TY - JOUR
A1 - Zänker, Steffen
A1 - Scholz, Gudrun
A1 - Krahl, Thoralf
A1 - Prinz, Carsten
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Kemnitz, E.
T1 - Luminescent properties of Eu3+/Tb3+ doped fluorine containing coordination polymers
N2 - Lanthanides doped coordination polymers (CPs) with different binding motifs were synthesized to investigate the influence of the different fluorine positions in the structure on the decay time τ of the excited states. Fluorine can be integrated into the network mechanochemically via a fluorinated organic linker, here barium tetrafluoroterephthalate Ba(p-BDC-F4)2 or directly via a metal-fluorine bond (barium terephthalate fluoride BaF(p-BDC)0.5). The CP with a metal-fluorine bond shows the highest lifetime of the excited states of lanthanides (Eu3+, Tb3+ or Eu3+& Tb3+). The excitation of the lanthanides can be performed directly via the excitation wavelength typical for lanthanides and via the excitation wavelength of the linker. This enabled the simultaneous excitation of Eu3+ and Tb3+ in one CP. In the emission spectra (λem = 393 nm) of the mixed doped CPs (Eu3+ and Tb3+) the bands of both lanthanides can be observed. The integration into the crystal lattice and the homogeneous distribution of the lanthanides in the CPs is shown by X-ray diffraction, TEM, STEM-EDS measurements and the long decay times.
KW - Alkaline earth metal coordination polymers
KW - Fluorine coordination polymers
KW - Lanthanides doped coordination polymers
KW - Luminescence
PY - 2021
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2021.106614
VL - 117
SP - 106614
PB - Elsevier Masson SAS
AN - OPUS4-52559
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Zänker, Steffen
A1 - Scholz, G.
A1 - Marquardt, Julien
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
T1 - Structural changes in Ba-compounds of different hardness induced by high-energy ball milling – evidenced by 137Ba NMR and X-ray powder diffraction
N2 - Changes in the global bulk and local structures, of three different barium compounds (BaZrO3, BaF2, and BaFCl),were induced by mechanical milling and followed using X-ray powder diffraction (PXRD), subsequent microstructure analysis, and 137Ba solid state NMR spectroscopy. Harder materials like BaZrO3 experience significantly higher structural changes upon milling than softer materials like BaF2. Moreover, soft materials with layered structures, like BaFCl, show a pronounced structural change during the milling process. By combining PXRD and solid state NMR, detailed information on the changes to the global and local structures were obtained, which are of interest for mechanochemical synthesis, mechanically treated catalysts or ionic conductors.
KW - Mechanochemistry
KW - X-ray diffraction
KW - Solid state NMR
PY - 2022
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-547397
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/zaac.202200026
SN - 0044-2313
VL - 648
IS - 10
SP - 1
EP - 8
PB - Wiley-VCH
CY - Weinheim
AN - OPUS4-54739
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Surov, A.
A1 - Vasilev, N.
A1 - Voronin, A.
A1 - Churakov, A.
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Perlovich, G.
T1 - Ciprofloxacin salts with benzoic acid derivatives: structural aspects, solid-state properties and solubility performance
N2 - n this work, three new pharmaceutical hydrated salts of ciprofloxacin with selected derivatives of benzoic acid, namely 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, 4-aminobenzoic acid and gallic acid, were obtained and systematically investigated by several solid-state analytical techniques. In situ Raman spectroscopy was applied to elucidate the alternative pathways of the solid forms' formation under mechanochemical conditions. Crystal structure analysis and a CSD survey allowed us to establish a distinct supramolecular motif formed by infinite columnar stacks of ciprofloxacin dimers arranged in the “head-to-tail” manner. An alternative “head-to-head” packing arrangement was only observed in the crystal of the hydrated ciprofloxacin salt with 4-aminobenzoic acid. In addition, the pH-solubility behavior of the solid forms was thoroughly investigated. Furthermore, a distinct structure–property relationship between the specific features of the supramolecular organization of the hydrated salts and their solubility was observed and discussed.
KW - Mechanochemistry
KW - XRD
PY - 2020
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CE00514B
VL - 22
IS - 25
SP - 4238
EP - 4249
AN - OPUS4-51818
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Stawski, Tomasz
A1 - Smales, Glen Jacob
A1 - Scoppola, E.
A1 - Jha, D.
A1 - Morales, L. F. G.
A1 - Moya, A.
A1 - Wirth, R.
A1 - Pauw, Brian Richard
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Van Driessche, A. E. S.
T1 - Seeds of imperfection rule the mesocrystalline disorder in natural anhydrite single crystals
N2 - In recent years, we have come to appreciate the astounding intricacies associated with the formation of minerals from ions in aqueous solutions. In this context, a number of studies have revealed that the nucleation of calcium sulfate systems occurs nonclassically, involving the aggregation and reorganization of nanosized prenucleation species. In recent work, we have shown that this particle-mediated nucleation pathway is actually imprinted in the resultant micrometer-sized CaSO4 crystals. This property of CaSO4 minerals provides us with the unique opportunity to search for evidence of nonclassical nucleation pathways in geological environments.
In particular, we focused on large anhydrite Crystals extracted from the Naica Mine in Mexico. We were able to shed light on this mineral's growth history by mapping defects at different length scales. Based on this, we argue that the nanoscale misalignment of the structural subunits, observed in the initial calcium sulfate crystal seeds, propagates through different length scales both in morphological, as well as in strictly crystallographic aspects, eventually causing the formation of large mesostructured single crystals of anhydrite. Hence, the nonclassical nucleation mechanism introduces a “seed of imperfection,” which leads to a macroscopic “single” crystal whose fragments do not fit together at different length scales in a self-similar manner. Consequently, anisotropic voids of various sizes are formed with very welldefined walls/edges. However, at the same time, the material retains in part its single crystal nature.
KW - Calcium sulfate
KW - Anhydrite
KW - Mesocrystal
KW - Nucleation
KW - Naica
PY - 2021
DO - https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2111213118
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 118
IS - 48
SP - 1
EP - 11
PB - National Academy of Sciences (USA)
CY - Washington
AN - OPUS4-53820
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Somasundaram, S. K.
A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Krishnan, S.
A1 - Senthilkumar, K.
A1 - Joseyphus, R.J.
T1 - New insights into pertinent Fe-complexes for the synthesis of iron via the instant polyol process
N2 - Chemically synthesized iron is in demand for biomedical applications due to its large saturation magnetization compared to iron oxides. The polyol process, suitable for obtaining Co and Ni particles and their alloys, is laborious in synthesizing Fe. The reaction yields iron oxides, and the reaction pathway remains unexplored. This study shows that a vicinal polyol, such as 1,2-propanediol, is suitable for obtaining Fe rather than 1,3-propanediol owing to the formation of a reducible Fe intermediate complex. X-ray absorption spectroscopy analysis reveals the ferric octahedral geometry and tetrahedral geometry in the ferrous state of the reaction intermediates in 1,2-propanediol and 1,3-propanediol, respectively. The final product obtained using a vicinal polyol is Fe with a γ-Fe2O3 shell, while the terminal polyol is favourable for Fe3O4. The distinct Fe–Fe and Fe–O bond lengths suggest the presence of a carboxylate group and a terminal alkoxide ligand in the intermediate of 1,2-propanediol. A large Fe–Fe bond distance suggests diiron complexes with bidentate carboxylate bridges. Prominent high-spin and low-spin states indicate the possibility of transition, which favors the reduction of iron ions in the reaction using 1,2-propanediol.
KW - XAS
KW - Nanoparticle
PY - 2023
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CP01969A
SN - 1463-9076
VL - 25
IS - 33
SP - 21970
EP - 21980
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
AN - OPUS4-58073
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Simões, R. G.
A1 - Melo, P. L. T.
A1 - Bernardes, C. E. S.
A1 - Heilmann, Maria
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Minas da Piedade, M. E.
T1 - Linking Aggregation in Solution, Solvation, and Solubility of Simvastatin: An Experimental and MD Simulation Study
N2 - The solubility is generally thought to be higher if the solvent effectively solvates solute molecules that are well-separated from each other. The present work suggests, however, that the formation of large solute aggregates does not necessarily imply less effective solvation and lower solubility. Measurements of the solubility of simvastatin (one of the most commonly prescribed antihyperlipidemic drugs) in three solvents with different polarities and protic characters, led to the solubility order acetone > ethyl acetate > ethanol, in the full temperature range covered by the experiments (283–308 K). An analysis of the structures of the different solutions on the basis of molecular dynamics simulation results indicated that this trend seems to be determined by a balance between the solute tendency toward aggregation and the ability of the solvent to efficiently solvate it, by integrating the cluster structures, regardless of their size, and effectively establishing solvent–solute interactions.
KW - Simvastatin
KW - Solubility
KW - API
KW - Aggregation
PY - 2021
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.0c01325
VL - 21
IS - 1
SP - 544
EP - 551
AN - OPUS4-52185
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Senges, Gene
A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
A1 - Lindič, Tilen
A1 - Gully, Tyler A.
A1 - Winter, Marlon
A1 - Radtke, Martin
A1 - Röder, Bettina
A1 - Steinhauer, Simon
A1 - Paulus, Beate
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Riedel, Sebastian
T1 - Unravelling highly oxidized nickel centers in the anodic black film formed during the Simons process by in situ X-ray absorption near edge structure spectroscopy
N2 - The electrofluorination after Simons has been used for the last century to produce everyday life materials. An in situ XANES investigation of the controversially debated black film apparent in the Simons process revealed high-valent nickel centers.
KW - Synchrotron
KW - BAMline
KW - XANES
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-608366
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d3sc06081k
SN - 2041-6520
VL - 15
IS - 12
SP - 4504
EP - 4509
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
AN - OPUS4-60836
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Schiffmann, J.
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Martins, Ines
A1 - Van Wüllen, L.
T1 - In-situ reaction monitoring of a mechanochemical ball mill reaction with solid state NMR
N2 - We present an approach towards the in situ solid state NMR monitoring of mechanochemical reactions in a ball mill. A miniaturized vibration ball mill is integrated into the measuring coil of a home-built solid state NMR probe, allowing for static solid state NMR measurements during the mechanochemical reaction within the vessel. The setup allows to quantitatively follow the product evolution of a prototypical mechanochemical reaction, the formation of zinc phenylphosphonate from zinc acetate and phenylphosphonic acid. MAS NMR investigations on the final reaction mixture confirmed a reaction yield of 89% in a typical example. Thus, NMR spectroscopy may in the future provide complementary information about reaction mechanisms of mechanochemical reactions and team up with other analytical methods which have been employed to follow reactions in situ, such as Raman spectroscopy or X-ray diffraction.
KW - Mechanochemistry
KW - Solid state NMR
KW - NMR probe Development
PY - 2020
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssnmr.2020.101687
VL - 109
SP - 101687
PB - Elsevier Inc.
AN - OPUS4-51283
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Rautenberg, Max
A1 - Gernhard, M.
A1 - Radnik, Jörg
A1 - Witt, Julia
A1 - Roth, C.
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
T1 - Mechanochemical synthesis of fluorine-containing Co-doped zeolitic imidazolate frameworks for producing electrocatalysts
N2 - Catalysts derived from pyrolysis of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are promising candidates to replace expensive and scarce platinum-based electrocatalysts commonly used in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. MOFs contain ordered connections between metal centers and organic ligands. They can be pyrolyzed into metal- and nitrogen-doped carbons, which show electrocatalytic activity toward the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Furthermore, metal-free heteroatom-doped carbons, such as N-F-Cs, are known for being active as well. Thus, a carbon material with Co-N-F doping could possibly be even more promising as ORR electrocatalyst. Herein, we report the mechanochemical synthesis of two polymorphs of a zeolitic imidazole framework, Co-doped zinc 2-trifluoromethyl-1H-imidazolate (Zn0.9Co0.1(CF3-Im)2). Time-resolved in situ X-ray diffraction studies of the mechanochemical formation revealed a direct conversion of starting materials to the products. Both polymorphs of Zn0.9Co0.1(CF3-Im)2 were pyrolyzed, yielding Co-N-F containing carbons, which are active toward electrochemical ORR.
KW - Mechanochemistry
KW - Metal-organic-frameworks
KW - Nobel-metal free electrocatalysis
PY - 2022
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-546833
DO - https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2022.840758
SN - 2296-2646
VL - 10
IS - 840758
SP - 1
EP - 13
PB - Frontiers Media
CY - Lausanne
AN - OPUS4-54683
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Rautenberg, Max
A1 - Bhattacharya, Biswajit
A1 - Witt, Julia
A1 - Jain, Mohit
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
T1 - In situ time-resolved monitoring of mixed-ligand metal–organic framework mechanosynthesis
N2 - The mechanism of mixed-ligand metal–organic framework (MOF) formation, and the possible role of intermediate single-ligand metal complexes during mechanosynthesis, have not been explored yet. For the first time, we report here in situ real-time monitoring of the mechanochemical formation mechanism of mixed-ligand MOFs. Our results show that binary phases can act as intermediates or competing products in one-pot and stepwise synthesis.
KW - Mechanochemistry
KW - Metal-organic-frameworks
KW - In situ X-ray diffraction
KW - Mixed-ligand MOFs
PY - 2022
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-558167
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CE00803C
SP - 1
EP - 4
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry
AN - OPUS4-55816
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Rautenberg, Max
A1 - Bhattacharya, Biswajit
A1 - Akhmetova, Irinia
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
T1 - Mechanochemical and solution syntheses of two novel cocrystals of orcinol with two N,N0-Dipyridines: Structural diversity with varying ligand flexibility
N2 - We studied the influence of coformers flexibility on the supramolecular assembly of 5-substituted resorcinol. Two cocrystals of orcinol (ORL) with two dipyridine molecules, i.e. 1,2-di(4-pyridyl)ethane (ORLeBPE) and 1,2-di(4-pyridyl)ethylene (ORLeBPY), were prepared by mechanochemical synthesis and slow evaporation of solvent. The new crystalline solids were thoroughly characterized by single crystal Xray diffraction (SCXRD), powder X-ray diffraction analysis (PXRD), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), differential thermal analysis (DTA), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Structural determination reveals that in both cocrystals, the phenolepyridine, i.e. OeH/N(py) heterosynthon takes the main role in the formation of cocrystals. In ORLeBPE, the components form infinite 1D zig-zag chains, which are extended to 2D layer structure by inter-chain CeH/O interactions between BPE hydrogen atoms and hydroxyl oxygen atoms of ORL. In ORLeBPY, the components form a 0D fourcomponent complex. Formation of the discrete assemblies is attributed to the comparative rigid nature of BPY, which restricts the formation of an extended network.
KW - Cocrystal
KW - Single crystal
KW - X-ray diffraction
KW - Mechanochemistry
PY - 2020
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2020.128303
SN - 0022-2860
VL - 1217
SP - 128303
PB - Elsevier B.V.
AN - OPUS4-51023
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Pütz, E.
A1 - Smales, Glen Jacob
A1 - Jegel, O.
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Tremel, W.
T1 - Tuning ceria catalysts in aqueous media at the nanoscale: how do surface charge and surface defects determine peroxidase- and haloperoxidase-like reactivity
N2 - Designing the shape and size of catalyst particles, and their interfacial charge, at the nanometer scale can radically change their performance. We demonstrate this with ceria nanoparticles. In aqueous media, nanoceria is a functional mimic of haloperoxidases, a group of enzymes that oxidize organic substrates, or of peroxidases that can degrade reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as H2O2 by oxidizing an organic substrate. We show that the chemical activity of CeO2−x nanoparticles in haloperoxidase- and peroxidaselike reactions scales with their active surface area, their surface charge, given by the ζ-potential, and their surface defects (via the Ce3+/Ce4+ ratio). Haloperoxidase-like reactions are controlled through the ζ-potential as they involve the adsorption of charged halide anions to the CeO2 surface, whereas peroxidase-like reactions without charged substrates are controlled through the specific surface area SBET. Mesoporous CeO2−x particles, with large surface areas, were prepared via template-free hydrothermal reactions and characterized by small-angle X-ray scattering. Surface area, ζ-potential and the Ce3+/Ce4+ ratio are controlled in a simple and predictable manner by the synthesis time of the hydrothermal reaction as demonstrated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, sorption and ζ-potential measurements. The surface area increased with synthesis time, whilst the Ce3+/Ce4+ ratio scales inversely with decreasing ζ-potential. In this way the catalytic activity of mesoporous CeO2−x particles could be tailored selectively for haloperoxidase- and peroxidase-like reactions. The ease of tuning the surface properties of mesoporous CeO2x particles by varying the synthesis time makes the synthesis a powerful general tool for the preparation of nanocatalysts according to individual needs.
KW - SAXS
KW - Ceria
KW - Zeta potential
PY - 2022
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/D2NR03172H
SP - 1
EP - 12
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry
AN - OPUS4-55649
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - GEN
A1 - Prinz, Carsten
A1 - Zimathies, Annett
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
T1 - Experimantal raw data sets associated with certified reference material BAM-P116 (titanium dioxide) for comparison of nitrogen and argon sorption, available in the universal adsorption information format (AIF)
N2 - These data sets serve as models for calculating the specific surface area (BET method) using gas sorption in accordance with ISO 9277.
The present measurements were carried out with nitrogen at 77 Kelvin and argon at 87 Kelvin.
It is recommended to use the following requirements for the molecular cross-sectional area:
Nitrogen: 0.1620 nm²
Argon: 0.1420 nm²
Titanium dioxides certified with nitrogen sorption and additionally measured with argon for research purposes were used as sample material.
The resulting data sets are intended to serve as comparative data for own measurements and show the differences in sorption behaviour and evaluations between nitrogen and argon.
These data are stored in the universal AIF format (adsorption information file), which allows flexible use of the data.
KW - Physisorption
KW - Surface area
KW - AIF
KW - Argon
KW - Nitrogen
PY - 2023
DO - https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10199628
PB - Zenodo
CY - Geneva
AN - OPUS4-59102
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Peters, Stefan
A1 - Kunkel, Benny
A1 - Cakir, Cafer Tufan
A1 - Kabelitz, Anke
A1 - Witte, Steffen
A1 - Bernstein, Thomas
A1 - Bartling, Stephan
A1 - Radtke, Martin
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Abdel-Mageed, Ali Mohamed
A1 - Wohlrab, Sebastian
A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
T1 - Time-, space- and energy-resolved in situ characterization of catalysts by X-ray absorption spectroscopy
N2 - A novel setup for dispersive X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) with simultaneous resolution of space, time and energy for in situ characterization of solid materials is demonstrated.
KW - Dispersive XAS
KW - Catalysis
KW - In situ
KW - Structure analysis
PY - 2023
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-584924
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cc03277a
SN - 1359-7345
SP - 1
EP - 4
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
AN - OPUS4-58492
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Opitz, P.
A1 - Asta, M.
A1 - Fernandez-Martinez, A.
A1 - Panthöfer, M.
A1 - Kabelitz, Anke
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Mondeshki, M.
A1 - Tremel, W.
T1 - Monitoring a Mechanochemical Syntheses of Isostructural Luminescent Cocrystals of 9-Anthracenecarboxylic Acid with two Dipyridines Coformers
N2 - Amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) is an important precursor in the biomineralization of crystalline CaCO3. In nature, it serves as a storage material or as a permanent structural element, whose lifetime is regulated by an organic matrix. The relevance of ACC in materials science is primarily related to our understanding of CaCO3 crystallization pathways and CaCO3/(bio)polymer nanocomposites. ACC can be synthesized by liquid–liquid phase separation, and it is typically stabilized with macromolecules. We have prepared ACC by milling calcite in a planetary ball mill. Phosphate “impurities” were added in the form of monetite (CaHPO4) to substitute the carbonate anions, thereby stabilizing ACC by substitutional disorder. The phosphate anions do not simply replace the carbonate anions. They undergo shear-driven acid/base and condensation reactions, where stoichiometric (10%) phosphate contents are required for the amorphization to be complete. The phosphate anions generate a strained network that hinders ACC recrystallization kinetically. The amorphization reaction and the structure of BM-ACC were studied by quantitative Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and solid state 31P, 13C, and 1H magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, which are highly sensitive to symmetry changes of the local environment. In the first—and fast—reaction step, the CO32– anions are protonated by the HPO42– groups. The formation of unprecedented hydrogen carbonate (HCO3–) and orthophosphate anions appears to be the driving force of the reaction, because the phosphate group has a higher Coulomb energy and the tetrahedral PO43– unit can fill space more efficiently. In a competing second—and slow—reaction step, pyrophosphate anions are formed in a condensation reaction. No pyrophosphates are formed at higher carbonate contents. High strain leads to such a large energy barrier that any reaction is suppressed. Our findings aid in the understanding of the mechanochemical amorphization of calcium carbonate and emphasize the effect of impurities for the stabilization of the amorphous phases in general. Our approach allowed the synthesis of new amorphous alkaline earth defect variants containing the unique HCO3– anion. Our approach outlines a general strategy to obtain new amorphous solids for a variety of carbonate/phosphate systems that offer promise as biomaterials for bone regeneration.
KW - Crystallization
KW - Mechanochemistry
KW - PDF
PY - 2020
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.0c00912
VL - 20
IS - 10
SP - 6831
EP - 6846
PB - American Chemical Society
AN - OPUS4-51819
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - INPR
A1 - Morcillo, Dalia
A1 - Oelze, Marcus
A1 - Seena Prem, Pranav
A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Recknagel, Sebastian
A1 - Panne, Ulrich
A1 - Abad Andrade, Carlos Enrique
T1 - Lithium isotope fractionation as an early indicator of degradation mechanisms in lithium-ion batteries
N2 - Aging in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) degrades performance and hinders sustainability, demanding advanced diagnostics for early failure prediction. We investigate lithium isotope fractionation (LIF) as an innovative probe of degradation in lithium cobalt oxide (LCO) coin cells aged over 0−700 cycles. High-precision multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS) quantified δ7Li variations across cell stages: non-cycled (0 cycles), newly formed (5 cycles), semi-aged (250 cycles), and fully aged (700 cycles). During early cycling (≤ 45 cycles), chemical processes drive 7Li enrichment at the anode (δ7Li vs LSVEC = +12 ‰) through solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) formation, while the cathode depletes in 7Li (δ7Li vs LSVEC = −0.7 ‰). Beyond 45 cycles, electric field-induced migration predominates, promoting 6Li intercalation into the anode and increasing the δ7Li of the cathode by 8.1 ‰. Mass balance verifies isotope conservation, attributing shifts to redistribution and trapping. Complementary electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and X-ray absorption spectroscopy and diffraction confirm SEI expansion, cobalt oxidation, lattice shrinkage, and changes in electrode structure, corroborating LIF trends. Notably, a δ7Li inflection at approximately 270 cycles anticipates end-of-life by 70 cycles, surpassing traditional methods in sensitivity. LIF emerges as a predictive indicator of aging mechanisms, informing optimized designs for durable LIBs.
KW - Lithium isotope fractionation
KW - Lithium-ion batteries
KW - Degradation mechanisms
KW - LiCoO2 cathodes
KW - LCO
KW - Isotopic tracing
KW - Lithium isotopes
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-650945
DO - https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-16lvq
SP - 1
EP - 19
AN - OPUS4-65094
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Mazzeo, P. P.
A1 - Prencipe, M.
A1 - Feiler, Torvid
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Bacchi, A.
T1 - On the mechanism of cocrystal mechanochemical reaction via low melting eutectic: A time-resolved in situ monitoring investigation
N2 - Mechanochemistry has become a sustainable and attractive cost-effective synthetic technique, largely used within the frame of crystal engineering. Cocrystals, namely, crystalline compounds made of different chemical entities within the same crystal structure, are typically synthesized in bulk via mechanochemistry; however, whereas the macroscopic aspects of grinding are becoming clear, the fundamental principles that underlie mechanochemical cocrystallization at the microscopic level remain poorly understood. Time-resolved in situ (TRIS) monitoring approaches have opened the door to exceptional detail regarding mechanochemical reactions. We here report a clear example of cocrystallization between two solid coformers that proceeds through the formation of a metastable low melting binary eutectic phase. The overall cocrystallization process has been monitored by time-resolved in situ (TRIS) synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction with a customized ball milling setup, currently available at μ Spot beamline at BESSY-II, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin. The binary system and the low melting eutectic phase were further characterized via DSC, HSM, and VT-XRPD.
KW - Mechanochemistry
KW - In situ
KW - Cocrystal
PY - 2022
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-552977
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.2c00262
SN - 1528-7505
VL - 22
IS - 7
SP - 4260
EP - 4267
PB - ACS Publ.
CY - Washington, DC
AN - OPUS4-55297
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Martins, Ines
A1 - Al-Sabbagh, Dominik
A1 - Bentrup, U.
A1 - Marquardt, Julien
A1 - Schmid, Thomas
A1 - Scoppola, E.
A1 - Kraus, Werner
A1 - Stawski, Tomasz
A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
A1 - Yusenko, Kirill
A1 - Weidner, Steffen
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
T1 - Formation Mechanism of a Nano-Ring of Bismuth Cations and Mono-Lacunary Keggin-Type Phosphomolybdate
N2 - A new hetero-bimetallic polyoxometalate (POM) nano-ring was synthesized in a one-pot procedure. The structure consists of tetrameric units containing four bismuth-substituted monolacunary Keggin anions including distorted [BiO8] cubes. The nano-ring is formed via self-assembly from metal precursors in aqueous acidic medium. The compound (NH4)16[(BiPMo11O39)4] ⋅ 22 H2O; (P4Bi4Mo44) was characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (EXAFS), Raman spectroscopy, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF), and thermogravimetry/differential scanning calorimetry mass spectrometry (TG-DSC-MS). The formation of the nano-ring in solution was studied by time-resolved in situ small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS/WAXS) and in situ EXAFS measurements at the Mo−K and the Bi−L3 edge indicating a two-step process consisting of condensation of Mo-anions and formation of Bi−Mo-units followed by a rapid self-assembly to yield the final tetrameric ring structure.
KW - Bismuth
KW - In situ EXAFS
KW - In situ SAXS/WAXS
KW - Lacunary Keggin ion
KW - Polyoxometalates
KW - Self-assembly
PY - 2022
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-546823
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202200079
SN - 0947-6539
VL - 28
IS - 27
SP - 1
EP - 7
PB - Wiley-VCH
CY - Weinheim
AN - OPUS4-54682
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Martins, I.
A1 - Carta, M.
A1 - Haferkamp, Sebastian
A1 - Feiler, Torvid
A1 - Delogu, F.
A1 - Colacino, E.
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
T1 - Mechanochemical N‑Chlorination Reaction of Hydantoin: In Situ Real-Time Kinetic Study by Powder X‑ray Diffraction and Raman Spectroscopy
N2 - Mechanochemistry has become a valuable tool for the synthesis of new molecules, especially in the field of organic chemistry. In the present work, we investigate the kinetic profile of the chlorination reaction of N-3-ethyl-5,5-dimethylhydantoin (EDMH) activated and driven by ball milling. The reaction has been carried out using 2 mm, 4 mm, 5 mm, 6 mm, and 8 mm ball sizes in a new small custom-made Perspex milling jar. The Crystal structure of the starting material EDMH and the 1-chloro-3-ethyl5,5′-dimethyl hydantoin (CEDMH) chlorination product was solved by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The reaction was monitored, in situ and in real time, by both powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) and Raman spectroscopy. Our kinetic data show that the reaction progress to equilibrium is similar at all milling ball sizes. The induction period is very short (between 10 and 40 s) when using 4 mm, 5 mm, 6 mm, and 8 mm balls. For the reaction performed with a 2 mm ball, a significantly longer induction period of 9 min was observed. This could indicate that an initial energy accumulation and higher mixing efficiency are necessary before the reaction starts. Using different kinetic models, we found that the amount of powder affected by critical loading conditions during individual impacts is significantly dependent on the ball size used. An almost linear correlation between the rate of the chemical transformations and the ball volume is observed.
KW - Mechanochemistry
KW - In situ real-time monitoring
KW - N-Chlorination
KW - Kinetics
KW - Hydantoin
KW - Powder X-ray diffraction
KW - Raman spectroscopy
PY - 2021
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c03812
VL - 9
IS - 37
SP - 12591
EP - 12601
AN - OPUS4-53541
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Lumpe, H.
A1 - Menke, Annika
A1 - Haisch, C.
A1 - Mayer, P.
A1 - Kabelitz, Anke
A1 - Yusenko, Kirill
A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
A1 - Block, T.
A1 - Pöttgen, R.
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Daumann, L.
T1 - The Earlier the Better: Structural Analysis and Separation of Lanthanides with Pyrroloquinoline Quinone
N2 - Lanthanides (Ln) are critical raw materials, however, their mining and purification have a considerable negative environmental impact and sustainable recycling and separation strategies for these elements are needed. In this study, the precipitation and solubility behavior of Ln complexes with pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ), the cofactor of recently discovered lanthanide (Ln) dependent methanol dehydrogenase (MDH) enzymes, is presented. In this context, the molecular structure of a biorelevant europium PQQ complex was for the first time elucidated outside a protein environment. The complex crystallizes as an inversion symmetric dimer, Eu2PQQ2, with binding of Eu in the biologically relevant pocket of PQQ. LnPQQ and Ln1Ln2PQQ complexes were characterized by using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP‐MS), infrared (IR) spectroscopy, 151Eu‐Mössbauer spectroscopy, X‐ray total scattering, and extended X‐ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS). It is shown that a natural enzymatic cofactor is capable to achieve separation by precipitation of the notoriously similar, and thus difficult to separate, lanthanides to some extent.
KW - PQQ
KW - Lanthanoide
KW - Coordination chemistry
KW - Rare earth elements separations
PY - 2020
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-512707
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202002653
VL - 26
IS - 44
SP - 10133
EP - 10139
AN - OPUS4-51270
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Lumpe, H.
A1 - Menke, A.
A1 - Haisch, C.
A1 - Mayer, P.
A1 - Kabelitz, Anke
A1 - Yusenko, Kirill
A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
A1 - Block, T.
A1 - Pöttgen, R.
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Daumann, L. J.
T1 - The Earlier the Better: Structural Analysis and Separation of Lanthanides with Pyrroloquinoline Quinone
N2 - Lanthanides (Ln) are critical raw materials, however, their mining and purification have a considerable negative environmental impact and sustainable recycling and separation strategies for these elements are needed. In this study, the precipitation and solubility behavior of Ln complexes with pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ), the cofactor of recently discovered lanthanide (Ln) dependent methanol Dehydrogenase (MDH) enzymes, is presented. In this context, the molecular structure of a biorelevant europium PQQ complex was for the first time elucidated outside a protein environment.
