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Vakuová metalurgie intermetalik TiAl
Zemčík, L. ; Dlouhý, Antonín ; Król, S. ; Pražmowski, M.
To be able to melt successfully type gamma TiAl alloys it is absolutely necessary to solve the fundamental metallurgical problems associated with the reactions between the melt and the refractories of crucibles and ceramic moulds, with the reactions between the melt and residual gases in the furnace chamber, and with the evaporation of aluminium from the melt. The paper deals with the physico - chemical analyses of the above processes and gives their evaluation based on the results of experimental melts of the type of Ti48Al2Cr2Nb1B (at.%) obtained in vacuum induction furnace. The work also gives the results of oxidation tests for the Ti48Al2Cr2Nb1B(at.%) alloy.
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Study of influence of the substrate temperature on the structure of epitaxial tungsten oxide layers
Pavlíková, Romana ; Mašek, Karel (advisor) ; Veltruská, Kateřina (referee)
Purpose of this thesis is a study of substrate temperature influence on structure, chemical composition and morphology of tungsten oxide thin films prepared by oxidation of a tungsten single crystal W(110) using a radio frequency plasma source. Thin film's parameters were observed by RHEED, XPS, AFM snad SEM. The substrate was oxidized at room temperature (RT) and at temperatures of 400ř C, 500ř C and 550ř C. In the first and the second case, produced thin films were amorphous and epitaxial structure was obtained by recrystallization. At the temperature of 500ř C, an epitaxial thin film was produced directly. After further heating at the temperature of 550ř C we got polycrystalline thin film without orientation of the crystal grains. All the epitaxial thin films had (111) crystallographic plane parallel to substrate surface. The tungsten oxide layers grew with relatively hight surface roughness in the order of several nanometers.
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Study on potentiaion of pharmacological efficiencies of ellipticine
Vranová, Iveta ; Mrázová, Barbora (referee) ; Stiborová, Marie (advisor)
Cytotoxic chemotherapy offers tool for clinical treatment of neoplasia. One of the drugs suitable for chemotherapy is ellipticine. Ellipticine is an alkaloid, which has significant antineoplastic properties. It acts as a DNA intercalator, inhibitor of topoisomerase II and forms also covalent DNA adducts mediated by cytochrome P450 and/or peroxidases. Oxidation of ellipticine by CYP (CYP3A4, CYP1A1/2, CYP2C9, CYP1B1) provides several metabolites (7-hydroxyellipticine, 9-hydroxyellipticine, 12-hydroxyellipticine, 13- hydroxyellipticine, and ellipticine N2 -oxide). Metabolites 12-hydroxyellipticine and 13- hydroxyellipticine, formed by CYP3A4, are responsible for formation of two major DNA adducts. Two carbenium ions, ellipticine-13-ylium and ellipticine-12-ylium were proposed as a reactive species binding to DNA. The main metabolites generated by peroxidases are the ellipticine dimer and ellipticine N2 -oxide, which provide the same carbenium ions and same DNA adducts. Modern chemotherapy uses targeting for higher selectivity for malignant cells and lower cytotoxicity for normal cells. Ellipticine-conjugates and his derivates (N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methakrylamid-ellipticine conjugates, vasoactive intestinal peptide-ellipticine conjugates and human serum albumin-ellipticine conjugates) and epidermal...
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Oxidative stress, microinflammation and cardiovascular risk in patients with chronic kidney disease
Hodková, Magdalena ; Kalousová, Marta (advisor) ; Průša, Richard (referee) ; Racek, Jaroslav (referee)
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients are at a significantly higher risk of atherosclerotic complications when compared to the general population. Oxidative stress and the related chronic microinflammation are possible causes of this increased cardiovascular risk, which is most pronounced in patients undergoing chronic haemodialysis (HD) treatment. Oxidative stress in HD patients can be further increased by routine pharmacological interventions (especially by intravenous - i.v. iron preparations administration). The aim of the thesis was to investigate neutrophil respiratory burst and some molecules related to oxidative stress and chronic inflammation - pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPPA), advanced oxidation protein products (AOPP), C-reactive protein (CRP), intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and E-selectin during HD session and to find out whether they can be pharmacologically affected by i.v. ferric sodium-gluconate and oral vitamin E administration. We focused on studying PAPP-A in chronic renal disease (CKD) patients, patients treated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and chronic HD patients. We have observed that HD patients' neutrophils are primed to generate greater quantities of superoxide than those of healthy controls. This production decreases during HD and...
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Nanostructured layers of semiconducting metal oxides in gas sensors
Bartoš, Dušan ; Pytlíček, Zdeněk (referee) ; Bendová, Mária (advisor)
This diploma thesis discusses the gas sensor preparation via anodic oxidation. It names sensor types, deals with the sensing principle of electrochemical sensors in detail and submits sensor parameters. It describes preparation technology and characterization technology methods. In the experimental part, it focuses on both the measurement methodology and the electrochemical oxygen sensor covered with titanium dioxide nanocolumns fabrication. Not the least it discusses acquired research results.
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Electrochemical Study of Rhamnazin
Ramešová, Šárka ; Sokolová, Romana ; Degano, I.
The natural flavonoid compound rhamanzin (3,5,4’-trihydroxy-7,3’-dimethoxyflavone) is important bioactive compound with antioxidative, anti-allergic, and anti-inflammatory properties. The cyclic voltammetry is used for the electrochemistry behavior of rhamnazin. The determination of oxidation pathways is supported by the identification of degradation products using separation technique.
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System of evaluation of soil organic matter based on fractionation by level of hydrophilic characteristics and by characterisation of fractions with differential thermic analysis
STROSSER, Eduard
The contemporary methods of evaluation of the soil organic matter do not sufficiently characterize its stability. The aim of this study is to develop a method for soil organic matter stability evaluation. The four different methods were tested, two based on chemical principle a two on microbiology principle. The first method is based on sequential soil organic matter fractionation by a system of solvents with increasing polarity, the second method uses oxidizers with different oxidizing efficiency. In the third method micro-organisms decompose soil organic matter in anaerobic environment as well as in the four method, but this one makes use of up gas production measuring sensors. The method of sequential extraction is not suitable for practical use, the oxidation method is preferred. The oxidation method also both microbiology methods imply that the most important part of soil organic matter is decomposed rapidly or while using weak oxidizer. This fraction is the most important for evaluation decomposability and it is characteristic for particular soils. After decomposition of this part of SOM its remnant is decomposed steady and linear or micro-organisms are not able to decompose it.
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Electrochemical Study of Oxazaborine Chromophores
Mikysek, T. ; Josefík, F. ; Vytřas, K. ; Ludvík, Jiří
This contribution describes a basic electrochemical study of a series of newly synthesized chromophores based on the oxazaborine core. The attention was focused on determination of the first oxidation and the first reduction potentials, their difference and the relationship to the calculated highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energies. The oxidation is mostly a two-electron irreversible process, the first reduction is also irrevesible, but involving one-electron. For better understanding of the relationship between the structure and redox properties, the approach using sigma (para) constants of Hammett type was applied, the difference between E(ox) and E(red) was correlated with the HOMO-LUMO gap.
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