TY - CONF A1 - Hahn, Marc Benjamin T1 - Reference Materials at BAM N2 - A introduction into reference materials, the certification process and brief over current reference projects at BAM is given. T2 - AK-Postdoc seminar CY - BAM Berlin, Germany DA - 02.02.2021 KW - Referenzmaterialien KW - Reference material KW - Homogeneity KW - Stability KW - Quality testing KW - Analytic KW - DNA KW - Dosimetry KW - Certification PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-52060 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ermilova, Elena T1 - Development of a standard series for ellipsometry N2 - Ellipsometry is a powerful tool, which allows the investigation of material properties over a broad spectral range. Over the course of several years, the ellipsometry lab at BAM has become an accredited testing lab according to ISO/IEC 17025 laying bare the need of better methods for accuracy and traceability. Despite its wide range of application in both research and development as well as industry, there have been no generally accepted standards dealing with model validation and measurement uncertainties. Based on the first German standard DIN 50989 – 1: 2018 Ellipsometry - Part 1: Principles (currently international standard ISO 23131: 2021) and under consideration of GUM [1] a series of standards for ellipsometry was developed. The entire 6-part series covers several model-based application cases. This standards series avoids having narrow and material specific application cases but instead classifies applications of ellipsometry according to the sample complexity. The concept of ellipsometric transfer quantities (Ψ and Δ or alternatively the elements of transfer matrices) is implemented in the series. For each application case a model-based validation strategy was developed. Thus, the standards are applicable to all materials, instruments and measuring principles. The uniform structure concept of the series facilitates its practical applicability for users. The standards include the model-based GUM-compliant determination/estimation of the measurement uncertainties. In addition, the appendices of the documents contain numerous measurement and simulation examples as well as recommendations for measuring practice. In this contribution we present the application cases and basic structure of the standards developed in collaboration with Accurion GmbH and SENTECH Instruments GmbH in the project SNELLIUS. T2 - 11th Workshop Ellipsometry (WSE 11) CY - Steyr, Austria DA - 06.09.2021 KW - Standardization of ellipsometry KW - DIN 50989 Parts 1 – 6 KW - ISO 23131: 2021 KW - Validation concepts of ellipsometric measurements KW - Uncertainty budgets KW - GUM-compliance PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53250 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hertwig, Andreas T1 - Accuracy, traceability, and standardization in spectroscopic ellipsometry N2 - Ellipsometry has been an extremely successful and fast expanding method in the past decades along with other related techniques using polarisation sensitive measurements. Opening new fields of application for a successful measurement technique brings some requirements and issues that have to be solved. From a metrological point of view, ellipsometry has the problem that uncertainties are difficult to determine for model-based analysis techniques in general. In this presentation, we will explore how the usefulness of polarimetric methods like ellipsometry can be increased. Ellipsometry as a method could profit from several current developments which will be discussed in this presentation: • Standardisation initiatives on national and international level developing standards for best practice when using ellipsometry. A series of at least six standards is currently developed on national German and international level covering different levels of sample complexity. • Projects on traceability of ellipsometry and structured surface spectrometry as well as new dielectric function database initiatives. • Metadata handling and data ontology providing a better framework for exchange and collaborative use of research data. We will also explore the quantification of measurement uncertainty using examples from projects in which BAM is involved. Examples will be presented of multilayer and non-ideal materials as well as the determination of layer properties for technical applications such as thin layer catalysts and complex polymers. The definition of reference materials will be discussed. T2 - 11th Workshop Ellipsometry (WSE 11) CY - Steyr, Austria DA - 06.09.2021 KW - Ellipsometry KW - Uncertainty KW - Surface analytics KW - Data science PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53295 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pauw, Brian Richard T1 - The Dark side of Science N2 - We all may have started out as bright-eyed students trying to do science to the best of our abilities, but over time, some of us have gradually drifted to the dark side. The dark side of science has an impressive publication rate in high-ranking journals, good success with funding agencies, and rocks the world with stellar findings. Unfortunately, these findings aren't real, either by accident or on purpose. As the presenter and his colleagues found, trying to correct or even dispute any of these findings in literature is a supremely complex and time-consuming effort. With no recent reduction in the frequency of such false findings, it is up to us to try to stem the flow. Besides looking at examples, we need to understand the underlying driving forces behind this dark scientific movement. By combining this understanding with a refresher of the core scientific principles, we can then develop the necessary argumentative tools and mechanisms that may prevent our own slide down the slippery slope. This talk will therefore start out with several entertaining examples of probably accidental, as well as definitely deliberate, false scientific findings in literature (and in particular in the field of materials research). We will then take a brief look at the possible causes for these developments, after which some tools will be presented that can help both the fresh as well as the well-seasoned scientist to rise up against the dark side. T2 - DGM special event (invited lecture) CY - Online meeting DA - 23.06.2021 KW - Scientific fraud KW - Reproducibility crisis KW - Bad science KW - Scientific method KW - Publication pressure PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53274 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Linberg, Kevin T1 - Taking Fluorine Interaction to the Extremes using XRD and DFT Simulations N2 - This work aims to investigate the role of F-F and F-π interactions in dictating structural and mechanical properties, through a combination of X-ray powder diffraction and dispersion-corrected density functional. As no benchmarking data exist for F-dominating organic system, we first assess how different functionals affect the mechanical properties of the material. T2 - CRC 1349 Fluorine-Specific Interactions Symposium CY - Online meeting DA - 27.09.2021 KW - High Pressure KW - Fluorine Interaction KW - Hexafluorobenzen KW - Density Functional Theory PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53654 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Stawski, Tomasz T1 - The structure of amorphous calcium sulfate and its role in the nucleation pathway and final mesostructure of CaSO 4 phases N2 - In recent years, we have come to appreciate the astounding intricacy of the formation process of minerals from ions in aqueous solutions. In this context, a number of studies have already revealed that nucleation in the CaSO4-H2O system is non-classical, where the formation of the different crystalline phases involves several steps including a common amorphous precursor. In this contribution a holistic view of the formation mechanism of gypsum and bassanite from solution will be presented. In short, our in situ and time-resolved scattering data demonstrate that calcium sulfate precipitation starts with the formation and aggregation of well-defined sub-3 nm primary species. These species constitute building “bricks'' of an amorphous precursor phase. We characterised the “bricks” by combining information obtained at different length-scales accessible at the mesoscale (from small-angle scattering) and at the atomic-length-scale (wide-angle scattering and high-energy diffraction). From these scattering data we derived pair distribution functions of the clusters and restricted their external shapes and dimensions. This allowed us to propose a structure of the primary species and to explore their dynamic properties with unbiased MD simulations using polarizable force fields. The formation of the amorphous phase involves the aggregation of these small primary species into larger disordered aggregates exhibiting “brick-in-the-wall” structure. The actual crystallisation occurs by the restructuring and coalescence of the “bricks” into a given calcium sulfate phase depending on the thermodynamic conditions of the solution. Importantly, these rearrangement processes by no means continue until a (nearly-)perfect homogeneous single crystal is obtained. Instead they come to a stop or at least significantly slow down. Such a process thus yields a final imperfect mesocrystal, composed of smaller domains rather than a continuous crystal structure, within which the domains are separated by an amorphous calcium sulfate phase. T2 - Goldschmidt Virtual 2021 CY - Online meeting DA - 04.07.2021 KW - Amorphous calcium sulfate KW - Scattering KW - SAXS/WAXS PY - 2021 UR - https://2021.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/2021/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/3847 AN - OPUS4-53621 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Eisentraut, Paul T1 - Microplastic analysis using TED-GC/MS: H/D-Exchange of decomposition products of D-marked polystyrene as an internal standard N2 - Deuterated polystyrene (D-PS) improves microplastic detection with TED-GC / MS, among other things through higher reproducibility. It is inexpensive (0.1 ct / analysis) and can be dosed quickly and reproducibly thanks to its good solubility (e.g. in toluene). However, certain matrices lead to an exchange of the deuterium with hydrogen. The poster shows the measuring principle, in which matrices H/D-exchange takes place, the results of kinetic studies and ways of preventing or circumventing the H/D-exchange. T2 - SALSA MAKE AND MEASURE 2021 CY - Online meeting DA - 16.09.2021 KW - Microplastic KW - H/D-Exchange KW - Internal Standard KW - TED-GC/MS KW - Thermoanalytic PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53681 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Beck, Uwe T1 - Uncertainty budgets in surface technology: stepheigt, layerthickness, indentation hardness, adehesive strength N2 - The object (sample) and the measurement/testing procedure may always have unknown degrees of freedom, i.e. instead of 𝐯 ≥ n – 1 in many cases 𝐯 ≫ n - 1 may apply, in particular in the micro- and nano-world! T2 - 10. VDI-Fachtagung, Messunsicherheit und Prüfprozesse CY - Erfurt, Germany DA - 10.11.2021 KW - Methodology in metrology KW - Methodology in testing KW - Spectroscopic Ellipsometry KW - Instrumented Indentation Testing (IIT) KW - Centrifugal Adhesion Testing (CAT) PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53986 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Beck, Uwe T1 - Functional coatings for mechanical applications: characterization and standardization N2 - The paper addresses the “Functional coatings for mechanical applications: characterization and standardization” and the following points are discussed in more detail: 1. Mechanic alapplications (coatings for tools and components, system features vs. material parameters) 2. Mechanical characterization (instrumented indentation testing (IIT), centrifugal adhesion testing (CAT), state of standardization) 3. Topometric characterization (white light interference microscopy (WLIM, 3D), mechanical stylus (MS, 2D), state of standardization) 4. Optical characterization (spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE), inter-laboratory comparison, state of standardization) T2 - IC-CMTP6 CY - Miskolc, Hungary DA - 04.10.2021 KW - Spectroscopic Ellipsometry KW - White Light Interference Microscopy KW - Instrumented Indentation Testing KW - Functional coatings KW - Mechanical characterization KW - Optical characterization KW - Topometric characterization KW - Standardization PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53987 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Reetz, U. T1 - Load- and path-controlled determination of bonding strength of butt joints - Comparison between tensile testing machine and centrifuge technology N2 - The round robin test proves that the CAT-Technology provides statistically indistinguishable test results compared to TTM. A supplement to DIN EN 15870 taking into account CAT-Technology (with reference to equivalent increases of load and displacement) as second normative test method appears to make sense. A presentation of a revision proposal at CEN TC 193 has been introduced with the decision to conduct a survey using the unchanged German revision proposal. T2 - EURADH 2021 - 13 th European Adhesion Conference CY - Online meeting DA - 11.10.2021 KW - CAT – Technology KW - Tensile testing machine (TTM) KW - Round robin test KW - Validation PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53948 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -