band for Raman amplification, we generated 3 W of CW output power. This gave us nearly 100% conversion efficiency. Launching a high-power CW pump with narrow linewidth into a fiber makes stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) a major problem. We investigated an SBS suppressor, based on a common technique of phase dithering of the pump to suppress the SBS. We compared a multitone modulation technique to modulation with a pseudo-random bit sequence (PRBS), and we showed that it can increase the SBS threshold by 4.18 dB, and is less expensive to implement.

abstract: Nature is a master at organizing biomolecules in all intracellular processes, and researchers have conducted extensive research to understand the way enzymes interact with each other through spatial and orientation positioning, substrate channeling, compartmentalization, and more. DNA nanostructures of high programmability and complexity provide excellent scaffolds to arrange multiple molecular/macromolecular components at nanometer scale to construct interactive biomolecular complexes and networks. Due to the sequence specificity at different positions of the DNA origami nanostructures, spatially addressable molecular pegboard with a resolution of several nm (less than 10 nm) can be achieved. So far, DNA nanostructures can be used to build nanodevices ranging from in vitro small molecule biosensing to sophisticated in vivo therapeutic drug delivery systems and multi-enzyme networks. This thesis focuses on how to use DNA nanostructures as programmable biomolecular scaffolds to arranges enzymatic systems. Presented here are a series of studies toward this goal. First, we survey approaches used to generate protein-DNA conjugates and the use of structural DNA nanotechnology to engineer rationally designed nanostructures. Second, novel strategies for positioning enzymes on DNA nanoscaffolds has been developed and optimized, including site-specific/ non site-specific protein-DNA conjugation, purification and characterization. Third, an artificial swinging arm enzyme-DNA complex has been developed to mimic substrate channeling process. Finally, we extended to build a artificial 2D multi-enzyme network. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Biochemistry 2016

Orientador: Marlus Chorilli / Banca: André Rolim Baby / Banca: Juliana Maldonado Marchetti / Resumo: O p-metoxicinamato de octila (OMC) vem sendo empregado em protetores solares objetivando a prevenção do câncer de pele e envelhecimento precoce. Todavia, estudos têm detectado a presença deste filtro solar em amostras de sangue, urina e leite após sua administração cutânea. Para promover a retenção do OMC nas camadas mais externas da pele, bem como protegê-lo da fotodegradação, sua incorporação em carreador lipídico nanoestruturado (CLN) pode ser interessante, pois este sistema permite maior retenção cutânea do ativo e consequentemente menor permeação pela pele, além de maior proteção e encapsulação. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o potencial de CLN como estratégia para incorporação do OMC. Os CLNs foram compostos por: miristato de miristila (MM) como lipídeo sólido, triglicerídeo de ácido cáprico e caprílico (TACC) como lipídeo líquido e tween 80 (T80) como tensoativo (F1), associados ou não à fosfatidilcolina de soja (FS) - F2 ou óleo de rícino (OR) - F3. O OMC foi adicionado na fase lipídica na concentração de 1,0%, obtendo-se as formulações F1.OMC, F2.OMC e F3.OMC. A caracterização dos sistemas foi realizada a partir de análises de diâmetro médio, polidispersidade, potencial zeta, calorimetria diferencial exploratória, microscopia de força atômica e microscopia eletrônica de varredura. Foi realizada a eficiência de encapsulação das formulações, além de ensaios de determinação do fator de proteção solar (FPS), liberação, permeação, retenção cutânea e citotoxicidade ... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The octyl methoxycinnamate has been used in sunscreens aiming at the prevention of skin cancer and premature aging. However, studies have detected the presence of this UV filter in samples of blood, urine and milk after topical administration. To promote the retention of the OMC in the outer layers of the skin and protect it from photobleaching, their incorporation into nanostructured lipid carrier (NLC) can be interesting because this system allows greater skin retention of active and therefore less permeation through the skin, besides greater protection and encapsulation. The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential of NLC as a strategy for incorporating the OMC. The NLCs was composed of: myristate miristila as solid lipid, acid triglyceride capric and caprylic as liquid lipid and tween 80 as surfactant (F1), associated or not with soy phosphatidylcholine (F2) or castor oil (F3). OMC was added to the lipid phase in a concentration of 1.0% to yield the F1.OMC, F2.OMC and F3.OMC formulations. The characterization of the systems was conducted from analysis of average diameter, polydispersity, zeta potential, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The encapsulation efficiency of the formulations was carried out, as in vitro assays like sun protection fator (SPF), release, skin permeation, skin retention and cytotoxicity. Also, an analytical method was developed to quantify the OMC using liquid chromatograp... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Orientador: Ângela Cristina Cilense Zuanon / Banca: Alessandra Nara de Souza Rastelli / Banca: Maria Cristina Borsatto / Resumo: A adição de nanopartículas aos materiais odontológicos busca melhorar principalmente suas propriedades antibacterianas sem, contudo, alterar suas propriedades mecânicas e físicas. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a influência da incorporação de nanopartículas de dióxido de titânio (TiO2) a um CIV convencional (Ketac Molar EasyMix) sobre suas propriedades mecânicas (dureza Vickers e resistência a compressão axial) e físicas (rugosidade e porosidade). Para todos os testes foram adotados quatro grupos (n=10): controle (sem adição de nanopartículas), 1, 2 e 5% em peso de TiO2. A dureza Vickers foi avaliada por meio do microdurômetro digital (Micromet 2100), a compressão axial por máquina de testes universais (EMIC-DL 2000), a rugosidade por rugosímetro (Mitutoyo SJ-400) e a porosidade por imagens de microscopia eletrônica de varredura (SM-300), analisadas pelo software Image J. Os dados foram analisados pela Análise de variância (ANOVA) a um critério fixo seguida do pós-teste de Tukey, com nível de significância de 5%. Houve diferença estatisticamente significativa para os experimentos dureza Vickers (p ≤ 0.001) e rugosidade (p = 0.010). Observamos que o CIV contendo 1% ou 2% de nanopartículas apresentou valores mais baixos para dureza. A rugosidade de superfície mostrou-se menor ao adicionar 2% e 5% de nanopartículas. Imagens em MEV mostraram não haver mudanças significativas na morfologia da porosidade na superfície do CIV. A adição de 5% de nanopartículas de TiO2 ao CIV convencional proporcionou resultados promissores, uma vez que não comprometeu suas propriedades mecânicas e físicas, e melhorou a rugosidade de superfície. Assim, a adição da nanopartícula de TiO2 a 5% ao Ketac Molar EasyMix sugere sua indicação clínica. / Abstract: The addition of nanoparticles to dental materials mainly searches to improve the antibacterial properties without changing their mechanical and physical properties. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of the incorporation of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles to conventional glass ionomer cement (GIC) (Ketac Molar EasyMix) on mechanical (Vickers hardness and compressive strength) and physical (roughness and porosity) properties. For all experiments four groups (n=10) were used: control (without addition of nanoparticles), 1%, 2%, 5% (w/w) of TiO2. The Vickers hardness was measured using a digital hardness (Micromet 2100), compressive strength using a universal testing machine (EMIC-DL 2000), the roughness using a profilometer (Mitutoyo SJ-400) and for porosity, images were made using scanning electron microscopy (SM-300) and analyzed by Image J-software. The data were analyzed by one-way ANOVA and Tukey's post hoc test, with the level of significance set at 5%. There were statistically significant differences for the experiments of Vickers hardness (p ≤ 0.001) and roughness (p = 0.010). We observed that the GIC containing 1% or 2% of nanoparticles had lower values for hardness and the surface roughness was lower by adding 2% and 5% of nanoparticles. SEM images showed no significant changes in surface morphology of the GIC. The addition of 5% (w/w) TiO2 nanoparticles to conventional GIC provides promising results, since it does not compromise the physical and mechanical properties and improves surface roughness. The addition of TiO2 nanoparticle to Ketac Molar EasyMix suggests clinical indication. / Mestre