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Polyethylenterepthalate Copper Plating for Conductive Structures Realisation
Chmela, Ondřej ; Zatloukal, Miroslav (referee) ; Starý, Jiří (advisor)
The content of this master’s thesis are methods of pretreatment and coating of the surface of PET to produce conductive copper structure and quality control. Thesis also includes theoretical analysis of these methods. Physical and chemical techniques of surface pretreatment methods are discussed in the theoretical part as well as methods making surface of substrate conductive, the subsequent galvanic copper plating and quality control of coating and testing of the adhesion between layers. The experimental part focuses on two methods of the polymer material surface pretreatments. The properties of these pretreatments were evaluated by using the atomic force microscopy and detection of surface energy by wetting and contact angle measurements. The surface is making conductive with cathode sputtering and electrochemical coating of copper. Adhesion of layers is tested mainly with scratch test and other methods. The results of these sub-operations are used for the realization of multi-layer conductive structures.
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Improvement of control and analysis techniques of a SPM model
Štefko, Marcel ; Nováček, Zdeněk (referee) ; Šulc, Dalibor (advisor)
Bakalářská práce se zabývá zdokonalováním výukového modelu mikroskopu atomárních sil (AFM). Součástí práce je rešerše stávajících analogii mezi makroskopickými jevy a fenomény spojenými s mikroskopii rastrovací sondou. Dále byla vybrána vhodná analogie, která byla následně implementována do již existujícího modelu mikroskopu atomárních sil. Do modelu byl integrován i jednodeskový počítač, který zajistí ovládání i bez nutnosti připojení externího počítače. Na závěr byly vyhodnoceny vlastnosti použité sondy a analogie mezi modelem a skutečnými mikroskopy atomárních sil.
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Design, Fabrication and Testing of Environmental Chamber for Atomic Force Microscope and for Electronic Measurements of Nanosensors
Cahlík, Aleš ; Mach, Jindřich (referee) ; Bartošík, Miroslav (advisor)
This thesis deals with the concept of the chamber for atomic force microscope device NTegra Prima or alternatively for stand-alone measurements of nanosensors. The chamber will be used for defined modification of ambient conditions in space around measured sample. In first part, the theoretical principles of influence of ambient conditions on AFM methods are discussed. In the second chapter, the principles of graphene sensors measurements are showed. Further the reasons and requirements for designing this chamber are introduced. Main part deals with description of design. At the end the results of stress analysis and wall deflection of evacuated chamber are presented.
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Membrane protein interactions studied on single molecular level by force spectroscopy, optical spectroscopy and methods of computational biochemistry
MATĚNOVÁ, Martina
I have set for a challenging study that combined experimental and theoretical approaches in an attempt to resolve a role of small aminoacids in intermolecular interactions. First, I have proposed a hypothesis that described the interaction among individual aminoacids forming D helices of D1 and D2 proteins based on molecular dynamic simulations of a simplified model representing the reaction centre of photosystem II. Stability of the putative interhelical hydrogen bond network connecting D1 and D2 proteins was investigated experimentally with dynamic force spectroscopy using atomic force microscope. The results of both methods are in a full agreement with each other and reveal the key role of D1-Gly208 aminoacid in stability and functionality of photosystem II by providing milieu for weak interactions among three contact points at the cross of D helices: D1-Gly208 (O) and D2-Cys211 (O?), D1-Ser209 (O?) and D2-Ile204 (O), D1-Ser212 (O?) and D2-Gly207 (O). Mutation of the D1-Gly208 led to the increase in probability of the binding among the aforementioned aminoacids, undesirably strengthening the overall interactions among the proteins compromising photosynthetic capacity (D1-Ser208) or disabling of autotrophic growth (D1-Val208).
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Mechanisms involved in sodium uptake activation by the Tumor Necrosis Factor-derived TIP peptide
DULEBO, Alexander
The Tumor Necrosis Factor derived-TIP peptide is a small 17 amino acids cyclic peptide with lectin-like activity, that possesses several therapeutically relevant biological activities, among which is activation of alveolar liquid clearance in both healthy and injured lungs in vivo. Accumulation of fluid in the lungs? alveoli and interstitial spaces is a life-threatening condition called pulmonary edema. The mortality rate due permeability pulmonary edema, accompanied by a dysfunction of the alveolar/capillary barrier, is high because no effective treatment lacking side effects exists nowadays. It is known that the TIP peptide is able to activate vectorial Na+ transport ? which mediates lung liquid clearance. However, the mechanism of action of remains elusive. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the initial steps of interaction between the TIP peptide and airway epithelial cells. Numerous novel methods and single-molecule techniques were used to unravel: (i) how the TIP peptide interacts with the molecules on the apical side of the lung epithelial cells; (ii) whether the TIP peptide need to be internalized inside of the cells to trigger its effects; (iii) the nature of the interaction between the TIP peptide and its putative receptor(s); (iv) the putative receptor(s) for the TIP peptide on the apical surface of the lung epithelial cells.
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Membrane protein interactions studied on single molecular level by force spectroscopy, optical spectroscopy and methods of computational biochemistry
MATĚNOVÁ, Martina
I have set for a challenging study that combined experimental and theoretical approaches in an attempt to resolve a role of small aminoacids in intermolecular interactions. First, I have proposed a hypothesis that described the interaction among individual aminoacids forming D helices of D1 and D2 proteins based on molecular dynamic simulations of a simplified model representing the reaction centre of photosystem II. Stability of the putative interhelical hydrogen bond network connecting D1 and D2 proteins was investigated experimentally with dynamic force spectroscopy using atomic force microscope. The results of both methods are in a full agreement with each other and reveal the key role of D1-Gly208 aminoacid in stability and functionality of photosystem II by providing milieu for weak interactions among three contact points at the cross of D helices: D1-Gly208 (O) and D2-Cys211 (O?), D1-Ser209 (O?) and D2-Ile204 (O), D1-Ser212 (O?) and D2-Gly207 (O). Mutation of the D1-Gly208 led to the increase in probability of the binding among the aforementioned aminoacids, undesirably strengthening the overall interactions among the proteins compromising photosynthetic capacity (D1-Ser208) or disabling of autotrophic growth (D1-Val208).
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Polished Silver Solid Amalgam Electrode
Fadrná, Renata
The polished silver solid amalgam electrode (p-AgSAE) seems to be a suitable alternative to hanging mercury drop electrode (HMDE). The structure of electrode material and working electrode surface were analyzed by RTG diffraction, atomic forces microscopy (AFM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). It was found that silver amalgam has crystalline structure (without the presence of different phases), any liquid mercury is not presented on the electrode surface and also mercury is not evaporated from the amalgam. p-AgSAE was applied for the determination of inorganic cations (Cu2+, Pb2+, Cd2+, Zn2+) and anions (NO3-, SCN-), amino acids (cysteine, cystin), nitro compounds (2,4´-dinitritoluene, 1,3´-dinitrobenzene, 2-nitronaftalene), aldehydes (benzaldehyde), vitamin C and purine bases of DNA (adenine, guanine) up to now.
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