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Study on the transport of humic acids through the plant cuticles
Smilková, Marcela ; Záhora, Jaroslav (referee) ; Sedláček, Petr (advisor)
This diploma thesis is focused on foliar fertilization. It is nowadays one of the most widespread types of application of commercial fertilizers. Concern of this thesis is the study of plant cuticles as a thin layer on the leaves. These thin membranes are responsible for regulation of water transport and nutrients. Further function of plant cuticles is the mechanical protection of the outer part of the plant. Plant cuticles were characterized by fluorescence spectroscopy, classical optical microscopy and profilometry. The main aim of this thesis is the optimization and verification of experimental methodology aimed to the transport of commercial humic product through plant cuticles by simple diffusion techniques. The results obtained by presented diffusion techniques of humic product through plant cuticles were correlated with the same diffusion experiments through synthetic membranes with defined pore size and density. The study on transport of commercial humic product was realized in hydrogel medium by two different diffusion methods – non-stationary diffusion technique and diffusion couple. The important part of this diploma thesis is the characterization of supported hydrogel matrix by rheology tests, mercury intrusion porosimetry and scanned electron microscopy. Conclusions of this diploma thesis could be used for improving of efficiency of foliar fertilization.
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Diffusion processes in modified humic gels
Grunt, Jakub ; Sedláček, Petr (referee) ; Klučáková, Martina (advisor)
This bachelor thesis presents a study on diffusion of cupric ions in humic acid gels. A total of four types of samples were made during a modified preparation of gels. Humic acids were dissolved either in sodium hydroxide or in the solution of sodium triphosphate. Subsequently, hydrochloric acid and magnesium chlorid were used for "precipitation" of the gels. Gained samples differed particularly in the nature of interactions forming their gel structures. All the samples were subjected to diffusion experiments. Two different methods – constant-source diffusion and immediate planar source diffusion – were used to assign the diffusion coefficients. Both these methods were based on monitoring how the diffusion profiles of cupric ions in gels develop in time and on assigning the overall diffusion flow. The aim of the thesis was to assess the impact of gel preparation procedure and resultant structure on diffusion coefficients of cupric ions and their transport attributes in gels in general. Two different methods of diffusion inquiry were chosen particularly to assess the impact of cupric ion concentration on the diffusion coefficient.
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Experimental study on the release of active ingredients from gel matrices
Volhinava, Anastasiya ; Enev, Vojtěch (referee) ; Sedláček, Petr (advisor)
This thesis deals with the characterization of hydrogels containing humic substances and salicylic acid. Experimental study of the transport of active substances was performed from the gel matrix over the skin and synthetic membranes. During this work was writing literature review focused on the use of gels with humic substances in cosmetic, medical and pharmaceutical industries. The model humic hydrogels was prepared with salicylic acid and their characterization by basic methods of material analysis. These basic methods were and visual assessment of consistency during the preparation and rheology. The study of the release of active and humic substances was performed due to the vertical diffusion cells. The amount of released humic substance was characterized by UV-VIS method and the amount of released salicylic acid from gel matrix was determined by HPLC.
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First-principles studies of the electronic and structural properties of Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT)
Planer, Jakub ; Friák, Martin (referee) ; Bartošík, Miroslav (advisor)
This work is focused on Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations of oxygen vacancy diffusion barriers in mixed perovskite lead zirconate titanate and its pure counterparts. We found out that barrier heights are different in lead titanate and lead zirconate caused by the different localization of the excess electrons due to the oxygen vacancy formation. Diffusion barriers were also determined for titanium-rich mixed phases and compared to experimental values. This work contributes to clarify unusually low experimentally measured diffusion coefficients in PZT. We found out that the induced vacancy states are forming localized bonds to the lead atoms which causes the oxygen vacancies to become immobile due to the increase of the activation energy of the diffusion process.
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Evaluation of water vapour permeability
Zemánek, Petr ; Rozsívalová, Zdenka (referee) ; Frk, Martin (advisor)
The theme of this work is the knowledge of technical terminology and the laws of physics permeability materials in various industries. There are described basic properties of water vapor permeability and their meaning. This work refers to the possibility of measuring permeability in different application areas. The practical part involves the measurement and evaluation of water vapor transmission on selected samples.
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Transport of humic substances into leafs
Žáková, Michaela ; Kalina, Michal (referee) ; Klučáková, Martina (advisor)
This bachelor thesis simulates leaf foliar fertilization and describes transport processes of humic substances. Experiments were performed for two areas. The first focused on the flow through the plant cuticle as the main selective barrier. In the second one the transport of humic substances to the leaf was studied. The diffusion process was evaluated by the concentration loss of lignohumate solutions, which served as the medium of humic substances in the solution - leaf model. The results showed the effect of cuticle on nutrient penetration and its dependence on its condition. New findings are the transfer processes of humic substances into the leaves, that have proved effective in a short period of time, mainly at higher concentrations.
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Transport of drugs in humic hydrogels
Shalabodova, Kseniia ; Krouská, Jitka (referee) ; Klučáková, Martina (advisor)
Presented bachelor’s thesis focuses on the study of diffusion of drug in humic hydrogels. The aim of the work was to appraise the effect of the presence of the humic substances in the transport capacity of the diffusing compound. The main idea of experimental part was to compare the drug’s transport in samples of humic acid gels with the transport in agarose hydrogels samples. For this study diffusion couple method was used which was based on monitoring the development of diffusion profiles of drug in gels with the passage of time. As a diffusing medium sulfapyridine belonging to sulfonamide antibiotics class was used.
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Transport of metal ions in humic hydrogels
Hegr, Martin ; Smilek, Jiří (referee) ; Klučáková, Martina (advisor)
This diploma thesis is focused on the study of diffusion of metal ions in hydrogel of humic acid. The objective of this thesis was to investigate the effect of the concentration of metal ions supply source and duration of diffusion on transport through the gel using method of diffusion couple. Cupric, nickel and cobalt ions were esed like the diffusion medium. All these ions were selected thanks to their high affinity for the humic acids and because they are ideal to investigate the diffusion through the humic gel. Chloride salts of these metals, namely CuCl2, NiCl2 and CoCl2, were used like supply sources. Three different concentrations of each solution were compared, specifically 0,05M, 0,1M and 1M, and also were three different durations of diffusion, specifically 10 hours, 1 day and 3 days. Metal ions were compared with each other in order to determine which one has the best transport properties through the humic hydrogel. The data, necessary for calculation, were obtained by UV-VIS spectrophotometry. Diffusion coefficients and duffusive flux of individual metal ions were determined from measured data.
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Study on reactivity of humic acids via method of diffusion cells
Hrubá, Pavla ; Weidlich,, Tomáš (referee) ; Sedláček, Petr (advisor)
The diploma thesis focuses on utilization of diffusion cells in reactivity mapping study on humic acids. In the experimental part, samples 6 humic acids of different origin or chemical modification were studied. All the samples were characterized by basic analytical and physico-chemical methods (elemental analysis, thermogravimetry, determination of acidity, spectrometry). Methylene blue was utilized as a model reactive probe and agarose gel as an inert support medium. An effect of interactions between humic acids and methylene blue on diffusivity of the dye in the hydrogel was determined and discussed.
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