TY - JOUR A1 - Dabrowski, A A1 - Robens, E. A1 - Klobes, Peter A1 - Meyer, Klaus A1 - Podkoscielny, P. T1 - Standardization of Methods for Characterizing the Surface Geometry of Solids N2 - Since a comprehensive survey published in 1999 [1] much work was done in standardizing measuring methods to characterize the surface geometry of dispersed and/or porous solids and to certify reference materials. The present paper is an extension of a short communication [2]. It gives a survey on existing standards and reports on new drafts and proposals. KW - Particle KW - Pore KW - Reference material KW - Standardization KW - Surface KW - Partikel KW - Poren KW - Oberfläche KW - Normung KW - Referenzmaterialien PY - 2003 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/ppsc.200390037 SN - 0934-0866 SN - 1521-4117 VL - 20 IS - 5 SP - 311 EP - 322 PB - Wiley-VCH Verl. CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-5196 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rouquerol, J. A1 - Baron, G. A1 - Denoyel, R. A1 - Giesche, H. A1 - Groen, J. A1 - Klobes, Peter A1 - Levitz, P. A1 - Neimark, A.V. A1 - Rigby, S. A1 - Skudas, R. A1 - Sing, K. A1 - Thommes, M. A1 - Unger, K. T1 - Liquid intrusion and alternative methods for the characterization of macroporous materials (IUPAC technical report) N2 - This document deals with the characterization of porous materials having pore widths in the macropore range of 50 nm to 500 µm. In recent years, the development of advanced adsorbents and catalysts (e.g., monoliths having hierarchical pore networks) has brought about a renewed interest in macropore structures. Mercury intrusion–extrusion porosimetry is a well-established method, which is at present the most widely used for determining the macropore size distribution. However, because of the reservations raised by the use of mercury, it is now evident that the principles involved in the application of mercury porosimetry require reappraisal and that alternative methods are worth being listed and evaluated. The reliability of mercury porosimetry is discussed in the first part of the report along with the conditions required for its safe use. Other procedures for macropore size analysis, which are critically examined, include the intrusion of other non-wetting liquids and certain wetting liquids, capillary condensation, liquid permeation, imaging, and image analysis. The statistical reconstruction of porous materials and the use of macroporous reference materials (RMs) are also examined. Finally, the future of macropore analysis is discussed. KW - Capillary condensation KW - Image analysis KW - IUPAC physical and biophysical chemistry division KW - Liquid intrusion KW - Macroporous materials KW - Mercury prorsimetry KW - Permeation KW - Pore size characterization KW - Reference porous materials KW - Statistical reconstruction of porous solids PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REP-10-11-19 SN - 0033-4545 SN - 1365-3075 VL - 84 IS - 1 SP - 107 EP - 136 PB - Union CY - Research Triangle Park, NC AN - OPUS4-26109 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fürst, M.A. A1 - McMahon, Dino Peter A1 - Osborne, J.L. A1 - Paxton, R.J. A1 - Brown, M.J.F. T1 - Disease associations between honeybees and bumblebees as a threat to wild pollinators N2 - Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) pose a risk to human welfare, both directly1 and indirectly, by affecting managed livestock and wildlife that provide valuable resources and ecosystem services, such as the pollination of crops2. Honeybees (Apis mellifera), the prevailing managed insect crop pollinator, suffer from a range of emerging and exotic high-impact pathogens3,4, and population maintenance requires active management by beekeepers to control them. Wild pollinators such as bumblebees (Bombus spp.) are in global decline5,6, one cause of which may be pathogen spillover from managed pollinators like honeybees7,8 or commercial colonies of bumblebees9. Here we use a combination of infection experiments and landscape-scale field data to show that honeybee EIDs are indeed widespread infectious agents within the pollinator assemblage. The prevalence of deformed wing virus (DWV) and the exotic parasite Nosema ceranae in honeybees and bumblebees is linked; as honeybees have higher DWV prevalence, and sympatric bumblebees and honeybees are infected by the same DWV strains, Apis is the likely source of at least one major EID in wild pollinators. Lessons learned from vertebrates10,11 highlight the need for increased pathogen control in managed bee species to maintain wild pollinators, as declines in native pollinators may be caused by interspecies pathogen transmission originating from managed pollinators. PY - 2014 DO - https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12977 SN - 0028-0836 SN - 1476-4687 VL - 506 SP - 364 EP - 366 PB - Nature Publishing Group CY - London AN - OPUS4-32884 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - McMahon, Dino Peter A1 - Fürst, M.A. A1 - Caspar, J. A1 - Theodorou, P. A1 - Brown, M.J.F. A1 - Paxton, R.J. T1 - A sting in the spit: widespread cross-infection of multiple RNA viruses across wild and managed bees N2 - 1.Declining populations of bee pollinators are a cause of concern, with major repercussions for biodiversity loss and food security. RNA viruses associated with honeybees represent a potential threat to other insect pollinators, but the extent of this threat is poorly understood. 2.This study aims to attain a detailed understanding of the current and ongoing risk of emerging infectious disease (EID) transmission between managed and wild pollinator species across a wide range of RNA viruses. 3.Within a structured large-scale national survey across 26 independent sites, we quantify the prevalence and pathogen loads of multiple RNA viruses in co-occurring managed honeybee (Apis mellifera) and wild bumblebee (Bombus spp.) populations. We then construct models that compare virus prevalence between wild and managed pollinators. 4.Multiple RNA viruses associated with honeybees are widespread in sympatric wild bumblebee populations. Virus prevalence in honeybees is a significant predictor of virus prevalence in bumblebees, but we remain cautious in speculating over the principle direction of pathogen transmission. We demonstrate species-specific differences in prevalence, indicating significant variation in disease susceptibility or tolerance. Pathogen loads within individual bumblebees may be high and in the case of at least one RNA virus, prevalence is higher in wild bumblebees than in managed honeybee populations. 5.Our findings indicate widespread transmission of RNA viruses between managed and wild bee pollinators, pointing to an interconnected network of potential disease pressures within and among pollinator species. In the context of the biodiversity crisis, our study emphasizes the importance of targeting a wide range of pathogens and defining host associations when considering potential drivers of population decline. KW - Apis KW - Bombus KW - Decline KW - Pathogen KW - Spillover PY - 2015 DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12345 SN - 1365-2656 SN - 0021-8790 VL - 84 SP - 615 EP - 624 PB - Wiley-Blackwell CY - Oxford [u.a.] AN - OPUS4-32885 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - EvstigneevT, Roman V. A1 - Parfenov, Peter S. A1 - Dubavik, Aliaksei A1 - Cherevkov, Sergei A A1 - Fedorov, Anatoly V A1 - Martynenko, Irina V. A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute A1 - Ushakova, Elena V. A1 - Baranov, Alexander V. T1 - Time-resolved FRET in AgInS2/ZnS-CdSe/ZnS quantum dot systems N2 - The fast and accurate detection of disease-related biomarkers and potentially harmful analytes in different matrices is one of the main challenges in the life sciences. In order to achieve high signal-to-background ratios with frequently used photoluminescence techniques, luminescent reporters are required that are either excitable in the first diagnostic window or reveal luminescence lifetimes exceeding that of autofluorescent matrix components. Here, we demonstrate a reporter concept relying on broad band emissive ternary quantum dots (QDs) with luminescence lifetimes of a few hundred nanoseconds utilized for prolongating the lifetimes of organic or inorganic emitters with lifetimes in the order of a very few 10 ns or less through fluorescence resonant energy transfer. Using spectrally resolved and time-resolved measurements of the system optical response we demonstrate the potential of lifetime multiplexing with such systems exemplarily for AgInS2/ZnS and CdSe/ZnS QDs. KW - Nano KW - Nanomaterial KW - Ternary quantum dots KW - AIS KW - Semiconductor nanocrystal KW - Photoluminescence KW - Mechanism KW - Quantum yield KW - Photophysics KW - Energy transfer KW - Lifetime KW - Time-gated emission PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ab0136 SN - 0957-4484 SN - 1361-6528 VL - 30 IS - 19 SP - 195501, 1 EP - 7 PB - IOP Publishing Ltd AN - OPUS4-47434 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -