The use of preformed polymers for the preparation of Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) multilayers is reviewed. Principles for polymer self-organization are outlined and the appropriate molecular designs are discussed. Recent developments in the different classes of polymers for LB multilayers are presented, and their outstanding properties highlighted.

Condensation of water vapor is an everyday phenomenon which plays an important role in power generation schemes, desalination applications and high-heat flux cooling of power electronic devices. Continuous dropwise condensation is a desirable mode of condensation in which small, highly-spherical droplets regularly form and shed off the surface before a thick liquid is formed, thereby minimizing the thermal resistance to heat transfer across the condensate layer. While difficult to induce and sustain, dropwise condensation has been shown to achieve heat and mass transfer coefficients over an order of magnitude higher than its filmwise counterpart. Superhydrophobic surfaces have been extensively studied to promote dropwise condensation with mixed results; often surfaces that are superhydrophobic to deposited droplets formed in the gas phase above the surface do not retain this behavior with condensed droplets nucleated and grown on the surface. Recently, nanostructured superhydrophobic surfaces have been developed that are robust to vapor condensation; however, these surfaces still are not ideal for condensation heat transfer due to the high thermal resistance of the vapor layer trapped underneath the droplets and the reduced footprint of direct contact between the highly-spherical droplets and the underlying substrate. This work has two main objectives. First, a comprehensive free energy based thermodynamic model is developed to better understand why traditional superhydrophobic surfaces often lose their properties when exposed to condensed droplets. The model is first validated using data from the existing literature and then extended to analyze the suitability of amphiphilic (e.g. part hydrophobic and part hydrophilic) nanostructured surfaces for condensation applications. Secondly, one of the promising amphiphilic surfaces identified by the thermodynamic model is fabricated and tested to observe condensation dynamic behavior. Two complementary visualization techniques, environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) and optical (light) microscopy, are used to probe the condensation behavior and compare the performance to that of a traditional superhydrophobic surface. Observations from the condensation experiments are used to propose a new mechanism of coalescence that governs the temporal droplet size distribution on the amphiphilic nanostructured surface and continually generates fresh sites for the droplet nucleation and growth cycle that is most efficient at heat transfer.

We take the electron deficient heterocyclic hexaazatriphenylene (HAT) as our central core and readily synthesized by the condensation of hexaketo- cyclohexane with the respective 1,2-bis-alk-oxy-4,5-diaminobenzene. We use the polarised optical microscopy (POM) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) to study the mesophase range.These mesophases are identified as columnar phases by diffraction (XRD).

Block copolymers demonstrate potential in next-generation lithography as a solution for overcoming the limitations of conventional lithographic techniques. Ideal block copolymer materials for this application can be synthesized on a commercial scale, have high [chi]-parameters promoting self-assembly into sub-20 nm pitch domains, have controllable alignment and orientation, and have high etch contrast between the domains for facilitating pattern transfer into the underlying substrate. Block copolymers that contain silicon in one domain are attractive for nanopatterning since they often fulfill at least three of these requirements. However, silicon-containing materials are notoriously difficult to orient in thin films due to the low surface energy of the silicon-containing block, which typically wets the free surface interface. In this work, the methodology behind material choice and the synthesis of new silicon-containing block copolymers by a variety of polymerization techniques will be described. Thin film self-assembly of the block copolymers with domains oriented perpendicular to the plane of the substrate is achieved using different solvent annealing and neutral surface treatments with thermal annealing conditions. Block copolymer patterns are transferred to the underlying substrate by reactive ion etching and directed self-assembly of the polymers is demonstrated using chemical contrast patterns. Interesting thermodynamics governing the self-assembly of block copolymers with solvent annealing will also be discussed. Finally, new amphiphilic block copolymers will be described that were created with lithographic applications in mind but that are most useful for biological applications in drug delivery. / text

Σκοπός της παρούσας διπλωματικής εργασίας είναι η σύνθεση και ο χαρακτηρισμός νανοσωματιδίων αργύρου και χρυσού με και χωρίς την παρουσία πολυμερούς. Δύο κατηγορίες νανοσωματιδίων συντέθηκαν, η πρώτη είναι νανοσωματίδια Ag και μελετήθηκε η συναρμογή τους στην κορώνα μικκυλίου συμπολυμερούς. Η δεύτερη κατηγορία είναι νανοσωματίδια χρυσού και μελετήθηκε η αλληλεπίδραση συμπολυμερούς με την επιφάνεια των νανοσωματιδίων. Η εργασία επικεντρώθηκε στη σύνθεση και την φασματοσκοπική μελέτη των νανοσωματιδίων και των υβριδικών υλικών χρησιμοποιώντας όλες τις διαθέσιμες τεχνικές δομικού χαρακτηρισμού. Αναλυτικότερα στο μεγαλύτερο μέρος της εργασίας περιγράφεται η σύνθεση νανοσωματιδίων αργύρου και η in situ σύνθεση μεταλλικών νανοσωματιδίων αργύρου στην κορώνα συμπολυμερούς. Τα νανοσωματίδια αργύρου συντέθηκαν από την αναγωγή άλατος AgNO3 και την προσθήκη ποσότητας αναγωγικού μέσου, στην συγκεκριμένη περίπτωση NaBH4. Με την προσθήκη του αναγωγικού μέσου ο άργυρος από Ag+ ανάχθηκε σε Ag0 . Νανοσωματίδια αργύρου συντέθηκαν in-situ στην κορώνα του συμπολυμερούς PHOS-PEO. Το πρωτόκολλο που ακολουθήθηκε περιλαμβάνει τα παρακάτω βήματα. Αρχικά για την διαλυτοποίηση του συμπολυμερούς επιλέχθηκε εκλεκτικός διαλύτης ως προς την μια συστάδα του, ώστε να σχηματιστούν μικκύλια αποτελούμενα από έναν συμπαγή υδρόφοβο πυρήνα και μια διαλυτή κορώνα. Στη συνέχεια προστίθεται το άλας του μετάλλου στο διάλυμα με αποτέλεσμα την συναρμογή του στην κορώνα, τέλος η αναγωγή των μεταλλικών ιόντων σε μεταλλικά νανοσωματίδια με την προσθήκη κάποιου αναγωγικού μέσου. Η δεύτερη κατηγορία αφορά την σύνθεση νανοσωματιδίων χρυσού με την μέθοδο Turkevic. Η σύνθεση έγινε με την διαλυτοποίηση σε νερό άλατος χρυσού HAuCl4 και την θέρμανση του σε στήλη με διπλό τοίχωμα στους 100⁰C και με ταυτόχρονη ανάδευση. Αφού το διάλυμα έφτασε σε σημείου βρασμού έγινε η προσθήκη του αναγωγικού μέσου και το άλας χρυσού ανάχθηκε από Au+3 σε Au0 . Τα νανοσωματίδια που παρασκευάστηκαν με την παραπάνω μέθοδο προστέθηκαν σε διάλυμα νερού με συμπολυμερές PHOS-PEO το οποίο είχε δημιουργήσει μικκύλιο λόγω του αμφίφιλου χαρακτήρα του. Και στις δύο κατηγορίες μελετήθηκε το μέγεθος το σχήμα και η σταθερότητα τους. Καθώς και έγινε σύγκριση με τα νανοσωματίδια αργύρου και χρυσού με την παρουσία πολυμερούς ως προς την σταθερότητα τους σε βάθος χρόνου. Βρέθηκε ότι υπάρχει ισχυρή αλληλεπίδραση ανάμεσα στο συμπολυμερές PHOS-PEO και στα νανοσωματίδια αργύρου που συντέθηκαν παρουσία του συμπολυμερούς, και σημειώθηκε σημαντική συμβολή του συμπολυμερούς στην ομοιογένεια και σταθερότητα των αιωρημάτων των νανοσωματιδίων σε βάθος χρόνου. Αντίθετα, η αλληλεπίδραση του ίδιου συμπολυμερούς με νανοσωματίδια χρυσού αποδείχθηκε ασθενής. / -

Αντικείμενο της παρούσας εργασίας ήταν η σύνθεση μιας σειράς τριπολυμερών και ενός πεντασυσταδικού συμπολυμερούς, καθώς και η μελέτη του τρόπου αυτό-οργάνωσής τους σε αραιά υδατικά διαλύματα στα οποία μεταβάλλεται το pH. Τα συμπολυμερή που συντέθηκαν είχαν δομικές μονάδες πολυ(βίνυλο-2-πυριδίνη) P2VP, πολυ(αιθυλενοξείδιο) PEO και πολύ(ε-καπρολακτόνη) PCL. Για την σύνθεση αυτών χρησιμοποιήθηκαν πρόδρομα συμπολυμερή δυο και τριών συστάδων, τα οποία είχαν συντεθεί μέσω ζωντανού ανιονικού πολυμερισμού, και στην συνέχεια με την μέθοδο του πολυμερισμού διάνοιξης δακτυλίου {Ring Opening Polymerization(ROP)} πραγματοποιήθηκε η προσθήκη της ε-CL. Η προσθήκη αυτή πραγματοποιήθηκε με αντίδραση του [Sn(Oct)2] με το ελεύθερο υδροξύλιο του αιθυλενοξειδίου δημιουργώντας έτσι ένα σύμπλοκο που αποτελεί τον εκκινητή, σύμφωνα με τον μηχανισμό εισαγωγής-σύμπλεξης. Ο χαρακτηρισμός των πολυμερών που συντέθηκαν πραγματοποιήθηκε μέσω της Χρωματογραφίας Αποκλεισμού Μεγεθών (SEC) και της Φασματοσκοπίας Πυρηνικού Μαγνητικού Συντονισμού (NMR). Στην συνέχεια προβήκαμε στη μελέτη αραιών υδατικών διαλυμάτων συναρτήσει του pH δυο πολυμερών από αυτά που συνθέσαμε, του πεντασυσταδικού PCL-PEO-P2VP-PEO-PCL και του τριπολυμερούς P2VP-PEO-PCL. Η μελέτη αυτή έγινε μέσω πειραμάτων σκέδασης του φωτός (στατική σκέδαση στις 900 και δυναμική σκέδαση) και μέσω της Ηλεκτρονικής Μικροσκοπίας Σάρωσης (SEM). Τα πολυμερή αυτά αποτελούνται από P2VP της οποίας η συμπεριφορά διαφοροποιείται με τις αλλαγές του pH μετατρέποντάς την σε έναν κατιονικό υδρόφιλο πολυηλεκτρολύτη σε χαμηλές τιμές αυτού, ενώ καθίσταται ηλεκτρικά ουδέτερη καθώς το pH αυξάνει, με αποτέλεσμα να γίνεται υδρόφοβη λόγω της αποπρωτονίωσής της. Η συμπεριφορά αυτή της P2VP σε συνδυασμό με τον υδρόφιλο χαρακτήρα του PEO και τον υδρόφοβο χαρακτήρα της PCL σε όλες τις τιμές του pH, οδήγησε στην δημιουργία πολυμοριακών συσσωματωμάτων σε ορισμένη περιοχή του pH. Μάλιστα το πεντασυσταδικό πολυμερές σχηματίζει σφαιρικά μικκύλια στην συγκεκριμένη περιοχή. Τέλος πρέπει να αναφερθεί ότι η πρωτοτυπία της παρούσας εργασίας εστιάζεται στο γεγονός ότι δεν έχουν μελετηθεί στο παρελθόν συμπολυμερή PCL με PEO και P2VP. Η ιδιότητα των συμπολυμερών που συνθέσαμε να σχηματίζουν πολυμοριακά συσσωματώματα και μικκύλια, ίσως αποβεί πολύ χρήσιμη σε πολλούς τομείς της βιομηχανίας και της βιοϊατρικής. / This project deals with the synthesis of triblock and pentablock copolymers, which were studied in aqueous solutions as a function of pH. The copolymers, which we synthesized, were Poly(2-vinil pyride)-Poly(ethylene oxide)-Poly(ε-caprolactone) (P2VP-PEO-PCL) and Poly(ε-caprolactone)-Poly(ethylene oxide)-Poly(2-vinil pyride)- Poly(ethylene oxide)-Poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL-PEO-P2VP-PEO-PCL). The triblock and pentablock copolymers were synthesized via the method of Ring Opening Polymerization (ROP), using as initiator the stannous octoate [Sn(Oct)2]. For the triblock copolymers’ synthesis we used the diblock P2VP-PEO, which was synthesized via the method of living anionic polymerization, and for the pentablock copolymer’s synthesis we used the triblock PEO-P2VP-PEO, which was synthesized via the same method. The molecular weights and polydispersities were determined by Size Exclusion Chromatography and their compositions by 1H NMR. The properties of these copolymers were studied in aqueous solutions as a function of pH, by several experimental techniques such as static and dynamic light scattering and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The copolymers self organized in different nano structured self-assemblies which depend on the solution pH exhibiting therefore a stimuli responsive behavior.

Après la mise en évidence de la forte activité antibactérienne à large spectre contre des bactéries Gram (+) et Gram (-) sauvages et résistantes aux antibiotiques des dérivés 3',4',6-tri-naphtylméthyl (2NM) et -trihexyl d'un petit aminoglycoside, la néamine, et de l'activité, contre les bactéries Gram (+) sauvages et résistantes, des 3',4'- et 3',6-di2NM néamines, les travaux réalisés ont cherché à obtenir des dérivés antibactériens plus actifs et moins toxiques que les dérivés trialkylés. Deux approches en séries aminoglycosides amphiphiles ont été développées dans ce but : (1) la synthèse à partir de la néomycine B de nouveaux dérivés de la néamine portant des groupements alkyles de différentes lipophilies de façon à diminuer globalement celle-ci et (2) après les premiers résultats en série néamine, la synthèse à partir de la N-acétyl glucosamine de dérivés amphiphiles d'un des constituants de la néamine, la néosamine.Dans la première approche, après la mise au point de méthodes d'alkylation de la néamine, il a été possible de passer de dérivés trialkylés de la néamine à des dérivés dialkylés, en particulier 3',6- dialkylés, plus actifs et moins cytotoxiques ceci en diminuant la lipophilie globale des composés. Dans la deuxième approche, à partir de la 1-allyl 3,4-dinonyl néosamine, des dérivés amphiphiles antibactériens à large spectre portant en position anomérique des groupements polaires ont été préparés après époxydation de la double liaison. Le dérivé tri2NM de la néamine s'était avéré avoir une forte affinité pour les lipopolysaccharides de la membrane externe de P. aeruginosa et agir à travers son caractère amphiphiles pour dépolariser la membrane bactérienne. L'étude du mode d'action des dérivés de la néamine préparés les plus actifs a suggéré un mécanisme d'action similaire. / In regard to the antibacterial activity of amphiphilic aminoglycosides which are (i) 3',4',6-trinaphtylmethyl (2NM) et -trihexyl neamine derivatives active against wild-type and resistant to antibiotic drugs Gram (+) et Gram (–) bacteria, and (ii) 3',4'- and 3',6-di2NM derivatives active against bacteria Gram (+) bacteria, the works were focused on the search for more active and less toxic derivatives than the trialkyl derivatives. With this aim, two approaches were developed for obtaining antibacterial amphiphilic aminoglycosides: (1) the synthesis from neomycin B of new neamine derivatives carrying alkyl groups of various lipophily in order to decrease the global lipophily and (2) after the first results in the neamine series, the synthesis from N-acetylglucosamine of amphiphilic derivatives of the aminosugar part of the neamine core named neosamine.In the first approach, after optimisation of alkylation methods of neamine, we shifted from active 3',4',6-trialkylated derivatives to less lipophilic more active and less cytotoxic dialkylated derivatives, especially 3',6 derivatives. In the second approach, from 1-allyl 3,4-dinonyl neosamine, large spectrum antibacterial derivatives carrying at the anomeric position polar groups were obtained through epoxidation of the allylic double bond. Previously, the tri2NM neamine derivative has appeared to be able to strongly bind to the lipopolysaccharides of the outer membrane of P. aeruginosa and to destabilize membranes. The study of the mechanism of action of the most active derivatives prepared suggested a similar mode of action.

O presente trabalho teve como objetivo produzir 3,6-O, O´-dimisritoilquitosana (QDM) com baixo grau médio de substituição ((GS) ̅ ≤ 10%) a partir da reação de quitosana com cloreto de miristoíla, de maneira a conferir caráter anfifílico às cadeias poliméricas. Neste estudo foram empregadas diferentes quitosanas de partida, a saber, quitosana de origem comercial (QC), que apresenta baixo grau médio de acetilação ((GA) ̅ = 5 %) e baixa massa molar média viscosimétrica ((Mv) ̅ = 87,000 g/mol), e quitosana DAIUS (QD), produzida a partir da desacetilação de beta-quitina assistida por irradiação de ultrassom de alta intensidade, que apresenta( GA) ̅ = 15 % e (Mv) ̅ = 300,000 g/mol. Para obtenção dos derivados QDM, diferentes razões molares quitosana/cloreto de miristoíla (Q/CM) foram empregadas (1:0,075; 1:0,1; 1:0,2 e 1:0,5), e as reações foram executadas por 1 h a 25 °C. As características estruturais e morfológicas das amostras geradas neste trabalho foram determinadas pelo emprego de espectroscopias de ressonância magnética nuclear e no infravermelho e difração de raios-X. A solubilidade das amostras foi investigada por espectroscopia UV/visível e a estabilidade térmica foi estudada através de análise termogravimétrica. A partir da análise de espectroscopia no infravermelho, foi possível evidenciar a ocorrência da reação de acilação seletiva dos grupos OH das quitosanas, através da presença da banda observada em 1740 cm-1, referente à deformação axial de carbonila de éster, resultante da reação de O-acilação. A banda em 1577 cm-1 referente a N-acilação não foi evidenciada. Na segunda etapa deste estudo as amostras QCM1 ((DS) ̅ = 6,6%) e QCM4 ((DS) ̅ = 11 %), que apresentaram concentrações críticas de agregação (CAC) 8,9 × 10-3 mg/ mL e 13,2 × 10-3 mg/ mL, respectivamente, foram empregadas nos estudos de encapsulação e liberação de paclitaxel e camptotecina, fármacos hidrofóbicos anti-câncer insolúveis em água. A análise de microscopia eletrônica de transmissão (MET) mostrou que as micelas de QCM apresentaram formas aproximadamente esféricas, enquanto que o espalhamento dinâmico de luz (DLS) permitiu a determinação do diâmetro médio das micelas carregadas e vazias, que variou no intervalo 280 nm - 481 nm, enquanto o potencial zeta foi ≥ +30 mV. As micelas de QCM foram capazes de encapsular o paclitaxel e a camptotecina com elevada eficiência de encapsulação (EE > 60 %), como confirmado por análises de HPLC e UV-vis. Os estudos sobre a citotoxicidade das micelas em relação às células Caco-2 e HT29-MTX mostraram que estas não apresentaram citotoxicidade e que a encapsulação diminuiu a toxicidade de paclitaxel e camptotecina. Os estudos de permeação de paclitaxel e a camptotecina encapsulados em micelas de DMQ através da monocultura de Caco-2 e do modelo de co-cultura Caco-2 / HT29-MTX confirmaram o potencial das micelas na melhoria da absorção intestinal dos fármacos. Os estudos de liberação com ambos fármacos mostraram perfis de liberação sustentada. Os resultados obtidos sugerem que as micelas de QCM podem ser carreadoras promissoras para encapsular paclitaxel e camptotecina. / The aim of this work was to produce 3,6-O,O\'-dimyristoyl chitosan (DMC) with low average degree of substitution ((DS) ̅ ≤ 10%) from the reaction of chitosan with myristoyl chloride, in order to confer amphiphilic characteristics to the polymer chains. In this study, different chitosans were used, namely commercial chitosan (QC), which possesses low average degree of acetylation ((GA) ̅ = 5%) and a low viscosity average molecular weight ((Mv) ̅ = 87,000 g/mol), and chitosan QD, produced from the ultrasound assisted deacetylation of beta-chitin, which presents (GA) ̅ = 15% and (Mv) ̅ = 300,000 g/mol. Different molar ratios chitosan / myristoyl chloride (Q/CM) were used (1: 0.075, 1: 0.1, 1: 0.2 and 1: 0.5) to obtain the DMCh derivatives, and the reactions were carried out at 25 0C for 1 h. The structural and morphological characteristics of the samples produced in this work were determined by infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. The solubility of the samples was investigated by UV/visible spectroscopy and the thermal stability was studied by thermogravimetric analysis. From the infrared spectroscopy analysis, it was possible to observe a band at 1740 cm-1, which refers to the axial deformation of the carbonyl moiety of carboxylic ester, showing the occurrence of O-acylation. The band at 1577 cm-1, which refers to N-acylation, was not evidenced. Then, the samples DMC1 ((DS) ̅ =6,6% ) and DMC4 ((DS) ̅ =11% ), which presented critical aggregation concentrations of 8.9×10-3 mg/mL and 13.2×10-3 mg/mL, respectively, were employed in the studies of encapsulation and release of the water-insoluble anti-cancer hydrophobic drugs, paclitaxel and camptothecin. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analyses showed that DMC micelles presented roughly spherical shapes, and dynamic light scattering (DLS) allowed the determination of the mean diameter of charged and empty micelles, which varied between 280 nm and 481 nm, while the zeta potential, was ≥ +30 mV. DMC micelles were able to encapsulate paclitaxel and camptothecin with high encapsulation efficiency (EE> 60%), as confirmed by HPLC and UV-vis analyses. Furthermore, the micelles did not exhibit cytotoxicity toward Caco-2 and HT29-MTX cells, and the encapsulation decreased the toxicity of paclitaxel and camptothecin. Permeability studies of paclitaxel and camptothecin encapsulated into DMC micelles through Caco-2 monoculture and Caco-2 / HT29-MTX co-culture models confirmed the potential of micelles on the improvement of intestinal absorption of hydrophobic drugs. The release studies with both drugs showed sustained release profiles. Hence, the results suggest that the DMC micelles may be promising carriers for encapsulating paclitaxel and camptothecin.