The complex crystallizes as an inversion symmetric dimer, Eu2PQQ2, with binding of Eu in the biologically relevant pocket of PQQ. LnPQQ and Ln1Ln2PQQ complexes were characterized by using inductively coupled Plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), infrared (IR) spectroscopy, 151Eu-Mössbauer spectroscopy, X-ray total scattering, and Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS). It is shown that a natural enzymatic cofactor is capable to achieve Separation by precipitation of the notoriously similar, and thus difficult to separate, lanthanides to some extent.
KW - Lanthanides
KW - Structural Analysis
KW - Separation
PY - 2020
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-510821
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202002653
SN - 0947-6539
VL - 26
SP - 1
EP - 8
PB - WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & co. KGaA
AN - OPUS4-51082
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Linberg, Kevin
A1 - Röder, Bettina
A1 - Al-Sabbagh, Dominik
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Michalchuk, Adam
T1 - Controlling polymorphism in molecular cocrystals by variable temperature ball milling
N2 - Mechanochemistry offers a unique opportunity to modify and manipulate crystal forms, often providing new products as compared with conventional solution methods. While promising, there is little known about how to control the solid form through mechanochemical means, demanding dedicated investigations. Using a model organic cocrystal system (isonicotinamide:glutaric acid), we here demonstrate that with mechanochemistry, polymorphism can be induced in molecular solids under conditions seemingly different to their conventional thermodynamic (thermal) transition point. Whereas Form II converts to Form I upon heating to 363 K, the same transition can be initiated under ball milling conditions at markedly lower temperatures (348 K). Our results indicate that mechanochemical techniques can help to reduce the energy barriers to solid form transitions, offering new insights into controlling polymorphic forms. Moreover, our results suggest that the nature of mechanochemical transformations could make it difficult to interpret mechanochemical solid form landscapes using conventional equilibrium-based tools.
KW - Mechanochemistry
KW - Polymorphism
KW - TRIS
PY - 2022
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-564728
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d2fd00115b
SP - 1
EP - 16
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry
AN - OPUS4-56472
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Linberg, Kevin
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Michalchuk, Adam
T1 - Unintended Rate Enhancement in Mechanochemical Kinetics by Using Poly(methyl methacrylate) Jars
N2 - Time-resolved in situ (TRIS) X-ray diffraction has changed how mechanochemical transformations are studied but requires the use of X-ray transparent jars often made from poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA). However, using PMMA jars can alter the apparent kinetics of mechanochemical polymorphism by an order of magnitude, questioning the interpretability of established TRIS methods. Our results suggest that rate enhancement in PMMA jars may not be dominated by chemical effects of the polymer, but rather a result of different equilibrium temperatures within the jar. These features must be better understood before control over mechanochemical reactions can be achieved.
KW - Mechanochemistry
KW - Organic compounds
KW - Polymers
KW - Materials
PY - 2022
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-565276
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.2c01227
SN - 1528-7483
SP - 1
EP - 5
PB - ACS Publications
AN - OPUS4-56527
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Lee, P.-W.
A1 - Kaynak, T.
A1 - Al-Sabbagh, Dominik
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Schalley, C.
T1 - Effect of Perfluorinated Side-Chain Length on the Morphology, Hydrophobicity, and Stability of Xerogel Coatings
N2 - Superhydrophobic surfaces can be quickly formed with supramolecular materials. Incorporating low-molecular-weight gelators (LMWGs) with perfluorinated chains generates xerogel coatings with low surface energies and high roughness. Here, we examine and compare the properties of the xerogel coatings formed with eight different LMWGs. These LMWGs all have a trans-1,2-diamidocyclohexane core and two perfluorinated ponytails, whose lengths vary from three to ten carbon atoms (CF3 to CF10). Investigation of the xerogels aims to provide in-depth information on the chain length effect. LMWGs with a higher degree of fluorination (CF7 to CF10) form superhydrophobic xerogel coatings with very low surface energies. Scanning electron microscopy images of the coatings show that the aggregates of CF5 and CF7 are fibrous, while the others are crystal-like. Aggregates of CF10 are particularly small and further assemble into a porous structure on the micrometer scale. To test their stabilities, the xerogel coatings were flushed multiple times with a standardized water flush test. The removal of material from the surface in these flushes was monitored by a combination of the water contact angle, contact angle hysteresis, and coating thickness measurements. A new method based on image processing techniques was developed to reliably determine the change of the coating thickness. The CF7, CF9, and CF10 surfaces show consistent hydrophobicity and coating durability after repetitive flushing tests. The length of the perfluorinated side chains thus has a significant effect on the morphology of the deposited xerogel coatings, their roughness, and, in consequence, their hydrophobicity and mechanical durability.
KW - Coating materials
KW - Amorphous materials
KW - Hydrophobicity
KW - Materials Stability
PY - 2021
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02341
SN - 1520-5827
VL - 37
IS - 49
SP - 14390
EP - 14397
PB - ACS Publications
AN - OPUS4-54071
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Lakshmipathi, M.
A1 - Tothadi, S.
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Bhattacharya, Biswajit
A1 - Ghosh, S.
T1 - Different mechanical responses of dimorphic forms of Anthracene Schiffbase crystal
N2 - We obtained concomitant dimorphic forms of Anthracene Schiffbase (N-(anthracen-9-yl methylene)-2,5- dichloroaniline) from hexane solvent. Two polymorphs can be differentiated by their morphology and mechanical properties. One form is long acicular type and elastically bendable while another form is block shaped and brittle in nature. Mechanical property is attributed to underlying crystal packing. Hirsh- feld analysis and energy framework calculations were done to corroborate structure-property correlation of two forms.
KW - Elasticity
KW - Mechanical properties
KW - Anthracene schiff base
KW - Dimorphs
PY - 2021
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.132182
VL - 1252
SP - 1
EP - 8
PB - Elsevier B.V.
AN - OPUS4-54356
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Kulow, Anicó
A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
A1 - Reinholz, Uwe
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Hampel, S.
A1 - Fittschen, UEA
A1 - Streli, C.
A1 - Radtke, Martin
T1 - Reconstruction for coded aperture full-field x-ray fluorescence imaging
N2 - X-ray fluorescence imaging is a well-established tool in materials characterization. In this work, we present the adaption of coded aperture imaging to full-field X-ray fluorescence imaging at the synchrotron. Coded aperture imaging has its origins in astrophysics, and has several advantages: Coded apertures are relatively easy to fabricate, achromatic, allow a high photon throughput, and high angular acceptance. Coded aperture imaging is a two-step-process, consisting of the measurement process and a reconstruction step. Different programs have been written, for the raytracing/forward projection and the reconstruction. Experiments with coded aperture in combination with a Color X-ray Camera and an energy-dispersive area detector, have been conducted at the BAMline. Measured samples were successfully reconstructed, and gave a 9.1-fold increase in count rate compared to a polycapillary optic.
KW - Synchrotron
KW - BAMline
KW - Coded Aperture
PY - 2022
SN - 1097-0002
VL - 65
SP - 57
EP - 70
PB - Cambridge University Press
CY - Cambridge
AN - OPUS4-56350
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Kulow, Anicó
A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
A1 - Reinholz, Uwe
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Hampel, S.
A1 - Fittschen, U.E.A.
A1 - Streli, C.
A1 - Radtke, Martin
T1 - Comparison of three reconstruction methods based on deconvolution, iterative algorithm and neural network for X-ray fluorescence imaging with coded apertures
N2 - X-ray imaging methods are used in many fields of research, as they allow a non-destructive Investigation of the elemental content of various samples. As for every imaging method, for X-ray imaging the optics are of crucial importance. However, these optics can be very expensive and laborious to build, as the requirements on surface roughness and precision are extremely high. Angles of reflection and refraction are often in the range of a few mrad, making a compact design hard to achieve. In this work we present a possibility to simplify X-ray imaging. We have adapted the coded aperture method, a high energy radiation imaging method that has its origins in astrophysics, to full field X-ray fluorescence imaging. In coded aperture imaging, an object is projected through a known mask, the coded aperture, onto an area sensitive detector. The resulting image consists of overlapping projections of the object and a reconstruction step is necessary to obtain the information from the recorded image. We recorded fluorescence images of different samples with an energy-dispersive 2D detector (pnCCD) and investigated different reconstruction methods. With a small coded aperture with 12 holes we could significantly increase the count rate compared to measurements with a straight polycapillary optic. We show that the reconstruction of two different samples is possible with a deconvolution approach, an iterative algorithm and a neural network. These results demonstrate that X-ray fluorescence imaging with coded apertures has the potential to deliver good results without scanning and with an improved count rate, so that measurement times can be shortened compared to established methods.
KW - X-ray fluorescence imaging
KW - Coded apertures
KW - Imaging
KW - Elemental mapping
KW - Image reconstruction
PY - 2020
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ja00146e
VL - 35
IS - 7
SP - 1423
EP - 1434
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry
CY - United Kingdom
AN - OPUS4-51518
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Kervarec, M.-C.
A1 - Kemnitz, E.
A1 - Scholz, G.
A1 - Rudic, S.
A1 - Jäger, Christian
A1 - Braun, T.
A1 - Michalchuk, Adam
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
T1 - A HF Loaded Lewis-Acidic Aluminium Chlorofluoride for Hydrofluorination Reactions
N2 - The very strong Lewis acid aluminium chlorofluo-ride (ACF) was loaded with anhydrous HF. The interactionbetween the surface of the catalyst and HF was investigatedusing a variety of characterization methods, which revealed he formation of polyfluorides. Moreover, the reactivity ofthe HF-loaded ACF towards the hydrofluorination of alkyneswas studied.
KW - Aluminium
KW - HF
KW - Hydrofluorination
KW - Metal fluorides
PY - 2020
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-508360
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202001627
VL - 26
SP - 1
PB - Wiley Online Libary
AN - OPUS4-50836
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Karafiludis, Stephanos
A1 - Kochovski, Z.
A1 - Scoppola, E.
A1 - Retzmann, Anika
A1 - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan
A1 - ten Elshof, J. E.
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Stawski, Tomasz Maciej
T1 - Nonclassical Crystallization Pathway of Transition Metal Phosphate Compounds
N2 - Here, we elucidate nonclassical multistep crystallization pathways of transition metal phosphates from aqueous solutions. We followed precipitation processes of M-struvites, NH4MPO4·6H2O, and M-phosphate octahydrates, M3(PO4)2·8H2O, where M = Ni, Co, or NixCo1–x, by using in situ scattering and spectroscopy-based techniques, supported by elemental mass spectrometry analyses and advanced electron microscopy. Ni and Co phosphates crystallize via intermediate colloidal amorphous nanophases, which change their complex structures while agglomerating, condensing, and densifying throughout the extended reaction times. We reconstructed the three-dimensional morphology of these precursors by employing cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET). We found that the complex interplay between metastable amorphous colloids and protocrystalline units determines the reaction pathways. Ultimately, the same crystalline structure, such as struvite, is formed. However, the multistep process stages vary in complexity and can last from a few minutes to several hours depending on the selected transition metal(s), their concentration, and the Ni/Co ratio.
KW - Non-classical crystallization theory
KW - Transition metals
KW - Phosphates
KW - Amorphous phases
KW - Intermediate phases
PY - 2023
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c02346
SN - 1520-5002
VL - 35
IS - 24
SP - 10645
EP - 10657
PB - American Chemical Society (ACS)
CY - Washington D.C.
AN - OPUS4-59135
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Hoque, Maroof Arshadul
A1 - Sommerfeld, Thomas
A1 - Lisec, Jan
A1 - Das, Prasenjit
A1 - Prinz, Carsten
A1 - Heinekamp, Christian
A1 - Stolar, Tomislav
A1 - Etter, Martin
A1 - Rosenberger, David
A1 - George, Janine
A1 - Bhattacharya, Biswajit
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
T1 - Mechanochemically Synthesized Covalent Organic Framework Effectively Captures PFAS Contaminants
N2 - Per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are persistent environmental contaminants that pose significant health risks, prompting urgent efforts to develop effective removal methods and adsorbers. Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are metal‐free adsorbers with high stability and tunable porosity. A highly crystalline COF is synthesised mechanochemically using 1,3,5‐tris(4‐aminophenyl)benzene (TAPB) and 1,3,5‐triformylbenzene (TFB). The formation dynamics are monitored in real time with time‐resolved in situ synchrotron X‐ray diffraction. The TAPB‐TFB COF demonstrates good efficiency in eliminating PFAS from water. Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) are effectively extracted, and most of the adsorption occurred within the first 10 min. Additionally, X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and DFT calculations are employed to elucidate the molecular interactions between PFAS and the COF framework. The rapid and efficient removal of PFAS makes TAPB‐TFB COF a promising material for water treatment applications.
KW - COFs
KW - Ball-milling
KW - PFAS
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-648712
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202509275
SN - 1613-6810
VL - 21
IS - 44
SP - 1
EP - 8
PB - Wiley
CY - Weinheim
AN - OPUS4-64871
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Heilmann, Maria
A1 - Simões, R. G.
A1 - Bernardes, C. E. S.
A1 - Ramisch, Yen
A1 - Bienert, Ralf
A1 - Röllig, Matthias
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Minas da Piedade, M. E.
T1 - Real-Time In situ XRD Study of Simvastatin Crystallization in Levitated Droplets
N2 - Simvastatin (SV) is an important active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) for treatment of hyperlipidemias, which is known to exist in different crystalline and amorphous phases. It is, therefore, an interesting model to investigate how the outcome of evaporative crystallization in the contactless environment of an acoustically levitated droplet may be influenced by key experimental conditions, such as temperature, solvent properties (e.g., polarity and hygroscopicity), and dynamics of the evaporation process. Here, we describe a real-time and in situ study of simvastatin evaporative crystallization from droplets of three solvents that differ in volatility, polarity, and protic character (acetone, ethanol, and ethyl acetate). The droplet monitorization relied on synchrotron X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, imaging, and thermographic analysis. A pronounced solvent-dependent behavior was observed. In ethanol, a simvastatin amorphous gel-like material was produced, which showed no tendency for crystallization over time; in ethyl acetate, a glassy material was formed, which crystallized on storage over a two-week period to yield simvastatin form I; and in acetone, form I crystallized upon solvent evaporation without any evident presence of a stable amorphous intermediate. The XRD and Raman results further suggested that the persistent amorphous phase obtained from ethanol and the amorphous precrystallization intermediate formed in ethyl acetate were similar. Thermographic analysis indicated that the evaporation process was accompanied by a considerable temperature decrease of the droplet surface, whose magnitude and rate correlated with the solvent volatility (acetone > ethyl acetate > ethanol). The combined thermographic and XRD results also suggested that, as the cooling effect increased, so did the amount of residual water (most likely captured from the atmosphere) remaining in the droplet after the organic solvent was lost. Finally, the interpretation of the water fingerprint in the XRD time profiles was aided by molecular dynamics simulations, which also provided insights into the possible role of H2O as an antisolvent that facilitates simvastatin crystallization.
KW - Simvastatin
KW - In-situ
KW - API
KW - Crystallization
PY - 2021
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.1c00509
SN - 1528-7483
VL - 21
IS - 8
SP - 4665
EP - 4673
PB - ACS Publications
AN - OPUS4-53663
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Heilmann, Maria
A1 - Prinz, Carsten
A1 - Bienert, Ralf
A1 - Wendt, R.
A1 - Kunkel, B.
A1 - Radnik, Jörg
A1 - Hoell, A.
A1 - Wohlrab, S.
A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
T1 - Size-Tunable Ni–Cu Core–Shell Nanoparticles—Structure, Composition, and Catalytic Activity for the Reverse Water–Gas Shift Reaction
N2 - A facile and efficient methodology is described for the solvothermal synthesis of size-tunable, stable, and uniform NiCu core–shell nanoparticles (NPs) for application in catalysis. The diameter of the NPs is tuned in a range from 6 nm to 30 nm and to adjust the Ni:Cu ratio from 30:1 to 1:1. Furthermore, the influence of different reaction parameters on the final NPs is studied. The NPs are structurally characterized by a method combination of transmission electron microscopy, anomalous small-angle X-ray scattering, X-ray absorption fine structure, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Using these analytical methods, it is possible to elucidate a core–shell–shell structure of all particles and their chemical composition. In all cases, a depletion from the core to the shell is observed, with the core consisting of NiCu alloy, surrounded by an inner Ni-rich shell and an outer NiO shell. The SiO2-supported NiCu core–shell NPs show pronounced selectivity of >99% for CO in the catalytic reduction of CO2 to CO using hydrogen as reactant (reverse water–gas shift reaction) independent of size and Ni:Cu ratio.
KW - Nanoparticles
KW - Core-shell
KW - Catalysis
PY - 2022
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-543606
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202101308
SN - 1438-1656
SP - 1
EP - 13
PB - Wiley VCH
AN - OPUS4-54360
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Heilmann, Maria
A1 - Kulla, Hannes
A1 - Prinz, Carsten
A1 - Bienert, Ralf
A1 - Reinholz, Uwe
A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
T1 - Advances in Nickel Nanoparticle Synthesis via Oleylamine Route
N2 - Nickel nanoparticles are an active research area due to their multiple applications as catalysts in different processes. A variety of preparation techniques have been reported for the synthesis of these nanoparticles, including solvothermal, microwave-assisted, and emulsion techniques. The well-studied solvothermal oleylamine synthesis route comes with the drawback of needing standard air-free techniques and often space-consuming glassware. Here, we present a facile and straightforward synthesis method for size-controlled highly monodisperse nickel nanoparticles avoiding the use of, e.g., Schlenk techniques and space-consuming labware. The nanoparticles produced by this novel synthetic route were investigated using small-angle X-ray scattering, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray spectroscopy. The nanoparticles were in a size range of 4–16 nm, show high sphericity, no oxidation, and no agglomeration after synthesis.
KW - Nanoparticle synthesis
KW - Nickel nanoparticles
KW - SAXS
KW - TEM
KW - XAS
PY - 2020
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-507531
DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10040713
VL - 10
IS - 4
SP - 713
PB - MDPI
AN - OPUS4-50753
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Gugin, Nikita
A1 - Villajos Collado, José Antonio
A1 - Dautain, O.
A1 - Maiwald, Michael
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
T1 - Optimizing the Green Synthesis of ZIF-8 by Reactive Extrusion Using In Situ Raman Spectroscopy
N2 - We report the scale-up of a batch solid synthesis of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) for reactive extrusion. The crystalline product forms in the extruder directly under the mixture of solid 2-methylimidazole and basic zinc carbonate in the presence of a catalytic amount of liquid. The process parameters such as temperature, liquid type, feeding rate, and linker excess were optimized using the setup specifically designed for in situ Raman spectroscopy. Highly crystalline ZIF-8 with a Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area of 1816 m2 g–1 was quantitatively prepared at mild temperature using a catalytic amount of ethanol and a small excess of the linker. Finally, we developed a simple and comprehensive approach to evaluating the environmental friendliness and scalability of metal–organic framework (MOF) syntheses in view of their large-scale production.
KW - Mechanochemistry
KW - In situ Raman
KW - Large-scale processing
KW - Metal−organic frameworks
KW - Twin-screw extrusion (TSE)
PY - 2023
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c07509
SN - 2168-0485
VL - 11
IS - 13
SP - 5175
EP - 5183
PB - ACS Publications
AN - OPUS4-57366
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Getenet, M.
A1 - Garcia-Ruiz, J. M.
A1 - Otálora, F.
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Al-Sabbagh, Dominik
A1 - Verdugo-Escamilla, E.
T1 - A comprehensive methodology for monitoring evaporitic mineral precipitation and hydrochemical evolution of saline lakes: The case of Lake Magadi soda brine (East African Rift Valley, Kenya)
N2 - Lake Magadi, East African Rift Valley, is a hyperalkaline and saline soda lake highly enriched in Na+, K+, CO32–, Cl–, HCO3–, and SiO2 and depleted in Ca2+ and Mg2+, where thick evaporite deposits and siliceous sediments have been forming for 100 000 years. The hydrogeochemistry and the evaporite deposits of soda lakes are subjects of growing interest in paleoclimatology, astrobiology, and planetary sciences. In Lake Magadi, different hydrates of sodium carbonate/bicarbonate and other saline minerals precipitate. The precipitation sequence of these minerals is a key for understanding the hydrochemical evolution, the paleoenvironmental conditions of ancient evaporite deposits, and industrial crystallization. However, accurate determination of the precipitation sequence of these minerals was challenging due to the dependency of the different hydrates on temperature, water activity, pH and pCO2, which could induce phase transformation and secondary mineral precipitation during sample handling. Here, we report a comprehensive methodology applied for monitoring the evaporitic mineral precipitation and hydrochemical evolution of Lake Magadi. Evaporation and mineral precipitations were monitored by using in situ video microscopy and synchrotron X-ray diffraction of acoustically levitated droplets. The mineral patterns were characterized by ex situ Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and scanning electron microscopy. Experiments were coupled with thermodynamic models to understand the evaporation and precipitation-driven hydrochemical evolution of brines. Our results closely reproduced the mineral assemblages, patterns, and textural relations observed in the natural setting. Alkaline earth carbonates and fluorite were predicted to precipitate first followed by siliceous sediments. Among the salts, dendritic and acicular trona precipitate first via fractional crystallization─reminiscent of grasslike trona layers of Lake Magadi. Halite/villiaumite, thermonatrite, and sylvite precipitate sequentially after trona from residual brines depleted in HCO3–. The precipitation of these minerals between trona crystals resembles the precipitation process observed in the interstitial brines of the trona layers. Thermonatrite precipitation began after trona equilibrated with the residual brines due to the absence of excess CO2 input. We have shown that evaporation and mineral precipitation are the major drivers for the formation of hyperalkaline, saline, and SiO2-rich brines. The discrepancy between predicted and actual sulfate and phosphate ion concentrations implies the biological cycling of these ions. The combination of different in situ and ex situ methods and modeling is key to understanding the mineral phases, precipitation sequences, and textural relations of modern and ancient evaporite deposits. The synergy of these methods could be applicable in industrial crystallization and natural brines to reconstruct the hydrogeochemical and hydroclimatic conditions of soda lakes, evaporite settings, and potentially soda oceans of early Earth and extraterrestrial planets.
KW - Crystallization
KW - Precipitation
KW - Crystals
KW - Evaporation
KW - Minerals
PY - 2022
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-546712
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.1c01391
SN - 1528-7483
VL - 22
IS - 4
SP - 2307
EP - 2317
PB - ACS Publications
CY - Washington, DC
AN - OPUS4-54671
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Gernhard, M.
A1 - Rautenberg, Max
A1 - Hörner, G.
A1 - Weber, B.
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Roth, C.
T1 - Mechanochemical Synthesis as a Greener Way to ProduceIron-based Oxygen Reduction Catalysts
N2 - Iron-based catalysts have been reported manifold and studied as platinum group metal (PGM) free alternatives for the catalysis of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). However, their sustainable preparation by greener synthesis approaches is usually not discussed. In this work, we propose a new method for the sustainable preparation of such catalysts by using a mechanochemical approach, with no solvents and non-toxic chemicals. The materials obtained from low temperature carbonization (700 °C) exhibit considerable and stable catalytic performance for ORR in alkaline medium. A catalyst obtained
from iron hydroxide, tryptophan, dicyandiamide, and ammonium nitrate shows the best electrocatalytic Performance with an overpotential of 921 mV vs. RHE at 0.1 mA/cm2 and an electron transfer number of 3.4.
KW - PGM-free catalyst
KW - Oxygen Reduction Reaction
KW - AEMFC
KW - Mössbauer Spectroscopy
KW - Sustainable Synthesis
PY - 2021
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-535326
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/zaac.202100194
VL - 647
IS - 22
SP - 2080
EP - 2087
PB - Weinheim-VCH GmbH
AN - OPUS4-53532
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Fink, Friedrich
A1 - Stawski, Tomasz M.
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Falkenhagen, Jana
T1 - A novel machine-learning approach to unlock technical lignin classification by NIR spectroscopy - bench to handheld
N2 - In this research, the utilization of near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy in conjunction with advanced machine learning methods is investigated for categorizing technical lignins obtained from different biomass sources and industrial procedures. Technical lignins, such as kraft, organosolv and lignosulfonates, have different chemical compositions, which continue to make uniform characterization and application in sustainable sectors extremely difficult. Fast, universally accessible analytics combined with data analysis is still an open question. For the first time three distinct NIR spectrometers—a high-performance benchtop system, a mid-priced compact device, and an economical handheld unit—were utilized to record NIR spectra of 31 unique lignin samples. The spectra underwent pre-processing through standard normal variate (SNV) transformation and Savitzky-Golay derivatives to amplify spectral features and decrease noise. Principal component analysis (PCA) was employed to reduce data complexity and extract crucial characteristics for classification purposes. Subsequently, four machine learning algorithms—Support Vector Machines (SVM), Gaussian Naive Bayes (GNB), Gaussian Process Classification (GPC), and Decision Tree Classification (DTC)—were implemented for the classification of the lignin samples. The DTC model exhibited the highest accuracy among them across different spectrometers. Although the benchtop spectrometer produced the most precise outcomes, the compact NeoSpectra system also displayed potential as a cost-efficient option. Nonetheless, the restricted spectral coverage of the handheld NIRONE spectrometer resulted in reduced classification accuracy. Our discoveries highlight the capability of NIR spectroscopy, combined with robust data analysis techniques, for the swift and non-destructive classification of technical lignins, facilitating their improved utilization in sustainable fields.
KW - Technical lignins
KW - NIR spectroscopy
KW - Classification
KW - Machine-learning
KW - PCA
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-634518
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemolab.2025.105467
SN - 0169-7439
VL - 264
SP - 1
EP - 10
PB - Elsevier B.V.
CY - Amsterdam
AN - OPUS4-63451
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Fink, Friedrich
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Falkenhagen, Jana
T1 - Identification and Classification of Technical Lignins by means of Principle Component Analysis and k-Nearest Neighbor Algorithm
N2 - The characterization of technical lignins is a key step for the efficient use and processing of this material into valuable chemicals and for quality control. In this study 31 lignin samples were prepared from different biomass sources (hardwood, softwood, straw, grass) and different pulping processes (sulfite, Kraft, organosolv). Each lignin was analysed by attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FT-IR) spectroscopy. Statistical analysis of the ATR-FT-IR spectra by means of principal component analysis (PCA) showed significant differences between the lignins. Hence, the samples can be separated by PCA according to the original biomass. The differences observed in the ATR-FT-IR spectra result primarily from the relative ratios of the p-hydroxyphenyl, guaiacyl and syringyl units. Only limited influence of the pulping process is reflected by the spectral data. The spectra do not differ between samples processed by Kraft or organosolv processes. Lignosulfonates are clearly distinguishable by ATR-FT-IR from the other samples. For the classification a model was created using the k-nearest neighbor (k NN) algorithm. Different data pretreatment steps were compared for k=1…20. For validation purposes, a 5-fold cross-validation was chosen and the different quality criteria Accuracy (Acc), Error Rate (Err), Sensitivity (TPR) and specificity (TNR) were introduced. The optimized model for k=4 gives values for Acc = 98.9 %, Err = 1.1 %, TPR = 99.2 % and TNR = 99.6 %.
KW - Classification
KW - PCA
KW - K-nearest neighbor
KW - FT-IR
KW - Technical lignin
PY - 2021
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-533855
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/cmtd.202100028
VL - 1
IS - 8
SP - 350
EP - 396
PB - Wiley-VCH GmbH
AN - OPUS4-53385
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Feiler, Torvid
A1 - Bhattacharya, Biswajit
A1 - Michalchuk, Adam
A1 - Schröder, V.
A1 - List-Kratochvil, E.
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
T1 - Mechanochemical Syntheses of Isostructural Luminescent Cocrystals of 9-Anthracenecarboxylic Acid with two Dipyridines Coformers
N2 - Tuning and controlling the solid-state photophysical properties of organic luminophore are very important to develop next-generation organic luminescent materials. With the aim of discovering new functional luminescent materials, new cocrystals of 9-anthracene carboxylic acid (ACA) were prepared with two different dipyridine coformers: 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene and 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane. The cocrystals were successfully obtained by both mechanochemical approaches and conventional solvent crystallization. The newly obtained crystalline solids were characterized thoroughly using a combination of single crystal X-ray diffraction, powder X-ray diffraction, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, differential thermal analysis, and thermogravimetric analysis. Structural analysis revealed that the cocrystals are isostructural, exhibiting two-fold interpenetrated hydrogen bonded networks. While the O–H···N hydrogen bonds adopts a primary role in the stabilization of the cocrystal phases, the C–H···O hydrogen bonding interactions appear to play a significant role in guiding the three-dimensional assembly. Both π···π and C–H···π interactions assist in stabilizing the interpenetrated structure. The photoluminescence properties of both the starting materials and cocrystals were examined in their solid states. All the cocrystals display tunable photophysical properties as compared to pure ACA. Density functional theory simulations suggest that the modified optical properties result from charge transfers between the ACA and coformer molecules in each case. This study demonstrates the potential of crystal engineering to design solid-state luminescence switching materials through cocrystallization.
KW - Cocrystal
KW - Mechanochemical synthesis
KW - Luminescence
KW - X-ray diffraction
KW - DFT calculation
PY - 2020
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-518226
DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10100889
VL - 10
IS - 10
SP - 889
PB - MDPI
AN - OPUS4-51822
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Martins, Ines
T1 - Carbamazepine Dihydroxybenzoic Acid Cocrystals: Exploring Packing Interactions and Reaction Kinetics
N2 - Herein, we present the mechanochemical formation of three new cocrystals containing the active pharmaceutical ingredient carbamazepine and dihydroxybenzoic acids as coformers (CBZ:2,4-DHBA 1:1, CBZ:2,5-DHBA 1:1, and CBZ:2,6-DHBA 1:1). Rietveld methods were used for three different purposes: (i) refining all structures solved using powder X-ray diffraction, (ii) performing a quantitative phase analysis of the diffraction data collected from ex situ mechanochemical reactions at different milling times, and (iii) determining the cocrystallization kinetic profiles. The rate of cocrystallization was found to be higher for the formation of CBZ:2,4-DHBA and CBZ:2,6-DHBA, reaching an equilibrium after 600 s of milling. In the case of CBZ:2,5-DHBA a short induction period of 20 s was detected prior to the start of the reaction and an equilibrium was reached after 1200 s. An empirical trend between the rate of cocrystallization and the structural complexity of the cocrystal product was found. The slowest cocrystallization rate observed for CBZ:2,5-DHBA corresponds to the crystal structure deviating substantially from the hydrogen-bonding motif found in the reactants.
KW - Mechanochemistry
KW - In situ real-time monitoring
KW - Kinetics
PY - 2021
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.1c00902
VL - 21
IS - 12
SP - 6961
EP - 6970
PB - ACS Publications
AN - OPUS4-54407
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - CONF
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
T1 - Shaken not stirred: enhancing the flavor of mechanochemistry
N2 - Mechanochemistry is increasingly used for synthesizing soft matter materials including metal organic compounds and cocrystals.1 The ever-increasing interest in this method is contrasted by a limited mechanistic understanding of the mechanochemical reactivity and selectivity. Time-resolved in situ investigations of milling reactions provide direct insights in the underlying mechanisms.2-4 We recently introduced different setups enabling in situ investigation of mechanochemical reactions using synchrotron XRD combined with Raman spectroscopy and thermography. The presented setup allows the detection of crystalline, amorphous, eutectic, and liquid intermediates. Furthermore, the chemical composition of the reaction mixture was found to be directly correlated with changes in the temperature profile of the reaction. The resulting deeper kinetic and thermodynamic understanding of milling processes is the key for future optimization of mechanochemical syntheses. In this contribution, we will discuss our recent results investigating the formation of (polymorphic) cocrystals and coordination polymers.2,3,5 Our results indicate that in situ investigation of milling reactions offer a new approach to tune and optimize mechanochemical syntheses.
T2 - BCA/BACG joint spring meeting
CY - Online meeting
DA - 29.03.2021
KW - Mechanochemistry
KW - Cocrystals
KW - Crystal Engineering
PY - 2021
AN - OPUS4-53995
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - CONF
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
T1 - Shaken not stirred: in situ investigations of mechanochemical processes
N2 - Mechanochemistry has emerged as one of the most interesting synthetic protocols to produce new materials. The development of mechanochemistry as a synthetic method is supported by excellent research by many groups worldwide in a wide range of applications. The potential of mechanochemistry is also reflected in the inclusion in IUPAC’s 10 chemical innovations that will change our world’.[1] Solvent-free methodologies lead to unique chemical processes during synthesis with the consequent formation of martials with new properties.2 In this contribution, we will discuss our recent results investigating the formation of (polymorphic) cocrystals, coordination polymers, metal oxides and metal nanoparticles.[3-8] We introduced different setups enabling in situ investigation of mechanochemical reactions using synchrotron XRD combined with Raman spectroscopy and thermography.
T2 - Deutsche Kristallzüchtertagung
CY - Berlin, Germany
DA - 06.10.2021
KW - Mechanochemistry
KW - In situ real-time monitoring
KW - Crystal
PY - 2021
AN - OPUS4-53996
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - CONF
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
T1 - In situ investigations of mechanochemical processes
N2 - Overview of the present BAM activities in the field of in situ analytics of mechanochemical processes. Recent results for the synthesis of metal organic frameworks and cocrystals are presented.
T2 - HZB Seminar
CY - Online meeting
DA - 21.01.2022
KW - Mechanochemistry
KW - In situ real-time monitoring
PY - 2022
AN - OPUS4-54296
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - de Olivera, Paulo
A1 - Michalchuk, Adam
A1 - Marquardt, Julien
A1 - Feiler, Torvid
A1 - Prinz, Carsten
A1 - Torresi, R.
A1 - Camargo, P.
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
T1 - Investigating the role of reducing agents on mechanosynthesis of Au nanoparticles
N2 - Control over the bottom up synthesis of metal nanoparticles (NP) depends on many experimental factors, including the choice of stabilising and reducing agents. By selectively manipulating these species, it is possible to control NP characteristics through solution-phase synthesis strategies. It is not known, however, whether NPs produced from mechanochemical syntheses are governed by the same rules. Using the Au NPs mechanosynthesis as a model system, we investigate how a series of common reducing agents affect both the reduction kinetics and size of Au NPs. It is shown that the relative effects of reducing agents on mechanochemical NP synthesis differ significantly from their role in analogous solution-phase reactions. Hence, strategies developed for control over NP growth in solution are not directly transferrable to environmentally benign mechanochemical approaches. This work demonstrates a clear need for dedicated, systematic studies on NP mechanosynthesis.
KW - Mechanochemistry
KW - Metal nanoparicels
PY - 2020
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ce00826e
VL - 22
IS - 38
SP - 6261
EP - 6267
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry
AN - OPUS4-51757
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - de Olivera, Paulo
A1 - Michalchuk, Adam
A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
A1 - Bienert, Ralf
A1 - Torresi, R.
A1 - Camargo, P.
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
T1 - Tandem X-ray absorption spectroscopy and scattering for in situ time-resolved monitoring of gold nanoparticle mechanosynthesis
N2 - Current time-resolved in situ approaches limit the scope of mechanochemical investigations possible. Here we develop a new, general approach to simultaneously follow the evolution of bulk atomic and electronic structure during a mechanochemical synthesis. This is achieved by coupling two complementary synchrotron-based X-ray methods: X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and X-ray diffraction. We apply this method to investigate the bottom-up mechanosynthesis of technologically important Au micro and nanoparticles in the presence of three different reducing agents, hydroquinone, sodium citrate, and NaBH4. Moreover, we show how XAS offers new insight into the early stage generation of growth species (e.g. monomers and clusters), which lead to the subsequent formation of nanoparticles. These processes are beyond the detection capabilities of diffraction methods. This combined X-ray approach paves the way to new directions in mechanochemical research of advanced electronic materials.
KW - Mechanochemistry
KW - XANES
KW - X-ray diffraction
KW - Nano particles
PY - 2020
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cc03862h
SN - 1364-548X
VL - 56
SP - 10329
EP - 10332
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry
AN - OPUS4-51760
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
A1 - Radtke, Martin
A1 - Yusenko, Kirill
A1 - Stawski, Tomasz
A1 - Kulow, Anicó
A1 - Cakir, Cafer Tufan
A1 - Röder, Bettina
A1 - Naese, Christoph
A1 - Britzke, Ralf
A1 - Sintschuk, Michael
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
T1 - BAMline - A real-life sample materials research beamline
N2 - With increasing demand and environmental concerns, researchers are exploring new materials that can perform as well or better than traditional materials while reducing environmental impact. The BAMline, a real-life sample materials research beamline, provides unique insights into materials’ electronic and chemical structure at different time and length scales. The beamline specializes in x-ray absorption spectroscopy, x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, and tomography experiments. This enables real-time optimization of material properties and performance for various applications, such as energy transfer, energy storage, catalysis, and corrosion resistance. This paper gives an overview of the analytical methods and sample environments of the BAMline, which cover non-destructive testing experiments in materials science, chemistry, biology, medicine, and cultural heritage. We also present our own synthesis methods, processes, and equipment developed specifically for the BAMline, and we give examples of synthesized materials and their potential applications. Finally, this article discusses the future perspectives of the BAMline and its potential for further advances in sustainable materials research.
KW - Extended X-ray absorption fine structure
KW - Energy storage
KW - Environmental impacts
KW - Nondestructive testing techniques
KW - X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy
KW - Corrosion
KW - Near edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy
KW - X-ray absorption spectroscopy
PY - 2023
DO - https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0157194
VL - 158
IS - 24
SP - 1
EP - 22
PB - AIP Publishing
AN - OPUS4-57824
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
A1 - Kulow, Anicó
A1 - Kabelitz, Anke
A1 - Grunewald, C.
A1 - Seidel, R.
A1 - Chapartegui-Arias, Ander
A1 - Radtke, Martin
A1 - Reinholz, Uwe
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Beyer, S.
T1 - Observation of early ZIF-8 crystallization stages with X-ray absorption spectroscopy
N2 - The present study investigates early stages of ZIF-8 crystallization up to 5 minutes post mixing of precursor solutions. Dispersive X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (DXAS) provides a refined understanding of the evolution of the coordination environment during ZIF-8 crystallization. Linear Combination Fiting (LCF) suggests tetrakis(1-methylimidazole)zinc2+ to be a suitable and stable mononuclear structure analogue for some early stage ZIF-8 intermediates. Our results pave the way for more detailed studies on physico-chemical aspects of ZIF-8 crystallization to better control tailoring ZIF-8 materials for specific applications.
KW - In-situ
KW - XANES
KW - ZIF-8
KW - Crystallization
PY - 2020
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SM01356K
SN - 1744-6848
VL - 17
IS - 2
SP - 331
EP - 334
PB - Royal Scociety of Chemistry
AN - OPUS4-51723
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
A1 - Cakir, Cafer Tufan
A1 - Radtke, Martin
A1 - Haider, M. Bilal
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - F. M. Oliveira, P.
A1 - Michalchuk, Adam
T1 - Dispersive x-ray absorption spectroscopy for time-resolved in situ monitoring of mechanochemical reactions
N2 - X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) provides a unique, atom-specific tool to probe the electronic structure of solids. By surmounting long-held limitations of powder-based XAS using a dynamically averaged powder in a Resonant Acoustic Mixer (RAM), we demonstrate how time-resolved in situ (TRIS) XAS provides unprecedented detail of mechanochemical synthesis. The use of a custom-designed dispersive XAS (DXAS) setup allows us to increase the time resolution over existing fluorescence measurements from ∼15 min to 2 s for a complete absorption spectrum. Hence, we here establish TRIS-XAS as a viable method for studying mechanochemical reactions and sampling reaction kinetics. The generality of our approach is demonstrated through RAM-induced (i) bottom-up Au nanoparticle mechanosynthesis and (ii) the synthesis of a prototypical metal organic framework, ZIF-8. Moreover, we demonstrate that our approach also works with the addition of a stainless steel milling ball, opening the door to using TRIS-DXAS for following conventional ball milling reactions. We expect that our TRIS-DXAS approach will become an essential part of the mechanochemical tool box.
KW - In situ studies
KW - Dipsersive XAS
KW - Mechanochemistry
KW - Time-resolved
PY - 2022
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-567659
DO - https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0130673
SN - 1089-7690
VL - 157
IS - 21
SP - 1
EP - 12
PB - American Institute of Physics
CY - Melville, NY
AN - OPUS4-56765
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Chapartegui-Arias, Ander
A1 - Raysyan, A.
A1 - Belenguer, A. M.
A1 - Jaeger, Carsten
A1 - Tchipilov, Teodor
A1 - Prinz, Carsten
A1 - Abad Andrade, Carlos Enrique
A1 - Beyer, S.
A1 - Schneider, Rudolf
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
T1 - Tailored mobility in a zeolite imidazolate framework (ZIF) antibody conjugate
N2 - Zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF) hybrid fluorescent nanoparticles and ZIF antibody conjugates have been synthesized, characterized, and employed in lateral-flow immunoassay (LFIA). The bright fluorescence of the conjugates and the possibility to tailor their mobility gives a huge potential for diagnostic assays. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with horseradish peroxidase (HRP) as label, proved the integrity, stability, and dispersibility of the antibody conjugates, LC-MS/MS provided evidence that a covalent link was established between these metal-organic frameworks and lysine residues in IgG antibodies.
KW - ZIF
KW - ELISA
PY - 2021
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-532096
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202100803
SN - 0947-6539
SN - 1521-3765
VL - 27
IS - 36
SP - 9414
EP - 9421
PB - Wiley-VCH
CY - Weinheim
AN - OPUS4-53209
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Casali, C.
A1 - Feiler, Torvid
A1 - Heilmann, Maria
A1 - Braga, D.
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Grepioni, F.
T1 - Too much water? Not enough? In situ monitoring of the mechanochemical reaction of copper salts with dicyandiamide
N2 - n situ monitoring of mechanochemical reactions between dicyandiamide (DCD) and CuX2 salts (X = Cl−, NO3−), for the preparation of compounds of agrochemical interest, showed the appearance of a number of phases. It is demonstrated that milling conditions, such as the amount of water added in wet grinding and/or the milling frequency, may affect the course of the mechanochemical reactions, and drive the reaction towards the formation of different products. It has been possible to discover by in situ monitored experiments two novel crystalline forms, namely the neutral complexes [Cu(DCD)2(OH2)2(NO3)2] (2) and [Cu(DCD)2(OH2)Cl2]·H2O (4), in addition to the previously known molecular salt [Cu(DCD)2(OH2)2][NO3]2·2H2O (1, DIVWAG) and neutral complex [Cu(DCD)2(OH2)Cl2] (3, AQCYCU), for which no synthesis conditions were available. Compounds 2 and 4 were fully characterized via a combination of solid-state techniques, including X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy and TGA.
KW - Mechanochemistry
KW - In situ
PY - 2022
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ce01670a
VL - 24
IS - 6
SP - 1292
EP - 1298
PB - RSC
AN - OPUS4-54344
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Cakir, Cafer Tufan
A1 - Piotrowiak, T.
A1 - Reinholz, Uwe
A1 - Ludwig, A.
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Streli, C.
A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
A1 - Radtke, Martin
T1 - Exploring the Depths of Corrosion: A Novel GE-XANES Technique for Investigating Compositionally Complex Alloys
N2 - In this study, we propose the use of nondestructive, depth-resolved, element-specific characterization using grazing exit X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectroscopy (GE-XANES) to investigate the corrosion process in compositionally complex alloys (CCAs). By combining grazing exit X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (GE-XRF) geometry and a pnCCD detector, we provide a scanning-free, nondestructive, depth-resolved analysis in a sub-micrometer depth range, which is especially relevant for layered materials, such as corroded CCAs. Our setup allows for spatial and energy-resolved measurements and directly extracts the desired fluorescence line, free from scattering events and other overlapping lines. We demonstrate the potential of our approach on a compositionally complex CrCoNi alloy and a layered reference sample with known composition and specific layer thickness. Our findings indicate that this new GE-XANES approach has exciting opportunities for studying surface catalysis and corrosion processes in real-world materials.
KW - Degradation mechanisms
KW - Grazin exit XANES
KW - Depth resolved XANES
KW - Compositional complex alloys
KW - Corrosion
PY - 2023
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.3c00404
VL - 95
SP - 4810
EP - 4818
PB - ACS Publications
AN - OPUS4-57823
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Bornemann-Pfeiffer, Martin
A1 - Wolf, Jakob
A1 - Meyer, Klas
A1 - Kern, S.
A1 - Angelone, D.
A1 - Leonov, A.
A1 - Cronin, L.
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
T1 - Standardization and control of Grignard reactions in a universal chemical synthesis machine using online NMR
T1 - Standardisierung und Kontrolle von Grignard-Reaktionen mittels Online-NMR in einer universellen chemischen Syntheseplattform
N2 - A big problem with the chemistry literature is that it is not standardized with respect to precise operational parameters, and real time corrections are hard to make without expert knowledge. This lack of context means difficult reproducibility because many steps are ambiguous, and hence depend on tacit knowledge. Here we present the integration of online NMR into an automated chemical synthesis machine (CSM aka. “Chemputer” which is capable of small-molecule synthesis using a universal programming language) to allow automated analysis and adjustment of reactions on the fly. The system was validated and benchmarked by using Grignard reactions which were chosen due to their importance in synthesis. The system was monitored in real time using online-NMR, and spectra were measured continuously during the reactions. This shows that the synthesis being done in the Chemputer can be dynamically controlled in response to feedback optimizing the reaction conditions according to the user requirements.
N2 - Ein Problem der chemischen Literatur ist die fehlende Standardisierung bezüglich genauer Bedingungen, auch Echtzeit-Korrekturen sind ohne Expertenwissen nur schwer möglich. Dieser Mangel an Details erschwert experimentelle Reproduzierbarkeit, da Schritte oft mehrdeutig sind und daher von implizitem Wissen abhängen. Hier präsentieren wir die Integration von Online-NMR Spektroskopie in eine automatisierte chemische Syntheseplattform (CSM aka. “Chemputer”, unter Verwendung einer universellen Programmiersprache zur Synthese kleiner Moleküle fähig), um eine automatisierte Analyse und Anpassung von Reaktionen im laufenden Betrieb zu ermöglichen. Das System wurde anhand von Grignard-Reaktionen, die aufgrund ihrer Bedeutung für die Synthese ausgewählt wurden, validiert und einem Härtetest unterzogen. Synthesen wurden in Echtzeit mit Online-NMR überwacht, und die Spektren wurden während der Reaktionen kontinuierlich aufgenommen und analysiert. Dies zeigt, dass der Chemputer dynamisch mittels einer Regelung kontrolliert werden kann, um die Reaktionsbedingungen entsprechend den Anforderungen des Benutzers zu optimieren.
KW - Grignard reaction
KW - NMR spectroscopy
KW - Process analytical technology
KW - Process control
KW - Grignard-Reaktion
KW - NMR-Spektroskopie
KW - Prozessanalytik
KW - Prozesskontrolle
PY - 2021
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-531260
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202106323
SN - 1521-3773
SN - 1433-7851
N1 - Bibliografische Angaben für die deutsche Version: Angewandte Chemie 2021, Jg. 133, S. 1–7, ISSN 0044-8249, ISSN 1521-3757, https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202106323 - Bibliographic information for the German version: Angewandte Chemie 2021, vol. 133, p. 1–7, ISSN 0044-8249, ISSN 1521-3757, https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202106323
VL - 60
IS - 43
SP - 1
EP - 6
PB - Wiley-VCH
CY - Weinheim
AN - OPUS4-53126
LA - mul
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
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TY - JOUR
A1 - Belenguer, A.
A1 - Lampronti, G.
A1 - Michalchuk, Adam
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Sanders, J.
T1 - Quantitative reversible one pot interconversion of three crystalline polymorphs by ball mill grinding
N2 - We demonstrate here using a disulfide system the first example of reversible, selective, and quantitative transformation between three crystalline polymorphs by ball mill grinding. This includes the discovery of a previously unknown polymorph. Each polymorph is reproducibly obtained under well-defined neat or liquid-assisted grinding conditions, revealing subtle control over the apparent thermodynamic stability. We discovered that the presence of a contaminant as low as 1.5% mol mol−1 acting as a template is required to enable all these three polymorph transformations. The relative stabilities of the polymorphs are determined by the sizes of the nanocrystals produced under different conditions and by surface interactions with small amounts of added solvent. For the first time, we show evidence that each of the three polymorphs is obtained with a unique and reproducible crystalline size. This mechanochemical approach gives access to bulk quantities of metastable polymorphs that are inaccessible through recrystallisation.
KW - Mechanochemistry
KW - Polymorph
KW - XRD
PY - 2022
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-549934
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CE00393G
SP - 1
EP - 7
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry
AN - OPUS4-54993
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Accorsi, M.
A1 - Tiemann, M.
A1 - Wehrhan, L.
A1 - Finn, Lauren M.
A1 - Cruz, R.
A1 - Rautenberg, Max
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Heberle, J.
A1 - Keller, B. G.
A1 - Rademann, J.
T1 - Pentafluorophosphato-Phenylalanines: Amphiphilic Phosphotyrosine Mimetics Displaying Fluorine-Specific Protein Interactions
N2 - Phosphotyrosine residues are essential functional switches in health and disease. Thus, phosphotyrosine biomimetics are crucial for the development of chemical tools and drug molecules. We report here the discovery and investigation of pentafluorophosphato amino acids as novel phosphotyrosine biomimetics. A mild acidic pentafluorination protocol was developed and two PF5-amino acids were prepared and employed in peptide synthesis. Their structures, reactivities, and fluorine-specific interactions were studied by NMR and IR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and in bioactivity assays. The mono-anionic PF5 motif displayed an amphiphilic character binding to hydrophobic surfaces, to water molecules, and to protein-binding sites, exploiting charge and H−F-bonding interactions. The novel motifs bind 25- to 30-fold stronger to the phosphotyrosine binding site of the protein tyrosine phosphatase PTP1B than the best current biomimetics, as rationalized by computational methods, including molecular dynamics simulations.
KW - Chemical Biology
KW - Drug Development
KW - Pentafluorophosphates
KW - Phosphotyrosine Biomimetics
KW - Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
PY - 2022
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-549984
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202203579
SN - 1433-7851
VL - 134
IS - 25
SP - 1
EP - 6
PB - Wiley-VCH GmbH
AN - OPUS4-54998
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -