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Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-09T12:41:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-09T14:06:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / O titânio e suas ligas são biomateriais metálicos extensamente utilizados em aplicações médicas e odontológicas, apesar de não formarem ligação química com o osso circundante. Por isto é desejável técnicas que proporcionem a bioatividade na superfície desses metais. A proposta deste estudo foi avaliar e comparar, por testes in vitro e in vivo o comportamento de Ticp e da liga Ti-13Nb-13Zr utilizando diferentes tratamentos de superfície frente à formação do recobrimento biomimético e ao processo de osteointegração. Foram utilizadas placas comerciais de Ti e amostras da liga e de Ticp, obtidas por M/P. As amostras foram submetidas a quatro diferentes tratamentos de superfície (padrão - tratamento alcalino; 1°- tratamento alcalino e térmico; 2°- tratamento ácido e alcalino; 3º- tratamento alcalino, CaCl2, térmico e água quente), analisadas quanto à formação de apatita em SBF em períodos de 1 a 21 dias. Os recobrimentos obtidos foram caracterizado por MEV e DRIFT. Para a avaliação in vivo dos implantes, obtidos por M/P, de Ticp e da liga, com e sem tratamentos superficiais, foram utilizados coelhos adultos machos. A avaliação teve duração de 7 semanas em que foram aplicados marcadores celulares ósseos em tempos e sequência específicos do pós-operatório. Na avaliação in vitro, os recobrimentos de maior espessura foram nas amostras obtidas por M/P, comparativamente à amostra laminada. Todos os tratamentos foram efetivos na promoção da bioatividade. O 2º tratamento obteve recobrimento com maior espessura nos períodos avaliados para todas as superfícies. Na avaliação in vivo, ocorreu crescimento ósseo com osteointegração em todos os implantes com e sem tratamentos superficiais. O crescimento ósseo na interface osso/implante ocorreu de forma contínua em todo o período de reparação para o Ticp, o Ticp com tratamento padrão, o Ticp com o 2º tratamento e a liga com o 1° tratamento; e ocorreu de forma mais intensa no primeiro e terceiro período de reparação para os demais implantes. Os resultados dos testes in vitro e in vivo não são passíveis de analogia direta neste estudo, pois forneceram informações importantes sobre a formação, morfologia e taxa de aposição do recobrimento aos diferentes tratamentos de superfície e a efetividade da osteointegração destes tratamentos de superfície em modelo animal. / Tese (Doutoramento) / IPEN/T / Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares - IPEN-CNEN/SP

A series of boron-containing conjugated microporous polymers with hierarchical porous structures have been readily prepared via typical transition metal-catalyzed coupling reactions. The distribution of micro- and mesopores in the networks as well as the specific surface areas are tunable via tailoring the structures of the building blocks. The distinct capability of the resulting Lewis acid-based neutral porous polymers to selectively capture fluoride ions provides a high-efficiency conversion into stable anionic porous polymers. For the first time, fluoride anion binding to boron atoms in a solid sample was essentially characterized by solid-state 11B MAS NMR spectroscopy, clearly revealing such an efficient conversion from a neutral network to a negatively charged one only through Lewis acid–base adduct formation. Upon a simple ion-exchange process, various heavy metal cations were facile to be loaded into the networks of the anionic porous polymers. Furthermore, the cobalt(II)-loaded porous polymers were shown to promote the stoichiometric homocoupling reactions of the different aryl Grignard regents, and exert distinct size selectivities for the homocoupling products, highly dependent on their porous structures. Such a successful loading strategy might be used for design and synthesis of new types of zeolite-like porous polymers with desirable catalytic properties for a certain organic transformation, as well as other functional materials.

This article combines a systematic literature review on the fabrication of macroporous α-Al2O3 with increased specific surface area with recent results from our group. Publications claiming the fabrication of α-Al2O3 with high specific surface areas (HSSA) are comprehensively assessed and critically reviewed. An account of all major routes towards HSSA α-Al2O3 is given, including hydrothermal methods, pore protection approaches, dopants, anodically oxidized alumina membranes, and sol-gel syntheses. Furthermore, limitations of these routes are disclosed, as thermodynamic calculations suggest that γ-Al2O3 may be the more stable alumina modification for ABET > 175 m2/g. In fact, the highest specific surface area unobjectionably reported to date for α-Al2O3 amounts to 16–24 m2/g and was attained via a sol-gel process. In a second part, we report on some of our own results, including a novel sol-gel synthesis, designated as mutual cross-hydrolysis. Besides, the Mn-assisted α-transition appears to be a promising approach for some alumina materials, whereas pore protection by carbon filling kinetically inhibits the formation of α-Al2O3 seeds. These experimental results are substantiated by attempts to theoretically calculate and predict the specific surface areas of both porous materials and nanopowders.

A series of boron-containing conjugated microporous polymers with hierarchical porous structures have been readily prepared via typical transition metal-catalyzed coupling reactions. The distribution of micro- and mesopores in the networks as well as the specific surface areas are tunable via tailoring the structures of the building blocks. The distinct capability of the resulting Lewis acid-based neutral porous polymers to selectively capture fluoride ions provides a high-efficiency conversion into stable anionic porous polymers. For the first time, fluoride anion binding to boron atoms in a solid sample was essentially characterized by solid-state 11B MAS NMR spectroscopy, clearly revealing such an efficient conversion from a neutral network to a negatively charged one only through Lewis acid–base adduct formation. Upon a simple ion-exchange process, various heavy metal cations were facile to be loaded into the networks of the anionic porous polymers. Furthermore, the cobalt(II)-loaded porous polymers were shown to promote the stoichiometric homocoupling reactions of the different aryl Grignard regents, and exert distinct size selectivities for the homocoupling products, highly dependent on their porous structures. Such a successful loading strategy might be used for design and synthesis of new types of zeolite-like porous polymers with desirable catalytic properties for a certain organic transformation, as well as other functional materials.