Die Arbeit beschreibt die Synthese, Charakterisierung und Anwendung von meso- und mikroporösen Hochleistungspolymeren. Im ersten Teil wird die Synthese von mesoporösen Polybenzimidazol (PBI) auf der Basis einer Templatierungsmethode vorgestellt. Auf der Grundlage kommerzieller Monomere und Silikatnanopartikel sowie eines neuen Vernetzers wurde ein Polymer-Silikat-Hybridmaterial aufgebaut. Das Herauslösen des Silikats mit Ammoniumhydrogendifluorid führt zu mesoporösen Polybenzimidazolen mit spherischen Poren von 9 bis 11 nm Durchmesser. Die Abhängigkeit der beobachteten Porosität vom Massenverhältnis Silikat zu Polymer wurde ebenso untersucht wie die Abhängigkeit der Porosität vom Vernetzergehalt. Die Porosität vollvernetzter Proben zeigt eine lineare Abhängigkeit vom Verhältnis Silikat zu Polymer bis zu einem Grenzwert von 1. Wird der Grenzwert überschritten, ist teilweiser Porenkollaps zu beobachten. Die Abhängigkeit der Porosität vom Vernetzergehalt bei festem Silikatgehalt ist nichtlinear. Oberhalb einer kritischen Vernetzerkonzentration wird eine komplette Replikation der Nanopartikel gefunden. Ist die Vernetzerkonzentration dagegen kleiner als der kritische Wert, so ist der völlige Kollaps einiger Poren bei Stabilität der verbleibenden Poren zu beobachten. Ein komplett unporöses PBI resultiert bei Abwesenheit des Vernetzers. Die mesoporösen PBI-Netzwerke konnten kontrolliert mit Phosphorsäure beladen werden. Die erhaltenen Addukte wurden auf ihre Protonenleitfähigkeit untersucht. Es kann gezeigt werden, dass die Nutzung der vordefinierten Morphologie im Vergleich zu einem unstrukturierten PBI in höheren Leitfähigkeiten resultiert. Durch die vernetzte Struktur war des Weiteren genügend mechanische Stabilität gegeben, um die Addukte reversibel und bei sehr guten Leitfähigkeiten bis zu Temperaturen von 190°C bei 0% relativer Feuchtigkeit zu untersuchen. Dies ist für unstrukturierte Phosphorsäure/PBI - Addukte aus linearem PBI nicht möglich. Im zweiten Teil der Arbeit wird die Synthese intrinsisch mikroporöser Polyamide und Polyimide vorgestellt. Das Konzept intrinsisch mikroporöser Polymere konnte damit auf weitere Polymerklassen ausgeweitet werden. Als zentrales, strukturinduzierendes Motiv wurde 9,9'-Spirobifluoren gewählt. Dieses Molekül ist leicht und vielfältig zu di- bzw. tetrafunktionellen Monomeren modifizierbar. Dabei wurden bestehende Synthesevorschriften modifiziert bzw. neue Vorschriften entwickelt. Ein erster Schwerpunkt innerhalb des Kapitels lag in der Synthese und Charakterisierung von löslichen, intrinsisch mikroporösen, aromatischen Polyamid und Polyimid. Es konnte gezeigt werden, dass das Beobachten von Mikroporosität stark von der molekularen Architektur und der Verarbeitung der Polymere abhängig ist. Die Charakterisierung der Porosität erfolgte unter Nutzung von Stickstoffsorption, Kleinwinkelröntgenstreuung und Molecular Modeling. Es konnte gezeigt werden, dass die Proben stark vom Umgebungsdruck abhängigen Deformationen unterliegen. Die starke Quellung der Proben während des Sorptionsvorgangs konnte durch Anwendung des "dual sorption" Modells, also dem Auftreten von Porenfüllung und dadurch induzierter Henry-Sorption, erklärt werden. Der zweite Schwerpunkt des Kapitels beschreibt die Synthese und Charakterisierung mikroporöser Polyamid- und Polyimidnetzwerke. Während Polyimidnetzwerke auf Spirobifluorenbasis ausgeprägte Mikroporosität und spezifische Oberflächen von ca. 1100 m²/g aufwiesen, war die Situation für entsprechende Polyamidnetzwerke abweichend. Mittels Stickstoffsorption konnte keine Mikroporosität nachgewiesen werden, jedoch konnte mittels SAXS eine innere Grenzfläche von ca. 300 m²/g nachgewiesen werden. Durch die in dieser Arbeit gezeigten Experimente kann die Grenze zwischen Polymeren mit hohem freien Volumen und mikroporösen Polymeren somit etwas genauer gezogen werden. ausgeprägte Mikroporosität kann nur in extrem steifen Strukturen nachgewiesen werden. Die Kombination der Konzepte "Mesoporosität durch Templatierung" und "Mikroporosität durch strukturierte Monomere" hatte ein hierarchisch strukturiertes Polybenzimidazol zum Ergebnis. Die Präsenz einer Strukturierung im molekularen Maßstab konnte SAXS bewiesen werden. Das so strukturierte Polybenzimidazol zeichnete sich durch eine höhere Protonenleitfähigkeit im Vergleich zu einem rein mesoporösen PBI aus. Der letzte Teil der Arbeit beschäftigte sich mit der Entwicklung einer neuen Synthesemethode zur Herstellung von Polybenzimidazol. Es konnte gezeigt werden, dass lineares PBI in einer eutektischen Salzschmelze aus Lithium- und Kaliumchlorid synthetisiert werden kann. Die Umsetzung der spirobifluorenbasierten Monomere zu löslichem oder vernetztem PBI ist in der Salzschmelze möglich. / The first part of the thesis describes the synthesis and characterisation of cross linked, mesoporous poly(benzimidazole) (PBI) prepared by a hard templating approach. Silica nanoparticles were used as template and removed after the polycondensation by immersing the hybrid material in aqueous NH4HF2 solution. The resulting mesoporous PBI showed surface areas up to 200 m²/g as established by N2 BET and porosities up to 37 vol.-%. The influence of the template and cross linker content on the observable porosity was investigated. Nitrogen sorption and small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) were employed as analytical techniques. The template morphology was reproduced almost perfectly, yielding spherical pores of 11 nm in diameter if the samples were fully cross linked. It was shown that there is a linear dependence of the porosity on the template content up to a critical weight ratio of silica/polymer. If the silica content is raised above 50 wt.-% partial collapse of pores is observed. The dependence of the porosity on the cross linker content at constant amount of template was found to be non-linear. At the absence of any cross linker, no porosity was observed after template removal. At 10 mol-% cross linker the onset of porosity could be observed. At higher cross linker contents, the porosity was nearly the same as for the fully cross linked PBI. The mesoporous PBI could be loaded with crystalline phosphoric acid to yield highly proton conductive materials. It was shown that the material retains its nanostructure when loaded with phosphoric acid even after annealing at 180_C for 12 h. The conductivity of the nanostructured samples was one to two orders of magnitude higher than the conductivity of a nonstructured sample. The impact of the cross linking density on the conductivity was also investigated. The second part of the work describes the synthesis and characterisation of microporous poly(amide)s and poly(imide)s. 9,9'-spirobifluorene derivatives were used to introduce a rigid, structure-directing motif which prevents the polymer chains from close packing. Firstly, the synthesis of soluble poly(amide)s and poly(imide) is described. It was observed that the microporosity is strongly dependent on the processing of the soluble polymers. In the case when polymers were precipitated from solvents of high polarity no microporosity was observed, while polymers prone to solvation in solvents of lower polarity exhibited microporosity as observed in nitrogen sorption measurements. Wide angle x-ray scattering (WAXS) showed that the microstructure was indeed dependent on the processing conditions. SAXS measurements of the polymers revealed that nitrogen sorption alone is not sufficient for the analysis of the porosity. A significant mismatch between the results obtained by the two methods indicated that only a fraction of the pore volume of the polymers was accessible for nitrogen molecules. The second part of the chapter describes the synthesis, characterisation and application of spirobifluorene based, cross linked poly(amide)s and poly(imide)s. The poly(amide) networks did not show any microporosity when analysed by nitrogen sorption. This led to the conclusion that the amide bond is too weak to withstand the interfacial forces. In contrast, poly(imide) networks exhibited pronounced microporosity with surface areas of around 1000 m2/g. The analysis of these networks was again done by nitrogen sorption and SAXS. Furthermore, molecular modelling was used to calculate the true and apparent densities of the networks. In case of the poly(imide) networks, the results of the various measurement techniques were in reasonable agreement. This indicates that the pore volume was nearly completely accessible. Finally it was established that the structure directing motif is necessary to obtain microporous polymers, as a poly(imide) prepared from a spatially undefined monomer did not feature microporosity. Pressure dependent SAXS measurements showed that the polymer networks undergo significant elastic deformations upon evacuation. This behavior complicates the analysis of the nitrogen sorption data, making it impossible to extract reliable pore size distributions. The third and last part of the thesis deals with the development of a new reaction medium for the synthesis of poly(benzimidazole). An eutectic salt melt, composed of lithium chloride and potassium chloride was used in an ionothermal synthesis of linear PBI, opening a green chemistry route towards PBI. The influence of the reaction conditions on the properties of the resulting polymers was investigated. The new reaction medium allowed furthermore the synthesis of linear and cross linked spirobifluorene based PBIs. This is not easily possible by using the classical synthetic pathways towards PBI. The spirobifluorene based PBIs synthesized in this work did, however not feature intrinsic microporosity.

In dieser Arbeit werden zwei Schwerpunkte behandelt. Zum Einen soll der Einsatz nanoskaliger Materialien als Funktionskomponenten in Elektrolumineszenzbauteilen beschrieben werden. Dabei wird in einem ersten Aufbau ein transparenter Nanokompositfilm als emittierende Schicht in einem, den organischen Leuchtdioden, analogen Aufbau eingesetzt, während in einer zweiten Struktur eine transparente Elektrode, die auf nanoskaligen Kohlenstoffmaterialien (Kohlenstoffnanoröhren bzw. Graphenen) basiert, hinsichtlich ihrer Eignung als Alternative zu etablierten transparenten Elektroden untersucht werden soll. In weiterführenden Arbeiten werden die Erfahrungen aus der Graphensynthese auf die Generierung poröser, funktionalisierter Kohlenstoffmaterialien angewendet. Verbindend, wird die Röntgenkleinwinkelstreuung eingesetzt, um in vergleichenden Untersuchungen möglichst detailierte Informationen über die jeweiligen Systeme zu erhalten.

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Orientador: Carlos Alberto Luengo / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-20T08:54:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RestrepoArteta_JuanManuel_M.pdf: 2754803 bytes, checksum: 3b4fd1850713269584e6a61f694bcb7a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: Os Nanotubos de Carbono (CNTs) tiveram sua origem numa das grandes descobertas da história científica recente, a dos fulerenos e outras estruturas complexas de carbono. Os CNTs se destacam pelas suas propriedades físicas que podem ter diferentes aplicações. Neste trabalho é apresentada uma introdução na produção deste material através do método de arco elétrico, assim como a construção do equipamento e seu funcionamento. Logo, a fuligem obtida em diferentes lugares do reator é caracterizada utilizando-se Microscopia Eletrônica de Varredura e Microscopia de força atômica, equipamentos que ajudam a dar uma imagem a resoluções muito pequenas e ter uma ideia das formas e os tamanhos das partículas. Entanto, os princípios do espalhamento de raios x a baixo ângulo são tratados para ajudar a caracterizar quantitativamente as amostras. Parâmetros como o tamanho da fuligem, forma, dimensão fractal e porosidade são analisados. Resumindo, nesta tese apresentamos os detalhes da preparação e caracterização estrutural de partículas de carbono obtidas pela descarga por arco / Abstract: Carbon nanotubes (CNT) had their origin in one of the greatest scientific discoveries of recent history: the fullerenes and other complex carbon structures. The CNTs have remarkable physical properties and are being studied for different practical applications. This work presents an introduction to their production using the electric arc method, the construction of the instrumentation and details of sample preparation.. Subsequently, the soot obtained in different places of the reactor was characterized using scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy, experiments that allowed the registration of images with mícron size resolution and gave an idea of shapes and sizes of the particles. Also, the principles of small angle x-ray scattering were applied to characterize the samples. Parameters such as the size of the soot particles, shape, fractal dimension and porosity were analyzed. Summarizing, the main objective of this thesis was to describe the preparation and structural characterization of the carbon particles obtained by arc discharge / Mestrado / Física / Mestre em Física

Orientador: Iris Concepcion Lineares de Torriani / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Fisica "Gleb Wataghin" / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-04T15:02:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Oliveira_CristianoLuisPintode_D.pdf: 31759545 bytes, checksum: a92d80aac97e4e41bdf268c343cbd43e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: Apresentamos nesta tese estudos relacionados à obtenção de parâmetros estruturais e modelagem ab initio para macromoléculas biológicas e sistemas densos de partículas elipsoidais a partir de dados de espalhamento de raios X a baixos ângulos. Aspectos teóricos e experimentais são discutidos, complementados por simulações computacionais e pela apresentação de resultados experimentais que exemplificam a aplicação dos métodos de cálculo revelando assim os alcances e limites da técnica. Progressos recentes em biologia molecular estrutural revelam que a correlação entre a forma e a função de macromoléculas biológicas é crucial para a compreensão dos processos biológicos. Além disso, diversos estudos associam várias doenças a defeitos estruturais em proteínas, aumentando ainda mais o