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The infection process of intracellular opportunistic microsporidia involves the forcible eversion of a coiled hollow polar filament that pierces the host cell membrane, allowing the passage of infectious sporoplasm into the host cell cytoplasm. Although the exact mechanism of spore activation leading to polar filament discharge is unknown, we have shown that spore adherence to host cells, which is mediated by sulfated glycosaminoglycans, may play a vital role. When adherence is inhibited, host cell infection decreases, indicating a direct link between adherence and infection. The goal of this study was to evaluate the effects of exogenous divalent cations on microsporidia spore adherence and infection. Data generated using an in vitro spore adherence assay show that spore adherence is augmented by manganese (Mn2+) and magnesium (Mg2+), but not by calcium (Ca2+). However, each of the three divalent cations contributed to increased host cell infection when included in the assay. Finally, we show that Mn2+ and Mg2+ may activate a constituent on the microsporidia spore, not on the host cell, leading to higher infection efficiency. This report further supports recent evidence that spore adherence to the host cell surface is an important aspect of the microsporidial infection process.

The specific goal of the investigation was the measurement, as a function of temperature, of the self-diffusion coefficients of Pb210 and Cl36 in PbCl2-KCl compositions in the region of the first compound, and to calculate from these data the activation energy necessary for the diffusion of these ions.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(工学) / 甲第18996号 / 工博第4038号 / 新制||工||1622(附属図書館) / 31947 / 京都大学大学院工学研究科材料化学専攻 / (主査)教授 田中 勝久, 教授 平尾 一之, 教授 三浦 清貴 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) / Kyoto University / DGAM

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La réduction du CO₂ est considérée comme une des approches les plus intéressantes pour convertir ce gaz en produits chimique d’intérêt tels que les acides carboxyliques. Le marché de ces composés devrait augmenter considérablement au cours des prochaines années, d'où la nécessité de trouver des méthodes de production durables et respectueuses de l'environnement. Les complexes de samarium divalents sont reconnus pour leur fort pouvoir réducteur monoélectronique, ce qui en fait des réactifs de choix pour la réduction de certains groupes fonctionnels difficiles à réduire tels que le CO₂. Cependant, dans la littérature, bien que ce réactif ait été utilisé en association avec le CO₂, prouvant ainsi que la réduction du CO₂ est possible, mais jamais à notre connaissance pour des applications synthétiques. Nous rapportons ici l'activation du CO₂ initiée par le samarium bivalent électrogénéré. Grâce à notre méthode, récemment mise au point, pour la production électrochimique in situ d’espèces divalentes de samarium, la synthèse de dérivés de l’acide benzoïque a été réalisée avec succès. De plus, les conditions d'activation électrocatalytique du CO₂ ont été établies dans ce travail et appliquées non seulement à la préparation des acides phénylacétiques à partir de dérivés du chlorure de benzyle, mais également à l'hydrocarboxylation régiosélective des analogues du styrène et du phénylacétylène. Ce protocole à base de Sm (II) électrogénéré offre la prochaine génération de systèmes durables pour la transformation du CO₂ en molécules de haute valeur sous des conditions douces et sans l'ajout de co-réducteurs. / CO₂ activation is considered one of the most attractive tools to convert this cheap, abundant and non-toxic gas into valuable chemical feedstocks such as carboxylic acids. The market value of these compounds is expecting a significant increase in the next few years, thus the urgent need for sustainable and eco-friendly production pathways. Divalent samarium complexes are known for their strong monoelectronic reductive power that made them the perfect choice for the reduction of some challenging functional groups. Indeed, in the literature, this reagent has been used in combination with CO₂ but only to achieve the reductive disproportionation of CO₂ while no example reported C-C bond formation via CO₂ activation using the Sm(II) complexes. Herein, we report the CO₂ activation initiated by electrogenerated divalent samarium. Taking advantage of our recently developed method for the in situ generation of Sm(II) species, the synthesis of benzoic acid derivatives was successfully achieved. Furthermore, electrocatalytic CO₂ activation conditions were established in this work and applied not only for the preparation of phenylacetic acids from benzyl chloride derivatives but also for the regioselective hydrocarboxylation of styrene and phenylacetylene analogs. This electrochemical Sm(II)-based protocol offers the next generation of sustainable system to transform CO₂ into highly valued molecules under mild conditions and without the addition of co-reductants.

A rotating diffusion cell (RDC) has been used to study the kinetics of extraction of the transition metals cobalt (II), nickel (II), copper (II) and zinc (II) from sulphate solutions into either of two extractants held in n-heptane; di-(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid (D2EHPA) or di-(2- ethylhexyl) dithiophosphoric acid (D2EHDTPA). The metal concentration was 10 mM and the aqueous pH was held at 4.5. The extractant concentration was varied between 0.015 to 0.4 M. In the case of cobalt extraction by D2EHPA, the metal concentration and the pH were varied Different diluents and modifiers were also studied.The rate of extraction by D2EHDTPA was found to be faster than D2EHPA. A comprehensive mathematical model, based upon established two film theory, was developed and used to describe the above experimental results. The model was also used to predict values of the important parameters. ... These values compared well with those found by other authors but using quite different experimental techniques. OS4 In the case of cobalt extraction by D2EHPA, the more polar diluents lowered the initial rate. The overall model predicts such behaviour where the rate is also dependent on the partition coefficients of the extractant. Finally, the theory of the RDC allows the prediction of the diffusion layer thicknesses, this information together with the reaction zone thickness is used to explore the influences of diffusion and chemical reaction on the overall transfer process. The diffusion processes are calculated to be the most important of the two. This is especially so for the D2EHDTPA systems.

L’objectif de cette thèse est de modéliser et d’optimiser l’unité de séparation du cobalt et du nickel par extraction liquide-liquide d’un procédé hydrométallurgique. La méthodologie adoptée a consisté dans un premier temps à étudier et modéliser séparément les équilibres d’extraction de chaque métal présent dans la solution industrielle (cobalt, nickel, magnésium, manganèse et zinc), par l’acide phosphinique CYANEX® 272 dilué dans un mélange d’hydrocarbures inertes. Un modèle thermodynamique multi-élémentaire permettant de simuler l’extraction de mélanges des 5 métaux a ensuite été élaboré sur la base des équilibres d’extraction et des constantes apparentes associées ainsi obtenus. Dans un second temps, le modèle multi-élémentaire a été utilisé pour modéliser le procédé continu de séparation du cobalt et du nickel. Ce procédémulti-étagé à contre-courant comporte plusieurs étapes : l’extraction, le lavage, l’élution cobalt et l’élution zinc. Dans le modèle développé, les concentrations en métaux dans les deux phases, les pH dans les différents étages ainsi que la consommation en réactifs, sont calculés à l’aide d’une méthode itérative. Cet outil de simulation du procédé a permis d’identifier des conditions opératoires optimales, pour lesquelles le rendement d’extraction du cobalt de 95% visé est atteint avec une économie en soude tout à fait significative. Les conditions proposées ont ensuite été validées par des campagnes de tests en continu à l’échelle pilote. / This thesis work aims at modelling and optimizing the step of cobalt and nickel separation by solvent extraction, for a hydrometallurgical process. The first stage of the adopted methodology consisted in studying and modelling separately the extraction equilibria of each metal present in the industrial feed solution (cobalt, nickel, magnesium, manganese and zinc) by the phosphinic acid CYANEX® 272 diluted in an inert hydrocarbon mixture. The resulting extraction reactions and their associated equilibrium constants are the basis of a multi-element thermodynamic model that simulates the batch extraction of mixtures of the 5 metals. The next stage of the study consisted in modelling the continuous process of cobalt and nickel separation, based on the multi-element thermodynamic model. This multi-stage process operated counter-currently includes different steps : extraction, scrubbing, cobalt stripping and zinc stripping. In the model developed, the metal concentrations in both phases, the pH in all the stages, and the reagent consumptions are calculated by an iterative method. This simulation tool allowed identifying optimal operational conditions, for which the cobalt extraction yield of 95% is reached with significant caustic soda savings. Then the proposed conditions have been validated through continuous pilot tests.