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Gill, Michael. "Polyaniline-silica colloidal nanocomposites." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.239632.
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The work presented in this thesis provides a new route to a colloidal form of polyaniline, which uses colloidal silica as a dispersant. We obtained stable colloidal dispersions of polyaniline-silica composite particles with a 'raspberry' morphology. Compressed pellets of these particles exhibit solid-state conductivities of 1O-!_10-2 S crrr l, which is approximately 1-2 orders of magnitude lower than that of polyaniline bulk powder. This novel colloidal form of polyaniline has significantly improved processability compared to conventionally synthesised polyaniline. The synthesis and chemical characterisations are presented for various polyaniline-silica colloidal nanocomposites. The quantity of polyaniline incorporated into the nanocomposite particles can be controlled by varying the diameter of the silica dispersant, approximately 20% and 60 % polyaniline content being obtained using 120 nm and 10 nm diameter silica respectively. The average particle size ranges of nanocomposites was found to be 150 to 700 nm and 330 to 560 nm, as determined by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and disc centrifuge photosedimentometry (DCP) respectively. The nanomorphology and surface composition of the polyanilinesilica particles were determined by small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) respectively. The average inter-particle separation distance of the silica particles within the polyaniline-silica raspberries was determined by SAXS to be 4 nm, a dimension equivalent to molecular polyaniline. The XPS data suggests that the surface of the particles is silica rich, this is consistant with their long term colloidal stability in 1.2 mole dm-3 HCl. The kinetics of polymerisation was studied using 1H NMR spectroscopy to monitor the disappearance of aniline monomer. Polymerisation rates during the synthesis of polyaniline-silica nanocomposites were appreciably faster than the corresponding precipitation polymerisations carried out in the absence of silica dispersants, due primarily to an increase in the second auto-catalytic step of the reaction. Rate constants were determined for both these types of synthesis; the values obtained for the precipitation polymerisations were in reasonably good agreement with literature values.
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Corradi, Roberto. "Conducting polymer-silica colloidal composites." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.263866.
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Ramli, Nor Hanuni. "Ultrafiltration of polydisperse colloidal silica." Thesis, Swansea University, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.678552.
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Yuan, Zheng. "Impact of Colloidal Silica on Silicone Oil-Silica Mixed Antifoams." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1491562587653182.
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Spencer, Laura Marie. "Evaluation of sand treated with colloidal silica gel." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/37131.
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Liquefiable soils are common at ports due to the use of hydraulic fills for construction of waterfront facilities. Liquefaction-induced ground failure can result in permanent ground deformations that can cause loss of foundation support and structural damage. This can lead to substantial repair and/or replacement costs and business interruption losses that can have an adverse effect on the port and the surrounding community. Although numerous soil improvement methods exist for remediating a liquefaction-prone site, many of these methods are poorly suited for developed sites because they could damage existing infrastructure and disrupt port operations. An alternative is to use a passive remediation technique. Treating liquefiable soils with colloidal silica gel via permeation grouting has been shown to resist cyclic deformations and is a candidate to be used as a soil stabilizer in passive mitigation.
The small-strain dynamic properties are essential to determine the response to seismic loading. The small-to-intermediate strain shear modulus and damping ratio of loose sand treated with colloidal silica gel was investigated and the influence of colloidal silica concentration was determined. The effect of introducing colloidal silica gel into the pore space in the initial phase of treatment results in a 10% to 12% increase in the small-strain shear modulus, depending on colloidal silica concentration. The modulus reduction curve indicates that treatment does not affect the linear threshold shear strain, however the treated samples reduce at a greater rate than the untreated samples in the intermediate-strain range above 0.01% cyclic shear strain. It was observed that the treated sand has slightly higher damping ratio in the small-strain range; however, at cyclic shear strains around 0.003% the trend reverses and the untreated sand begins to have higher damping ratio.
Due to the nature of the colloidal silica gelation process, chemical bonds continue to form with time, thus the effect of aging on the dynamic properties is important. A parametric study was performed to investigate the influence of gel time on the increase in small-strain shear modulus. The effect of aging increases the small-strain shear modulus after gelling by 200 to 300% for the 40-minute-gel time samples with a distance from gelation (time after gelation normalized by gel time) of 1000 to 2000; 700% for the 2-hour-gel time sample with a distance from gelation of 1000; and 200 to 400% for the 20-hour-gel time samples with a distance from gelation of 40 to 100.
The treatment of all potentially liquefiable soil at port facilities with colloidal silica would be cost prohibitive. Identifying treatment zones that would reduce the lateral pressure and resulting pile bending moments and displacements caused by liquefaction-induced lateral spreading to prevent foundation damage is an economic alternative. Colloidal silica gel treatment zones of varying size and location were evaluated by subjecting a 3-by-3 pile group in gently sloping liquefiable ground to 1-g shaking table tests. The results are compared to an untreated sample. The use of a colloidal silica treatment zone upslope of the pile group results in reduced maximum bending moments and pile displacements in the downslope row of piles when compared to an untreated sample; the presence of the treatment zone had minimal effect on the other rows of piles within the group.
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Weisen, Albree Rae. "Thermorheological Dynamics of Glycerol-Based Colloidal Silica Suspensions." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1626785313712582.
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Sinclair, Luke Alexander. "Development of a silica scaling test rig." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Mechanical Engineering, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7002.
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One of the most significant problems faced in the geothermal power industry is that of scaling due to amorphous silica. The silica can deposit out of super-saturated brine in monomeric form and as colloidal particles. Deposition can occur at problematic rates on pipe surfaces and in the rocks of the
re-injection wells. Currently there are a number of methods for controlling deposition but the fundamental mechanisms that govern the transport and attachment of silica are not well understood.
Many field experiments on silica scaling have been conducted but, due to differences in brine chemistry and operational conditions, the results are hard to compare. Many laboratory experiments have also been performed but these are difficult to correlate with the field experiments. Previous research has found that hydrodynamics are important for the deposition of colloidal particles and inertial impaction was proposed to be the dominant transport mechanism.
These results were analysed and, in contradiction, the dominant transport mechanism of the particles was theoretically expected to be that of diffusion. A series of experiments were planned that could test the effect of hydrodynamics on colloidal silica deposition in cylindrical pipe flow. Three parameters were to be varied in the experiment: particle size (10nm and 100nm), Reynolds number (750 - 23,600) and viscous boundary layer thickness (0.06 - 0.38mm).
To perform this experimentation, a Silica Scaling Test Rig was designed, built and commissioned. A method for producing synthetic brine was developed which can provide sols that are stable for at least one month and have a particle size of 10-20nm. Silica deposition has successfully been obtained in
three preliminary experiments using the rig.
Without the exclusion of air from the rig significant corrosion occurs in the mild steel test piece. Protrusions that were likely to be silica deposits were found to be co-located with the corrosion, suggesting that one process promotes the other. Neither deposition nor corrosion was found on the pipe’s weld seam and heat affected zone.
Corrosion was prevented using an oxygen exclusion system and two amorphous silica deposition structures were observed: a flat plate-like structure and a globular structure that consisted of 1-5μm diameter globules that built up on each other. Other field and laboratory experiments have produced globular structures similar to those found in this research.
To perform the planned experimentation, future work is required: the silica deposition rate must be increased, colloidal silica sol stability must be improved, and some modifications must be made to the rig.
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Le, Thai Van. "Silica colloidal crystals as new materials for biomolecule separations." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file, 117 p, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdlink?did=1251902811&Fmt=7&clientId=79356&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Lesaine, Arnaud. "Structural and mechanical properties of dried colloidal silica layers." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018SACLS597/document.
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Le séchage d’une suspension colloïdale produit une couche solide plus ou moins poreuse. Ce processus intervient dans de nombreuses applications, telles que le procédé sol-gel ou la fabrication de laques et de peintures. Durant le séchage, l’évaporation du solvant entraîne la rétraction du matériau ; des contraintes importantes peuvent alors apparaître dans les couches colloïdales, les rendant susceptibles de se fracturer. Il est ainsi crucial de comprendre l’influence de paramètres de contrôle tels que la vitesse de séchage, l’épaisseur de la couche ou la taille de particule sur les propriétés mécaniques et de structure du matériau final. Dans cette thèse, nous avons utilisé des suspensions de Ludox (silice colloïdale) comme système modèle afin d’étudier l’effet de la vitesse de séchage sur les propriétés du matériau solide obtenu. Dans une première partie, nous avons mis en œuvre des mesures de porosité, ainsi que de microscopie à force atomique et de diffraction de rayons X, afin de caractériser l’effet de la vitesse de séchage sur les propriétés de structure des couches sèches. Nous avons mis en évidence l’importance de la polydispersité des suspensions initiales, ainsi que des phénomènes d’agrégation de particules, sur la structure et la compacité du matériau obtenu. Dans une deuxième partie, des mesures de constantes élastiques par propagation d’ultrasons nous ont permis de déterminer l’élasticité tensorielle (i.e. le module de compressibilité et celui de cisaillement) des couches colloïdales. Ces modules élastiques dépendent de la porosité du matériau ainsi que de la taille des particules de silice. Les données expérimentales ont été comparées aux prédictions de deux schémas d’homogénéisation (Mori-Tanaka et auto-cohérent), ainsi qu’au modèle de Kendall pour le module d’Young, qui prend en considération une énergie d’adhésion entre les particules. Enfin, nous avons déterminé la résistance à la fracture des couches colloïdales à l’aide de tests d’indentation Vickers. Cette résistance à la fracture, mesurée à la fin du séchage, est mise en relation avec la vitesse d’évaporation, la porosité du matériau, ainsi que la densité de fractures observées pendant le processus d’évaporation du solvantDrying a colloidal suspension results in the formation of a more or less porous solid layer. This procedure is central to many applications such as sol-gel processes, the design of paints and lacquers... As the solvent evaporation induces shrinkage of the material, large stresses can develop in these layers, making them prone to fracture. A crucial challenge is thus to understand the role of the control parameters, such as drying rate, film thickness and particle size, on the structural and mechanical properties of the final layer. In this thesis work, Ludox (colloidal silica) was used as a model system to study the effect of the drying rate on the structural and mechanical properties of the resultant solid. The effect of the drying rate on the structural properties of the dry layers was studied using porosity measurements as well as atomic force microscopy and small-angle X-ray scattering. We could evidence the importance of initial suspension dispersity and particle aggregation on the structure of the dry layers. Using ultrasound measurements, we determined the tensorial elasticity (bulk and shear moduli) of the dry layers. The elastic moduli can be related to the material porosity and the particle size. Thus, the experimental data was used to test several homogeneization schemes (Mori-Tanaka and self-consistent) as well as Kendall's model for the Young’s modulus, which considers the effect of adhesive forces between particles. Finally, hardness and fracture toughness of the materials were inferred from Vickers indentation tests. The fracture properties of the layers in their dry, final state were related to their packing fraction, the evaporation rate, and the density of the cracks formed during the desiccation process
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Hamderi, Murat Gallagher Patricia M. "Pilot-scale modeling of colloidal silica delivery to liquefiable sands /." Philadelphia, Pa. : Drexel University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1860/3285.
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Sellou, Linda. "Structure in colloidal silica and its influence on abrading surfaces." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.479526.
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Bean, Keith Howard. "Stability studies of colloidal silica dispersions in binary solvent mixtures." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.251536.
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Lin, Yuanzhi Gallagher Patricia M. "Colloidal silica transport mechanisms for passive site stabilization of liquefiable soils /." Philadelphia, Pa. : Drexel University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1860/1162.
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Egas, Proaño David Alexis. "Colloidal Silica as a Platform for Trace Protein Analysis and Recovery." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/202703.
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Early intervention in cancer and other illnesses is highly desired. The evolution of the proteomics field has benefited the possibility of getting to this goal by allowing researchers to look at different biomarkers. However, the high complexity of biological samples and the low levels at which biomarkers are found in these fluids make the analyses even more complicated.Protein microarrays have arisen as alternatives to traditional methods to look at multiple protein levels simultaneously with the benefit of high specificity, low limits of detection and the requirement of small samples. In this work, a significant improvement in net signals obtained with fluorescent detection (using three-dimensional scaffolds based on silica colloidal crystals -SCC-) is presented in contrast to commercially available flat substrates.A novel approach to extract trace proteins in solution and more complex matrices by using sub-micrometer silica particles as support for antibodies in affinity capture experiments is presented. Bovine Serum Albumin, Ephrin-receptor A2, Alpha-fetoprotein, and Prostate Specific Antigen have been used as model proteins. Recoveries of 90% or more are obtained with this method and reusability of the particles was achieved. MALDI-MS detection was successfully performed with the protein extracts which opens up the opportunity of further analysis such as determining post-translational modifications which is relevant when dealing with biomarker candidates.Last we present the use of our substrates as alternatives to conventional targets in mass spectrometry (MS). Traditional Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption Ionization MS (MALDI-MS) of proteins presents the problem of adduct formation with clusters from the matrix used in the process. Those adducts can affect the accurate determination of the molecular weight for a given protein and when could potentially mask slight differences in molecular weight of very similar proteins in mixtures. We present the alternative of using SCC on silicon wafers as a target for MALDI-MS samples. Our peak widths are extremely narrow and approach the one of the isotopic envelops. At the same time, porosity of our material seems to prevent the formation of adducts, which enables the differentiation of proteins with small molecular weight differences like mutants or same proteins from different sources.
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Salguero, C., C. Salguero, L. Castaneda, J. Rodríguez, and E. Carrera. "Eco-Concrete for Hydraulic Structures with Addition of Colloidal Nano-Silica." Institute of Physics Publishing, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/651739.
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In the construction of buildings and infrastructures, high resistance materials are used due to current design requirements, concrete being one of the main materials used in the execution of these projects whose cement content is limited to obtaining an economic concrete and of minimum retraction. This limitation requires the use of new additions such as Nano Silica (NS), which due to its nanometric structure is used as a partial replacement for cement, producing an increase in strength in concrete. The present investigation studies the partial replacement of the NS in the cement to determine its behavior in compressive strength, diametric compressive strength, water permeability coefficient. The results indicate that with an addition of 0.225% of NS the compressive strength and splitting tensile strength are increased and the water permeability coefficient decreases, all of them compared to a conventional concrete.
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TAGLIARO, IRENE. "NOVEL COLLOIDAL APPROACH TO PREPARE HIGHLY-LOADED SILICA-BASED ELASTOMERIC NANOCOMPOSITES." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10281/241175.
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L’industria degli pneumatici si prefigge di indagare possibili strategie sintetiche per ridurre l’impatto ambientale durante tutto il ciclo di vita dello pneumatico, attraverso l’uso di materiali sostenibili e lo sviluppo di tecniche innovative che riducano il consumo di energia e le emissioni di CO2.
In questo contesto, questa progetto di dottorato è focalizzato sulla preparazione di nanocompositi eco-sostenibili attraverso l’uso di un approccio colloidale per aumentare la dispersione di filler idrofilici, in linea con i nuovi requisiti di sostenibilità delle politiche europee.
L’approccio colloidale punta a produrre nanocompositi con filler idrofilici, la cui efficiente dispersione attraverso tecniche di miscelazione tradizionali rimane difficoltosa a causa della scarsa compatibilità con la matrice organica. Questa tecnica si focalizza sull’incremento della dispersione di filler senza alcuna modifica superficiale, con l’eliminazione delle poveri prodotte durante il mescolamento con significativi benefici per l’ambiente e i lavoratori.
Due diversi approcci colloidali sono stati utilizzati: i) una tecnica di miscelazione in lattice e ii) una in situ polimerizzazione in emulsione per la produzione di nanocompositi altamente caricati contenenti filler come silice e sepiolite (Sep), questi ultimi sono considerati filler promettenti nell’ambito del rinforzo dei polimeri grazie alla loro struttura fibrosa e all’elevato rapporto di forma.
La concentrazione, la carica, la forma dei nanofiller a base silicea sono stati studiati come parametri rilevanti per la stabilizzazione e destabilizzazione di lattici a base di poliisoprene naturale e sintetico.
Una efficiente procedura di miscelazione in lattice è stata messa a punto per produrre compositi eco-sostenibili, chiamati masterbatches (MBs), attraverso l’incorporazione di silice o Sep nel lattice di gomma naturale (emulsione in acqua di cis-1,4-poliisoprene), attraverso la flocculazione (aggregazione risultante dalla coesione di particelle di polimero) di una miscela acquosa di nanofiller a base silicea e gomma.
La tecnica di miscelazione in lattice ha dimostrato di favorire una omogenea dispersione di fibre di sepiolite idrofilica in matrice di gomma. La principali caratteristiche fisico-chimiche che controllano i processi di aggregazione in acqua come il pH, il potenziale Z, la concentrazione, assieme alle caratteristiche morfologiche del MB Sep-gomma naturale, sono state prese in considerazione allo scopo di investigare le interazioni Sep-gomma naturale. E’ stato proposto un meccanismo di flocculazione basato su attrazioni elettrostatiche e depletive, connesso all’elevato contenuto di filler (50% in peso) e alla peculiare anisotropia delle particelle di Sep.
Inoltre, i MBs sono stati utilizzati per preparare compositi sostenibili attraverso la combinazione di miscelazione in lattice e mescolazione meccanica. Questo approccio combinato sfrutta la buona distribuzione del filler e previene il rilascio di polveri durante il processo.
Una polimerizzazione Pickering in situ è stata considerata come alternativa per la produzione di nanocompositi eco-sostenibili. Particelle poliisoprene/filler a base silicea sono state sintetizzate sfruttando dell’effetto stabilizzante di filler inorganici che agiscono come tensioattivi riducendo la tensione superficiale e stabilizzando l’emulsione. Sulla base dei nostri risultati, viene suggerito un possibile meccanismo di polimerizzazione in emulsione stabilizzata da particelle solide.
In conclusione, l’approccio colloidale, basato su miscelazione in lattice e polimerizzazione Pickering in situ, può essere considerato un metodo sostenibile, semplice ed efficace adatto per applicazioni tecnologiche altamente performanti. I risultati indicano che le strategie utilizzate sono adatte per produrre nanocompositi altamente caricati di filler a base silicea.Sustainability has become a field of great interest in the world industry. For the scientific community the challenge lies in the identification of green synthetic approaches and new alternatives to petroleum-based materials. In the case of the tyre industry, the challenge is to identify possible design strategies and alternatives to reduce the environmental impact throughout the life cycle of tyres, by means of both the use of environmentally friendly materials and the development of innovative products, having reduced energy consumption and CO2 emissions. In this context, this PhD thesis is focused on the preparation of eco-friendly silica-based nanocomposites by using a colloidal approach to increase the dispersion of hydrophilic fillers in line with the new requirements of sustainability from the EU policies. The colloidal approach aims at compounding nanocomposites with hydrophilic fillers, whose efficient dispersion through traditional mixing still remains a challenging issue, due to their poor compatibility with the organic matrix. This technique aims at increasing the filler dispersion without any expensive surface modification, with the elimination of the volatile component released during mixing, producing significant benefits for environment and workers. Two different colloidal approaches were applied: i) latex compounding technique (LCT) and ii) in situ emulsion polymerization to prepare highly-loaded nanocomposite rubber materials containing silica-based fillers, silica and sepiolite (Sep) clay, considered a promising filler candidate for the polymer strengthening due to its fibrous structure and high particle aspect ratio (AR). The concentration, the charge and the shape of silica-based nanofillers were studied as relevant parameters on stabilization and destabilization of natural and synthetic polyisoprene latexes. An effective LCT procedure was established to produce eco-friendly composites, namely masterbaches (MBs), by incorporating silica or Sep into natural rubber latex (i.e. emulsion in water of cis-1,4-polyisoprene), through the flocculation (i.e. aggregation resulting from the bridging of polymer particles) of the silica-based nanofillers/rubber mixed aqueous system. LCT showed to favour a homogeneous dispersion of hydrophilic Sep fibers in the rubber matrix. The main physicochemical parameters which control aggregation processes in the aqueous medium, i.e. pH, -potential, concentration, as well as the morphological features of the final Sep-natural rubber MBs, were comprehensively investigated helping to figure out the Sep-NR interactions and to propose a flocculation mechanism, based on electrostatic and depletion attraction forces, remarkably connected both to the high content (50 wt.%) and to the peculiar anisotropy of Sep fibers. Furthermore, the MBs with high filler loadings were used to produce environmentally friendly composites, by combining LTC and melt mixing. This combined approach could take advantage of the good filler distribution and prevents dust from floating in the air during processing. In situ Pickering polymerization was considered as an alternative colloidal approach to produce eco-friendly nanocomposites. Polyisoprene/silica-based structured particles were synthesized on the base of the stabilizing effects of inorganic fillers which act like surfactants lowering the interfacial tension and stabilizing the emulsion. On the basis of our results, we suggested a possible mechanism for emulsion polymerizations stabilized by solid particles. In conclusion, the colloidal approach, based on both LTC and in situ Pickering emulsion polymerization, can be considered as green, simple and effective method suitable for high-performance technological applications. The outcomes indicate the suitability of the adopted strategies as a sustainable procedure for the production of high-loaded silica based-rubber nanocomposites.
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Singhon, Rattiya. "Adsorption of Cu(II) and Ni(II) Ions on Functionalized Colloidal Silica Particles Model Studies for Wastewater Treatment." Thesis, Besançon, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014BESA2077/document.
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Ce doctorat porte sur la fonctionnalisation de silices colloïdales en vue de la rétention de micropolluants métalliques dans des effluents. Les nanoparticules et microparticules ouvrent des potentialités d’application dans de nombreux secteurs industriels (chimie, environnement, pharmacie...). Ainsi, ces travaux de recherche portent sur la synthèse et la caractérisation de matériaux composites submicroniques : il s’agit de silices colloïdales sur lesquelles sont greffés des silanes ou supportés des polysaccharides. Une des applications de ces travaux de recherche porte sur l’adsorption de métaux de transition sur ces composites en solution aqueuse. Dans le cadre de ce doctorat, les caractéristiques des composites sont définies par leur morphologie de surface, par l’étude des groupements fonctionnels présents, par détermination de leurs surfaces spécifiques ainsi qu’en solution aqueuse par détermination de leurs diamètres hydrodynamiques et de leurs potentiels zéta. Dans un premier temps, la fonctionnalisation de la silice a permis le greffage de groupements carboxyliques et amines dont tes taux de greffage obtenus ont été respectivement de 0,47 µmol/m² et 3,86 µmol/m². En présence de groupements amines, le potentiel des composites est positif jusqu’ à pH 9 alors qu’il est négatif dès pH 3 pour des silices non fonctionnalisées. Dans un second temps, la silice est supportée par du chitosane dont le degré de désacétylation est de 77%. Conjointement, l’encapsulation de la silice est réalisées par du chitosane sur lequel des fonctions carboxyliques ont été greffées. La morphologie des particules est alors modifiée, leurs diamètres hydrodynamiques sont plus élevés et leurs potentiels sont positifs jusqu’ à pH basique. La rétention d’ions métalliques (Cu(II) et Ni(II)) par ces composites à différents pH est ensuite étudiée. Pour chacun des cations métalliques, les capacités d’adsorption sont déterminées ainsi que les cinétiques d’adsorption. L’application de plusieurs modèles d’isotherme d’équilibre a été réalisée. Dans le cas de Cu(II), à pH 5, les meilleures capacités d’adsorption sont obtenues pour des silices supportées par du chitosane greffé : la capacité de rétention des ions Cu(II) est de 270 mg/g à pH 5. De même, c’est ce composite qui permet la meilleurs rétention des ions Ni(II) à pH 7 avec une capacité d’adsorption de 263 m/g. Concernant la cinétique, le modèle de réaction de surface du pseudo-second ordre s’applique bien aux résultats expérimentauxThis study is focused on the preparation of three types of silica-based composites for the capture of Cu(II) and Ni(II) ions. The first strategy consists in coating chitosan on colloidal fumed silica after acidic treatment yielding the composite SiO2+CS. The second strategy can be separated into two routes: the first one involves surface grafting of silica with aminopropyltriethoxysilane to obtaining silica particles covered by amino groups (SiO2(NH2)). The second one involves in surface condensation of triethoxysilylbutyronitrile, followed by acidic hydrolysis of the surface-bound nitrile groups affording silica particles covered by carboxyl groups (SiO2(CO2H)). In the last step, chitosan has been grafted on the surface bound NH2 or -CO2H groups yielding the composites SiO2(NH2)+CS or SiO2(CO2H)+CS. The third strategy involves in the modified CS surface with -CO2H groups, followed by coating onto the non-modified silica nanoparticles to obtain the composite SiO2+CS(CO2H). The novel hybrid materials were characterized by IR spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and zeta potential measurements. Batch experiments were conducted to study the sorption performance of these composites for Cu(II) and Ni(II) removal from aqueous solution at optimum pH at 298 K. The kinetics were evaluated utilizing pseudo-first-order, pseudo-second-order, and intraparticle diffusion models. The adsorption kinetics followed the mechanism of the pseudo-second-order equation for all types of adsorbents. The adsorption isotherms were evaluated utilizing Langmuir, Freundlich, and Temkin models. The best interpretation for equilibrium data was given by Langmuir isotherm model. This study demonstrates that the adsorption capacities for Cu(II) ion is more efficient for the SiO2+CS (256 mg g-1) compared to SiO2(NH2) (75 mg g-1). However, the carboxyl grafted CS-coated silica (SiO2+CS(CO2H) exhibited an excellent adsorption capacity (333 mg g-1). In case of Ni(II), based on Langmuir isotherm the maximum adsorption capacity found to be 182 mg g-1for SiO2+CS, and 210 mg g-1 for SiO2(CO2H) + CS. Using single-metal solutions, these adsorbents were found to have an affinity for metal ions in order as Cu(II) > Ni(II). The adsorption of Cu(II) ion by SiO2+CS was affected by the nature of the respective anion. Application of these composite materials to remove Cu(II) and Ni(II) from aqueous solution was shown to be more efficient than the adsorption capacities of many sorbents probed by other research groups
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Zhang, Guangqun. "Effects of alkali ions on the dielectric properties of porous silica prepared by a colloidal processing method." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19037.
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Walker, Richard John. "Behaviour of nanocolloidal particles on mica : investigations using atomic force microscopy." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/4633.
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In this thesis we used atomic force microscopy (AFM) to investigate systematically the behaviour of both electrostatically stabilised silica and sterically stabilised polystyrene (PS) colloidal systems on freshly cleaved mica substrates. For the silica colloidal nanoparticles we explored the effect of colloidal suspension concentration, particle size, and different application techniques on both the adsorption behaviour and subsequent structuring of the particles. For the PS colloidal nanoparticles we explored concentration effects and experimented with both dip-coating and droplet application techniques. We showed that silica nanoparticles adsorbed onto mica via irreversible adsorption that possessed lateral mobility due to the weak attraction between the nanoparticles and the substrate, facilitating subsequent capillary structuring of the nanoparticles during drying. We associated the effects of volume fraction with Debye screening, and kinetics effects with particle size and volume fraction. We also successfully imaged a partially dried film and showed the role of convective/capillary forces in the structuring of the nanoparticles. Studies with variations in particle size generated a number of different topography structures; with dewetting phenomena observed for 10 nm nanoparticles and the formation of crystalline structures for 100 nm nanoparticles. Spin coating techniques were used to produce even larger crystalline structures of nanoparticles. Size dependent ordering occurred for low concentration samples due to the polydispersity of the colloidal suspension. We showed that acceleration can affect interparticle spacing. We also studied the role of rotational speed on the crystallinity of the particle configurations and showed how fine tuning of rotational speed can generate large scale monolayer crystalline formations of nanoparticles.
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Bethea, Tomika R. C. "Silica Colloidal Crystals as Porous Substrates for Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193371.
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In cell biology and chemistry, total internal reflection microscopy (TIRFM) has proven to be a useful technique that allows the probing of cellular processes with high-signal-to-noise ratio imaging. However, samples on solid substrates limit the accessibility to probe processes on extracellular membrane surface closest to the microscope objective. Colloidal crystals provide a porous alternative to the traditional solid substrates. Thin crystals exhibit optical properties similar to that of a fused silica coverslip allowing for TIRFM in the same manner as with a typical coverslip as demonstrated by the observance of Chinese hamster ovary cells with fluorescently labeled receptors on both types of substrates. Accessibility of the cell membrane closest to the substrate and the ability to probe fluorophore orientation information was observed by the binding of TIPP-cy5 to the human delta opioid receptor.
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Alireza, S., K. N. Fatemeh, and S. Hossein. "Improving thermo-mechanical properties of tabular alumina castables via using nano structured colloidal silica." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2011. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/20571.
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Great attempts were made to reduce the amount of calcium aluminate cement
(CAC) content in refractory castables to improve their hot strength. Using more than 2-3
wt% CAC may cause low melting phases formation in the refractory matrix leading to
weak thermo-mechanical propereties of the castables. Colloidal Silica can affect the
structure of refractory castables to achieve superior thermo mechanical properties. Replacing
calcium aluminate cement (CAC) by colloidal silica as a water base binder,
speeds up drying, reduces the amount of liquid phase at high temperatures and may lead
to mullite formation, which will increase the hot strength of the refractory castables. In
this research, the influence of colloidal silica addition on bulk density, apparent porosity
and HMOR of a tabular alumina based refractory castable containing have been studied.
The results showed that samples containing colloidal silica have higher hot strength
compared to those containing only CAC as binder due to the better compaction, less
liquid phase formation at high temperature.
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Rose-Hélène, Maureen. "Aspects thermodynamiques et cinétiques de la complexation de cations métalliques (Cu²+ et Ni²+) par la 5-phénylazo-8-hydroxyquinoline (5Ph8HQ) et le cyclame greffés sur des nanoparticules de silice en suspension colloïdale." Thesis, Nancy 1, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011NAN10060/document.
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Nous avons considéré autant les aspects thermodynamiques que cinétiques de la complexation d'ions métalliques (Cu2+ et Ni2+) par la 5-phénylazo-8-hydroxyquinoline (5Ph8HQ) et le cyclame greffés sur des nanoparticules de silice en dispersion colloïdale. Les silices pyrogénées, caractérisées par des surfaces spécifiques respectives d'environ 200 et 390 m2/g, ont été sélectionnées avec l'objectif d'obtenir des suspensions colloïdales stables. Nous avons démontré l'aptitude des colloïdes obtenus à extraire des cations divalents à l'état de traces (de l'ordre du micromolaire). Nous avons eu recours à l'ultrafiltration pour séparer la phase silicique dispersée de la phase aqueuse. Nous avons également montré l'intérêt de remplacer une pseudophase micellaire solubilisant l'extractant par nos phases solides. Nous avons décrit les cinétiques de complexation en utilisant la technique de la spectrophotométrie à écoulement bloqué pour les réactions les plus rapides. La dépendance de la constante de vitesse observée vis-à-vis de la concentration en cation métallique, du contre-ion considéré (acétate ou chlorure), de la force ionique et du pH a été évaluée. Pour décrire la cinétique de réaction du Ni2+ avec la 5Ph8HQ greffé, il nous a fallu prendre en compte les propriétés spectrophotométriques du complexe sur nanoparticules de silice. C'est un comportement original de la 5Ph8HQ sur silice puisque les densités optiques de solutions contenant la 5Ph8HQ en milieu micellaire ou le cyclame greffé sur silice suivent la loi de Beer-Lambert. L'étude du cyclame greffé qu'il s'agisse des cinétiques ou à l'équilibre est compliquée en raison du relargage de ce dernier en solutionWe considered both the thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of metal ions (Cu2+ and Ni2+) complexation by 5-phenylazo-8-hydroxyquinoline (5Ph8HQ) and cyclam grafted onto silica nanoparticles in colloidal dispersion. Fumed silicas with specific areas of respectively 200 and 390 m2/g were selected to get stable colloidal suspensions. We demonstrated the ability of these colloids to extract trace elements (at micromolar level). We used the ultrafiltration process to separate the dispersed silica phase from the aqueous phase. We also showed interest of our solid dispersed phases instead of a pseudo micellar one. We described complexation kinetics by stopped flow technique for the fastest reactions. The influence of metal cation concentration, counter-ion nature (acetate or chloride), ionic strength and pH on observed rate constant has been investigated. To describe the Ni2+ kinetics with grafted 5Ph8HQ, we took into account the spectrophotometric properties of the complex on silica nanoparticles. This is an original behaviour of 5Ph8HQ on silica since the optical densities of solutions containing 5Ph8HQ solubilised in micelles or cyclam grafted onto silica follow the Beer-Lambert's law. The study of grafted cyclam whether the kinetics or equilibrium is complicated due to the release of the latter in solution
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Malkin, Douglas Scott, and Douglas Scott Malkin. "An Investigation of a Novel Monolithic Chromatography Column, Silica Colloidal Crystal Packed Columns." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193936.
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Many researchers have investigated ways to improve the separation power of conventional chromatography, most notable is the development of ultra-high performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC). However, only slight improvements in separation efficiency have been achieved up to this point, and unfortunately, modern reversed phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) methods do not have high enough resolving power to analyze complex proteomic mixtures.Uniformly sized silica particles from 10 nm to 1 micron are known to self-assemble into a highly ordered face centered cubic crystal. Silica colloidal crystals have shown recent promise in biological applications such as permselective nanoporous membranes, DNA sieving, reversed phase separation of small molecules on planar substrates, protein sieving, microarrays, total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy of live cells, and 3-D scaffolds for supported lipid films. In this work, silica colloidal crystals packed in capillaries are explored for their potential improvement in the efficiency of reversed phase chromatography.The silica colloidal crystal columns were chemically stabilized by with trichlorosilanes. The trichlorosilanes form chemical bonds between the particles and the particles and the substrate creating an increase in mechanical stability, and at the same time, providing an excellent chromatographic monolayer. After stabilization the fritless columns were able to withstand the pressure limit of the commercial UHPLC. Next, the columns were characterized using a small dye molecule, 1,1' - Didodecyl - 3,3,3',3' - tetramethylindocarbocyanine (DiIC12). The dye was run under capillary electrochromatography (CEC), and sub-micron plate heights were achieved. Further, a van Deemter plot of the dye molecule indicates that the plate height is largely due to the molecule's diffusion. This result suggests that the plate heights for proteins would be even smaller, since proteins have diffusion coefficients an order of magnitude smaller. The analysis of proteins by CEC yielded nanometer plate heights. Finally, pressure driven flow separations coupled with nano-electrospray ionization (n-ESI) MS have also been explored. The Poiseuille flow profile has been shown not to perturb the low plate heights. Gradient elution of peptides was also achieved, and the results demonstrate the highest chromatographic peak capacities for short analysis times to date.
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Krsmanovic, Jody Lynn. "Adsorption of Novel Block Copolymers for Steric Stabilization and Flocculation of Colloidal Particles in Aqueous Environments." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26029.
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The adsorption of several homopolymer polypeptides on Al2O3 and SiO2 particles and surfaces was investigated to identify possible anchor and tail blocks for brush-forming block copolypeptides. Poly-L-(glutamic acid) (GLU) and poly-L-(aspartic acid) (ASP) were found to adsorb on positively charged and nearly neutral Al2O3, while the GLU did not adsorb on negatively charged SiO2. Poly-L-proline (PRO) adsorbed only slightly on the alumina, but showed high affinity adsorption on silica. These results are useful in designing a brush forming block copolymer with the GLU acting as the anchor block and the PRO as the tail block. An important finding in this work is that these unstructured polypeptides, or proteins that only have primary and secondary structure, have adsorption behavior that is similar to that of synthetic polymers.
The complexation between a random copolymer of two amino acids, glutamic acid and tyrosine, and poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) was studied using an in-situ adsorption experiment. It was shown that the adsorption of the random copolymer greatly increased the adsorption of PEO. It was found that the conformation of the copolymer on the surface was controlled by the ionic strength, and the conformation of the adsorbed PEO was controlled by the PEO molecular weight. Both of these factors affected the molar complexation ratio between the PEO and the tyrosine repeat units.
The adsorption of two novel triblock copolymers, with PEO tails and anionic hydrophobic center blocks, was studied on alumina and silica surfaces. On silica the adsorption was due to the PEO tails, resulting in low adsorbed amounts. The adsorption was much greater on alumina, indicating either brush formation on the surface or the adsorption of micelles, which are present in solution. The effect of adsorbed polymer on the steric stabilization of alumina particles was studied using sedimentation and electrophoretic mobility experiments. These results do not show conclusively that the triblock copolymer adsorption led to particle stabilization. It is possible that better colloid stabilization of the alumina may be realized by changing the triblock composition to get greater extension and higher packing of the PEO tails.Ph. D.
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Conlee, Carolyn T. Gallagher Patricia M. "Dynamic properties of colloidal silica soils using centrifuge model tests and a full-scale field test /." Philadelphia, Pa. : Drexel University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1860/3248.
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Huang, Yuan. "STUDY OF PORE SIZE EFFECT IN CHROMATOGRAPHY BY VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY AND COLLOIDAL ARRAYS." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/196108.
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Current study of separation mechanism in chromatography heavily relies on the measurement of macroscopic properties, such as retention time and peak width. This dissertation describes the vibrational spectroscopy characterization of separation processes.Raman Spectroscopic characterization of a silica-based, strong anion exchange stationary phase in concentrated aqueous solutions is presented. Spectral response of stationary phase quaternary amine is closely related to changes in interaction between counter anions and the amine functional groups as the result of anion hydration. The molecular-level information obtained will provide useful guidance for control of stationary phase selectivity.To study the effects of stationary phase pore size on separations processes, monodisperse silica particles in the sub-100 nm range are prepared and self-assembled to well-ordered, three-dimensional colloidal arrays. A modified LaMer model is proposed and demonstrated for optimization of reaction conditions that lead to uniform and spherical silica particles. This approach greatly reduces the number of training experiments required for optimization. Fast Fourier transformation of colloidal array scanning electron microscopy images indicates closely-packed hexagonal packing patterns.Using these arrays, a novel system for the measurement of molecular diffusion coefficients in nanopores is reported. This system consists of an ordered colloidal array with well-defined pore structure deposited onto an internal reflection element for in-sit collection of kinetic information by attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR). A mathematical model is established to extract diffusion coefficients from these data. A decrease of approximately eight orders of magnitude in molecular diffusion coefficients is observed for molecular transport in nanopores.Finally, by using this colloidal array-ATR-FTIR system and the corresponding mathematical models that describe absorption in the colloidal array, the distribution in the nanopores of the acetonitrile organic modifier in an aqueous mobile phase solvent system is determined. Based on the results of 50 nm colloidal arrays, pore surface properties have a strong effect on the distribution of organic molecules from bulk solution to the pores.
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Giovannini, Giorgia. "Preparation of silica nanoparticles for biomedical applications : bacterial detection, oral drug delivery and colloidal stability." Thesis, University of Kent, 2017. https://kar.kent.ac.uk/66561/.
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The new branch of medicine, nanomedicine, implies the use of engineered devices and nanostructures in order to accelerate the knowledge of biomolecular-biological processes, to improve the efficiency of disease therapeutics and to develop novel diagnostic techniques. In the present work, three aspects related to the use of nanoparticles (NPs) in biomedical applications have been investigated. Overall, NPs can be applied for in vivo and in vitro bio-applications and the results achieved are strongly related with the stability of the material in suspension and in biological fluids. In particular, silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) have been synthesised and used for (I) the development of a probe for the fluorescent detection of bacteria (II) as carriers in oral drug delivery and (III) they have been used as proxy for the evaluation of a novel storage method to retain long-term colloidal stability of NPs suspensions. I) Addressing the need of cheap devices capable of detecting bacteria, here we investigated the use of NPs for bacterial detection. An "on-off" fluorescent substrate was firstly synthesised by glycosylic bond formation between a carbohydrate and a switchable fluorophore and its efficiency in detecting the presence of microorganisms was evaluated. 'Nanoprobes' were then developed by functionalising the surface of particles (silica, gold nanoparticles and streptavidin-coated magnetic nanoparticle) with the synthesised substrates. The nanoprobes successfully detected bacteria as proof-of-concept and the developed detection strategy provides a platform upon which further improvements in bacterial detection can be made in the future. II) The second research challenge proposes to take advantage of the pH-sensitivity of SiNPs for the design of drug delivery systems suitable for oral administration. SiNPs were synthesised from tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) and ethyl triethoxysilane (ETEOS) using different ratios of the two precursors. The degradation and model-drug release profiles from the NPs were analysed in the context of oral drug delivery. The NPs were exposed to pH's found in the GI tract and indicated that silica NPs can be suitable carriers as they avoided degradation at pH4 found in the fed stomach and began releasing model-drug in small intestine-like pH's (pH6 and pH7.4). It was also shown that covalently binding model-drug (fluorescein isothiocyante) inside the NPs led to greater molecule retention inside the NPs over time compared to those physically entrapped in the particle matrix (fluorescein sodium salt and methylene blue). In addition, the dissolution of the NPs was also proved to proceed via different mechanisms depending on the TEOS:ETOS formulation, which presents future avenues for drug release studies. III) Finally, we addressed the colloidal stability issues that are still limiting the real application of nanoparticles on the market. With this aim, a novel approach to stabilise nanoparticles during storage was explored. By trapping the NPs in the matrix of a reversible hydrogel we showed that the physico-chemical proprieties are better maintained over time compared to NPs stored in solution. In vitro and ex ovo assays proved that the gel-NPs were non-toxic and suggested that NPs stored in gel can be used for biological experimentations without require further purification steps. Studies of gel strength allow considering the proposed method as a promising alternative to the storage techniques currently available, such as surface-coating or lyophilisation methods. The evaluation of the efficiency and versatility of the proposed storage method has been recently published. Overall the applicability of NPs as platform for bacterial detection, for oral drug delivery have been evaluated and a novel versatile and efficient approach to stabilise NPs in suspension during storage have been developed and evaluated. The findings will hopefully contribute positively to the field of nanomedicine and helping the translation of materials from the laboratory bench to the market.
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Gallagher, Patricia M. "Passive Site Remediation for Mitigation of Liquefaction Risk." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29610.
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Passive site remediation is a new concept proposed for non-disruptive mitigation of liquefaction risk at developed sites susceptible to liquefaction. It is based on the concept of slow injection of stabilizing materials at the edge of a site and delivery of the stabilizer to the target location using the natural groundwater flow. The purpose of this research was to establish the feasibility of passive site remediation through identification of stabilizing materials, a study of how to design or adapt groundwater flow patterns to deliver the stabilizers to the right place at the right time, and an evaluation of potential time requirements and costs.
Stabilizer candidates need to have long, controllable gel times and low viscosities so they can flow into a liquefiable formation slowly over a long period of time. Colloidal silica is a potential stabilizer for passive site remediation because at low concentrations it has a low viscosity and a wide range of controllable gel times of up to about 100 days.
Loose Monterey No. 0/30 sand samples (Dr = 22%) treated with colloidal silica grout were tested under cyclic triaxial loading to investigate the influence of colloidal silica grout on the deformation properties. Distinctly different deformation properties were observed between grouted and ungrouted samples. Untreated samples developed very little axial strain after only a few cycles and prior to the onset of liquefaction. Once liquefaction was triggered, large strains occurred rapidly and the samples collapsed within a few additional cycles. In contrast, grouted sand samples experienced very little strain during cyclic loading. What strain accumulated did so uniformly throughout loading and the samples remained intact after cyclic loading. In general, samples stabilized with 20 weight percent colloidal silica experienced very little (less than two percent) strain during cyclic loading. Sands stabilized with 10 weight percent colloidal silica tolerated cyclic loading well, but experienced slightly more (up to eight percent) strain. Treatment with colloidal silica grout significantly increased the deformation resistance of loose sand to cyclic loading.
Groundwater and solute transport modeling were done using the codes MODFLOW, MODPATH, and MT3DMS. A "numerical experiment" was done to determine the ranges of hydraulic conductivity and hydraulic gradient where passive site remediation might be feasible. For a treatment are of 200 feet by 200 feet, a stabilizer travel time of 100 days, and a single line of low-head (less than three feet) injection wells, it was found that passive site remediation could be feasible in formations with hydraulic conductivity values of 0.05 cm/s or more and hydraulic gradients of 0.005 and above. Extraction wells will increase the speed of delivery and help control the down gradient extent of stabilizer movement. The results of solute transport modeling indicate that dispersion will play a large role in determining the concentration of stabilizer that will be required to deliver an adequate concentration at the down gradient edge. Consequently, thorough characterization of the hydraulic conductivity throughout the formation will be necessary for successful design and implementation of passive site remediation.
The cost of passive site remediation is expected to be competitive with other methods of chemical grouting, i.e. in the range of $60 to $180 per cubic meter of treated soil, depending on the concentration of colloidal silica used.Ph. D.
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Peterson, Alisha. "Understanding the Role of Colloidal Particles in Electroporation Mediated Delivery." Scholar Commons, 2015. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5823.
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Electroporation (EP) is a physical non-viral technique used to deliver therapeutic molecules across the cell membrane. During electroporation an external electric field is applied across a cell membrane and it causes pores to form. These pores then allow the surrounding media containing the therapeutics to diffuse across the membrane. This technique has been specifically studied as a promising gene and drug delivery system. Colloidal particles have also proven to be promising for a variety of biological applications including molecular delivery, imaging, and tumor ablation, due to their large surface area and tunable properties. In more recent years researchers have explored the use of both electroporation and particles simultaneously. In this research, the main objective was to investigate and determine the role of sub-micron particles in the electroporation process. Presented in this dissertation are results from the synthesis and characterization of colloidal particles of various sizes and different compositions. The use of these dielectric and metallic particles during in vitro electroporation were investigated along with various other electrical parameters associated with EP such as pulse length, number of pulses, and field strength. Computationally, aspects such as particle composition and particle concentration were explored in an attempt to predict experimental outcomes.
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JUSTICE, RYAN SCOTT. "SMALL-ANGLE SCATTERING FROM NANOCOMPOSITES: ELUCIDATION OF HIERARCHICAL MORPHOLOGY/PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1196088584.
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Remeš, Hynek. "Trvanlivost a sanace vnějších tepelně izolačních kompozitních systémů." Doctoral thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-233786.
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External thermal insulation composite system (ETICS) is a widespread method appearance of the facades of existing and new civil and industrial buildings. With its frequent application becomes engaged his durability issues and possible rehabilitation and more topical. Influences affecting durability ETICS is still under investigation, as well as systematic and practical way to usable redevelopment. The main theme of this work is to summarize knowledge in ETICS issue, particularly from the viewpoint adhesive and leveling materials based on Portland cement and final finishes. The theoretical part is discussed ETICS composition, the composition of its components, technical requirements and factors affecting durability. The experimental part focuses on the redevelopment of ETICS and verification using colloidal silica for modification of construction materials, which are part of the ETICS.
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Bradbury, Andrew James. "A study of the effect of particle size polydispersity on the properties of concentrated aqueous colloidal silica suspensions." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.240548.
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Cromey, Tyler. "Effect of elevated temperature on ceramic ultrafiltration of colloidal suspensions." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/51778.
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The inherent thermal resistance of ceramic membranes allows for treatment of industrial waters at elevated temperatures. Traditionally, the high temperature of wastewater has been an issue compromising the integrity of polymeric membrane systems or requiring the temperature to be lowered for further treatments. In ceramic membrane systems, a decrease in viscosity with increasing temperature, however, can be utilized, which increases the permeate flux. In this study, the fouling of ceramic ultrafiltration by feed solutions containing colloidal silica was evaluated at temperatures between 25 – 90 °C seen in various industries. Ceramic membranes were able to perform well at elevated temperatures up to 90 ºC with sustained mechanical and chemical integrity. Results showed net benefit of filtration at elevated temperatures on permeate flux in spite of increasing total fouling resistance with temperature. When the temperature increased from 25 to 90 °C, there was a 90% increase in steady-state permeate flux. The dominant resistance was physically removable fouling, and the increase in fouling with feed temperature was supported by force balance analyses. This study provides a foundation from which further studies can be developed including pilot-scale testing, use of real wastewater, and the effects of operating conditions.
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Venkataraman, Manoj. "THE EFFECT OF COLLOIDAL STABILITY ON THE HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS OF NANOSILICA DISPERSED FLUIDS." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2005. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/3656.
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Addition of nano particles to cooling fluids has shown marked improvement in the heat transfer capabilities. Nanofluids, liquids that contain dispersed nanoparticles, are an emerging class of fluids that have great potential in many applications. There is a need to understand the fundamental behavior of nano dispersed particles with respect to their agglomeration characteristics and how it relates to the heat transfer capability. Such an understanding is important for the development and commercialization of nanofluids. In this work, the stability of nano particles was studied by measuring the zeta potential of colloidal particles, particle concentration and size. Two different sizes of silica nano particles, 10 nm and 20 nm are used in this investigation at 0.2 vol. % and 0.5 vol. % concentrations. The measurements were made in deionized (DI) water, buffer solutions at various pH, DI water plus HCl acid solution (acidic pH) and DI water plus NaOH solution (basic pH). The stability or instability of silica dispersions in these solutions was related to the zeta potential of colloidal particles and confirmed by particle sizing measurements and independently by TEM observations. Low zeta potentials resulted in agglomeration as expected and the measured particle size was greater. The heat transfer characteristics of stable or unstable silica dispersions using the above solutions were experimentally determined by measuring heat flux as a function of temperature differential between a nichrome wire and the surrounding fluid. These experiments allowed the determination of the critical heat flux (CHF), which was then related to the dispersion characteristics of the nanosilica in various fluids described above. The thickness of the diffuse layer on nano particles was computed and experimentally confirmed in selected conditions for which there was no agglomeration. As the thickness of the diffuse layer decreased due to the increase in salt content or the ionic content, the electrostatic force of repulsion cease to exist and Van der Waal's force of agglomeration prevailed causing the particles to agglomerate affecting the CHF. The 10nm size silica particle dispersions showed better heat transfer characteristics compared to 20nm dispersion. It was also observed that at low zeta potential values, where agglomeration prevailed in the dispersion, the silica nano particles had a tendency to deposit on the nickel chromium wire used in CHF experiments. The thickness of the deposition was measured and the results show that with a very high deposition, CHF is enhanced due to the porosity on the wire. The 10nm size silica particles show higher CHF compared to 20nm silica particles. In addition, for both 10nm and 20nm silica particles, 0.5 vol. % concentration yielded higher heat transfer compared to 0.2 vol. % concentration. It is believed that although CHF is significantly increased with nano silica containing fluids compared to pure fluids, formation of particle clusters in unstable slurries will lead to detrimental long time performance, compared to that with stable silica dispersions.M.S.M.S.E.
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Engineering and Computer Science
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Abbas, Khan Zaheer [Verfasser]. "Fabrication and characterisation of multilayer thin film using self assembly of colloidal gold and silica nanoparticles / Zaheer Abbas Khan." München : GRIN Verlag, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1180622979/34.
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Gao, Weihong. "The fabrication of structurally coloured textile materials using uniform spherical silica nanoparticles." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-fabrication-of-structurally-coloured-textile-materials-using-uniform-spherical-silica-nanoparticles(c2815c09-5353-4667-a1a3-1b31b62f8787).html.
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Natural precious opals consist of silica nanoparticles of uniform diameter organised in a periodic three-dimensional structure. The physical structure of the material produces the perceived colour by a process of light diffraction. The modification of light by the physical structure of the material is also known as structural colour. This is a different process from how most surface colours are produced where light is more usually absorbed by dye and/or pigment molecules. Desirable aesthetic qualities could be achieved if the structural colours produced by natural opals could be replicated in the form of a film or a coating on textile substrates. The work presented investigates how to produce structurally coloured textiles using surface applications of uniform spherical silica nanoparticles (USSNPs). A novel one-step solvent varying (SV) technique has been developed to synthesise USSNPs with particle diameters in a controlled size range. Using suspensions containing USSNPs, structurally coloured artificial opal (AO) films have been fabricated by self-assembly using a process of natural gravity sedimentation. The sedimentation of a particular particle size range of USSNPs (from which a coloured film was produced), onto the surface of fabrics, produced a structurally coloured fabric. By controlling the mean particle diameter a wide range of spectral colours from red to blue was obtained. The light fastness properties of the coloured textiles were investigated. A further surface modification of USSNPs was performed by adding vinyl functional groups to improve the mechanical strength of the structural colour. This work suggested a novel approach to colouring textile materials without using traditional dyes and/or pigments.
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Barek, Jaroslav. "Vliv koloidního oxidu křemičitého na vybrané vlastnosti cementových past a malt." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta stavební, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-240488.
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The presented diploma thesis deals with the potential use of colloidal silica in cement composites. Investigation is focused primarily on selected properties of cement pastes and mortars with colloidal silica content. Two selected types of colloidal silica (particles with average size of 14 nm) have been used as a cement addition and partial replacement of cement, respectively. The experimental program for cement pastes with colloidal silica included tests for isothermal calorimetry (the study of cement hydration) and thermal analysis (determining the portlandite content). Hardened cement pastes have been studied through measurements of compressive strength. The microstructure was examined by scanning electron microscopy. Hardened mortars with colloidal silica have been studied through measurements of compressive strength, flexural strength, modulus of elasticity and fracture mechanics parameters. Fracture mechanics tests show that 5 % and 20 % addition of colloidal silica can enhance after 28 days of curing fracture energy up to 18,4 % and 32,7 %, respectively. For the compressive strength enhancing effect of colloidal silica, it was found to be more pronounced in the early age, while rate of strength gain can be lower than the control in the later ages. Our investigations revealed that the silica sol will coagulate immediately when the cement is mixed into the water containing sol. The ionic composition of pore fluid significantly influences the stability of colloidal silica and lead to their aggregation. After additional tests it has been found that small addition of calcium hydroxide greatly improved the compressive strength of the resulting cement pastes with colloidal silica content. Addition of calcium hydroxide in conjunction with modified cement paste preparation can enhance compressive strength after 3 days of curing up to 64,4 % in comparison with the blank paste.
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Ciardi, Giovanni [Verfasser], Joachim [Akademischer Betreuer] Stahlmann, and Claudia [Akademischer Betreuer] Madiai. "Effects of high-diluted colloidal silica mixtures on the mechanical behavior of potentially liquefiable sand / Giovanni Ciardi ; Joachim Stahlmann, Claudia Madiai." Braunschweig : Technische Universität Braunschweig, 2021. http://d-nb.info/122503826X/34.
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Ciardi, Giovanni Verfasser], Joachim [Akademischer Betreuer] [Stahlmann, and Claudia [Akademischer Betreuer] Madiai. "Effects of high-diluted colloidal silica mixtures on the mechanical behavior of potentially liquefiable sand / Giovanni Ciardi ; Joachim Stahlmann, Claudia Madiai." Braunschweig : Technische Universität Braunschweig, 2021. http://d-nb.info/122503826X/34.
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Quant, Carlos Arturo. "Colloidal chemical potential in attractive nanoparticle-polymer mixtures: simulation and membrane osmometry." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/7616.
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The potential applications of dispersed and self-assembled nanoparticles depend critically on accurate control and prediction of their phase behavior. The chemical potential is essential in describing the equilibrium distribution of all components present in every phase of a system and is useful as a building block for constructing phase diagrams. Furthermore, the chemical potential is a sensitive indicator of the local environment of a molecule or particle and is defined in a mathematically rigorous manner in both classical and statistical thermodynamics. The goal of this research is to use simulations and experiments to understand how particle size and composition affect the particle chemical potential of attractive nanoparticle-polymer mixtures.
The expanded ensemble Monte Carlo (EEMC) simulation method for the calculation of the particle chemical potential for a nanocolloid in a freely adsorbing polymer solution is extended to concentrated polymer mixtures. The dependence of the particle chemical potential and polymer adsorption on the polymer concentration and particle diameter are presented. The perturbed Lennard-Jones chain (PLJC) equation of state (EOS) for polymer chains1 is adapted to calculate the particle chemical potential of nanocolloid-polymer mixtures. The adapted PLJC equation is able to predict the EEMC simulation results of the particle chemical potential by introducing an additional parameter that reduces the effects of polymer adsorption and the effective size of the colloidal particle.
Osmotic pressure measurements are used to calculate the chemical potential of nanocolloidal silica in an aqueous poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) solution at different silica and PEO concentrations. The experimental data was compared with results calculated from Expanded Ensemble Monte Carlo (EEMC) simulations. The results agree qualitatively with the experimentally observed chemical potential trends and illustrate the experimentally-observed dependence of the chemical potential on the composition. Furthermore, as is the case with the EEMC simulations, polymer adsorption was found to play the most significant role in determining the chemical potential trends.
The simulation and experimental results illustrate the relative importance of the particles size and composition as well as the polymer concentration on the particle chemical potential. Furthermore, a method for using osmometry to measure chemical potential of nanoparticles in a nanocolloid-mixture is presented that could be combined with simulation and theoretical efforts to develop accurate equations of state and phase behavior predictions. Finally, an equation of state originally developed for polymer liquid-liquid equilibria (LLE) was demonstrated to be effective in predicting nanoparticle chemical potential behavior observed in the EEMC simulations of particle-polymer mixtures.
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Frise, Anton. "Nano-segregated soft materials observed by NMR spectroscopy." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Fysikalisk kemi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-30337.
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This thesis is about using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy for studying soft materials. Soft materials may be encountered everyday by most readers of this thesis, for example when taking a shower or watching TV. The usefulness of these materials originates from them being soft yet, at the same time, having some kind of a structure. The characteristic length scale of those structures is often on the order of nanometers (10-9 m) and the structure can respond to various external stimuli such as temperature, electric and magnetic fields, or the presence of interfaces. NMR spectroscopy excels when studying soft materials because it is a non-invasive technique with a large spectral resolution. Moreover, different NMR methods allow us to study local molecular dynamics or longer-range translational diffusion. Understanding those latter aspects is very important for the development of dynamic and responsive materials. Papers I-III present our work on assessing molecular adsorption on interfaces in colloidal dispersions. Here, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) or silica particles were the colloidal substrates to which proteins, polymers or surfactants adsorbed. Papers IV-VI concern ionic mobility in liquid crystals (LCs). The influence of material structure on, for example, the anisotropy of diffusion or on the association/dissociation of ions was studied in several LC phases.QC 20110225
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Dorget, Michel. "Propriétés rhéologiques des composés silice/silicone." Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble), 1995. http://www.theses.fr/1995GRE10194.
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Lors de l'adjonction de silice colloidale dans une huile polymere silicone, on passe d'un comportement viscoelastique pour l'huile seule a un comportement elastoplastique pour le compose. Le but de l'etude est de quantifier cette evolution et d'en rechercher les causes. Nous avons quantifie le comportement elastoplastique de ces melanges par un seuil d'ecoulement et un module elastique obtenus respectivement par des mesures rheometriques en ecoulement permanent et en regime harmonique. Il s'avere que ces parametres suivent des lois d'echelle en puissance (3,3 et 4,2 respectivement) de la fraction volumique de silice introduite. L'utilisation de la microscopie electronique en transmission nous a permis de visualiser des structures fractales. Ce type de structure est egalement appele a verifier une loi d'echelle. La diffusion de rayonnement nous permet de chiffrer les parametres structuraux introduits en microscopie. En particulier, la dimension fractale d est de 1,8. Ceci aura necessite l'utilisation de rayonnement x et visible de maniere a couvrir toute la plage du spectre. La conception et le developpement d'un banc de diffusion laser bidimensionnel sous cisaillement nous a permis de visualiser des spectres de type papillon qui denote une certaine orientation de la structure sous cisaillement. Cet ensemble de resultats nous conduit a interpreter la rheologie de ces composes en terme d'objets fractals semi-dilues. La mise en equations de cette interpretation nous permet alors de relier les differentes lois d'echelle entre elles avec en particulier des puissances 4/(3-d) et 5/(3-d) pour le seuil d'ecoulement et le module elastique respectivement
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Mannix, Oonagh. "Etude de complexes de nanoparticules et polysaccharides par diffusion de rayons X aux petits angles." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019GREAV068.
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Les propriétés macroscopiques et la stabilité d’une suspension colloïdale sont déterminées par sa microstructure et le comportement dynamique du système, qui résultent des interactions entre particules. Les systèmes colloïdales sont souvent métastables ; les corrélations entre particules ont donc une dépendance temporelle, affectant la microstructure ainsi que les propriétés macroscopique du système. Les systèmes colloïdaux peuvent être hiérarchiques : de petites particules colloïdales peuvent être utilisées comme blocs pour construire de plus grandes structures ; il faut donc examiner un tel système sur plusieurs échelles, pour caractériser les propriétés des structures de différentes tailles. Cette thèse exploite la technique de diffusion des rayons-x aux petits angles (DXPA), et aux très voire ultras petits angles (DXTPA, DXUPA), et la spectroscopie de corrélation de photons-x (XPCS) pour étudier la complexation colloïdale sur plusieurs échelles de temps et de dimensions. En examinant l’échelle spatiale de l’ordre de nanomètre au micromètre et l’échelle temporelle de quelques millisecondes à plusieurs mois le mécanisme de formation et l’évolution structurale des complexes peut être élucidé. Afin de relever les mécanismes d’une pertinence générale les matériaux employés dans ce travail sont de qualité technique. Cette étude porte tout particulièrement sur la complexation des nanoparticules de silice avec le chitosan, un polysaccharide cationique d’origine biologique. Premièrement, une modèle fractal est employé d’une nouvelle façon pour décrire les courbes de diffusion des suspensions de nanoparticules de silice polydisperse. Deuxièmement, les divergences importantes, qui ne sont pas facilement expliquées, entre la diffusion aux petits angles de chitosan par les neutrons et les rayons-x ainsi que par la diffusion statique de la lumière sont révélées. Après avoir caractérisé les matériaux de base, le mécanisme de complexation entre nanoparticules et polysaccharide de charges opposés est étudié par des mesures DXPA cinétiques à l’aide d’un mélangeur rapide pour accéder aux temps courts. Les mesures statiques DXPA et DXUPA sont analysées pour élucider la structure des complexes dans le contexte d’un diagramme d’état. Finalement, la force ionique de la solution est fortement abaissée par dialyse, et le comportement subséquent du système est examiné. Étonnamment, aux temps courts, les dispersions dialysées ne x semblent pas significativement différentes des dispersions à forte force ionique ; aux temps longs, le comportement des échantillons dialysés diffère de celui des dispersions d’origine. Dans le système dialysé des cristallites de silice colloïdale sont observés. Ces résultats ainsi qu’une analyse de la dépendance du système en fonction de la température mettent en évidence la microstructure de ce type de complexation colloïdalThe macroscopic properties and long-term stability of a colloidal suspension are controlled by its microstructure. Inter-particle interactions determine the microstructure and dynamics of the system. Colloidal systems are often metastable and so the inter-particle correlations can change with time (and so change the microstructure, and macroscopic properties of the system). As smaller colloidal particles can be used to form larger structures with different properties it is necessary to examine a system across various size scales.In this PhD thesis a combination of small and ultra-small angle x-ray scattering (U)SAXS and x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy (XPCS) techniques are used to investigate colloidal complexation across both time and space. Spatial scales from nanometers (si{nanometre}) to microns (si{micrometre}) and time scales from milliseconds (si{millisecond}) to months were examined to elucidate the formation pathway and structural evolution of the complexes. To uncover general mechanisms of broad relevance this work uses technical-grade, non-ideal materials. The study is on the complexation of silica nanoparticles and chitosan, a bio-sourced, cationic polysaccharide.First, a new description for scattering data of polydisperse silica nanoparticles using a fractal model is employed. An investigation into the small-angle scattering of chitosan by neutrons and x-rays, and static light scattering reveals significant differences that are not readily explained. The investigation of nanoparticle and polysaccharide complexes uses kinetic SAXS measurements to study the formation pathways of the complexes, with rapid mixing experiments to access shorter times (stopped-flow apparatus). Combined USAXS and SAXS data are analysed to provide information on the complex structure within a state diagram. Salt was removed from the system using dialysis, and the subsequent behaviour of the system was investigated. It was found that the behaviour of the dialysed system differed to the behaviour of the non-dialysed system over long timescales. In the dialysed system the growth of crystallites of colloidal silica was observed. These results, along with an investigation into the temperature dependency of the system lead to some understanding of the microstructure of this type of colloidal complex
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Moura, Sérgio de Paula. "Bicamadas catiônicas em sílica: adsorção e estabilidade coloidal a baixa força iônica." Universidade de São Paulo, 2003. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/46/46131/tde-20112006-014013/.
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O estudo da adsorção de membranas-modelo na superficie de partículas sólidas é uma importante linha de pesquisa em áreas científicas que estão em rápido desenvolvimento tais como o desenvolvimento de biosensores, a construção de kits imunológicos ou o design de materiais biocompatíveis. Neste trabalho foram analisadas sob o ponto de vista físico-químico, as interações entre partículas coloidais de sílica hidrofilica e lipossomos catiônicos de brometo de dioctadecildimetilamônio (DODAB). O desafio de romper a estrutura rígida fechada de lipossomos quando em contato com partículas de sílica foi contornado com o uso de dispersões de brometo dioctadecildimetilamônio (DODAB) compostas de fragmentos nanométricos abertos de bicamadas ao invés de vesículas. Em baixa força iônica e pH 6.5, a adsorção de DODAB a partir de fragmentos de bicamadas de DODAB (BF) sobre sílica hidrofilica foi quantificada por isotermas de adsorção a 0,0.1, 0.5 e 1.0mM de KCl ou TRIS-HCI. A adsorção de DODAB aumentou em função da concentração de sal. Como a literatura de titulações potenciométricas de sílica para determinação de carga superficial das partículas forneceu cargas superficiais em diversas condições experimentais de pH e força iônica (Tadros e Lyklema, 1968), foi possível estabelecer a relação entre adsorção de bicamadas catiônicas de DODAB e a densidade superficial de carga sobre a sílica. Houve um aumento monotônico de adsorção à medida que a densidade de carga da partícula aumentava. lsotermas de adsorção apresentaram formas típicas de adsorção competitiva com um máximo seguido de uma diminuição da adsorção em função da concentração de DODAB no sobrenadante. Esses perfis sugeriram que a atração hidrofóbica entre BF adsorvidos e livres poderia estar reduzindo a adsorção sobre a superficie da partícula. A adsorção de DODAB BF sobre a sílica aparentemente não conduziria a um recobrimento como bicamada contínua sobre a partícula, estando os BF adsorvidos ainda disponíveis para interação através de suas bordas hidrofóbicas com os fragII}entos livres em dispersão. Em pH 6.5, ao longo de uma faixa de concentração de DODAB (O- 1.0mM)e de KCl (0.1 - 10.0mM), a partir da medição dos tamanhos de partícula, análise dos potenciais-zeta, fotografias das misturas e cinéticas de sedimentação de partículas, pôde-se concluir que a estabilidade coloidal das partículas nas misturas foi governada pelo fator R, que é a relação de áreas superficiais totais para bicamadas Ab e partículas Ap, R= Ab/Ap. Em R - 0.5, o potencial-zeta médio (Ç) foi zero, o diâmetro médio de partícula (Dz) foi máximo, a sedimentação foi rápida e a estabilidade coloidal foi mínima; em R> 1, o çmedido foi positivo, Dz foi mínimo, a sedimentação não ocorreu e a estabilidade coloidal foi máxima. Em baixa força iônica, foi alcançada uma alta estabilidade coloidal de partículas na presença de fragmentos de bicamadas catiônicas para valores de R iguais ou maiores que 1.The study of adsorption of model-membranes on the surface of solid partic1es is an important line of research in rapidly developing research areas such as biosensors design, building up of immunological kits or design ofbiocompatible materiais. In this work, interactions between hidrophilic silica particles and cationic liposomes made up of dioctadecyldimethylammonium bromide (DODAB) were evaluated from a physicochemical point of view. The challenge of breaking open rigid bilayer vesicles upon contact with silica particles was circumvented by using a dioctadecyldimethylammonium bromide (DODAB) dispersion consisting of open, nanosized bilayer fragments instead of vesicles. At low ionic strength and pH 6.5, DODAB adsorption from bilayer fragments on silica was quantified from adsorption isotherms at 0, 0.1, 0.5,1.0 and 10.0 mM KCI. Adsorption increased as a function of KCI concentration and surface charge density on particles. Isotherms shape was typical of competitive adsorption with a maximum possibly due to hydrophobic attraction between adsorbed and free bilayer fragments. Upon adsorption as fiat patches on particles, the fragments did not apparently seal into a continuous and closed bilayer surrounding the particle, instead interacted via hydrophobic edges with free fragments in dispersion. At pH 6.5, over a range of DODAB (0 - 1.0mM) and KCI concentrations (0.1 - 10.0 mM), from particle sizing, zeta-potential analysis, photographs of the mixtures and particle sedimentation kinetics, colloid stability of particles in the mixtures was govemed by the ratio R of total surface areas for bilayers Ab and partic1es Ap, R= Ab/Ap. At R ~ 0.5, mean zeta-potential ( ζ ) was zero, mean particle diameter (Dz) was at maximum, sedimentation was rapid and colloid stability was at minimum; at R > 1, ζ was positive, Dz was minimized, sedimentation was absent and colloid stability was high. At low ionic strength ([KCI] < 10 mM), high colloid stability for particles in presence of cationic bilayer fragments was achieved at or above R=I, i.e., from the equivalence of total surface areas for bilayer fragments and particles.
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Ogundare, Ojo Oluwaseun. "Optimization and Analysis of a Slow-Release Permanganate Gel for TCE Plume Treatment in Groundwater." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou161797021188483.
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Hubert, Céline. "Ingénierie de particules et assemblages à l’échelle colloïdale." Thesis, Bordeaux, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016BORD0185/document.
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La synthèse et l’assemblage de particules colloïdales de morphologie et de fonctionnalité originale permet d’envisager la fabrication de matériaux aux propriétés électromagnétiques innovantes. Au cours de ce travail, nous nous sommes intéressés à la synthèse de colloïdes hybrides silice/polystyrène par un processus de polymérisation en émulsion du styrène ensemencé par des germes de silice préalablement fonctionnalisés en surface par des groupements méthacrylate. Ces particules hybrides, composées d’une particule centrale de silice entourée d’un nombre contrôlé de nodules de polystyrène, ont été utilisées comme moules afin de synthétiser des nanocages d’or de morphologie contrôlée. Ces nanocages d’or ont été caractérisées structuralement et optiquement. Nous nous sommes également intéressés à l’assemblage des particules hybrides silice/polystyrène via la génération d’interactions entre les nodules de polystyrène grâce au contrôle de qualité du solvant pour le polystyrène. Les particules présentant un nodule de polystyrène s’assemblent en petits clusters alors que celles présentant deux nodules de polystyrène forment des chaînesThe synthesis and the assembly of colloidal particles with original morphology and functionality should allow the fabrication of next-generation materials. This study deals with the synthesis of hybrid silica/polystyrene particles by an emulsion polymerization of styrenes eeded by surface functionalized silica particles. These particles, made by a silica coredecorated by a controlled number of polystyrene nodules, has been used as templates for thesynthesis of goldnanocages morphologically controlled. Theses gold nanocages has been characterized structurally and optically. We have also investigated the self-assembly of hybrid silica/polystyrene particles by generating interaction between polystyrene nodules due to the control of the solvent quality for polystyrene. Particles with one polystyrene nodule self assemble in little clusters and particle with two nodules in chains
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Paula, Amauri Jardim de 1984. "Produção de veículos moleculares à base de nanoestruturas de sílica porosa para carreamento de compostos hidrofóbicos." [s.n.], 2012. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/249035.
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Orientador: Oswaldo Luiz AlvesTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Química
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Resumo: Partindo-se do método de Stöber, um elegante e eficiente processo de síntese de partículas coloidais de SiO2, adaptações foram feitas para que fosse possível produzir nanopartículas porosas (50-80 nm) com alto valor de área de superfície (~1000 m g), volume de poros (~1,5 m g) e alta estabilidade coloidal. As nanoestruturas são compostas de nanopartículas coloidais de sílica hierarquicamente funcionalizadas, com poros internos com estrutura desordenada e diâmetros que vão de 1,8 a 10 nanômetros, funcionalizados com grupos fenil, e superfície externa recoberta com grupos propilmetilfosfonato ionizáveis. A funcionalização hierárquica e quimicamente antagônica (hidrofóbica = poros internos; hidrofílica = superfície externa) permite que moléculas hidrofóbicas (baixa solubilidade em água) sejam facilmente incorporadas nas cavidades porosas hidrofóbicas, ao passo que as partículas se mantêm de forma estável dispersas em água por meses. Moléculas hidrofóbicas foram incorporadas pelas nanopartículas porosas de SiO2 em concentração de até 3% (m/m) através da mistura de suspensões coloidais aquosas desses nanomateriais e as moléculas insolúveis (pós). A capacidade de incorporação da molécula hidrofóbica em questão (camptotecina) foi significantemente maior que outros sistemas porosos de SiO2 que estão sendo atualmente usados. A eficiência dos veículos moleculares foi comprovada através do carreamento da camptotecina, um potente agente antitumoral que levou à inibição do crescimento de células leucêmicas humanas. Além disso, as abordagens sintéticas usadas nessa Tese também possibilitaram a funcionalização da superfície externa das nanopartículas com outros grupos orgânicos hidrofílicos e reativos, como o propilamina. Consequentemente, as características dessas nanopartículas de SiO2 aqui mostradas preenchem uma série de demandas científicas atuais: a necessidade de nanoestruturas porosas de sílica com ampla distribuição de tamanho de poro, com morfologia homogênea, estreita distribuição de tamanhos e com real dispersibilidade em água (coloidais). Assim, o conjunto de propriedades apresentado abre perspectivas envolvendo o uso desse sistema como uma plataforma tecnológica suscetível a várias aplicações, servindo como um veículo para dispersão e liberação de moléculas hidrofóbicas em meio aquoso
Abstract: Based on the Stöber method, an elegant and efficient process for synthesizing SiO2 colloidal nanoparticles, modifications were done in order to produce porous nanoparticles (50-80 nm) with high surface area (~1000 mg), volume of pores (~1,5 m g) and high colloidal stability. The nanostructures are made of hierarchically functionalized colloidal silica nanoparticles, with internal pores with disordered structure and diameters ranging from 1.8 to 10 nanometers, functionalized with phenyl groups; and external surface covered with ionizable propylmethylphosphonate groups. The hierarchical and chemically antagonistic functionalization (hydrophobic = internal pores; hydrophilic = external surface) allows hydrophobic molecules (low solubility in water) to be easily incorporated in the hydrophobic porous cavities, whereas particles maintain stably dispersed in water for months. Hydrophobic molecules were incorporated by the porous SiO2 nanoparticles in concentrations up to 3% (w/w) simply by mixing colloidal aqueous suspensions of these nanomaterials and insoluble molecules (powders). The uptake capacity for a specific hydrophobic molecule (camptothecin) was significantly higher than in other porous systems of SiO2 that have been currently used. The efficiency of the molecular vehicles was evidenced through the transportation of camptothecin, a potent antitumoral agent which led to the growth inhibition of human leukemic cells. Besides, the synthetic approach used in this thesis also made possible the functionalization of the external surface of nanoparticles with other hydrophilic and reactive organic groups, such as propylamine. Consequently, the characteristics of these SiO2 nanoparticles here shown fulfill several current scientific demands: necessity of porous silica nanostructures with a wide distribution of pore sizes, homogeneous morphology, narrow size distribution and real dispersibility in water (colloidal). Thereby, this set of properties opens up perspectives involving the use of this system as a technological platform susceptible to several applications, acting as a vehicle for the dispersion and liberation of hydrophobic molecules in aqueous media
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Benoit, Florence. "Développement de cristaux photoniques par voie sol-gel pour des applications laser de puissance." Thesis, Tours, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015TOUR4029/document.
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Les cristaux photoniques (CP) 3D sont des matériaux périodiques dont l’indice de réfraction varie périodiquement à l’échelle de la longueur d’onde. Cette propriété optique permet d’élaborer des composants optiques spécifiques comme des miroirs pour les lasers de puissance. Ces structures doivent présenter une meilleure tenue au flux laser (TFL) en régime sub-nanoseconde, comparés aux revêtements miroirs multidiélectriques actuels. Cette propriété est attendue car un unique matériau présentant une bonne TFL est utilisé pour leur élaboration, la silice. Cette étude présente donc le développement de cristaux photoniques colloïdaux 3D en utilisant la technique de Langmuir-Blodgett. Ces CP sont constitués de particules de silice avec une distribution en taille étroite, synthétisées par voie sol-gel. Différentes synthèses ont donc été développées et comparées afin d’obtenir les meilleures propriétés réfléchissantes. Une modélisation a aussi été effectuée en incluant des défauts dans une structure parfaite pour just ifier certains résultats expérimentauxThree-dimensional photonic crystals (PCs) are periodic materials with a modulated refractive index on a length scale close to the light wavelength. This optical property allows the preparation of specific optical components like highly reflective mirrors. Moreover, these structured materials might have a high laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT) in the sub-nanosecond range compared to multi-layered dielectric mirrors. This property is obtained because only one high LIDT material (silica) is used. In this work, we present the development of 3D PCs with narrow-sized colloidal silica particles, prepared by sol-gel process and deposited with Langmuir- Blodgett technique. Different syntheses routes have been investigated and compared regarding the optical properties of the PCs. A numerical model based on an ideal opal network including defect influence is used to explain these experimental results
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Dieudonné, Xavier. "Etude d'empilements multicouches colloidaux préparés par voie sol-gel : propriétés optiques et mécaniques." Thesis, Tours, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011TOUR4022/document.
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Les procédés de dépôt de couches minces optiques par voie physique ou par voie sol-gel présentent par nature des limitations pour la réalisation de revêtements épais (>1 µm) et ont alors recours à des empilements multicouches pour la préparation de miroirs diélectriques ou de polariseurs. C'est pour ces raisons qu'il est intéressant d'étudier les conditions permettant d'augmenter l'épaisseur critique des films sol-gel notamment. Après avoir étudié la capacité d'empilements des couches colloïdales, trois principaux paramètres ont été identifiés permettant d'augmenter l'épaisseur critique d'empilements monomatériaux et multimatériaux. Ces paramètres sont : l'épaisseur déposée,les interactions chimiques entre les particules et le temps de séchage du film. Ils influencent la microstructure des empilements et par conséquent les propriétés optiques et mécaniques. En contrôlant tous ces paramètres, nous avons montré qu'il est possible de préparer des empilements colloïdaux de fortes épaisseurs ouvrent la voie à la préparation sol-gel de miroirs de hautes performances et/ou de polariseurs. En outre, un développement spécifique de méthodes de caractérisations optiques et mécaniques a été nécessaire pour l'étude de ces films sol-gel, à la fois minces et fragilesMain optical deposition processes, physical vapor deposition or sol-gel, exhibit difficulties of achieving thick coatings (>1 µm) and to build multilayer stacks (dielectric mirrors, polarizers). For these reasons, we have studied the conditions to enable a significative increase of deposited sol-gel films thickness. Three main parameters have been evidenced enabling the control of the stacking ability : single layer deposited thickness, chemical interactions beetween nanoparticles and coating drying time. We have shown that these parameters depend on the sol composition and on deposition conditions (process) and that the microstructure of single material stacking is influenced. Optical and mechanical properties of sol-gel films have been studied and optimized regarding these different material and process parameters. For this reason, optical and mechanical characterization techniques have been specifically developed and can now be used for fragile and thin film characterization. In controlling all these parameters, it is now possible to prepare multilayer colloidal stack with high thicknesses enabling the fabrication of high-performance mirrors and polarizers
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Enarsson, Lars-Erik. "Polyelectrolyte adsorption on oppositely charged surfaces - Conformation and adsorption kinetics." Licentiate thesis, Stockholm : Royal Institute of Technology, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-4059.
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