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Yes / This study examines experimentally and for the first time the effect of reduced air pressure on dynamic wetting. The purpose is to assess the role of air viscosity on dynamic wetting failure which hitherto has been speculated on but not measured. In this paper we used dip coating as the model experimental flow and report data on air entrainment velocity Vae we measured with a series of silicone oils in a range of viscosities in a vacuum chamber where the pressure can be reduced from atmospheric down to a few mbar when the mean molecular free path of air is large and air ceases to have a viscosity. To complement earlier work, we carried out the experiments with a range of substrates of varying roughness. The substrates were chosen so that for each one, their two sides differ in roughness. This enables simultaneous comparative observation of their wetting performance and reduces the experimental error in assessing the role of roughness. The data presented here capture the effects of viscosity, roughness and air pressure but the important result of this study is that Vae can be increased considerably (exponentially) when the pressure is reduced with the suggestion that Vae approaches infinity as pressure approaches zero. In other words, the role of the surrounding air viscosity is important in dynamic wetting. The data from this study have significant implication to the fundamental understanding of dynamic wetting. Indeed they form the missing data link to fully understand this phenomenon. The data presented in this work also confirm the complex role of roughness, in that it can increase or decrease the air entrainment speed depending on the value on the viscosity of the coating solution. The results presented in this paper are very useful in practice as they imply that if one chooses carefully roughness one can coat viscous formulation at unexpectedly very high speeds with a moderate vacuum (50 mbar typically).

Yes / The coating flow examined here, labelled angled dip coating, is that where a substrate enters a pool of liquid forming an angle ß with the vertical so that it intersects the liquid along a wetting line which is not perpendicular to the direction of its motion. This flow situation is distinctly different from that where the substrate, inclined in the other dimension by the so-called angle of entry ¿, intersects the liquid surface perpendicularly to its motion. Experiments were carried out with various liquids to determine the effect of ß on the substrate velocity at which air is entrained into the liquid. It was observed that as this angle departs from zero, air entrainment is delayed to higher speeds. The data show that the speed which is relevant to air entrainment is not the velocity of the substrate itself but its component normal to the wetting line. This result has important practical implications and suggests that this fundamental principle is also applicable to other coating flows.

L'étude du transport électronique dans des nano-objets métalliques et magnétiques issus de la chimie est un challenge en spintronique. En particulier, le manque de résultats expérimentaux révèle la difficulté à positionner ces nano-objets entre des électrodes de mesures tout en préservant leurs propriétés (magnétisme, intégrité des barrières tunnel organiques...). Ce travail de thèse vise à contourner ces difficultés et à étudier le magnétotransport dans ces systèmes. Pour cela, nous avons conçu et développé à l'intérieur d'une boîte à gants couplée à un bâti de pulvérisation cathodique des systèmes expérimentaux d'assemblages de nano-objets. Nous avons étudié les mécanismes mis en jeu lors de l'assemblage par la technique de dip coating, et réussi à déposer des monocouches de nanoparticules (NPs) de natures différentes (FeCo, Fe, Co) sur des surfaces d'Au, de SiO2 et de résine fine (40 nm). Ces résultats, couplés à une technique de nanoindentation, ont permis de mesurer quelques - voire une- NP(s). Une autre technique, la diélectrophorèse, s'est révélée simple et efficace pour piéger et orienter des nano-objets de taille, de nature, et de forme différentes entre des électrodes. Grâce à cette technique et au dépôt d'une couche protectrice d'alumine, nous avons étudié les propriétés de magnétotransport de plusieurs types de nano-objets sensibles à l'oxydation ou à la vapeur d'eau: NPs de Fe, de Co, FeCo et [Fe(H-trz)2(trz)](BF4)] (composés à transition de spin). Trois jeux de barrières tunnel organiques greffés sur des NPs de fer ont présenté de la magnétorésistance tunnel jusqu'à température ambiante. De plus, des nano-objets de [Fe(H-trz)2(trz)](BF4)] de facteurs de forme variable, ont montré une variation de la conductance liée à la transition de spin. Enfin, nous avons étudié l'influence de la longueur des ligands sur les propriétés de conductions de NPs de Cobalt, qui a validé nos méthodes d'échange de ligands et ont pu être analysées quantitativement. Nos travaux rendent désormais envisageable l'utilisation de NPs issues de la chimie dans différents domaines de la spintronique / The study of charge transport in metallic and magnetic nano-objects chemically synthesized is a challenge in spintronic. Particularly, the lack of experimental results reveals the difficulty in locating such nano-objects in between electrodes while preserving their good properties. This thesis aims to overcome these difficulties in order to study the magnetotransport in such systems. Therefore, we have designed and developed technical processes which induce the self-assembly of the nano-objects inside a glove box-sputtering system. After studying the mechanisms involved in the self-assembly obtained by dip coating, we succeeded to deposit monolayers of nanoparticles (NPs) of different materials (FeCo, Fe, Co) on gold surfaces, SiO2 and thin resin film (40 nm). These results, coupled with a nanoindentation technique allows us to measure a few or a unique NP(s). Another technique, called dielectrophoresis, has been proved to be a simple and versatile way to trap (and align) nano-objects with different (aspect ratio), size, nature, and shape in between the electrodes. Thanks to this technique and the deposit of a protective capping layer of alumina, we studied the magnetotransport properties of a large number of nano-objects sensitive to oxidation or humidity: Fe, Co, FeCo and [Fe(H-trz)2(trz)](BF4)] (spin crossover compounds). Three sets of organic tunnel barriers surrounding different Fe NPs presented tunnel magnetoresistance up to room temperature. Moreover, [Fe(H-trz)2(trz)](BF4)] nano-objects with different aspect ratio, highlighted a change in conductance connected to the spin transition. Finally, we validated our ligands exchange methods by studying the influence of the ligands length on the conduction properties of Co NPs, which have been analyzed quantitatively. Our works demonstrate the possibility to use the chemical NPs in different fields of spintronics

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Das bei der Sanierung von großen segmentalen Knochendefekten bestehende Risiko einer fremdkörperassoziierten Infektion soll durch die Integration eines Wirkstofffreisetzungssystems in ein bestehendes textiles Knochenimplantat gemindert werden. Durch Immobilisierung des Wirkstoffs in eine degradierbare Polymermatrix wird eine zeitlich verzögerte Freisetzung bewirkt. Als Wirkstofffreisetzungssystem wird die Kombination von Polylactid (PLA) bzw. Poly(Lactid-co-Glycolid) (PLGA) als Matrixpolymer mit dem Antibiotikum Gentamicin als Wirkstoff untersucht, welches durch Beschichtung der textilen Scaffolds mittels Dip-Coating eingebracht werden soll. Es stehen die drei Beschichtungsmethoden „Suspension“, „Emulsion“ und „Schichtaufbau“ zur Auswahl, die jeweils über eigene Parameter zur Beeinflussung des Freisetzungsprofils verfügen. Die Methode „Suspension“ und die damit verbundenen Einflussfaktoren Korngröße, Korngrößenverteilung sowie Masseanteil des Antibiotikums und Schichtdicke der aufgetragenen Polymerschicht wurde als die günstigste herausgearbeitet. Im Teil II dieser Arbeit wird diese soweit optimiert, dass nahezu über den gesamten geforderten Zeitraum die festgelegte notwendige Dosierung aufrechterhalten werden kann. Erste in vitro Versuche weisen auf eine gute Zellverträglichkeit sowie eine ausreichende mikrobielle Wirksamkeit hin. / To reduce the risk of infection in the treatment of long bone defects, a novel embroidered bone implant is to be provided with an antibiotic drug delivery system. Prolonged and controlled drug release can be achieved by coating the thread material with antibiotics incorporated in a degradable polymer matrix. The chosen drug delivery system is composed of polylactide acid (PLA) or poly(lactide-co-glycolide) acid (PLGA) as matrix polymer and the antibiotic gentamicin. It is integrated into the textile structure by dip-coating providing the three different methods suspension, emulsion and layered. Each method bears its appropriate parameters to influence the releasing profile. The suspension-method and its parameters grain size and grain size distribution as well as mass fraction of the antibiotic and the coating thickness could be proved as the most feasible. In part II of this essay the chosen coating set-up gets optimized so that a drug release nearly along the whole required term can be achieved. Preliminary in vitro studies show a good cell tolerance besides a sufficient microbial efficacy.

Das bei der Sanierung von großen segmentalen Knochendefekten bestehende Risiko einer fremdkörperassoziierten Infektion soll durch die Integration eines Wirkstofffreisetzungssystems in ein bestehendes textiles Knochenimplantat gemindert werden. Durch Immobilisierung des Wirkstoffs in eine degradierbare Polymermatrix wird eine zeitlich verzögerte Freisetzung bewirkt. Als Wirkstofffreisetzungssystem wird die Kombination von Polylactid (PLA) bzw. Poly(Lactid-co-Glycolid) (PLGA) als Matrixpolymer mit dem Antibiotikum Gentamicin als Wirkstoff untersucht, welches durch Beschichtung der textilen Scaffolds mittels Dip-Coating eingebracht werden soll. Es stehen die drei Beschichtungsmethoden „Suspension“, „Emulsion“ und „Schichtaufbau“ zur Auswahl, die jeweils über eigene Parameter zur Beeinflussung des Freisetzungsprofils verfügen. Die Methode „Suspension“ und die damit verbundenen Einflussfaktoren Korngröße, Korngrößenverteilung sowie Masseanteil des Antibiotikums und Schichtdicke der aufgetragenen Polymerschicht wurde als die günstigste herausgearbeitet. Im Teil II dieser Arbeit wird diese soweit optimiert, dass nahezu über den gesamten geforderten Zeitraum die festgelegte notwendige Dosierung aufrechterhalten werden kann. Erste in vitro Versuche weisen auf eine gute Zellverträglichkeit sowie eine ausreichende mikrobielle Wirksamkeit hin. / To reduce the risk of infection in the treatment of long bone defects, a novel embroidered bone implant is to be provided with an antibiotic drug delivery system. Prolonged and controlled drug release can be achieved by coating the thread material with antibiotics incorporated in a degradable polymer matrix. The chosen drug delivery system is composed of polylactide acid (PLA) or poly(lactide-co-glycolide) acid (PLGA) as matrix polymer and the antibiotic gentamicin. It is integrated into the textile structure by dip-coating providing the three different methods suspension, emulsion and layered. Each method bears its appropriate parameters to influence the releasing profile. The suspension-method and its parameters grain size and grain size distribution as well as mass fraction of the antibiotic and the coating thickness could be proved as the most feasible. In part II of this essay the chosen coating set-up gets optimized so that a drug release nearly along the whole required term can be achieved. Preliminary in vitro studies show a good cell tolerance besides a sufficient microbial efficacy.

Transparent conducting oxide (TCOs) thin films, including non-stoichiometric tin doped indium oxide (ITO) and aluminium doped zinc oxide (AZO), have found considerable applications in various displays, solar cells, and electrochromic devices, due to their unique combination of high electrical conductivity and optical transparency. TCO thin films are normally fabricated by sputtering, thermal vapour deposition and sol-gel method. Among them, sol-gel processing, which was employed in this project, is no doubt the simplest and cheapest processing method, The main objectives of this project were to produce indium tin oxides (ITO) and zinc aluminium oxides (AZO) nanoparticles with controlled particle size and morphology and to fabricate TCO thin films with high optical transmittance and electrical conductivity. In this research, hydrothermal method was used to synthesise ITO and AZO nanoparticles. Tin oxides, zinc oxides, ITO and AZO particles with the particle size ranging from 10 nm to several micrometers and different morphologies were synthesised through controlling the starting salts, alkaline solvents and hydrothermal treatment conditions. ITO and AZO thin films were fabricated via sol-gel technique through dip coating method. The effects of the starting salts, alkaline solvents, surfactant additives and coating and calcination conditions on the formation of thin films were investigated. XRD, TEM, FEG-SEM, DSC-TGA, UV-Vis spectrometer and four-point probe resistance meter were used to characterise the crystallinity, particle size, morphology, optical transmittance and sheet resistance of the particles and thin films. Crack-free thin films with high optical transmittance (>80% at 550 nm) and low sheet resistances (2.11 kΩ for ITO and 26.4 kΩ for AZO) were obtained in optimised processing conditions.

Submitted by Fabiano Malheiro (fabianomalheiro22@hotmail.com) on 2019-02-01T12:26:25Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Revestimentos biomiméticos para superfícies de titânio em aplicações biomédicas.pdf: 8421154 bytes, checksum: 3579eb98998151e0dbd81f5e4fb61cec (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2019-02-01T12:26:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Revestimentos biomiméticos para superfícies de titânio em aplicações biomédicas.pdf: 8421154 bytes, checksum: 3579eb98998151e0dbd81f5e4fb61cec (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-08-09 / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul - FAPERGS / A osteointegração produto de próteses ósseas de titânio, continua sendo um ponto crítico e problemático recorrente no processo de reabilitação. Esforços para aperfeiçoar a resposta na interface "superfície-célula" dos implanto-materiais, têm sido direcionados para melhorar as propriedades físico-químicas das superfícies e induzir a adesão, proliferação, diferenciação ou apoptose celular. Revestimentos biomiméticos com superfícies sensíveis em titânio representam alternativas com resultados promissores para a resposta celular promovendo a formação de uma conexão funcional entre a superfície do material e o tecido ósseo. Para abordar esse tema foram realizados uma revisão sistemática relacionado ao tema e um estudo laboratorial para determinar as características de revestimentos de superfície biomiméticas (biomoléculas) em titânio e respostas celulares em relação à. No primeiro artigo foi realizada uma revisão sistemática para to avaliar a resposta celular produzida pelo tratamento de superfícies de titânio mediante o uso da técnica de polarização catódica.Treze estudos foram cumpriram com os critérios de inclusão e foram incluídos na revisão. Os resultados in vitro e in vivo relataram que o uso de polarização catódica promoveu superfícies com hidride e deposição efetiva e adesão das biomoléculas revestidas. O método eletroquímico, promoveu maior ou comparável viabilidade celular, proliferação, adesão, diferenciação ou crescimento ósseo. Para os artigos 2 e 3, foram desenvolvidos revestimentos de superfícies biomiméticas pelas técnicas de sol-gel dip-coating e polarização eletroquímica com diferentes configurações de superfícies estimulo responsivas multicamada e combinação de biomoléculas em titânio. O desenvolvimento das superfícies foi realizado e as amostras foram caracterizadas mediante microscopia de Força Atômica, Análise de Raios X de Energia Dispersa e citotoxicidade. A análise estatística foi descritiva e analítica (Stata 11.0). Os resultados foram submetidos a análise de variância ANOVA e/ou teste de Kruskall Wallis com nível de significância de 5% (p ≤ 0.05). No artigo 2, os resultados demonstraram que o grupo de superfícies modificadas com TiO2: Li+ (15%): Zr (15%)/PEG mediante o método sol-gel dip coating, promoveu maior crescimento celular (p>0,05) comparado ao resto dos grupos experimentais. No artigo 3, os resultados demonstraram que o grupo de superfícies modificadas com Indium tin oxide (In2O5Sn) mediante o método sol-gel dip coating, promoveu alto crescimento celular comparável estatisticamente ao grupo controle (p>0,05) e que o grupo que usou a técnica de polarização catódica promoveu crescimento celular. A polarização catódica promove alta viabilidade celular. In vitro, a técnica sol-gel e de polarização eletroquímica modificaram as superfícies de titânio. Entre as biomoléculas ativas, In2O5Sn e TiO2: Li+(15%):Zr(15%)/PEG aumentaram a viabilidade celular. / Osseointegration product of titanium bone prostheses continues to be a recurring and problematic point in the rehabilitation process. Efforts to improve the response in the interface "surface-cell" of implant-materials have been address to enhance physicochemical properties of the surfaces and induce cellular adhesion, proliferation, differentiation or apoptosis. Biomimetic coatings with titanium sensitive surfaces represent alternatives with promising results for the cellular response to osseointegration and can stimulate positive biological responses, promoting the formation of a functional connection between the surface of the material and the bone tissue, producing sufficient stimuli in the vascularization for the performance of tissue metabolic changes. To address this theme, a systematic review on the subject and a laboratory study were carried out to determine the characteristics of titanium biomimetic surface coatings (biomolecules) and the cellular responses. In the first article, a systematic review was carried out to evaluate the cellular response produced by the treatment of titanium surfaces using the cathodic polarization technique. Thirteen studies accomplished the inclusion criteria and were included in the review. In vitro and in vivo results reported that the use of cathodic polarization promoted surfaces with hydride and effective deposition and adhesion of the coated biomolecules. The electrochemical method promoted higher or comparable cellular viability, proliferation, adhesion, differentiation or bone growth than the group’s control. For articles 2 and 3, biomimetic surface coatings were developed by integrated dipcoating sol-gel techniques and electrochemical polarization with different configurations of multilayer responsive stimulus surfaces and combination of biomolecules in titanium. Surface development was performed and Atomic Force Microscopy, Dispersed Energy X-ray Analysis and cytotoxicity, characterized the samples. The statistical analysis was descriptive and analytical (Stata 11.0). The results were submitted to the analysis of variance ANOVA and/or Kruskal Wallis test to determine possible differences between the groups with a significance level of 5% (p ≤ 0.05). In article 2, the results showed that the group of modified surfaces with TiO2: Li + (15%): Zr (15%)/ PEG by the sol-gel dipcoating method, promoted higher cell growth (p> 0.05) than the rest of the experimental groups. In article 3, the results showed that the group of surfaces modified with Indium tin oxide (In2O5Sn) by the solgel dip coating method promoted high cell growth statistically comparable to the control group (p> 0.05) and the group that used the cathodic polarization technique promoted cell growth. Cathodic polarization promotes high cell viability and bone growth. In vitro, the sol-gel dip coating technique and electrochemical polarization modified titanium surfaces. Among the active biomolecules, In2O5Sn and TiO2: Li+ (15%): Zr (15%) / PEG increased cell viability.