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L'analyse radiochimique est indispensable à de nombreuses étapes de la gestion des déchets nucléaires et du contrôle de l’environnement. Un protocole d’analyse comprend généralement plusieurs étapes de séparations chimiques longues, manuelles et difficiles à mettre en œuvre en raison de leur confinement en boite à gants. Il est nécessaire de proposer des solutions innovantes et robustes pour automatiser ces étapes mais aussi réduire le volume de déchets radioactifs et chimiques en fin de cycle analytique. Une solution consiste à miniaturiser les analyses en les réalisant en laboratoire sur puce.L’objectif de cette thèse est de proposer une approche raisonnée de la conception de microsystèmes séparatifs dédiés à l’extraction liquide-liquide de radionucléides. Pour cela le comportement hydrodynamique et les performances d’extraction dans un même microsystème ont été étudiés pour les systèmes Eu(III)-HNO3/DMDBTDMA, Eu(III)-AcO(H,Na)-HNO3/HDEHP et U(VI)-HCl/Aliquat® 336. Une méthodologie a été mise au point pour l’implémentation de l’extraction liquide-liquide en microsystème pour chaque système chimique d’extraction et la comparaison des résultats a permis de mettre en évidence l’influence du rapport des viscosités des phases sur les écoulements. Grâce à la modélisation à la fois de l’hydrodynamique et du transfert de masse en microsystème, les critères liés aux propriétés physiques et cinétiques des systèmes chimiques ont été dégagés afin de proposer une conception rationnelle de microsystèmes à façon. Enfin plusieurs exemples de mises en œuvre de l’extraction liquide-liquide en microsystème pour des applications analytiques applicables dans le domaine du nucléaire comme la séparation U/Co ou le couplage microextraction liquide-liquide/ICP-MS sont décrits. / Radiochemical analyses are necessary to numerous steps for nuclear wastes management and for the control of the environment. An analytical protocol generally includes different steps of chemical separations which are lengthy, manual and complicated to implement because of their confinement in glove boxes and because of the hostile chemical and radiochemical media. Thus there is a huge importance to propose innovative and robust solutions to automate these steps but also to reduce the volumes of the radioactive and chemical wastes at the end of the analytical cycle. One solution consists in the miniaturization of the analyses through the use of lab-on-chip.The objective of this thesis work was to propose a rational approach to the conception of separation microsystems for the liquid-liquid extraction of radionuclides. To achieve this, the hydrodynamic behavior as well as the extraction performances have been investigated in one chip for three different chemical systems: Eu(III)-HNO3/DMDBTDMA, Eu(III)-AcO(H,Na)-HNO3/HDEHP and U(VI)-HCl/Aliquat® 336. A methodology has been developed for the implementation of the liquid-liquid extraction in microsystem for each chemical system. The influence of various geometric parameters such as channel length or specific interfacial area has been studied and the comparison of the liquid-liquid extraction performances has led to highlight the influence of the phases viscosities ratio on the flows. Thanks to the modeling of both hydrodynamics and mass transfer in microsystem, the criteria related to physical and kinetic properties of the chemical systems have been distinguished to propose a rational conception of tailor-made chips. Finally, several examples of the liquid-liquid extraction implementation in microsystem have been described for analytical applications in the nuclear field: U/Co separation by Aliquat® 336, Eu/Sm separation by DMDBTDMA or even the coupling between a liquid-liquid extraction chip and the system of detection which is the ICP-MS.

Orientador: Fabio Augusto / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Quimica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-08T00:55:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sartoratto_Adilson_D.pdf: 1221656 bytes, checksum: f0ebb01e44d95590f9bbda739169bb32 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: O trabalho que teve como objetivo desenvolver metodologias em Microextração em Fase Sólida para utilização em cromatografia líquida e gasosa será apresentado em dois capítulos: no primeiro capítulo a análise de pesticidas organofosforados (OPP) em amostras aquosas e infusão de plantas foi realizada por cromatografia líquida de alta eficiência/detetor de arranjo de diodos (HPLC-DAD) utilizando uma interface de dessorção para SPME e uma fibra sol-gel Carbowax 20M ormosil, produzidas em nosso laboratório. Após avaliação de desempenho da interface e eficiência da fibra sol-gel, uma metodologia de análise foi desenvolvida, avaliando-se os principais parâmetros de validação: sensibilidade, linearidade, faixa linear, exatidão, precisão, limites de detecção e quantificação. No segundo capítulo, tentamos relacionar a composição química de voláteis de plantas analisados por SPME-GC-MS com a atividade antimicrobiana de óleos essenciais. A avaliação dos voláteis foi feita utilizando-se dois tipos de fibras comerciais: PDMS e PDMS/DVB e também pela análise do óleo essencial obtido por métodos tradicionais. A atividade antimicrobiana dos óleos essenciais foi realizada pelo método da concentração mínima inibitória (MIC) com a finalidade de selecionar óleos com potencial terapêutico, em substituição às drogas existentes no mercado. / Abstract: The present work is presented in two chapters that had the scope of developing methodologies for solid phase microextraction coupled to gas and liquid chromatography. The first chapter discusses analysis of organophosphorous pesticides in water soluble samples and plant infusions by High Performance Liquid Chromatography coupled to photodiode array detector (HPLC-DAD) using a SPME desorption interface and Carbowax 20M sol-gel fiber, both produced in lab. After interface and sol-gel fiber efficiency evaluation an analysis method was developed that considered validation parameters: sensibility, linearity, linear range, accuracy, precision, detection limit, and quantification limit. In the second chapter we proposed to establish a relationship among plant's chemical volatile composition analyzed by SPME-GC-MS and antimicrobial activity of essential oils. Two commercial fibers: PDMS and PDMS-DVB were employed for essential oil analysis. Essential oils with potential therapeutic properties in substitution to known commercial drugs were chosen by minimum inhibition concentration experimental model. / Doutorado / Quimica Analitica / Doutor em Ciências

A simple method was developed for detection and differentiation of five Tier 1 bacterial agents, including Bacillus anthracis, Francisella tularensis, Yersinia pestis, Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei as well as their closely related near neighbors by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Generally, different classes of compounds can be used as biomarkers for biowarfare agent detection, including nucleic acids (i.e., DNA or RNA), proteins (i.e., antibodies), carbohydrates (i.e., sugars), lipopolysaccharides, lipids (i.e., fatty acids) and small molecules. One-step thermochemolysis (TCM) was developed to provide GC-MS detectable biomarker signatures, including sugars, fatty acids and small molecules. Solid phase micro-extraction (SPME) was used for biomarker extraction, concentration and introduction into the GC-MS. Statistical algorithms were constructed using a combination of biomarkers for the five agents, which were robust against different growth conditions (medium and temperature). A general GC-MS temperature program was developed for all five Tier 1 bacteria. The total analysis time, including TCM, SPME extraction and GC-MS, is approximately 40 min. The total-ion chromatograms are very different for the five species. The final goal of this research was to develop an accurate, fast, simple, robust and automated method for field application. Therefore, an automated sample preparation system was designed, constructed and tested. The system automatically controls the movement of sample vials from one position to another, crimping of septum caps onto the vials, precise delivery of reagents and TCM reaction times and temperatures. The specific operations of introduction of sample vials, SPME sampling, injection into the GC-MS system and ejection of used vials from the system were performed manually in this study, although they can be integrated into the automated system. Manual SPME sampling is performed by following visual and audible signal prompts for inserting the fiber into and retracting it from the sampling port. A rotating carousel design allows for simultaneous sample collection, reaction, biomarker extraction and analysis of sequential samples. Bacillus species were used to test this autoreactor, and 96% of the samples were correctly identified using a statistical algorithm. This research applies not only to the rapid identification of Tier 1 agents after a biological attack, but should also benefit clinical diagnosis, which is essential to effective treatment.

Os métodos convencionais para a determinação de fármacos em fluidos biológicos baseiam-se em técnicas cromatográficas e imunoquímicas. O tratamento prévio de amostras biológicas, o qual abrange as etapas de extração, pré-concentração e “clean-up", tem sido requerido nas análises de fármacos, para aumentar a sensibilidade e seletividade analítica. No entanto, nos últimos anos, com o avanço das técnicas instrumentais, diversas técnicas têm sido avaliados para a análise de diferentes fármacos em fluidos biológicos, destacando-se entre elas a Microextração em Fase Sólida (SPME) e a Cromatografia Líquida acoplada a Espectrometria de Massas (LC/MS). A SPME apresenta uma série de vantagens em relação às técnicas de extração tradicionais, ou seja: não requer instrumentação analítica sofisticada, não utiliza solvente orgânico, permite automação das análises, a reutilização das fibras extratoras e integra em um único sistema, a extração, concentração e introdução da amostra no sistema cromatográfico. Neste trabalho, foi desenvolvida uma interface versátil e de baixo custo, que permite o acoplamento das técnicas SPME-LC/MS para análise dos fármacos antidepressivos tricíclicos e anticonvulsivantes. O planejamento fatorial empregado mostrou ser uma ferramenta estatística importante e simples, sendo obtido mais informações com um número menor de experimentos, avaliando não só os efeitos principais como os efeitos de interação de todas as variáveis nas respostas. As condições cromatográficas otimizadas foram adequadas para a análise por LC/MS. Os níveis de detecção alcançados ressaltam a importância e destaque da técnica de cromatografia líquida de alta eficiência acoplada à espectrometria de massas (LC/MS). O método desenvolvido, tanto para os fármacos antidepressivos tricíclicos como para os anticonvulsivantes, mostrou especificidade, precisão, linearidade e limite de quantificação adequado para a análise. / Conventional methods used for the determination of drugs in biological fluids are based on chromatographic and immunochemical techniques. The biological samples treatment - which includes extraction, pre-concentration and clean up steps – has been required in drugs analysis in order to increase both analytical sensitivity and selectivity. Nevertheless, lately, within the advancements in instrumentation, different techniques have been evaluated for the analysis of different drugs in biological fluids, such as: solid phase microextraction (SPME) and liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (LC/MS). SPME presents many advantages towards the conventional extraction techniques (soxhlet, LLE and SPE), which include: use of simple analytical instrumentation, analysis automation, reuse of extractor fibers and integration of extraction, concentration and sample introduction in the same chromatographic system. In this work, a versatile and low cost interface was developed, which allows the coupling of SPME-LC/MS techniques to tricyclic antidepressants and anticonvulsivant drugs analysis. The employed factorial design has shown to be a simple and useful statistical tool. With this device more information could be obtained with fewer experiments by evaluating not only the main interaction effects but also the interaction effects of all variables on the results. The optimized chromatographic conditions were adequate for LC/MS analysis. The obtained detection levels highlight the importance of high performance liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (LC/MS). The developed method, for both tricyclic antidepressants and anticonvulsivants drugs, has presented specificity, accuracy, linearity and adequate limit of detection for this analysis.

In this work a new material, the conducting polymer-DNA composite, has been reported for the first time due to its promise in micro extraction, transfer, and release of cations under controlled potential conditions by using electrochemically assisted solid phase micro extraction (SPME). The Polypyrrole/DNA composite can be formed easily by oxidation of pyrrole monomers in the presence of chromosomal DNA by electropolymerization. Environmental significant pollutants such as Cd, Pb, Hg, Co, Zn, Cu, and Bi metal ions can be extracted from the aqueous solution and are able to be transferred to another medium defined as the release solution where the metals were detected by anodic stripping voltammetry. Using Cd2+ as a model, this method has been examined to optimize its operational condition. Extraction efficiency and potential interference for this method were studied.

Os métodos convencionais para a determinação de fármacos em fluidos biológicos baseiam-se em técnicas cromatográficas e imunoquímicas. O tratamento prévio de amostras biológicas, o qual abrange as etapas de extração, pré-concentração e “clean-up”, tem sido requerido nas análises de fármacos, para aumentar a sensibilidade e seletividade analítica. No entanto, nos últimos anos, com o avanço das técnicas instrumentais, diversas técnicas têm sido avaliados para a análise de diferentes fármacos em fluidos biológicos, destacando-se entre elas a Microextração em Fase Sólida (SPME) e a Cromatografia Líquida acoplada a Espectrometria de Massas (LC/MS). A SPME apresenta uma série de vantagens em relação às técnicas de extração tradicionais, ou seja: não requer instrumentação analítica sofisticada, não utiliza solvente orgânico, permite automação das análises, a reutilização das fibras extratoras e integra em um único sistema, a extração, concentração e introdução da amostra no sistema cromatográfico. Neste trabalho, foi desenvolvida uma interface versátil e de baixo custo, que permite o acoplamento das técnicas SPME-LC/MS para análise dos fármacos antidepressivos tricíclicos e anticonvulsivantes. O planejamento fatorial empregado mostrou ser uma ferramenta estatística importante e simples, sendo obtido mais informações com um número menor de experimentos, avaliando não só os efeitos principais como os efeitos de interação de todas as variáveis nas respostas. As condições cromatográficas otimizadas foram adequadas para a análise por LC/MS. Os níveis de detecção alcançados ressaltam a importância e destaque da técnica de cromatografia líquida de alta eficiência acoplada à espectrometria de massas (LC/MS). O método desenvolvido, tanto para os fármacos antidepressivos tricíclicos como para os anticonvulsivantes, mostrou especificidade, precisão, linearidade e limite de quantificação adequado para a análise. / Conventional methods used for the determination of drugs in biological fluids are based on chromatographic and immunochemical techniques. The biological samples treatment - which includes extraction, pre-concentration and clean up steps – has been required in drugs analysis in order to increase both analytical sensitivity and selectivity. Nevertheless, lately, within the advancements in instrumentation, different techniques have been evaluated for the analysis of different drugs in biological fluids, such as: solid phase microextraction (SPME) and liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (LC/MS). SPME presents many advantages towards the conventional extraction techniques (soxhlet, LLE and SPE), which include: use of simple analytical instrumentation, analysis automation, reuse of extractor fibers and integration of extraction, concentration and sample introduction in the same chromatographic system. In this work, a versatile and low cost interface was developed, which allows the coupling of SPME-LC/MS techniques to tricyclic antidepressants and anticonvulsivant drugs analysis. The employed factorial design has shown to be a simple and useful statistical tool. With this device more information could be obtained with fewer experiments by evaluating not only the main interaction effects but also the interaction effects of all variables on the results. The optimized chromatographic conditions were adequate for LC/MS analysis. The obtained detection levels highlight the importance of high performance liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (LC/MS). The developed method, for both tricyclic antidepressants and anticonvulsivants drugs, has presented specificity, accuracy, linearity and adequate limit of detection for this analysis.

As a result of increased terrorist activity around the world, the development of a canine training aid suitable for daily military operations is necessary to provide effective canine explosive detection. Since the use of sniffer dogs has proven to be a reliable resource for the rapid detection of explosive volatiles organic compounds, the present study evaluated the ability of the Human Scent Collection System (HSCS) device for the creation of training aids for plasticized / tagged explosives, nitroglycerin and TNT containing explosives, and smokeless powders for canine training purposes. Through canine field testing, it was demonstrated that volatiles dynamically collected from real explosive material provided a positive canine response showing the effectiveness of the HSCS in creating canine training aids that can be used immediately or up to several weeks (3) after collection under proper storage conditions. These reliable non-hazardous training aids allow its use in areas where real explosive material aids are not practical and/or available.

Human scent has been the focal point of diverse scientific interests and research initiatives for the past several years. The knowledge gained about its composition has favored the advancement of multiple disciplines, and promoted the development of a wide variety of applications. Among these applications is the use of human scent as a resource for Forensic investigations, where scent profiles are often used as evidence to associate individuals to the scene of a crime. The characteristic nature of individual human scent has enabled this type of evidence to be used as a biometric tool for the differentiation of subjects. Nevertheless, the present study discusses a new perspective towards human scent's role and application in Forensic investigations. The foundation of this new perspective consists of employing human scent’s biometric quality to classify individuals using common traits. In this research study, underarm and hand odor samples were collected from Caucasian, Hispanic and East Asian individuals, of both genders. Subjects were also organized into 3 different age groups: 18-30, 35-50 and 55+ years. Headspace Solid Phase Micro-extraction Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (HS-SPME-GC-MS) was used to create individual scent profiles for the evaluation of subject classification by age, gender and race/ethnicity. Individual classification was assessed through the identification of qualitative and quantitative patterns in the volatile organic compound (VOC) constituents that characterize human scent. Principal Component and Linear Discriminant analyses of the collected scent profiles, led to the identification and validation of characteristic VOC marker combinations for age, gender and race/ethnicity. Statistical analysis facilitated group classification and differentiation on the basis of these traits. Moreover, this study also evaluated the use of solvent extraction as a complementary technique to HS-SPME for human scent analysis. Findings from this assessment revealed that the simultaneous consideration of data from both extraction techniques favors an enhancement of the classification of subjects by means of human scent. The discoveries achieved in this study represent a significant step for human scent as a forensic tool. The outcome of this research has cleared a new path for further human scent investigation, and highlighted its further relevance to forensic applications.

Methods for fast, simple detection of biomarkers to detect and differentiate closely related Bacillus endospores including Bacillus anthracis (BA), Bacillus thuringiensis (BT), Bacillus atrophaeus (BG), and Bacillus cereus (BC) using thermochemolysis and methylation (TCM), coiled wire filament (CWF), solid phase micro extraction (SPME) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) were developed. The main biomarkers detected and used for differentiation include dipicolinic acid methyl ester (DPAME), fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs), 3-methyl-2-butenoic acid methyl ester (3M2BAME), 2-butenoic acid methyl ester (2BAME), and several methylated sugars. TCM of endospores was performed based on hydrolysis and methylation at elevated temperature after the endospores were mixed with sulfuric acid (H2SO4) with or without addition of tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) in methanol (MeOH). TCM products were then introduced into a heated GC injector port using a coiled wire filament (CWF) or solid phase microextraction (SPME) for detection and differentiation of the endospores by GC-MS.The CWF, which consisted of a tiny platinum helical wire coil attached to a retractable plunger that moved the coil in and out of a syringe needle housing, allowed for sampling to be accomplished by dipping the CWF in an endospore sample suspension, evaporating the suspension liquid, and then introducing the CWF into the injection port to enable on-line TCM. New SPME techniques, including half-half extraction, coated-needle extraction (CNE), and a new home-made polymer coated needle were used to speed up solid phase micro extraction of biomarkers produced from TCM. These simplified the detection of anthrose and other biomarkers. TCM with a CWF and TCM with SPME produced high intensity profiles of DPAME, FAMEs, 2BAME, 3M2BAME and methylated sugars. While the presence of DPAME can be used for the general detection of endospores (Bacillus and Clostridium) and the presence of 3M2BAME for the detection of BA, specific saturated and unsaturated C15, C16, and C17 fatty acid methyl esters and methylated sugars provide additional information for differentiating various Bacillus species grown at different temperatures and in different media. DPAME was detected in samples containing as few as 2,500 and 6,000 endospores using TCM-CWF with and without a concentration step, respectively. GC-MS peak area percent reproducibility for FAMEs using TCM and CWF varied from 3 to 13% (RSD). Better than 97% correct predictability of Bacillus species identity was obtained from a blind experiment consisting of 145 samples using DPAME and specific FAMEs. Conventional SPME and a modified form of "in-needle" extraction allow for detection of the biomarkers in less than 35 min. The detection limits with SPME sample introduction injection were approximately 5 x 103 endospores.Using these approaches, differentiation of Bacillus endospores and other biological agents grown under different conditions were based on the following characteristics: (1) presence of DPAME and specific FAMEs (iso or anteiso C15:0 and iso or anteiso C17:0) in Bacillus endospores, (2) unique presence of 3M2BAME (anthrose by-product) in BA, (3) absence of 2-butenoic acid methyl ester in BG, and (4) presence and absence of specific methylated monosaccharides in various Bacillus species. Clostridium endospores and non-sporulating bacteria, such as Yersinia pestis (YP) and Francisella tularensis (FT) could also be easily distinguished from Bacillus endospores based on the presence and absence of several specific sugar derivatives and fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs), such as iso or anteiso C15:0 and iso or anteiso C17:0, and > C18 FAMEs which were simultaneously produced during TCM.