TY - JOUR A1 - Manso, M. A1 - Pessanha, S. A1 - Guerra, M. A1 - Reinholz, Uwe A1 - Afonso, C. A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Lourenco, H. A1 - Carvalho, M. L. A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana T1 - Assessment of Toxic Metals and Hazardous Substances in Tattoo Inks Using Sy-XRF, AAS, and Raman Spectroscopy N2 - Synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, in conjunction with atomic absorption and Raman spectroscopy, was used to analyze a set of top brand tattoo inks to investigate the presence of toxic elements and hazardous substances. The Cr, Cu, and Pb contents were found to be above the maximum allowed levels established by the Council of Europe through the resolution ResAP(2008)1 on requirements and criteria for the safety of tattoos and permanent makeup. Raman analysis has revealed the presence of a set of prohibited substances mentioned in ResAP(2008)1, among which are the pigments Blue 15, Green 7, and Violet 23. Other pigments that were identified in white, black, red, and yellow inks are the Pigment White 6, Carbon Black, Pigment Red 8, and a diazo yellow, respectively. The present results show the importance of regulating tattoo ink composition. KW - Synchrotron KW - Tattoo inks KW - XRF KW - Toxic metals KW - Hazardous substances PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-018-1406-y VL - 187 IS - 2 SP - 596 EP - 601 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-47369 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reifschneider, O. A1 - Vennemann, A. A1 - Buzanich, Günter A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Reinholz, Uwe A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich A1 - Hogeback, J A1 - Köppen, C. A1 - Großgarten, M. A1 - Sperling, M. A1 - Wiemann, M. A1 - Karst, U. T1 - Revealing Silver Nanoparticle Uptake by Macrophages Using SR-μXRF and LA-ICP-MS N2 - To better study the impact of nanoparticles on both in vitro and in vivo models, tissue distribution and cellular doses need to be described more closely. Here silver nanoparticles were visualized in alveolar macrophages by means of synchrotron radiation micro X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (SR-μXRF) with high spatial resolution of 3 × 3 μm2. For the spatial allocation of silver signals to cells and tissue structures, additional elemental labeling was carried out by staining with eosin, which binds to protein and can be detected as bromine signal with SR-μXRF. The method was compatible with immunostaining of macrophage antigens. We found that the silver distribution obtained with SR-μXRF was largely congruent with distribution maps from a subsequent laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) of the same tissue sites. The study shows a predominant, though not exclusive uptake of silver into alveolar macrophages in the rat lung, which can be modeled by a similar uptake in cultured alveolar macrophages. Advantages and limitations of the different strategies for measuring nanoparticle uptake at the single cell level are discussed. KW - Synchrotron KW - BAMline KW - XRF KW - Nanoparticle KW - Macrophagen PY - 2020 DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00507 VL - 33 IS - 5 SP - 1250 EP - 1255 PB - American Chemical Society AN - OPUS4-50855 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mans, C. A1 - Simons, C. A1 - Hanning, S. A1 - Janßen, A. A1 - Alber, D. A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Reinholz, Uwe A1 - Bühler, A. A1 - Kreyenschmidt, M. T1 - New polymeric candidate reference materials for XRF and LA-ICP-MS - development and preliminary characterization N2 - A set of ten calibration materials based on acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene terpolymer (ABS) containing the elements Br, Pb, Cd, Cr, and Hg was produced in order to control polymer samples in regard to the restriction on the use of certain hazardous substances (RoHS) directive. The materials were produced with respect to the special demands of X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry in combination with laser ablation (LA-ICP-MS). The mass fractions of all elements were 0-1500 mg/kg and the materials were produced as granulates and solid discs with a diameter of 40 mm and thicknesses of 1, 2, and 6 mm. It could be shown that the signals measured by XRF strongly depend on the thickness of polymeric samples. Macroscopic homogeneity was assessed with XRF measuring a total of 180 samples. The microscopic homogeneities were determined for a material with average elemental mass fractions with the aid of synchrotron radiation (SR) µ-XRF and LA-ICP-MS. Sufficient macroscopic and microscopic homogeneities for all elements could be achieved. It was observed that organic additives show a better homogeneity than oxides. XRF and LA-ICP-MS were successfully calibrated with the new materials. Limits of detection were in the range of 0.4-22 mg/kg for XRF and 2.3-26.8 mg/kg for LA-ICP-MS. The materials are considered as candidate reference materials (RM) by the Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing (BAM, Germany). KW - XRF KW - LA.ICP-MS Plastics KW - RoHS KW - CRM PY - 2009 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/xrs.1120 SN - 0049-8246 VL - 38 IS - 1 SP - 52 EP - 57 PB - Wiley CY - Chichester AN - OPUS4-18681 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Simons, C. A1 - Mans, C. A1 - Hanning, S. A1 - Janßen, A. A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Reinholz, Uwe A1 - Ostermann, Markus A1 - Michaelis, Matthias A1 - Wienold, Julia A1 - Alber, D. A1 - Kreyenschmidt, M. T1 - Study on microscopic homogeneity of polymeric candidate reference materials BAM H001-BAM H010 by means of synchrotron µ-XRF and LA-ICP-MS N2 - In this study the microscopic homogeneity of the newly developed plastic reference materials BAM H001-BAM H010 was investigated. The materials consist of an acrylonitryle-butadien-styrene terpolymer, doped with different amounts of the elements Br, Cd, Cr, Hg and Pb. For the quantitative determination of the degree of homogeneity, a procedure proposed by Kempenaers et al. (Fresenius J. Anal. Chem., 2001, 369, 733-737) was used. On every sample an extensive number of different points were analyzed and standard deviation for every element mentioned above was used to calculate a minimal sampling mass that is necessary to reach a certain level of uncertainty caused by inhomogeneity (mmin,5%). The experiments were taken out with synchrotron µ-XRF (SR µ-XRF) at BESSYII in Berlin and by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (LA-ICP-MS). The calculated values for mmin,5% of both techniques showed comparable results for all elements. It could be shown that the materials are suitable for calibration of micro analytic techniques if at least 64 µg are used. KW - XRF KW - LA-ICP-MS KW - RoHS KW - CRM PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/b917008a SN - 0267-9477 SN - 1364-5544 VL - 25 SP - 40 EP - 43 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry CY - London AN - OPUS4-20938 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ordavo, I. A1 - Ihle, S. A1 - Arkadiev, V. A1 - Scharf, Oliver A1 - Soltau, H. A1 - Bjeoumikhov, A. A1 - Bjeoumikhova, S. A1 - Buzanich, Günter A1 - Gubzhokov, R. A1 - Günther, A. A1 - Hartmann, R. A1 - Holl, P. A1 - Kimmel, N. A1 - Kühbacher, M. A1 - Lang, M. A1 - Langhoff, N. A1 - Liebel, A. A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Reinholz, Uwe A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich A1 - Schaller, G. A1 - Schopper, F. A1 - Strüder, L. A1 - Thamm, C. A1 - Wedell, R. T1 - A new pnCCD-based color X-ray camera for fast spatial and energy-resolved measurements N2 - We present a new high resolution X-ray imager based on a pnCCD detector and a polycapillary optics. The properties of the pnCCD like high quantum efficiency, high energy resolution and radiation hardness are maintained, while color corrected polycapillary lenses are used to direct the fluorescence photons from every spot on a sample to a corresponding pixel on the detector. The camera is sensitive to photons from 3 to 40 keV with still 30% quantum efficiency at 20 keV. The pnCCD is operated in split frame mode allowing a high frame rate of 400 Hz with an energy resolution of 152 eV for Mn Kα (5.9 keV) at 450 kcps. In single-photon counting mode (SPC), the time, energy and position of every fluorescence photon is recorded for every frame. A dedicated software enables the visualization of the elements distribution in real time without the need of post-processing the data. A description of the key components including detector, X-ray optics and camera is given. First experiments show the capability of the camera to perform fast full-field X-Ray Fluorescence (FF-XRF) for element analysis. The imaging performance with a magnifying optics (3×) has also been successfully tested. KW - X-ray CCD camera KW - pnCCD KW - Fast X-ray imaging KW - XRF KW - Full-field X-ray fluorescence KW - Elemental analysis KW - High quantum efficiency KW - High energy resolution KW - Polycapillary optics PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2011.05.080 SN - 0168-9002 SN - 0167-5087 VL - 654 SP - 250 EP - 257 PB - North-Holland CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-24370 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rauwolf, M. A1 - Turyanskaya, A. A1 - Roschger, A. A1 - Prost, J. A1 - Simon, R. A1 - Scharf, O. A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Schoonjans, Tom A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana A1 - Klaushofer, K. A1 - Wobrauschek, P. A1 - Hofstaetter, J. G. A1 - Roschger, P. A1 - Streli, C. T1 - Synchrotron radiation micro X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy of thin structures in bone samples: comparison of confocal and color X-ray camera setups N2 - In the quest for finding the ideal synchrotron-radiation-induced imaging method for the investigation of trace element distributions in human bone samples, experiments were performed using both a scanning confocal synchrotron radiation micro X-ray fluorescence (SR-mXRF) (FLUO beamline at ANKA) setup and a full-field color X-ray camera (BAMline at BESSY-II) setup. As zinc is a trace element of special interest in bone, the setups were optimized for its detection. The setups were compared with respect to count rate, required measurement time and spatial resolution. It was demonstrated that the ideal method depends on the element of interest. Although for Ca (a major constituent of the bone with a low energy of 3.69 keV for its K alpha XRF line) the color X-ray camera provided a higher resolution in the plane, for Zn (a trace element in bone) only the confocal SR-µXRF setup was able to sufficiently image the distribution. KW - Synchrotron KW - BAMline KW - BESSY KW - XRF KW - X-ray Color Camera PY - 2017 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-391944 DO - https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600577516017057 SN - 1600-5775 VL - 24 SP - 307 EP - 311 PB - International Union of Crystallography AN - OPUS4-39194 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -