TY - JOUR A1 - Österle, Werner A1 - Dmitriev, A.I. A1 - Orts Gil, Guillermo A1 - Schneider, Thomas A1 - Ren, H. A1 - Sun, X. T1 - Verification of nanometre-scale modelling of tribofilm sliding behaviour N2 - A model based on movable cellular automata has been applied to study the sliding behaviour of tribofilms formed during automotive braking. Since it is not possible yet to determine the composition of real tribofilms quantitatively, final verification of modelling results is needed. This was done by preparing artificial third bodies with compositions and nanostructures matching the ones assumed for modelling. Pin-on-disc tests were performed while applying the artificial third bodies to the contact. The results revealed that not only the structure of the third body but also the amount of the applied normal pressure determines the COF obtained by modelling and that much better correlation between experimental and modelling results was obtained while assuming high normal pressures at asperity contacts. KW - Automotive braking KW - Third body KW - Modelling KW - Sliding simulation PY - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2013.02.018 SN - 0301-679X VL - 62 SP - 155 EP - 162 PB - Butterworth-Heinemann CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-27946 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Österle, Werner ED - Czichos, Horst T1 - Sub-surface microstructural analysis N2 - Many performance properties of devices or interacting machine parts are related to superficial layers which often show completely different or at least modified microstructures compared to the bulk materials. A quasi non-destructive technique will be described which enables us to obtain detailed information of a material's state at a certain site of interest down to a depth of 10 µm from the surface with nanometre or even atomistic resolution. KW - FIB-Technik KW - Zielpräparation KW - Randschichtanalyse KW - Nanocharakterisierung PY - 2013 SN - 978-3-642-25849-7 SN - 978-3-642-25850-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25850-3_16 IS - Chapter 16 SP - 323 EP - 337 PB - Springer CY - Berlin Heidelberg AN - OPUS4-27644 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Orts Gil, Guillermo A1 - Natte, Kishore A1 - Österle, Werner T1 - Multi-parametric reference nanomaterials for toxicology: state of the art, future challenges and potential candidates N2 - A major requirement for the validation of methods assessing the risk associated with engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) is the use of reference materials (RMs). In the present contribution we review available RMs, ongoing projects and characterisation trends in the field. The conclusion is that actual approaches to RMs mostly deal with metrological considerations about single properties of the ENPs, typically their primary size, which can hardly be representative of nanoparticles characteristics in real testing media and therefore, not valid for reliable and comparable toxicological studies. As an alternative, we discussed the convenience and feasibility of establishing multi-parametric RMs for a series of ENPs, focusing on silica nanoparticles (SNPs). As a future perspective, the need to develop RMs based on hybrid nanoparticles is also discussed. KW - Referenzmaterialien KW - Nanopartikel KW - Toxikologie KW - Metrologie PY - 2013 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-292997 SN - 2046-2069 VL - 3 IS - 40 SP - 18202 EP - 18215 PB - RSC Publishing CY - London AN - OPUS4-29299 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Österle, Werner A1 - Dmitriev, Andrey A1 - Kloß, Heinz T1 - Assessment of sliding friction of a nanostructured solid lubricant film by numerical simulation with the method of movable cellular automata (MCA) N2 - Tribofilms formed during dry sliding usually exhibit a nanocrystalline structure and complicated composition. In the present study, tribofilms consisting mainly of a solid lubricant, namely graphite nanoparticles, are considered. Systems providing such tribofilms are candidates for anti-friction applications. Since sliding action always leads to mixing of the materials at both sides of the tribological interface, it was of major interest to study the impact of different amounts of a hard constituent, SiC in the considered case, within the soft matrix systematically. Furthermore, the impact of normal pressure was considered. A mechanically mixed layer was observed for the whole range of normal pressures and SiC volume fractions. The calculated coefficient of friction decreased significantly with increasing thickness of this layer but was only marginally affected by SiC volume fraction, which is good news for anti-friction applications. T2 - WTC 2013 - 5th World tribology congress CY - Torino, Italy DA - 08.09.2013 KW - Friction KW - Third body film KW - Numerical simulation KW - Nanostructure PY - 2013 SP - 1 EP - 4 AN - OPUS4-29659 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Theiler, Geraldine A1 - Gradt, Thomas A1 - Österle, Werner A1 - Brückner, A. A1 - Weihnacht, V. T1 - Friction and endurance of MoS2/ta-C coatings produced by laser arc deposition N2 - The tribological behaviour of MoS2/ta-C double layer coatings deposited by Laser-Arc technology was investigated in vacuum and air. In vacuum environment, the friction coefficient against steel balls varies between 0.005 and 0.02 depending on the contact pressure. At high contact pressures, the friction coefficient is as low as 0.005 and the life time between 340,000 and 500,000 cycles. Furthermore, it is shown that a ta-C base layer improves the performance of MoS2 coating. Surface analyses were performed before and after the tribological tests by means of SEM, EDX, XRD, and TEM. They show that in the top layer beneath the sliding surface crystallization of the initially quasi-amorphous MoS2 took place. TEM images also verified an orientation of the basal MoS2-lattice planes parallel to the surface. KW - MoS2 coatings KW - Ta-C KW - Vacuum KW - Laser arc deposition PY - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2012.10.007 SN - 0043-1648 VL - 297 IS - 1-2 SP - 791 EP - 801 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-27114 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Österle, Werner A1 - Orts Gil, Guillermo A1 - Gross, Thomas A1 - Deutsch, Cornelius A1 - Hinrichs, R. A1 - Vasconcellos, M.A.Z. A1 - Zoz, H. A1 - Yigit, D. A1 - Sun, X. T1 - Impact of high energy ball milling on the nanostructure of magnetite-graphite and magnetite-graphite-molybdenum disulphide blends N2 - Different, partly complementary and partly redundant characterization methods were applied to study the transition of magnetite, graphite and MoS2 powders to mechanically alloyed nanostructures. The applied methods were: Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Mössbauer spectroscopy (MS), Raman spectroscopy (RS), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The main objective was to prepare a model material providing the essential features of a typical tribofilm forming during automotive braking, and to assess the impact of different constituents on sliding behaviour and friction level. Irrespective of the initial grain size, the raw materials were transferred to a nanocrystalline structure and mixed on a nanoscopic scale during high energy ball milling. Whereas magnetite remained almost unchanged, graphite and molybdenum disulphide were transformed to a nanocrystalline and highly disordered structure. The observed increase of the coefficient of friction was attributed to a loss of lubricity of the latter ingredient due to this transformation and subsequent oxidation. KW - Ball milling KW - Mössbauer spectroscopy KW - Raman spectroscopy KW - Transmission electron microscopy KW - X-ray diffraction KW - X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy PY - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2013.09.007 SN - 1044-5803 SN - 1873-4189 VL - 86 SP - 28 EP - 38 PB - Elsevier Inc. CY - New York, NY AN - OPUS4-29697 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Orts Gil, Guillermo A1 - Natte, Kishore A1 - Thiermann, Raphael A1 - Girod, Matthias A1 - Rades, Steffi A1 - Kalbe, Henryk A1 - Thünemann, Andreas A1 - Maskos, M. A1 - Österle, Werner T1 - On the role of surface composition and curvature on biointerface formation and colloidal stability of nanoparticles in a protein-rich model system N2 - The need for a better understanding of nanoparticle–protein interactions and the mechanisms governing the resulting colloidal stability has been emphasised in recent years. In the present contribution, the short and long term colloidal stability of silica nanoparticles (SNPs) and silica–poly(ethylene glycol) nanohybrids (Sil–PEG) have been scrutinised in a protein model system. Well-defined silica nanoparticles are rapidly covered by bovine serum albumin (BSA) and form small clusters after 20 min while large agglomerates are detected after 10 h depending on both particle size and nanoparticle–protein ratio. Oppositely, Sil–PEG hybrids present suppressive protein adsorption and enhanced short and long term colloidal stability in protein solution. No critical agglomeration was found for either system in the absence of protein, proving that instability found for SNPs must arise as a consequence of protein adsorption and not to high ionic environment. Analysis of the small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) structure factor indicates a short-range attractive potential between particles in the silica-BSA system, which is in good agreement with a protein bridging agglomeration mechanism. The results presented here point out the importance of the nanoparticle surface properties on the ability to adsorb proteins and how the induced or depressed adsorption may potentially drive the resulting colloidal stability. KW - Nanoparticles KW - Protein corona KW - Biointerface KW - BSA KW - PEG KW - Colloidal stability PY - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2013.02.027 SN - 0927-7765 SN - 1873-4367 VL - 108 SP - 110 EP - 119 PB - Elsevier B.V. CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-30100 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Natte, Kishore A1 - Friedrich, Jörg Florian A1 - Wohlrab, Sebastian A1 - Lutzki, J. A1 - von Klitzing, R. A1 - Österle, Werner A1 - Orts-Gil, Guillermo T1 - Impact of polymer shell on the formation and time evolution of nanoparticle-protein corona N2 - The study of protein corona formation on nanoparticles (NPs) represents an actual main issue in colloidal, biomedical and toxicological sciences. However, little is known about the influence of polymer shells on the formation and time evolution of protein corona onto functionalized NPs. Therefore, silicapoly(ethylene glycol) core–shell nanohybrids (SNPs@PEG) with different polymer molecular weights (MW) were synthesized and exhaustively characterized. Bovine serum albumin (BSA) at different concentrations (0.1–6 wt%) was used as model protein to study protein corona formation and time evolution. For pristine SNPs and SNPs@PEG (MW = 350 g/mol), zeta potential at different incubation times show a dynamical evolution of the nanoparticle–protein corona. Oppositely, for SNPs@PEG with MW ≥2000 g/mol a significant suppression of corona formation and time evolution was observed. Furthermore, AFM investigations suggest a different orientation (side-chain or perpendicular) and Penetration depth of BSA toward PEGylated surfaces depending on the polymer length which may explain differences in protein corona evolution. KW - Nanoparticles KW - Silica KW - PEGylation KW - Protein corona KW - BSA KW - Biointerface PY - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2012.11.019 SN - 0927-7765 VL - 104 SP - 213 EP - 220 PB - Elsevier AN - OPUS4-38547 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -