Síntese, caracterização, propriedades e aplicação dos sistemas Mg- Al, Zn-Al e Mg-Fe

The Layered Double Hydroxides has become extremely promising materials due to its range of applications, easily obtained in the laboratory and reusability after calcination, so the knowledge regarding their properties is of utmost importance. In this study were synthesized layered double hydroxides of two systems, Mg-Al and Zn-Al, and such materials were analyzed with X-ray diffraction and, from these data, we determined the volume density, planar atomic density, size crystallite, lattice parameters, interplanar spacing and interlayer space available. Such materials were also subjected to thermogravimetric analysis reasons for heating 5, 10, 20 and 25 ° C / min to determine kinetic parameters for the formation of metaphases HTD and HTB based on theoretical models Ozawa, Flynn-Wall Starink and Model Free Kinetics. In addition, the layered double hydroxides synthesized in this working ratios were calcined heating 2.5 ° C / min and 20 ° C / min, and tested for adsorption of nitrate anion in aqueous solution batch system at time intervals 5 min, 15 min, 30 min, 1h, 2h and 4h. Such calcined materials were also subjected to exposure to the atmosphere and at intervals of 1 week, 2 weeks and 1 month were analyzed by infrared spectroscopy to study the kinetics of regeneration determining structural called "memory effect"

Radiopacity and cytotoxicity of Portland cement associated with niobium oxide micro and nanoparticles

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

O emprego de técnicas de qualidade de serviço em redes sem fio aplicado à automação predial

Pós-graduação em Engenharia Elétrica - FEIS

Studio della trasformazione di 1,2-propandiolo ad acido propionico

Il presente lavoro ha riguardato lo studio della trasformazione one-pot in fase gas di 1,2-propandiolo ad acido propionico, impiegando il pirofosfato di vanadile (VPP), (VO)2P2O7, e due differenti sistemi a base di bronzi di tungsteno con struttura esagonale (HTB), gli ossidi misti W1V0,3 e W1Mo0,5V0,1. Il processo richiede un catalizzatore con due differenti funzionalità: una acida, principalmente di tipo Brønsted, fornita nel VPP dai gruppi P-OH presenti sulla sua superficie, e negli HTB dai gruppi W-OH sulla loro superficie e dagli ioni H+ nei canali esagonali dell’ossido; e una ossidante, fornita nel VPP dal V, e negli HTB da V e Mo incorporati nella struttura esagonale. I risultati delle prove di reattività hanno consentito di dedurre gli aspetti principali dello schema della reazione one-pot di disidratazione-ossidazione dell’1,2-propandiolo ad acido propionico. I catalizzatori provati non possiedono la combinazione ottimale di proprietà acide e redox necessarie per ottenere elevate rese in acido propionico. Le scarse proprietà ossidanti portano a un accumulo di propionaldeide, che reagisce con l’1,2-propandiolo a dare diossolani, e inoltre dà luogo alla formazione di altri sottoprodotti. È perciò necessario incrementare le proprietà ossidanti del catalizzatore, in modo da accelerare la trasformazione della propionaldeide ad acido propionico, ed evitare quindi che le proprietà acide del catalizzatore, necessarie per compiere il primo stadio di disidratazione di 1,2-propandiolo, siano causa di reazioni parassite di trasformazione dell’aldeide stessa.

A 3D biomimetic in vitro model: a novel strategy to investigate glioma biology

Gliomas are one of the most frequent primary malignant brain tumors. Acquisition of stem-like features likely contributes to the malignant nature of high-grade gliomas and may be responsible for the initiation, growth, and recurrence of these tumors. In this regard, although the traditional 2D cell culture system has been widely used in cancer research, it shows limitations in maintaining the stemness properties of cancer and in mimicking the in vivo microenvironment. In order to overcome these limitations, different three-dimensional (3D) culture systems have been developed to mimic better the tumor microenvironment. Cancer cells cultured in 3D structures may represent a more reliable in vitro model due to increased cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) interaction. Several attempts to recreate brain cancer tissue in vitro are described in literature. However, to date, it is still unclear which main characteristics the ideal model should reproduce. The overall goal of this project was the development of a 3D in vitro model able to reproduce the brain ECM microenvironment and to recapitulate pathological condition for the study of tumor stroma interactions, tumor invasion ability, and molecular phenotype of glioma cells. We performed an in silico bioinformatic analysis using GEPIA2 Software to compare the expression level of seven matrix protein in the LGG tumors with healthy tissues. Then, we carried out a FFPE retrospective study in order to evaluate the percentage of expression of selected proteins. Thus, we developed a 3D scaffold composed by Hyaluronic Acid and Collagen IV in a ratio of 50:50. We used two astrocytoma cell lines, HTB-12 and HTB-13. In conclusion, we developed an in vitro 3D model able to reproduce the composition of brain tumor ECM, demonstrating that it is a feasible platform to investigate the interaction between tumor cells and the matrix.