Orientador: Fenelon Martinho Lima Pontes / Banca: Adenilson José Chiquito / Banca: Luís Fernando da Silva / Banca: Aroldo Geraldo Magdalena / Banca: Flávio Junior Caires / Banca: Fenelon Martinho Lima Pontes / Resumo: Com o crescimento das aplicações dos nanomateriais, as metodologias de síntese têm se tornado importante para pesquisadores e investidores nesse ramo da ciência. A metodologia hidrotérmica permite a síntese de nanopartículas de ZrO2 com uma estrutura estável e morfologia bem definidas, e tamanhos que chegam na ordem de 5 nm. Essa estrutura nanopartículada combinada com o SiO2 tem a capacidade de sofrer transformações nas sua configuração eletrônica, o que permite, uma redução do Band gap. Essa propriedade é extremamente importante para aplicação em fotodegradação. Os resultados das caracterizações mostraram que a rota de síntese utilizada foi eficiente na produção de nanoestruturas cristalinas de ZrO2 e a metodologia para obter o Core-Shell foi eficiente para a formação da heteroestrutura. As análises de FT-IR e TG mostraram que restou apenas uma pequena quantidade de material residual na superfície dos materiais após o tratamento térmico, demostrando que a técnica hidrotermal mostrou-se eficiente tanto na cristalização e crescimento do ZrO2 como na eliminação do material orgânico proveniente da síntese e o método sol-gel usado para obter Core-Shell também proporciona uma quantidade de resíduos sobre a superfície do material. Os estudos de adsorção revelaram que o comportamento do SiO2 e do ZrO2 na adsorção do corante Rodamina B funcionam de formas distintas e a união dos óxidos proporciona o aparecimento de novas características importantes para o processo adsortivo. Os resu... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: With the growth of nanomaterials applications, synthesis methodologies have become important for researchers and investors in this field of science. The hydrothermal methodology allows the synthesis of ZrO2 nanoparticles with a well-defined stable structure and morphology, and sizes ranging in the order of 5 nm. This nanoparticle structure combined with SiO2 has the capacity to undergo transformations in its electronic configuration, which allows a reduction of Band Gap. This property is extremely important for the photodegradation application. The results of the characterizations showed that the synthesis route used was efficient in the production of crystalline ZrO2 nanostructures and the methodology to obtain Core-Shell was efficient for the heterostructure formation. The analysis of FT-IR and TG showed that there is a small amount of residual material on the surface of the materials after the heat treatment, demonstrating that the hydrothermal technique proved to be efficient both in the crystallization and growth of ZrO2 how the elimination of the organic material from the synthesis and the sol-gel method used to obtain Core-Shell also provides a quantity of residues on the surface of the material. The adsorption studies showed that the behavior of SiO2 and ZrO2 in the adsorption of Dye Rhodamine B works in different ways and the union of the oxides gives rise to new important characteristics for the adsorption process. The results of Band Gap and photodegradation reveal... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

Orientador: Renata Marques de Melo Marinho / Coorientador: Tiago Moreira Bastos Campos / Banca: Altair Antoninha Del Bel Cury / Banca: Marco Antonio Bottino / Banca: Paulo Francisco César / Banca: Guilherme de Siqueira Ferreira Anzaloni Saavedra / Resumo: O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar os efeitos de diferentes infiltrações de sílica pelo método sol-gel realizado com a presença de catalisadores nas propriedades mecânicas, microestrutura, características de superfície de uma zircônia Y-TZP, e na resistência de união entre a zircônia e um cimento resinoso, bem como avaliar a energia interfacial (tenacidade à fratura) na união de zircônia infiltrada por sílica ou vidro ao cimento resinoso. O estudo foi segmentado em duas partes, na parte A foram confeccionados 210 discos de Zircônia Y-TZP e divididos em 6 grupos, infiltrados por ácido silícico obtido por TEOS, infiltrados por ácido silícico obtido por metassilicato de sódio (Na2SiO3): sem catalisador, com catalisador, com duas e três imersões, e o grupo não infiltrado (controle). Os discos foram caracterizados com DRX, FT-IR e MEV, e depois foram submetidos ao ensaio de resistência à flexão biaxial. Os dados foram analisados com a estatística descritiva, ANOVA 1-fator e Teste de Tukey (95%), e também com a Análise de Weibull para determinar a homogeneidade estrutural. Adicionalmente foram produzidos espécimes retangulares de zircônia, que foram divididos da mesma forma que os grupos citados acima, para a realização do teste de resistência de união. Os espécimes infiltrados foram tratados com ácido fluorídrico 2% por 10 segundos e depois silanizados. Uma matriz de silicone foi adaptada com cera sobre as superfícies tratadas da zircônia e o cimento resinoso foi inserido dentro da ... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Doutor

Nuclear techniques such as perturbed angular correlation (PAC) sample the hyperfine interactions of a large number of probe atoms in specific crystallographic sites. Real crystals contain static defects producing a distribution of electric field gradients (EFGs) that add to the ideal EFG of the crystal at any given probe site. Also, dynamic defects like moving vacancies and interstitial atoms can be present in the crystal and contribute to the distribution of EFGs. The distribution of EFGs leads to line broadening and a change in the observed asymmetry parameter η since the total EFG no longer has the symmetry of the perfect crystal. When both defects are present in a material, obtaining quantitative information from the analysis of PAC spectra is usually very difficult since great care has to be taken to ensure that the source of line broadening is identified correctly. In order to relate the relationship between the static line broadening and changes in the asymmetry parameter η, a uniform random distribution of point charges was used to simulate the static defect EFG. PAC spectra collected on cubic niobium metal, cubic stabilized zirconia and Nb-doped tetragonal zirconia were fitted with this model. Although the quality of the fits is good, more work is needed to clarify the relationship between the new model parameters and the line broadening and asymmetry parameter derived from conventional model fits. The PAC spectra of Nb-doped tetragonal zirconia were fitted with a conventional static model to establish a reliable relationship between line broadening and the asymmetry parameter when only static defects are present in a sample. To account for effects of dynamic defects, a four state stochastic model for vacancy motion was adapted in order to include the line broadening and changes in the asymmetry produced by static defects. As a result, the activation energies corresponding to the rates at which a oxygen vacancy is trapped by, detraps from, and hops among equivalent sites about a PAC probe atom were calculated. The values that were found are physically reasonable, indicating that the dynamics of an oxygen vacancy around a PAC probe atom are satisfactorily described. / Graduation date: 2003

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2006. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-196).

Graduation date: 1992

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Experimental data on the structural phase changes in zirconia are summarized. The computational techniques of molecular dynamics are reviewed and equations of motion are formulated which allow the study of phase changes as a function of temperature and pressure. The molecular dynamics program NPT which was written for this purpose is described. This program performs numerical integration of the classical equations of motions in atomistic simulations which allow a varying cell size and shape. The simulations produce time averages which are related to thermodynamic ensemble averages. Routines used to calculated the interatomic forces are implemented for potentials which vary as the inverse power of the separation distance between atoms. Calculation of Coulomb forces is done with the Ewald method and with a multipole method. The two methods are shown to be analytically equivalent and the precision and speed of the two routines are compared. Results generated by the program NPT are presented for energy minimization of crystal structures and for dynamic simulations. A number of different minimum-energy structures for soft-sphere potentials are found. Simulations are performed for several soft-sphere structures and dynamic properties are established. Structural phases changes are observed in two cases. A potential derived from ab initio calculations for monoclinic zirconia is tested. / Graduation date: 1994

Thesis (Master)--İzmir Institute Of Technology, İzmir, 2006. / Keywords: Hydroxiapatites, alumina ceramic, zirconium oxide, urea, precipitations. Includes bibliographical references (leaves. 73-75).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Texas at El Paso, 2009. / Title from title screen. Vita. CD-ROM. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references.