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Introdução: Reportam-se modificações metabólicas e hemodinâmicas em pacientes críticos em sepse e incluem-se neste grupo, os grandes queimados. Nesses pacientes ocorrem profundas alterações na farmacocinética de agentes antimicrobianos hidrofílicos prescritos no tratamento empírico das infecções bacterianas graves. Então, o alvo terapêutico não é alcançado em decorrência das concentrações plasmáticas desses antimicrobianos serem inferiores às requeridas para o controle das infecções. Na suspeita de sepse, a terapia antimicrobiana de primeira escolha prevê administração sistêmica dos antimicrobianos a vancomicina e a piperacilina, sendo esta última associada à tazobactana, um inibidor da beta-lactamase. Objetivo: Propôs-se nesse projeto a investigação da farmacocinética da vancomicina e da piperacilina através do monitoramento plasmático. Propôs-se ainda a avaliação da efetividade dos dois antimicrobianos na dose empírica recomendada com base na função renal aos pacientes críticos grandes queimados em sepse por patógeno hospitalar. Métodos: Investigaram-se 42 pacientes grandes queimados em terapia intensiva com lesões de 2° grau profundo e de 3° grau com suspeita de sepse por patógeno hospitalar. A prescrição constou de terapia combinada de vancomicina e piperacilina nas doses empíricas recomendadas com base na função renal de cada paciente. Seguem as características dos pacientes investigados: adultos de ambos os sexos (33M/9F), médias/ DP: 40,9±17,5 anos, 70,1±11,5 Kg, 33,6±20,7% de superfície corpórea total queimada (SCTQ), sendo 37/42 pacientes apresentaram função renal normal, e 5/42 pacientes com insuficiência renal, sem necessidade de prescrição de diálise pelo nefrologista. Registrou-se trauma térmico/ elétrico em 39/3; a lesão inalatória ocorreu em 25 pacientes. Efetuou-se coleta seriada de 2-3 amostras sanguíneas (Vacutainer/EDTA sódico); após separação do sangue por centrifugação a 2800g para obtenção do plasma, realizou-se o processamento laboratorial para os dois analitos pelo monitoramento plasmático da vancomicina e da piperacilina através da cromatografia líquida de alta eficiência. Realizou-se o estudo farmacocinético com base no modelo aberto monocompartimental. Através da análise PK/PD foi possível determinar os índices de efetividade para a vancomicina a partir da razão da área sob a curva no intervalo de 24 horas e a concentração inibitória mínima ASCss 0-24/CIM > 400, e para a piperacilina 70%fΔT>CIM; o significado desse último índice determinado para o derivado β-lactâmico está relacionado a fração do intervalo de dose em que a concentração plasmática livre da piperacilina permanece acima da CIM. Resultados: Registrou-se alteração da farmacocinética da vancomicina e da piperacilina nos pacientes queimados com função renal normal pela comparação entre cada paciente e o valor de referência reportado para voluntários sadios. Nos pacientes com insuficiência renal registrou-se o prolongamento da meia vida biológica pela alteração na depuração e/ou no volume de distribuição. Registrou-se farmacocinética alterada em diferentes proporções tanto nos pacientes queimados com função renal preservada, como naqueles com disfunção renal. Após a análise PK/PD, a dose empírica de vancomicina administrada aos pacientes com função renal normal, registrou-se cobertura em 37/37 pacientes contra patógenos sensíveis (CIM 1mg/L), caindo para 18/37 (49%) pacientes para patógenos, CIM 2 mg/L. Não se registrou cobertura contra patógenos CIM>2 mg/L (CIM 4mg/L) independente da função renal dos pacientes. Após a dose empírica prescrita na função renal preservada, a cobertura da piperacilina ocorreu até CIM 4mg/L, para os patógenos sensíveis, caindo para 34/37 (92%) CIM 8 mg/L. Apenas 22/37 (60%) pacientes se encontraram protegidos contra patógenos sensíveis mais agressivos CIM 16 mg/L Pseudomonas aeruginosa e Enterococcus spp. Conclusão: O monitoramento plasmático da vancomicina e da piperacilina indica que a dose empírica recomendada para os dois agentes não alcança efetividade no controle das infecções causadas por patógenos hospitalares sensíveis à vancomicina (CIM>1mg/L) e à piperacilina (CIM >4 mg/L) em consequência de níveis plasmáticos inferiores aos requeridos no controle das infecções, devido a profundas alterações na farmacocinética desses antimicrobianos. / Introduction: Metabolic and hemodynamic changes were reported in critically ill patients including burn patients in sepsis. Then, pharmacokinetics is altered in those patients mainly for hydrophilic antimicrobial agents prescribed for the control of severe bacterial infections; consequently, the therapeutic target wasn\'t reached based on drug plasma concentrations lower than expected. Antimicrobial therapy recommended in sepsis suspicious is based in a combination of two antimicrobials; vancomycin, a glycopeptides derivative and a beta-lactam agent piperacillin-tazobactam, a beta-lactamase inhibitor. Objective: It was proposed a pharmacokinetic investigation for vancomycin and piperacillin based on drug plasma monitoring followed by drug effectiveness measurements by PK/PD analysis after the empiric dose regimen recommended to normal renal function or renal failure burn patients in sepsis. Methods: 42 adult burn patients of both gender (33M/9F) with deep 2nd and 3rd injuries in septic shock by nosocomial pathogens under intensive care were investigated. A combined antimicrobial therapy at the recommended empirical dose regimen vancomycin-piperacillin was prescribed on the basis of renal function. Characteristics of population of patients investigated, means/SD were: 40.9±17.5 yrs, 70.1±11.5 kg, 33.6±20.7% total burn surface area (TBSA). Normal renal function was registered in 37/42 patients against 5/42 of them with renal failure. Thermal/electrical injuries occur in 39/3, and inhalation injury were in 25 of them. A serial of 2-3 blood samples were obtained from venous catheter into vacuum tubes (sodium EDTA); after centrifugation (2800g) plasma samples were obtained for drug plasma monitoring; both analytes, vancomycin and piperacillin were quantified by high performance liquid chromatography. Pharmacokinetics investigation based on one compartment open model was performed. PK/PD analysis was done to determine antimicrobial effectiveness against nosocomial pathogens isolated. Recommended drug effectiveness index was AUCss 0-24/MIC > 400 for vancomycin and 70%fΔT>MIC for piperacillin. Results: Pharmacokinetics for both antimicrobials investigated showed to be altered in a different extension for vancomycin and piperacillin in burn patients with normal renal function by comparison with reference data reported in healthy adult volunteers. PK/PD analysis indicated that after the initial dose regimen 2g daily for patients with normal renal function, the vancomycin effectiveness occurs only for susceptible pathogens MIC 1mg/L, once drug effectiveness falls to 49% (18/37) against pathogens (MIC 2mg/L). Similarly, piperacillin effectiveness occurs just for susceptible pathogens MIC ≤ 4 mg/L in patients with normal renal function, once only 22/37 (60%) of patients reached the target MIC 16mg/L for Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus spp. Conclusion: Vancomycin and piperacillin plasma monitoring indicated that the therapeutic target wasn´t reached with the empiric dose regimen recommended against nosocomial pathogens vancomycin susceptible (MIC>1mg/L) and piperacillin susceptible (MIC >4 mg/L) due to plasma levels lower than expected as a consequence of kinetic disposition altered for both antimicrobials.

Introdução: Reportam-se modificações metabólicas e hemodinâmicas em pacientes críticos em sepse e incluem-se neste grupo, os grandes queimados. Nesses pacientes ocorrem profundas alterações na farmacocinética de agentes antimicrobianos hidrofílicos prescritos no tratamento empírico das infecções bacterianas graves. Então, o alvo terapêutico não é alcançado em decorrência das concentrações plasmáticas desses antimicrobianos serem inferiores às requeridas para o controle das infecções. Na suspeita de sepse, a terapia antimicrobiana de primeira escolha prevê administração sistêmica dos antimicrobianos a vancomicina e a piperacilina, sendo esta última associada à tazobactana, um inibidor da beta-lactamase. Objetivo: Propôs-se nesse projeto a investigação da farmacocinética da vancomicina e da piperacilina através do monitoramento plasmático. Propôs-se ainda a avaliação da efetividade dos dois antimicrobianos na dose empírica recomendada com base na função renal aos pacientes críticos grandes queimados em sepse por patógeno hospitalar. Métodos: Investigaram-se 42 pacientes grandes queimados em terapia intensiva com lesões de 2° grau profundo e de 3° grau com suspeita de sepse por patógeno hospitalar. A prescrição constou de terapia combinada de vancomicina e piperacilina nas doses empíricas recomendadas com base na função renal de cada paciente. Seguem as características dos pacientes investigados: adultos de ambos os sexos (33M/9F), médias/ DP: 40,9±17,5 anos, 70,1±11,5 Kg, 33,6±20,7% de superfície corpórea total queimada (SCTQ), sendo 37/42 pacientes apresentaram função renal normal, e 5/42 pacientes com insuficiência renal, sem necessidade de prescrição de diálise pelo nefrologista. Registrou-se trauma térmico/ elétrico em 39/3; a lesão inalatória ocorreu em 25 pacientes. Efetuou-se coleta seriada de 2-3 amostras sanguíneas (Vacutainer/EDTA sódico); após separação do sangue por centrifugação a 2800g para obtenção do plasma, realizou-se o processamento laboratorial para os dois analitos pelo monitoramento plasmático da vancomicina e da piperacilina através da cromatografia líquida de alta eficiência. Realizou-se o estudo farmacocinético com base no modelo aberto monocompartimental. Através da análise PK/PD foi possível determinar os índices de efetividade para a vancomicina a partir da razão da área sob a curva no intervalo de 24 horas e a concentração inibitória mínima ASCss 0-24/CIM > 400, e para a piperacilina 70%fΔT>CIM; o significado desse último índice determinado para o derivado β-lactâmico está relacionado a fração do intervalo de dose em que a concentração plasmática livre da piperacilina permanece acima da CIM. Resultados: Registrou-se alteração da farmacocinética da vancomicina e da piperacilina nos pacientes queimados com função renal normal pela comparação entre cada paciente e o valor de referência reportado para voluntários sadios. Nos pacientes com insuficiência renal registrou-se o prolongamento da meia vida biológica pela alteração na depuração e/ou no volume de distribuição. Registrou-se farmacocinética alterada em diferentes proporções tanto nos pacientes queimados com função renal preservada, como naqueles com disfunção renal. Após a análise PK/PD, a dose empírica de vancomicina administrada aos pacientes com função renal normal, registrou-se cobertura em 37/37 pacientes contra patógenos sensíveis (CIM 1mg/L), caindo para 18/37 (49%) pacientes para patógenos, CIM 2 mg/L. Não se registrou cobertura contra patógenos CIM>2 mg/L (CIM 4mg/L) independente da função renal dos pacientes. Após a dose empírica prescrita na função renal preservada, a cobertura da piperacilina ocorreu até CIM 4mg/L, para os patógenos sensíveis, caindo para 34/37 (92%) CIM 8 mg/L. Apenas 22/37 (60%) pacientes se encontraram protegidos contra patógenos sensíveis mais agressivos CIM 16 mg/L Pseudomonas aeruginosa e Enterococcus spp. Conclusão: O monitoramento plasmático da vancomicina e da piperacilina indica que a dose empírica recomendada para os dois agentes não alcança efetividade no controle das infecções causadas por patógenos hospitalares sensíveis à vancomicina (CIM>1mg/L) e à piperacilina (CIM >4 mg/L) em consequência de níveis plasmáticos inferiores aos requeridos no controle das infecções, devido a profundas alterações na farmacocinética desses antimicrobianos. / Introduction: Metabolic and hemodynamic changes were reported in critically ill patients including burn patients in sepsis. Then, pharmacokinetics is altered in those patients mainly for hydrophilic antimicrobial agents prescribed for the control of severe bacterial infections; consequently, the therapeutic target wasn\'t reached based on drug plasma concentrations lower than expected. Antimicrobial therapy recommended in sepsis suspicious is based in a combination of two antimicrobials; vancomycin, a glycopeptides derivative and a beta-lactam agent piperacillin-tazobactam, a beta-lactamase inhibitor. Objective: It was proposed a pharmacokinetic investigation for vancomycin and piperacillin based on drug plasma monitoring followed by drug effectiveness measurements by PK/PD analysis after the empiric dose regimen recommended to normal renal function or renal failure burn patients in sepsis. Methods: 42 adult burn patients of both gender (33M/9F) with deep 2nd and 3rd injuries in septic shock by nosocomial pathogens under intensive care were investigated. A combined antimicrobial therapy at the recommended empirical dose regimen vancomycin-piperacillin was prescribed on the basis of renal function. Characteristics of population of patients investigated, means/SD were: 40.9±17.5 yrs, 70.1±11.5 kg, 33.6±20.7% total burn surface area (TBSA). Normal renal function was registered in 37/42 patients against 5/42 of them with renal failure. Thermal/electrical injuries occur in 39/3, and inhalation injury were in 25 of them. A serial of 2-3 blood samples were obtained from venous catheter into vacuum tubes (sodium EDTA); after centrifugation (2800g) plasma samples were obtained for drug plasma monitoring; both analytes, vancomycin and piperacillin were quantified by high performance liquid chromatography. Pharmacokinetics investigation based on one compartment open model was performed. PK/PD analysis was done to determine antimicrobial effectiveness against nosocomial pathogens isolated. Recommended drug effectiveness index was AUCss 0-24/MIC > 400 for vancomycin and 70%fΔT>MIC for piperacillin. Results: Pharmacokinetics for both antimicrobials investigated showed to be altered in a different extension for vancomycin and piperacillin in burn patients with normal renal function by comparison with reference data reported in healthy adult volunteers. PK/PD analysis indicated that after the initial dose regimen 2g daily for patients with normal renal function, the vancomycin effectiveness occurs only for susceptible pathogens MIC 1mg/L, once drug effectiveness falls to 49% (18/37) against pathogens (MIC 2mg/L). Similarly, piperacillin effectiveness occurs just for susceptible pathogens MIC ≤ 4 mg/L in patients with normal renal function, once only 22/37 (60%) of patients reached the target MIC 16mg/L for Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus spp. Conclusion: Vancomycin and piperacillin plasma monitoring indicated that the therapeutic target wasn´t reached with the empiric dose regimen recommended against nosocomial pathogens vancomycin susceptible (MIC>1mg/L) and piperacillin susceptible (MIC >4 mg/L) due to plasma levels lower than expected as a consequence of kinetic disposition altered for both antimicrobials.

Ce mémoire est consacré à la synthèse et à l'étude de complexes métalliques originaux contenant des carbènes N-hétérocycliques (NHCs) fortement encombrés. Trois familles ont été élaborées : 1) des complexes Pd-PEPPSI "dissymmétriques" comportant un ligand imidazolylidène (Im) ayant comme N-substituants un groupe 9-alkyl-9-fluorényle (AF) ainsi qu'un aryle. Ces complexes se sont avérés des catalyseurs remarquables en couplage de Suzuki-Miyaura, présentant des performances comparables à celles d'analogues porteurs de deux groupes AF (dont l'excellente efficacité avait déjà été établie), démontrant ainsi le fort rôle stabilisateur du groupe AF; 2) des complexes trigonaux de cuivre(I) de formule générale [Cu(Im)(2,2'-dipyridylamine)]BF4 où le ligand carbénique est soit un carbène symétrique de type AF2-Im, soit dissymétrique de type (AF,Ar)-Im. Ici encore, la présence de substituants AF est un élément favorisant la stabilité des complexes en solution par rapport à une décomposition photo-induite. Contrairement à son anaolgue ayant un imidazolylidène porteur de deux substituants EtF, le complexe [Cu((EtF,Ph)-Im)(2,2'-dipyridylamine)]BF4 présente la particularité d'être luminescent en solution et à l'état solide; 3) des complexes Pd-PEPPSI contenant un imidazolilydène N-substitué par deux groupes identiques dont les extrémités sont des récépteurs potentiels de type calix[4]arène. Ces complexes ont la propriété de s'auto-assembler en formant une entité où les centres métalliques sont stériquement très protégés, avec pour conséquence de modifier sensiblement les propriétés catalytiques attendues du complexe. / Described herein are the stepwise syntheses and properties of three types of complexes based on sterically encumbered N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs): 1) Pd-PEPPSI complexes with an unsymmetrical imidalolylidene ligand having its N atoms substituted by a bulky 9-alkyl-9-fluorenyl (AF) group and an aryl group. These turned out to be very active Suzuki-Miyaura cross coupling catalysts with an activity comparable to previously reported, highly performing "symmetrical" analogues which bear two identical AF substituents. These findings illustrate the high stabilising effect of each individual AF group; 2) Trigonal copper(I) complexes with the general formula [Cu(Im)(2,2'-dipyridylamine)]BF4 in which the NHC ligands are symmetrical or not. Here again the AF substituents ensure complex stability with respect to air when compared to analogues displaying sterically non-bulky substituents. One of the complexes, namely [Cu((EtF,Ph)-Im)(2,2'-dipyridylamine)]BF4, was found to be strongly luminescent in solution and in the solid state; 3) Pd-PEPPSI complexes in which calix[4]arene-substituted phenyl moieties have been grafted on both N atoms, these behaving as potential receptor units. Owing to the presence of the calixarene termini, complexes of this type were found to self-assemble, thereby resulting in dimers with sterically highly protected metal centres. The formation of such species was correlated to the catalytic performance of these complexes.

Um die Korrelation zwischen Partikelgröße und Reaktivität von Pd Nanopartikeln auf Eisenoxid zu untersuchen wurde die experimentelle Methode Einkristalladsorptionskalorimetrie mit der Präparation von Modellsystemen kombiniert. Da diese Systeme mit mikroskopischen Methoden untersucht wurden, liegen detaillierte strukturelle Informationen vor. Es konnte gezeigt werden, dass die Adsorptionsenergie auf 3.4 nm großen Pd Nanopartikeln um 69 kJ/mol höher ist als auf Pd(111). Dieser Effekt resultiert aus der Änderung des Adsorptionsplatzes von Facettenplätzen auf Pd(111) zu Kantenplätzen auf Pd Nanopartikeln. Die Änderung der Partikelgröße im Bereich 3.4 nm - 1.9 nm führt zu einer Verringerung der Adsorptionsenergie um 70 kJ/mol. Eine Reduktion der Adsorptionsenergie auf kleineren Nanopartikeln wurde auch für CO gemessen. Die Differenz in der Pd-O Bindungsenergie zwischen den verschiedenen Systemen verringert sich bei erhöhter Adsorbatbedeckung. Die Anzahl adsorbierter Sauerstoffatome auf frisch präparierten Pd Nanopartikeln bei 300 K ist um drei bis vier mal höher als die Anzahl an Sauerstoffatomen welche Pd Oberflächenplätze sättigen können. Diese Beobachtung kann mit Sauerstoffdiffusion in die Nanopartikel oder in den Träger erklärt werden. Die Wechselwirkung zwischen Sauerstoff und CO auf Pd(111) und Pd Nanopartikeln verschiedener Größen wurde als Funktion der Bedeckung studiert. Aufgrund der CO-O Wechselwirkung verringert sich die CO Adsorptionsenergie um ~40 kJ/mol auf sauerstoffvorbedeckten Pd(111) und Pd Nanopartikeln der Größen 2.9 nm und 3.4 nm. / To determine the correlation between the particle size and the reactivity of Pd nanoparticles, which are supported on iron oxide, the experimental method single crystal adsorption calorimetry has been combined with the preparation of model systems. Detailed structural information on the supported systems is available from previous structural studies. It was found that the oxygen adsorption energy is 69 kJ/mol higher on 3.4 nm sized Pd nanoparticles compared to Pd(111) due to a change of the local adsorption site from threefold hollow to low coordinated sites. A reduction of the particle size in the range 3.4 nm - 1.9 nm was found to lead to a decrease of the adsorption energy by 70 kJ/mol. A reduction of the adsorbate binding energy has also been found for CO. The difference in the Pd-O binding energy between the different systems decreases with increasing coverage. It was demonstrated that the number of adsorbed oxygen atoms on freshly prepared Pd nanoparticles at 300 K is three to four times higher than the amount of oxygen atoms which saturate the Pd surface sites. This observation can be explained with oxygen diffusion either into the nanoparticles or into the support. The interaction between oxygen and CO has been studied on Pd(111) and Pd nanoparticles of different sizes as a function of the coverage. Due to CO-O interaction, the CO adsorption energy is reduced by ~40 kJ/mol on oxygen precovered Pd(111) and Pd nanoparticles of 2.9 nm and 3.4 nm.

ABSTRACT HYDROGEN STORAGE IN MAGNESIUM BASED THIN FILMS Akyildiz, Hasan Ph.D., Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Supervisor : Prof. Dr. Tayfur &Ouml / zt&uuml / rk Co-Supervisor : Prof. Dr. Macit &Ouml / zenbas October 2010, 146 pages A study was carried out for the production of Mg-based thin films which can absorb and desorb hydrogen near ambient conditions, with fast kinetics. For this purpose, two deposition units were constructed / one high vacuum (HV) and the other ultra high vacuum (UHV) deposition system. The HV system was based on a pyrex bell jar and had two independent evaporation sources. The unit was used to deposit films of Mg, Mg capped with Pd and Au-Pd as well as Mg-Cu both in co-deposited and multilayered form within a thickness range of 0.4 to 1.5 &mu / m. The films were crystalline with columnar grains having some degree of preferred orientation. In terms of hydrogen storage properties, Mg/Pd system yielded the most favorable results. These films could desorb hydrogen at temperatures not greater than 473 K. The study on crystalline thin films has further shown that there is a narrow temperature window for useful hydrogenation of thin films, the upper limit of which is determined by the intermetallic formation. The UHV deposition system had four independent evaporation sources and incorporated substrate cooling by circulating cooled nitrogen gas through the substrate holder. Thin films of Mg-Cu were produced in this unit via co-evaporation technique to provide concentrations of 5, 10 and 15 at. % Cu. The films were 250-300 nm thick, capped with a thin layer of Pd, i.e. 5-25 nm. The deposition was yielded nanocrystalline or amorphous Mg-Cu thin films depending on the substrate temperature. At 298 K, the films were crystalline, the structure being refined with the increase in Cu content. At 223 K, the films were amorphous, except for Mg:Cu=95:5. The hydrogen sorption of the films was followed by resistance measurements, with the samples heated isochronally, initially under hydrogen and then under vacuum. The resistance data have shown that hydrogen sorption behaviour of thin films was improved by size refinement, and further by amorphization. Among the films deposited, amorphous Mg:Cu=85:15 alloy could absorb hydrogen at room temperature and could desorb it at 223 K (50 &ordm / C), with fast kinetics.

A molecular-level understanding of a heterogeneous catalytic reaction is the key goal of heterogeneous catalysis. A surface science approach enables the realization of this goal. However, the working conditions (ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) conditions) of traditional surface science techniques restrict the investigations of heterogeneous catalysis system under industrial working conditions (atmospheric pressures). Polarization Modulation Infrared Reflection-Absorption Spectroscopy (PM-IRAS) can be operated in both UHV and atmospheric pressure conditions with a wide temperature span while providing high resolution (4 cm-1 is used in this dissertation) spectra. In this dissertation, PM-IRAS has been employed as a major technique to: 1) obtain both electronic and chemical information of catalysts from UHV to elevated pressure conditions; 2) explore reaction mechanisms by in situ monitoring surface species with concurrent kinetic measurements. In this dissertation, NO adsorption and dissociation on Rh(111) have been studied. Our PM-IRAS spectra show a transition of NO adsorption on three-fold hollow sites to atop sites occurs at low temperatures (<275 K). NO dissociation is found to account for this transition. The results indicated the dissociation of NO occurs well below the temperature previously reported. Characterizations of highly catalytically active Au films have also been carried out. Electronic and chemical properties of (1 x 1)- and (1 x 3)-Au/TiOx/Mo(112) films are investigated by PM-IRAS using CO as a probe molecule. The Au overlayers are found to be electron-rich and to have significantly different electronic properties compared with bulk Au. The exceptionally high catalytic activity of the Au bilayer structure is related to its unique electronic properties. CO oxidation reactions on Rh, Pd, and Pt single crystals are explored from low CO pressures under steady-state conditions (less than 1 x 10-4 Torr) to high pressures (0.01-10 Torr) at various gaseous reactant compositions. Surface CO species are probed with in situ PM-IRAS to elucidate the surface phases under reaction conditions. These experimental results are used to correlate reaction kinetics and surface reactant species. It is evident that there is a continuum over the pressure range studied with respect to the reaction mechanism. The most active phase has been shown to be an oxygen-dominant surface. The formation of a subsurface oxygen layer is found to deactivate the reaction.

Im Rahmen der Dissertation wurden Komplexe Intermetallische Phasen (KIP) in den Systemen Ag-Mg und Ag-Ga-Mg dargestellt und charakterisiert. KIP sind Verbindungen, die sich grundlegend von einfachen Metallen unterscheiden. Große Elementarzellen, ein hierarchisch strukturierter Aufbau und inhärente Fehlordnung sind wesentliche Charakteristika. Empirisch wird zudem eine Häufung von strukturchemisch verwandten KIP (Ähnlichkeitsregel) in der Nähe von definierten Zusammensetzungen beobachtet (Häufungsregel). Obwohl nur wenig über die physikalischen Eigenschaften dieser Verbindungsklasse bekannt ist, zeigen neueste Untersuchungen, dass sie interessante Eigenschaften wie ungewöhnliches plastisches Verhalten und Pseudo-Bandlücken in der elektronischen Zustandsdichte in Höhe der Fermi-Energie aufweisen können. Diese Arbeit zeigt exemplarisch, dass in der Chemie der KIP durchaus einfache Regeln (Häufungs-, Ähnlichkeits-, Valenzelektronenkonzentrationsregel) genutzt werden können, um neue Verbindungen mit vorgegebenen geometrischen Baueinheiten aufzufinden. Vereinfachende Annahmen, wie die Aussage, dass zweikomponentige Mackay-Cluster keine Fehlordnung aufweisen oder dass ein Mackay-Cluster maximal 92 Valenzelektronen enthält, erwiesen sich hingegen als falsch. Die Untersuchungen haben gezeigt, dass eine Kombination verschiedener Synthesemethoden notwendig ist. Insbesondere hat sich das Schmelzspinnverfahren, das zur Darstellung kristalliner magnesiumreicher Legierungen angewandt und modifiziert wurde, bei der phasenreinen Synthese der Verbindungen bewährt. Die Entwicklung von Spritzdüsen aus Tantal ermöglichte die kontaminationsfreie Verarbeitung der Mg-haltigen Legierungen. Die Bestimmung der Kristallstrukturen inklusive der Fehlordnungsphänomene war für das Verständnis der Stabilität der KIP entscheidend. Da häufig zwischen verschiedenen Modellen zur Beschreibung der Fehlordnung entschieden werden musste, waren neben präzisen Beugungsdaten genaue Untersuchungen der Präparate mittels chemischer Analytik, Metallographie und WDX hinsichtlich der Zusammensetzung aller Phasen erforderlich. Der magnesiumreiche Teil des binären Phasendiagramms Ag-Mg wurde neu bestimmt. Dabei wurden zwei bislang unbekannte Phasen dargestellt. Die fünf magnesiumreichen Phasen kristallisieren innerhalb eines schmalen Bereichs von nur 9 At.-% Mg. Die Kristallstrukturen dieser Phasen wurden unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fehlordnungsphänomene untersucht. Die Verbindungen sind strukturchemisch verwandt und lassen sich den I3-Cluster-Phasen zuordnen. Ag2Mg5 kristallisiert ohne Fehlordnung im Al5Co2-Typ. Die Kristallstrukturen von Ag7Mg26 und Ag17Mg54 lassen sich als fcc bzw. bcc Anordnungen von Mackay-Clustern beschreiben. Es handelt sich um die ersten bekannten binären Phasen, in denen innerhalb von isolierten Mackay-Clustern Substitutionsfehlordnung auftritt. AgMg4 kristallisiert hexagonal in einem eigenen Strukturtyp. Das I3-Cluster-Netzwerk füllt den gesamten Raum bis auf einen annähernd zylindrischen Bereich um 0, 0, z, in dem eine Atom-Split-Position aus drei Lagen vorliegt. Lokal liegen drei unterschiedliche Koordinationspolyeder vor, deren Stapelabfolge in der Kristallstruktur von AgMg4 zufällig ist, jedoch mit kurzreichweitiger Korrelation. Es konnte gezeigt werden, dass sich AgMg4 in eine Tieftemperaturphase umwandelt, in der die Polyeder vermutlich langreichweitig unter Bildung einer Überstruktur ordnen. Der Phasenbestand des ternären Systems Ag-Ga-Mg wurde untersucht und die Kristallstrukturen von sechs neuen Phasen bestimmt. Des weitern wurde eine Verbindung im System Ga-Mg-Pd charakterisiert. Anhand der Strukturtypen Al3Ir und Cu3P sowie den Verbindungen Ag0,55Ga0,45Mg3, Ga4,62Mg13,38Pd7 und Ag1,31Ga1,89Mg7,80 wurde gezeigt, wie die Variation von Strukturmotiven durch geringe Abweichungen von idealer Symmetrie zu zunehmend komplexeren Kristallstrukturen führt, die sich stets von Packungen des Edshammarpolyeders ableiten lassen. Drei ternäre Phasen vom I3-Cluster-Typ konnten identifiziert werden: Neben ternären Varianten der Phasen Ag7Mg26 und Ag17Mg54 kristallisiert Ag0,59Ga0,41Mg2 metastabil im NiTi2-Typ. In den strukturchemisch verwandten Phasen Ag6Ga12Mg11 und Ag21Ga74Mg44 bilden die Mg Atome Netzwerke mit Clatrath-II- bzw. Clatrath-IV-Topologie, die mit Ikosaedern und Frank-Kasper-Polyedern aus Ag und Ga gefüllt sind. Diese Phasen werden wahrscheinlich durch das e/a-Verhältnis der gesamten Struktur im Sinne einer Hume-Rothery-Regel stabilisiert.

Les travaux de recherche présentés ici avaient pour objectif principal la synthèse de copolymères statistiques à base d’éthylène et d’acide acrylique (AA). Pour cela, la déprotection des groupements esters d’un copolymère statistique précurseur, le poly(éthylène-co-(tert-butyl)acrylate), a été effectuée par hydrolyse à l’aide d’iodure de triméthylsilyle. La synthèse de ce précurseur est réalisée par polymérisation catalytique en présence d’un système à base de Palladium (Pd). Le deuxième objectif a été d’étudier et de caractériser des polymères synthétisés à l’état solide et en suspension colloïdale. Plusieurs copolymères précurseurs comprenant différents pourcentages molaires en tert-butyl acrylate (4 à 12% molaires) ont été synthétisés avec succès, puis déprotégés par hydrolyse pour obtenir des poly(éthylène-coacide acrylique) (pE-co-AA) avec différentes compositions. Seuls les copolymères comprenant 10% molaire ou plus de AA sont solubles dans le Tétrahydrofurane (THF) et uniquement dans ce solvant. De telles solutions peuvent être dialysées dans l’eau, ce qui conduit à un échange lent entre cette dernière et le THF, et l’autoassemblage du copolymère dans l’eau peut ensuite être étudié. C’est ainsi qu’ont pu être observées des nanoparticules stables dans le temps dont le comportement est sensible au pH et à la température. Les polymères synthétisés ont été caractérisés par Résonance Magnétique Nucléaire (RMN) ainsi que par spectroscopie Infra-Rouge (IR), avant et après déprotection. Les pourcentages molaires d’AA ont été déterminés par combinaison des résultats de RMN et ii de titrages conductimètriques. A l’état solide, les échantillons ont été analysés par Calorimétrie différentielle à balayage (DSC) et par Diffraction des rayons X. Les solutions colloïdales des polymères pE-co-AA ont été caractérisées par Diffusion dynamique de la lumière et par la DSC-haute sensibilité. De la microscopie électronique à transmission (TEM) a permis de visualiser la forme et la taille des nanoparticules. / The first objective of this research is to synthesize random linear copolymers of ethylene and acrylic acid (AA). The synthesis relies on the deprotection of the functional groups in the copolymer’s precursor, which is represented by poly(ethylene-co-tertbutyl acrylate). The synthesis of the precursor was realized by the catalytic approach, where Pd-based catalytic systems are frequently utilized nowadays. The deprotection was carried out by hydrolysis of the ester functionality using trimethylsilyl iodide agent. The second objective is to investigate and characterize the synthesized polymers in the bulk and in colloidal solution. A set of different precursor polymers with various degrees of molar incorporation of tertbutyl acrylate (from 4 to 12 mol %) was successfully synthesized and deprotected. The resulting poly(ethylene-co-acrylic acid) copolymers were found to be soluble in tetrahydrofuran THF, when the molar incorporation of AA reaches the value of 12 and more. This aspect gave the possibility to study the self-assembly of this copolymer in aqueous medium by slow THF to water exchange (dialysis). It was found that the copolymers self-assemble into nano-sized structures and these nanoparticles remain stable in colloidal solution for extended periods of time. Moreover, it was shown that the nanoparticles formed by the discussed copolymer possess thermo- and pH-responsive behaviour. The polymers synthesized were characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and infrared spectroscopies (IR) before and after deprotection. The bulk samples were analyzed by conventional differential scanning calorimetry and by X-ray diffraction iv technique. The molar percentages of AA were determined using a combination of NMR and conductimetric titration. Colloidal solutions of pE-co-AA copolymers were analyzed by dynamic light scattering and high-sensitivity differential scanning calorimetry techniques. The nanoparticles formed were visualized and characterized by transmission electron microscopy.

Ce travail de thèse s’est intéressé au dépôt électrochimique de filmsde palladium ultra-minces sur Au(111), à leur caractérisation et àl’insertion d'hydrogène dans ceux-ci. La caractérisation des nanofilmsen milieu sulfurique montre des signatures bien définies, qui évoluentavec l’épaisseur des dépôts. Nous avons pu attribuer à chaque pic uneréaction spécifique, en accord avec les mécanismes de croissancerévélés par les mesures SXRD in situ. La croissance pseudomorphede la 1ère couche se fait avec une première étape d'adsorption, suiviepar un mécanisme de nucléation et croissance. La croissance 3D de latroisième couche démarre avant la fin de la deuxième couchepseudomorphe.L'absorption d'hydrogène dans les nanofilms a été étudiée en milieusulfurique. L’isotherme d’insertion présente un élargissement dudomaine de la solution solide, un plateau avec une pente dans ledomaine bi-phasique et une diminution du taux maximal d'insertion del’hydrogène par rapport au Pd massif. Ce taux diminue avecl’épaisseur mai approche celui de Pd massif au déla delà de 15 MC.Deux éléments ont été considérés pour expliquer le comportement desisothermes: les deux premières couches pseudomorphes sontcontraintes par le support et des « tours » tridimensionnelles relaxéesse forment au delà de la 2ème couche. / This thesis focused on electro-deposition, characterization andhydrogen strorage of ultrathin palladium film over Au(111). Theelectrochemical characterization of the nanofilms in sulphuric mediumshows well-defined features evolving with the deposit thickness. Wecould assign each peak to a specific reaction, in agreement with thegrowth mechanisms revealed by in situ SXRD measurements. Thepseudomorphic growth of the 1st layer firstly undergoes an adsorptionstep, followed by nucleation and growth mechanism, as shown bycurrent transient measurements. 3D growth of the 3rd layer beginsbefore the completion of the second pseudomorphic one.Hydrogen absorption in the nanofilms was studied in sulphuric mediumas well. Isotherms show an enlargement of the solid solution domain, asloppy plateau in the two-phase region, a decrease of maximuminsertion ratio (H/Pd)max compared to bulk Pd. This last valuedecreases with film thickness, approaching bulk Pd beyond about15 ML. Two contributions were considered to explain the isothermbehaviour: the two first Pd layers heavily constraint by the substrateand the 3D “towers like” relaxed structures growing on the secondpseudomorphic Pd layer.