Orientador: Maria Isabel Felisberti / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Química / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-17T19:50:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Trinca_RafaelBergamo_M.pdf: 2663870 bytes, checksum: 36c96b7a317207cfd922f61029873b60 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: Neste trabalho foram sintetizados copolímeros bi (triblocos) e tricomponentes (penta blocos) constituídos de poli(etileno glicol) (PEG), l-lactídeo (3,6-Dimetil-1,4-dioxano-2,5-diona - LLA) e glicolídeo (1,4-dioxano-2,5-diona - GL). A síntese foi realizada pelo método de polimerização por abertura de anel (Ring-Opening Polymerization ¿ ROP) utilizando o 2-etilhexanoato de estanho e o PEG, como catalisador e iniciador, respectivamente. No que diz respeito às contribuições do projeto, foram estabelecidas as condições reacionais para a polimerização por abertura de anel em solução de tolueno, método até então não descrito na literatura. Além disso, o estudo de ação catalítica realizado mostrou que o provável mecanismo de ação do catalisador 2-etilhexanoato de estanho envolve etapas de coordenação/inserção, sendo que eventos de transferência de cadeia são minimizados. Dessa forma, apenas os grupos iniciadores previamente coordenados ao catalisador irão participar da reação, sendo necessário o uso de razões estequiométricas entre catalisador e iniciador para se garantir a manutenção das proporções entre monômeros e iniciadores utilizadas no meio reacional. O emprego das condições catalíticas estabelecidas garante elevada conversão dos monômeros e elevado rendimento reacional. Os copolímeros sintetizados foram caracterizados por técnicas de DSC, TGA, RMN, GPC e ensaios de degradação hidrolítica e intumescimento. A cristalização dos diferentes blocos dos copolímeros foi parcial ou totalmente suprimida por razões conformacionais e de impedimento estéreo, sendo dependente da composição, arquitetura e massa molar. Copolímeros ricos em PEG são hidrossolúveis e os demais são passiveis de intumescimento em água, demonstrando o caráter anfifílico. A degradação hidrolítica ocorre preferencialmente pela cisão de ligações unindo blocos hidrofóbicos e hidrofílicos / Abstract: Copolymers and terpolymers based on poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), l-lactide (3,6-dimethyl-1,4-dioxane-2,5-dione - LLA) and glycolide (1,4-dioxane-2,5-dione - GL) were synthesized, producing a series of triblock and pentablock polymers with different architecture and composition. The synthesis was performed by the Ring-Opening Polymerization (ROP) method, using tin(II) 2-ethylhexanoate and PEG as catalyst and initiator, respectively. Regarding to the project contributions, the reaction conditions for Ring-Opening Polymerization in toluene solution were established, method so far not described in the literature. Moreover, the study of catalytic action showed that the probable action mechanism of the catalyst tin(II) 2-ethylhexanoate involves steps of coordination-insertion, and that chain transfer events are minimized. Thus, only the initiators previously coordinated to the catalyst will participate in the reaction, being necessary the use of stoichiometric ratios between catalyst and initiator to ensure the high reaction yield and a conversion of lactones to copolymers. The copolymers were characterized by DSC, TGA, NMR and GPC techniques and by swelling and hydrolytic degradation tests. The crystallization of different blocks of the copolymers were partially or totally suppressed for conformational and steric hindrance reasons, being dependent on the composition, architecture and molecular mass. PEG-rich copolymers are water soluble and others are capable of swelling in water, showing the amphiphilic character of the copolymers. The hydrolytic degradation occurs preferentially by scission of ester bonds linking hydrophobic and hydrophilic blocks / Mestrado / Físico-Química / Mestre em Química

Esse trabalho é sobre a agregação da droga leishmanicida miltefosina e um análogo fluorescente e sua interação com vesículas fosfolipídicas. A leishmaniose é uma doença tropical causada por diferentes espécies do gênero Leishmania que atinge boa parte do mundo e, nas duas últimas décadas, sua manifestação visceral reapareceu de forma preocupante, uma vez que sua letalidade vem aumentando de forma gradativa. Vários medicamentos estão sendo testados, incluindo o análogo lipídico sintético hexadecilfosfocolina (miltefosina), que é um agente antitumoral e antileishmania administrado oralmente que age nas membranas celulares e pode induzir apoptose. O primeiro local de interação dos análogos de fosfolipídios é a membrana celular e eles apresentam atividade citotóxica não específica em concentrações acima da sua concentração micelar crítica, sendo importante o conhecimento de suas propriedades de agregação em meio aquoso e sua forma de interação com outros agregados presentes no meio. Além disso, derivados fluorescentes da miltefosina permitem o uso de técnicas de fluorescência para a caracterização de sua atividade leishmanicida. Neste trabalho examinamos propriedades de agregação da miltefosina (MT) e de seu análogo fluorescente MT-BODIPY em meio aquoso, utilizando técnicas baseadas em medidas de tensão superficial e de espectroscopia de fluorescência, tanto estática como com resolução temporal. Os resultados de cmc da miltefosina, a 25oC utilizando diferentes métodos, foram 60M em meio aquoso puro (água Milli-Q), 50M em tampão fosfato 10mM (pH 7,4), e 35M em tampão fosfato com NaCl 150mM. Através do estudo de vários parâmetros de fluorescência, verificamos que para a MT-BODIPY, um limite superior para sua cmc é de 10M. Utilizando a sonda fluorescente amino-hexadecil-benzamida (Ahba) estudamos a interação entre a miltefosina e vesículas fosfolipídicas de DMPC e DPPC, analisando os espectros de absorção e emissão fluorescente, a anisotropia estática e os decaimentos da intensidade fluorescente e da anisotropia. O conjunto de resultados mostrou que os efeitos do acréscimo de miltefosina às vesículas, no intervalo de razões molares entre 1:100 e 5:100, não são monitorados pela sonda Ahba, uma sonda localizada na região das cabeças polares. Por outro lado, a análise da fluorescência intrínseca da MT-BODIPY mostrou que seu acréscimo, no mesmo intervalo de razões molares, promove desorganização da bicamada lipídica. Como nesse caso o grupo fluorescente localiza-se no final da cadeia alifática, concluimos que os maiores efeitos da miltefosina sobre as bicamadas ocorrem na região interna das cadeias apolares. / This work is about the aggregation of the leishmanicidal drug miltefosine and a fluorescent analogue and their interaction with phospholipid vesicles. Leishmaniasis is a complex of tropical diseases caused by different species of the genus Leishmania which reaches almost the whole world, including Brazil, and, on the last decades, its visceral form reappeared with hundreds of million people at risk of infection, and the mortality rate increases every year. Several drugs have been used to treat the disease, and miltefosine, a synthetic phospholipid analogue, has been tested and it is already used in some countries. This drug has a confirmed antitumor and orally antileishmanial action on the cell membranes, which is the first local of interaction of a phospholipid analogue. The cytotoxic activity is not specific on concentrations above its critical micelle concentration (cmc), and the knowledge of the aggregation properties of the drug in aqueous medium becomes important, as well as its interaction with other aggregates presents in the environment. Fluorescent analogues of miltefosine allow the use of fluorescent techniques to characterize the antileishmanial activity of miltefosine. In this work we have investigated the aggregation properties of the drug miltefosine (MT), and the fluorescent analogue MT-BODIPY in aqueous medium, by using techniques of surface tension measurements and both, steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. The values of miltefosine cmc at 25°C from different methods were about 60M in pure aqueous medium (Milli-Q water), 50M in phosphate buffer 10mM (pH 7,4), and 35M in phosphate buffer with the addition of NaCl 150mM. The fluorescent probe amino-hexadecyl-benzamide (Ahba) was used to study the interaction of miltefosine with phospholipid vesicles of DMPC and DPPC, from absorption and fluorescent emission spectra, steady-state anisotropy and fluorescence and anisotropy decays. The results have shown that the effects of miltefosine addition in the vesicles, with molar ratios between 1:100 and 5:100, are not monittored by the probe Ahba, which is located on the polar head groups region on the bilayer. On the other hand, analysing the intrinsic fluorescence of the analogue MT-BODIPY, we concluded that when the molecule is added, in the same molar ratio intervals, there is a disorder in the lipidic bilayer. The fluorescent group BODIPY is located on the aliphatic chain of MT, therefore, the more accentuated effects of miltefosine in the bilayers occur in the region of the apolar tails.