Submitted by IGOR SEICHO KIYOMURA null (igorseicho@gmail.com) on 2016-09-12T14:07:49Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação_Igor Seicho Kiyomura.pdf: 3224196 bytes, checksum: d71f4ad45145d3dc7f441a0090d3b373 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Felipe Augusto Arakaki (arakaki@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-09-14T19:13:44Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 kiyomura_is_me_ilha.pdf: 3224196 bytes, checksum: d71f4ad45145d3dc7f441a0090d3b373 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-14T19:13:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 kiyomura_is_me_ilha.pdf: 3224196 bytes, checksum: d71f4ad45145d3dc7f441a0090d3b373 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-07-29 / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / Nas últimas décadas surgiu a necessidade de dissipar maiores quantidades de energia térmica, fato que acarretou no aumento do número de estudos em ebulição nucleada e convectiva com o objetivo de produzir trocadores de calor cada vez mais eficientes e compactos. A busca de produtos cada vez mais eficientes e compactos e a procura de novas técnicas para melhorar a transferência de calor, garantindo a integridade física do equipamento, continuam crescendo e a tendência é que continuará assim nos próximos anos. Uma das técnicas que está sendo amplamente pesquisada na comunidade cientifica é o uso de nanofluidos. Os nanofluidos foram desenvolvidos com o intuito de melhorar a condutividade e a difusividade térmica em relação aos fluidos tradicionais. Muitos experimentos com nanofluidos têm sido desenvolvidos nos últimos anos, mas ainda existem muitas divergências a respeito do efeito desses fluidos sobre o fenômeno de ebulição. Dentro deste contexto, o presente trabalho tem como objetivo a análise teórico-experimental do efeito de superfícies nanoestruturadas e da concentração do nanofluido, a ser depositado sobre a superfície aquecedora, sobre o coeficiente de transferência de calor em regime de ebulição nucleada. Para tanto, testes foram realizados para fluxos de calor que correspondem ao regime de ebulição nucleada da água deionizada, à temperatura de saturação (Tsat = 99 °C) e à pressão atmosférica (patm = 98 kPa), sobre superfícies aquecedoras de cobre com diferentes rugosidades. As superfícies nanoestruturadas foram produzidas por deposição de nanopartículas de maguemita, por meio do processo de ebulição da solução Fe2O3-água deionizada para diferentes concentrações mássicas previamente estabelecidas. As superfícies foram submetidas a ensaios metalográficos, de molhabilidade e de rugosidade permitindo a avaliação das modificações estruturais, topográficas e químicas das superfícies, antes e após os testes no regime de ebulição nucleada. Os resultados para o coeficiente de transferência de calor foram relacionados com as características geométricas e morfológicas das superfícies de teste, levando em consideração os aspectos relacionados à interação fluido/superfície, como, o ângulo de contato e a molhabilidade. / In the last decade, the necessity to dissipate large quantities of heat energy increased, thus leading to an increase on the number of studies in nucleate pool boiling and flow boiling with the aim of producing more compact and efficient heat exchangers. The search for increasingly efficient and compact products and for new techniques to improve the heat transfer, ensuring the physical integrity of the equipment, keep growing and it will remain so in the next years. One of the techniques being widely researched in the scientific community is the use of nanofluids. The nanofluids have been developed in order to improve the thermal conductivity and diffusivity compared to traditional fluids. Although many experiments with nanofluids have been developed in recent years, there are still many differences related to the effects of these fluids on the pool boiling phenomenon. In this context, this work aims to analyze the effects of nanostructured surfaces and different nanofluid concentrations, which are deposited on the heating surface, on the heat transfer coefficient during the nucleate boiling regime. Therefore, tests were performed to heat fluxes values corresponding to the nucleate boiling regime for deionized water, at saturation temperature (Tsat = 99 °C) and atmospheric pressure (patm = 98 kPa), on copper heating surfaces with different roughness values. The nanostructured surfaces were produced by maghemite nanoparticle deposition, which is achieved by boiling selected mass concentrations of a Fe2O3-deionized water nanofluid. Prior and after each boiling test, the characteristics of the test surfaces were evaluated by applying the metallographic, wettability and surface roughness tests. The results for the heat transfer coefficient were related to the geometrical and morphological characteristics of the test surfaces, taking into account the aspects of the flu-id/surface interaction such as, the contact angle and wettability. / FAPESP: 2014/07949-9

Orientador: Elaine Maria Cardoso / Resumo: Nas últimas décadas surgiu a necessidade de dissipar maiores quantidades de energiatérmica, fato que acarretou no aumento do número de estudos em ebulição nucleada e convectivacom o objetivo de produzir trocadores de calor cada vez mais eficientes e compactos. Abusca de produtos cada vez mais eficientes e compactos e a procura de novas técnicas paramelhorar a transferência de calor, garantindo a integridade física do equipamento, continuamcrescendo e a tendência é que continuará assim nos próximos anos. Uma das técnicas que estásendo amplamente pesquisada na comunidade cientifica é o uso de nanofluidos. Os nanofluidosforam desenvolvidos com o intuito de melhorar a condutividade e a difusividade térmicaem relação aos fluidos tradicionais. Muitos experimentos com nanofluidos têm sido desenvolvidosnos últimos anos, mas ainda existem muitas divergências a respeito do efeito dessesfluidos sobre o fenômeno de ebulição. Dentro deste contexto, o presente trabalho tem comoobjetivo a análise teórico-experimental do efeito de superfícies nanoestruturadas e da concentraçãodo nanofluido, a ser depositado sobre a superfície aquecedora, sobre o coeficiente detransferência de calor em regime de ebulição nucleada. Para tanto, testes foram realizadospara fluxos de calor que correspondem ao regime de ebulição nucleada da água deionizada, àtemperatura de saturação (Tsat = 99 °C) e à pressão atmosférica (patm = 98 kPa), sobre superfíciesaquecedoras de cobre com dif... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: In the last decade, the necessity to dissipate large quantities of heat energy increased,thus leading to an increase on the number of studies in nucleate pool boiling and flow boilingwith the aim of producing more compact and efficient heat exchangers. The search for increasinglyefficient and compact products and for new techniques to improve the heat transfer,ensuring the physical integrity of the equipment, keep growing and it will remain so in thenext years. One of the techniques being widely researched in the scientific community is theuse of nanofluids. The nanofluids have been developed in order to improve the thermal conductivityand diffusivity compared to traditional fluids. Although many experiments withnanofluids have been developed in recent years, there are still many differences related to theeffects of these fluids on the pool boiling phenomenon. In this context, this work aims to analyzethe effects of nanostructured surfaces and different nanofluid concentrations, which aredeposited on the heating surface, on the heat transfer coefficient during the nucleate boilingregime. Therefore, tests were performed to heat fluxes values corresponding to the nucleateboiling regime for deionized water, at saturation temperature (Tsat = 99 °C) and atmosphericpressure (patm = 98 kPa), on copper heating surfaces with different roughness values. Thenanostructured surfaces were produced by maghemite nanoparticle deposition, which isachieved by boi... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Ces travaux de recherche s’inscrivent dans le cadre du développement de nouvelles surfaces biocompatibles capables de contrôler l’adhésion d’agents pathogènes responsables de maladies neurodégénératives telles que les maladies de Creutzfeld Jacob, Alzheimer, Parkinson et Lewis. Deux axes de recherche ont été privilégiés. Notre approche se focalise en amont des dosages sur l’amélioration des procédures de stockage des prélèvements biologiques réalisés dans des tubes de type Eppendorf. Ces tubes en polypropylène induisent une perte du matériel génétique de plus de 70% accentuant la faible concentration en agent pathogène pour la détection immunoenzymatique. Dans le but de réduire les phénomènes indésirables d’adhésion des agents pathogènes à la surface des supports de stockage, deux voies de traitement ont été envisagées dans ce travail de thèse. La première consiste à modifier la surface du tube Eppendorf en une étape par décharge plasma fluoré, la seconde à créer de nouvelles surfaces hydrophiles en deux étapes couplant la technique des plasmas froids au greffage de polymères, les agents pathogènes pouvant être hydrophiles ou hydrophobes. Avec cette dernière technique, une voie originale a été abordée de part l’utilisation de solutions de greffage complexes composées à la fois de polymères et de molécules tensioactives. Les surfaces ainsi obtenues présentent une nano-structuration. Toutes les étapes de modification de la surface interne des tubes de stockage ont été caractérisées. Ces surfaces sont alors décrites selon leur caractère hydrophile ou hydrophobe grâce à la détermination des énergies de surface polaire et apolaire, selon leur charge de surface obtenue par mesure du potentiel d’écoulement, selon leur composition chimique déterminée par spectroscopie à photoélectrons X (XPS) et enfin selon leur topographie et leur rugosité relevées par microscopie à force atomique (AFM). Les interactions entre les groupements fonctionnels ainsi obtenus à la surface des tubes de stockage après les divers traitements et les protéines antigéniques considérées ont été interprétées en se référant aux différents modèles de l’adhésion pour des gammes de pH proches des protocoles biologiques usuels. Afin de s’assurer que ces nouvelles surfaces permettent bien une diminution de l’adhésion des agents infectieux sur la paroi interne des tubes de polypropylène, des analyses immunoenzymatiques ont été réalisées au sein des centres hospitaliers participant au projet STREP NEUROSCREEN n° LSHB-CT 2006-03 7719 (CRPP de Liège et CHU de Lyon). Ces analyses ont permis de montrer que la modification des surfaces entraîne une diminution de l’absorption des agents pathogènes jusqu'à 100% permettant ainsi une meilleure détection. / The research work presented in this thesis considers the development of newµbiocompatible surfaces that are able to control the adhesion of specific proteins responsible for the development of neurodegenerative diseases such as Creutzfeldt–Jakob, Alzheimer, Parkinson and Lewis body disease. Our approach was focused on problems prior to the detection step, which were never considered before, particularly on the improvement of Eppendorf tubes that are used for the storage of body fluids like cerebrospinal fluid and blood. Namely these tubes made of polypropylene induce the depletion of biological material, in some cases even over 70%, resulting in a low concentration of these proteins for the further immunoenzymatic detection. With the purpose to reduce the adhesion of specific proteins on the surface of supports, two courses of treatments were anticipated. The first one consists of surface modification by highly reactive fluorine plasma treatment and the second one incorporates development of new hydrophilic surfaces by coupling two techniques, plasma activation and subsequent grafting of polymer materials. With the latter approach, an original way of surface modification has been attained by using complex solutions of polymers and surfactants that permits controlled configuration of nanostructured surfaces. All steps of surface modifications were well characterized by different physicochemical methods. The surface hydrophilic/hydrophobic character was determined by measurements of polar and apolar surface energy, surface charge by magnitude of zeta potential, surface chemistry was evaluated by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), while the surface roughness and topography were monitored by atomic force microscopy (AFM). The interactions between functional groups of treated supports and proteins were interpreted referring to different models of adhesion established for a range of pH values close to the classical biological protocols. Finally, in order to validate that the new surfaces are able to prevent or decrease the adhesion of neurodegenerative agents on the surfaces of Eppendorf tubes, the immunoenzymatic analyses were carried out in hospital centres of partners that were participating to the project STREP NEUROSREEN n° LSHB-CT-2006-03 7719 (Centre de Recherche sur les Protéines Prion; Liege (ULG), Hospices Civils de Lyon (CHUL) and Lancaster University (L-UNI)). These analyses showed that the treatments led to a decrease of antigen adsorption up to 100%, enabling (allowing) better detection of pathogenic agents.

Surface engineering of tailored materials with adjustable characteristics in relation to biological environment, is one of the main prerequisites for biotechnological applications. In recent years, advanced surface coatings in the nanometer range have drawn big attention. A special category of this group are stimuli responsive polymers tethered by one functional end to the surface. When the surface grafting density is big enough, the polymer chains are forced to stretch away from the interface due to excluded volume effects, creating a so called polymer brush. Nano-scaled polymer brushes are advantageous due to their nanostructure, which can be comparable to biological species, and their collaborative response to external stimuli. Moreover, the material design parameters such as chemistry, surface topography, charge, and surface wettability can be adjusted by using the appropriate polymer, or a combination of polymers with respect to the desired material performance. In case of binary polymer brushes, the materials' properties are switched between the properties of two constituent polymers. Besides, upon switching of external stimuli, biomodified binary polymer brushes can hide or expose biofunctionalities, on demand. Hence, they are classified as smart biomaterials' surface coatings.

Surface engineering of tailored materials with adjustable characteristics in relation to biological environment, is one of the main prerequisites for biotechnological applications. In recent years, advanced surface coatings in the nanometer range have drawn big attention. A special category of this group are stimuli responsive polymers tethered by one functional end to the surface. When the surface grafting density is big enough, the polymer chains are forced to stretch away from the interface due to excluded volume effects, creating a so called polymer brush. Nano-scaled polymer brushes are advantageous due to their nanostructure, which can be comparable to biological species, and their collaborative response to external stimuli. Moreover, the material design parameters such as chemistry, surface topography, charge, and surface wettability can be adjusted by using the appropriate polymer, or a combination of polymers with respect to the desired material performance. In case of binary polymer brushes, the materials' properties are switched between the properties of two constituent polymers. Besides, upon switching of external stimuli, biomodified binary polymer brushes can hide or expose biofunctionalities, on demand. Hence, they are classified as smart biomaterials' surface coatings.

Coupling of cells to biomaterials is a prerequisite for most biomedical applications; e.g., neuroelectrodes can only stimulate brain tissue in vivo if the electric signal is transferred to neurons attached to the electrodes’ surface. Besides, cell survival in vitro also depends on the interaction of cells with the underlying substrate materials; in vitro assays such as multielectrode arrays determine cellular behavior by electrical coupling to the adherent cells. In our study, we investigated the interaction of neurons and glial cells with different electrode materials such as TiN and nanocolumnar TiN surfaces in contrast to gold and ITO substrates. Employing single-cell force spectroscopy, we quantified short-term interaction forces between neuron-like cells (SH-SY5Y cells) and glial cells (U-87 MG cells) for the different materials and contact times. Additionally, results were compared to the spreading dynamics of cells for different culture times as a function of the underlying substrate. The adhesion behavior of glial cells was almost independent of the biomaterial and the maximum growth areas were already seen after one day; however, adhesion dynamics of neurons relied on culture material and time. Neurons spread much better on TiN and nanocolumnar TiN and also formed more neurites after three days in culture. Our designed nanocolumnar TiN offers the possibility for building miniaturized microelectrode arrays for impedance spectroscopy without losing detection sensitivity due to a lowered self-impedance of the electrode. Hence, our results show that this biomaterial promotes adhesion and spreading of neurons and glial cells, which are important for many biomedical applications in vitro and in vivo.