interesse na determinação das estruturas protéicas. A técnica de espalhamento de raios X a baixos ângulos permite a obtenção de parâmetros estruturais de proteínas, apresentando diversas vantagens sobre a cristalografia de proteínas e a ressonância magnética nuclear, mesmo não atingindo alta resolução. Trataremos, portanto, dois assuntos principais: estudos de sistemas diluídos e estudos de sistemas densos. Para o estudo de sistemas diluídos o enfoque principal será na modelagem estrutural de proteínas em solução, onde são apresentados e discutidos diversos métodos de simulação tanto da estrutura das macromoléculas quanto de seus parâmetros hidrodinâmicos. Estes métodos foram aplicados ao estudo de diversos problemas, tais como: (i) as estruturas das hemoglobinas extracelulares de Biomphalaria glabrata e Glossoscolex paulistus, proteínas gigantes com elevada cooperatividade funcional entre suas subunidades; (ii) as diferenças estruturais entre as formas livres e ligadas a lipídeos da proteína básica de mielina, uma das proteínas principais do axônio nervoso e cujo mal funcionamento leva a doenças neuronais; (iii) a interação entre proteínas e polímeros, tema relevante para processos de cristalização e construção de sistemas bio-poliméricos; e (iv) a estrutura da proteína precursora amilóide, proteína transmembrana que, apesar de diversas funções conhecidas, é uma das precursoras principais do Mal de Alzheimer. Já no estudo de sistemas densos é apresentada uma nova metodologia baseada em simulações de Monte Carlo para elipsóides de revolução. Como elipsóides podem servir de sistemas modelos para diversos sistemas reais, simulações de propriedades de soluções concentradas destes sistemas são de grande interesse. Com base nestas simulações, funções de espalhamento e funções de correlação puderam ser calculadas para um grande intervalo de anisotropias e concentrações, permitindo a obtenção de funções numéricas que podem ser utilizadas no estudo de sistemas reais uma vez que não existem expressões analíticas para este tipo de sistema. Como aplicação, este método foi utilizado no estudo de nanopartículas de ferro em matriz de silício, fornecendo parâmetros estruturais do sistema. / Abstract: In this dissertation, theoretical and experimental aspects of the calculation of structural parameters and ab-initio modeling for biological macromolecules and condensed particle systems are being discussed. Two main applications will be presented, complemented by computational simulations and many experimental results. For dilute systems the focus will be on the structural modeling of several proteins in solutions, including the calculation of hydrodynamic parameters. Recent developments in structural molecular biology reveal that knowledge about the correlation existing between the structure and function of biological macromolecules is crucial for the understanding of biological processes. Many studies have proved that structural defects detected in certain proteins are responsible for serious diseases. Small angle X-ray scattering has proved to be very useful in the determination of the low resolution structure of macromolecules in solution. This technique offers clear advantages with respect to other techniques, like singlecrystal X-ray crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance. The low resolution structural studies of proteins included: (i) the 3D solution structure of the extracellular hemoglobin from the species Biomphalaria glabrata and Glossoscolex paulistus, giant proteins with high functional cooperativity between their subunits; (ii) the determination of the structural differences between the lipid free and lipid bound forms of myelin basic protein (MBP), one of the most important proteins of the axon sheath whose bad functioning leads to neural diseases; (iii) the study of protein-polymer interactions, relevant subject for crystallization processes and development of bio-polymeric systems; (iv) the 3D solution structure of the amyloid precursor protein, APP, transmembrane protein which is related to the Alzheimer disease. For the study of dense systems, a Monte Carlo based method for the simulation of a system of hard ellipsoids of revolution was developed. Ellipsoidal particles can be used as model systems for many real problems and simulations of the properties of concentrated solutions are of great interest. As a result of these simulations, scattering functions and correlation functions could be derived for a wide interval of anisotropies, permitting the calculation of numerical functions that can be used in real systems. As an example, this method was used for the study of iron nanoparticles in a silica matrix, leading to the determination of mean radius and size distribution of the particles. / Doutorado / Física da Matéria Condensada / Doutor em Ciências

