Abstract Bone tissue engineering has become a rapidly expanding research area because it offers a promising new approach for bone repair and regeneration. Compared to traditional autograft and allograft procedures, bone tissue engineering techniques based on the use of scaffolding materials in combination with autogenous stem cells can eliminate problems of donor site morbidity associated with the harvest of bone tissue, and its short supply. Clearly, the choices of material as well as a scaffold design that enhance bone regeneration are major challenges in the tissue engineering approach. Fibers in the micro-range in combination with textile-based technologies are consider as potential routes for the production of complex scaffolds since they can be used to generate a wide range of morphological structures and geometrically varied structures with high precision. Therefore in this thesis the specific objects were to: (i) develop a biocompatible composite fiber from poly(lactic acid) (PLA) and hydroxyapatite (HA) by melt spinning, (ii) design a 3D textile scaffold utilizing weaving and (iii) evaluate the scaffolds’ performance as a bone substitute material in vitro. In the present study PLA/HA composite fibers were successfully produced, and found to possess sufficient mechanical strength even at high loading concentrations (i.e. 20wt %), to be useful in a textile process. In addition, the material was shown to be biocompatible and the presence of HA in the PLA composite significantly enhanced the initial cell attachment. In a 3D woven scaffold, bone marrow derived human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) differentiated into osteoblasts and mineralized bone formation in vitro was observed through-the-thickness of the scaffold. Taken together, these results indicate the potential feasibility of PLA/HA composite fiber in a 3D woven scaffold for use as a bone substitute material in tissue engineering applications. / Tiivistelmä Luupuutosten korvaaminen kudosteknologisesti on kehittynyt nopeasti ja tutkimustulokset tarjoavat lupaavia mahdollisuuksia tuottaa uutta luuta luupuutosalueelle. Perinteisiin potilaan omasta luusta tehtyihin luusiirteisiin ja pankkiluusiirteisiin verrattuna potilaan omat kantasolut voivat vähentää ongelmia, joita ovat siirremateriaalin rajallinen saatavuus ja vieraan kudoksen aiheuttamat reaktiot. On tärkeä etsiä hyviä materiaaleja, joista voidaan valmistaa sellaisia kolmiulotteisia (3D) rakenteita, joilla tehostetaan luun paranemista ja uuden luun muodostumista. Kutomalla tuotetut tukirakenteet mahdollistavat kantasolusiirteille kolmiulotteisuuden, jota voidaan säädellä monipuolisesti ja tarkasti. Tämän väitöstutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli: (i) kehittää bioyhteensopiva kuitu maitohappopolymeeristä poly lactic acid (PLA) ja hydroksiapatiitista (HA) kuituekstruusiolla, (ii) suunnitella ja kutoa tästä kuidusta 3D tekstiilirakenne, ja (iii) tutkia sen toimivuus ja ominaisuudet luunmuodostusta tukevana materiaalina soluviljelyolosuhteissa. Tämä tutkimus osoittaa, että PLA kuitua voidaan seostaa hydroksiapatiitilla, ja PLA/HA kuidut ovat mekaanisesti kestäviä sisältäessään jopa 20 painoprosenttia hydroksiapatiittia. Siten kuidut ovat tekstiilin valmistuksessa käyttökelpoisia. Lisäksi materiaali osoittautui bioyhteensopivaksi, ja hydroksiapatiitti paransi solujen tarttumista PLA kuituun viljelyn alkuvaiheessa. Ihmisen luuytimestä peräisin olevat sidekudoksen kantasolut (hMSCs) erilaistuivat soluviljelmässä luuta muodostaviksi soluiksi eli osteoblasteiksi, ja tuottivat mineralisoitunutta luun väliainetta kautta koko kudotun tukirakenteen. Johtopäätöksenä on, että PLA/HA yhdistelmäkuitua voidaan kutoa kolmiulotteiseksi tukirakenteeksi, ja sitä on mahdollista käyttää apuna korvattaessa luupuutoksia kudosteknologian keinoin.

Carbon fiber is a lightweight, versatile material with many current and potential applications. To be able to expand the market for carbon fiber composites in other areas than special applications the production costs must be reduced. One way of accomplishing this could be to use a less expensive raw material where lignin is a good example as it can be provided at lower cost, is renewable and abundantly available compared to commercially used raw materials today. So far, the mechanical properties of lignin-based carbon fibers are inferior relative to commercial carbon fibers. For lignin-based carbon fibers to enter the commercial market more research is necessary to gain knowledge of the conversion of lignin to carbon fiber. The LightFibre project investigates the possibilities to produce carbon fibers based on a mixture of softwood kraft lignin and cellulose. The kraft lignin is isolated from black liquor in the kraft/sulfate process with the LignoBoost process. This master thesis project was conducted within in the LightFibre project and evaluated whether metal ions generally present in kraft lignin had an influence on the final carbon fiber quality in terms of mechanical properties and morphology. The mechanical properties were determined with tensile testing, the morphology by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and the relative abundance of studied elements with electron dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). The influence of the chosen metal ions was tested by impregnation of dry-jet wet spun prefibers based on 70 wt.% softwood kraft lignin and 30 wt.% dissolving pulp cellulose. The fibers were impregnated in room temperature with solutions containing Na2SO4, K2SO4, MgSO4, FeSO4 and Al2(SO4)3 salts where the cations were the focus in these trials. The concentrations used for impregnation were 0.2 and 1M of the cations. The obtained mechanical properties of the carbon fibers of the samples impregnated with different metal ions did not deviate significantly from the reference which had a tensile strength of 870 MPa and tensile modulus of 68 GPa. The analysis of morphology with SEM showed no defects or damage of any of the fibers. Therefore, it was concluded that the impregnated metal ions: K+, Na+, Al3+, Mg2+ and Fe2+ at the obtained levels in the fibers cause no effects on the fibers during the stabilization and carbonization that affects the mechanical performance of final carbon fiber.  The amount of potassium in one of the samples was estimated to 0.1 wt.%. From the results of this study it may be suggested that the general recommendation of <0.1 wt.% ash in lignin can be exceeded, for dry-jet wet-spun kraft lignin/cellulose-based carbon fibers.

Ce travail de thèse concerne l'étude du filage et des propriétés de fibres composites à base denanotubes de carbone. Les propriétés mécaniques des fibres en cours de solidification et enmouvement dans un bain de coagulation sont évaluées afin d'étudier l'influence de différentsparamètres physico-chimiques impliqués dans leur fabrication. Ces fibres, combinant despropriétés mécaniques et électriques prometteuses, peuvent être obtenues de façon continuegrâce au développement d'un nouveau procédé de filage. Elles présentent de plus un effetoriginal de mémoire de température dont l'origine est étudiée dans cette thèse. Ces fibres sontpotentiellement utiles pour diverses applications: des matériaux à haute absorption d'énergiemécanique à des textiles conducteurs fonctionnels. / This thesis deals with the study the wet-spinning process for the production of carbonnanotube composite fibers and their properties. We have characterized the mechanicalproperties of the fibers during their solidification as they circulate along the pipe of thespinning line. The study of the influence of various chemical parameters allowed us todevelop a new process for the continuous and scalable production of these fibers, whichexhibit unique mechanical and electrical properties. Moreover, they show an original effect oftemperature memory. The origin of this phenomenon is investigated in this work. These fiberscould be used for various applications such as high energy absorption materials or functionalconductive textile.

Depuis leur découverte, un travail de recherche important a été développé sur la production, la structure, la microstructure, les propriétés et les applications des alliages métalliques amorphes. Cependant, la question de ce qui est entendu exactement par le terme « amorphe » n’est pas considérée dans la majorité des études publiées. Or, il n’existe pas de verres réels représentant un désordre parfait comme il n’existe pas de cristaux réels avec une structure parfaitement ordonnée. Il est difficile de donner une définition précise sans donner les limites d’échelle et la technique de détection de cette non-cristallinité. L’étude est une interrogation, pour un alliage particulier, sur le terme « amorphe » en fonction de l’échelle et de la technique. Cette étude comporte une analyse des conditions de préparation d’échantillons amorphes de mêmes compositions. Des techniques complémentaires de détection de leurs différences, en particulier à l’échelle de la structure et de la microstructure ont été utilisées. Des échantillons Pd82Si18 d’épaisseurs différentes ont été produits par solidification ultra rapide sur roue, avec différents paramètres, tels que la vitesse de rotation de la roue, la pression du gaz d’éjection, les dimensions de l’orifice d’éjection, la température de trempe et l’existence ou non d’un traitement thermique du liquide avant la trempe, etc. Les échantillons ont été ensuite analysés avec plusieurs techniques, telles que la diffraction des rayons X et des neutrons, la diffusion des neutrons aux petits angles, la microscopie électronique à transmission, la calorimétrie, les essais mécaniques, la fractographie par microscopie électronique à balayage / Since their discovery, an important research work has been developed on the production, the structure, the microstructure, the properties and the applications of amorphous metallic alloys. However, the question of what is exactly meant by the term “amorphous” is not considered in most of the reported studies. As a matter of fact, there exist no real glasses representing a perfect disorder, as there exist no real crystals with a perfectly ordered structure. It is thus difficult to give a precise definition without giving the limitations in scale and in detection of this non-crystallinity. The aim the study is an interrogation, in the case of a specific alloy, on the term “amorphous” as a function of the two directions of reference given above (the scale and the technique). This study thus contains an analysis of the conditions of synthesis of amorphous samples of similar compositions. Furthermore, complementary detection techniques of their differences at the scale of the structure and microstructure have been used. Samples of Pd82Si18 of different thickness have been produced by melt-spinning with different parameters, such as the rotation speed of the wheel, the pressure of the gas, the dimensions of the nozzle, the quenching temperature and the existence or not of a heat treatment of the melt before quench. The samples have been analysed by various techniques such as diffraction of standard X rays and of neutrons, small angle neutrons scattering, transmission electron microscopy, calorimetry, mechanical tests and fractography by scanning electron microscopy

Memento Mitten is a project about seeing human hair from the perspective of sustainability as a viable alternative material. The project also aims to question our reluctance in Western Europe to use it in projects and innovations. It explores the process of transforming hair from waste into a functional piece (a mitten) by using traditional handicraft (hand carding, hand spinning and nålbinding) as a change agent in order to alter our perception of hair. Relating anthropologist Mary Douglas’ theory on dirt to the Freudian definition of ‘Das Unheimliche’ (The Uncanny) the project further examines and dissects the emotional aspects of Uncanniness and the anxiety we perceive when in contact with disembodied hair.  Leaning on Douglas’ theory on dirt I developed a framework for action that could potentially have the transformative ability to, when applied to creative practices, recontextualize hair from uncanny waste into an emotionally safe material. Utilizing auto-ethnographic documentation, physical exploration and participatory elements (through design interventions), four phases were identified: rejection (identifying hair as waste), re-collection (collecting hair), dissolution (taking apart the hair through acts like hand carding) and assimilation (putting the hair into a new context). These phases, which I titled The Altered Phases of Dirt, showed that they had the potential to move our inner margins of comfort beyond Uncanniness through the physical engagement found in handicraft.

abstract: Precursors of carbon fibers include rayon, pitch, and polyacrylonitrile fibers that can be heat-treated for high-strength or high-modulus carbon fibers. Among them, polyacrylonitrile has been used most frequently due to its low viscosity for easy processing and excellent performance for high-end applications. To further explore polyacrylonitrile-based fibers for better precursors, in this study, carbon nanofillers were introduced in the polymer matrix to examine their reinforcement effects and influences on carbon fiber performance. Two-dimensional graphene nanoplatelets were mainly used for the polymer reinforcement and one-dimensional carbon nanotubes were also incorporated in polyacrylonitrile as a comparison. Dry-jet wet spinning was used to fabricate the composite fibers. Hot-stage drawing and heat-treatment were used to evolve the physical microstructures and molecular morphologies of precursor and carbon fibers. As compared to traditionally used random dispersions, selective placement of nanofillers was effective in improving composite fiber properties and enhancing mechanical and functional behaviors of carbon fibers. The particular position of reinforcement fillers with polymer layers was enabled by the in-house developed spinneret used for fiber spinning. The preferential alignment of graphitic planes contributed to the enhanced mechanical and functional behaviors than those of dispersed nanoparticles in polyacrylonitrile composites. The high in-plane modulus of graphene and the induction to polyacrylonitrile molecular carbonization/graphitization were the motivation for selectively placing graphene nanoplatelets between polyacrylonitrile layers. Mechanical tests, scanning electron microscopy, thermal, and electrical properties were characterized. Applications such as volatile organic compound sensing and pressure sensing were demonstrated. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Materials Science and Engineering 2020

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Táto práca sa zaoberá zvlákňovaním biopolymérov z taveniny. V teoretickej časti sú zhrnuté doterajšie poznatky o zvlákňovaní poly(3-hydroxy butyrátu) (PHB) a poly(mliečnej kyseliny) (PLA). Následne boli zvláknené polymérne zmesi na báze PHB s rôznym zložením, čo umožnilo štúdium vplyvu PLA, zmäkčovadiel a ich množstva na vlastnosti pripravených vlákien. Boli použité tri komerčné zmäkčovadlá (ATBC, PEG, A6) a dva experimentálne syntetizované. Zvláknenie bolo prevedené na troch rôznych zvlákňovacích linkách. Konvenčné zvlákňovacie linky s odťahovými rýchlosťami nad 150 m/min sa preukázali ako nevhodné pre spracovanie našich zmesí. Kvôli nedostatočnej pevnosti taveniny sú potrebné nízke odťahové rýchlosti. Boli pripravené vlákna s dĺžiacim pomerom 6,4; ktoré boli následne analyzované pomocou GPC, MDSC a ťahovej skúšky. Na základe nameraných teplôt skelného prechodu zmäkčovadlá ATBC a PEG vykázali lepšiu schopnosť zmäkčiť skúmané PLA/PHB zmesi. Vlákna obsahujúce A6 vykazovali najvyššiu pevnosť v ťahu (250 MPa) a modul pružnosti (2,7 GPa). Nakoniec bol skúmaný vplyv starnutia, tepla a vriacej vody na mechanické vlastnosti týchto vlákien.

The project design processes multifunctional center for leisure and sports. The center is situated in Šternberk and its capacity is about 150 people. There is inter alia the wellness center, with saunas and whirlpool, a fitness, gym and a beauty salon. Architecturally, the object is conceived as paralell blending of three units of a different colors and sizes. As well as all construction compositions are more developed basis for air conditioning systems. Documentation is processed at the level of documentation for building permit.

Für die Universitätsbibliothek und das Universitätsarchiv Chemnitz wird ein alter Industriebau modernisiert – die Alte Aktienspinnerei. Das Gebäude behält den Charakter eines Fabrikgebäudes aus dem 19. Jahrhundert und wird eine moderne Bibliothek beherbergen, die rund um die Uhr geöffnet haben wird. Es entsteht eine sehr besondere Bibliothek, die nicht nur ein Speicher für gedruckte und elektronische Medien ist, sondern vielmehr eine Atmosphäre bietet, in der sich wissenschaftlich interessierte Menschen treffen, gedruckte und digitale Informationen finden, miteinander diskutieren und neue Ideen entwickeln können. / An old industrial building is being modernised for the University Library and the University Archive of Chemnitz - the Alte Aktienspinnerei. The building retains the character of a 19th century factory building and will house a modern library that will be open around the clock. A very special library will be created, which will not only be a home for printed and electronic media, but will also provide an atmosphere in which people interested in science can meet, find printed and digital information, discuss with each other and develop new ideas.