Ionic Liquids (ILs) has been attracting attention, both from academia and industry, given the numerous applications of these systems. ILs are salts, usually composed by an organic ion, and a counterion which could be organic or inorganic, and, interestingly they are found at liquid state at room temperature. Our interest in studying ILs comes from its low toxicity. Some recent studies have shown that the toxicity of the ILs ishigher than believed, in particular for biologically relevant systems. The main goal of this research is to study the influence of the ionic liquid 1-tetradecyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([C14MIM][Cl]) with membrane systems. To do so, we made use of different lipids: POPC, Sphingomyelin, Cholesterol, POPG, DPPC, DPPG and DMPC. For each of these systems, the influence of ILs concentration were elucidated by means of a systematic study through different experimental techniques: Small Angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), dynamic light scattering (DLS), fluorescence anisotropy, optical microscopy and z-potential. Since [C14MIM][Cl] has a positive charge on the imidazolium group, the superficial charge of all vesicles increased. For zwitterionic vesicles no significant change in size and melting temperature were noticed. The imidazolium-based ionic liquid diminished the gel-fluid transition temperature for negatively charged lipids. For DPPC:DPPG (1:1), for instance, the transition temperature decreased from 42.50±0.13oC to 25.27±0.33oC and for DPPG from 46.12±0.22 oC to 36.6±0.38 oC. For DPPG, the vesicle hydrodynamic diameter increased from 84±0.1nm to 176±0.1nm, whereas for DPPC:DPPG it increased from 95±0.1nm to 196±0.1nm. The electronic density profile, obtained by SAXS, supported the penetration of the [C14MIM][Cl] into the negative bilayer structure. 15 mol% of [C14MIM][Cl] increased the polar head thickness of DPPC vesicles from 11.1±0.6 Å to 18.0±0.7 Å, without alter significantly the inner region of the membrane.Qualitative results obtained with optical microscopy showed that the IL incorporation destabilize the membrane asymmetry (between the leaflets) leading to the formation of pores (evidenced by optical contrast lost) and the presence of buds. We believe that this work could improve the understanding of the effects of ILs in the presence of biological relevant systems / Os líquidos iônicos (LI) tem atraído grande atenção, tanto da academia quanto da indústria, devido às suas numerosas aplicações. LI são sais, normalmente compostos por um íon orgânico, e um contra-íon que pode ser orgânico ou inorgânico, mas que tem como característica ser encontrado no estado líquido à temperaturas próximas a ambiente. Nosso interesse em estudar LIs vem de sua baixa toxicidade, atribuída a sua baixa volatilidade. Entretanto, alguns estudos recentes mostraram que a toxicidade dos LI é maior do que se acreditava, em particular com sistemas de relevância biológica.O objetivo principal desta dissertação é estudar a influência do líquido iônico 1-tetradecil-3-metilimidazólio cloreto ([C14MIM][Cl]) com sistemas de membrana. Para isso, utilizamos diferentes lipídios, como o POPC, esfingomielina, colesterol, POPG, DPPC,DPPG e o DMPC. Para cada um destes sistemas, a influência da concentração de LI foi elucidada por meio de um estudo sistemático através de diferentes técnicas experimentais, tais como: espalhamento de raio-X a baixos ângulos (SAXS), espalhamento dinâmico de luz (DLS), anisotropia de fluorescência, microscopia óptica e potencial-z. Uma vez que o componente iônico de [C14MIM][Cl] tem uma carga positiva no grupo imidazólio, a carga superficial de todas as vesículas estudadas aqui aumentou. Entretanto, para asvesículas compostas pelos lipídeos zwitteriónicos, não tenha sido observada qualquer alteração significativa no tamanho e na temperatura de transição de fase gel-fluido. O [C14MIM][Cl] altera a organização interna entre as moléculas de lipídio com carga negativa. Consequentemente, à medida que a quantidade de LI aumenta, a temperatura de transição de fase diminui e o tamanho médio das vesículas aumenta. Para o sistema DPPC:DPPG (1:1) a temperatura de transição de fase caiu de 42.50 ± 0.13 oC para 25.27 ± 0.33 oC e para as vesículas de DPPG de 46.12±0.22 oC para 36.6±0.38 oC. Quanto ao diâmetro hidrodinâmico médio, no caso do DPPG este valor aumentou de 84±0.1 nm para 176±0.1 nm, enquanto que para a mistura DPPC:DPPG (1:1) ele passou de 95±0.1nm para 196±0.1nm. Indicando assim que o LI incorpora na bicamada lipídica negativamente carregada. O perfil de densidade eletrônica, obtido por SAXS, confirma a penetração do [C14MIM][Cl] na bicamada lipídica. Diferentemente, para a membrana lipídica zwitteriónica o LI tende a se situar perto da região da cabeça polar sem afetar significativamente a região do interior da bicamada lipídica. Por outro lado, a presença de15 mol% de [C14MIM][Cl] aumenta a espessura da região polar das bicamadas das vesículas de DPPC de ~ 11.1±0.6 Å para ~ 18.0±0.7 Å. Os resultados qualitativos da microscopia óptica mostraram que a incorporação da LI desestabiliza a assimetria da membrana entre as camadas interna e externa, além de sugerir o aparecimento de poros (evidenciado pela perda do contraste ótico das vesículas) e estruturas chamadas de buds. Esperamos que este trabalho melhore a compreensão dos efeitos do LI na presença de organismos biológicos.

La caractérisation des propriétés électriques et diélectriques des membranes d’UF et de NF constitue une étape essentielle pour la compréhension de leurs performances de filtration. Une nouvelle approche a été développée pour déterminer les propriétés diélectriques d’une membrane de NF par spectroscopie d’impédance. Celle-ci repose sur l’isolement de la couche active du support membranaire et sur l’utilisation de mercure comme matériau conducteur, ce qui nous a permis de prouver que la constante diélectrique de la solution à l’intérieur des nanopores est inférieure à celle de la solution externe. Deux configurations de cellule (fibres immergées dans la solution d’étude ou fibres noyées dans un gel isolant) ont été étudiées pour la réalisation de mesures électrocinétiques tangentielles sur fibres creuses et la solution autour des fibres s’est avérée influencer à la fois le courant d’écoulement et la conductance électrique de la cellule. De plus, la contribution importante du corps poreux des fibres au courant d’écoulement ne permet pas de convertir cette grandeur en potentiel zêta luminal. Les propriétés intéressantes de ces membranes ont finalement été mises à profit pour décontaminer des solutions contenant des ions métalliques. Les performances de dépollution, en termes de rétention des polluants et d’impact écotoxicologique, ont été étudiées sur des solutions synthétiques et un rejet issu de l’industrie du traitement de surface. Bien que les performances de rétention aient été remarquables, la toxicité de l’effluent réel n’a pu être totalement annihilée. Une étude approfondie de la rétention des polluants non métalliques s’avère donc nécessaire. / The characterization of electrical and dielectric properties of UF and NF membranes is an essential step to understand their filtration performance. A new approach has been developed to determine the dielectric properties of a NF membrane by impedance spectroscopy. This is based on the isolation of the membrane active layer and the use of mercury as conductive material, which allowed us to prove that the dielectric constant of the solution inside nanopores is lower than that of the external solution. Two cell configurations (fibers immersed in the solution or fibers embedded in an insulating gel) were investigated for the implementation of tangential electrokinetic measurements with hollow fibers and the solution around the fibers was found to influence both streaming current and cell electrical conductance. Moreover, the important contribution of the fiber porous body to the streaming current does not allow the conversion of the latter to luminal zeta potential. The advantageous properties of these membranes were finally used to decontaminate solutions containing metal ions. Decontamination performances in terms of both pollutant retention and ecotoxicological impact were studied on synthetic solutions and a discharge water from surface treatment industry. Although retention performances were remarkable, the toxicity of the real effluent could not be totally annihilated. A thorough study of the retention of non-metallic contaminants is thus required.

Biopolymer surfactant systems have been studied by using different physico chemical methods. As the biopolymer, it was chosen high (1400–1600 kDa), medium (250–450 kDa) and low (8–15 kDa) molecular weight sodium hyaluronate. Two cationic surfactants – cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and carbethopendecinium bromide (Septonex) were selected to provide polyelectrolyte complexes with oppositely charged hyaluronan. The critical aggregation concentration of the surfactant in the system was monitored by dynamic light scattering (Zetasizer Nano ZS). SEC-MALS method was used for the description of the conformation of sodium hyaluronate of different molecular weights and polyelectrolytes complexes hyaluronan surfactant after reaching the aggregation point. Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) was used to determine the critical aggregation concentration of the surfactant by monitoring the thermal changes accompanying the aggregation of the system. It was found out that the increasing molecular weight of hyaluronan in these systems decreases the critical aggregation concentrations and conversely.

This diploma thesis deals with the preparation and characterization of stealth liposomes and their combination with trimethylchitosan (TMC). This complex could find application in the field of inhalation administration. Stealth liposomes were prepared from neutral phophatidylcholine, negatively charged fosfatidic acid and polyethyleneglycol bounded to phosphatidylethanolamine. We have managed to prepare stealth liposomes with suitable properties that should guarantee passive targeting without evocation an immune response, despite the content of the negative component. We also found a suitable method of preparation for stealth liposome–TMC complex, where the change of size and zeta potential confirmed the non–covalent bound between two components despite the content of the polyethyleneglycol.

The aim of this work was to synthesise water-soluble QDs using different precursors and stabilizers and to determine the toxicity of the synthesized QDs by in vivo imaging. Experiments were performed on water-soluble QDs (MPA-CdTe, MPA-CdTe/ZnS, MSA-CdTe, MSA-CdTe/ZnS, GSH-CdTe, GSH-CdTe/ZnS, TGA-CdTe, TGA-CdTe/ZnS, GSH-ZnSe and GSH-ZnSe/ZnS ) and toxicity was measured. Synthesized QDs were characterized by high intensity (fluorescence spectroscopy), FWHM and zeta potential (ZS Zetasizer) were selected due to their suitability for this task. The toxicity of QDs was determined by the MTT assay on the cell line HEK 293. The experiments show that a core/shell structure is less toxic than a core structure. The results indicate that the toxicity of our synthesized QDs is the lowest for MPA-CdTe (core structure) and MPA-CdTe/ZnS (core/shell structure).

This thesis, which is a continuation of the previous Bachelor thesis, is dedicated to the study of polyelectrolyte complexes between hyaluronan (HA) and bovine serum albumin (BSA). Interactions between HA and BSA and a formation of complexes were studied by SEC-MALLS method, where a molar mass, a root mean square (rms) radius, a hydronamic radius and an intrinsic viscosity of particles of the system were defined. Furthermore the interactions were studied by calorimetric measurement ITC, where thermodynamic character of complex formation was determined. Additionally, dynamic and electrophoretic light scattering methods (DLS and ELS) were applied, where hydrodynamic radius and a value of the zeta potential were defined. Also the effect of higher temperature on the character and complex formation was examined by SEC-MALLS and ITC measurements. The interactions were confirmed at any of the used media, but with different efficiency. It was also proved that complexes become smaller in their radii and viscosity with growing BSA concentration. Furthermore it was proved, that the high ionic strength hinders surface charges of HA and BSA molecules and minimizes their mutual interactions. At the higher ionic strength the radii of the complexes, their intrinsic viscosity and zeta potential are increased. The higher temperature has only minimal effect on the formation of the complexes.

La flottation des particules fines est un challenge technique que l’industrie minière doit relever pour pouvoir exploiter de manière optimale certains types de gisement dont les minerais présentent des textures particulièrement fines. Cette problématique revêt une importance particulière avec la diminution des ressources minérales considérées comme conventionnelles du point de vue de la maille de libération des minéraux d’intérêt. Il existe deux manières d’optimiser les procédés de flottation pour un minerai, la recherche des paramètres de fonctionnement optimaux des équipements de flottation existants et l'élaboration de nouveaux réactifs de flottation. Les travaux des dernières décennies ont mis en évidence qu’en raison de leurs hauts régimes hydrodynamiques favorisant le contact entre les bulles et les particules, les techniques de flottation intensive étaient beaucoup plus adaptées pour le traitement des fines que les dispositifs de flottation mécanique. Cependant, en raison du temps de résidence très court au sein de ces dispositifs de flottation, il est nécessaire que la surface des minéraux d’intérêts soit rendue particulièrement hydrophobe. En ce sens, l’amélioration des performances de flottation, pour les minerais à granularité réduite, par des techniques de flottation intensive requiert l’élaboration de réactifs de flottation plus efficaces et plus sélectifs. L’objet d’étude qui a été choisi est un résidu fin produit à l’issue des différentes étapes nécessaires à l’extraction de l’or et du tellure à partir du minerai de la mine de Kankberg en Suède. Ce résidu à granularité fine possède une faible teneur en terres rares présentes sous la forme de monazite, un minéral de type phosphate. Les travaux de thèse présentés dans ce manuscrit consistaient à développer un réactif permettant d’améliorer l’adsorption d’un collecteur sur la surface de la monazite pour faciliter sa récupération lors de la flottation intensive. Il ressort de ces études que les ions lanthane peuvent améliorer significativement l’adsorption des collecteurs de type carboxylate sur la surface de la monazite et donc améliorer la flottabilité de cette dernière. Les connaissances actuelles concernant les propriétés de surface de la monazite et les mécanismes d’adsorption des collecteurs anioniques sur la surface de ce minéral sont relativement limitées. Il paraissait donc judicieux de contribuer au cours de cette thèse à l’amélioration de ces connaissances. Une étude a été menée pour évaluer l’hydroxylation de surface de la monazite qui est largement considérée dans la littérature comme influençant l’adsorption du collecteur. La manipulation de monazite peut conduire à une exposition aux radiations en raison de la radioactivité émise par la chaîne de désintégration des actinides souvent présents en quantité significative dans le réseau cristallin de la monazite. Au cours de ce projet doctoral, la synthèse de matériaux indurés analogues à la monazite a également été étudiée dans le but de faciliter le déroulement des expérimentations qui nécessitent l’utilisation de monazite. Un protocole de synthèse de poudre de monazite suffisamment indurée pour être agitée a été développé. Des mesures de mobilité électrophorétiques ont par ailleurs montré que les propriétés de surface de ces monazites de synthèse sont identiques à celles d’une monazite naturelle à composition complexe démontrant par ailleurs que la présence de nombreuses substitutions atomiques dans le réseau cristallin de la monazite n’avait pas d’influence sur sa mobilité électrophorétique. / The flotation of fine particles is a technical challenge that the mining industry must address to efficiently exploit certain types of deposit whose ores are finely textured. This issue is of particular importance with the depletion of mineral resources considered as “conventional” with regards to the liberation mesh of minerals of interest. There are two basic approaches to optimise the flotation process for a particular ore, the research for the best working parameters of existing flotation devices and the development of new flotation reagents. The research works in the past decades highlight that, owing to their high hydrodynamic regimes, intensive flotation technologies are more adapted to the treatment of fine particles than conventional mechanical flotation devices. However, due to the short residence time in intensive flotation cells, it is essential that the surface of the minerals of interest has been particularly hydrophobised. In this sense, the improvement of the flotation performance for fine grained ores implies both the use of new flotation technologies and the development of more efficient and more selective flotation reagents. The selected object of studies is a fine grained residue produced after the extraction of gold and tellurium out of the ore from the Kankberg mine which is located in Sweden. This fine material contains low amounts of rare earth elements, in the form of monazite, a phosphate mineral. The thesis works presented in this manuscript consists of developing a reagent that improves the adsorption of the collector on the surface of monazite to facilitate its recovery throughout intensive flotation. The conducted studies emphasise that lanthanum ions significantly promote the adsorption of carboxylate type collectors on the monazite surface thereby increasing the floatability of this mineral. Current knowledge regarding the surface properties of monazite and the mechanism of anionic collectors adsorption on the monazite surface are relatively limited. Therefore, it seems wise to contribute to improving this knowledge during this thesis. A study was carried out to assess the hydroxylation of the monazite surface which is largely considered in the literature as a phenomenon influencing the collector adsorption. The handling of monazite may cause radiation exposure because of the radioactive decay chains of the actinide elements naturally present in the monazite crystal lattice. During this thesis, the synthesis of indurated monazite analogue materials was also investigated to facilitate the conduct of experiments. A protocol of synthesis of monazite powder sufficiently indurated to be mechanically stirred has been developed. Electrophoretic mobility measurements highlight that the surface properties of the synthetic monazite materials were similar to those of natural monazite with complex chemistry showing, in addition, that the presence of several atom substitutions in the monazite crystal lattice has no influence on its electrophoretic mobility.

In this dissertation, the mechanisms of nanosuspension stabilization via polymer adsorption on nanoparticle surface were investigated. As the electrokinetic behavior and colloidal stability depend on the surface characteristics, altering the surface adsorbed polymers affords the different surface properties of nanoparticles and leads to the insight on the mechanism of nanoparticle stabilization. Drug nanosuspensions were prepared by wet milling of drug with water as medium and polymers as stabilizers. Block copolymers were evaluated based on varying the hydrophobic and hydrophilic amounts, polymer concentration, and polymer affinity differences onto the nanoparticle surface. Specifically, block copolymers of ethylene oxide (EO) and propylene oxide (PO) with different EO chain lengths were used to modify the nanoparticle surface and investigate the mechanisms of stabilization by varying the ratio of hydrophobic (PO) and hydrophilic (EO) units. It was hypothesized that the PO chain of block copolymers adsorb at the solid-solution interface and the EO chain provides steric hindrance preventing aggregation. Block copolymer adsorption layer thicknesses were experimentally determined with adsorption layer thicknesses increasing from 4.7 to 9.5 nm as the number of EO increase from 26 to 133 monomer units. Nanoparticle aggregation occurred with insufficient polymer monolayer coverage and electrokinetic zeta potential greater than -20 mV. The amount of block copolymers on the surface of nanoparticles was quantified and the affinity of polymer adsorption increased as the copolymer hydrophobic units increased. The amount adsorbed and affinity provides a qualitative ranking of the affinities between a specific polymer and nanoparticle substrate to provide a method in determining the mechanism of stabilization, where specific functional groups for adsorption could be selected for maximum nanoparticle stability. A molecular modeling was conducted to visualize and support the mathematical model and the proposed mechanism of block copolymer adsorption onto a nanoparticle surface. The time lapse molecular modeling of a block copolymer in an aqueous media showed the hydrophobic units adsorbing onto the nanoparticle surface with the hydrophilic units projecting into the aqueous media. For the first time in pharmaceutical research, a systematic series of studies were conducted to elucidate the mechanisms of adsorption with both surface charge and polymer affinity analyses. A series of studies evaluating the adsorption properties polymer stabilizers provided useful information on how a block copolymer comprised of both hydrophilic and hydrophobic domains adsorbs onto an active pharmaceutical ingredient. A systematic set of experimental techniques were presented with novel analysis tools and predictors to construct stable nanoparticle formulations.

In recent years, due to growing environmental awareness, considerable attention has been given to the development and production of natural fibre reinforced polymer (both thermoset and thermoplastic) composites. The main objective of this study was to reinforce epoxy and polylactic acid (PLA) with hemp fibre to produce improved composites by optimising the fibre treatment methods, composite processing methods, and fibre/matrix interfacial bonding. An investigation was conducted to obtain a suitable fibre alkali treatment method to: (i) remove non-cellulosic fibre components such as lignin (sensitive to ultra violet (UV) radiation) and hemicelluloses (sensitive to moisture) to improve long term composites stability (ii) roughen fibre surface to obtain mechanical interlocking with matrices (iii)expose cellulose hydroxyl groups to obtain hydrogen and covalent bonding with matrices (iv) separate the fibres from their fibre bundles to make the fibre surface available for bonding with matrices (v) retain tensile strength by keeping fibre damage to a minimum level and (vi) increase crystalline cellulose by better packing of cellulose chains to enhance the thermal stability of the fibres. An empirical model was developed for fibre tensile strength (TS) obtained with different treatment conditions (different sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and sodium sulphite (Na2SO3) concentrations, treatment temperatures, and digestion times) by a partial factorial design. Upon analysis of the alkali fibre treatments by single fibre tensile testing (SFTT), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), zeta potential measurements, differential thermal analysis/thermogravimetric analysis (DTA/TGA), wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXRD), lignin analysis and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, a treatment consisting of 5 wt% NaOH and 2 wt% Na2SO3 concentrations, with a treatment temperature of 120oC and a digestion time of 60 minutes, was found to give the best combination of the required properties. This alkali treatment produced fibres with an average TS and Young's modulus (YM) of 463 MPa and 33 GPa respectively. The fibres obtained with the optimised alkali treatment were further treated with acetic anhydride and phenyltrimethoxy silane. However, acetylated and silane treated fibres were not found to give overall performance improvement. Cure kinetics of the neat epoxy (NE) and 40 wt% untreated fibre/epoxy (UTFE) composites were studied and it was found that the addition of fibres into epoxy resin increased the reaction rate and decreased the curing time. An increase in the nucleophilic activity of the amine groups in the presence of fibres is believed to have increased the reaction rate of the fibre/epoxy resin system and hence reduced the activation energies compared to NE. The highest interfacial shear strength (IFSS) value for alkali treated fibre/epoxy (ATFE) samples was 5.2 MPa which was larger than the highest value of 2.7 MPa for UTFE samples supporting that there was a stronger interface between alkali treated fibre and epoxy resin. The best fibre/epoxy bonding was found for an epoxy to curing agent ratio of 1:1 (E1C1) followed by epoxy to curing agent ratios of 1:1.2 (E1C1.2), 1: 0.8 (E1C0.8), and finally for 1:0.6 (E1C0.6). Long and short fibre reinforced epoxy composites were produced with various processing conditions using vacuum bag and compression moulding. A 65 wt% untreated long fibre/epoxy (UTLFE) composite produced by compression moulding at 70oC with a TS of 165 MPa, YM of 17 GPa, flexural strength of 180 MPa, flexural modulus of 10.1 GPa, impact energy (IE) of 14.5 kJ/m2, and fracture toughness (KIc) of 5 MPa.m1/2 was found to be the best in contrast to the trend of increased IFSS for ATFE samples. This is considered to be due to stress concentration as a result of increased fibre/fibre contact with the increased fibre content in the ATFE composites compared to the UTFE composites. Hygrothermal ageing of 65 wt% untreated and alkali treated long and short fibre/epoxy composites (produced by curing at 70oC) showed that long fibre/epoxy composites were more resistant than short fibre/epoxy composites and ATFE composites were more resistant than UTFE composites towards hygrothermal ageing environments as revealed from diffusion coefficients and tensile, flexural, impact, fracture toughness, SEM, TGA, and WAXRD test results. Accelerated ageing of 65 wt% UTLFE and alkali treated long fibre/epoxy (ATLFE) composites (produced by curing at 70oC) showed that ATLFE composites were more resistant than UTLFE composites towards hygrothermal ageing environments as revealed from tensile, flexural, impact, KIc, SEM, TGA, WAXRD, FTIR test results. IFSS obtained with untreated fibre/PLA (UFPLA) and alkali treated fibre/PLA (ATPLA) samples showed that ATPLA samples had greater IFSS than that of UFPLA samples. The increase in the formation of hydrogen bonding and mechanical interlocking of the alkali treated fibres with PLA could be responsible for the increased IFSS for ATPLA system compared to UFPLA system. Long and short fibre reinforced PLA composites were also produced with various processing conditions using compression moulding. A 32 wt% alkali treated long fibre PLA composite produced by film stacking with a TS of 83 MPa, YM of 11 GPa, flexural strength of 143 MPa, flexural modulus of 6.5 GPa, IE of 9 kJ/m2, and KIc of 3 MPa.m1/2 was found to be the best. This could be due to the better bonding of the alkali treated fibres with PLA. The mechanical properties of this composite have been found to be the best compared to the available literature. Hygrothermal and accelerated ageing of 32 wt% untreated and alkali treated long fibre/PLA composites ATPLA composites were more resistant than UFPLA composites towards hygrothermal and accelerated ageing environments as revealed from diffusion coefficients and tensile, flexural, impact, KIc, SEM, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), WAXRD, and FTIR results. Increased potential hydrogen bond formation and mechanical interlocking of the alkali treated fibres with PLA could be responsible for the increased resistance of the ATPLA composites. Based on the present study, it can be said that the performance of natural fibre composites largely depend on fibre properties (e.g. length and orientation), matrix properties (e.g. cure kinetics and crystallinity), fibre treatment and processing methods, and composite processing methods.

Gegenstand dieser Arbeit war das Stabilitätsverhalten von binären kolloidalen Suspensionen mit hohen Feststoffkonzentrationen (z. B. keramische Suspensionen). Dabei wurde die Stabilität mit Hilfe des Sedimentationsverhaltens bewertet und mit dem Grenzflächenzustand korreliert, der als effektives Zetapotenzial erfasst wurde. Die Untersuchungen erfolgten an drei Oxiden mit unterschiedlichen physiko-chemischen Eigenschaften, wobei die Suspensionszusammensetzung und der pH-Wert über weite Bereiche variiert wurden. Ein wesentliches Ergebnis dieser Arbeit besteht im Nachweis, dass die Löslichkeit der einzelnen partikulären Komponenten in den binären Suspensionen zu einer gegenseitigen Beeinflussung der Grenzflächeneigenschaften führt und dadurch das Stabilitätsverhalten des gesamten Systems maßgeblich bestimmt. Von Relevanz ist zudem das Mischungsverhältnis, von dem zum einen das Löse- und Adsorptionsverhalten und zum anderen die Morphologie von Heteroaggregaten abhängt und das auf diese Weise auch für das makroskopische Verhalten entscheidend ist. Die Arbeit zeigt deutlich, dass das Reich der Kolloide neben universellen Mechanismen von stoffspezifischen Phänomenen beherrscht wird. Daraus folgt, dass eine allumfassende Behandlung der Stabilität nicht möglich ist. Vielmehr kann nur an Beispielen demonstriert werden, welche Art von Phänomenen auftreten und wie sie genutzt oder vermieden werden können.:Vorwort i Inhaltsverzeichnis iii Nomenklatur vii 1 Einleitung 1 1.1 Motivation 2 1.2 Zielstellung 3 1.3 Vorgehen 3 2 Grundlagen kolloidaler Suspensionen 4 2.1 Charakteristik kolloidaler Systeme 4 2.2 Grenzflächen in Suspensionen 5 2.2.1 Elektrochemische Doppelschicht 5 2.2.2 Wechselwirkung zwischen Ionen und Grenzflächen 9 2.2.3 Veränderung der Grenzflächen durch das Lösen der Partikel 12 2.3 Wechselwirkungen zwischen kolloidalen Partikeln 14 2.3.1 Doppelschichtwechselwirkung 14 2.3.2 Van-der-Waals-Wechselwirkung 16 2.3.3 Bornsche Abstoßung 17 2.3.4 DLVO-Theorie 18 2.3.5 Nicht-DLVO-Effekte 19 2.4 Stabilität binärer Suspensionen 20 2.4.1 Partikelkoagulation in binären Systemen 21 2.4.2 Wechselwirkungen zwischen beschichteten Partikeln 28 2.5 Sedimentation konzentrierter Suspensionen 30 2.5.1 Sedimentationstypen 30 2.5.2 Sedimentation und Stabilität 33 2.6 Stand des Wissens 34 3 Eigenschaften der ausgewählten Oxide 35 3.1 Amorphes SiO2 35 3.1.1 Oberfläche von amorphen SiO2 36 3.1.2 Verhalten vom SiO2 in Wasser 36 3.1.3 Lösen von SiO2 37 3.2 -Al2O3 39 3.3 TiO2 42 4 Experimentelle Untersuchungen 43 4.1 Versuchsübersicht 43 4.2 Verwendete Partikelsysteme 44 4.2.1 Allgemeine Eigenschaften der verwendeten Partikelsysteme 44 4.2.2 Strukturelle Partikeleigenschaften 45 4.3 Verwendete Geräte 47 4.3.1 Elektroakustisches Spektrometer DT 1200 47 4.3.2 Analytische Photozentrifuge – LUMiFuge 116 49 4.4 Zubereitung und Handhabung der Suspensionen 51 4.4.1 Ansatz und Vorbehandlung der Suspensionsproben 52 4.4.2 Durchführung der Messungen 52 4.5 Bestimmung des effektiven Zetapotenzials 53 4.5.1 Auswertung für fraktale Partikel 53 4.5.2 Auswertung für binäre Systeme 55 4.6 Bestimmung der Probenstabilität 55 4.6.1 Durchführung der Sedimentationsanalysen 56 4.6.2 Deutung der Transmissionsprofile 56 4.6.3 Phänomenologische Bewertung der Transmissionsprofile 57 4.6.4 Quantitative Analyse der Transmissionsprofile 62 4.7 Bestimmung des gelösten SiO2 68 4.8 Bewertung der experimentellen Methodik 70 5 Ergebnisse 72 5.1 Wässrige Suspensionen einer partikulären Komponente 72 5.1.1 Einfluss von Art und Konzentration des Hintergrundelektrolyten auf den Zetapotenzial-pH-Verlauf am Beispiel von SiO2 72 5.1.2 Vergleich der Oxide bei standardmäßiger Probenvorbereitung 76 5.1.3 Bewertung der Ergebnisse für die Einstoffsuspensionen 87 5.2 Wässrige Suspensionen zweier unterschiedlicher partikulärer Komponenten 88 5.3 Binäre Suspensionen aus TiO2 und Al2O3 89 5.3.1 Zetapotenzialverläufe der TiO2/Al2O3-Suspensionen 89 5.3.2 Sedimentationsverhalten der TiO2/Al2O3-Suspensionen 91 5.3.3 Stabilität der Suspensionen aus TiO2 und Al2O3 98 5.4 Binäre Suspensionen aus TiO2 und SiO2 99 5.4.1 Zetapotenzialverläufe der TiO2/SiO2-Suspensionen 99 5.4.2 Sedimentationsverhalten der TiO2/SiO2-Suspensionen 100 5.4.3 Lösen und Ausfällung des SiO2 109 5.4.4 Einfluss des gelösten SiO2 auf die Grenzflächen der TiO2/SiO2-Suspensionen 118 5.4.5 Einfluss des gelösten SiO2 auf die Stabilität der TiO2/SiO2-Suspensionen 122 5.4.6 Stabilität der Suspensionen aus TiO2 und SiO2 128 5.5 Binäre Suspensionen aus Al2O3 und SiO2 129 5.5.1 Zetapotenzialverläufe der Al2O3/SiO2-Suspensionen 129 5.5.2 Sedimentationsverhalten der Al2O3/SiO2-Suspensionen 130 5.5.3 Einfluss der Löslichkeit von Al2O3 und SiO2 auf die Eigenschaften der binären Suspensionen 139 5.5.4 Stabilität der Suspensionen aus Al2O3 und SiO2 149 6 Zusammenfassung und Diskussion 150 6.1 Zusammenfassung der Ergebnisse 152 6.2 Diskussion und Ausblick 154 6.3 Fazit 157 7 Literaturverzeichnis 159 8 Abbildungsverzeichnis 180 9 Tabellenverzeichnis 188 Anhang A Hamaker-Funktion 191 Anhang B Berechnung der Stabilitätsverhältnisse 195 Anhang C Experimentelle Versuche 198 Anhang D Reproduzierbarkeit der Stabilitätsversuche 200 Anhang E Laborgeräte, Analysentechnik und Chemikalien 204 Anhang F Bestimmung von gelöstem SiO2 206