TY - JOUR A1 - Weber, M. A1 - Becker, Roland A1 - Köppen, Robert A1 - Durmaz, V. T1 - Classical hybrid Monte-Carlo simulations of the interconversion of hexabromocyclododecane N2 - In this paper, we investigate the interconversion processes of the major flame retardant - 1,2,5,6,9,10-hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) - by the means of statistical thermodynamics based on classical force-fields. Three ideas will be presented. First, the application of classical hybrid Monte-Carlo simulations for quantum mechanical processes will be justified. Second, the problem of insufficient convergence properties of hybrid Monte-Carlo methods for the generation of low temperature canonical ensembles will be solved by an interpolation approach. Furthermore, it will be shown how free energy differences can be used for a rate matrix computation. The results of our numerical simulations will be compared to experimental results. KW - Markov process KW - Molecular dynamics KW - Rate matrix PY - 2007 SN - 1438-0064 VL - 07-31 SP - 1 EP - 18 PB - ZIB CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-17841 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Walther, Wolfgang A1 - Becker, Roland A1 - Nehls, Irene A1 - Lehmann, Andreas A1 - Redlich, Christel A1 - Flemig, Sabine A1 - Dorgerloh, Ute A1 - Win, Tin A1 - Buge, Hans-Gerhard T1 - Pentchlorophenol (PCP) in Soil - Certified Reference Materials for Environmental Analysis T2 - Analytica Conference 2002 CY - Munich, Germany DA - 2002-04-23 PY - 2002 SP - 1(?) AN - OPUS4-1389 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Traub, Heike A1 - Win, Tin A1 - Lück, Detlef A1 - Koch, Matthias A1 - Becker, Roland T1 - Evaluation and Development of Methods for the Analysis of Soils according to § 8 of the German Federal Soil Protection Act T2 - 7th International FZK/TNO Conference on Contaminated Soil ; 7th ConSoil 2000 CY - Leipzig, Germany DA - 2000-09-18 KW - Soil KW - Heavy metals KW - Cyanide KW - Chromium KW - Organic contaminants KW - Analytical methods KW - Standardization KW - National law PY - 2000 SN - 0-7277-2954-3 VL - 2 SP - 904 EP - 905 PB - Telford CY - London AN - OPUS4-876 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schultze, Karin A1 - Philipp, Rosemarie A1 - Redlich, Christel A1 - Dorgerloh, Ute A1 - Becker, Roland A1 - Win, Tin A1 - Nehls, Irene T1 - Development, preparation and certification of a reference material for the determination of chlorinated pesticides in soil T2 - Symposium "Reference Materials for Technologies in the New Millenium" CY - Berlin, BAM, Germany DA - 2000-05-22 PY - 2000 SP - 1(?) EP - 4(?) AN - OPUS4-1313 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Scharf, Holger A1 - Becker, Roland A1 - Buge, Hans-Gerhard T1 - Soil Analysis - The BAM Proficiency Testing Scheme "Contaminated Sites" T2 - International ILAC/IAF Conference on Accreditation in Global Trade CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2002-09-23 KW - Böden KW - Eignungsprüfung KW - Qualitätssicherung KW - Ringversuche KW - Umweltanalytik PY - 2002 AN - OPUS4-2361 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Paul, Andrea A1 - Breitfeld, S. A1 - Sauer, Andreas A1 - Becker, Roland A1 - Kalbe, Ute A1 - Bremser, Wolfram A1 - Braun, Ulrike T1 - A Raman spectroscopic method for the monitoring of microplastics in soil N2 - Due to the increasing presence of microplastic particles (MP) in the Environment and the unknown risks arising from them, there is an urgent need for analytical methods that allow for an efficient identification and quantification of microplastics (MP), i.e. particles < 5 mm, in environmental samples. So far, mostly timeconsuming (micro) infrared or micro-Raman spectroscopic methods are applied. Here an faster alternative Approach is presented based on a Raman processspectrometer with fiber-optical probes in combination with multivariate data analysis. T2 - 12. Kolloquium Prozessanalytik CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 28.11.2016 KW - Raman spectroscopy KW - Microplastics KW - Soil KW - Chemometrics KW - PLS-DA PY - 2016 SP - P10, 59 EP - 60 AN - OPUS4-38392 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ogrinc, N. A1 - Rossi, A. M. A1 - Durbiano, F. A1 - Becker, Roland A1 - Milavec, M. A1 - Bogozalec Kosir, A. A1 - Kakoulides, E. A1 - Ozer, H. A1 - Akcadag, F. A1 - Goenaga-Infante, H. A1 - Quaglia, M. A1 - Mallia, S. A1 - Umbricht, G. A1 - O'Connor, G. A1 - Guettler, B. T1 - Support for a European metrology network on food safety Food-MetNet N2 - This paper describes Food-MetNet, a coordinated preparatory initiative to establish the European Metrology Network on Food Safety (EMN-FS). Food-MetNet aims to establish a long-term ongoing dialogue between the metrology community and relevant stakeholders, in particular, European Union Reference Laboratories (EURLs), National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) and the Joint Research Centre (JRC). This dialogue is meant to support the collection of needs from stakeholders, the take-up of metrological research output and the development of the roadmaps needed to navigate future research. KW - Network KW - Metrology KW - Food KW - Safety KW - Stakeholders PY - 2021 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measen.2021.100285 VL - 18 SP - 1 EP - 4 PB - Elsevier AN - OPUS4-53740 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Köppen, Robert A1 - Becker, Roland A1 - Weber, M. A1 - Durmaz, V. A1 - Nehls, Irene T1 - HBCD stereoisomers: Thermal interconversion and enantiospecific trace analysis in biota T2 - DIOXIN 2008, 28th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) CY - Birmingham, UK DA - 2008-08-17 KW - HBCD KW - Stereoisomerie KW - Persistent Organic Pollutant KW - HPLC-MS PY - 2008 UR - http://www.dioxin20xx.org/pdfs/2008/08-819.pdf IS - Paper #154 SP - 1 EP - 4 AN - OPUS4-17842 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Köppen, Robert A1 - Becker, Roland A1 - Emmerling, Franziska A1 - Jung, Christian A1 - Nehls, Irene T1 - HBCD enantiomers: absolute configurations and thermal rearrangement T2 - Organohalogen Compounds PY - 2006 UR - http://www.dioxin20xx.org/pdfs/2006/06-466.pdf VL - 68 SP - 1991 EP - 1994 PB - Norwegian Institute of Public Health AN - OPUS4-14540 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Krysell, M. A1 - Becker, Roland A1 - Wegener, J. W. A1 - Benanou, D. A1 - Ringstad, O. A1 - van Leeuwen, St. A1 - Leslie, H. T1 - Feasibility study for certified reference materials for organic compounds in sewage sludge (SLUDGESUPPORT) T2 - 10th Internatiaonal Symposium on Biological and Environmental Reference Materials (BERM-10) CY - Charleston, SC, USA DA - 2006-04-30 PY - 2006 AN - OPUS4-12283 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Esslinger, Susanne A1 - Becker, Roland A1 - Nehls, Irene T1 - HBCD isomers: degradation rates and hydroxylated products from microsome incubation experiments T2 - Dioxin 2010 - 30th International symposium on halogenated persistent organic pollutants CY - San Antonio, TX, USA DA - 2010-09-12 PY - 2010 UR - http://www.dioxin20xx.org/pdfs/2010/10-1113.pdf N1 - Serientitel: Organohalogen Compounds – Series title: Organohalogen Compounds VL - 72 SP - 259 EP - 262 AN - OPUS4-23168 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Esslinger, Susanne A1 - Becker, Roland A1 - Jung, Christian A1 - Schröter-Kermani, C. A1 - Nehls, Irene T1 - Time courses of HBCD levels and enantiomeric signatures in herring gull eggs from the German coast T2 - Dioxin 2010 - 30th International symposium on halogenated persistent organic pollutants CY - San Antonio, TX, USA DA - 2010-09-12 PY - 2010 UR - http://www.dioxin20xx.org/pdfs/2010/10-1112.pdf N1 - Serientitel: Organohalogen Compounds – Series title: Organohalogen Compounds VL - 72 SP - 255 EP - 258 AN - OPUS4-23167 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Emmerling, Franziska A1 - Becker, Roland A1 - Reck, Günter T1 - Mixed crystal of bis(µ2-N,N-di-n-butyldithiocarbamato-S,S,S')-bis(N,N-di-n-butyldithiocarbamato-S,S')-di-zinc(II) and bis(µ2-N,N-di-n-butyldithiopercarbamato-S,O,O')-bis(N,N-di-n-butyldithiocarbamato-S,S')-di-zinc(II) N2 - The title compounds Zn2[S2CN(n-C4H9)2]4 1 and Zn2[(S(SO)CN(n-C4H9)2)(S2CN(n-C4H9)2)]2 3 build mixed crystals in the ratio 0.42: 0.58. Each compound forms dimers, in which the monomer moieties are related via a two-fold axis, coinciding with that of the monoclinic space group C2/c. The lattice parameters are a = 23.581(9), b = 17.112(5), c = 16.372(9) Å, and β = 128.33(3)°. KW - Crystal structure KW - Zinc KW - Dithiocarbamate KW - Dithiopercarbamate PY - 2007 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/crat.200710956 SN - 0023-4753 SN - 1521-4079 SN - 0232-1300 VL - 42 IS - 10 SP - 1018 EP - 1023 PB - Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-17843 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Buge, Hans-Gerhard A1 - Scharf, Holger A1 - Becker, Roland ED - Gills, T. T1 - Soil samples prepared for a proficiency testing scheme operated by BAM T2 - 8th International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Reference Materials ; 8th BERM CY - Bethesda, MD, USA DA - 2000-09-17 PY - 2001 SN - 1618-2642 VL - 370 IS - 2-3 SP - 174 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-944 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Buge, Hans-Gerhard A1 - Becker, Roland A1 - Nehls, Irene T1 - The preparation and characterization of solid matrix reference materials for the trace analysis of organic environmental pollutants - relevant aspects of quality management N2 - Feste Referenzmaterialien für die Spurenanalytik umweltrelevanter organischer Schadstoffe erfordern aufgrund der geringen thermischen Belastbarkeit der Analyten besondere Aufarbeitungsstrategien für die Herstellung repräsentativer Teilproben. Das in der Fachgruppe I.2 seit 1994 für diesen Zweck systematisch aufgebaute technologische Instrumentarium wird vorgestellt, und das im Laufe der Jahre angesammelte Know How wird anhand von Beispielen vermittelt. Das im Laboratorium I.21 entwickelte Qualitätssystem für eine optimale Logistik der Arbeitsabläufe der Probenherstellung und -verwaltung sowie für eine bedarfsgerechte Charakterisierung der Materialien wird ausführlich erläutert. Bezüglich der Verwendung der Referenzmaterialien wird herausgestellt, daß es zwei gleichberechtigte Anwendungsrichtungen gibt: die interne Qualitätskontrolle mit zertifizierten Referenzmaterialien (ZRM, z.B. für die Methodenvalidierung) und die externe Qualitätskontrolle (Proficiency Testing = Kompetenzbewertung von Prüflaboratorien). Referenzmaterialien für das Proficiency Testing, die im Umweltbereich in viel größeren Stückzahlen umgesetzt werden können als ZRM, weisen bezüglich Homogenität und Charakterisierung die gleichen Qualitätskriterien wie ZRM auf. Diese Materialien haben - auch im internationalen Maßstab - stark an Bedeutung gewonnen. Ein englisches Abstract gibt es nicht, aber eine Grobgliederung zur Vortragsankündigung: This lecture includes: · the technological and logistical aspects of reference material preparation and sub-sampling and subsequent sample management, · appropriate measurement strategies for homogeneity and stability studies, · the use of relevant statistical tests to evaluate those measurement data, · the organisation of interlaboratory studies based on traceable measurements T2 - CENAM CY - Querétaro, Mexico DA - 2002-03-01 PY - 2002 AN - OPUS4-1612 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Becker, Roland A1 - Kalbe, Ute A1 - Sauer, Andreas ED - Moser, H. ED - Römbke, J. T1 - Selection and characterization of test samples and eluates KW - Municipial waste incineration ash KW - Gaswork contaminated soil KW - Copper-contaminated wood KW - Bulk material KW - Eluates KW - Ökotoxikologie KW - Biotests KW - Abfall KW - Europäische Normung (CEN) KW - Ringversuch PY - 2009 SN - 978-0-387-88958-0 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-88959-7 N1 - Geburtsname von Sauer, Andreas: Buchholz, A. - Birth name of Sauer, Andreas: Buchholz, A. SP - 35 EP - 46 PB - Springer Science + Business Media AN - OPUS4-22944 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Becker, Roland T1 - Interlaboratory comparisons - Erstimating degree of equivalence T2 - 3rd Central European Conference on Reference Materials and Measurements (CERMM-3) CY - Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia DA - 2002-05-30 PY - 2002 AN - OPUS4-2946 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Becker, Roland A1 - Castro, E. A1 - Lopez, Cristina A1 - Guevara, Alicia A1 - Pabello Poegner, Guiomar A1 - Pérez, M. A1 - Mitani, Y. A1 - Buge, Hans-Gerhard T1 - International co-operation in the development and application of matrix reference materials. Case study: Polycycric aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and total petrol hydrocarbons (TPH) in soil T2 - BERM 9 - 9th International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Reference Materials CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2003-06-15 PY - 2003 AN - OPUS4-4794 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Becker, Roland A1 - Koch, Matthias A1 - Lehnik-Habrink, Petra A1 - Buge, Hans-Gerhard T1 - The role of matrix reference materials in the process of method validation - A case study: PCBs in cable coverings T2 - BERM 9 - 9th International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Reference Materials CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2003-06-15 PY - 2003 AN - OPUS4-4793 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Becker, Roland T1 - Zinc-dithialkyldithiophosphates in engine oils - Determination of Conent, Composition and Degradation during Operation using Gas and Liquid Chromatography T2 - 11th International Colloquium Tribology, Industrial and Automotive Lubrication CY - Esslingen am Neckar, Germany DA - 1998-01-13 PY - 1998 AN - OPUS4-5683 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Becker, Roland A1 - Buge, Hans-Gerhard A1 - Nehls, Irene T1 - Proficiency testing of field laboratories - Experience from the soil sector T2 - Workshop on Laboratory Proficiency Testing (Umweltbundesamt) CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2004-10-07 PY - 2004 AN - OPUS4-5465 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Becker, Roland T1 - Interlaboratory comparisons - Estimating degree of equivalence T2 - 3rd Central European Conference for Reference Materials and Measurements CY - Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia DA - 2002-09-23 PY - 2002 AN - OPUS4-5832 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Becker, Roland A1 - Nehls, Irene A1 - Lehmann, Andreas A1 - Redlich, Christel A1 - Flemig, Sabine A1 - Dorgerloh, Ute A1 - Win, Tin A1 - Buge, Hans-Gerhard T1 - Pentachlorophenol (PCP) in soil - certified reference materials "BAM-U008" and "BAM-U009" for environmental analysis T2 - BERM 9 - 9th International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Reference Materials CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2003-06-15 PY - 2003 AN - OPUS4-5859 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Becker, Roland A1 - Buge, Hans-Gerhard T1 - International co-operation in the development and application of matrix reference materials T2 - Case study: PAH and TPH in soil; BERM-9 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2003-06-17 PY - 2003 AN - OPUS4-5858 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Becker, Roland T1 - Soil proficiency testing at BAM T2 - Seminario Sectorial Ambiente 2002, Centro National de Metrologia (CENAM) CY - Querétaro, Mexico DA - 2002-09-13 PY - 2002 AN - OPUS4-5833 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Becker, Roland T1 - Proficiency testing of laboratories by interlaboratory comparisons T2 - Workshop of proficiency testing of laboratories by interlaboratory comparisons CY - Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania DA - 2005-07-06 PY - 2005 AN - OPUS4-7650 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Becker, Roland A1 - Buge, Hans-Gerhard A1 - Bremser, Wolfram A1 - Nehls, Irene T1 - Mineral oil content in sediments and soils: ERM-CC015a - a certified reference material for quality assurance T2 - BERM 10, Tenth International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Reference Materials CY - Charleston, SC, USA DA - 2006-04-30 PY - 2006 AN - OPUS4-11810 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Becker, Roland A1 - Altmann, Korinna A1 - Braun, Ulrike T1 - Reference materials for microplastics in environmental matrices N2 - The pollution of marine, limnic and terrestrial environments with plastic waste and the potential impact especially on biota and humans has received increasing attention in recent years. Special focus is on particles smaller than 5 mm, the so-called microplastics. Consequently, possible regulations of emission and remediation efforts require sound information on the occurrence and fate of microplastics in the respective environmental compartments. Microplastics (MP) differ from classical organic pollutants in biota or the environment in that they do not consist of clearly defined low-molecular weight compounds but of polymer particulates with varying sizes and chemical compositions. This leads to specific challenges regarding the analytical techniques to be employed for their identification and quantification. Microplastics are defined as polymer particle in the size range between 1 µm and 5 mm and cover a wide range of polymers such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene and polyethylene terephthalate in variable geometric shapes. Properties relevant for environmental microplastics are polymer type, particle form and size distribution, surface morphology (aging status) and total mass fraction contained in a given sample. Polymer identification and particle size estimation using optical methods (IR and Raman spectroscopy) are time consuming and complicated by surface characteristics as a result of weathering, soiling, and microbial colonisation. Total mass fractions of MP in environmental samples can be determined by thermo-analytical methods. There are currently no standardised methods for sampling, sampling preparation, or detection of MP in environmental samples. So far, qualitative and quantitative investigations are done by research institutes and have not reached the routine laboratory community. The near future will see harmonisation efforts of MP mass fraction determination in environmental matrices by thermo-analytical procedures. The immediate need for reference materials during method development and comparison is outlined with regard to relevant matrix/polymer compositions, existing regulations and currently achievable detection limits. Examples for solid environmental matrix reference materials are discussed regarding the challenges encountered with matrices and polymer types as well as homogeneity testing and property value characterisation. T2 - BERM 2018 15th International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Reference Materials CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 23 September 2018 KW - Referenzmaterialien KW - Schwebstoffe KW - Sediment KW - Polymer PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-46209 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -