Pesquisa e desenvolvimento de microesferas de poli(vinil álcool) com alta cristalinidade para utilização em embolização e quimioembolização

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Síntese e caracterização de partículas de poli(álcool vinílico) utilizadas em aplicações biomédicas: contribuição da análise fractal e entropia de Shannon

Pós-graduação em Biofísica Molecular - IBILCE

Características estruturais de géis de sílica preaparados a partir da sonohidrólise do tetraetilortosilicato com adições de álcool polivinílico

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Influência da concentração das partículas cristalinas nas propriedades dielétricas do híbrido PVAl/Cds

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Sínteses e caracterização de microesferas de poli (álcool vinilico) e sua utilização como suportes para imobilização de lipase produzida por Rhizomucor miehei e seu estudo catalítico na reação de transesterificação do óleo de soja para a produção de biodiesel via rota etílica

Pós-graduação em Microbiologia - IBILCE

Biodegradação de filmes de PVC e PCL por fungos filamentosos

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Resistência mecânica de juntas coladas em madeira de Eucalyptus sp

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Produção de nanocompósito utilizando diferentes fontes de celulose como reforço

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Energia na Agricultura) - FCA

Immobilization of a Plant Lipase from Pachira aquatica in Alginate and Alginate/PVA Beads

This study reports the immobilization of a new lipase isolated from oleaginous seeds of Pachira aquatica, using beads of calcium alginate (Alg) and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA). We evaluated the morphology, number of cycles of reuse, optimum temperature, and temperature stability of both immobilization methods compared to the free enzyme. The immobilized enzymes were more stable than the free enzyme, keeping 60% of the original activity after 4 h at 50°C. The immobilized lipase was reused several times, with activity decreasing to approximately 50% after 5 cycles. Both the free and immobilized enzymes were found to be optimally active between 30 and 40°C.

Dispositivo microfluídico de borracha natural (LAB-ON-A-CHIP)

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Plasma Treatment to Improve the Surface Properties of Recycled Post-Consumer PVC

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Synthesis of Structured Lipids by Enzymatic Interesterification of Milkfat and Soybean Oil in a Basket-Type Stirred Tank Reactor

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Spectroscopic properties of polycarbonate and poly(methyl methacrylate) blends doped with Europium(III) acetylacetonate

Spectroscopic properties of blends formed by bisphenol-A polycarbonate (PC) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) doped with Europium (III) acetylacetonate [Eu(acac)(3)], have been studied by photoacoustic spectroscopy (PAS) and photoluminescent (PL) spectroscopy. Emission and excitation spectra, excited state decay times, and quantum efficiency have been evaluated as well. PAS studies evidenced chemical interactions between the Europium complex and the PC/PMMA blend, which presented typical percolation threshold behavior regarding the Eu3+ content. PL spectra evidenced the photoluminescence of the Eu3+ incorporated into the blend. Photoluminescence property enhancement was observed for the composite in comparison with the precursor compound. Optimized emission quantum efficiency was observed for the 60/40 blend doped with 2% and 4% Europium (III) acetylacetonate. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Kinetics of photoinduced birefringence in the guest-host system of poly(methyl methacrylate) doped with azobenzene-containing crown ethers

The kinetics of the buildup and decay of photoinduced birefringence was examined in a series of host-guest systems: azobenzene-containing crown ethers, differing in the size of the crowns, dissolved in a poly (methyl methacrylate) matrix. In all samples, the kinetics of the buildup of the birefringence was reasonably described by a sum of two exponential functions, the time constants being inversely proportional to the intensity of the pumping light and the magnitudes of the signals at the saturation level depending on the pumping light intensity and sample thickness. The dark decays were best described by the stretched exponential function, with the characteristic parameters (time constant and stretch coefficient) being practically independent of the type of crown ether. The time constants of the signal decay were orders of magnitude shorter than the respective constants of the dark isomerization of the azo crown ethers, thus indicating that the process controlling the decay was a relaxation of the polymer matrix and/or a rearrangement of the flexible parts of the crowns. (C) 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Synthesis of poly(styrene-co-methyl methacrylate)-based ionomers and their Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) film formation

Poly(styrene-co-methyl methacrylate) (PS-PMMA) ionomers with several degrees of sulfonation were synthesized and characterized by infrared, UV-vis, and NMR spectroscopies, elemental analysis, and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Stable Langmuir films could be produced with PS-PMMA with 3 and 6 mol % of sulfonation, while PS-PMMA 8% exhibited material loss to the water subphase, probably due to its higher solubility. Surface pressure and surface potential isotherms with PS-PMMA 3% spread onto salt-containing subphases pointed to a film behavior characteristic of the polyelectrolyte effect, where charge repulsion governs the film properties. The Langmuir-Blodgett films of this ionomer were successfully transferred onto various substrates, as confirmed by UV-vis and FTIR spectroscopies. Using cycling voltammetry, we show that LB films from PS-PMMA 3% can be applied in selective sensing of dopamine, even in the presence of interferents such as ascorbic acid.