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Preparation and properties of agarose hydrogel with micellar domains
Sapárová, Alica ; Krouská, Jitka (referee) ; Pekař, Miloslav (advisor)
This diploma thesis was focused on the system of agarose hydrogels with micellar domains. Polysaccharide agarose was used for the preparation of hydrogel matrices. Septonex was chosen as a surfactant. The release of solubilizate from the agarose hydrogel matrix was studied with a hydrophobic dye Sudan III in order to obtain a model system of hydrophobic solubilized drugs. Sudan III was solubilized via surfactant´s micels. Subsequently, this micellar aqueous solution with the dissolved dye was used to prepare the agarose hydrogel. The system was prepared in the environment of deionized water and physiologic solution. The gradual release of the dye into deionized water and physiologic solution was studied for 22 days using the UV-VIS spectrophotometry method. It was found that after 14 days the concentration of the releasing dyes into the deionized water was decreased. The cause is that after 14 and 22 days there was a slight degradation of gels, which was detected using the rheology method. Using the rheology method it was also found that Septonex does not affect the gel formation process.
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Study of transport processes using microrheological techniques in hydrogels
Píšová, Denisa ; Kráčalík, Milan (referee) ; Smilek, Jiří (advisor)
This diploma thesis is focused on the determintaion of viscoelastic properties of agarose hydrogels containing different polyelectrolytes by microrheological and macrorheological techniques. From microrheological techniques the dynamic light scattering was used. Firstly, the influence of different polyelectrolyte volume was studied. Then the effect of variously charged polyelectrolyte and ionic strenght on microrheological properties of agarose hydrogels were determined. Classic rheology was used to compare the results obtained using the DLS microrheology method. Finally, the results from macro- and microrheology were correlated with each other.
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Study of interactions of pigments with biopolymer chitosan
Kolesa, Pavel ; Kalina, Michal (referee) ; Klučáková, Martina (advisor)
This master's thesis was focused on the study of interaction of some organic azo dyes (model diffusion probes) with cationic biopolymer chitosan. This interactions were realized via diffusion processes in hydrogel media based on thermoreversible agarose. The main aim was study of influence of pH of solution on the diffusion process. Interactions of used dyes are based on electrostatic character. The aminogroup of chitosan interacts with the functional group of chosen dyes (anionic sulfonic group) and thus affects the process of diffusion. The model diffusion compounds were chosen organic anionic dyes Chicago sky blue 6B (C.I. 24 410), Sirius red (C.I. 35 780) and Reactive blue 49 (C.I. 621 526). The important content of this diffusion method is a monitoring of the time progression of diffusion profile by UV-VIS spectrophotometry. The presented work follows the bachelor thesis and shows comprehensive view of the reactivity of chitosan and its behavior in different systems. Unsteady diffusion in cuvettes appears to be a universal method for the study of reactivity of biopolymers and for the study of transport processes in hydrogel media. The diffusion method is universal, easy and cheap.
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Compensation of geometric distortion of electrophoretic gel image
Dvořáček, Tomáš ; Vítek, Martin (referee) ; Škutková, Helena (advisor)
This master thesis is engaged in problematics of creation and compensation of geometric distortions in 1D agarose electrophoresis. This master thesis analyze the problematics of cause of these distortions and summarize the theory needed for compensation of these distortions. Based on acquired theory and created electrophoretic phantoms, the master thesis contains several suggestions for compensation of incurred distortions. These suggestions are recreated into functions, which are connected into a functional user interface for gel image analysis and geometric distortions compensation.
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Effect of humic acids on mobility of ionic compounds
Herzog, Milan ; Weidlich,, Tomáš (referee) ; Sedláček, Petr (advisor)
The content of this diploma thesis is study of interactions between humic acids and model probes (such as organic dyes and ions of heavy metals) by the simple diffusion experiments in diffusion cell. The main aim was to desctibe the influence of charge of different diffusion sonds (solved substances) on interactions with humic acids imobilized in model gel phase. As a appropriete model probe was chosen copper ions (as a representation of heavy metals) and organic dyes (methylene blue, rhodamine, fluorescein and chicago blue). Experimental results could be used to improve knowledge based on natural barier properties of humic acids and to inovate simple diffusion laboratory techniques for characterization of reaktivity of biopolymers in general.
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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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Influence of polyelectrolyte biopolymers on transport of ions
Kolesa, Pavel ; Kalina, Michal (referee) ; Klučáková, Martina (advisor)
This bachelor thesis was focused on the study of interaction of cationic biopolymer with model diffusion probe (basic organic dye) in the gel media by diffusion processes. The main aim was optimization of simply laboratory diffusion technique (unsteady diffusion in a cuvette) because of study on interactions of chosen biopolymer with model compound depending on temperature. Cationic chitosan was chosen as model biopolymer. The model diffusion compound was chosen organic anionic dye Acidal Black 10B (C.I. 20470). Diffusion processes in plastic cuvettes were realized by transport of dye in a hydrogel media based on thermoreversible polysaccharide – agarose. The important content of this method is a monitoring of the time progression of diffusion profile by UV-VIS spectrophotometry. Important part of this work was characterization of hydrogel medium and biopolymers by basic physical-chemical methods. This bachelor thesis is focused on reactivity of chitosan and its behavior in different systems. Unsteady diffusion in cuvettes appears to be a universal method for the study on reactivity of biopolymers.
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DLS microrheology to study gelation of polymer
Píšová, Denisa ; Smilek, Jiří (referee) ; Hnyluchová, Zuzana (advisor)
This bachelor thesis deals with the study of gelation process on model polymer through DLS microrheology. As the model polymer was used agarose and for microrheological measurement were used polystyrene particles. Agarose samples of various mass concentrations were studied through dynamic light scattering. Measured data were used to create graphs of MSD against time which were compared to MSD curves and error bars. The values of diffusion coefficients for all samples and each temperature were also compared.
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Study on Sol-gel Process of Agarose by Classical Rheology and Dynamic Light Scattering
Krňávková, Šárka ; Hnyluchová, Zuzana (referee) ; Smilek, Jiří (advisor)
The main aim of the bachelor thesis was characterization of hydrogels from rheological point of view and by dynamic light scattering. Rheological part of research relates with the determination of the influence of temperature on mechanical properties, gelation temperature and temperature of solidification as well as the effect of aging on mechanical properties of hydrogel. The influence of the particle size on diffusion coefficient was investigated by scattering techniques. The positive correlation between the data obtained by both types of measurement and the potencial usage of dynamic light scattering method for the characterization of hydrogels was discussed as well.
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Compensation Of Smile Effect Distortion In Electrophoretic Gel Image
Dvořáček, T.
This paper is engaged in the issue of automatic detection and removal of smile effect geometrical distortion in agarose gel electrophoresis images. Based on created databank of electrophoretic phantoms, an algorithm that is able to repair mentioned smile effect distortion was created. In this paper, two gel images with applied removal algorithm are shown with percentage description of reparation level.
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