Medidas de espectroscopia gama de alta resolução têm diversas aplicações. Aplicações envolvendo medidas de radioisótopos de meia-vida curta podem apresentar problemas de baixa precisão nas contagens quando a fonte radioativa está distante do detector e de perda de acurácia por efeitos de tempo morto e empilhamento de pulsos em situação de altas taxas de contagens. Um modo de minimizar esses problemas é alterando a posição da fonte radioativa durante o processo de medição, aproximando-a do detector conforme sua atividade diminui e assim maximizando o número de contagens medidas. Neste trabalho, foi desenvolvido o Movimentador de Amostras Radioativas Automatizado (MARA), um aparato de baixo custo, feito com materiais de baixo número atômico e leve, projetado e construído para auxiliar nas medidas de espectroscopia gama, capaz de controlar a distância entre a fonte e o detector, permitindo inclusive que ocorra alteração dessa distância durante o processo de medição. Por ser automatizado ele otimiza o tempo do operador, que tem total liberdade para criar suas rotinas de medidas no dispositivo, além de evitar que o mesmo tome uma parcela da dose radioativa. Foi também feita uma interface que permite controle do MARA e a programação do sistema de aquisição de dados. Foram realizados testes para otimização da operação do sistema MARA e foi verificada a segurança de operação do MARA, não apresentando nenhuma falha durante seus testes. Foi aplicado o teste de repetitividade, por meio de medições com uma fonte calibrada de 60Co, e verificou-se que o sistema de movimentação de prateleiras automatizado reproduziu os resultados do sistema estático com confiabilidade de 95%. / High resolution gamma spectroscopy measurements have several applications. Those involving short half-life radioisotope measurements may present low precision problems when the radioactive source is far from detector end cup and in the very high activity situations also can present accuracy loss due to dead time and pile-up effects. A way to overcome these problems is changing the source detector distance as the activity is decreasing, and thereby maximizing the statistical counting. In the present study, the Controller of Acquisition and Sample Positioner for Activation (CASPA) was developed. It is a low cost and weight device, made with low atomic number materials designed to assist gamma spectroscopy measurements, which is able to control the distance between the source and the detector, even allowing that there is a change of this distance during the measurement process. Because it is automated it optimizes the time of the operator, who has complete freedom to program their routine measurements in the device besides minimizing the radiation dose in the operator. An interface that allow the user control the CASPA system and to program the acquisition system was created. Tests aiming to optimize the operation of CASPA system were carried out and the safety of the CASPA operation was verified, it was not presented any failure during their tests. It was applied the repeatability tests by the acquisition 60Co standard source and was found that the positioning of automated system has reproduced the results of static system with a 95% of confidence level .

Gamma-ray spectroscopy is undoubtedly the most effective tool for understanding the structure of the nucleus. In common with many other problems however, there is more information available that can be readily measured by standard experimental facilities. Therefore, this thesis investigates the potential for the use of a new detector material, CdZnTe, in nuclear physics applications. To evaluate the requirements of detection systems for nuclear physics applications, a y-ray spectroscopy experiment was performed to investigate neutron alignments in 100Mo, 104Ru and 108Pd using deep-inelastic reactions. This showed that a detector capable of detecting low energy (< 100 keV) X- rays without compromising y-ray detection efficiency could have significant benefit. A room temperature CdZnTe semiconductor detector could reasonably form part of a standard escape suppressed spectrometer. However, there is a substantially higher leakage current associated with room temperature semiconductor devices than standard cryogenically cooled semiconductor detectors. CdZnTe suffers from significant charge trapping, and therefore the rise time of the radiation induced pulses forms an important part of the signal analysis from such detectors. These two problems have implications on the design of preamplifier systems for CdZnTe detectors. For this reason, this thesis describes the design of optimised electronic systems for use with room-temperature operated CdZnTe detectors. Here, the focus is on the preamplifier design, and on practical ways of analysing noise performance of the preamplifier. A new preamplifier configuration with digital output has been developed, and a detailed signal-to-noise analysis performed. Such a circuit facilitates simultaneous measurement of both energy and pulse shape information.

Afin de sonder la persistance de la fermeture de couches à N=50 pour les isotopes de nickel, une expérience a été réalisée au RIBF (RIKEN, Japon) pour produire des noyaux autour du ⁷⁸Ni par fission en vol d'un faisceau de ²³⁸U. Les spectromètres BigRIPS et ZeroDegree ont été utilisés pour la purification et la sélection des noyaux d'intérêt. La décroissance de ces noyaux a été observée avec le dispositif EURICA pour la détection des rayonnements gamma, couplé avec le détecteur à particules chargées WAS3aBi.L'analyse des corrélations entre l'implantation des ions ⁷⁹′⁸⁰Cu et leur décroissance, ainsi que les spectres de décroissance gamma en simple et double coïncidence, nous ont permis de proposer un schéma de niveaux excités pour le ⁷⁹Zn, avec assignation de spin et parité pour la plupart des états. Nous avons aussi mis une contrainte entre 3hbar et 5hbar sur la valeur du spin de l'état fondamental du ⁸⁰Cu. La comparaison avec un modèle schématique de couplage cœur-particule nous a permis d’interpréter le schéma de niveau et de proposer des hypothèses sur la nature des états observés. Les énergies des états de particule individuelle extraites du calcul théorique indiquent la persistance du gap N=50 à Z=28. / In order to investigate the persistence of the N=50 gap for the Nickel isotopes, an experiment has been performed at RIBF (RIKEN, Japan) to produce exotic nuclei around ⁷⁸Ni by in-flight fission of a ²³⁸U beam. The BigRIPS and ZeroDegree spectrometers were used to purify and select the nuclei of interest. Their decay was detected with the EURICA detector for γ-ray detection, coupled with the charged particle WAS3aBi detector. The analysis of the correlations between the ion implantation and their decay, as well as the γ decay spectra in simple and double coincidence allowed us to propose a level scheme of the excited states for the ⁷⁹Zn, and we assigned the spin and parity for most of the states. We also constrained the spin value for the fundamental state of the ⁸⁰Cu, between 3hbar and 5hbar. Comparison with a core-particle coupling model allowed us to interpret the level scheme and propose hypothesis about the nature of the observed states. The single particle state energies extracted from the theoretical calculation indicate the persistence of the N=50 gap at Z=28.

Cette thèse s’inscrit dans le cadre du programme de recherche et développement en cours auprès de l'installation européenne ALTO (Accélérateur Linéaire et Tandem d'Orsay) à l'Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay afin de fournir de nouveaux faisceaux de noyaux exotiques riches en neutrons, les plus intenses possibles. La production de tels faisceaux permettra de réaliser des expériences cruciales pour l'avancement de nos connaissances dans le domaine de la physique nucléaire. A ALTO, les noyaux riches en neutrons sont produits par photofission dans des cibles épaisses de carbure d’uranium. Afin d’améliorer les intensités des faisceaux radioactifs, et notamment ceux constitués d'isotopes de vie courte, il est nécessaire de développer des cibles denses et poreuses, deux propriétés a priori antagonistes mais indispensables pour favoriser respectivement la quantité de fragments de fission produits et leur diffusion hors de la cible. Des résultats récents obtenus dans le cadre de projets européens ont démontré la possibilité d'obtenir des faisceaux de noyaux inaccessibles jusqu'à présent, grâce à des cibles réfractaires dotées d'une structure nanométrique. Une étude systématique des paramètres de fabrication (broyage et mélange des poudres précurseurs, pressage, épaisseur, carburation...) a conduit à la mise au point de protocoles de synthèse de cibles nano-structurées. Quatorze types d'échantillons différents ont ainsi été élaborés ; après avoir caractérisé leurs propriétés physico-chimiques, les échantillons ont été irradiés avec un faisceau de deutons délivré par l’accélérateur tandem du laboratoire et les fractions relâchées d'une quinzaine d'éléments ont été mesurées par spectrométrie gamma. L'analyse statistique des résultats, effectuée dans un cadre multidimensionnel, a permis d'établir des corrélations fortes entre les propriétés de relâchement et certaines propriétés structurales, notamment la porosité (quantité et répartition sur des pores de faible dimension), la taille des grains et des agrégats. / This thesis is part of the research and development program performed at the ALTO facility (Accélérateur Linéaire et Tandem d'Orsay) at the Institut de Physique Nucléaire d’Orsay (IPNO) in order to provide new beams of exotic neutron-rich nuclei, as intense as possible. The production of such beams will allow performing crucial experiments for the advancement of knowledge in the field of nuclear physics. At ALTO, the neutron-rich nuclei are produced by photofission in thick uranium carbide targets. To improve the radioactive beam intensities, in particular those formed by short-lived isotopes, it is necessary to develop dense and porous targets, two properties a priori antagonistic but essential to increase respectively the amount of fission fragments produced and their diffusion out of the target. Recent results obtained in the framework of European projects have demonstrated the possibility to obtain beams of nuclei unreachable up to now using refractory targets with a nanoscaled structure. A systematic study of the manufacturing parameters (grinding and mixing of precursor powders, pressing, thickness, carburization...) led us to develop synthesis protocols of nanostructured targets. Fourteen different samples were produced and their physicochemical properties have been characterized. Then the samples were irradiated with the deuteron beam delivered by the tandem accelerator of the laboratory and the released fractions of about fifteen elements were measured by gamma spectrometry. The statistical analysis of the results, carried out using a multivariate approach, allow us to establish strong correlations between the release properties and some structural properties, namely the porosity (quantity and distribution on small pores), the grain and aggregate size.

La forme d’un noyau, ou la déviation de la distribution en masse par rapport à une forme sphérique, est une des propriétés fondamentales du noyau. Elle est gouvernée à la fois par des effets macroscopiques et microscopiques, tels que l'énergie de liaison donnée par le modèle de la goutte liquide ou la structure en couche du noyau, respectivement. L’étude de la forme des noyaux exotiques par spectrométrie gamma permet de tester finement différents modèles théoriques initialement développés pour les noyaux stables. L’objectif de cette thèse est l’étude de l’évolution de la forme des noyaux exotiques riches en neutrons dans les chaînes isotopiques allant du Zr (Z=40) au Pd (Z=46). Le plus souvent, la forme des noyaux évolue lentement de la forme sphérique, près des fermetures de couche ou des noyaux magiques (ou doublement magiques), à des formes allongées (prolate), pour des noyaux avec de nombreux nucléons de valence. Cependant, Les noyaux auxquels nous nous intéressons ont tendance à avoir des états excités qui évoluent rapidement en fonction du nombre de neutrons, ce qui peut être interprété comme des variations rapides de la forme du noyau. Ceci inclue dans de rares cas l'observation d'états de forme aplatie (oblate) et triaxiale. Jusqu'à présent, les propriétés connues de ces noyaux se limitent (principalement) aux énergies d'excitation. Les informations sur le degré de collectivité nucléaire (que l'on peut déduire de la durée de vie des états excités) sont rares, tandis que les informations directes de forme sont pratiquement inexistantes. L'estimation la plus simple de la déformation nucléaire dans les noyaux pairs peut être obtenue à partir de l'énergie du premier état 2⁺. Pour les isotopes du Sr (Z = 38) et du Zr (Z = 40), il a été observé que cette énergie diminue considérablement à N = 60, alors que son évolution est beaucoup plus progressive pour les isotopes du Mo (Z = 42). Des mesures précises de durée de vie constituent un élément clé de l'étude systématique de l'évolution de la déformation nucléaire et du degré de collectivité dans cette région. Des noyaux riches en neutrons dans la région de masse A = 100-120 ont été peuplés par la réaction de fusion-fission d'un faisceau de ²³⁸U à 6,2 MeV/u sur une cible ⁹Be. Le noyau composé ²⁴⁷Cm était produit à une énergie d'excitation de ∼45 MeV avant de fissionner. Le dispositif expérimental utilisé pour cette étude comprenait le spectromètre de masse de haute résolution VAMOS pour l'identification les noyaux en Z et A, le réseau de 35 détecteurs au germanium AGATA (Advanced γ-ray Tracking Array) AGATA, pour la spectroscopie de rayons γ, ainsi qu'un mécanisme de "plunger" pour mesurer la durée de vie jusqu'à quelques ps par la méthode RDDS (Recoil Distance Doppler Shift). De plus, la cible était entourée de 24 détecteurs LaBr₃ (Bromure de lanthane) pour mesurer des durées de vie plus de 100 ps avec la méthode du "fast-timing". La combinaison de spectromètres sophistiqués utilisée dans cette expérience a permis de mesurer des durées de vie d'états nucléaires allant de 100 picosecondes à quelques picosecondes. Dans cette thèse, nous exposerons de nouveaux résultats pour les états à courte durée de vie dans les noyaux riches en neutrons A∼100, en mettant l'accent sur les chaînes des Zr, Mo et Ru. Nous discuterons des techniques expérimentales utilisées pour évaluer les durées de vie ainsi que l'interprétation de celles-ci à l'aide de modèles de structures nucléaires récents. / The shape of an atomic nucleus, ie. the deviation of its mass distribution from sphericity, is a fundamental property and governed by a delicate interplay of macroscopic and microscopic effects, such as the liquid-drop like binding energy and the nuclear shell structure, respectively. Studying nuclear shape properties using gamma ray spectroscopic methods allows detailed tests of different nuclear models, which were originally developed for stable nuclei. We proposed a project to study the evolution of nuclear shapes in exotic nuclei, far from the valley of stability, specifically in neutron-rich nuclei in the isotopic chains from Zr (Z=40) to Pd (Z=46). Usually, nuclear shapes are slowly evolving from spherical shapes around closed-shell or (doubly-) magic nuclei to elongated (prolate) shapes in nuclei with many valence nucleons. The nuclei of interest, however, show rapidly evolving patterns of excited states, which can be interpreted as rapid variations of the nuclear shape, including the rare observation of oblate (disk-like) and triaxial shapes. So far the known properties for these nuclei are (mainly) limited to excitation energies. Information on the nuclear collectivity, which can be deduced from the lifetime of the excited states, are sparse, while direct information of the shape is practically non existing. The simplest estimate of nuclear deformation in even-even nuclei can be obtained from the energy of the first 2⁺ state. For Sr (Z = 38) and Zr (Z = 40) isotopes this energy is observed to decrease dramatically at N = 60, while its evolution is much more gradual in Mo nuclei (Z = 42). Precise lifetime measurements provide a key ingredient in the systematic study of the evolution of nuclear deformation and the degree of collectivity in this region. Neutron-rich nuclei in the mass region of A = 100-120 were populated through the fusion-fission reaction of a ²³⁸U beam at 6.2 MeV/u on a ⁹Be target. The compound nucleus ²⁴⁷Cm was produced at an excitation energy of around 45 MeV before undergoing fission. The setup used for this study comprised the high-resolution mass spectrometer VAMOS in order to identify the nuclei in Z and A, the Advanced gamma ray Tracking Array AGATA of 35 germanium detectors to perform gamma ray spectroscopy, as well as a plunger mechanism to measure lifetimes down to a few ps using the Recoil Distance Doppler Shift method (RDDS). In addition, the target was surrounded by 24 Lanthanum Bromide (LaBr₃) detectors for a fast-timing measurement of lifetimes longer than 100 ps. The sophisticated set of spectrometers used in this experiment allowed measurement of nuclear lifetimes in a range from 100’s of picoseconds down to a few picoseconds. In this thesis, we will report on new lifetime results for short-lived states in neutron-rich (A ~ 100) nuclei, with an emphasis on the Zr, Mo and Ru chains. We will discuss the experimental techniques used to evaluate the lifetimes as well as their interpretation in terms of state-of-the-art nuclear structure models.

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Neste trabalho estudamos a influência que os aditivos decanol e o anestésico local tetracaína (TTC) exercem sobre a estrutura de sistemas micelares. Foram estudadas particularmente a influência do decanol na estrutra das micelas do surfactante aniônico dodecil sulfato de sódio (SLS) e da TTC na estrutura micelar do SLS e do surfactante zwiteriônico N-hexadecil-N, N-dimetil-3-amônio-1-propanosulfonato (HPS). O estudo de soluções micelares concentradas (razão molar água:SLS, Mw= 45,2) do sistema binário SLS/água e do sistema ternário SLS/decanol/água por difração de raios X nas vizinhanças das transições de fase isotrópica (I) SETA hexagonal (Halfa) líqüido-cristalina indicam que existe um empacotamento das micelas em uma ordem hexagonal local na fase I do sistema binário, e a fase Halfa tem empacotamento típico de objetos finitos/rígidos. No sistema ternário, em contraste, o empacotamento é relaxado através de um crescimento micelar induzido pelo decanol e a fase Halfa, que ocorre a uma concentração molar decanol:SLS, Md = 0,20, tem um comportamento típico de objetos infinitos/flexíveis. Uma seqüência intrigante de fases HalfaSETA nemática cilíndrica (Nc) a Md= 0,25 foi também investigada e é atribuída a um efeito combinado de crescimento micelar e mudança na rigidez da micela, com aumento da quantidade de decanol. O subseqüente aumento em Md leva o sistema à transição de fase Nc SETA nemática discótica (Nd) (Md= 0,38), acompanhada de uma mudança de forma micelar cilindro SETA disco. A influência do decanol em soluções isotrópicas mais diluídas (Mw= 144,0) foi estudada por espalhamento de raios X a baixos ângulos (SAXS) e analisada através das funções distribuição de distâncias p(r) e da distribuição de densidades eletrônicas rô(r). Os resultados mostram que micelas esferoidais crescem por influência do decanol e mudam de forma esferoide SETA cilindro a Md= 0,20 e cilindro SETA disco a Md APROXIMADAMENTE IGUAL A 0,40. Portanto, tornou-se evidente que a evolução de forma micelar do SLS pela influência do decanol é governada pela energia de curvatura da interface polar/apolar, uma vez que o decanol prefere localizar-se em interfaces planas, e que as transições de fase líqüido-cristalinas dependem dessas mudanças, associadas a efeitos de ordem estrutural em soluções concentradas. A influência da TTC em micelas aquosas de SLS e HPS foi estudada pelas técnicas espectroscópicas de fluorescência e ressonância paramagnética eletrônica (RPE) e por SAXS. Os resultados de fluorescência indicam que a droga é incorporada nas micelas, sendo que a TTC protonada se localiza mais próxima à interface polar/a polar das micelas, enquanto que a desprotonada penetra mais o interior hidrofóbico. Os resultados de RPE concordam com estas observações e indicam um aumento na organização molecular das micelas de SLS com a incorporação do anestésico local. Este aumento é mais pronunciado para micelas compostas por SLS e TTC carregada. Por outro lado, não foi observada nenhuma alteração significativa na organização molecular de micelas de HPS por influência da TTC. Através dos resultados de SAXS não foi observada nenhuma alteração na dimensão e na forma micelar por adição gradual de TTC neutra em SLS ou carregada em HPS, até a razão molar TTC:SLS, \'M IND. TTC\'= 0,30. Já os resultados de SAXS para os sistemas compostos por SLS e TTC protonada evidenciam um crescimento de micelas elipsoidais prolatas com anisometria v APROXIMADAMENTE IGUAL A 1,5 a \'M IND. TTC\'= 0 para v APROXIMADAMENTE IGUAL A 1,8 a \'M IND. TTC\'= 0,20 e 0,30. Os resultados são discutidos em termos de alteração das forças envolvidas na formação micelar (eletrostáticas e hidrofóbicas) e da própria estrutura molecular da TTC. / The influence of the aditives decanol and the local anaesthetic tetracaine on the micellar structure of the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SLS) and zwiterionic N-hexadecyl-N, N-dymethyl-3-ammonio-1-propane-sulfonate (HPS) has been studied. The study of concentrated micellar solutions (water:SLS molar ratio, Mw= 45.2) of the binary system SLS/water and ternary SLS/water/decanol through X-ray diffraction dose to the liquid-crystalline isotropic (I) \'SETA\' hexagonal (Halfa) phase transition indicates a local micellar hexagonal packing in the I phase in the binary system, whereas the Halfa phase exhibits a packing typic of finite/rigid objects. On the other hand, the ternary system presents a more relaxed packing through a micellar growth induced by decanol, and the Halfa phase, which occurs at the decanol:SLS molar ratio, Md= 0.20 has got a typical infinite/flexible objects behaviour. An intriguing Halfa \'SETA\' cilindric nematic (Nc) phase sequence was also investigated at Md= 0.25 and has been atributed to the combined effect of the micellar growth and change of rigidity with the increasing in decanol amount. A further increase in Md leads to the Nc \'SETA\' discotic nematic (Nd) transition (Md= 0.38), which is accompanied by the cylinder \'SETA\' disc change of form. The infiuence of decanol in more diluted solutions of SLS/water (Mw= 144.0) has been studied through small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and analysed through the distance distribution function p(r) and electronic density distribution rô(r). The results show that the spheroidal micelles grow due to the influence of decanol, changing from spheroid to cylinder form at Md= 0.20 and from cylinder to disc at Md= 0.40. Therefore, it became evident that the evolution of the SLS micellar shape under the effect of decanol is dominated by the bending curvature energy from the polar/apolar interface, since the decanol prefers the flat interfaces, and the liquid-crystalline phase transitions depend on these changes of shape, associated to structural order effects in concentrated solutions. The influence of TTC on SLS and HPS micelles were studied through fluorescence and electronic paramagnetic resonance espectroscopic techniques as well as by SAXS. The fluorescence results indicate that the drug incorporates into the micelles in such a way that the protonated TTC is localized close to the polar/apolar interface, whereas the uncharged form penetrates deeper into the hydrophobic core, in SLS micelles. The EPR results agree with the above observation besides indicating an increase in the SLS micellar molecular organization as the local anaesthetic is incorporated. Such an increase is more pronounced for micelles composed of SLS and charged TTC. On the other hand, no meaningful alteration in the HPS micelles molecular organization was observed under the TTC influence. From the SAXS results, we have not detected any changes in the micellar dimension and shape by gradual addition of either neutral TTC in SLS or charged TTC in HPS up to the TTC:SLS molar ratio (\'M IND. TTC\') of 0.30. Conversely, the SAXS results for systems composed of SLS and charged TTC have shown a micellar growth of prolate ellipsoidal micelles from anisometry v APROXIMADAMENTE IGUAL A 1.5 at \'M IND. TTC\'= O to v APROXIMADAMENTE IGUAL A 1.8 at \'M IND. TTC\'= 0.20 and 0.30. The results are discussed in the view of alterations in the forces involved in the micellar auto-assembling (electrostatic and hydrophobic) and the TTC structure.

Neste trabalho estudamos a influência que os aditivos decanol e o anestésico local tetracaína (TTC) exercem sobre a estrutura de sistemas micelares. Foram estudadas particularmente a influência do decanol na estrutra das micelas do surfactante aniônico dodecil sulfato de sódio (SLS) e da TTC na estrutura micelar do SLS e do surfactante zwiteriônico N-hexadecil-N, N-dimetil-3-amônio-1-propanosulfonato (HPS). O estudo de soluções micelares concentradas (razão molar água:SLS, Mw= 45,2) do sistema binário SLS/água e do sistema ternário SLS/decanol/água por difração de raios X nas vizinhanças das transições de fase isotrópica (I) SETA hexagonal (Halfa) líqüido-cristalina indicam que existe um empacotamento das micelas em uma ordem hexagonal local na fase I do sistema binário, e a fase Halfa tem empacotamento típico de objetos finitos/rígidos. No sistema ternário, em contraste, o empacotamento é relaxado através de um crescimento micelar induzido pelo decanol e a fase Halfa, que ocorre a uma concentração molar decanol:SLS, Md = 0,20, tem um comportamento típico de objetos infinitos/flexíveis. Uma seqüência intrigante de fases HalfaSETA nemática cilíndrica (Nc) a Md= 0,25 foi também investigada e é atribuída a um efeito combinado de crescimento micelar e mudança na rigidez da micela, com aumento da quantidade de decanol. O subseqüente aumento em Md leva o sistema à transição de fase Nc SETA nemática discótica (Nd) (Md= 0,38), acompanhada de uma mudança de forma micelar cilindro SETA disco. A influência do decanol em soluções isotrópicas mais diluídas (Mw= 144,0) foi estudada por espalhamento de raios X a baixos ângulos (SAXS) e analisada através das funções distribuição de distâncias p(r) e da distribuição de densidades eletrônicas rô(r). Os resultados mostram que micelas esferoidais crescem por influência do decanol e mudam de forma esferoide SETA cilindro a Md= 0,20 e cilindro SETA disco a Md APROXIMADAMENTE IGUAL A 0,40. Portanto, tornou-se evidente que a evolução de forma micelar do SLS pela influência do decanol é governada pela energia de curvatura da interface polar/apolar, uma vez que o decanol prefere localizar-se em interfaces planas, e que as transições de fase líqüido-cristalinas dependem dessas mudanças, associadas a efeitos de ordem estrutural em soluções concentradas. A influência da TTC em micelas aquosas de SLS e HPS foi estudada pelas técnicas espectroscópicas de fluorescência e ressonância paramagnética eletrônica (RPE) e por SAXS. Os resultados de fluorescência indicam que a droga é incorporada nas micelas, sendo que a TTC protonada se localiza mais próxima à interface polar/a polar das micelas, enquanto que a desprotonada penetra mais o interior hidrofóbico. Os resultados de RPE concordam com estas observações e indicam um aumento na organização molecular das micelas de SLS com a incorporação do anestésico local. Este aumento é mais pronunciado para micelas compostas por SLS e TTC carregada. Por outro lado, não foi observada nenhuma alteração significativa na organização molecular de micelas de HPS por influência da TTC. Através dos resultados de SAXS não foi observada nenhuma alteração na dimensão e na forma micelar por adição gradual de TTC neutra em SLS ou carregada em HPS, até a razão molar TTC:SLS, \'M IND. TTC\'= 0,30. Já os resultados de SAXS para os sistemas compostos por SLS e TTC protonada evidenciam um crescimento de micelas elipsoidais prolatas com anisometria v APROXIMADAMENTE IGUAL A 1,5 a \'M IND. TTC\'= 0 para v APROXIMADAMENTE IGUAL A 1,8 a \'M IND. TTC\'= 0,20 e 0,30. Os resultados são discutidos em termos de alteração das forças envolvidas na formação micelar (eletrostáticas e hidrofóbicas) e da própria estrutura molecular da TTC. / The influence of the aditives decanol and the local anaesthetic tetracaine on the micellar structure of the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SLS) and zwiterionic N-hexadecyl-N, N-dymethyl-3-ammonio-1-propane-sulfonate (HPS) has been studied. The study of concentrated micellar solutions (water:SLS molar ratio, Mw= 45.2) of the binary system SLS/water and ternary SLS/water/decanol through X-ray diffraction dose to the liquid-crystalline isotropic (I) \'SETA\' hexagonal (Halfa) phase transition indicates a local micellar hexagonal packing in the I phase in the binary system, whereas the Halfa phase exhibits a packing typic of finite/rigid objects. On the other hand, the ternary system presents a more relaxed packing through a micellar growth induced by decanol, and the Halfa phase, which occurs at the decanol:SLS molar ratio, Md= 0.20 has got a typical infinite/flexible objects behaviour. An intriguing Halfa \'SETA\' cilindric nematic (Nc) phase sequence was also investigated at Md= 0.25 and has been atributed to the combined effect of the micellar growth and change of rigidity with the increasing in decanol amount. A further increase in Md leads to the Nc \'SETA\' discotic nematic (Nd) transition (Md= 0.38), which is accompanied by the cylinder \'SETA\' disc change of form. The infiuence of decanol in more diluted solutions of SLS/water (Mw= 144.0) has been studied through small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and analysed through the distance distribution function p(r) and electronic density distribution rô(r). The results show that the spheroidal micelles grow due to the influence of decanol, changing from spheroid to cylinder form at Md= 0.20 and from cylinder to disc at Md= 0.40. Therefore, it became evident that the evolution of the SLS micellar shape under the effect of decanol is dominated by the bending curvature energy from the polar/apolar interface, since the decanol prefers the flat interfaces, and the liquid-crystalline phase transitions depend on these changes of shape, associated to structural order effects in concentrated solutions. The influence of TTC on SLS and HPS micelles were studied through fluorescence and electronic paramagnetic resonance espectroscopic techniques as well as by SAXS. The fluorescence results indicate that the drug incorporates into the micelles in such a way that the protonated TTC is localized close to the polar/apolar interface, whereas the uncharged form penetrates deeper into the hydrophobic core, in SLS micelles. The EPR results agree with the above observation besides indicating an increase in the SLS micellar molecular organization as the local anaesthetic is incorporated. Such an increase is more pronounced for micelles composed of SLS and charged TTC. On the other hand, no meaningful alteration in the HPS micelles molecular organization was observed under the TTC influence. From the SAXS results, we have not detected any changes in the micellar dimension and shape by gradual addition of either neutral TTC in SLS or charged TTC in HPS up to the TTC:SLS molar ratio (\'M IND. TTC\') of 0.30. Conversely, the SAXS results for systems composed of SLS and charged TTC have shown a micellar growth of prolate ellipsoidal micelles from anisometry v APROXIMADAMENTE IGUAL A 1.5 at \'M IND. TTC\'= O to v APROXIMADAMENTE IGUAL A 1.8 at \'M IND. TTC\'= 0.20 and 0.30. The results are discussed in the view of alterations in the forces involved in the micellar auto-assembling (electrostatic and hydrophobic) and the TTC structure.

Este trabalho apresenta a medida do espectro de energia dos nêutrons no núcleo do Reator IPEN/MB-01. Para tal, foram inseridos detectores de ativação na forma de diminutas folhas metálicas no núcleo do reator, na região moderadora, utilizando um dispositivo articulado que permite que as folhas fiquem posicionadas na posição central do núcleo do reator, garantindo que todas as folhas sejam irradiadas na mesma posição. Os detectores de ativação foram selecionados de forma a cobrir grande parte do espectro de energia dos nêutrons no Reator, para tanto foram utilizadas folhas de Au197, Mg24, Ti48, In115, Sc45 entre outras. Após a irradiação os detectores de ativação foram submetidos a espectrometria gama num sistema de contagem de Germânio hiper-puro, o que possibilitou a obtenção da atividade de saturação por núcleo alvo, um dos principais dados de entrada do código computacional de desdobramento de espectro unfolding SANDBP, que através de um processo iterativo, ajusta o espectro que melhor se adequa ao conjunto de dados de entrada do código, composto principalmente pelas taxas de reação por núcleo alvo obtidas experimentalmente e um espectro inicial de entrada, neste caso obtido à nível celular pelo código Hammer-Technion para a célula representativa do núcleo do Reator, fornecendo assim a solução do espectro. / This work presents the neutron spectrum measurements in the Reactor IPEN/MB- 01 using very thin activation detectors in the metallic form, in reactor core, in moderator region. An articulated device allows that the foils are inserted in the central position of reactor core, ensuring that all the foils are irradiated in the same position. The activation detectors of different materials such Au197, Mg24, Ti48, In115, Sc45 and others, were selected to cover a large range of neutron spectrum. After the irradiation, the activation detectors were submitted to a spectrometry gamma by using a system of counting with high purity Germanium, to obtain the saturation activity per target nuclide. The saturation activity is one of the main data of input of unfolding code SANDBP, that through an iterative adjustment, modify the spectrum that better agree with the dataset of code input, composition mainly for measure reaction rate per target nuclide and a initial input spectrum, calculated for Hammer-Technion code, supplying a solution spectrum.