É grande a preocupação quanto à presença de poluentes persistentes (POP) no ambiente aquático, devido ao potencial destes micropoluentes em afetar organismos aquáticos e a saúde humana. Dentre os POP estão os herbicidas atrazina (ATZ) e amicarbazona (AMZ), empregados no controle de ervas daninhas no cultivo de cana-de-açúcar, responsável por grande parte do consumo de herbicidas no país. O conhecimento do destino desses compostos no meio ambiente é essencial para avaliar seus potenciais impactos, embora não haja na literatura estudos detalhados relacionados a esse tema. No presente trabalho, através da combinação de resultados de experimentos realizados em simulador solar empregando matéria orgânica natural isolada, dados da literatura e simulações matemáticas, foi investigado o destino ambiental fotoquímico da AMZ, considerando as características de corpos d\'águas brasileiros. Analogamente e para fins de comparação, simulou-se o destino ambiental fotoquímico da ATZ com base em informações da literatura. Os resultados das simulações indicaram que a matéria orgânica dissolvida e a profundidade da coluna d\'água são as variáveis que mais influenciam na persistência dos dois herbicidas. O tempo de meiavida pode chegar a aproximadamente 2 meses e 1 ano, para AMZ e ATZ, respectivamente. Assim como é importante o entendimento do destino ambiental dos POP, também é essencial a investigação de processos avançados de oxidação desses poluentes, muitos dos quais são fotoirradiados. Procurando contribuir nesse sentido, neste trabalho estudou-se a fotólise da ATZ sob radiação UV em 254 nm, considerando os efeitos da taxa específica de emissão de fótons e da concentração inicial do herbicida. Procurou-se investigar detalhadamente o papel de espécies reativas de oxigênio (ROS) neste processo, resultados até então não discutidos na literatura. Além disso, os resultados obtidos para ATZ foram comparados aos disponíveis na literatura para AMZ. A degradação dos dois herbicidas diminui com o aumento da concentração inicial dos herbicidas, seguindo decaimento de pseudo primeira-ordem e aumentando com a taxa de emissão de fótons. Os resultados sugerem a formação de produtos persistentes e as ROS foram apontadas como atores importantes durante a degradação fotolítica dos herbicidas. / The presence of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) in aquatic environment is a subject of great concern, especially due to their capacity to affect not only aquatic organisms but also the human health. Herbicides as atrazine (ATZ) and amicarbazone (AMZ) are also classified as POP and are widely applied to control weeds on sugarcane cultivations, which are responsible for the increased consumption of herbicides in Brazil. The knowledge regarding the fate of these compounds once released into the environment represents an important issue and is also a type of information usually lacking in the available literature. Through the use of results obtained in experiments performed with a solar simulator, literature data, and mathematical simulations, the photochemical destination of AMZ in the environment was studied considering the characteristics of Brazilian surface water bodies. For purposes of comparison, the environmental destination of ATZ was also simulated. The results indicate that the dissolved organic matter and the depth of the water column are the most influential variables in the environmental persistence of these pesticides. Their half-life may extend up to 2 months to a year, for AMZ and ATZ, respectively. Besides the environmental fate, this investigation also aims to shine a light on the degradation of these contaminants in irradiated advanced oxidation processes. Accordingly, ATZ photolysis through the use of UV radiation (254 nm) was studied, whilst taking into consideration both the herbicide initial concentration and the specific photon emission rate. Another important contribution of this study is the investigation of the role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in photolytic processes, a subject not usually discussed in the literature. In addition, a crossed-reference analysis between the results obtained for ATZ and those available in the literature for AMZ is presented. The degradation of both herbicides diminishes with the increase in their initial concentration and follows a pseudo first-order decay, increasing with the photon emission rate. Moreover, the results indicate that the formation of persistent degradation products does occur and that ROS play a crucial role in photolytic herbicide degradation.

Zusammenfassung in PostScript In dieser Arbeit wird die photoinduzierte Dynamik offener Molekularsysteme unter dem Einfluß intensiver und ultrakurzer Laserpulse untersucht. Die Anregung eines Moleküls durch einen optischen ultrakurzen Laserpuls führt zu Übergängen zwischen verschiedenen elektronischen Zuständen. Dieser Anregungsprozeß wird begleitet von dissipativen Vorgängen wie Energie-- und Phasenrelaxation. Die Beschreibung dieser photoinduzierten Dynamik erfolgt mit Hilfe der Methode der Dichtematrixtheorie. Dabei zeigt die Ableitung der Quanten--Master--Gleichung im Rahmen des Projektionsoperator--Formalismus, daß die wirkenden äußeren Felder einmal direkt im reversiblen Anteil der Bewegungsgleichung auftreten, aber auch einen indirekten Einfluß über den die Dissipation beschreibenden Dissipations--Superoperator ausüben. In dieser Arbeit wird zum ersten Mal die durch ultrakurze Laserpulse induzierte Feldabhängigkeit des Dissipations--Superoperators berücksichtigt. Im Rahmen der Darstellung der Quanten--Master--Gleichung im Floquetbild kann eine anschauliche Deutung dieses feldabhängigen Effektes gegeben werden: die die Dissipation beschreibende frequenzabhängige Spektraldichte der Umgebungsmoden wird feldabhängig bei verschiedenen Frequenzen abgefragt. Analytische Untersuchungen zum Zwei--Niveau--System zeigen, daß die Feldabhängigkeit dann relevant wird, wenn die Pulslänge vergleichbar ist mit der Zeitskala, auf der die Autokorrelationsfunktion der Umgebungsfreiheitsgrade abklingt. Um den Einfluß auf experimentelle Größen zu untersuchen, wird ein zweifarbiges Pump--Test--Experiment zum Laserfarbstoffmolekül IR 125 betrachtet, bei welchem die spektral und zeitlich aufgelöste Transmission auf einer Femtosekunden-- und Pikosekunden--Zeitskala gemessen wurde. Im Rahmen des Modells einer effektiven Schwingungsmode wird eine Anpassungsrechnung an das Experiment vorgenommen. Dabei wird zunächst die Standard-Redfield-Theorie verwendet, um ein Referenzmodell zu gewinnen. Es gelingt, eine gute Übereinstimmung mit dem Experiment zu erreichen. Die exakte Berücksichtigung des Einflusses der internen Konversion zwischen den angeregten elektronischen Zuständen führt zu einem Anstieg der Transmission innnerhalb einer Pikosekunde. Es ist notwendig, die Dichtematrixgleichungen exakt zu lösen, da eine vergleichende Untersuchung mit Hilfe der nichtlinearen Suszeptibilität dritter Ordnung eine deutliche Abweichung zum exakten Resultat zeigt. Ausgehend vom Referenzfall feldunabhängiger Dissipation wird dann die Feldabhängigkeit der Relaxationsraten bestimmt sowie der Einfluß auf Observablen wie der relativen Transmission untersucht. In Übereinstimmung mit den analytischen Ergebnissen zeigt sich, daß der feldabhängige Effekt am größen ausgeprägt ist, wenn die Pulslänge kleiner als die Korrelationszeit der Umgebungsfreiheitsgrade wird und die wirkenden Felder hinreichend intensiv sind.Damit wird eine Kontrolle von Dissipation möglich. Ein Einfluß des feldabhängigen Effektes auf experimentelle Observablen wird vorhergesagt. / abstract in PostScript This thesis investigates the influence of intense and ultrashort laser pulses on the photoinduced dynamics of open molecular systems. The excitation of a molecule by an optical ultrashort laser pulse induces transitions between different electronic states. This excitation process is accompanied by the dissipative processes of energy and vibrational relaxation. This excitation process is described within the method of the density matrix theory. Thereby, the derivation of the quantum master equation in the framework of the projection operator formalism demonstrates that the external fields are present in the reversible part of the equation of motion and also exert an indirect influence by acting on the dissipation superoperator which accounts for dissipation. In this thesis the field--dependency of the dissipation superoperator which is induced by the external fields is considered for the first time. By a representation of the quantum master equation in the Floquet picture, an interpretation of this field--dependent effect can be given: the frequency--dependent spectral density of the environmental modes which describe dissipation is determined at different field--dependent frequencies. Analytical investigations for the two level system demonstrate that the field dependence becomes relevant if the pulse length is comparable with the time scale on which the autocorrelation function of the environmental degrees of freedom decays.To investigate the influence on experimental quantities, a two--color pump--probe experiment for the laser dye molecule IR 125 is considered for which the spectrally and temporally resolved transmission on a femtosecond and picosecond time scale has been measured. Within the model of one effective vibrational mode the experimental data is fitted. The standard Redfield theory is used to provide a reference model. A high degree of concurrence between the theory and the results of the experiment is achieved. The exact treatment of internal conversion between the excited electronic states leads to a rise in transmission within one picosecond. It is necessary to solve the density matrix equations exactly because a comparative investigation with the nonlinear susceptibility of third order leads to a clear viation from the exact result. Starting from the reference case of field--independent dissipation, the field--dependency of the relaxation rates is determined and the influence on observables for example the relative transmission is investigated. The analytical results show that the field--dependent effect is strongest if the pulse length becomes smaller than the correlation time of the environmental modes and if the acting fields are sufficiently strong. Thereby, a control of dissipation becomes possible. An influence of the field--dependent effect on experimental observables is predicted.

A new family of oligonuclear cyano compounds incorporatingtransition (Pt) and main group (Tl) metals bound with anon-buttressed Pt-Tl bond was synthesised in aqueous solution.The metal-metal linkage is formed in the reaction betweenplatinum and thallium in their stable oxidation forms, Pt(II)and Tl(III), orvice versa: Pt(IV) and Tl(I). Four binuclear complexeswith a general composition [(CN)5Pt-Tl(CN)n(aq)]n-(n = 0-3) and a trinuclear species [(NC)5Pt-Tl-Pt(CN)5]3-were identified and structurally characterised insolution by multinuclear NMR, EXAFS and vibrationalspectroscopy. In aqueous solution the complexes exist inequilibrium. The distribution between the species can bealtered by varying the molar ratio Pt/Tl, cyanide concentrationand pH. Stability constants of the compounds weredetermined. A new compound (NC)5PtTl was also prepared in solid and its crystalstructure solved by a combination of X-ray powder diffractionand EXAFS. Altogether the values of195Pt-205Tl spin-spin coupling constants (25-71 kHz),interatomic Pt-Tl distances (2.598-2.638 Å), and vibrationstretching frequencies v (Pt-Tl) (159-164 cm-1) are fully indicative of a direct and unsupportedPt-Tl bond. The calculated values of Pt-Tl force constants(1.56-1.74 N· cm-1) are characteristic for single metal-metal bond.The oxidation status in the compounds can be viewed asintermediate between II and IV for platinum, and between I andIII for thallium, as reflected by the chemical shifts of195Pt and205Tl nuclei, C≡ N stretching frequencies andelectron binding energies. The compounds are capable to undergo a photoinducedtwo-electron transfer between the coupled hetero-metal ions.Upon irradiation into the metal-to-metal charge transferabsorption band, effective photoredox reaction takes place. Itresults in scission of the Pt-Tl bond and formation of variouscomplexes of oxidised platinum (Pt(III, IV)) and reducedthallium (Tl(I)). The values of photodecomposition quantumyields were determined from a stationary photolysis study ofthe heterometallic complexes. Nanosecond laser flash photolysisof the heteronuclear Pt-Tl cyano compounds was performed in thetimescale range 1· 10-6- 5· 10-2s and several intermediate species were detectedand characterised by optical spectroscopy. The heteronuclear Pt-Tl cyano compounds can be furthermodified in terms of their stability, solubility, and lightabsorption characteristics. It has been found that the platinumpentacyano unit of the [(NC)5Pt-Tl(CN)n(aq)]n-species is inert towards the tested ligands,whereas the thallium "part" of the complexes can be tunedsignificantly. A number of complexes [(NC)5Pt-Tl(L)m]x-(L-ligand) were prepared and characterised insolution. Compounds [(NC)5Pt-Tl(nta)(H2O)]3-, [(NC)5Pt-Tl(bipy)(DMSO)3], and [(NC)5Pt-Tl(bipy)2]have been prepared in solid and their structuresdetermined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. <b>Keywords:</b>thallium, platinum, cyanide, metal-metal bond,non-buttressed, heterobimetallic, photoinduced, electrontransfer, redox reaction, NMR, chemical shift, spin-spincoupling constant, Raman, EXAFS, X-ray diffraction,equilibrium, oxidation state, oxidative addition,photolysis

<p>A new family of oligonuclear cyano compounds incorporatingtransition (Pt) and main group (Tl) metals bound with anon-buttressed Pt-Tl bond was synthesised in aqueous solution.The metal-metal linkage is formed in the reaction betweenplatinum and thallium in their stable oxidation forms, Pt(II)and Tl(III), or<i>vice versa</i>: Pt(IV) and Tl(I). Four binuclear complexeswith a general composition [(CN)₅Pt-Tl(CN)_n(aq)]^n-(n = 0-3) and a trinuclear species [(NC)₅Pt-Tl-Pt(CN)₅]^3-were identified and structurally characterised insolution by multinuclear NMR, EXAFS and vibrationalspectroscopy. In aqueous solution the complexes exist inequilibrium. The distribution between the species can bealtered by varying the molar ratio Pt/Tl, cyanide concentrationand pH. Stability constants of the compounds weredetermined.</p><p>A new compound (NC)₅PtTl was also prepared in solid and its crystalstructure solved by a combination of X-ray powder diffractionand EXAFS. Altogether the values of¹⁹⁵Pt-²⁰⁵Tl spin-spin coupling constants (25-71 kHz),interatomic Pt-Tl distances (2.598-2.638 Å), and vibrationstretching frequencies v (Pt-Tl) (159-164 cm^-1) are fully indicative of a direct and unsupportedPt-Tl bond. The calculated values of Pt-Tl force constants(1.56-1.74 N· cm^-1) are characteristic for single metal-metal bond.The oxidation status in the compounds can be viewed asintermediate between II and IV for platinum, and between I andIII for thallium, as reflected by the chemical shifts of¹⁹⁵Pt and²⁰⁵Tl nuclei, C≡ N stretching frequencies andelectron binding energies.</p><p>The compounds are capable to undergo a photoinducedtwo-electron transfer between the coupled hetero-metal ions.Upon irradiation into the metal-to-metal charge transferabsorption band, effective photoredox reaction takes place. Itresults in scission of the Pt-Tl bond and formation of variouscomplexes of oxidised platinum (Pt(III, IV)) and reducedthallium (Tl(I)). The values of photodecomposition quantumyields were determined from a stationary photolysis study ofthe heterometallic complexes. Nanosecond laser flash photolysisof the heteronuclear Pt-Tl cyano compounds was performed in thetimescale range 1· 10^-6- 5· 10^-2s and several intermediate species were detectedand characterised by optical spectroscopy.</p><p>The heteronuclear Pt-Tl cyano compounds can be furthermodified in terms of their stability, solubility, and lightabsorption characteristics. It has been found that the platinumpentacyano unit of the [(NC)₅Pt-Tl(CN)_n(aq)]^n-species is inert towards the tested ligands,whereas the thallium "part" of the complexes can be tunedsignificantly. A number of complexes [(NC)₅Pt-Tl(L)_m]^x-(L-ligand) were prepared and characterised insolution. Compounds [(NC)₅Pt-Tl(nta)(H₂O)]^3-, [(NC)₅Pt-Tl(bipy)(DMSO)₃], and [(NC)₅Pt-Tl(bipy)₂]have been prepared in solid and their structuresdetermined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.</p><p><b>Keywords:</b>thallium, platinum, cyanide, metal-metal bond,non-buttressed, heterobimetallic, photoinduced, electrontransfer, redox reaction, NMR, chemical shift, spin-spincoupling constant, Raman, EXAFS, X-ray diffraction,equilibrium, oxidation state, oxidative addition,photolysis</p>

Key issues in improving small molecule organic solar cells (SMOSC) are the need for new absorber materials and optimized active layer morphology. This thesis deals with the improvement of SMOSC on the donor material side. Promising donor materials (D) are provided by dicyanovinyl endcapped oligothiophenes DCV2-nT (n = 3, . . . , 6) synthesized in the group of Prof. Bäuerle at the University of Ulm. Here, DCV2-nT (n = 3, 5) with different alkyl side chains are characterized. Side chain variations mainly influence the aggregation of molecules in pristine films as well as in blend films with the commonly used acceptor (A) fullerene C60. With changes in the layer morphology, important physical properties in thin film like absorption spectra, energy levels, as well as excited state properties are changed. The focus of this work are excited state properties accessed by photoinduced absorption spectroscopy (PIA). PIA probes the long living excited states in pristine and blend films, i. e. triplet excitons, anions, and cations. For a series of four dicyanovinyl-terthiophenes DCV2-3T (without side chains, with two methyl, two butyl, and four butyl side chains) a systematic study of the effect of alkyl side chains on the aggregation in neat and blend film is discussed. In consequence the efficiency of the energy transfer mechanism between DCV2-3T and C60 is affected. It turns out that in solution spectra and cyclic voltammetry (CV) measurements, the variation of alkyl side chains has almost no influence. However, in thin film there is strong impact on the molecular arrangement confirmed by strongly varying absorption spectra, ionization potentials, and surface roughnesses. Furthermore, PIA measurements reveal that the energy transfer efficiency between D and A in general decreases with increasing side chain length, but is most efficient for a compound with methyl side chains. For blends of dicyanovinyl-quinquethiophenes (DCV2-5T) with C60, the layer morphology is influenced by two different methods. On one hand substrate heating is applied while deposition of the active layer, on the other hand DCV2-5Ts with different alkyl side chains (four methyl and four butyl side chains) are used. Deposition on a heated substrate (80°C) results in an improved solar cell performance, assigned to the formation of a sufficient phase separation of D and A phase in the active layer. This leads to reduced recombination losses and closed percolation paths. The morphological change can be correlated to an increased lifetime of cations. In blends deposited on a heated substrate, the donor cation lifetime increases by almost one order of magnitude from around 10 μs to ≈ 80 μs. This increase of carrier lifetime is both detected optically by PIA as well as electrically by impedance spectroscopy. The increase in lifetime is consequently assigned to a better spatial separation of positive and negative charges induced by the phase separation. Comparing DCV2-5T with methyl and butyl side chains results in a similar effect: The dicyanovinyl-quinquethiophene with methyl side chains leads to an improved solar cell device performance compared to devices comprising the compound with butyl side chains as donor. The improved device performance is again accompanied by an increase in cation lifetime detected by PIA. / Die Entwicklung neuer Absorber-Materialien sowie die Morphologie der photo- aktiven Schicht sind zentrale Themen hinsichtlich der Optimierung organischer Solarzellen aus kleinen Molekülen. In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden diese beiden Aspekte von Seiten des Donor-Materials (D) her behandelt. Die Material- klasse der Dicyanovinyl-Oligothiophene DCV2-nT(n=3,...,6) (synthetisiert in der Arbeitsgruppe von Prof. Bäuerle an der Universität Ulm) dient dabei als Ausgangspunkt. Insbesondere werden DCV2-nT-Moleküle (n = 3, 5) mit verschiedenen Alkyl-Seitenketten charakterisiert. Die Variation der Seitenketten beeinflusst in erster Linie die Anordnung der Moleküle in Einzel- sowie in Mischschichten mit dem typischerweise verwendeten Akzeptor-Material Fulleren C60 (A). Als Folge der Schichtmorphologie ändern sich physikalische Eigenschaften wie u. a. Absorptions- spektren, Energieniveaus sowie die Eigenschaften angeregter Zustände. Angeregte Zustände, wie Triplett-Exzitonen, Anionen und Kationen werden in dieser Arbeit mittels photoinduzierter Absorptionsspektroskopie (PIA) charakterisiert. Anhand einer Serie von vier Dicyanovinyl-Tertiophenen DCV2-3T (ohne Seiten- ketten, mit zwei Methyl-, zwei Butyl-, und vier Butyl-Seitenketten) werden systematisch Einflüsse der Seitenketten auf die Aggregation der Moleküle in Einzel- und Mischschichten untersucht. Besonderes Augenmerk liegt dabei auf dem Effekt der Seitenketten auf den Energie-Transfer-Mechanismus zwischen D und A. In Lösungsmittelspektren und Cyclovoltammetrie-Messungen ist fast keine Änderung durch die Seitenketten erkennbar. Im Dünnfilm hingegen besteht ein starker Einfluss auf die molekulare Anordnung, erkennbar in einer starken Variation der Absorptionsspektren, Ionisationspotentiale und Oberflächen-Topographie. PIA- Messungen zeigen weiterhin, dass im Allgemeinen die Effizienz des Energie-Transfer- Mechanismus mit zunehmender Länge der Alkyl-Ketten abnimmt. Der effizienteste Transfer besteht jedoch für die Verbindung mit Methyl-Seitenketten. In Mischschichten aus Dicyanovinyl-Quinquethiophenen (DCV2-5T) und C60 werden hier zwei Methoden zur Beeinflussung der Schichtmorphologie verfolgt. Zum einen wird die aktive Schicht auf einem geheizten Substrat abgeschieden, zum anderen werden DCV2-5T-Moleküle mit Methyl- und Butyl-Seitenketten als Donor verwendet. Das Abscheiden der aktiven Schicht auf einem geheizten Substrat (80 °C) führt zu einer verbesserten Solarzellenleistung, was auf die Bildung einer hin- reichenden Phasenseparation von D- und A-Phasen in der aktiven Schicht zurückzuführen ist. Die Phasenseparation bewirkt eine Reduktion von Rekombinationsverlusten und die Bildung geschlossener Perkolationspfade. Die morphologische Änderung korreliert mit einem Anstieg der Ladungsträger-Lebensdauer um fast eine Größenordnung von etwa 10 μs auf ≈ 80 μs. Der Anstieg kann sowohl optisch durch PIA, als auch elektrisch mittels Impedanz-Spektroskopie detektiert werden. Eine höhere Lebensdauer der Ladungsträger kann letztlich auf eine größere räumlichen Separation der positiven und negativen Ladungsträger zurückgeführt werden, induziert durch die Phasenseparation. Ein Vergleich von DCV2-5T-Molekülen mit Methyl- und Butyl-Seitenketten führt zu ähnlichen Resultaten: Solarzellen mit DCV2-5T substituiert mit Methyl- Seitenketten sind effizienter als die der butyl-substituierten Moleküle. Dies korreliert wiederum mit einer signifikant erhöhten Lebensdauer der Ladungsträger in Mischschichten der methyl-substituierten Verbindung.

Ce travail est dédié à la compréhension de phénomènes photoinduits dansles verres de chalcogénure. Ces phénomènes, bien que connus depuis des années,ne sont pas encore bien compris. Travailler sur des couches minces, fabriquées icipar co-pulvérisation cathodique, ajoute une diffculté supplémentaire : il y a peude matière qui interagit avec la lumière et il faut composer avec la présence dusubstrat. Afin d'étudier les phénomènes photoinduits, il a été nécessaire d'adapterdes techniques expérimentales déjà existantes telles que la spectroscopie pompe-sonde, qui permet d'étudier la dynamique électronique ultra-rapide (inférieure à lananoseconde) et les capteurs au quartz piezoélectrique qui permettent de mesurerla masse volumique et les modules mécaniques du matériau déposé à leurs surface.Des essais préliminaires de résonance en transmission ont été également réalisés etsont prometteurs. Une machine de DMA (Dynamical Mechanical Analysis) a étéspécialement conçue au laboratoire afin de réaliser une étude dynamique des verres de chalcogénures sous formes de fibres et de films minces. Toutes ces techniquesexpérimentales permettent d'étudier les effets photoinduits à différentes échelles detemps et de mieux les expliquer. / This work aims to understand photoinduced phenomena in chalcogenide glasses. These phenomena are known for years but yet not fully understood. Studying thin films, deposited by co-sputtering here, adds an other difficulty : the light-matter interaction takes place in a small amount of matter and it is inevitable to deal with the substrate. To study these photoinduced effects, it was necessary to adapt some already existing methods such as pump-probe spectroscopy which measures ultrafast electronic dynamics (less than a nanosecond), piezoelectric quartz sensors which gives density and mechanical modulus of the materials deposited on. Preliminary tests were run to investigate optical transmission resonance and are promising. A DMA machine (Dynamical Mechanical Analysis) was especially designed in the laboratory to study the behaviour of fibers and films. All these experimental setups allow to study photoinduced phenomena at various timescale and to better understand them.

É grande a preocupação quanto à presença de poluentes persistentes (POP) no ambiente aquático, devido ao potencial destes micropoluentes em afetar organismos aquáticos e a saúde humana. Dentre os POP estão os herbicidas atrazina (ATZ) e amicarbazona (AMZ), empregados no controle de ervas daninhas no cultivo de cana-de-açúcar, responsável por grande parte do consumo de herbicidas no país. O conhecimento do destino desses compostos no meio ambiente é essencial para avaliar seus potenciais impactos, embora não haja na literatura estudos detalhados relacionados a esse tema. No presente trabalho, através da combinação de resultados de experimentos realizados em simulador solar empregando matéria orgânica natural isolada, dados da literatura e simulações matemáticas, foi investigado o destino ambiental fotoquímico da AMZ, considerando as características de corpos d\'águas brasileiros. Analogamente e para fins de comparação, simulou-se o destino ambiental fotoquímico da ATZ com base em informações da literatura. Os resultados das simulações indicaram que a matéria orgânica dissolvida e a profundidade da coluna d\'água são as variáveis que mais influenciam na persistência dos dois herbicidas. O tempo de meiavida pode chegar a aproximadamente 2 meses e 1 ano, para AMZ e ATZ, respectivamente. Assim como é importante o entendimento do destino ambiental dos POP, também é essencial a investigação de processos avançados de oxidação desses poluentes, muitos dos quais são fotoirradiados. Procurando contribuir nesse sentido, neste trabalho estudou-se a fotólise da ATZ sob radiação UV em 254 nm, considerando os efeitos da taxa específica de emissão de fótons e da concentração inicial do herbicida. Procurou-se investigar detalhadamente o papel de espécies reativas de oxigênio (ROS) neste processo, resultados até então não discutidos na literatura. Além disso, os resultados obtidos para ATZ foram comparados aos disponíveis na literatura para AMZ. A degradação dos dois herbicidas diminui com o aumento da concentração inicial dos herbicidas, seguindo decaimento de pseudo primeira-ordem e aumentando com a taxa de emissão de fótons. Os resultados sugerem a formação de produtos persistentes e as ROS foram apontadas como atores importantes durante a degradação fotolítica dos herbicidas. / The presence of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) in aquatic environment is a subject of great concern, especially due to their capacity to affect not only aquatic organisms but also the human health. Herbicides as atrazine (ATZ) and amicarbazone (AMZ) are also classified as POP and are widely applied to control weeds on sugarcane cultivations, which are responsible for the increased consumption of herbicides in Brazil. The knowledge regarding the fate of these compounds once released into the environment represents an important issue and is also a type of information usually lacking in the available literature. Through the use of results obtained in experiments performed with a solar simulator, literature data, and mathematical simulations, the photochemical destination of AMZ in the environment was studied considering the characteristics of Brazilian surface water bodies. For purposes of comparison, the environmental destination of ATZ was also simulated. The results indicate that the dissolved organic matter and the depth of the water column are the most influential variables in the environmental persistence of these pesticides. Their half-life may extend up to 2 months to a year, for AMZ and ATZ, respectively. Besides the environmental fate, this investigation also aims to shine a light on the degradation of these contaminants in irradiated advanced oxidation processes. Accordingly, ATZ photolysis through the use of UV radiation (254 nm) was studied, whilst taking into consideration both the herbicide initial concentration and the specific photon emission rate. Another important contribution of this study is the investigation of the role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in photolytic processes, a subject not usually discussed in the literature. In addition, a crossed-reference analysis between the results obtained for ATZ and those available in the literature for AMZ is presented. The degradation of both herbicides diminishes with the increase in their initial concentration and follows a pseudo first-order decay, increasing with the photon emission rate. Moreover, the results indicate that the formation of persistent degradation products does occur and that ROS play a crucial role in photolytic herbicide degradation.

Au cours de ce travail de thèse, des matériaux monomères amorphes bifonctionnels photochromes et fluorescents ont été élaborés et étudiés dans le but de former sous irradiation interférentielle des structures fluorescentes par migration de matière photoinduite . Pour contrer le phénomène d'extinction de fluorescence par l'unité photochrome azoïque, un espaceur saturé de type adduit de Diels-Alder a été introduit entre les deux entités photoactives. De telles molécules ont été obtenues avec succès ainsi que les composés modèles azoïques et fluorescents correspondants.L'introduction de nouveaux fragments comme l'espaceur ne modifiait pas les propriétés de photochromisme que ce fût en solution ou à l'état solide. A l'opposé, des études de spectroscopie de fluorescence stationnaire et résolue en temps ont montré que la présence de cet espaceur limitait efficacement les phénomènes d’extinction de fluorescence au sein des composés bifonctionnels. Dans le but de comprendre les mécanismes photophysiques sous-tendant l'extinction de fluorescence observée, des expériences de spectroscopie d'absorption transitoire femtoseconde ont été réalisées sur les composés modèles et bifonctionnels. Elles ont mis en évidence l’existence d’un transfert d’énergie électronique picoseconde de l’unité fluorescente vers l’unité photochrome.Sous forme de films minces non-dopés, ces nouveaux composés bifonctionnels ont conduit par photostructuration holographique à des reliefs de surface réinscriptibles, stables à température et sous lumière ambiantes et modulés en intensité de fluorescence, les maxima d'émission correspondant aux zones d'accumulation en composés bifonctionnels. Une nouvelle réaction photochimique consistant en la photocoupure de dérivés fluorescents nitrés de la triphénylamine a été mise en évidence. L’irradiation sous UV de solutions et de films minces provoquait une photorupture de l’état à transfert de charge intramoléculaire, conduisant à la modification de la couleur émise de l’orange au bleu. Des structures fluorescentes modulées en énergie ont pu ainsi être obtenues par irradiation au travers d’un masque tout en contrôlant la quantité de lumière apportée. / This PhD thesis presents the elaboration and the studies of bifunctional amorphous small molecule-based materials combining photochromic and fluorescent units in order to form fluorescent patterns by photoinduced mass transport under interferential irradiation A saturated spacer made of a Diels-Alder adduct was introduced between both photoactive units to inhibit emission quenching of the fluorophore by the azo photochromic moiety. Such compounds as well as their fluorescent and azo model compounds have successfully been synthesised.New fragments such as the spacer brought no modification to the photochromic properties in solution and in the solid state. Conversely, time-resolved and steady-state fluorescence studies showed that the spacer efficiently limited fluorescence quenching within the bifunctional compounds. In order to gain insight into the mechanism responsible for the fluorescence quenching, femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy measurements have been performed on model and bifunctional compounds. They evidenced picosecond electronic energy transfer from the fluorescent unit towards the azo moiety.As non doped thin films, rewritable surface relief gratings (SRG) stable under ambient light and at room temperature could be written through holographic illumination and displayed fluorescence patterns. Modulation of the emission intensity resulted from the accumulation of fluorophores attached to the azo units undergoing photoinduced mass migration. A novel photochemical reaction leading to the photocleavage of fluorescent nitro-substituted triarylamine derivatives has been proved. UV irradiation in solution and in the solid state caused photodisruption of the intramolecular charge transfer state, yielding neat modification of the emission colour from orange into blue. Fluorescent patterns modulated in energy could have been obtained by using a mask and controlling the amount of photons.

The aim of this diploma thesis is to conduct optical and photovoltaic characterization of derivatives of diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) as materials suitable for fabrication of bulk heterojunction organic solar cells. The charge transfer from donor material (DPP) to acceptor material (PCBM) is studied by a quenching of fluorescence. The photovoltaic response is studied by current – voltage characteristic which can tell us crucial parameters such as shor circuit current density Jsc, open circuit voltage Voc, fill factor FF and power conversion efficiency PCE. Optical characterization was carried out for symmetrical DPP derivatives (U69 and U97) which both contained diphenylaminstilbene moiety and differed in N-alkyl group. On the other hand photovoltaic characterization was conducted for analogous but asymmetrical materials (U70 and U99). Material U29 was characterized as well but its properties proved to be very poor. Both these characterizations tell us that materials with shorter solubilization groups (U69 and U99) are more suitable candidates. Achieved PCE for U70 was 0,74 % and for U99 up to 1,39 %. From these values one can say that small molecule organic materials can be used for fabrication of solar cells.

La photothérapie dynamique (PTD) est un traitement alternatif du cancer qui nécessite l’utilisation de chromophores (photosensibilisateurs) capables d’induire la mort cellulaire suite à une irradiation lumineuse. Les nanoparticles d’or (AuNP), grâce à leur phénomène de résonance plasmon localisée, peuvent exalter les propriétés photophysiques des chromophores localisés à leur surface. L’utilisation d’une excitation biphotonique, dans le proche infrarouge, peut être utilisée pour améliorer l’action thérapeutique (PTD) ou diagnostique (imagerie de fluorescence) des chromophores en augmentant la profondeur de pénétration dans les tissus et la résolution tridimensionnelle de la microscopie biphotonique.Lors de ce travail, l’élaboration de nouvelles nanoparticules hybrides est proposée, présentant des applications potentielles en bioimagerie (sondes brillantes) et comme photosensibilisateurs pour la PTD. Ces nanoparticules sont composées d’un cœur d’or sur lequel sont greffés des conjugués polymère-chromophores biphotoniques. La stratégie de synthèse a consisté à : i) synthétiser des conjugués polymère-chromophores biphotoniques solubles dans l’eau ; ii) les greffer de manière orientée à la surface des AuNP. La synthèse des conjugués polymère-chromophores hydrosolubles on été synthétisés via le couplage efficace de chromophores hydrophobes en position latérale des copolymères P(NAM-co-NAS) bien-définis, obtenus par la techniques de polymérisation radicalaire contrôlée RAFT. Cette stratégie permet le contrôle à la fois de la longueur des chaînes polymère formées (2 000 g.mol-1 < Mn plus < 37 000 g.mol-1) et du nombre de chromophores couplés par chaîne (de 1 à 21). Le greffage orienté de ces conjugués à la surface des AuNP a été mis en évidence (TEM, ATG) et les densités de greffage se sont avérées élevées (~0.5chaîne/nm²). Un des rôles de la chaîne polymère étant de contrôler la distance entre les chromophores et la surface des AuNP. Il a été mis en évidence que l’augmentation de la longueur de chaine des conjugués induisait, outre une augmentation de la couronne greffée (par MET) sur les AuNP, une augmentation de l’émission de fluorescence de ces conjugués polymère-chromophores. Enfin, les propriétés biologiques des conjugués avant et après greffage sur les AuNP ont été évaluées in cellulo, mettant en valeur leur potentiel pour des applications thérapeutiques et diagnostiques. / Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an alternative treatment of cancer requiring the use of chromophore molecules (photosensitizers), which can induce cell death after light excitation. Gold nanoparticles (AuNP), exhibiting localized Surface Plasmon Resonance, can enhance the photophysical response of chromophores located in their vicinity, and thus improve their therapeutic action. Moreover, the use of highly localized two-photon chromophores (photosensitizers and fluorophores), capable to undergo a localized excitation by light in the Near InfraRed region, should increase the penetration depth into tissues, thus improve the treatment efficiency (by PDT) and the imaging (by fluorescence microscopy) of cancer tissues.In this work, we describe the elaboration of water-soluble hybrid nano-objects for PDT and fluorescence bioimaging applications, composed of two-photon chromophore-polymer conjugates grafted onto gold nanoparticles. In order to obtain these nano-objects we follow a multistep strategy: i) the synthesis of a well-defined water-soluble chromophore-polymer conjugates; ii) the end-group oriented grafting of chromophore-polymer conjugates onto 20 nm AuNP. The coupling of hydrophobic two-photon chromophores on linear water-soluble copolymer chains (poly(N-acryloylmorpholine-co-N-acryloxysuccinimide)), obtained by controlled/living RAFT polymerization, resulted in well-defined water-soluble chromophore-polymer conjugates, with different polymer lengths (2 000 g.mol-1 < Mn < 37 000 g.mol-1) and architectures (random or block), and a controlled number of chromophores per chain (varying between 1 and 21). Their grafting onto 20 nm AuNP gave water-soluble hybrid nano-objects with high grafting densities (~0.5 chains/nm²). The role of the polymer chain being to tune the distance between chromophores and AuNP surface, we have evidenced the increase in the polymer corona thickness of grafted AuNP (estimated by TEM) with the increasing polymer Mn, corroborating with the corresponding distance-dependent fluorescence properties of those. Finally, the in cellulo biological properties of two-photon chromophore-polymer conjugates, before and after grafting onto AuNP, have been investigated, highlighting their potential for two-photon bioimaging and PDT applications.