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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1963. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 77-80).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

<p dir="ltr">Pharmaceutical manufacturing of solid oral dosage forms is undergoing a significant evolution with the introduction of continuous manufacturing and advanced manufacturing technologies such as three-dimensional printing (3DP). Pharmaceutical manufacturing requires new approaches to ensure the quality of excipients and new ways to design and formulate advanced solid oral dosage forms. One example of a raw material that has quality issues is magnesium stearate, the most commonly used excipient in solid oral dosage forms. The complicated physicochemical nature of magnesium stearate introduces variability to the performance of tablet lubrication and dissolution. The lack of understanding on this variability can cause product loss or failure of quality assessments. In addition, new manufacturing methods such as 3DP binder-jet printing of pharmaceuticals have poorly understood quality challenges that need to be explored.</p><p dir="ltr">The specific aims of this project are as follows: [1] To determine the susceptibility of the disordered form to form interconversion and disproportionation when used to make a tablet. The comparison of lab synthesized samples to the more relevant forms that appear in commercial products such as the monohydrate and dihydrate forms of magnesium stearate are included. 13C labeled magnesium stearate of all forms will be prepared to determine which causes the greatest extent of disproportionation.</p><p dir="ltr">[2] To determine if a newly investigated form of magnesium stearate, named the disordered form, is viable for pharmaceutical use. The disordered form must minimize risk impacting dissolution while being an effective lubricant, thereby reducing batch and continuous manufacturing failures.</p><p dir="ltr">[3] To evaluate how 3DP printed tablet manufacturing methods impact critical quality attributes. This work will identify the importance of attributes such as weight; binder composition; excipients; compatible drugs; software; hardware change as a function of raw material attributes (API, powder character, and binder) and critical process parameters.</p>

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L’élaboration de combustible nucléaire UO2-30%PuO2 pour les nouveaux réacteurs nucléaires de Génération IV repose sur l’utilisation de plutonium issu du recyclage des combustibles MOX (Mélange d’OXydes UO2-PuO2) des réacteurs actuels. Par rapport au Pu initial, ce plutonium présente une proportion d’isotopes fissiles beaucoup plus faible et une quantité plus importante (x30) en 238Pu dont l’activité spécifique alpha et la puissance thermique sont importantes. Le procédé d’élaboration du combustible qui consiste à mettre en forme les poudres d’oxydes par pressage met en jeu un lubrifiant organique, le stéarate de zinc. L’objectif de la thèse est d’étudier le comportement en température et sous irradiation de ce composé. Un effet de la montée en température et du vieillissement en température a été observé sur les propriétés cristallographiques du stéarate de zinc, avec une amorphisation partielle du matériau qui engendre une détérioration de ses propriétés de lubrification dès 110°C. La dégradation radiolytique du stéarate de zinc a été étudiée à travers l’analyse des gaz produits par irradiation alpha au contact de poudres de PuO2 ou par irradiation externe aux hélions, complétée par des analyses physico-chimiques du stéarate irradié. Les rendements de production de gaz sont calculés et permettent d’établir un mécanisme de radiolyse. Il a été montré que l’impact de la radiolyse sur les propriétés de lubrification est moindre que l’effet de la température. Le couplage des dégradations a un effet synergique, avec une détérioration des propriétés de lubrification observée à des températures plus faibles que sur le matériau non irradié. A partir de ces résultats, des recommandations d’utilisation du stéarate de zinc ont été proposées. / The manufacturing of nuclear fuels UO2-30%PuO2 for the Gen IV nuclear reactors is based on the use of plutonium coming from MOX (Mixed OXides) fuel recycling from actual reactor. This plutonium would contain a few quantities of fissionable isotopes and a significant amount (x30) of 238Pu compared to initial Pu. This isotope possesses a strong alpha activity and a great thermal power. The manufacturing process which consists in powders pressing will use zinc stearate, an additive used as lubricant. The aim of this PhD is to study the behaviour in temperature and under irradiation of this compound. An effect of temperature increasing and thermal ageing has been observed on crystallographic properties with a material amorphisation and a deterioration of lubricant properties from 110°C. Radiolytic degradation of zinc stearate has been studied through the analysis of gases produced by alpha radiation at the contact of PuO2 powders or by external radiation by helions, with the support of chemical analysis of irradiated solid. Gaz production yields are calculated and enable establishment of a radiolysis mechanism. It has been showed that impact of radiolysis on lubricant properties is less important than temperature effect. The coupling of degradations has a synergic effect, with a deterioration of lubricant properties observed at lower temperature compared to non-irradiated material. From these results, recommendations for use of zinc stearate have been proposed.

Whilst biodiesel has many advantages as a renewable-energy fuel and as a substitute source of petroleum diesel, it suffers from poor performance at both low temperatures and high pressures. Not only does biodiesel crystallise at low temperatures below ~0 °C, but it also crystallises under the high pressures experienced in common-rail and injector systems within diesel engines. Crystalline solids induced by temperature and pressure can clog filters and injectors in the diesel engine, thereby causing engine failure. This thesis focuses on developing an enhanced understanding of the behaviour of biodiesel using a range of spectroscopy and diffraction techniques. The crystallisation behaviour of biodiesel at high pressure (0.1 GPa to 4 GPa) or low temperature (0 °C to -40 °C) was studied in this work. Structural phase transitions of the components of biodiesel induced by both temperature and pressure were observed. On account of the complex nature of biodiesel, it proved difficult to characterise these changes in biodiesel itself. Instead, one of the main components, methyl stearate, was therefore investigated. The crystallisation behaviour of methyl stearate is temperature-sensitive. A new polymorph of form II was successfully characterised by single crystal diffraction - by growing crystals from a saturated carbon disulfide solution at room temperature while data collection was conducted at 120 K. Form III was obtained by crystallisation from melt followed by slow cooling. Structural characterisation using single crystal diffraction showed disordered packing behaviour of the molecules in this form. The crystal structure of form IV was obtained using a combination of synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction and high resolution neutron powder diffraction. It was crystallised from the melt by quench cooling at low temperature. The thermal expansion behaviour of this form was also investigated in this work. Furthermore, a phase transition from form IV to form V was observed in neutron diffraction experiments for a fully deuterated sample, but no evidence for this transition was observed in X-ray diffraction studies. Due to the complexity of methyl stearate and the limitations of the experimental data, the crystal structure of form V was not solved. In addition to the temperature studies, the crystallisation behaviour of methyl stearate under variable pressure conditions was investigated in this work. A diamond-anvil cell was employed to generate high-pressure environments. Synchrotron high-pressure X-ray powder diffraction and Raman spectroscopy showed that pressures of as little as 0.1 GPa can induce form IV of methyl stearate to convert to form II. Four phase transitions in the pressure range of 0.1 GPa to 6.3 GPa were also observed. The phase behaviour of methyl stearate induced by pressure is reversible and form II was recovered when the pressure was released. The structure of these high-pressure phases of methyl stearate have still to be determined. High-pressure neutron powder diffraction experiments have also been conducted with form IV of methyl stearate using a Paris-Edinburgh Press. Fluorinert (FC-87) was employed as pressure-transmitting medium to generate hydrostatic condition. No evidence of a phase transition was observed in the pressure range up to 3.31 GPa.

At the start of this project, the possible choices of metal soaps had already been narrowed to include some of the zinc soaps used in this project. These zinc soaps are mixtures of zinc stearate and zinc palmitate of varying ratios purchased from a supplier. Zinc soap was chosen as result of its common use in various industries as a lubricant and mold release, which implied potential benefits in an electrophotographic printing system. These potential benefits include, but are not limited to, a more efficient transfer from a photoconductive drum and protection of the drum from mechanical and chemical degradation. Nanoindentation of these soaps was implemented in an effort to characterize each soap mixture and compare how the soap types differed from one another. Each sample was indented under a variety of different maximum loads and at different holding times to observe effects on the modulus, hardness, and, creep. The mechanical properties measured were then used to help distinguish differences between each type and provide an insight as to how or why one mixture may be preferable over another. The data could be utilized in conjunction with further testing to be used in a simulation of an interface of interest.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-10T10:29:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marlene Neves Antunes.pdf: 10408234 bytes, checksum: c1e51577817677c6ded3b53d4a4bbb59 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-11-05 / The medicinal plants have been a rich source for obtaining bioactive molecules, constituting one of the most successful strategies in the discovery of novel medicines. The specie Cochlospermum regium (Martius and Schrank) Pilger (Bixaceae), popularly known as algodãozinho-do-campo is a native plant, abundant in Brazilian Cerrado. After an ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological research carried out at Tocantins State it was showed that this plant is used in folk medicine to treat several illnesses. Among the therapeutic indications the most frequents are: gynecological and renal inflammations, prostatitis, a few kinds of pains, fever, gastritis and skin affections, among others. This study aimed to contribute to the knowledge of the chemical constituents of C. regium. For this, extracts solutions were obtained by an exhausting way maceration of this plants roots in the solvents: hexane, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate and methanol, in this sequence increasing polarity, obtaining the following income rude mass macerated: 1,78%, 0,23%; 0,51% and 12,16%, respectively. The phytochemical investigation of the hexane extract (CrRH) allowed the isolation of substance initially identified as SA (7,0 mg), an unpublished chemical compound, still in characterization process and Substance SB (20,0 mg), identified as excelsina, a lignan reported for the first time in this specie. From the CrRH1 fraction originated by the fractionating chromatography column of the hexane extract was isolated the substance SC (6,0 mg) identified as a steroid, still in structural elucidation. From the dichloromethane extract (CrRD) the substance SD (9,0 mg) was isolated and identified as phidroxicinamic acid stereate, whose structures are not yet fully defined. Data obtained so far indicate the existence of a mixture of p-hidroxicinâmic acids, probably varying the size of the side chain ester. On the fractionation of ethyl acetate extract was obtained the substance SE (23mg) originated from the CrRAc1 fraction and identified as naringenin, a common flavanone in the genus Cochlospermum, have been also isolated in the stalk bark of this specie, not having, however, reports the presence of this flavanone in roots of C. regium. And finally, the SF substance (15,0 mg), originated of the CrRAc2 fraction, which was also identified as excelsina. / As plantas medicinais têm sido uma rica fonte para obtenção de moléculas bioativas, constituindo-se numa das mais bem sucedidas estratégias na descoberta de novos medicamentos. A espécie Cochlospermum regium (Martius e Schrank) Pilger (Bixaceae), popularmente conhecida como algodãozinho-do-campo, é uma planta nativa, abundante no cerrado brasileiro. No Tocantins, levantamento etnobotânico e etnofarmacológico realizado demonstrou que esta planta é utilizada na medicina popular no tratamento de várias enfermidades. Entre as indicações terapêuticas mais freqüentes estão: inflamações ginecológicas e renais, prostatites, dores diversas, febre, gastrite e afecções de pele, entre outras. Assim, este trabalho teve como objetivo contribuir para o conhecimento dos constituintes químicos de C. regium. Para tanto, foram obtidos extratos macerando-se diretamente, de forma exaustiva, as raízes da espécie nos solventes hexano, diclorometano, acetato de etila e metanol, nesta seqüência crescente de polaridade, obtendo-se o seguinte rendimento da massa bruta macerada: 1,78%, 0,23%; 0,51% e 12,16%, respectivamente. A análise fitoquímica do extrato hexano (CrRH) permitiu o isolamento das substâncias identificadas inicialmente como SA (7,0mg), composto inédito, ainda em processo de caracterização e Substância SB (20,0 mg), identificada como excelsina, uma lignana reportada pela primeira vez nesta espécie. Da fração CrRH1 proveniente do fracionamento cromatográfico do extrato hexânico, isolou-se a substância SC (6,0 mg) identificada como esteróide, ainda em fase de elucidação estrutural. Do extrato diclorometânico (CrRD) foi isolada a substância SD (9,0 mg), identificada como ácido p-hidroxicinâmico estereato, cuja estrutura ainda não está totalmente definida. Dados obtidos até o momento apontam a existência uma mistura de ácidos p-hidroxicinâmicos, provavelmente variando o tamanho da cadeia lateral do éster. Do fracionamento do extrato acetato de etila obteve-se a substância SE (23mg) originada da fração CrRAc1 e identificada como naringenina, flavanona comum no gênero Cochlospermum, tendo sido isolada, também, na casca do caule desta espécie, não havendo, entretanto, relatos da presença desta flavonona em raiz de C. regium. E finalmente, a substância SF (15,0 mg) originada da fração CrRAc2, que também foi identificada como excelsina.