Orientador: Edvaldo Sabadini / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Química / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-18T08:47:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ito_ThiagoHeiji_M.pdf: 9507666 bytes, checksum: 9c5cb27aa349ff6d08d87d4e89723fb2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: A formação, estabilidade e aplicações das micelas gigantes têm sido amplamente estudadas. Estes sistemas são muito interessantes devido ao seu comportamento reológico similar aos polímeros. Porém, as micelas gigantes são espécies supramoleculares mantidas por ligações não-covalentes, portanto, sob alta turbulência, podem resistir à degradação mecânica, além de promoverem redução de atrito hidrodinâmico devido ao efeito Toms. Neste estudo, a formação e estabilidade das micelas gigantes formadas pela combinação de surfatantes catiônicos e diferentes compostos aromáticos, foram estudadas sistematicamente. A redução de atrito foi observada medindo o torque aplicado à solução para manter a turbulência. A temperatura do sistema foi progressivamente aumentada, mostrando o ponto específico em que as micelas gigantes são termicamente destruídas. Baseado neste estudo foi possível estabelecer a ordem em termos de estabilidade: ácido orto-hidróxicinâmico (OHCA) ~ salicilato > tosilato > ácido orto-metóxi-cinâmico (OMCA) > fenol. Para benzoato e metóxibenzoato não foi observada a formação de micelas gigantes. Estes resultados revelam algumas interações peculiares entre a cabeça do surfatante e a molécula aromática. Em regimes semidiluídos, começa haver entrelaçamentos das macroestruturas, formando géis de Maxwell, assim, a reologia oscilatória foi usada para determinar G¿, G¿ e o tempo de relaxação em função da frequência. Apesar de G0 ser praticamente o mesmo, o tempo de relaxação parece ser sensível à composição de co-soluto, seguindo a seguinte ordem: fenol < OMCA < tosilato < OHCA ~ salicilato. Experimentos de calorimetria e espalhamento de luz também foram utilizados para corroborar com os experimentos de reologia / Abstract: The formation, stability and applications of worm-like micelles have been widely studied. These systems are very interesting because their rheological behavior is similar to the polymeric one. However, the worm-like micelles are supramolecular species maintained by non-covalent bonds, thus, upon high turbulence, they resist to mechanical degradation, besides, they promote the drag reduction due to Toms Effect. In this study, the formation and stability of worm like micelles formed by the combination of cationic surfactants and different aromatic compounds were systematically studied. The drag reduction was observed by measuring the torque applied to the solution to maintain the turbulence. The system temperature was then progressively enhanced, revealing the specific point in which the worm-like micelles are thermally destroyed. Based in such study it was possible to establish the order in terms of stability: orthohydroxycinnamic acid (OHCA) ~ salycilate > tosylate > orthomethoxycinnamic acid (OMCA) > phenol. For benzoate and methoxybenzoate, no worm-like micelles are observed. These results reveal some peculiar interactions between the head of the surfactant and the aromatic molecules. In more concentrated regime, chains of the wormlike micelles undergo entanglements, forming typical Maxwell gels. The oscillatory rheology was used to determine G¿, G¿ and the relaxation time as a function of the frequency. Although G0 is practically the same, the relaxation time is quite sensitive to the composition of the co-solute, following order: phenol < OMCA < tosylate < OHCA ~ salycilate. Calorimetric and light scattering experiments were carried out to corroborate the rheological experiments / Mestrado / Físico-Química / Mestre em Química

This thesis is focussed on the investigation of matrices for matrix-assisted diffusion-ordered spectroscopy (MAD). Diffusion-ordered spectroscopy (DOSY) is a family of experiments where the resonances in the chemical shift dimension are further dispersed in an extra dimension according to diffusion coefficient. A typical DOSY spectrum shows one single diffusion coefficient for all the resonances coming from one single species. However, If two or more resonances overlap, the diffusion resolution of the DOSY spectrum is compromised and a spurious diffusion coefficient results, intermediate between the species. In case of signal overlap, the use of more advanced processing methods aids to separate two analytes that differ by at least 30% in diffusion coefficient. In practice, many mixtures contain species of similar diffusion coefficients whose resonances overlap in the chemical shift dimension. The addition of co-solutes can modify the chemical environment (matrix), with which different analytes interact to different extents, and enhance the diffusion resolution of DOSY. However, the addition of co-solutes can risk the benefits of DOSY by increasing the probability of signal overlap. Signal overlap in MAD is avoided by using a 1H NMR-invisible surfactant such as sodium perfluorooctanoate (NaPFO), which has replaced each proton by a fluorine atom. PFO micelles are a tunable matrix which allows the separation of analytes via coulombic interactions by adjusting the pH. Differences in diffusion coefficient in NaPFO solution can be analysed using a modified Lindman's law to model the diffusion coefficient as a function of pH. The model rationalises the binding constants of analytes to PFO micelles with good accuracy, subject to the spectral data quality. Another alternative to resolve diffusion coefficients using the invisible MAD approach is by means of a commercially available alkyl surfactant like cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). CTAB in high ionic strength solution forms worm-like micelles whose resonances can be filtered out from the final DOSY spectrum. CTAB worm-like micelles have short transverse relaxation times compared to all of the analytes in the mixture. If a transverse relaxation filter is positioned at the beginning of a standard DOSY pulse sequence, as in PROJECT-Oneshot, the strong CTAB signals vanish and leave behind only the analyte resonances and hence avoid signal overlap. Finally, the use of bovine serum albumin (BSA) as a potential invisible matrix, using a similar approach to CTAB worm-like micelles is investigated, using a relaxation-weighted DOSY pulse sequence to suppress most of the BSA background signal (at a cost in analyte signal to noise ratio). An alternative to suppress most of the BSA background and preserve most of the analyte signal is by means of mild transverse relaxation filtration and spectral editing to obtain an edited DOSY spectrum that shows only the analyte signals. Nonetheless, it is a shame that useful MAD results can only be obtained under a narrow set of conditions: i) different mole ratios BSA: analyte to aid diffusion resolution, ii) mild T2 filtration to improve analyte signal to noise ratio and iii) spectral editing to remove residual BSA background.

Even in times of renewable energy revolution fossil fuels will play a major role in energy supply, transportation, and chemical industry. Therefore, increasing demand for crude oil will still have to be met in the next decades by developing new oil re-serves. To cope with this challenge, companies and researchers are constantly seeking for new methods to increase the recovery factor of oil fields. For that reason, many enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods have been developed and applied in the field. EOR methods alter the physico-chemical conditions inside the reservoir. One possibility to achieve this is to inject an aqueous solution containing special chemicals into the oil-bearing zone. Polymers, for example, increase the viscosity of the injected water and hence improve the displacement of the oil to the production well. The injection of surfactant solutions results in reduced capillary forces, which retain the oil in the pores of the reservoir. Some surfactants form viscoelastic solutions under certain conditions. The possibil-ity to apply those solutions for enhanced oil recovery has been investigated by some authors in the last years in low salinity brines. Reservoir brines, however, often contain high salt concentrations, which have detrimental effects on the properties of many chemical solutions applied for EOR operations. The Triphenoxymethane derivatives, which were the subject of study in this thesis, form viscoelastic solutions even in highly saline brines. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the efficiency and the mode-of-action of this new class of chemical EOR molecules with respect to oil mobilization in porous media.

Even in times of renewable energy revolution fossil fuels will play a major role in energy supply, transportation, and chemical industry. Therefore, increasing demand for crude oil will still have to be met in the next decades by developing new oil re-serves. To cope with this challenge, companies and researchers are constantly seeking for new methods to increase the recovery factor of oil fields. For that reason, many enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods have been developed and applied in the field. EOR methods alter the physico-chemical conditions inside the reservoir. One possibility to achieve this is to inject an aqueous solution containing special chemicals into the oil-bearing zone. Polymers, for example, increase the viscosity of the injected water and hence improve the displacement of the oil to the production well. The injection of surfactant solutions results in reduced capillary forces, which retain the oil in the pores of the reservoir. Some surfactants form viscoelastic solutions under certain conditions. The possibil-ity to apply those solutions for enhanced oil recovery has been investigated by some authors in the last years in low salinity brines. Reservoir brines, however, often contain high salt concentrations, which have detrimental effects on the properties of many chemical solutions applied for EOR operations. The Triphenoxymethane derivatives, which were the subject of study in this thesis, form viscoelastic solutions even in highly saline brines. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the efficiency and the mode-of-action of this new class of chemical EOR molecules with respect to oil mobilization in porous media.

<p></p><p>This doctoral dissertation takes the reader through a journey where applied shear rheology and flow-velocimetry are used to understand the mesoscopic factors that control the flow behavior of three microstructured fluids. Three individual protocols that measure relative physical and mechanical properties of the flow are developed. Each protocol aims to advance the particular transformation of novel soft materials into a commercial product converging in the demonstration of the real the chemical, physical and thermodynamical factors that could potentially drive their successful transformation. </p> <p> </p> <p>First, this dissertation introduces the use of rotational and oscillatory shear rheometry to quantify the solvent evaporation effect on the flow behavior of polymer solutions used to fabricate isoporous asymmetric membranes. Three different A-B-C triblock copolymer were evaluated: polyisoprene-<i>b</i>-polystyrene-<i>b</i>-poly(4-vinylpyridine) (ISV); polyisoprene-<i>b</i>-polystyrene-<i>b</i>-poly(<i>N</i>,<i>N</i>-dimethylacrylamide) (ISD); and polyisoprene-<i>b</i>-polystyrene-<i>b</i>-poly(<i>tert</i>-butyl methacrylate) (ISB). The resulting evaporation-induced microstructure showed a solution viscosity and film viscoelasticity strongly dependent on the chemical structure of the triblock copolymer molecules. </p> <p> </p> <p>Furthermore, basic shear rheometry, flow birefringence, and advanced flow-velocimetry are used to deconvolute the flow-microstructure relationships of concentrated surfactant solutions. Sodium laureth sulfate in water (SLE₁S) was used to replicate spherical, worm-like, and hexagonally packed micelles and lamellar structures. Interesting findings demonstrated that regular features of flow curves, such as power-law shear thinning behavior, resulted from a wide variety of experimental artifacts that appeared when measuring microstructured fluids with shear rheometry.</p> <p> </p> <p>Finally, the successful integration of shear rheometry to calculate essential parameters to be used in a cost-effective visualization technique (still in development) used to calculate the dissolution time of polymers is addressed. The use of oscillatory rheometry successfully quantify the viscoelastic response of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) solutions and identify formulations changes such as additive addition. The flow behavior of PVA solutions was correlated to dissolution behavior proving that the developed protocol has a high potential as a first screening tool.</p><br><p></p>