La recherche concernant l’utilisation de nanoparticules dans le domaine médical a connu un essor considérable ces vingt dernières années, notamment dans le cadre du traitement du cancer. En particulier, l’effet radiosensibilisant des nanoparticules métalliques a été beaucoup étudié en radiothérapie, dans une perspective de réduction des effets seco...
This thesis presents "End-Capped Single-Ion Polymer Electrolytes" (EC-SIPEs) that are ionically conductive polymers having n repeating ethylene oxide (EO) units and an ionic functional group at one chain terminal. The library of EC-SIPEs presented are based on poly(ethylene oxide) mono methyl ether (mPEOn-OH) having EOn = 8, 10, 20 and 55. The anio...
Environmental contamination with TiO2 and the use of TiO2 as a food additive (E171) or in cosmetics result in human exposure to TiO2 via inhalation, ingestion, and through skin contact. When inhaled, most TiO2 particles are cleared via the mucociliary escalator and are then swallowed. Together with the ingestion of E171, this process results in a s...
This thesis manuscript deals with the study of two distinct projects. The first deals with the experimental design as well as the theoretical study of a brand new type of engine based on polymer fibers: the fiberdrive. The operation of this engine is based on a new physical concept described here, deformation modes with zero elastic energy (ZEEMs)....
The flow and the stability of viscoelastic liquid curtains are investigated using solutions of flexible and semi-rigid polymer chains. These viscoelastic liquids are extruded from a slot at constant flow rate and fall in ambient air under gravity. We show that the curtain flow of polymer solutions is characterized by an initial balance between grav...
Organic electronics represent a realistic alternative to conventional silicon-based technologies through the design, synthesis and implementation of functional organic materials into light and flexible devices. Organic materials, such as small molecules or organic polymers, are advantageous for their low-cost, flexibility and easy processing. Thank...
Nutraceutical plants provide nutrients for the animal as well as secondary compounds that can affect the biology and survival of gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN). Current screening of nutraceutical plants is based on in vitro evidence of anthelmintic (AH) activity against different life stages of GIN, but nutritional information is omitted or scarc...
The technique of detection with nanopores at the single molecule level, is one of the most powerful method for the analysis of various molecules, of which biological and synthetic polymers, proteins and peptides, sugar molecules or metal nanoparticles. These pores can also serve as a platform for the study of fundamental physical and biological phe...
Le comportement au feu de matériaux polymères peut changer plus ou moins fortement après vieillissement, mettant en péril les biens et les personnes en cas d’incendie. Ces changements dépendent du système considéré (nature du système retardateur de flamme, de la matrice polymère) et des conditions de vieillissement. Or jusqu’à aujourd’hui, les norm...
The work described in this paper is directed towards the electrosynthesis of TTFCl0,77 as spherical nanoparticles by using amphiphilic molecules, behaving as growth-controlling agents. The morphology and the size distribution of the particles were analyzed using transmission electron microscopy and the resulting powders were characterized by infrar...
