CAPES / O câncer de mama deve atingir cerca de 57.120 novos pacientes no Brasil em 2014, como divulgado pelo serviço de epidemiologia do Instituto Nacional de Câncer. Pesquisadores têm associado neoplasias mamárias às alterações nas concentrações de alguns elementos no tecido da mama, tais como: cálcio, ferro, cobre e zinco. Neste sentido a técnica de espectroscopia por fluorescência de raios X surge como uma ferramenta para caracterização elementar deste tipo de tecido. A eficácia da referida técnica é fortemente dependente do espectro de raios X incidente na amostra, bem como do procedimento de calibração do sistema de medição. Neste trabalho foi avaliada a influência dos filtros de alumínio na eficiência de medição das concentrações dos elementos atrelados à neoplasias mamárias e avaliação das concentrações mínimas que o equipamento do Laboratório de Física Nuclear Aplicada da Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná é capaz de registrar. O equipamento sobe investigação foi o da Amptek composto por um kit de um tubo de raios X modelo Mini-X e um detector do modelo X-123SD. Dos resultados, observou-se que para a quantificação dos referidos elementos simultaneamente, o uso de filtros de Al com espessura de 0,25 mm proporciona melhor eficácia na excitação dos mesmos. Além disso, foi verificado que são necessárias curvas de calibração específicas para cada elemento, as quais foram obtidas com cinco padrões biológicos da Agência Internacional de Energia Atômica. Os resultados permitiram comparar as concentrações dos padrões certificados aos obtidos pelos cálculos, assim como quantificar duas amostras de tecido mamário de características neoplásicas. / Breast cancer can reach around 57.120 new cases in Brazil in 2014, according the service of epidemiology in the National Cancer Institute. Researchers have been associated mammary neoplasm with changes of elements concentrations such as: calcium, iron, copper and zinc. In this way the technique of X-Ray Fluorescence appears like a tool to characterize this kind of neoplasm. The effectiveness of this technique is strongly dependent of X-ray spectrum incident on the sample as well as the calibration procedure of the measuring system. In present work, were evaluated the influence of aluminum filters on the measurement efficiency of the concentrations of the elements changed in mammary neoplasm and to evaluate the minimum concentrations that the equipment of the Laboratory of Applied Nuclear Physics at Federal University of Technology – Paraná is capable to register. The equipment under study was the Amptek kit of X-ray tube Mini-X and detector X-123SDD. The results obtained shown a simultaneous analysis, in that Al filters with thicknesses of 0.25 mm provides the best efficiency. Besides, it was verified that specifics calibration curves for each element was required, and it were obtained with five biological standards of International Atomic Energy Agency. The results made possible to compare the concentration of biological standards certificates with the equation obtained, in addition to analyze quantitatively two sample of breast tissue.

Cette thèse porte sur l’élaboration et la caractérisation électrique et physico-chimique des grilles métalliques des dispositifs FDSOI MOSFET 14 nm à base d’oxyde high-K fabriqués chez STMicroelectronics. Ces grilles métalliques sont composées de couches de TiN, lanthane et aluminium, déposées par pulvérisation cathodique RF. Des structures de test et un schéma d’intégration simplifié permettant l’analyse capacitive ont été mis en place pour caractériser la modulation du travail de sortie effectif des grilles métalliques en TiN avec l’incorporation d'additifs tels que le lanthane ou l’aluminium. Ces additifs ont été incorporés suivant une approche de grille sacrificielle. Par ailleurs, une méthodologie inédite basée sur la fluorescence X a été proposée et validée pour la caractérisation précise en ligne de la diffusion des additifs. Cette méthodologie permet de prouver que la dose effective de l’espèce incorporée après recuit de diffusion peut être modélisée en fonction de l’épaisseur du TiN piédestal dans la grille sacrificielle ainsi que de la température de recuit. De plus, la variation de l’épaisseur de l’oxyde interfaciel sur une seule plaquette (oxyde biseau) autorise l’identification de l’origine physique de la modulation du travail de sortie effectif, qui s’explique par un dipôle qui évolue avec la dose effective de l’espèce incorporée. En conséquence, un modèle de la diffusion des dopants de grille dans l’oxyde high-K et de leur impact sur le travail de sortie effectif des grilles métalliques a été proposé afin de moduler avec précision la tension de seuil (VTH) des dispositifs FDSOI 14 nm. En outre, l’impact de l’oxyde high-K à la fois sur la diffusion des additifs et sur la modulation du travail de sortie effectif a été mis en évidence. Enfin, un procédé innovant de dépôt métallique, permettant la modification de la microstructure du TiN, a été développé afin d’améliorer davantage la variabilité locale du VTH des dispositifs FDSOI. / This Ph.D. thesis is focused on the fabrication and electrical and physicochemical characterization of metal gates in 14 nm high-K based FDSOI MOSFET devices, manufactured at STMicroelectronics. These metal gates are composed of TiN, lanthanum and aluminum layers, deposited by RF sputtering. Test structures and a simplified integration scheme allowing C-V measurements, have been implemented in order to characterize the modulation of the effective work function of TiN metal gates with the incorporation of dopants such as lanthanum or aluminum. These additives are incorporated in a sacrificial gate-first approach. Furthermore, a new methodology based on X-ray fluorescence was proposed and validated for accurate in-line characterization of the diffusion of dopants. This methodology enables to prove that the effective dose of the species incorporated into dielectrics after diffusion annealing may be modeled as a function of the thickness of the pedestal TiN in the sacrificial gate and the annealing temperature. Moreover, the variation of the thickness of the interfacial oxide along the wafer (bevel oxide) authorizes the identification of the origin of the modulation of the effective work function, which is explained by a dipole that evolves with the effective dose of the incorporated dopant. Accordingly, a model of the diffusion of dopants into the gate dielectrics and their impact on the effective work function of metal gates has been proposed to precisely modulate the threshold voltage (VTH) of the 14 nm FDSOI devices. In addition, the influence of the high-K oxide on both the diffusion of dopants and the modulation of the effective work function was highlighted. Lastly, an innovative process for metal deposition, allowing the modification of the microstructure of TiN, was developed in order to further improve the local VTH variability in FDSOI devices.

Dans ce travail de thèse a été développé et étudié un nouveau type d'objet semiconducteur magnétique : des boîtes quantiques de CdMnTe insérées dans des nanofils de ZnTe/ZnMgTe constituant une structure de type cœur-coquille. L'objectif était d'étudier la croissance par épitaxie par jets moléculaires et les propriétés fondamentales de ces hétéro-structures complexes. Dans ce but deux aspects principaux ont été abordés : i) la qualité et le contrôle des propriétés structurales, électroniques et magnétiques de ces objets, grâce à une maîtrise de leur croissance et ii) l'obtention d'informations quantitatives locales sur la composition chimique de ces nanostructures inhomogènes. Pour atteindre ces objectifs, nous avons divisé notre étude en quatre étapes. La première étape de ce travail a été concentrée sur l'étude quantitative de la formation des particules d'or servant de catalyseurs à la croissance des nanofils. La seconde étape a porté sur l'analyse des mécanismes de croissance et des paramètres gouvernant la croissance des fils de ZnTe. En particulier deux types de fils ont été observés : des fils cylindriques de structure wurtzite et des fils coniques de structures zinc-blende. Un modèle de croissance guidée par la diffusion a été utilisé pour rendre compte de certains des résultats quantitatifs présentés dans cette partie. La troisième étape a concerné l'insertion de boîtes quantiques de CdMnTe dans des nanofils de structure cœur-coquille ZnTe/ZnMgTe. Une étude préalable des paramètres pertinents influençant les propriétés magnéto-optiques de ces objets, tels que le confinement de la boîte quantique, l'incorporation du Mn et l'anisotropie de contrainte créée par la structure, a été menée. La quatrième et dernière étape de ce travail a porté sur l'interprétation quantitative de mesures d'analyse dispersive en énergie effectuées sur des nanofils de structure cœur-multicoquille. Un modèle géométrique a été proposé, permettant de retrouver la forme, les dimensions et la composition chimique des boîtes quantiques et des coquilles. Cette étude a été couplée à des mesures de caractérisation telles que la cathodo-luminescence, la micro-photo-luminescence et la spectroscopie magnéto-optique effectuées sur le même nanofil. / In this PhD work a novel type of magnetic semiconductor object has been developed: Cd(Mn)Te quantum dots embedded in ZnTe/ZnMgTe core-shell nanowires. The goal was to investigate the growth, by molecular beam epitaxy, and the fundamental properties of these complex heterostructures. For that purpose, two main issues were addressed: i) gaining control of the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of these quantum objects by mastering their growth; and ii) obtaining quantitative local knowledge on the chemical composition of those non-homogeneous nanostructures. To tackle these topics, our research was divided into four stages. The first stage was devoted to perform a quantitative study of the formation process of the Au particles that catalyze the growth of nanowires. The second stage involved the analysis of the mechanisms and parameters governing the growth of ZnTe nanowires. In particular, two different types of nanowires were found: cone-shaped nanowires with the zinc-blende crystal structure and cylinder-shaped nanowires with the hexagonal wurtzite structure. A diffusion-driven growth model is employed to fit some of the quantitative results presented in this part. The third stage focused on the insertion of pure CdTe quantum dots containing Mn ions in the core-shell nanowires. An initial study of the relevant parameters influencing the magneto-optical properties of these objects, such as the quantum dot confinement, the Mn incorporation, and the strain anisotropy, was performed. The four and last stage of this work concerned the quantitative interpretation of Energy-Dispersive X-ray spectroscopy measurements performed on single core-multishell nanowires. A geometrical model was proposed to retrieve the shape, the size and the local composition of the quantum dot insertions and of the multiple layers of the heterostructures. This study was coupled to other complementary characterization measurements on the same nanowire, such as cathodo-luminescence, micro-photo-luminescence and magneto-optical spectroscopy.

The path towards mitigation of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions lies in the transition from conventional to sustainable energy resources. The Hydrogen Economy, a cyclic economy based on hydrogen as a fuel, is suggested as a tool in the necessary energy transition. Photocatalysis makes use of sunlight to promote thermodynamically non-favoured reactions such as water splitting, allowing for sustainable hydrogen production. Harvesting thermal energy along with photonic energy is an interesting concept to decrease the activation energy of water splitting (i.e. ΔG = + 237.2 kJ∙mol−1). This work aims to confront this hypothesis in a gas phase photo-thermal reactor designed specifically for this study. The photocatalyst chosen is graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4), an organic semiconductor possessing a narrow band gap (i.e. 2.7 eV) as well as a band structure which theoretically permits water splitting. The photocatalytic performance of Pt/g-C3N4 for hydrogen evolution was tuned by altering its synthetic temperature. Electron paramagnetic resonance was used to gain insight on the evolution of the photocatalyst activity with synthesis temperature. Then, gold nanoparticles were deposited on g-C3N4 surface. Localized surface plasmon resonance properties of gold nanoparticles are reported in the literature to be influenced by temperature. Therefore Au/g-C3N4 appeared as a promising candidate for photo-thermal water splitting. X-ray spectroscopy unveiled interesting observations on the gold oxidation state. Moreover, under specific reduction conditions, gold nanoparticles with a wide variety of shapes characterized by sharp edges were formed. Finally, the development of the photo-thermal reactor is presented. The design process and the implementation of this innovative reactor are discussed. The reactor was successfully utilized to probe photoreactions. Then, the highly energy-demanding photocatalytic water splitting was proven not to be activated by temperature in the photo-thermal apparatus.

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