TY - CONF A1 - Meyer, Klas T1 - Contributions Towards Variable Temperature Shielding for Compact NMR Instruments N2 - The application of compact NMR instruments to continuously flowing samples at higher temperatures or exothermically reacting mixtures is limited by the temperature sensitivity of permanent magnets. Typically, such temperature effects directly influence the achievable magnetic field homogeneity and hence measurement quality. The internal-temperature control loop of the magnet and instruments is typically not designed for compensation of such effects. Passive insulation is restricted by the small dimensions within the magnet borehole. Here, we present a design approach for active heat shielding with the aim of variable temperature control of NMR samples for benchtop NMR instruments using a compressed airstream which is variable in flow and temperature. Based on the system identification and surface temperature measurements using an optical thermo-graphy setup, a model predictive control was set up to minimize any disturbance effect on the permanent magnet from the probe or sample temperature. This methodology will facilitate the application of variable-temperature shielding and, therefore, potentially extend the application of compact NMR instruments to flowing samples at higher temperature than the permanent magnet. T2 - 18. Kolloquium AK Prozessanalytik CY - Krefeld, Germany DA - 27.11.2023 KW - Thermostating KW - Benchtop-NMR KW - NMR spectroscopy KW - Process Analytical Technology PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-58970 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Meyer, Klas T1 - Compact NMR Spectroscopy: A Versatile Tool for Automated Continuous-Flow Production of Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals N2 - Chemical companies must find new paths to successfully survive in a changing environment. The potential of digital technologies belongs to these. Flexible and modular chemical plants can produce various high-quality products using multi-purpose equipment with short downtimes between campaigns and reduce time to market for new products. Intensified continuous production plants allow for difficult to produce compounds. Therefore, fully automated “chemical” process control along with real-time quality control are prerequisites to such concepts and thus should be based on “chemical” information. The advances of a fully automated NMR sensor were exploited, using a given pharmaceutical lithiation reaction as an example process within a modular pilot plant. A commercially available benchtop NMR spectrometer was integrated to the full requirements of an automated chemical production environment such as, e.g., explosion safety, field communication, and robust evaluation of sensor data. It was thereof used for direct loop advanced process control and real-time optimization of the process. NMR appeared as preeminent online analytical tool and allowed using a modular data analysis tool, which even served as reliable reference method for further PAT applications. In future, such fully integrated and intelligently interconnecting “smart” systems and processes can speed up the high-quality production of specialty chemicals and pharmaceuticals. T2 - USP qNMR Emerging Technologies Workshop & Roundtable CY - Online meeting DA - 17.11.2020 KW - Quantitative NMR spectroscopy KW - Benchtop-NMR KW - Process Analytical Technology PY - 2020 AN - OPUS4-51595 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Meyer, Klas T1 - BAM quality toolbox framework for qNMR N2 - Accreditation of analytical methods, either according to GxP or ISO regulations, requires a comprehensive quality management system. General quality documents are often already in place, which need to be extended by method-specific documentation. In this presentation we like to show an idea of a modular set of standard operating procedures (SOP) specifically developed meeting the requirements for quantitative NMR. The future goal is to collaborate with different accreditated NMR laboratories to compile a universal set of SOP and other quality documents that can be modified and used as a starting point for developing your own quality system for applications of qNMR in a regulated environment. T2 - ValidNMR Workshop at Practical Applications of NMR in Industry Conference (PANIC) CY - Online meeting DA - 22.10.2020 KW - ValidNMR KW - Validation KW - NMR spectroscopy KW - ISO 17025 KW - GxP PY - 2020 AN - OPUS4-51466 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Meyer, Klas T1 - Atomkerne zählen - Quantitative NMR-Spektroskopie als vielseitige Methode in Labor und Prozess N2 - Meist präsentieren sich Laboratorien für NMR-Spektroskopie auf den ersten Blick von außen nur wenig einladend. Es lohnt sich aber einen Blick hinein zu riskieren, denn die Methode ist heute unverzichtbar für die analytische Chemie. Die quantitativen Möglichkeiten werden häufig unterschätzt, erfahren allerdings durch den aufstrebenden Markt kompakter Benchtop-NMR-Spektrometer verstärktes Interesse für Anwendungen von der Laborbank bis hin zum Industrieprozess. KW - NMR-Spektroskopie KW - Benchtop-NMR KW - qNMR PY - 2020 UR - https://analyticalscience.wiley.com/do/10.1002/was.000600052 SN - 0016-3538 VL - 64 IS - 10 SP - 28 EP - 30 PB - Wiley-VCH GmbH CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-51464 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Maiwald, Michael A1 - Meyer, Klas T1 - Laboratory accreditation as a reliable indicator of technical competence for testing, calibration and measurement organizations – An introduction to ISO/IEC 17025 using the example of qNMR spectroscopy N2 - ISO/IEC 17025 is the worldwide quality standard for testing and calibration laboratories. It is the basis for accreditation by an accreditation body. The current version was published in 2018. Implementing ISO/IEC 17025 as part of laboratory quality initiatives offers both laboratory and business benefits, such as expanding the potential customer base for testing and/or calibration, increasing the reputation and image of the laboratory at national and international level, continuous improvement of the data quality and the effectiveness of the laboratory or creation of a good basis for most other quality systems in the laboratory sector, such as GxP. The main difference between a proper approach to analysis and a formal accreditation is shown in a targeted documentation, especially on the qualification of the personnel, the test equipment and the validation of the analytical methods. Using quantitative NMR spectroscopy as an example, it is shown how accreditation can be carried out and what documentation is required. In our case, we have described the procedure in an SOP ("Determination of the quantitative composition of simple mixtures of structurally known compounds with 1H-NMR spectroscopy") and supported it with a modular system of organizational and equipment SOPs. The special feature is that the accredited method is independent for the choice of the analyte and the matrix and therefore it is possible to operate with a single validated method. In our case, we have proposed three quality levels ("leagues") with different levels of analytical effort, which differ in their measurement uncertainty, in order to simplify the workflow and analysis design. T2 - 9th Annual Practical Applications of NMR in Industry Conference (PANIC) CY - Online meeting DA - 17.10.2021 KW - Quantitative NMR Spectroscopy KW - qNMR KW - Accreditation KW - ISO 17025 KW - ISO/IEC 17025 KW - PANIC PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53564 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Meyer, Klas T1 - Compact NMR Spectroscopy: A Versatile Tool for Automated Continuous-Flow Production of Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals N2 - Chemical companies must find new paths to successfully survive in a changing environment. The potential of digital technologies belongs to these. Flexible and modular chemical plants can produce various high-quality products using multi-purpose equipment with short downtimes between campaigns and reduce time to market for new products. Intensified continuous production plants allow for difficult to produce compounds. Therefore, fully automated “chemical” process control along with real-time quality control are prerequisites to such concepts and thus should be based on “chemical” information. The advances of a fully automated NMR sensor were exploited, using a given pharmaceutical lithiation reaction as an example process within a modular pilot plant. A commercially available benchtop NMR spectrometer was integrated to the full requirements of an automated chemical production environment such as, e.g., explosion safety, field communication, and robust evaluation of sensor data. It was thereof used for direct loop advanced process control and real-time optimization of the process. NMR appeared as preeminent online analytical tool and allowed using a modular data analysis tool, which even served as reliable reference method for further PAT applications. In future, such fully integrated and intelligently interconnecting “smart” systems and processes can speed up the high-quality production of specialty chemicals and pharmaceuticals. T2 - ACHEMA Pulse 2021 CY - Online meeting DA - 15.06.2021 KW - Process Analytical Technology KW - NMR spectroscopy KW - Benchtop-NMR PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-52822 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Fricke, F. A1 - Mahmood, S. A1 - Hoffmann, J. A1 - Brandalero, M. A1 - Liehr, Sascha A1 - Kern, Simon A1 - Meyer, Klas A1 - Kowarik, Stefan A1 - Westerdicky, S. A1 - Maiwald, Michael A1 - Hübner, M. T1 - Artificial Intelligence for Mass Spectrometry and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy N2 - Mass Spectrometry (MS) and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR) are critical components of every industrial chemical process as they provide information on the concentrations of individual compounds and by-products. These processes are carried out manually and by a specialist, which takes a substantial amount of time and prevents their utilization for real-time closed-loop process control. This paper presents recent advances from two projects that use Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) to address the challenges of automation and performance-efficient realizations of MS and NMR. In the first part, a complete toolchain has been developed to develop simulated spectra and train ANNs to identify compounds in MS. In the second part, a limited number of experimental NMR spectra have been augmented by simulated spectra to train an ANN with better prediction performance and speed than state-of-theart analysis. These results suggest that, in the context of the digital transformation of the process industry, we are now on the threshold of a possible strongly simplified use of MS and MRS and the accompanying data evaluation by machine-supported procedures, and can utilize both methods much wider for reaction and process monitoring or quality control. T2 - 2021 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE) CY - Online meeting DA - 01.02.2021 KW - Industry 4.0 KW - Cyber-Physical Systems KW - Artificial Neural Networks KW - Mass Spectrometry KW - Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy PY - 2021 UR - www.date-conference.com SN - 978-3-9819263-5-4 SP - 615 EP - 620 PB - Research Publishing AN - OPUS4-52180 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kuner, Maximilian A1 - Kühn, S. A1 - Haase, H. A1 - Meyer, Klas A1 - Koch, Matthias T1 - Cleaving Ergot Alkaloids by Hydrazinolysis - A Promising Approach for a Sum Parameter Screening Method N2 - Ergot alkaloids are mycotoxins formed by fungi of the Claviceps genus, which are some of the most common contaminants of food and feed worldwide. These toxins are a structurally heterogeneous group of compounds, sharing an ergoline backbone. Six structures and their corresponding stereoisomers are typically quantified by either HPLC-FLD or HPLC-MS/MS and the values subsequently summed up to determine the total ergot alkaloid content. For the development of a screening method targeting all ergot alkaloids simultaneously, the alkaloids need to be transferred to one homogeneous structure: a lysergic acid derivative. In this study, two promising cleaving methods—acidic esterification and hydrazinolysis—are compared, using dihydroergocristine as a model compound. While the acidic esterification proved to be unsuitable, due to long reaction times and oxidation sensitivity, hydrazinolysis reached a quantitative yield in 40-60 min. Parallel workup of several samples is possible. An increasing effect on the reaction rate by the addition of ammonium iodide was demonstrated. Application of hydrazinolysis to a major ergot alkaloid mix solution showed that all ergopeptines were cleaved, but ergometrine/-inine was barely affected. Still, hydrazinolysis is a suitable tool for the development of a sum parameter screening method for ergot alkaloids in food and feed. KW - Ergot alkaloids KW - Sum parameter method KW - Hydrazinolysis KW - Esterification PY - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-527508 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins13050342 VL - 13 IS - 5 SP - 342 PB - MDPI CY - Basel, Switzerland AN - OPUS4-52750 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Meyer, Klas T1 - On-line monitoring of polyhydroxyalkanoate extraction process using compact NMR spectroscopy N2 - Portable benchtop NMR spectrometers enable real-time process and reaction monitoring in contrast to conventional laboratory based off-line gas chromatography or high-field NMR measurements. In this study, benchtop NMR spectroscopy is demonstrated as a process analytical technology (PAT) tool for the application of the solvent extraction step in downstream processing of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolymers. These are one of the few thermoplastic polymers synthesized 100 % via biotechnological routes which fully biodegrade in common natural environments. This makes them excellent candidate materials for sustainable replacement of conventional plastic materials. Online NMR experiments were conducted using a fully automated setup, employing commercially available PTFE tubing as a flow-cell assembly. Extraction was carried out in a thermostated stirred batch reactor in lab-scale. Single-scan NMR spectra allowed continuous monitoring of the extraction of the PHA copolymer poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyhexanoate) containing 13.5 mol-% hydroxyhexanoate from Ralstonia eutropha biomass. Extractions were performed in chloroform and acetone across lyophilized cell loadings ranging from 20 to 120 g/L. The reproducibility and reliability of compact NMR spectroscopy closely matched that of parallel high-field NMR measurements. A strong correlation was observed between online low-field NMR data and offline gas chromatography (GC) analysis. The study highlights the versatility of compact NMR for process monitoring, facilitating endpoint determination and enhancing extraction efficiency by optimizing process parameters. Steady-state conditions were achieved within 6 to 10 minutes for chloroform and acetone, respectively, underscoring the method’s value in supporting downstream process development and optimization for PHA recovery. T2 - qNMR Summit Europe 2025 CY - Bari, Italy DA - 19.11.2025 KW - NMR Spectroscopy KW - Extraction KW - Downstream processing KW - Benchtop-NMR PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-64920 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Meyer, Klas T1 - On-line monitoring of polyhydroxyalkanoate extraction process using compact NMR spectroscopy N2 - Portable benchtop NMR spectrometers enable real-time process and reaction monitoring in contrast to conventional laboratory based off-line gas chromatography or high-field NMR measurements. In this study, benchtop NMR spectroscopy is demonstrated as a process analytical technology (PAT) tool for the application of the solvent extraction step in downstream processing of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolymers. These are one of the few thermoplastic polymers synthesized 100 % via biotechnological routes which fully biodegrade in common natural environments. This makes them excellent candidate materials for sustainable replacement of conventional plastic materials. Online NMR experiments were conducted using a fully automated setup, employing commercially available PTFE tubing as a flow-cell assembly. Extraction was carried out in a thermostated stirred batch reactor in lab-scale. Single-scan NMR spectra allowed continuous monitoring of the extraction of the PHA copolymer poly-(hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyhexanoate) containing 13.5 mol-% hydroxyhexanoate from Ralstonia eutropha biomass. Extractions were performed in chloroform and acetone across ground lyophilized cell loadings ranging from 20 to 120 g/L. The reproducibility and reliability of compact NMR spectroscopy closely matched with high-field NMR measurements. A strong correlation was observed between online low-field NMR data and offline gas chromatography (GC) analysis. The study highlights the versatility of compact NMR for process monitoring, facilitating endpoint determination and enhancing extraction efficiency by optimizing process parameters. Steady-state conditions were achieved within 6 to 10 minutes for chloroform and acetone, respectively, underscoring the method’s value in supporting downstream process development and optimization for PHA recovery. T2 - 20. Herbstkolloquium Arbeitskreis Prozessanalytik CY - Frankfurt am Main, Germany DA - 03.12.2025 KW - Polyhydroxyalkanoate KW - Process Analytical Technology KW - Downstream processing KW - Benchtop-NMR PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-65065 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -