Neste trabalho é apresentado o estudo de alguns dos principais parâmetros envolvidos na fabricação de filmes finos de brometo de tálio (TlBr) por meio da técnica de spray pyrolysis. Investigamos a possibilidade desta técnica vir a se tornar um método alternativo para fabricação de filmes finos de TlBr com qualidade adequada para a confecção de dispositivos detectores de radiação de altas energias, como raios-X e raios-γ. O tempo de fabricação e a qualidade dos filmes eram limitados pelo problema da formação de gotas d’água na parte superior da câmara de deposição, o que resultava na incidência destas gotas sobre os filmes, posteriormente. O problema foi resolvido por meio de um sistema de aquecimento extrínseco ao equipamento. A investigação dos parâmetros citados se deu pela variação dos fluxos de nitrogênio e da solução de TlBr, pelas variações da posição dos substratos no porta substrato, da temperatura e do grau de saturação das soluções. As propriedades cristalinas e estruturais dos filmes foram verificadas pela técnica de difração de raios-X e por microscopia eletrônica de varredura, respectivamente. Os resultados mostram que o pico de intensidade dos planos cristalinos preferenciais dos filmes tendem a se tornar mais intensos para soluções saturadas, fabricados com baixo fluxo de nitrogênio e a temperaturas próximas de 100oC. No entanto, dependendo da posição dos filmes sobre o porta-substrato, a intensidade dos picos, assim como a rugosidade superficial, variam significativamente. Com efeito, conseguimos estender o processo de deposição para qualquer tempo desejado, o que implica, a princípio, em filmes mais espessos e de melhor qualidade. / This work presents the results about the investigation of the importance of some of the main parameters related to the fabrication of thin films of thallium bromide (TlBr) using the spray pyrolysis technique. We evaluated the possibilities for the future use of this technique in the development of high quality TlBr thin films to be used as high-energy radiation (such as X- and gamma rays) detectors. The total deposition time as well as the quality of the films were limited due to the formation of water droplets at the inner part of the top surface of the deposition chamber. These droplets would eventually fall over the substrates damaging the sample. This problem was solved by the use of an external heating system. The investigated deposition parameters were: nitrogen and solution flows, substrate position on top of the substrate holder, deposition temperature and composition of the solution. The crystalline and structural properties of the thin films were investigated by X-ray diffraction and Scanning Electron Microscopy. According to the results obtained from the diffraction experiments, the crystalline peaks increase with the saturation of the solution, low nitrogen flow and deposition temperatures close to 100oC. Nevertheless, the substrate position can also influence the crystallinity and amount of deposited material. In summary, we optimized the deposition parameters for the development of thick and high quality films that could be used for the development of sensors in the future.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-09T12:34:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-09T14:03:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Este trabalho teve como objetivos estabelecer os protocolos para o cálculo de incertezas de medição e a interpretação dos resultados de monitoração do Laboratório de Monitoração In Vivo (LMIV). Especificamente, o trabalho visou quantificar a contribuição dos fatores de influência para o cálculo de incertezas, e estabelecer a incerteza nas medidas. Foram utilizados dois detectores cintiladores de iodeto de sódio ativados com tálio (NaI:Tl) que possuem dimensões de 8x4\" (detector de corpo inteiro) e 3x3\" (detector de tireóide), um analisador multicanal EG&G Ortec, modelo 920E, e um microcomputador onde os espectros são adquiridos, analisados e armazenados com o auxílio do programa Renascence32, Ortec. As medições foram realizadas utilizando-se o objeto simulador antropomórfico do Alderson Research Labs. O radionuclídeo de interesse adotado para este estudo foi o 137Cs. Foram estudadas as influências dos fatores operador, geometria de medição, condições ambientais, flutuações eletrônicas com o tempo e baixa atividade. A análise das incertezas resultou em uma incerteza combinada relativa de 15,7% para o sistema 8x4\" e 9,8% para o sistema 3x3\". Estes valores foram obtidos seguindo os princípios recomendados no Guia para Expressão da Incerteza de Medição (GUM) da Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology (JCGM). / Dissertação (Mestrado) / IPEN/D / Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares - IPEN-CNEN/SP

The present study involves the determination of traces of thallium and mercury in aqueous solution by forming ion-association complexes of these metals with rhodamine 6G (R6G) in the presence of iodide. Thallium(lll) and mercury(Il) are able to quench the fluorescence of R6G in the presence of iodide by forming ion—association complexes, and the degree of quenching correlates with the thallium(III) or mercury(II) concentrations . By using this method, the minimum amount of thallium- (III) that can be determined in aqueous solutions is approximately 4.00 X 10-6m, while the minimum amount of mercury(II) is approximately 3.00 X 10-6m. Thallium(I) cannot be determined by this method because it is not possible to form ion-association complexes under similar experimental conditions therefore, this method can be used to differentiate between Tl(I) and Tl(III) in aqueous solution. To elucidate the composition of the ion-association complexes in aqueous solutions two spectrophotometric methods are used: the mole-ratio method and the continuous- variation method. The experimental results seem to indicate that two complexes are formed for the mercury(II)-R6G-iodide system. The empirical compositions of these complexes are tentatively determined to be [(R6G)HgI3] and [(R6G)2HgI4).

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Esta tese descreve a primeira síntese assimétrica do sesquiterpeno fenólico (+)-(1S, 3R)-mutisiantol, assim como de seu enantiômero não-natural. O (+)-mutisiantol foi obtido em 11 etapas a partir do 2-metil-anisol, em rendimento global de 14% e excesso enantiomérico de 90%. Estas sínteses permitiram determinar a configuração absoluta deste produto natural. A etapa-chave da síntese consistiu na hidrogenação assimétrica do 4,7-dimetil-6- metóxi-1,2-di-hidronaftaleno, utilizando-se catalisadores opticamente ativos de irídio, conhecidos como Ir-PHOX. Com esta reação foi possível obter tanto o (+)-(S)- quanto o ()- (R)-1,6-dimetil-7-metóxi-1,2,3,4-di-hidronafaleno em ótimos rendimentos e excessos enantioméricos. Uma outra etapa importante desta síntese foi a reação de contração de anel do 1,6- dimetil-7-metóxi-1,2-di-hidronaftaleno. Esta oxidação foi realizada através da reação do 1,2- di-hidronaftaleno com tálio(III) ou com iodo(III). Ambos oxidantes levaram exclusivamente ao trans-indano desejado em rendimentos que variaram de moderado a bom. Esta tese também descreve a preparação, em excelentes excessos enantioméricos, de uma série de 1-tetralóis opticamente ativos, através de dois tipos diferentes de biotransformações: a) a resolução cinética enzimática de 1-tetralóis mediada por CALB; e b) a biorredução de 1-tetralonas mediada por Daucus carota. / This thesis presents the first asymmetric synthesis of the phenolic sesquiterpene (+)- (1S, 3R)-mutisianthol, as well as its non-natural enantiomer. The (+)-mutisianthol was obtained in 11 steps from 2-methylanisole, with 14% overall yield and enantiomeric excess of 90%. This synthesis allowed to assign the absolute configuration of this natural product. The key-step was an asymmetric hydrogenation of 4,7-dimethyl-6-methoxy-1,2- dihydronaphthalene using optically active iridium catalysts, known as Ir-PHOX. This reaction led to the either (+)-(S) or ()-(R)-1,6-dimethyl-7-methoxy-1,2,3,4-dihydronaphthalene in good yields and enantiomeric excess. Another important step of the route was the ring contraction reaction of the 1,6- dimethyl-7-methoxy-1,2-dihydronaphthalene, which was performed using thallium(III) or iodine(III). Both oxidants led exclusively to the desired trans-indan in good to excellent yield. This thesis also describes the preparation of a series of optically active 1-tetralols in excellent enantiomeric excesses, using two different biotransformations: a) the kinetic enzymatic resolution of 1-tetralols mediated by CALB and b) the bioreduction of 1-tetralones mediated by Daucus carota.

A primeira parte deste trabalho teve como objetivo a síntese da (+)-baquenolida A empregando uma reação de contração de anel como etapa chave. A molécula alvo foi alcançada diastereosseletivamente em 15 etapas e com rendimento global de 6,2% a partir da cetona de Wieland-Miescher opticamente ativa, que foi preparada por meio de uma reação de anelação de Robinson assimétrica. Estudos realizados para a otimização da etapa chave exibiram melhores resultados quando trinitrato de tálio (TTN) foi empregado como oxidante. Contudo, o reagente de iodo(III) (diacetóxi)iodobenzeno (DIB) também pôde ser empregado para realizar esta transformação na presença de ácido ou quantidade catalítica de TTN, mas com baixos rendimentos. Foi estudada a oxidação de cis-octalinas e derivados com TTN em acetonitrila. A reação de diversos derivados de cis-octalinas com tálio(III) levou a diferentes produtos, dependendo principalmente do padrão de substituição do substrato. Os resultados mais promissores foram a obtenção de cis-hidrindanos funcionalizados a partir dos substratos 1,2,3,4,4a,5,8,8a-octa-hidro- 4a-metilnaftaleno e 1,2,3,4,4a,5,8,8a-octa-hidro-4a,7-dimetilnaftaleno. Considerando que o grupo metoxila é muito estável e mesmo assim a reação do substrato 1,2,3,4,4a,5,8,8a-octa-hidro-1- metóxi-6,8a-dimetilnaftaleno com TTN levou ao produto de contração em baixo rendimento, concluímos que a presença de grupos funcionais contendo oxigênio na posição C-1 prejudica o rearranjo oxidativo para a formação do produto de contração. A utilização de acetonitrila como solvente nas reações de oxidação de 1,2-dihidronaftalenos mediadas por TTN proporcionou a obtenção de produtos de contração a partir de substratos contendo ligação dupla trissubstituída. Uma vez que produtos de contração são isolados nas reações de di-hidronaftalenos trissubstituídos com tálio(III) ou com iodo(III) em acetonitrila, mas são obtidos apenas produtos de adição nas reações em metanol ou trimetilortoformiato, podemos concluir que o sucesso da reação de contração depende essencialmente da natureza do solvente. Finalmente, este trabalho apresenta os resultados obtidos durante a preparação do reagente de Koser [hidróxi(tosilóxi)iodobenzeno, HTIB] e derivados a partir de iodo molecular e arenos ou iodoarenos. O emprego de um procedimento \"one-pot\" em duas etapas foi uma boa alternativa para a preparação do HTIB a partir de benzeno, mas forneceu piores resultados que o procedimento em uma única etapa quando arenos contendo grupos doadores de elétrons foram utilizados como substratos. Não foi possível preparar derivados do reagente de Koser a partir de arenos contendo grupos retiradores de elétrons. De acordo com os resultados obtidos para a preparação de derivados do reagente de Koser a partir de iodoarenos, verificamos a promissora utilização de 1,1,1-trifluoroetanol (TFE) como co-solvente / The first part of this work aimed the synthesis of (+)-bakkenolide A employing a ring contraction reaction as key step. The target molecule was achieved, with high diastereoselectivity, in 15 steps and in 6.2% overall yield from the optically active Wieland-Miescher ketone, which was prepared by an asymmetric Robinson annulation. Studies to optimize the key step showed better results when thallium trinitrate (TTN) was used as oxidant. However, the iodine(III) reagent (diacetoxy)iodobenzene (DIB) could also be employed to promote this transformation in the presence of acid or catalytic amounts of TTN, but with low yields. We studied the oxidation of cis-octalins and derivatives with TTN in acetonitrile. The reaction of several cis-octalins derivatives with thallium(III) furnished different products, depending mainly on the substitution pattern of the substrate. The most promising results were the preparation of functionalized cis-hydrindanes from 1,2,3,4,4a,5,8,8a-octahydro-4amethylnaphthalene and from 1,2,3,4,4a,5,8,8a-octahydro-4a,7-dimethylnaphthalene. Since methoxy group is one of the more stable protecting groups for alcohols and still the reaction of the 1,2,3,4,4a,5,8,8a-octahydro-1-methoxy-6,8a-dimethylnaphthalene with TTN led to the ring contraction product in low yield, we conclude that the presence of oxygen-containing functional groups at the C-1 affect the oxidative rearrangement. The use of acetonitrile as solvent in TTN-mediated oxidation of 1,2-dihydronaphthalenes furnished ring contraction products from substrates containing trisubstituted double bond. Since ring contraction products are isolated in the reactions of trisubstituted dihydronaphthalenes either with thallium(III) or with iodine(III) in acetonitrile, but only addition products are obtained from reactions in methanol or in trimethylorthoformate, we concluded that the success of the ring contraction reaction dependes on the nature of the solvent. Finally, this thesis presents the results obtained during the preparation of the Koser\'s reagent [hydroxy(tosyloxy)iodobenzene, HTIB] and derivatives from molecular iodine and arenes or iodoarenos. The use of a one-pot two-step procedure was a good alternative for the preparation of HTIB from benzene, but gave worse results than the procedure in one-step when arenes containing electron donor groups were used as substrates. We could not prepare Koser\'s reagent derivatives from arenes containing electron-withdrawing groups. According to the results obtained for the preparation of Koser\'s reagent derivatives from iodoarenos, we could observe the promising use of 1,1,1-trifluoroethanol (TFE) as co-solvent.

Ce mémoire de thèse décrit la synthèse et l'étude d'un nouvel oxyde de formulation TlSr2CoO5, dont la structure est apparentée à celle des cuprates supraconducteurs dits "1201". TlSr2CoO5 présente une transition structurale associée à une transition isolant-métal au voisinage de la température ambiante. La phase haute température métallique est effectivement isotype du cuprate de thallium TlSr2CuO5. La phase basse température est caractérisée par microscopie électronique à transmission et diffraction des rayons X issus du rayonnement synchrotron. Elle présente une modulation des distances Co-O à l'origine d'une surstructure et de la stabilisation de configurations électroniques particulières du cobalt. La caractérisation de TlSr2CoO5 est complétée par une étude EXAFS et XANES au seuil K du cobalt ainsi que par une étude des propriétés électroniques (Mesures de susceptibilité magnétique, propriétés de transport, RMN, calculs de structures de bande). Nous proposons alors un modèle expliquant les propriétés de transport.

<p>Thallium is a highly toxic element that humans are exposed to mainly by consumption of drinking water and vegetables grown in soil with high thallium content but also through inhalation of particles in the air. Thallium is also present in fossil fuels, alloys, and in electronic utilities. The increasing use of the element and emissions from notably energy production has lead to a higher load on the surface of the Earth. This study aims at increasing the knowledge about the behaviour of thallium in aquatic environments. Focus has been on the redox chemistry of thallium in relation to its mobility, which is of great importance because Tl(I) and Tl(III) have very different properties in this respect.</p><p>The relationship between Tl(I) and Tl(III) in surface waters from contaminated and uncontaminated environments was examined by ion chromatography connected on line to ICP-MS (inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry). It was found in controlled systems that even though Tl(III) is thermodynamically unstable under fresh water conditions Tl(I) was oxidised in the presence of light and iron(III). This was also confirmed in field studies. When lake water samples were exposed to light, Tl(I) was oxidised and thallium was lost from the solution. The most likely explanation for this was adsorption of thallium to particle surfaces.</p><p>The concentration of thallium in Swedish lakes and soil were measured. In unpolluted lakes the concentration ranges between 4.5-12 ng/l, the sediment concentration was 0.07-1.46 mg/kg. The anthropogenic load was found to have increased since the end of the Second World War although concentrations above background were found since the early industrialisation. In contaminated areas the concentration in soil ranges from 0.64-88 mg/kg, high concentrations were found in systems with alum shale and in soil exposed to runoff from a lead and zinc enrichment plant.</p><p>The mobilisation of thallium from solid phases in contaminated areas was dependent on pH and about 50% of the leachable content was mobilised already at pH 5-6. Once it had been released to water it was highly mobile. These conditions suggest that in a large part of the Swedish environment a high mobility of thallium can be expected.</p>

The use of slotted quartz tube (SQT) as an atom trap in atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) provides a more stable chemical environment for atomization / the technique is simple and easily applicable in any laboratory. This thesis study involves application of SQT together with some other approaches to thallium determination by AAS. The first stages involve the efforts to improve nebulization efficiency of conventional flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) with and without the use of SQT. This is achieved by mixing 100 &micro / L of propanol with 500 &micro / L of Tl standard solution using the optimum conditions. By this method, Propanol-SQT-FAAS, 4.49 times enhancement in sensitivity has been obtained with respect to conventional FAAS, method in which the characteristic concentration was calculated as 894 ng/mL. The second stage of investigation is about the use of SQT as an atom trap, AT, preconcentration device for thallium determination. The similar technique has been successfully applied to some other analytes such as Pb, Cd, Bi and Au / detection limits at the level of ng/mL were obtained in the previous studies. In the present work, the analyte atoms are trapped on the inner surface of SQT in the presence of a lean air-acetylene flame for few minutes. After this collection step, a volume of methyl isobutyl ketone, MIBK, amounting to 10-50 microliters is introduced via conventional nebulization / this causes a momentary alteration in the flame composition and thus results in the release of trapped analyte atoms from the quartz surface. This revolatilization step is followed by a rapid atomization and transient signal was obtained. In addition to this method, a novel approach has been investigated where the inner surface of SQT was modified by using a metal coating with low volatility. For this purpose, eight different coating materials which were tungsten, palladium, molybdenum, gold, tantalum, zirconium, titanium and osmium, have been applied to the inner surface of SQT and as osmium was found to be most appropriate one, the rest of the study was continued with Os-Coated-SQT. This modification provided a better surface than quartz alone so that analyte atoms are trapped more efficiently and also released easily. Although the working principle of the Coated-SQT-AT-FAAS method is same with SQT-AT-FAAS, the conditions for SQT-AT-FAAS and Os-Coated-SQT-AT-FAAS methods were optimized seperately. Limit of detections, 3s/m, has been found to be 38 ng/mL and 3.5 ng/mL for these cases, respectively. While the SQT-AT-FAAS method has provided 92 fold enhancement, the Os-Coated-SQT-AT-FAAS method has provided a 319 fold sensitivity improvement with respect to conventional FAAS method.

Die Arbeit befaßt sich mit binären Legierungssystemen, die eine geringe Mischbarkeit der Komponenten im festen Zustand und eine Entmischungstendenz in der Schmelze aufweisen. Die Nahordnung in den binären Legierungsschmelzen Ag-Bi, Bi-Cu und Cu-Pb wird über einen großen Konzentrationsbereich mit Röntgenbeugung untersucht, die Nahordnung und die mittelreichweitige Ordnung in der Ga-Tl-Schmelze hingegen im kritischen Bereich mit Neutronenweitwinkel- und Kleinwinkelbeugung. Ag-Bi und Bi-Cu sind eutektische Systeme mit einem Wendepunkt in der Liquiduslinie, während die Systeme Cu-Pb und Ga-Tl monotektisch sind und eine Mischungslücke im flüssigen Bereich aufweisen. Die Arbeit stellt die verwendeten Beugungsmethoden vor und beschreibt die Röntgendiffraktometrie besonders ausführlich. Die erhaltenen Strukturfaktoren und Paarverteilungsfunktionen werden dargestellt und mit anderen Untersuchungen verglichen. Durch Modellierung werden charakteristische Eigenheiten der Entmischungssysteme wie die Aufspaltung des ersten Maximums, die negativen Faber-Ziman-Strukturfaktoren bei kleinen Q-Werten und die schwache Struktur bei großen Q-Werten qualitativ wiedergegeben. Im Fall der Bi-Cu Schmelze wird durch Kombination von Daten aus Röntgen- und Neutronenbeugung mit Reverse Monte Carlo Simulation ein neuer Satz von partiellen Strukturfaktoren ermittelt, bei dem die partiellen Strukturfaktoren S_{BiCu}(Q) für die Bi-Cu-Wechselwirkung über den gesamten Konzentrationsbereich zuverlässiger sind als zuvor. Mit der Kleinwinkelstreuung werden die Konzentrationsfluktuationen im kristischen Bereich der Ga-Tl-Legierungsschmelze quantitativ beschrieben. / (Short- and medium-range order in the binary liquid alloys : Ag-Bi, Bi-Cu, Cu-Pb, Ga-Tl) The short-range order (SRO) and the medium-range order (MRO) are investigated in binary alloys with a negligible solubility of the components in the solid state and a demixing tendency in the liquid state. Ag-Bi and Bi-Cu are eutectic systems with an inflexion point in the liquidus line; Cu-Pb and Ga-Tl are monotectic with a miscibility gap in the liquid state. The SRO in the Ag-Bi, Bi-Cu and Cu-Pb melts is studied by means of X-ray diffraction over a large concentration range, whereas wide-angle and small-angle neutron scattering are used for investigation of the SRO and MRO of the Ga-Tl melt near the critical concentration. The diffraction methods used in the work are presented. The treatment of the X-ray scattering data is discussed in detail. The obtained Faber-Ziman total structure factors S(Q) and pair correlation functions g(r) are plotted and compared with results from the literature. The peculiarities of S(Q) such as the splitting of the first maximum, the negative Faber-Ziman structure factors in the Q-range near 1 Å^-1, the vanishing structure oscillations for Q-values beyond the first maximum are described qualitatively with a simple demixing model. In the case of the Bi-Cu melt, the contrast between X-Ray and neutron diffraction is used to assess the partial structure factors with Reverse Monte Carlo simulation. It is shown that the MRO of the Ga-Tl melt at the critical concentration is well described with a correlation length in the Ornstein-Zernike theory.