Les tanins condensés sont largement répandus et très abondants dans la nature. Au cours des dernières décennies, ces tanins ont été abondamment utilisés pour la production de formulations thermodurcissables (par exemple, les adhésifs pour le collage du bois, les matériaux en mousse) en raison de leur réactivité chimique. Cependant, ils présentent également un grand potentiel en tant que composants pour la conception de matériaux polymères innovants en raison de leurs propriétés physico-chimiques (p. ex. antioxydantes, antimicrobiennes et stabilisantes). Afin d’étendre les domaines d’utilisation des tanins aux matériaux polymères, le principal verrou scientifique et technique réside dans leur incompatibilité avec les polymères hydrophobes. À cette fin, trois voies de modification ont été mises au point pour améliorer la compatibilité des tanins avec les matrices PP ou PLA. Dans la première partie, les PP/ tanins ont été modifiés avec du glyoxal par vulcanisation dynamique. Après extrusion réactive, les tanins vulcanisés présentent une meilleure compatibilité avec la matrice PP et des propriétés anti-UV. La deuxième approche consiste en une modification par estérification à l'aide d'anhydride acétique. Avec cette méthode, des teneurs élevées en AT ont pu être incorporées au PLA, jusqu'à 30 % en poids et jusqu'à 20 % sans diminution notable des propriétés mécaniques ni impact sur la morphologie de surface. Ces composites PLA/AT sont imprimables en impression 3D par dépôt de matière fondue. Dans la troisième partie, une compatibilisation réactive a été réalisée avec succès pour améliorer l'adhésion interfaciale entre PLA et les tanins condensés en utilisant du 3-aminopropytriéthoxysilane, du diisocyanate de méthylène diphényle et du peroxyde de dicumyle (DCP). / Condensed tannins are widely distributed and highly abundant in nature. In the past decades, such tannins have played an important role in thermosetting systems (e.g. adhesives for wood bonding, foam material) because of their chemical reactivity. However, they also exhibit great potential as a component of polymeric materials because of their physicochemical properties (e.g. antioxidant, antimicrobial and stabilizing properties), which are promising for material preparation. In order to transform tannins from traditional application to a broaden application in polymeric materials, the main challenge facing tannins are their incompatibility with hydrophobic polymer. For this purpose, three modification pathways were developed to improve the compatibility of tannins with PP or PLA matrix. In the first part, PP/ tannins were modified with hexamine or glyoxal via dynamic vulcanization technique. After vulcanized extrusion, vulcanized tannins present better compatibility and UV protective performance in PP matrix. The second approach is CTs modified with acetic anhydride. With this method, up to 30 wt% acetylated tannin (AT) can be well incorporated with PLA while PLA containing up to 20 wt% AT did not deteriorate the mechanical property and surface morphology. This PLA/AT composites are printable via fused deposition modeling process. In the third part, the efficient reactive compatibilization have been successful used to improve the interfacial adhesion between PLA and CTs by using 3-aminopropytriethoxysilane, methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, and dicumyl peroxide (DCP).

As nanocomposites provide considerable improvements in material properties, scientists and engineers are focussing on biodegradable nanocomposites having superior material properties as well as degradability. This thesis has investigated the properties of biodegradable nanocomposites of the aliphatic thermoplastic polyester, poly (lactide acid) (PLA) and the synthetic biodegradable polyester, poly (butylene succinate) (PBS). To enhance the properties of this blend, nanometer-sized clay particles, have been added to produce tertiary nanocomposite. High aspect ratio and surface area of clay provide significant improvement in structural, mechanical, thermal and barrier properties in comparison to the base polymer. In this study, a series of PLA/PBS/layered silicate nanocomposites were produced by using a simple twin-screw extruder. PLA/PBS/Cloisite 30BX nanocomposites were prepared containing 1, 3, 5, 7 and 10 wt% of C30BX clay, while PLA and PBS polymers compositions were fixed at a ratio of 80 to 20. This study also included the validation of a gas barrier model for these biodegradable nanocomposites. WAXD indicated an exfoliated structure for nanocomposites having 1 and 3 wt% of clay, while predominantly development of intercalated structures was noticed for nanocomposites higher than 5 wt% of clay. However, TEM images confirmed a mixed morphology of intercalated and exfoliated structure for nanocomposite having 1 wt% of clay, while some clusters or agglomerated tactoids were detected for nanocomposites having more than 3 wt% of clay contents. The percolation threshold region for these nanocomposites lied between 3-5 wt% of clay loadings. Liquid-like behaviour of PLA/PBS blends gradually changed to solid-like behaviour with the increase in concentration of clay. Shear viscosity for the nanocomposites decreased as shear rate increased, exhibiting shear thinning non-Newtonian behaviour. Tensile strength and Young's modulus initially increased for nanocomposites of up to 3 wt% of clay but then decreased with the introduction of more clay. At high clay content (more than 3 wt%), clay particles tend to aggregate which causes microcracks at the interface of clay-polymer by lowering the polymer-clay interaction. Percentage elongation at break did not show any improvement with the addition of clay. PLA/PBS blends were considered as immiscible with each other as two separate glass transition and melting temperatures were observed in modulated differential scanning calorimetry (MDSC) thermograms. MDSC showed that crystallinity of the nanocomposites was not much affected by the addition of clay and hence some compatibilizer is required. Thermogravimetric analysis showed that the nanocomposite containing 3 wt% of clay demonstrated highest thermal stability compared to other nanocomposites. Decrease in thermal stability was noticed above 3 wt% clay; however the initial degradation temperature of nanocomposites with 5, 7 and 10 wt% of clay was higher than that of PLA/PBS blend alone. Gas barrier property measurements were undertaken to investigate the transmission of oxygen gas and water vapours. Oxygen barrier properties showed significant improvement with these nanocomposites, while that for water vapour modest improvement was observed. By comparing the relative permeabilities obtained from the experiments and the model, it was concluded that PLA/PBS/clay nanocomposites validated the Bharadwaj model for up to 3 wt% of clay concentration.

L'administration de protéines de façon locale et prolongée à partir de microsphères biodégradables de PLGA présente un réel intérêt thérapeutique (diminution du nombre d'injections, potentialisation de l'activité, diminution des effets secondaires), plus particulièrement, dans le domaine de l'ingénierie tissulaire pour l'apport de facteurs de croissance. Cependant, la faible stabilité des protéines dans ces systèmes limite leur développement. Dans ce travail, des stratégies ont été mises en place pour préserver l'intégrité de protéines à la fois lors des étapes d'encapsulation et de libération. Dans une étude préliminaire, des protéines modèles et thérapeutiques ont été précipitées afin d'éviter leur dénaturation pendant leur future encapsulation. Des particules submicroniques ont ainsi été formées par ajout d'un non solvant et d'un sel à une solution aqueuse de protéine. Après optimisation des rendements de précipitation, ces particules de protéines ont été microencapsulées par un procédé de simple émulsion (s/o/w). Aucune perte d'activité n'a été observée et ce, sans stabilisant. Ensuite, pour pallier au ralentissement de la libération après le premier jour d'incubation des microsphères, l'interaction protéine-polymère a été modélisée et des composés capables de limiter l'adsorption du lysozyme sur le PLGA ont été sélectionnés, notamment le poloxamer 188. La précipitation du lysozyme avec du poloxamer 188 avant encapsulation a ainsi conduit à une libération continue de protéine active pendant trois semaines sans effet burst à partir de microsphères de PLGA et pendant plus de six semaines avec un copolymère tribloc de PLGA-PEG-PLGA.

Percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty followed by drug-eluting stent implantation has been of great benefit in coronary applications, whereas in peripheral applications, success rates remain low. Analysis of healing patterns in successful deployments shows that six months after implantation the artery has reorganized itself to accommodate the increase in caliber and there is no purpose for the stent to remain, potentially provoking inflammation and foreign body reaction. Thus, a fully biodegradable polymeric stent that fulfills the mission and steps away is of great benefit. Biodegradable polymers have a widespread usage in the biomedical field, such as sutures, scaffolds and implants. Degradation refers to bond scission process that breaks polymeric chains down to oligomers and monomers. Extensive degradation leads to erosion, which is the process of mass loss from the polymer bulk. The prevailing mechanism of biodegradation of aliphatic polyesters (the main class of biodegradable polymers used in biomedical applications) is random scission by passive hydrolysis and results in molecular weight reduction and softening. In order to understand the applicability and efficacy of biodegradable polymers, a two pronged approach involving experiments and theory is necessary. A constitutive model involving degradation and its impact on mechanical properties was developed through an extension of a material which response depends on the history of the motion and on a scalar parameter reflecting the local extent of degradation and depreciates the mechanical properties. A rate equation describing the chain scission process confers characteristics of stress relaxation, creep and hysteresis to the material, arising due to the entropy-producing nature of degradation and markedly different from their viscoelastic counterparts. Several initial and boundary value problems such as inflation and extension of cylinders were solved and the impacts of the constitutive model analyzed. In vitro degradation of poly(L-lactic acid) fibers under tensile load was performed and degradation and reduction in mechanical properties was dependent on the mechanical environment. Mechanical testing of degraded fibers allowed the proper choice of constitutive model and its evolution. Analysis of real stent geometries was made possible with the constitutive model integration into finite element setting and stent deformation patterns in response to pressurization changed dramatically as degradation proceeded.

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Submitted by Emanuel Varela Cardoso (emanuel.varela@ufcg.edu.br) on 2018-06-28T22:08:37Z No. of bitstreams: 1 JEANE PAULINO DE ARAÚJO – DISSERTAÇÃO (UAEMa) 2015.pdf: 2128480 bytes, checksum: 70c9e8ae2b3e956c8dd6515d58ebc9d0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-28T22:08:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JEANE PAULINO DE ARAÚJO – DISSERTAÇÃO (UAEMa) 2015.pdf: 2128480 bytes, checksum: 70c9e8ae2b3e956c8dd6515d58ebc9d0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-06-28 / Capes / O poli(ácido lático) (PLA) tem despertado grande interesse tanto da academia como da indústria devido principalmente a sua biodegradabilidade, algumas propriedades mecânicas atraentes e por ser sintetizado a partir de matéria-prima de fontes renováveis. Entretanto, o PLA apresenta algumas desvantagens, como alta fragilidade, baixa taxa de cristalização, sensibilidade a umidade e a degradação em altas temperaturas, que limitam suas aplicações e comprometem seu processamento e desempenho final, sendo necessário muitas vezes modificar o PLA para que este possa atender as expectativas de mercado. Desse modo, foi realizada a modificação do PLA através de blendas com o polietileno enxertado com ácido acrílico (PEgAA), sendo avaliada a reatividade entre os grupos funcionais dos dois polímeros e o efeito de diferentes concentrações do copolímero PEgAA nas propriedades das blendas. As blendas PLA/PEgAA contendo 5, 10, 15 e 20% (em massa) do PEgAA foram preparados em uma extrusora dupla-rosca corrotacional, sendo caracterizadas por espectroscopia na região do infravermelho com transformada de Fourier (FTIR), calorimetria exploratória diferencial (DSC), análise térmica dinâmico-mecânica (DMTA), propriedades mecânicas, microscopia eletrônica de varredura (MEV), difratometria de raios X (DRX) e ensaios reológicos. A análise por FTIR indicou a ocorrência de uma reação de poliesterificação entre os grupos hidroxila do PLA e os grupos carboxila do PEgAA. As análises DSC e DMTA indicaram que a adição do PEgAA levou à diminuição tanto da temperatura de transição vítrea (Tg) como da temperatura de cristalização a frio (Tcc) do PLA nas blendas. Com o aumento do teor de PEgAA nas blendas houve aumento do tamanho dos domínios de PEgAA. Com a incorporação do PEgAA houve ligeiro aumento da resistência ao impacto para as blendas com 5 e 10% do PEgAA em relação ao PLA puro. A blenda PLA/PEgAA contendo 15% do PEgAA apresentou maior viscosidade complexa e o módulo de armazenamento a baixas frequências. / The poly(lactic acid) (PLA) has attracted great interest from both academia and industry mainly due to its biodegradability, some attractive mechanical properties and because it is synthesized from raw materials from renewable sources. However, PLA has some drawbacks such as high brittleness, low crystallization rate, sensitivity to moisture, and deterioration at high temperatures, which limit its applications and compromise its processing and final performance, needing to be modified, so it can meet market expectations. Thus, the modification of PLA was carried by blending it with polyethylene grafted with acrylic acid (PEgAA), assessing the reactivity between the functional groups of the two polymers and the effect of different PEgAA copolymer content on the properties of PLA/PEgAA blend. PLA/PEgAA blends containing 5, 10, 15 and 20% (wt) of PEgAA were prepared in a co-rotational twinscrew extruder, and characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA), mechanical properties, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and rheological measurements. FTIR results indicated that a polyesterification reaction between the hydroxyl groups of PLA and the carboxyl groups of PEgAA has occurred. DSC and DMTA analyses indicated that the addition of PEgAA to PLA led to the decrease in both the glass transition (Tg) and the cold crystallization (Tcc) temperatures. The PEgAA domains size increased with the increase in the PEgAA content. With the addition of PEgAA there was a slight increase in the impact strength of the blends containing 5 and 10% of PEgAA, when compared to that of neat PLA. The PLA/PEgAA blend containing 15% (wt) of PEgAA presented the highest complex viscosity and storage modulus at low frequencies.

O Poli(ácido láctico) (PLA) é um polímero biodegradável, biocompatível e biorreabsorvível proveniente de fontes renováveis. Constitui uma excelente alternativa sustentável para os polímeros provenientes de petróleo, atualmente dominantes no mercado industrial. Porém, apresenta baixas ductilidade e tenacidade como principais limitações mecânicas. Um dos métodos mais utilizados para modificar essas propriedades é a mistura mecânica do PLA com polímeros flexíveis, como a poli(ε-caprolactona) (PCL). Entretanto, o alto desempenho mecânico de blendas PLA/PCL é difícil de ser atingido devido à imiscibilidade dos polímeros. A melhoria de propriedades, neste caso, só é conseguida por meio de compatibilização. Este trabalho visa avaliar o efeito compatibilizante do copolímero tribloco de baixo peso molecular derivado de ε-caprolactona e tetrametileno éter glicol disponível comercialmente em blendas imiscíveis de PLA com PCL. Blendas binárias e ternárias foram preparadas por mistura mecânica no estado fundido via processo de extrusão em rosca simples. O teor de PLA nas blendas variou em 75, 50 e 25% (% em massa) e a concentração do copolímero em 0, 1,5, 3 e 5% (% em massa). A avaliação morfológica e o comportamento térmico e mecânico das blendas PLA/PCL foram realizados por microscopia eletrônica de varredura (MEV), calorimetria exploratória diferencial (DSC), análise térmica dinâmico-mecânica (DMTA) e ensaios mecânicos de tração, flexão e impacto Izod. O efeito compatibilizante do copolímero foi mais bem observado nas blendas com 75% (% em massa) de PLA, enquanto que nas blendas com 50% e 25% (% em massa) de PLA esse efeito não foi tão evidente. Os resultados obtidos no ensaio de tração mostraram que com o aumento do teor de compatibilizante, a tensão no escoamento, a tensão na ruptura e o módulo elástico das blendas com 75% (% em massa) de PLA se mantiveram praticamente constantes, enquanto que a deformação na ruptura evoluiu de 20% na blenda com 1,5% (% em massa) de copolímero para 84% na blenda com 5% (% em massa) de copolímero. As análises morfológicas indicaram que o copolímero em bloco agiu na interface PLA/PCL, melhorando sua adesão. Esse resultado foi reforçado pelas análises térmicas, onde foi constatado que as Tg\'s e Tm\'s do PLA e do PCL nas blendas não apresentaram alterações, o que indica que o copolímero encontra-se na região interfacial da blenda. A resistência ao impacto Izod com entalhe, propriedade mecânica utilizada nesse trabalho como uma medida da tenacidade, da blenda PLA75C5 alcançou 42 J/m, valor significativamente superior ao determinado para o PLA puro, por volta de 28 J/m. Esses resultados mostram claramente que o copolímero tribloco derivado de ε-caprolactona e tetrametileno éter glicol é um eficiente compatibilizante para blendas PLA/PCL. / The Poly (lactic acid) (PLA) is a biodegradable, biocompatible and bioabsorbable polymer derived from renewable sources. It is an excellent sustainable alternative to polymers derived from oil, currently dominating the industry. However, PLA has low ductility and poor toughness as main mechanical limitations. Mechanical mixing of PLA with flexible polymers, such as poly (ε-caprolactone) (PCL), is one of the most used methods to modify these properties. However, a high mechanical performance of PLA/PCL blends is difficult to achieve due to the immiscibility of the polymers. The improvement of properties in this case is achieved only by compatibilization. This study aims to evaluate compatibilizer effect of a low molecular weight tri-block copolymer derived from ε-caprolactone and tetramethylene ether glycol, commercially available, on immiscible blends of PLA with PCL. Binary and ternary blends were prepared by mechanical blending in melt state through a single screw extrusion. The content of PLA in the blends ranged in 75, 50 and 25 wt% and the concentration of copolymer in 0, 1.5, 3 and 5 wt%. The morphological evaluation and the thermal and mechanical behavior of PLA/PCL blends were performed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA) and tensile test, flexural and Izod impact. The compatibilizer effect of the copolymer was more clearly observed in the blends with 75 wt% PLA, whereas in blends with 50 wt% to 25 wt% of PLA this effect was not so evident. The results of the mechanical tests showed that with the increase of the compatibilizer content, the yield stress, the stress at break and the elastic modulus of the blends with 75% (wt%) remained practically constant, while the elongation at break evolved from 20% in the blend with 1.5 wt% of copolymer to 84% in the blend to with 5 wt% of copolymer. Morphological analysis indicated that the block copolymer acted in the PLA/PCL interface, improving adhesion. This results were reinforced by thermal analysis, where it was found that the Tg and Tm of PLA and PCL in the blends showed no change, indicating that the copolymer is in the interfacial region of the blend. The Izod impact strength (Notched Izod), mechanical properties used in this work as a measure of toughness, of the blend PLA75C5 reached 42 J/m, significantly higher than the determined for pure PLA, about 28 J/m. These results clearly show that the triblock copolymer derived from ε-caprolactone and tetramethylene ether glycol is a good compatibilizer for blends PLA/PCL because it acts at the interfacial region, promoting the adhesion between the phases.

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:16:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 EdileneGO_DISSERT.pdf: 1950686 bytes, checksum: 88f16924cd116b850ade306c274f71ac (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-12-20 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / New drug delivery systems have been used to increase chemotherapy efficacy due the possible drug resistance of cancer cells. Poly (lactic acid) (PLA) microparticles are able to reduce toxicity and prolong methotrexate (MTX) release. In addition, the use of PLA/poloxamer polymer blends can improve drug release due to changes in the interaction of particles with biological surfaces. The aim of this study was developing spray dried biodegradable MTX-loaded microparticles and evaluate PLA interactions with different kinds of Pluronic? (PLUF127 and PLUF68) in order to modulate drug release. The variables included different drug:polymer (1:10, 1:4.5, 1:3) and polymer:copolymer ratios (25:75, 50:50, 75:25). The precision and accuracy of spray drying method was confirmed assessing drug loading into particles (75.0- 101.3%). The MTX/PLA microparticles showed spherical shape with an apparently smooth surface, which was dependent on the PLU ratio used into blends particles. XRD and thermal analysis demonstrated that the drug was homogeneously dispersed into polymer matrix, whereas the miscibility among components was dependent on the used polymer:copolymer ratio. No new drug- polymer bond was identified by FTIR analysis. The in vitro performance of MTX-loaded PLA microparticles demonstrated an extended-release profile fitted using Korsmeyer- Peppas kinetic model. The PLU accelerated drug release rate possible due PLU leached in the matrix. Nevertheless, drug release studies carried out in cell culture demonstrated the ability of PLU modulating drug release from blend microparticles. This effect was confirmed by cytotoxicity observed according to the amount of drug released as a function of time. Thus, studied PLU was able to improve the performance of spray dried MTX-loaded PLA microparticles, which can be successfully used as carries for modulated drug delivery with potential in vivo application / Novos sistemas de libera??o de f?rmacos v?m sendo utilizados para aumentar a efic?cia de quimioter?picos devido ? poss?vel resist?ncia de c?lulas cancer?genas. As micropart?culas de poli (?cido l?ctico) (PLA) constituem uma alternativa para diminuir a toxicidade e prolongar a libera??o do metotrexato (MTX). Al?m disso, o uso de blendas polim?ricas PLA-polox?meros pode melhorar o perfil de libera??o do f?rmaco devido a mudan?as nas intera??es das part?culas com superf?cies biol?gicas. O objetivo do estudo foi desenvolver micropart?culas biodegrad?veis de MTX produzidas por spray drying e avaliar intera??es PLA-Pluronic? (PLA-PLU) para modular a libera??o do f?rmaco, utilizando diferentes tipos de Pluronic? (PLUF127 e PLUF68). As vari?veis de composi??o inclu?ram raz?es f?rmaco:pol?mero (1:10; 1:4,5; 1:3) e pol?mero:copol?mero (25:75, 50:50, 75:25). A reprodutibilidade e a efic?cia do m?todo de produ??o foram confirmadas pela alta efici?ncia de incorpora??o dos sistemas (75,0-101,3%). As micropart?culas de MTX/PLA apresentaram-se esf?ricas com superf?cie aparentemente lisa. Este formato mostrou-se dependente da raz?o pol?mero:copol?mero nas part?culas contendo blendas. A an?lise t?rmica e a difra??o de raios-X sugerem que h? dispers?o do f?rmaco por toda a matriz, enquanto que a miscibilidade entre os componentes foi dependente da raz?o pol?mero:copol?mero. Nenhuma liga??o qu?mica entre o f?rmaco e o pol?mero foi identificada pela an?lise de FTIR. As micropart?culas de PLA contendo MTX apresentaram perfil de libera??o prolongada com um prevalente modelo cin?tico de Korsmeyer-Peppas. O PLU acelerou a taxa de libera??o do f?rmaco devido a sua poss?vel sa?da da matriz polim?rica. Por outro lado, estudos de libera??o do f?rmaco realizados em cultura de c?lulas demonstraram que o PLU modula a taxa de MTX liberado a partir de micropart?culas contendo blendas. Este efeito foi confirmado pela citotoxicidade dos sistemas estudados, de acordo com a quantidade de f?rmaco liberado em fun??o do tempo. Portanto, o uso de PLU foi capaz de melhorar o perfil de libera??o de micropart?culas de PLA contendo MTX, o qual pode ser utilizado como carreador para modular a libera??o do f?rmaco com potencial aplica??o in vivo