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京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(工学) / 甲第21124号 / 工博第4488号 / 新制||工||1697(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院工学研究科高分子化学専攻 / (主査)教授 辻井 敬亘, 教授 山子 茂, 教授 竹中 幹人 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) / Kyoto University / DFAM

Abstract There has been great interest in microgels as drug carriers within the pharmaceutical industry. This includes the use of amphiphilic drugs for treating conditions such as depression, allergies, and cancer. By loading adiphenine (ADP), pavatrine (PVT), and diphenhydramine (DPH) into macrogels and observing the release, this study seeks to investigate how amphiphilic drugs can be released from microgels. There is also an interest in how aggregation behavior may vary depending on the structural components. This study utilized small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) along with UV analysis and the measuring of the binding isotherm to investigate micelle aggregation and aggregation number. Two of the drugs adiphenine and pavatrine, have similar structures with only one bond that differentiated them. The difference in rigidity provided different results in SAXS. Adiphenine has an aggregation number of 12, diphenhydramine has a number of 13, and pavatrine has a number of 37. In contrast to pavatrine, which did not exhibit a correlation peak, adiphenine and diphenhydramine showed correlation peaks. This indicates that none of them had an ordered phase structure but pavatrine displayed an even more disordered phase structure. Nevertheless, all three drugs were in equilibrium, and so a difference between adiphenine and pavatrine could be clearly distinguished. There were significant divergences between pavatrine and adiphenine despite not being able to determine binding isotherms for all three drugs. Based on this, they should be less stable than diphenhydramine. They have an ester linkage, while diphenhydramine doesn't. As a result, it was not possible to confirm how self-aggregation of adiphenine, pavatrine, and diphenhydramine impacts drug release. Despite this, differences in the rigidity of the structural form may lead amphiphilic drugs to exhibit different behaviour in gels. Keywords: Amphiphilic drugs, small angle x-ray scattering, macrogels, binding isotherm, CMC, self-aggregation, phase structure, micelles.

A new material for use as a proton exchange membrane in fuel cells has been developed: a blend of a perfluorocyclobutane-based block ionomer (S-PFCB) and Poly (vinylidene-co-hexafluoropropylene) (Kynar Flex, KF). This thesis details the work done thus far to characterize the morphology of this material, using small angle x-ray scattering, differential scanning calorimetry, atomic force micrscopy, and some other techniques to a lesser extent. Small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) of pure S-PFCB showed a strong block copolymer- associated phase separation, on the order of 25 nm. Differential scanning Calorimetry (DSC) confirmed this finding. SAXS also revealed the presence of a peak representing individual ionic aggregates on the order of 3 nm. Finally, it was shown with DSC that no crystallinity develops in the S-PFCB block copolymer, while one of the blocks, known as 6F, crystallizes extensively. SAXS of incremental blend compositions of KF and S-PFCB revealed a steady increase in size of the block copolymer phase separation peak in SAXS, demonstrative of the miscibility of KF and the non-sulfonated 6F block of S-PFCB. Furthermore, this incremental study determined the scattering vector range relevant for comparing amounts of KF crystallinity. DSC of incremental blend compositions revealed two phases of KF crystallinity develops upon cooling a membrane, independent of cooling rate. Atomic force microscopy (AFM), small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) corroborate to suggest a nonuniform morphology through the thickness of solution cast membranes. Also, the effect of different casting temperatures and after-casting anneals on morphology was assessed. Future work on this project involves morphological studies at various relative humidities and temperatures, as well as following up on discoveries already made. Finally, transmission electron micrscopy (TEM) should be performed to provide a visual analog, which will greatly help in developing an accurate morphological model. / Master of Science