TY - JOUR A1 - Baumann, Maria A1 - Falkenhagen, Jana A1 - Weidner, Steffen A1 - Wold, C. A1 - Uliyanchenko, E. T1 - Characterization of copolymers of polycarbonate and polydimethylsiloxane by 2D chromatographic separation, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, and FTIR spectroscopy N2 - The structure and composition of polycarbonate polydimethylsiloxane copolymer (PC-co-PDMS) was investigated by applying various analytical approaches including chromatographic separation methods, spectrometric, and spectroscopic detection techniques. In particular, size exclusion chromatography (SEC) and liquid adsorption chromatography operating at different conditions (e.g. using gradient solvent systems) were used to achieve separations according to molar mass and functionality distribution. The coupling of both techniques resulted in fingerprint two-dimensional plots, which could be used to easily compare different copolymer batches. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry was applied for structural investigations. The different ionization behavior of both comonomers, however, strongly limited the applicability of this technique. In contrast to that, Fourier-transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy could be used to quantify the amount of PDMS in the copolymer at different points in the chromatogram. The resulting methodology was capable of distinguishing PC-co-PDMS copolymer from PC homopolymer chains present in the material. KW - FTIR KW - Liquid chromatography KW - Mass spectrometry KW - Gradient elution KW - Polycarbonate-co-dimethylsiloxane copolymer PY - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/1023666X.2020.1820170 VL - 25 IS - 7 SP - 1 EP - 12 PB - Taylor & Francis AN - OPUS4-51369 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Falkenhagen, Jana A1 - Friedrich, Jörg Florian A1 - Schulz, Günter A1 - Krüger, Ralph-Peter A1 - Much, Helmut A1 - Weidner, Steffen T1 - Liquid Adsorption Chromatography near Critical Conditions of Adsorption coupled with Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry N2 - Chemical heterogeneities and molecular weight distributions of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO)-co-polymethylene (PM) model oligomers, which are relevant to the synthesis of commonly used tensides, were investigated. For analytical characterization, the well-known principle of liquid adsorption chromatography at 'critical conditions' (LACCC) was modified. Near the critical conditions of adsorption of the PEO unit, e.g., at slight adsorption conditions of PM, the copolymers could be separated according to their PM chain length. The eluates were separated and single fractions of each peak were continuously transferred onto the MALDI target by means of a commercially available device. Simultaneously, the MALDI matrix solution was continuously added with a second pump. This procedure offers the possibility of the formation of homogeneous matrix-polymer textures. By MALDI-MS a complete characterization of the chemical composition (PEO and PM chain length) of each peak could be achieved. The obtained MALDI mass spectra of the eluates at different retention times could be used for the molecular weight calibration of the LAC system. In this way, an additional application of SEC, as in conventional 2D-chromatography, was avoided by using the MALDI method as quasi chromatographic separation KW - Liquid adsorption chromatography KW - Matrix-assisted laser desorption KW - Ionization mass spectrometry KW - Coupling methods KW - MALDI PY - 2000 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/10236660008034644 SN - 1023-666X SN - 1563-5341 VL - 5 SP - 549 EP - 562 PB - Gordon and Breach Publ. CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-2168 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Falkenhagen, Jana A1 - Krüger, Ralph-Peter A1 - Much, Helmut A1 - Schulz, Günter A1 - Weidner, Steffen ED - Grellmann, W. T1 - Characterization and identification of new polymer structures by optimization and coupling of HPLC and MALDI-TOF-MS T2 - Polymerwerkstoffe 2000 CY - Halle (Saale), Germany DA - 2000-09-25 PY - 2000 SN - 3-86010-605-8 PB - Martin-Luther-Univ. CY - Halle AN - OPUS4-2250 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Falkenhagen, Jana A1 - Krüger, Ralph-Peter A1 - Schulz, Günter A1 - Weidner, Steffen T1 - Polymer Characterization by LC / MALDI-MS Coupling T2 - Vortragstagung "Funktionspolymere für Systemlösungen" CY - Darmstadt, Germany DA - 2002-03-18 PY - 2002 AN - OPUS4-1805 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Falkenhagen, Jana A1 - Krüger, Ralph-Peter A1 - Schulz, Günter A1 - Weidner, Steffen T1 - Polymer characterization by LC / MALDI-MS coupling T2 - Bayreuther Polymer Symposium 2001 CY - Bayreuth, Germany DA - 2001-09-16 PY - 2001 CY - Bayreuth AN - OPUS4-2256 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Falkenhagen, Jana A1 - Weidner, Steffen T1 - Detection limits of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation mass spectrometry coupled to chromatography - a new application of solvent-free sample preparation N2 - The detection limits of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) by semi-online coupling with chromatography were investigated using various mixtures of polyethylene oxides (PEOs) with different end groups. In contrast to the common dried-droplet sample preparation technique, which results in an inhomogeneous sample-to-matrix ratio within the MALDI spot, the used coupling technique offers a very high reproducibility combined with surpassing sensitivity of a few femtograms over a broad range of sample-to-matrix ratios. These results are in correlation with the results of the recently established solvent-free MALDI-TOFMS method utilising the grinding approach and are also of assistance towards the more theoretical aspect of MALDI that suggests that there is no necessity for an analyte incorporation into a matrix crystal for excellent matrix-assistance. PY - 2005 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.2256 SN - 0951-4198 SN - 1097-0231 VL - 19 IS - 24 SP - 3724 EP - 3730 PB - Wiley CY - Chichester AN - OPUS4-11859 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Falkenhagen, Jana A1 - Weidner, Steffen ED - Barner-Kowollik, C. ED - Gründling, T. ED - Falkenhagen, J. ED - Weidner, S. T1 - Hyphenated techniques KW - MALDI KW - Chromatography KW - Coupling techniques PY - 2012 SN - 978-3-527-32924-3 SP - 209 EP - 235 PB - Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA AN - OPUS4-26395 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Falkenhagen, Jana A1 - Weidner, Steffen T1 - Determination of critical conditions of adsorption for chromatography of polymers N2 - Liquid chromatography (LC) at critical conditions of adsorption was used to separate various poly(ethylene oxides), poly(propylene oxides) and their copolymers. For the first time, the determination of the critical conditions by means of Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC) coupled to Electrospray Ionization Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry (ESI-TOF MS) is reported. In contrast to established, mostly laborious routines to find suitable chromatographic separation conditions, this coupling enables a very fast adjustment of parameters. Similar to LC Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (LC/MALDI MS) coupling, a two-dimensional analysis of homo- and copolymers regarding its functionality type and molecular weight distribution, as well as copolymer composition, can be performed simultaneously. Furthermore, there is no need for using polymer standards for the determination of critical conditions or Size Exclusion Chromatography calibration. KW - Polymere KW - UPLC KW - ESI-Massenspektrometrie KW - Kopplung PY - 2009 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1021/ac8019784 SN - 0003-2700 SN - 1520-6882 VL - 81 IS - 1 SP - 282 EP - 287 PB - American Chemical Society CY - Washington, DC AN - OPUS4-19619 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fandrich, Nick A1 - Falkenhagen, Jana A1 - Weidner, Steffen A1 - Pfeifer, Dietmar A1 - Staal, B. A1 - Thünemann, Andreas A1 - Laschewsky, A. T1 - Characterization of new amphiphilic block copolymers of N-vinyl pyrrolidone and vinyl acetate, 1 - analysis of copolymer composition, end groups, molar masses and molar mass distributions N2 - New amphiphilic block copolymers consisting of N-vinyl pyrrolidone and vinyl acetate were synthesized via controlled radical polymerization using a reversible addition/fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT)/macromolecular design via the interchange of xanthates (MADIX) system. The synthesis was carried out in 1,4-dioxane as process solvent. In order to get conclusions on the mechanism of the polymerization the molecular structure of formed copolymers was analysed by means of different analytical techniques. 13C NMR spectroscopy was used for the determination of the monomer ratios. End groups were analysed by means of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. This technique was also used to determine possible fragmentations of the RAFT end groups. By means of a combination of size exclusion chromatography, 13C NMR and static light scattering molar mass distributions and absolute molar masses could be analysed. The results clearly show a non-ideal RAFT mechanism. KW - Amphiphiles KW - Block copolymers KW - Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) KW - N-vinyl pyrrolidone KW - Reversible addition/fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) PY - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.200900466 SN - 1022-1352 SN - 1521-3935 VL - 211 IS - 8 SP - 869 EP - 878 PB - Wiley-VCH Verl. CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-21905 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fandrich, Nick A1 - Falkenhagen, Jana A1 - Weidner, Steffen A1 - Staal, B. A1 - Thünemann, Andreas A1 - Laschewsky, A. T1 - Characterization of new amphiphilic block copolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone and vinyl acetate, 2 - chromatographic separation and analysis by MALDI-TOF and FT-IR coupling N2 - PVP-block-PVAc block copolymers were synthesized by controlled radical polymerization applying a RAFT/MADIX system and were investigated by HPLC and by coupling of chromatography to FT-IR spectroscopy and MALDI-TOF MS. Chromatographic methods (LACCC and gradient techniques) were developed that allowed a separation of block copolymers according to their repeating units. The results of the spectroscopic and spectrometric analysis clearly showed transfer between radicals and process solvent. With the use of hyphenated techniques differences between main and side products were detected. In agreement with previously published results, obtained by NMR, SEC, static light scattering and MALDI-TOF MS, our data proved a non-ideal RAFT polymerization. KW - Amphiphiles KW - Block copolymers KW - Liquid chromatography KW - MALDI KW - Reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) KW - Liquid adsorption chromatography at critical conditions KW - Gradient chromatography KW - MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry KW - Hyphenated techniques KW - Mechanism of polymerization PY - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.201000044 SN - 1022-1352 SN - 1521-3935 VL - 211 IS - 15 SP - 1678 EP - 1688 PB - Wiley-VCH Verl. CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-22012 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -