TY - JOUR
A1 - Leidigkeit, Carolin
A1 - Shokr, Mohammad
A1 - Tosson, Amir
A1 - Cakir, Cafer Tufan
A1 - Radtke, Martin
A1 - Pietsch, Ullrich
A1 - Christ, Hans-Jürgen
T1 - Using Energy-Dispersive Laue Diffraction to Study Dislocation Arrangements in Materials Showing Wavy and Planar Slip Behavior
N2 - The present work shows an approach to monitor the evolution of the dislocation arrangement of a metallic material caused by cyclic plastic strain using white X-ray radiation in combination with an energy-dispersive detector. The method is demonstrated by single-shot experiments performed on polycrystalline nickel and α-brass, representing the pure wavy and the pure planar dislocation slip behavior. To correlate the resulting diffraction patterns with various dislocation arrangements of both metals, fatigue tests were carried out up to certain numbers of cycles and at predetermined plastic strain amplitudes. The differences in dislocation microstructure and internal stress distributions give rise to an appreciable change in the peak shape of Laue reflections, leading to unique characteristics in the respective diffraction patterns. Nickel reflections are elongated due to the high amount of cell structures leading to bending and misorientation of the lattice, whereas the present stacking faults in α-brass result in powder-like diffraction.
KW - Slip behavior
KW - Energy-Dispersive
KW - Laue Diffraction
KW - Dislocation
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-637964
DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.14535
SN - 1460-2695
VL - 48
IS - 3
SP - 1341
EP - 1351
PB - Wiley
AN - OPUS4-63796
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Smerechuk, Anastasiia
A1 - Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
A1 - Büchner, Bernd
A1 - Wurmehl, Sabine
A1 - Morrow, Ryan
T1 - Synthesis and properties of Sr2La2NiW2O12, a new S = 1 triangular lattice magnet
N2 - Magnetic materials featuring triangular arrangements of spins are frequently investigated as platforms hosting magnetic frustration. Hexagonal perovskites with ordered vacancies serve as excellent candidates for two-dimensional triangular magnetism due to the considerable separation of the magnetic planes. In this work, the effects of chemical pressure on the ferromagnetic ground state of Ba2La2NiW2O12 by substitution of Ba2+ with Sr2+ to produce Sr2La2NiW2O12 are investigated. The two materials are characterized using synchrotron-based XRD, XANES and EXAFS in addition to magnetometry in order to correlate their crystal structures and magnetic properties. Both materials form in space group R 3, yet as a result of the enhanced bending of key bond angles due to the effects of chemical pressure, the T C value of the magnetic Ni2+ sublattice is reduced from ∼6 K in Ba2La2NiW2O12 to 4 K in Sr2La2NiW2O12.
KW - XRD
KW - Magnetic materials
KW - EXAFS
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-652982
DO - https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052520624007091
SN - 2052-5206
VL - 80
IS - 5
SP - 467
EP - 473
PB - International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
AN - OPUS4-65298
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Paul, Maxi B.
A1 - Böhmert, Linda
A1 - Thünemann, Andreas
A1 - Loeschner, Katrin
A1 - Givelet, Lucas
A1 - Fahrenson, Christoph
A1 - Braeuning, Albert
A1 - Sieg, Holger
T1 - Influence of artificial digestion on characteristics and intestinal cellular effects of micro-, submicro- and nanoplastics
N2 - The production of plastics is rising since they have been invented. Micro, submicro- and nanoplastics are produced intentionally or generated by environmental processes, and constitute ubiquitous contaminants which are ingested orally by consumers. Reported health concerns include intestinal translocation, inflammatory response, oxidative stress and cytotoxicity. Every digestive milieu in the gastrointestinal tract does have an influence on the properties of particles and can cause changes in their effect on biological systems. In this study, we subjected plastic particles of different materials (polylactic acid, polymethylmethacrylate, melamine formaldehyde) and sizes (micro- to nano-range) to a complex artificial digestion model consisting of three intestinal fluid simulants (saliva, gastric and intestinal juice). We monitored the impact of the digestion process on the particles by performing Dynamic Light Scattering, Scanning Electron Microscopy and Asymmetric Flow Field-Flow Fractionation. An in vitro model of the intestinal epithelial barrier was used to monitor cellular effects and translocation behavior of (un)digested particles. In conclusion, artificial digestion decreased cellular interaction and slightly increased transport of all particles across the intestinal barrier. The interaction with organic matter resulted in clear differences in the agglomeration behavior. Moreover, we provide evidence for polymer-, size- and surface-dependent cellular effects of the test particles.
KW - Toxicology
KW - Nanoparticles
KW - Dynamic Light Scattering
KW - Nanoplastics
KW - Microplastics
KW - Reference Method
KW - Reference Material
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-593947
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2023.114423
SN - 0278-6915
VL - 184
SP - 1
EP - 16
PB - Elsevier B.V.
AN - OPUS4-59394
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Sieg, Holger
A1 - Schaar, Caroline
A1 - Fouquet, Nicole
A1 - Böhmert, Linda
A1 - Thünemann, Andreas
A1 - Braeuning, Albert
T1 - Particulate iron oxide food colorants (E 172) during artificial digestion and their uptake and impact on intestinal cells
N2 - Iron oxide of various structures is frequently used as food colorant (E 172). The spectrum of colors ranges from yellow over orange, red, and brown to black, depending on the chemical structure of the material. E 172 is mostly sold as solid powder. Recent studies have demonstrated the presence of nanoscaled particles in E 172 samples, often to a very high extent. This makes it necessary to investigate the fate of these particles after oral uptake. In this study, 7 differently structured commercially available E 172 food colorants (2 x Yellow FeO(OH), 2 x Red Fe2O3, 1 x Orange Fe2O3 + FeO(OH) and 2 x Black Fe3O4) were investigated for particle dissolution, ion release, cellular uptake, crossing of the intestinal barrier and toxicological impact on intestinal cells. Dissolution was analyzed in water, cell culture medium and artificial digestion fluids. Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) was employed for determination of the specific surface area of the colorants in the digestion fluids. Cellular uptake, transport and toxicological effects were studied using human differentiated Caco-2 cells as an in vitro model of the intestinal barrier. For all materials, a strong interaction with the intestinal cells was observed, albeit there was only a limited dissolution, and no toxic in vitro effects on human cells were recorded.
KW - Toxicology
KW - Nanoparticles
KW - Small-angle X-ray scattering
KW - SAXS
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-593935
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tiv.2024.105772
VL - 96
SP - 1
EP - 12
PB - Elsevier BV
AN - OPUS4-59393
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Dobosy, Péter
A1 - Nguyen, Hoang Thi Phuong
A1 - Záray, Gyula
A1 - Streli, Christina
A1 - Ingerle, Dieter
A1 - Ziegler, Philipp
A1 - Radtke, Martin
A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
A1 - Endrédi, Anett
A1 - Fodor, Ferenc
T1 - Effect of iodine species on biofortification of iodine in cabbage plants cultivated in hydroponic cultures
N2 - Iodine is an essential trace element in the human diet because it is involved in the synthesis of thyroid hormones. Iodine deficiency affects over 2.2 billion people worldwide, making it a significant challenge to find plant-based sources of iodine that meet the recommended daily intake of this trace element. In this study, cabbage plants were cultivated in a hydroponic system containing iodine at concentrations ranging from 0.01 to 1.0 mg/L in the form of potassium iodide or potassium iodate. During the experiments, plant physiological parameters, biomass production, and concentration changes of iodine and selected microelements in different plant parts were investigated. In addition, the oxidation state of the accumulated iodine in root samples was determined. Results showed that iodine addition had no effect on photosynthetic efficiency and chlorophyll content. Iodide treatment did not considerably stimulate biomass production but iodate treatment increased it at concentrations less than 0.5 mg/L. Increasing iodine concentrations in the nutrient solutions increased iodine content in all plant parts; however, the iodide treatment was 2–7 times more efficient than the iodate treatment. It was concluded, that iodide addition was more favourable on the target element accumulation, however, it should be highlighted that application of this chemical form in nutrient solution decreased the concetrations of selected micoelement concentration comparing with the control plants. It was established that iodate was reduced to iodide during its uptake in cabbage roots, which means that independently from the oxidation number of iodine (+ 5, − 1) applied in the nutrient solutions, the reduced form of target element was transported to the aerial and edible tissues.
KW - BAMline
KW - XANES
KW - Synchrotron
KW - Lodine
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-608330
DO - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-66575-z
VL - 14
IS - 1
SP - 1
EP - 12
PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC
AN - OPUS4-60833
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Huang, Junhao
A1 - Klahn, Marcus
A1 - Tian, Xinxin
A1 - Bartling, Stephan
A1 - Zimina, Anna
A1 - Radtke, Martin
A1 - Rockstroh, Nils
A1 - Naliwajko, Pawel
A1 - Steinfeldt, Norbert
A1 - Peppel, Tim
A1 - Grunwaldt, Jan‐Dierk
A1 - Logsdail, Andrew J.
A1 - Jiao, Haijun
A1 - Strunk, Jennifer
T1 - Fundamental Structural and Electronic Understanding of Palladium Catalysts on Nitride and Oxide Supports
N2 - The nature of the support can fundamentally affect the function of a heterogeneous catalyst. For the novel type of isolated metal atom catalysts, sometimes referred to as single‐atom catalysts, systematic correlations are still rare. Here, we report a general finding that Pd on nitride supports (non‐metal and metal nitride) features a higher oxidation state compared to that on oxide supports (non‐metal and metal oxide). Through thorough oxidation state investigations by X‐ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), CO‐DRIFTS, and density functional theory (DFT) coupled with Bader charge analysis, it is found that Pd atoms prefer to interact with surface hydroxyl group to form a Pd(OH)x species on oxide supports, while on nitride supports, Pd atoms incorporate into the surface structure in the form of Pd−N bonds. Moreover, a correlation was built between the formal oxidation state and computational Bader charge, based on the periodic trend in electronegativity.
KW - BAmline
KW - XANES
KW - Catalyst
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-608341
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202400174
SN - 1433-7851
VL - 63
IS - 20
SP - 1
EP - 9
PB - Wiley
AN - OPUS4-60834
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Glazyrin, Konstantin
A1 - Spektor, Kristina
A1 - Bykov, Maxim
A1 - Dong, Weiwei
A1 - Yu, Ji‐Hun Yu
A1 - Yang, Sangsun Yang
A1 - Lee, Jai‐Sung Lee
A1 - Divinski, Sergiy V.
A1 - Hanfland, Michael
A1 - Yusenko, Kirill
T1 - High‐Entropy Alloys and Their Affinity with Hydrogen: From Cantor to Platinum Group Elements Alloys
N2 - AbstractProperties of high‐entropy alloys are currently in the spotlight due to their promising applications. One of the least investigated aspects is the affinity of these alloys to hydrogen, its diffusion, and reactions. In this study, high pressure is applied at ambient temperature and stress‐induced diffusion of hydrogen is investigated into the structure of high‐entropy alloys (HEA) including the famous Cantor alloy as well as less known, but nevertheless important platinum group (PGM) alloys. By applying X‐ray diffraction to samples loaded into diamond anvil cells, a comparative investigation of transition element incorporating HEA alloys in Ne and H2 pressure‐transmitting media is performed at ambient temperature. Even under stresses far exceeding conventional industrial processes, both Cantor and PGM alloys show exceptional resistance to hydride formation, on par with widely used industrial grade Cu–Be alloys. The observations inspire optimism for practical HEA applications in hydrogen‐relevant industry and technology (e.g., coatings, etc), particularly those related to transport and storage.
KW - XRD
KW - HIgh entropy,
KW - Cantor
KW - Alloys
KW - Synchrotron
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-604170
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202401741
SP - 1
EP - 8
PB - Wiley VHC-Verlag
AN - OPUS4-60417
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Peters, Stefan
A1 - Bartling, Stephan
A1 - Parlinska-Wojtan, Magdalena
A1 - Wotzka, Alexander
A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
A1 - Wohlrab, Sebastian
A1 - Abdel-Mageed, Ali M.
T1 - Stabilization of intermediate Mo oxidation states by Nb doping enhancing methane aromatization on Mo/HZSM-5 catalysts
N2 - The dehydroaromatization of methane is a promising process to produce aromatics and ultra-pure hydrogen. Increased yields and stability of Mo/HZSM-5 against irreversible deactivation were achieved via a redox interaction by doping with otherwise inert Nb.
KW - General Materials Science
KW - Sustainability and the Environment
KW - General Chemistry
KW - Renewable Energy
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-597670
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TA07532J
SN - 2050-7488
SP - 1
EP - 16
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
AN - OPUS4-59767
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Smekhova, Alevtina
A1 - Gaertner, Daniel
A1 - Kuzmin, Alexei
A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
A1 - Schuck, Goetz
A1 - Zizak, Ivo
A1 - Wilde, Gerhard
A1 - Yusenko, Kirill
A1 - Divinski, Sergiy
T1 - Anomalies in the short-range local environment and atomic diffusion in single crystalline equiatomic CrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloy
N2 - AbstractMulti-edge extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy combined with reverse Monte Carlo (RMC) simulations was used to probe the details of element-specific local coordinations and component-dependent structure relaxations in single crystalline equiatomic CrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloy as a function of the annealing temperature. Two representative states, namely a high-temperature state, created by annealing at 1373 K, and a low-temperature state, produced by long-term annealing at 993 K, were compared in detail. Specific features identified in atomic configurations of particular principal components indicate variations in the local environment distortions connected to different degrees of compositional disorder at the chosen representative temperatures. The detected changes provide new atomistic insights and correlate with the existence of kinks previously observed in the Arrhenius dependencies of component diffusion rates in the CrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloy.
KW - Electrical and Electronic Engineering
KW - General Materials Science
KW - Condensed Matter Physics
KW - Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
KW - CCMat
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-597687
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-024-6443-6
SN - 1998-0124
VL - 17
IS - 6
SP - 5336
EP - 5348
PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC
AN - OPUS4-59768
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Chen, Z.
A1 - Perez, J. P. H.
A1 - Smales, Glen Jacob
A1 - Blukis, R.
A1 - Pauw, Brian Richard
A1 - Stammeier, J. A.
A1 - Radnik, Jörg
A1 - Smith, A. J.
A1 - Benning, L. G.
T1 - Impact of organic phosphates on the structure and composition of short-range ordered iron nanophases
N2 - Organic phosphates (OP) are important nutrient components for living cells in natural environments, where they readily interact with ubiquitous iron phases such as hydrous ferric oxide, ferrihydrite (FHY). FHY partakes in many key bio(geo)chemical reactions including iron-mediated carbon storage in soils, or iron-storage in living organisms. However, it is still unknown how OP affects the formation, structure and properties of FHY. Here, we document how β-glycerophosphate (GP), a model OP ligand, affects the structure and properties of GP–FHY nanoparticles synthesized by coprecipitation at variable nominal molar P/Fe ratios (0.01 to 0.5). All GP–FHY precipitates were characterized by a maximum solid P/Fe ratio of 0.22, irrespective of the nominal P/Fe ratio. With increasing nominal P/Fe ratio, the specific surface area of the GP–FHY precipitates decreased sharply from 290 to 3 m2 g−1, accompanied by the collapse of their pore structure. The Fe–P local bonding environment gradually transitioned from a bidentate binuclear geometry at low P/Fe ratios to monodentate mononuclear geometry at high P/Fe ratios. This transition was accompanied by a decrease in coordination number of edge-sharing Fe polyhedra, and the loss of the corner-sharing Fe polyhedra. We show that Fe(III) polymerization is impeded by GP, and that the GP–FHY structure is highly dependent on the P/Fe ratio. We discuss the role that natural OP-bearing Fe(III) nanophases have in biogeochemical reactions between Fe–P and C species in aquatic systems.
KW - Organic phosphates
KW - Iron nanophases
KW - Scattering
KW - Diffraction
KW - Nanomaterials
KW - Coprecipitation
KW - Carbon storage
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-599399
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d3na01045g
SN - 2516-0230
SP - 1
EP - 13
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
CY - Cambridge
AN - OPUS4-59939
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Hirahara, Kenta
A1 - Bonse, Jörn
A1 - Krüger, Jörg
A1 - Weise, Matthias
A1 - Ermilova, Elena
A1 - Schusterbauer, Robert
A1 - Unterreiner, Andreas-Neil
A1 - Hertwig, Andreas
T1 - A multi-method study of femtosecond laser modification and ablation of amorphous hydrogenated carbon coatings
N2 - e present a study on femtosecond laser treatment of amorphous hydrogen-containing carbon coatings (a-C:H). The coatings were deposited on silicon wafers by a plasma-assisted chemical vapour deposition (PA-CVD), resulting in two different types of material with distinct properties (referred to as “absorbing” and “semi-transparent” coatings in the following).
The samples were laser-treated with single fs-laser pulses (800 nm center wavelength, 35 fs pulse duration) in the ablative regime. Through a multi-method approach using topometry, Raman spectroscopy, and spectroscopic imaging ellipsometry, we can identify zones and thresholds of diferent fuence dependent efects and have access to the local dielectric function.
The two coating materials react signifcantly diferent upon laser treatment. We determined the (non-ablative) modifcation threshold fuence for the absorbing coating as 3.6 × 10−2 Jcm−2 and its ablation threshold as 0.22 Jcm−2. The semi-transparent coating does not show such a low-fuence modifcation but exhibits a characteristic interference-based intra-flm ablation mechanism with two distinguishable ablation thresholds at 0.25 and 0.28 Jcm−2, respectively. The combination of tailored layer materials and correlative imaging spectroscopic methods delivers new insights into the behaviour of materials when treated with ultrashort-pulse laser radiation
KW - Amorphous Hydrogenated Carbon Coatings
KW - Correlative Imaging Measurement Techniques
KW - Hybrid Metrology
KW - Imaging Spectroscopy
KW - Spectroscopic Ellipsometry
KW - Ultra-short Pulse Laser Materials Processing
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-617829
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-024-07980-z
VL - 130
IS - 12
SP - 1
EP - 17
PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC
AN - OPUS4-61782
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Miliūtė, Aistė
A1 - Bustamante, Joana
A1 - Karafiludis, Stephanos
A1 - Zöllner, Moritz
A1 - Eddah, Mustapha
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Mieller, Björn
A1 - George, Janine
A1 - Stawski, Tomasz M.
T1 - Synthesis and phase purity of the negative thermal expansion material ZrV2O7
N2 - Synthesis of pure, homogeneous, and reproducible materials is key for the comprehensive understanding, design, and tailoring of material properties. In this study, we focus on the synthesis of ZrV2O7, a material known for its negative thermal expansion properties. We investigate the influence of solid-state and wet chemistry synthesis methods on the purity and homogeneity of ZrV2O7 samples. Our findings indicate that different synthesis methods significantly impact the material's characteristics. The solid-state reaction provided high-purity material through extended milling time and repeated calcination cycles, while the sol-gel reaction enabled a “near-atomic” level of mixing and, therefore, homogenous phase-pure ZrV2O7. We confirmed purity via X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy, highlighting differences between phase-pure and multiphase ceramics. These analytical techniques allowed us to distinguish subtle differences in the structure of the material. Based on ab initio simulated phonon data, we were able to interpret the Raman spectra and visualise Raman active atom vibrations. We show that phase purity enables the unbiased characterisation of material properties such as negative thermal expansion.
KW - NTE
KW - Sol-gel
KW - Solid-state
KW - Ab-initio
KW - XRD
KW - Raman
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-624013
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d4tc04095c
SN - 2050-7534
SP - 1
EP - 13
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
AN - OPUS4-62401
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Casali, Lucia
A1 - Carta, Maria
A1 - Michalchuk, Adam
A1 - Delogu, Francesco
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
T1 - Kinetics of the mechanically induced ibuprofen–nicotinamide co-crystal formation by in situ X-ray diffraction
N2 - Mechanochemistry is drawing attention from the pharmaceutical industry given its potential for sustainable material synthesis and manufacture. Scaling mechanochemical processes to industrial level remains a challenge due to an incomplete understanding of their underlying mechanisms. We here show how time-resolved in situ powder X-ray diffraction data, coupled with analytical kinetic modelling, provides a powerful approach to gain mechanistic insight into mechanochemical reactions. By using the ibuprofen–nicotinamide co-crystal mechanosynthesis as a benchmark system, we investigate the behaviour of the solids involved and identify the factors that promote the reaction. As mechanochemical mechanisms become increasingly clear, it promises to become a breakthrough in the industrial preparation of advanced pharmaceuticals.
KW - Mechanochemistry
KW - Kinetics
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-608820
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CP01457J
SN - 1463-9084
VL - 26
SP - 22041
EP - 22048
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
CY - Cambridge
AN - OPUS4-60882
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Michalchuk, Adam
T1 - On the physical processes of mechanochemically induced transformations in molecular solids
N2 - Initiating or sustaining physical and chemical transformations with mechanical force – mechanochemistry – provides an opportunity for more sustainable chemical processes, and access to new chemical reactivity.
KW - Molecular solids
KW - Transformation
KW - Destabilisation
KW - Instabilities
KW - Common phenomenon
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-621755
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cc04062g
IS - 99
SP - 1
EP - 12
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
AN - OPUS4-62175
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Gugin, Nikita
A1 - Yusenko, Kirill
A1 - King, Andrew
A1 - Meyer, Klas
A1 - Al-Sabbagh, Dominik
A1 - Villajos Collado, José Antonio
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
T1 - Lighting up industrial mechanochemistry: Real-time in situ monitoring of reactive extrusion using energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction
N2 - Mechanochemistry is an environmentally friendly synthetic approach that enables the sustainable production of a wide range of chemicals while reducing or eliminating the need for solvents. Reactive extrusion aims to move mechanochemistry from its conventional gram-scale batch reactions, typically performed in laboratory ball mills, to a continuous, large-scale process. Meeting this challenge requires in situ monitoring techniques to gain insights into reactive extrusion and its underlying processes. While the effectiveness of in situ Raman spectroscopy in providing molecular-level information has been demonstrated, our study uses energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction to monitor reactive extrusion in real time at the crystalline level. Our results provide previously unavailable control over the reactive extrusion process, promoting its perception as an industrially feasible green alternative to traditional solvent-based syntheses.
KW - Mechanochemistry
KW - Reactive extrusion
KW - Green chemistry
KW - In situ studies
KW - Time-resolved in situ
KW - TRIS
KW - Synchrotron radiation
KW - Scalable synthesis
KW - Solid-state reactions
KW - Reaction mechanisms
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-613969
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2024.07.033
VL - 10
IS - 11
SP - 1
EP - 16
PB - Elsevier B.V.
AN - OPUS4-61396
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Stawski, Tomasz
A1 - Karafiludis, Stephanos
A1 - Pimentel, Carlos
A1 - Montes-Hernández, German
A1 - Kochovski, Zdravko
A1 - Bienert, Ralf
A1 - Weimann, Karin
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Scoppola, Ernesto
A1 - Van Driessche, Alexander E.S.
T1 - Solution-driven processing of calcium sulfate: The mechanism of the reversible transformation of gypsum to bassanite in brines
N2 - Here, we show that calcium sulfate dihydrate (gypsum) can be directly, rapidly and reversibly converted to calcium sulfate hemihydrate (bassanite) in high salinity solutions (brines). The optimum conditions for the efficient production of bassanite in a short time (<5 min) involve the use of brines with c(NaCl) > 4 M and maintaining a temperature, T > 80 °C. When the solution containing bassanite crystals is cooled down to around room temperature, eventually gypsum is formed. When the temperature is raised again to T > 80 °C, bassanite is rapidly re-precipitated. This contrasts with the better-known behaviour of the bassanite phase in low-salt environments. In low-salinity aqueous solutions, bassanite is considered to be metastable with respect to gypsum and anhydrite, and therefore gypsum-to-bassanite conversion does not occur in pure water. Interestingly, the high-salinity transformation of gypsum-to-bassanite has been reported by many authors and used in practice for several decades, although its very occurrence actually contradicts numerical thermodynamic predictions regarding solubility of calcium sulfate phases. By following the evolution of crystalline phases with in situ and time-resolved X-ray diffraction/scattering and Raman spectroscopy, we demonstrated that the phase stability in brines at elevated temperatures was inaccurately represented in the thermodynamic databases. Most notably for c(NaCl) > 4 M, and T > 80 °C gypsum becomes readily more soluble than bassanite, which induces the direct precipitation of the latter from gypsum. The fact that these transformations are controlled by the solution provides extensive opportunities for precise manipulation of crystal formation. Our experiments confirmed that bassanite remained the sole crystalline phase for many hours before reverting into gypsum. This property is extremely advantageous for practical processing and efficient crystal extraction in industrial scenarios.
KW - Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
KW - Strategy and Management
KW - General Environmental Science
KW - Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
KW - Building and Construction
KW - Calcium sulfate
KW - Gypsum
KW - Bassanite
KW - Scattering
KW - Raman
KW - In situ
KW - Synchrotron
KW - BESSY
KW - MySpot
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-594698
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652624004591#appsec1
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141012
SN - 0959-6526
VL - 440
SP - 1
EP - 12
PB - Elsevier B.V.
AN - OPUS4-59469
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Zuffa, Caterina
A1 - Cappuccino, Chiara
A1 - Casali, Lucia
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Maini, Lucia
T1 - Liquid reagents are not enough for liquid assisted grinding in the synthesis of [(AgBr)(n-pica)]n
N2 - This study investigates the mechanochemical reactions between AgBr 3-picolylamine and 4-picolylamine. The use of different stoichiometry ratios of the reagents allows [(AgBr)(n-pica)]n and [(AgBr)2(n-pica)]n to be obtained, and we report the new structures of [(AgBr)2(3-pica)]n and [(AgBr)2(4-pica)]n which are characterized by the presence of the following: (a) infinite inorganic chains, (b) silver atom coordinated only by bromide atoms and (c) argentophilic interactions. Furthermore, we studied the interconversion of [(AgBr)(n-pica)]n/[(AgBr)2(n-pica)]n by mechanochemical and thermal properties. The in situ experiments suggest that [(AgBr)(3-pica)]n is kinetically favoured while [(AgBr)2(3-pica)]n is converted into [(AgBr)(3-pica)]n only with a high excess of the ligand. Finally, the liquid nature of the ligands is not sufficient to assist the grinding process, and the complete reaction is observed with the addition of a small quantity of acetonitrile.
KW - Mechanochemistry
KW - Complex
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-594755
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cp04791a
SN - 1463-9076
SP - 1
EP - 10
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
AN - OPUS4-59475
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Heinekamp, Christian
A1 - Kneiske, Sönke
A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
A1 - Ahrens, Mike
A1 - Braun, Thomas
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
T1 - A fluorolytic sol-gel route to access an amorphous Zr fluoride catalyst: A useful tool for C-F bond activation
N2 - A route to a ZrF4 catalyst active in room temperature Friedel–Crafts and dehydrofluorination reactions was developed via a fluorolytic sol–gel route, which was followed by a postfluorination step using a stream of CHClF2. The behaviour of different Zr(IV) precursors in a sol–gel reaction with anhydrous isopropanol/HF solution was investigated. The subsequent post-fluorination step was optimised in its temperature ramp and confirmed the necessity of a fluorination of the generated xerogels to obtain catalytic activity. The process is discussed in the context of the analysis of the materials using Brunauer–Emmett–Teller analysis (BET), powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), infrared spectroscopy (IR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The local structure of the amorphous catalyst was elucidated by extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (EXAFS).
KW - Catalysis
KW - Heterogeneous catalysis
KW - C-F bond activation
KW - Postfluorination
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-593433
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CY01439H
SN - 2044-4761
SP - 1
EP - 8
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
AN - OPUS4-59343
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Macchietti, Laura
A1 - Casali, Lucia
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Braga, Dario
A1 - Grepioni, Fabrizia
T1 - Deriving kinetic insights from mechanochemically synthesized compounds using multivariate analysis (MCR-ALS) of powder X-ray diffraction data
N2 - Kinetics information on the progress of the mechanochemical reactions is key to their understanding and subsequent scale-up. For crystalline materials, the most robust and tested method for obtaining kinetic data is the Quantitative Phase Analysis (QPA) via Rietveld refinement. In this work, we tested the feasibility of the Multivariate Curve Resolution-Alternating Least Squares (MCR-ALS) method on powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) data of mechanochemical processes by studying the system theophylline (TP) and malonic acid (MA) in a 1 : 1 stoichiometric ratio at different milling conditions. We have highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of the MCR-ALS method, and we demonstrated why it may be an alternative route to obtain quantitative information on mechanochemical kinetics.
KW - Mechanochemistry
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-646115
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d3mr00013c
SN - 2976-8683
VL - 1
IS - 1
SP - 106
EP - 115
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
AN - OPUS4-64611
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Kadri, Lena
A1 - Casali, Lucia
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Tajber, Lidia
T1 - Mechanochemical comparison of ball milling processes for levofloxacin amorphous polymeric systems
N2 - This study aimed to investigate the amorphization capabilities of levofloxacin hemihydrate (LVXh), a fluoroquinolone drug, using a polymer excipient, Eudragit® L100 (EL100). Ball milling (BMing) was chosen as the manufacturing process and multiple mill types were utilized for comparison purposes. The product outcomes of each mill were analyzed in detail. The solid-state of the samples produced was comprehensively characterized by Powder X-ray Diffraction (PXRD), In-situ PXRD, Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Solid-State Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), and Dynamic Vapor Sorption (DVS). The crystallographic planes of LVXh were investigated by in-situ PXRD to disclose the presence or absence of weak crystallographic plane(s). The mechanism of LVXh:EL100 system formation was discovered as a two-step process, first involving amorphization of LVXh followed by an interaction with EL100, rather than as an instantaneous process. DVS studies of LVXh:EL100 samples showed different stability properties depending on the mill used and % LVXh present. Overall, a more sustainable approach for achieving full amorphization of the fluoroquinolone drug, LVXh, was accomplished, and advancements to the fast-growing world of pharmaceutical mechano- and tribo-chemistry were made.
KW - Levofloxacin
KW - Eudragit® L100
KW - Mechanochemistry
KW - Phase transformation
KW - In situ monitoring
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-611129
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2024.124652
SN - 0378-5173
VL - 665
SP - 1
EP - 16
PB - Elsevier B.V.
AN - OPUS4-61112
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Baláž, Matej
A1 - Birinci, Mustafa
A1 - Şentürk, Kader
A1 - Achimovičová, Marcela
A1 - Baláž, Peter
A1 - Tampubolon, Imelda Octa
A1 - Stolar, Tomislav
A1 - Bienert, Ralf
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Erdemoğlu, Sema
A1 - Sis, Hikmet
A1 - Erdemoğlu, Murat
T1 - Utilizing Taguchi method and in situ X-ray powder diffraction monitoring to determine the influence of mechanical activation conditions on the physico-chemical properties and Al leachability of K-feldspar
N2 - K-feldspar represents an important natural resource of potassium and aluminum. Within the framework of this study, the K-feldspar was mechanically activated in a planetary ball mill under different conditions planned according to 43 Taguchi orthogonal array experimental design. As outputs, specific surface area (SBET), median particle size (d50), amorphization degree of mineral phases , and Al recovery were used. It was found that the initial d50 value of 293 μm could be reduced to 6.7 μm and the SBET value of 4.7 m2/g could be increased up to 32.5 m2/g upon milling. Both microcline KAl3SiO8, and albite NaAl3SiO8 could be almost completely amorphized, whereas quartz SiO2 still maintained some crystallinity even under the most intensive conditions. Increasing SBET and decreasing the d50 values did not lead to a significant improvement in Al leach recovery, whereas a clear relationship between the amorphization of microcline and the recovered aluminum was found. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) showed that increasing ball-to-powder ratio is the most beneficial for the improvement in Al recovery. In situ powder X-ray diffraction monitoring performed in an oscillation ball mill under synchrotron irradiation has shown very rapid amorphization of microcline phase at the beginning. However, amorphization of microcline was only partial after two hours of the treatment in this mill, apart from almost complete process in the planetary ball mill. In the end, regressions for the calculation of Al recovery by knowing the values of input parameters were calculated. In general, by just using mechanical activation without the subsequent roasting process that is commonly used to boost metal recoveries, it was possible to quantitatively recover aluminum from K-feldspar.
KW - Mechanochemistry
KW - Mechanical activation
KW - Design of experiments
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-611059
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2024.08.156
SN - 2238-7854
VL - 32
SP - 3886
EP - 3895
PB - Elsevier B.V.
AN - OPUS4-61105
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Cakir, Cafer Tufan
A1 - Bogoclu, Can
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Streli, Christina
A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
A1 - Radtke, Martin
T1 - Machine learning for efficient grazing-exit x-ray absorption near edge structure spectroscopy analysis: Bayesian optimization approach
N2 - In materials science, traditional techniques for analyzing layered structures are essential for obtaining information about local structure, electronic properties and chemical states. While valuable, these methods often require high vacuum environments and have limited depth profiling capabilities. The grazing exit x-ray absorption near-edge structure (GE-XANES) technique addresses these limitations by providing depth-resolved insight at ambient conditions, facilitating in situ material analysis without special sample preparation. However, GE-XANES is limited by long data acquisition times, which hinders its practicality for various applications. To overcome this, we have incorporated Bayesian optimization (BO) into the GE-XANES data acquisition process. This innovative approach potentially reduces measurement time by a factor of 50. We have used a standard GE-XANES experiment, which serve as reference, to validate the effectiveness and accuracy of the BO-informed experimental setup. Our results show that this optimized approach maintains data quality while significantly improving efficiency, making GE-XANES more accessible to a wider range of materials science applications.
KW - Machine Learning
KW - GE-XANES
KW - Bayesian Optimization
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-603955
DO - https://doi.org/10.1088/2632-2153/ad4253
VL - 5
IS - 2
SP - 1
EP - 12
PB - IOP Publishing
AN - OPUS4-60395
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Dittmar, Stefan
A1 - Ruhl, Aki S.
A1 - Altmann, Korinna
A1 - Jekel, Martin
T1 - Settling Velocities of Small Microplastic Fragments and Fibers
N2 - There is only sparse empirical data on the settling velocity of small, non-buoyant microplastics thus far, although it is an important parameter governing their vertical transport within aquatic environments. This study reports the settling velocities of 4031 exemplary microplastic particles. Focusing on the environmentally most prevalent particle shapes, irregular microplastic fragments of four different polymer types (9–289 µm) as well as five discrete length fractions (50–600 µm) of common nylon and polyester fibers were investigated, respectively. All settling experiments were carried out in quiescent water using a specialized optical imaging setup. The method has been previously validated in order to minimize disruptive factors, e.g. thermal convection or particle interactions, and thus enable the precise measurements of the velocities of individual microplastic particles (0.003–9.094 mm/s). Based on the obtained data, ten existing models for predicting a particle’s terminal settling velocity were assessed. It is concluded that models, which were specifically deduced from empirical data on larger microplastics, fail to provide accurate predictions for small microplastics. Instead, a different approach is highlighted as a viable option for computing settling velocities across the microplastics continuum in terms of size, density and shape.
KW - Microplastics
KW - Microplastic fibers
KW - Settling velocity
KW - Sinking velocity
KW - Sedimentation
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-597455
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c09602
SN - 0013-936X
VL - 58
IS - 14
SP - 6359
EP - 6369
PB - American Chemical Society (ACS)
AN - OPUS4-59745
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Coburger, Peter
A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Abbenseth, Josh
T1 - Combining geometric constraint and redox non-innocence within an ambiphilic PBiP pincer ligand
N2 - The first pincer ligand featuring a strictly T-shaped pnictogen donor moiety was synthesised. The PBiP ligand's redox activity facilitates unprecedented ambiphilic bonding of the Bi centre with transition metals through the Bi(6p) orbital.
KW - EXAFS
KW - Pincer Ligand
KW - Group 15 metals
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-611113
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SC00197D
SN - 2041-6520
SP - 1
EP - 8
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
AN - OPUS4-61111
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Schlögl, Johanna
A1 - Goldammer, Ole
A1 - Bader, Julia
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Riedel, Sebastian
T1 - Introducing AFS ([Al(SO3F)3]x) – a thermally stable, readily available, and catalytically active solid Lewis superacid
N2 - This paper introduces the thermally stable, solid Lewis superacid aluminium tris(fluorosulfate) (AFS), that is easy-to-synthesize from commercially available starting materials. Its applicability, e.g. in catalytic C–F bond activations, is shown.
KW - Lewis Acid
KW - C-F activation
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-601001
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SC01753F
SN - 2041-6520
SP - 1
EP - 7
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
AN - OPUS4-60100
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 - Das, Prasenjit
A1 - Chakraborty, Gouri
A1 - Friese, Nico
A1 - Roeser, Jérôme
A1 - Prinz, Carsten
A1 - Emmerling, Franziska
A1 - Schmidt, Johannes
A1 - Thomas, Arne
T1 - Heteropolyaromatic Covalent Organic Frameworks via One-Pot Multicomponent Reactions
N2 - Multicomponent reactions (MCRs) offer a platform to create different chemical structures and linkages for highly stable covalent organic frameworks (COFs). As an illustrative example, the multicomponent Povarov reaction generates 2,4-phenylquinoline from aldehydes and amines in the presence of electron-rich alkenes. In this study, we introduce a new domino reaction to generate unprecedented 2,3-phenylquinoline COFs in the presence of epoxystyrene. This work thus presents, for the first time, structural isomeric COFs produced by multicomponent domino and Povarov reactions. Furthermore, 2,3-phenylquinolines can undergo a Scholl reaction to form extended aromatic linkages. With this approach, we synthesize two thermally and chemically stable MCR-COFs and two heteropolyaromatic COFs using both domino and in situ domino and Scholl reactions. The structure and properties of these COFs are compared with the corresponding 2,4-phenylquinoline-linked COF and imine-COF, and their activity toward benzene and cyclohexane sorption and separation is investigated. The position of the pendant phenyl groups within the COF pore plays a crucial role in facilitating the industrially important sorption and separation of benzene over cyclohexane. This study opens a new avenue to construct heteropolyaromatic COFs via MCR reactions.
KW - COF
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-604038
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c02551
SP - 1
EP - 9
PB - American Chemical Society (ACS)
AN - OPUS4-60403
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Béalu, Zoé
A1 - Walther, Johanna
A1 - Abusafia, Attaallah
A1 - Altmann, Korinna
A1 - Meurer, Maren
A1 - Gretzschel, Oliver
A1 - Schäfer, Michael
A1 - Steinmetz, Heidrun
T1 - Removal of Organic Micropollutants and Microplastics via Ozonation Followed by Granular Activated Carbon Filtration
N2 - Discharge from Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) can result in the emission of organic micropollutants (OMPs) and microplastics (MPs) into the aquatic environment. To prevent this harmful release, a pilot plant consisting of an ozonation followed by a granular activated carbon (GAC) filter was operated at a WWTP in Germany, and its side-effects on the concentrations of nitrogen (N) and phosphorous (P) compounds were measured. Over 80% of OMPs and transformation products were removed during the operating time (around 6000 bed volumes) no matter the ozone dose (from around 0.1 to 0.5 mgO3/mgDOC), except for Diatrizoic acid, whose breakthrough appeared at 3500 BV. Formation of the oxidation by-product, NDMA, increased with higher ozone doses, but the concentration remained below 100 ng/L. Bromate was formed at a higher ozone dose (0.4 mgO3/mgDOC) but at a low concentration—below 10 µg/L. The MP particles detected in the inflow (PE, SBR, PP, and PS) were effectively eliminated to a high degree, with a removal rate of at least 92%. Carbon parameters (COD, DOC, and SAC254) were removed further by the pilot plant, but to different extents. As expected, nitrate was formed during ozonation, while nitrite’s concentration decreased. Further, nitrite decreased and nitrate increased within the GAC filter, while ammonium was eliminated by at least 90%. Total P concentration decreased after the pilot, but the concentration of PO4-P increased.
KW - Microplastics
KW - TED-GC/MS
KW - Granular Activated Carbon Filtration
KW - Removal of Organic Micropollutants
KW - Wastewater treatment plant
PY - 2024
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-615209
DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/environments11110241
VL - 11
IS - 11
SP - 1
EP - 38
PB - MDPI AG
AN - OPUS4-61520
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Reigl, Selina
A1 - Van Driessche, Alexander
A1 - Stawski, Tomasz
A1 - Koltzenburg, Sebastian
A1 - Kunz, Werner
A1 - Kellermeier, Matthias
T1 - Sustainable Pathways for the Synthesis of Calcium Sulfate Hemihydrate
N2 - Calcium sulfate, and especially its hemihydrate form (bassanite), is crucial in the construction industry, primarily used as a hydraulic binder in cements, mortars, and wallboards. Because of the rapid transformation of bassanite into thermodynamically stable gypsum (calcium sulfate dihydrate) upon contact with water, natural deposits are scarce, rendering it one of the most extensively produced inorganic materials worldwide. Currently, bassanite is derived from mined or waste gypsum through a thermal dehydration process, which is energy-intensive and costly. As sustainability has become a key target for industrial processes and products, a series of studies aiming to increase the energy efficiency and reduce the carbon footprint of bassanite production was published recently. Two primary approaches are pursued: conversion of gypsum and direct precipitation of bassanite from solution. In both cases, organic solvents, (specific) additives and/or elevated temperatures have been used to control the activity/availability of water in the reaction medium and thus direct phase selection towards bassanite. This review offers a comprehensive overview of alternative bassanite production methods, critically examining their benefits, potential downsides, and overall impact on
the sustainability of industrial-scale use.
KW - Calcium sulfate
KW - Gypsum
KW - Bassanite
KW - Recycling
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-630657
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202415161
SN - 1521-3773
SP - 1
EP - 20
PB - Wiley VHC-Verlag
AN - OPUS4-63065
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Omar, Hassan
A1 - Ahmadi, Shayan
A1 - Szymoniak, Paulina
A1 - Schönhals, Andreas
T1 - Molecular Mobility of Thin Films of Poly (bisphenol-A carbonate) Capped and with one Free Surface: From Bulk-like Samples down to the Adsorbed Layer
N2 - The molecular mobility of thin films of poly(bisphenol A carbonate) (PBAC) was systematically investigated using broadband dielectric spectroscopy, employing two distinct electrode configurations. First, films were prepared in a capped geometry between aluminum electrodes employing a crossed electrode capacitor (CEC) configuration, down to film thicknesses of 40 nm. The Vogel temperature, derived from the temperature dependence of relaxation rate of the α-relaxation, increases with decreasing film thickness characterized by an onset thickness. The onset thickness depends on the annealing conditions, with less intense annealing yielding a lower onset thickness. Additionally, a broadening of the β-relaxation peak was observed with decreasing thickness, attributed to the interaction of phenyl groups with thermally evaporated aluminum, resulting in a shift of certain relaxation modes to higher temperatures relative to the bulk material. A novel phenomenon, termed the slow Arrhenius process (SAP), was also identified in proximity to the α-relaxation temperature.
For films with thicknesses below 40 nm, nanostructured electrodes (NSE) were utilized, incorporating nanostructured silica spacers to establish a free surface with air. This free surface causes an enhancement in the molecular mobility for the 40 nm sample, preserving the β-relaxation as a distinct peak. The α-relaxation was detectable in the dielectric loss down to 18 nm, shifting to higher temperatures as film thickness is decreased. Notably, the onset thickness for the increase in Vogel temperature was lower in the NSE configuration compared to the CEC setup, attributed to the presence of the polymer-air interface.
KW - Thin polymer films
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-623422
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sm01238k
SN - 1744-6848
VL - 21
IS - 2
SP - 241
EP - 254
PB - RSC
AN - OPUS4-62342
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - John, Elisabeth
A1 - Jakob, Cordula
A1 - Pott, Ursula
A1 - Sando, Mona
T1 - Repeatability and reproducibility challenges of isothermal heat flow calorimetry with in situ mixing
N2 - Isothermal heat flow calorimetry evaluates heat development during binder reactions. It distinguishes between in situ calorimetry, where mixing occurs within the device, and ex situ calorimetry, involving externally mixed samples. Despite ex situ calorimetry being a standard method in binder research, in situ calorimetry is underutilized. This paper aims to promote its adoption by summarizing challenges related to repeatability and reproducibility and offering solutions. The initial section addresses repeatability issues caused by preventable errors, providing a structured guide for experimental design. It was found that water leakage had minimal impact, and sample size is crucial for data robustness. The second section examines operational challenges, revealing that frictional heating, affecting recorded heat, can be minimized with an optimized mixing protocol. The final part highlights that significant errors in measured data stem from signal delay and heat loss, offering methods to correct these issues for improved reproducibility in in situ calorimetric experiments.
KW - In situ calorimetry
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-628431
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2025.107872
SN - 1873-3948
VL - 194
SP - 1
EP - 11
PB - Elsevier Ltd.
AN - OPUS4-62843
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Xu, Q.
A1 - Szymoniak, Paulina
A1 - Kolmangadi, Mohamed A.
A1 - Yang, Z.
A1 - Wang, S.
A1 - Gao, Y.
A1 - Shang, J.
A1 - Hunger, J.
A1 - Aldiyarov, A.
A1 - Schönhals, Andreas
A1 - Ge, Y.
A1 - Qi, Z.
T1 - Molecular engineering of supramolecular polymer adhesive with confined water and a single crown ether
N2 - Here, we report a water-induced supramolecular polymer built from confined structural water and an intrinsic amphiphilic macrocyclic self-assembly in a nanophase separated structure. The newly designed crown ether macrocycle, featuring strong hydrophilic hydrogen bonding receptor selenoxide and a synergistical hydrophobic selenium-substituted crown core, confines the structural water in a segregated, interdigitated architecture. Although water molecules typically freeze around 0 °C, the confined structural water in this supramolecular polymer remains in a liquid-like state down to 80 °C. Previous studies suggest that multiple crown ether units are needed to generate structural water. However, here, one unit is sufficient to control the formation and disappearance of structural water and consequent supramolecular polymerization. Typically, the DC conductivity of water shows Arrhenius temperature dependency (lnσDC ∝ 1/T). In contrast, this new crown unit maintains water in confined states, which exhibit a Vogel/Fulcher/Tammann behavior (lnσDC ∝ 1/(T-T0)) at temperatures above the glass transition temperature. Moreover, this water-induced supramolecular polymer exhibits remarkable adhesion properties to hydrophilic surfaces and maintains tough adhesion at low temperatures. These findings show how a single small macrocycle can govern the complex structure and functionality of water in supramolecular systems.
KW - Supramolecular polymerization
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-623631
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SC06771A
SN - 2041-6539
VL - 16
SP - 1
EP - 9
PB - RSC
AN - OPUS4-62363
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Mishmastnehi, Moslem
A1 - Stawski, Tomasz M.
A1 - Eftekhari, Negar
A1 - Schneider, Kathrin P.
A1 - Vaccaro, Carmela
A1 - Aghajani, Iman
A1 - Grbanovic, Ana Marija
A1 - Korn, Lorenz
T1 - Unveiling the craftsmanship and knowledge behind iranian stuccoes (11th–14th centuries): New insights from an archaeometric perspective
N2 - Gypsum-based stucco decorations of 47 monuments in Iran, from the Seljuq to the Ilkhanid period (11th-14th centuries), were studied by multimodal analytical methods, including X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, scanning electron microscopy and image analysis to evaluate their composition properties. The assessment of results shows that stucco masters in those periods exerted control over the setting process of the gypsum-paste and its microstructure by adjusting water-to-plaster ratio, fine-clay addition, and by means of mechanical processing. Furthermore, the presence of anhydrite in the composition of stucco decorations located in the hot-desert climate of Iran provides evidence for the probability of gypsum-anhydrite transition, which has technical and preservation consequences for this less-investigated type of cultural materials.
KW - Gypsum
KW - Diffraction
KW - Anhydrite
KW - Calcium sulfate
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-628406
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2025.106199
SN - 1095-9238
VL - 177
SP - 1
EP - 13
PB - Elsevier B.V.
AN - OPUS4-62840
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Senbill, Haytham
A1 - Gangan, Amr
A1 - Saeed, Ahmed M.
A1 - Gad, Mohammed E.
A1 - Zeb, Jehan
A1 - Fahmy, Alaa
T1 - Effects of copper/graphene oxide core-shell nanoparticles on Rhipicephalus ticks and their detoxification enzymes
N2 - Nanopesticides have been recently introduced as novel pesticides to overcome the drawbacks of using traditional synthetic pesticides. The present study evaluated the acaricidal activity of Copper/Graphene oxide core-shell nanoparticles against two tick species, Rhipicephalus rutilus and Rhipicephalus turanicus. The Copper/Graphene oxide core-shell nanoparticles were synthetized through the solution plasma (SP) method under different conditions. The nanoparticles synthesized at 180 W and 45 min were highly toxic to Rh. rutilus and Rh. turanicus, with 50% lethal concentration (LC50) values of 248.1 and 195.7 mg ml−1, respectively, followed by those which were synthesized at 120 W/30 mins (LC50 = 581.5 and 526.5 mg ml−1), 120 W/15 mins (LC50 = 606.9 and 686.7 mg ml−1), and 100/45 mins (LC50 = 792.9 and 710.7 mg ml−1), after 24 h of application. The enzyme assays revealed that 180 W/45 min treatment significantly inhibited the activity of acetylcholinesterase (115 ± 0.81 and 123 ± 0.33 U/ mg protein/min) and superoxide dismutase (290 ± 0.18 and 310 ± 0.92 U/ mg protein/min) in Rh. rutilus and Rh. turanicus, respectively, as compared with the negative control. The results also revealed a significantly increased catalase activity (895 ± 0.37 and 870 ± 0.31 U/ mg protein/min) in Rh. rutilus and Rh. turanicus, respectively. The above results indicated that Copper/Graphene oxide core-shell nanoparticles could be a promising alternatives for the management of ticks.
KW - Copper/graphene oxide
KW - Nanopesticides
KW - Rhipicephalus rutilus
KW - Rhipicephalus turanicus
KW - Acetylcholinesterase
KW - Antioxidants
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-629359
DO - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-86560-4
SN - 2045-2322
VL - 15
SP - 1
EP - 12
PB - Springer Nature
CY - London
AN - OPUS4-62935
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Szymoniak, Paulina
A1 - Juranyi, F.
A1 - Kruteva, M.
A1 - Zorn, R.
A1 - Schönhals, Andreas
T1 - Low-Frequency Vibrational Density of States of Nanophase- Separated Poly(n‑alkyl methacrylate)s: Confined Phonons and Relationship to Specific Heat
N2 - This study investigates the low-frequency vibrational Density of states of nanophase-separated poly(n-alkyl methacrylate)s (PnMAs) and its relationship to specific heat. This system undergoes a nanophase separation for n > 1 in alkyl side chain-rich domains and a backbone-rich matrix. Using inelastic neutron scattering, the low-frequency vibrational density of states (Boson peak, BP) of PnMAs with varying alkyl side chain lengths (methyl, butyl, hexyl, and octyl) is measured. The results reveal that the BP shifts to higher frequencies with increasing side chain length reaching a maximum. This result indicates a counterbalance of confinement effects and the scattering of the matrix. The behavior of the Boson peak of the PnMAs is compared to other nanophase-separated systems, such as Janus-polynorbornenes and hexakis(n-alkyloxy)triphenylene discotic liquid crystals. The study also explores the connection between the BP and specific heat capacity, showing a linear relationship between the maximum frequency of the BP and the maximum temperature of the specific heat capacity anomaly. Moreover, from the measured vibrational density of states, the specific heat capacity is calculated and compared to experimental results. The comparison reveals qualitative agreement between the calculated and experimental data. These findings provide evidence for the sound wave interpretation of the Boson peak.
KW - Inelastic Neutron Scattering
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-636928
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.5c00898
SN - 1520-5835
SP - 1
EP - 12
PB - ACS Publications
AN - OPUS4-63692
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Gawek, Marcel
A1 - Szymoniak, Paulina
A1 - Hülagü, Deniz
A1 - Hertwig, Andreas
A1 - Schönhals, Andreas
T1 - Molecular Mobility of Thin Films and the Adsorbed Layer of Poly(2-vinylpyridine)
N2 - The molecular dynamics of thin films and the adsorbed layer of poly(2-vinylpyridine) (P2VP) were investigated using broadband dielectric spectroscopy (BDS) and spectroscopic ellipsometry. Thin films of P2VP were prepared on silicon substrates and characterized to understand the influence of film thickness on the thermal glass transition temperature (Tg) and molecular mobility. The ellipsometric study revealed a decrease in Tg with decreasing film thickness, attributed to the enhanced mobility at the polymer/air interface. The adsorbed layer, prepared via the solvent leaching approach, exhibited a higher Tg compared to the bulk, indicating reduced molecular mobility due to strong polymer substrate interactions. The dielectric measurements were carried out in two different electrode configurations, crossed electrode capacitors (CEC) and nanostructured electrodes (NSE), where the latter allows for a free surface layer at the polymer/air interface. The relaxation rates of the α-relaxation measured in the CEC geometry collapse into one chart independent from the film thickness. For the thin films measured in the NSE arrangement the relaxation rates slow down with decreasing film thickness which was discussed as related to a stronger interaction of the P2VP segments with the native SiO2 at the surface of the silicon substrate compared to aluminum. It is worth to note that the effect of the enhanced mobility at the polymer/air interface is not observed in the dielectric measurements. BDS measurements in NSE geometry identified an additional relaxation process (α*-relaxation) in thin films, which was more pronounced in the adsorbed layer. This process is hypothesized to be related to molecular fluctuations within the adsorbed layer including the adsorption/desorption dynamics of segments or to a Slow Arrhenius Process (SAP) related to the equilibration dynamics deep in the glassy state.
KW - Thin polymer films
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-637181
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d5sm00539f
SN - 1744-6848
SP - 1
EP - 12
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
AN - OPUS4-63718
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
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TY - JOUR
A1 - Szymoniak, Paulina
A1 - Kolmangadi, Mohamed A.
A1 - Böhning, Martin
A1 - De Souza, N. R.
A1 - Juranyi, F.
A1 - Zorn, R.
A1 - Schönhals, Andreas
T1 - Inelastic and Quasielastic Neutron Scattering on Polynorbornenes with Bulky Carbocyclic Side groups
N2 - This study investigates the molecular mobility and vibrational properties of polynorbornenes with bulky carbocyclic side groups using inelastic and quasielastic neutron scattering techniques. The polymers, synthesized via metathesis and addition polymerization, exhibit varying degrees of microporosity, which ignificantly influences their gas separation performance. By inelastic neutron scattering experiments, it could be shown that all considered polymers have excess contributions to the low frequency vibrational density of states known as the Boson peak. The maximum frequency of the Boson peak correlates to the microporosity of the polymers.
This correlation supports the sound wave interpretation of the Boson peak, suggesting that the microporous structure enhances the compressibility of the material at a microscopic length scale. The molecular mobility, particularly the methyl group rotation, was characterized using elastic scans and quasielastic neutron scattering. The study revealed a temperature dependent relaxation process, with the onset of molecular fluctuations observed around 200 K for the polymer containing methyl groups. For the polymer having no methyl groups only elastic scattering is observed. The methyl group rotation was analyzed in terms of a jump diffusion in a threefold potential with three equivalent energy minima. This leads to an almost correct description of the q dependence of the elastic incoherent scattering function when the number of hydrogen nuclei undergoing the methyl group rotation is considered. It was further evidenced that the fraction of methyl undergoing the methyl group rotation increases with increasing temperature.
KW - Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity
KW - Neutron scattering
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-630297
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2025.128358
SN - 1873-2291
VL - 328
SP - 241
PB - Elsevier Ltd.
AN - OPUS4-63029
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Stühler, Merlin R.
A1 - Makki, Hesam
A1 - Silbernagl, Dorothee
A1 - Dimde, Mathias
A1 - Ludwig, Kai
A1 - Tegner, Bengt E.
A1 - Greve, Christopher
A1 - Rausch, Konstantin
A1 - Herzig, Eva M.
A1 - Köhler, Anna
A1 - Plajer, Alex J.
T1 - Flexibility and Dynamicity Enhances and Controls Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Zinc(II) Metallogels
N2 - Supramolecular self-assembly of stacked architectures is typically achieved through hydrogen bonding or π–π interactions between monomers constructed from stable and inert bonds. In contrast, coordinative interactions of early metals promise distinct self-assembly behaviour due to more flexible bonding geometries and a wider range of stabilities and exchange kinetics. In this report we demonstrate that tailoring the flexible coordination sphere of Zinc(II) complexes via subtle ligand modification promotes not only one but also three-dimensional self-assembly both thermodynamically and kinetically into higher-order fibrous morphologies, the latter being elucidated by electron tomography. As a result, coordination chemistry can be translated into both nanoscopic (fibre stiffness) and macroscopic (thermal gel stability) material properties. Utilizing dynamicity enables gelation via subcomponent self-assembly, constructing the supramolecular polymer network simultaneously with the monomer. Furthermore, coordinative dis- and reassembly via metal-ligand exchange reactions involving the first and second coordination spheres allows for control over gelation and emission of the system. Our report links concepts in supramolecular self-assembly and coordination chemistry by leveraging the unique bonding interactions that cannot be achieved for traditional monomers, promising applications in stimuli-responsive optoelectronics.
KW - Nanomaterial
KW - AFM
KW - Organometallic
KW - Gel
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-634221
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202507793
SN - 1616-301X
SP - 1
EP - 10
PB - Wiley-VCH GmbH
CY - Weinheim
AN - OPUS4-63422
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Liu, Yuanbin
A1 - Morrow, Joe D.
A1 - Ertural, Christina
A1 - Fragapane, Natascia L.
A1 - Gardner, John L. A.
A1 - Naik, Aakash A.
A1 - Zhou, Yuxing
A1 - George, Janine
A1 - Deringer, Volker L.
T1 - An automated framework for exploring and learning potential-energy surfaces
N2 - Machine learning has become ubiquitous in materials modelling and now routinely enables large-scale atomistic simulations with quantum-mechanical accuracy. However, developing machine-learned interatomic potentials requires high-quality training data, and the manual generation and curation of such data can be a major bottleneck. Here, we introduce an automated framework for the exploration and fitting of potential-energy surfaces, implemented in an openly available software package that we call (‘automatic potential-landscape explorer’). We discuss design choices, particularly the interoperability with existing software architectures, and the ability for the end user to easily use the computational workflows provided. We show wide-ranging capability demonstrations: for the titanium–oxygen system, SiO2, crystalline and liquid water, as well as phase-change memory materials. More generally, our study illustrates how automation can speed up atomistic machine learning in computational materials science.
KW - Automation
KW - Machine Learning
KW - Machine learning potentials
KW - Amorphous materials
KW - High-throughput
KW - Ab initio
KW - Materials property prediction
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-639882
DO - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62510-6
SN - 2041-1723
VL - 16
IS - 1
SP - 1
EP - 12
PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC
AN - OPUS4-63988
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
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TY - JOUR
A1 - Amariamir, Sasan
A1 - George, Janine
A1 - Benner, Philipp
T1 - SynCoTrain: a dual classifier PU-learning framework for synthesizability prediction
N2 - Material discovery is a cornerstone of modern science, driving advancements in diverse disciplines from biomedical technology to climate solutions. Predicting synthesizability, a critical factor in realizing novel materials, remains a complex challenge due to the limitations of traditional heuristics and thermodynamic proxies. While stability metrics such as formation energy offer partial insights, they fail to account for kinetic factors and technological constraints that influence synthesis outcomes. These challenges are further compounded by the scarcity of negative data, as failed synthesis attempts are often unpublished or context-specific. We present SynCoTrain, a semi-supervised machine learning model designed to predict the synthesizability of materials. SynCoTrain employs a co-training framework leveraging two complementary graph convolutional neural networks: SchNet and ALIGNN. By iteratively exchanging predictions between classifiers, SynCoTrain mitigates model bias and enhances generalizability. Our approach uses Positive and Unlabeled (PU) learning to address the absence of explicit negative data, iteratively refining predictions through collaborative learning. The model demonstrates robust performance, achieving high recall on internal and leave-out test sets. By focusing on oxide crystals, a well-characterized material family with extensive experimental data, we establish SynCoTrain as a reliable tool for predicting synthesizability while balancing dataset variability and computational efficiency. This work highlights the potential of co-training to advance high-throughput materials discovery and generative research, offering a scalable solution to the challenge of synthesizability prediction.
KW - Synthesizability
KW - Accelerated Materials Design
KW - Materials Acceleration Platforms
KW - Materials Design
KW - Materials Discovery
KW - Co-training
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-637907
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/D4DD00394B
SN - 2635-098X
VL - 4
IS - 6
SP - 1437
EP - 1448
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
AN - OPUS4-63790
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Zhuang, Yiling
A1 - Haderlein, Stefan B.
A1 - Lutze, Holger V.
A1 - Sun, Chen
A1 - Fink, Friedrich
A1 - Paul, Andrea
A1 - Spahr, Stephanie
T1 - Persulfate activation by biochar for trace organic contaminant removal from urban stormwater
N2 - Persistent and mobile trace organic contaminants (TrOCs) in urban stormwater are difficult to remove through sedimentation- or sorption-based treatment and pose a risk to aquatic ecosystems and drinking water supplies. We demonstrate that the chemical oxidant peroxydisulfate (PDS) can be activated by shrimp shell biochar at pH 7 to form reactive species that selectively react with widespread stormwater contaminants. Of 11 TrOCs tested, oxidative transformation was observed for 1,3-diphenylguanidine, 2-hydroxybenzothiazole, 1H-benzotriazole, 5-methyl-benzotriazole, and diuron during water treatment with biochar and PDS. Laboratory batch experiments conducted with street runoff and a synthetic water showed that the water matrix, containing up to 7.5 mg L-1 dissolved organic carbon and 100 mM chloride, had a minor effect on the formation of reactive species and contaminant transformation. Using a set of scavengers and probe compounds, we provide evidence for singlet oxygen (1O2) as the predominant reactive species in the biochar/PDS system, which is in agreement with the selectivity of the process to oxidize electron-rich organic contaminants. The results of our study inform new strategies for stormwater treatment using heterogeneous oxidation processes for the abatement of persistent and mobile organic contaminants.
KW - Stormwater treatment
KW - Oxidation processes
KW - Pyrogenic carbon
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-637952
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.123921
SN - 0043-1354
VL - 284
SP - 1
EP - 8
PB - Elsevier Ltd.
AN - OPUS4-63795
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Yildirim, Arda
A1 - Haug, T. C. V.
A1 - Fröba, M.
A1 - Huber, P.
A1 - Schönhals, Andreas
T1 - Molecular fluctuations in mixed-metal MOF-74: influence of the metal composition
N2 - A selected series of metal–organic frameworks M-MOF-74 (M = Mg, Co, Ni) and mixed metal MM-MOF-74 (Mg/Co or Mg/Ni) with different compositions of metal atoms have been prepared and further investigated by broadband dielectric spectroscopy (BDS) in a wide temperature range. The dielectric spectra show at least two relaxation processes. Process-A is observed only for the Ni-containing MOFs and is attributed to localized fluctuations of the metal oxide corners. Relaxation processes-B and -C are observed for all prepared MOFs, except that process-B is not observed for Ni-MOF-74. Large-angle fluctuations such as free rotations of the linkers can be excluded due to the structure of MOF-74, but small-angle fluctuations such as torsions are possible. According to numerical simulations carried out for MOF-74, process-B can be attributed to inward and outward fluctuations of the linkers relative to the pore center.
Process-C is related to small-angle rotational fluctuations of the linker together with co-rotations of the metal nodes. The latter interpretation is supported by the dependence of the activation energy of the relaxation rate of process-C on the metal composition of the MOFs, which is discussed in terms of the bond lengths between the metal atoms and the linker which decrease in the sequence Mg, Co and Ni.
KW - Metal Organic Frameworks
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-639378
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ra05357a
SN - 2046-2069
VL - 15
IS - 35
SP - 29109
EP - 29118
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
AN - OPUS4-63937
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
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TY - JOUR
A1 - Kolmangadi, Mohamed A.
A1 - Raab, A. R.
A1 - Szymoniak, Paulina
A1 - Li, Z.
A1 - Huber, P.
A1 - Laschat, S.
A1 - Schönhals, Andreas
T1 - Molecular mobility and electrical conductivity of amino acid-based (DOPA) ionic liquid crystals in the bulk state and nanoconfinement
N2 - This study explores the molecular mobility, phase behavior, and electrical conductivity of dihydroxyphenylalanine-based ionic liquid crystals (DOPAn, with alkyl side chains n = 12, 14, 16) featuring cyclic guanidiniumchloride headgroups, in both bulk and nanoconfined states. Using broadband dielectric spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and fast scanning calorimetry, the research uncovers a complex interplay between molecular structure, self-assembly, and molecular mobility. In bulk, DOPAn shows a phase sequence from plastic crystalline to hexagonal columnar and isotropic phases, driven by superdisc formation and columnar organization. Multiple relaxation processes are identified: localized side-chain dynamics (γ-relaxation), ionic headgroup or core motions (α1-relaxation), and cooperative alkyl domain fluctuations (α2-relaxation). Conductivity decreases with increasing side chain length. Under nanoconfinement in anodic aluminum oxide membranes, phase behavior changes: the Colh–Iso transition is suppressed, and a new α3-relaxation appears, linked to dynamics in an adsorbed interfacial layer. DC conductivity drops by up to four orders of magnitude due to confinement effects, altered molecular orientation, and phase transitions—especially the emergence of a nematic-like state in DOPA16. These findings highlight the importance of molecular design, pore geometry, and surface chemistry in tuning ionic liquid crystal properties for advanced applications in nanofluidics, ion transport, and responsive materials.
KW - Ionic Liquid Crystals
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-639657
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cp02406d
SN - 1463-9084
SP - 1
EP - 17
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
AN - OPUS4-63965
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
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TY - JOUR
A1 - Hülagü, Deniz
A1 - Ermilova, Elena
A1 - Weise, Matthias
A1 - de Préville, Sophie
A1 - Hoffmann, Johannes
A1 - Morán‐Meza, José
A1 - Piquemal, François
A1 - Hertwig, Andreas
T1 - Multimethod Electrical Characterization of Thin Indium Tin Oxide Films: Structuring and Calibration Sample Development for Scanning Probe Microscopy
N2 - Indium tin oxide (ITO), a transparent conductive oxide, is widely used in optoelectronic applications due to its electrical conductivity, optical transparency, and chemical stability. This study employs spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE) to analyze ITO layers, enabling nondestructive determination of film thickness, dielectric functions, and bulk conductivity. Electrical properties derived from SE are compared with those obtained using the four‐point probe method (4PM) to improve metrological tools for nanotechnology applications and optimize deposition process monitoring for better control of film properties. This work also investigates the chemical stability of ITO layers under etching conditions and explores the development of new sheet resistance standards for scanning microwave microscopy (SMM). The results show that ITO resistivity, calculated from fitted SE data, increases with oxygen flow rate up to 5 cm3(STP) min−1. Good agreement is observed between sheet resistance values obtained by SE and 4PM up to 3 cm3(STP) min−1. Additionally, the sheet resistance values of a distinct set of microstructured ITO samples with different ITO layer thicknesses are determined by SMM, which are highly consistent with those obtained by the 4PM.
KW - Ellipsometry
KW - Indium tin oxide (ITO)
KW - Scanning microwave microscopy (SMM)
KW - Sheet resistance calibration standards
KW - ITO wet etching
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-626242
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.202400871
SN - 1862-6300
VL - 222
IS - 14
SP - 1
EP - 18
PB - Wiley
CY - Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
AN - OPUS4-62624
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Monroy, José del Refugio
A1 - Deshpande, Tejas
A1 - Schlecht, Joël
A1 - Douglas, Clara
A1 - Stirling, Robbie
A1 - Grabicki, Niklas
A1 - Smales, Glen Jacob
A1 - Kochovski, Zdravko
A1 - Fabozzi, Filippo Giovanni
A1 - Hecht, Stefan
A1 - Feldmann, Sascha
A1 - Dumele, Oliver
T1 - Homochiral versus racemic 2D covalent organic frameworks
N2 - The synthesis of homochiral two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks (2D COFs) from chiral π-conjugated building blocks is challenging, as chiral units often lead to misaligned stacking interactions. In this work, we introduce helical chirality into 2D COFs using configurationally stable enantiopure and racemic [5]helicenes as linkers in the backbone of 2D [5]HeliCOFs as powders and films. Through condensation with 1,3,5-triformylbenzene (TFB) or 1,3,5-triformylphloroglucinol (TFP), our approach enables the efficient formation of a set of homochiral and racemic 2D [5]HeliCOFs. The resulting carbon-based crystalline and porous frameworks exhibit distinct structural features and different properties between homochiral and racemic counterparts. Propagation of helical chirality into the backbone of the crystalline frameworks leads to the observation of advanced chiroptical properties in the far-red visible spectrum, along with a less compact structure compared with the racemic frameworks. Homogeneous thin films of [5]HeliCOFs disclosed photoluminescent properties arising from the controlled growth of highly ordered π-conjugated lattices. The present study offers insight into general chiral framework formation and extends the Liebisch−Wallach rule to 2D COFs.
KW - Chirality
KW - Covalent organic frameworks
KW - Diffraction
KW - Lattices
KW - Thin films
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-633755
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c01004
SN - 0002-7863
VL - 147
IS - 21
SP - 17750
EP - 17763
PB - American Chemical Society (ACS)
CY - Washington, DC
AN - OPUS4-63375
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Gupta, Kanhaiya
A1 - Poka, Konstantin
A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander
A1 - Waske, Anja
T1 - Identification and authentication of additively manufactured components using their microstructural fingerprint
N2 - In the field of additive manufacturing, the ability to uniquely identify and authenticate parts is crucial for certification, logistics, and anti-counterfeiting efforts. This study introduces a novel methodology that leverages the intrinsic microstructural features of additively manufactured components for their identification, authentication, and traceability. Unlike traditional tagging methods, such as embedding QR codes on the surface or within the volume of parts, this approach requires no alteration to the printing process, as it utilizes naturally occurring microstructural characteristics. The proposed workflow involves the analysis of 3D micro-computed tomography data to identify specific voids that meet predefined identification criteria. This method is demonstrated on a batch of 24 parts manufactured with identical process parameters, proving capable of achieving unambiguous identification and authentication. By establishing a tamper-proof link between the physical part and its digital counterpart, this methodology effectively bridges the physical and digital realms. This not only enhances the traceability of additively manufactured parts but also provides a robust tool for integrating digital materials, parts databases, and product passports with their physical counterparts.
KW - Authentication
KW - Additive manufacturing
KW - X-ray Computed Tomography
KW - Digital fingerprint
KW - Unique identification
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-630356
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2025.113986
SN - 1873-4197
VL - 254
SP - 1
EP - 12
PB - Elsevier Ltd.
CY - Amsterdam
AN - OPUS4-63035
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Nikitin, D.
A1 - Biliak, K.
A1 - Protsak, M.
A1 - Adejube, B.
A1 - Ali-Ogly, S.
A1 - Škorvanková, K.
A1 - Červenková, V.
A1 - Katuta, R.
A1 - Tosco, M.
A1 - Hanuš, J.
A1 - Černochová, Z.
A1 - Černoch, P.
A1 - Štěpánek, P.
A1 - Boiko, O.
A1 - Szymoniak, Paulina
A1 - Schönhals, Andreas
A1 - Faupel, F.
A1 - Biedermann, H.
A1 - Vahl, A.
A1 - Choukourov, A.
T1 - Unveiling the Fundamental Principles of Reconfigurable Resistance States in Silver/Poly(ethylene glycol) Nanofluids
N2 - Developing novel memristive systems aims to implement key principles of biological neuron assemblies – plasticity, adaptivity, and self-organization – into artificial devices for parallel, energy-efficient computing. Solid-state memristive devices, such as crossbar arrays and percolated nanoparticle (NP) networks, already demonstrate these properties. However, closer similarity to neural networks is expected from liquid-state systems, including polymer melts, which remain largely unexplored. Here, the resistive switching in silver/poly(ethylene glycol) (Ag/PEG) nanofluids, prepared by depositing gas-aggregated Ag NPs into PEGs of varying molecular mass, is investigated.
These systems form long-range conductive NP bridges with reconfigurable resistance states in response to an electric field. The zeta-potential of Ag NPs and molecular mobility of PEG determine the prevalence of low resistance (ohmic) state, high resistance states (poor conductance) or intermediate transition states governed by space-charge-limited conduction or electron tunneling. The occurrence of these states is given by the interparticle gaps, which are determined by the conformation of PEG molecules adsorbed on the NPs. It is presented, for the first time, an equivalent circuit model for the Ag/PEG system. These findings pave the way to adopt polymer melts as matrices for neuromorphic engineering and bio-inspired electronics.
KW - Nanofluids
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-635351
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202505103
VL - 12
SP - 1
EP - 14
PB - Wiley
AN - OPUS4-63535
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Hörmann, Anja F.
A1 - Simon, Miriam
A1 - Brückner, Christoph
A1 - Rogers, Sarah E.
A1 - Porcar, Lionel
A1 - Hoffmann, Ingo
A1 - Gradzielski, Michael
T1 - Line tension controls the spontaneous formation of vesicles
N2 - Mixtures of the zwitterionic surfactant TDMAO and the anionic surfactant LiPFOS spontaneously self-assemble into well defined vesicles. The size of these vesicles is determined by the ratio of bending rigidity and line tension. By partially charging TDMAO, and thereby moving more to a catanionic system, the size of these vesicles can be controlled. Using stopped flow small angle neutron scattering we monitor the kinetics of vesicle formation and obtain their final size. Neutron spin echo spectroscopy allows for an independent measurement of the vesicle’s bending rigidity. Combining this bending rigidity with the radius of newly formed vesicles, which is determined by the ratio of bending rigidity and line tension, we can determine the line tension. We find that it is the line tension that controls the trend in size of the vesicles. In summary, this means that here one has a surfactant mixture that delivers well-defined vesicles, whose size is controlled by the electrostatic interactions of the head groups.
KW - Self-assembly
KW - Small unilamellar vesicles
KW - Small-angle neutron scattering
KW - Line tension
KW - Neutron spin-echo spectroscopy
KW - Stopped-flow
KW - Bending rigidity
KW - Surfactant mixture
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-646964
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SM00600G
SN - 1744-683X
VL - 21
IS - 43
SP - 8360
EP - 8367
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
AN - OPUS4-64696
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Voss, Heike
A1 - Zahedi-Azad, Setareh
A1 - Ernst, Owen C.
A1 - Lucaßen, Jan
A1 - Mann, Guido
A1 - Bonse, Jörn
A1 - Boeck, Torsten
A1 - Martin, Jens
A1 - Schmid, Martina
A1 - Krüger, Jörg
T1 - Chemical vapor deposition of indium precursors for solar microabsorbers using continuous laser radiation
BT - A, Materials science & processing
N2 - Localized deposition of indium on an amorphous glass surface covered with a thin molybdenum layer is demonstrated utilizing laser-assisted chemical vapor deposition. A continuous-wave laser causes a temperature rise on the molybdenum layer resulting in the selective aggregation of liquid and ultimately crystalline structures of indium. The formation sites of the indium are determined by the decomposition of gaseous trimethylindium. The deposited indium islands can serve as precursors and could be further processed into compound semiconductors like CuInSe2 for micro-concentrator solar cells. The experimental investigations were supported by theoretical simulations of the laser heating process to calculate the local temperature distribution on the surface of the molybdenum-covered glass substrate.
KW - Laser-assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition
KW - CW Laser
KW - Indium Islands
KW - Micro-concentrator Solar Cell
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-641069
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-025-08895-z
SN - 0947-8396
VL - 131
SP - 1
EP - 10
PB - Springer
CY - Berlin ; Heidelberg [u.a.]
AN - OPUS4-64106
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Cope, Elana J.
A1 - Bustamante, Joana
A1 - Johnson, Zöe M.
A1 - Lancaster, Alicia
A1 - Gurunathan, Ramya
A1 - George, Janine
A1 - Agne, Matthias T.
T1 - Heat capacity estimation of complex materials for energy technologies
N2 - The control of heat in energy materials is one of the greatest current engineering challenges. Accurate estimations of heat capacity are key in creating and using materials safely and efficiently. Current models for heat capacity are often limited due to crude estimations of the phonon density of states, which is a key component of the thermodynamic definition of heat capacity. Utilization of a more detailed phonon density of states, which can easily be obtained from machine-learned algorithms, combined with dilation and electronic contributions, yields heat capacity estimations that are 29% better than the widely utilized Debye model and are comparable to state-of-the-art quantum mechanical calculations. The framework and necessary tools for heat capacity estimations demonstrated herein can be built into more detailed models and analyses, such as high-throughput characterization, transport models, or other thermodynamic assessments. Consequently, the so-called vibrational + dilation + electronic (VDE) model of heat capacity developed in this work better enables the informed design of next-generation devices.
KW - Materials Design
KW - Heat Capacity
KW - Machine learning potentials
KW - Thermal Management
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-645711
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2025.102054
SN - 2542-4351
VL - 9
IS - 8
SP - 1
EP - 12
PB - Elsevier Inc.
AN - OPUS4-64571
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Batatia, Ilyes
A1 - Benner, Philipp
A1 - Chiang, Yuan
A1 - Elena, Alin M.
A1 - Kovács, Dávid P.
A1 - Riebesell, Janosh
A1 - Advincula, Xavier R.
A1 - Asta, Mark
A1 - Avaylon, Matthew
A1 - Baldwin, William J.
A1 - Berger, Fabian
A1 - Bernstein, Noam
A1 - Bhowmik, Arghya
A1 - Bigi, Filippo
A1 - Blau, Samuel M.
A1 - Cărare, Vlad
A1 - Ceriotti, Michele
A1 - Chong, Sanggyu
A1 - Darby, James P.
A1 - De, Sandip
A1 - Della Pia, Flaviano
A1 - Deringer, Volker L.
A1 - Elijošius, Rokas
A1 - El-Machachi, Zakariya
A1 - Fako, Edvin
A1 - Falcioni, Fabio
A1 - Ferrari, Andrea C.
A1 - Gardner, John L. A.
A1 - Gawkowski, Mikołaj J.
A1 - Genreith-Schriever, Annalena
A1 - George, Janine
A1 - Goodall, Rhys E. A.
A1 - Grandel, Jonas
A1 - Grey, Clare P.
A1 - Grigorev, Petr
A1 - Han, Shuang
A1 - Handley, Will
A1 - Heenen, Hendrik H.
A1 - Hermansson, Kersti
A1 - Ho, Cheuk Hin
A1 - Hofmann, Stephan
A1 - Holm, Christian
A1 - Jaafar, Jad
A1 - Jakob, Konstantin S.
A1 - Jung, Hyunwook
A1 - Kapil, Venkat
A1 - Kaplan, Aaron D.
A1 - Karimitari, Nima
A1 - Naik, Aakash A.
A1 - Csányi, Gábor
T1 - A foundation model for atomistic materials chemistry
N2 - Atomistic simulations of matter, especially those that leverage first-principles (ab initio) electronic structure theory, provide a microscopic view of the world, underpinning much of our understanding of chemistry and materials science. Over the last decade or so, machine-learned force fields have transformed atomistic modeling by enabling simulations of ab initio quality over unprecedented time and length scales. However, early machine-learning (ML) force fields have largely been limited by (i) the substantial computational and human effort required to develop and validate potentials for each particular system of interest and (ii) a general lack of transferability from one chemical system to the next. Here, we show that it is possible to create a general-purpose atomistic ML model, trained on a public dataset of moderate size, that is capable of running stable molecular dynamics for a wide range of molecules and materials. We demonstrate the power of the MACE-MP-0 model—and its qualitative and at times quantitative accuracy—on a diverse set of problems in the physical sciences, including properties of solids, liquids, gases, chemical reactions, interfaces, and even the dynamics of a small protein. The model can be applied out of the box as a starting or “foundation” model for any atomistic system of interest and, when desired, can be fine-tuned on just a handful of application-specific data points to reach ab initio accuracy. Establishing that a stable force-field model can cover almost all materials changes atomistic modeling in a fundamental way: experienced users obtain reliable results much faster, and beginners face a lower barrier to entry. Foundation models thus represent a step toward democratizing the revolution in atomic-scale modeling that has been brought about by ML force fields.
KW - Materials Design
KW - Thermal Conducitivity
KW - Nanoparticles
KW - Batteries
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-647829
DO - https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0297006
SN - 0021-9606
VL - 163
IS - 18
SP - 1
EP - 89
PB - AIP Publishing
AN - OPUS4-64782
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Sobetkii, Arcadii
A1 - Mosinoiu, Laurentiu-Florin
A1 - Caramarin, Stefania
A1 - Mitrica, Dumitru
A1 - Cursaru, Laura-Madalina
A1 - Matei, Alexandru-Cristian
A1 - Tudor, Ioan-Albert
A1 - Serban, Beatrice-Adriana
A1 - Ghita, Mihai
A1 - Vitan, Nicoleta
A1 - Witt, Julia
A1 - Özcan Sandikcioglu, Özlem
A1 - Postolnyi, Bogdan
A1 - Pogrebnjak, Alexander
T1 - Deposition and Characterization of Cu-Enhanced High-Entropy Alloy Coatings via DC Magnetron Sputtering
N2 - Protection against microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) is critical for materials used in aquatic environments, as MIC accelerates material degradation and leads to faster structural failure. Copper (Cu) has the potential to substantially improve the MIC resistance in alloys. In this study, high-entropy alloy (HEA) coatings containing Cu were deposited using DC (Direct Current) magnetron sputtering to enhance the corrosion resistance and mechanical properties of various substrates. Two CuCrFeMnNi HEA compositions in the form of bulk alloys and PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition) coatings, with 5% and 10% Cu, were analyzed for their microstructural, mechanical, and anticorrosive characteristics. Deposition parameters were varied to select the optimal values. Microstructural evaluations using SEM-EDS (scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy), XRD (X-ray diffraction), and AFM (atomic force microscopy) revealed uniform, dense coatings with good adhesion composed of dendritic and interdendritic BCC (body-centered cubic) and FCC (face centered cubic) structures, respectively. Microhardness tests indicated improved mechanical properties for the samples coated with developed HEAs. The coatings exhibited improved corrosion resistance in NaCl solution, the 10% Cu composition displaying the highest polarization resistance and lowest corrosion rate. These findings suggest that Cu-containing HEA coatings are promising candidates for applications requiring enhanced corrosion protection.
KW - High-entropy alloys (HEAs)
KW - DC magnetron sputtering
KW - Cu-enhanced coatings
KW - Corrosion resistance
KW - Microstructural characterization
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-625561
DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/app15041917
SN - 2076-3417
VL - 15
IS - 4
SP - 1
EP - 14
PB - MDPI
AN - OPUS4-62556
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Tehranchi, Ali
A1 - Hickel, Tilmann
A1 - Neugebauer, J.
T1 - Hydrogen enhanced dislocation cross-slip in polycrystalline nickel
N2 - Hydrogen embrittlement (HE), degradation of the mechanical properties of metals due to the presence of hydrogen, is a persistent problem that has been attracting the attention of the material science community for about fifteen decades. Extensive experimental observations indicate the presence of nanovoids and the increase of free volume at the grain boundaries in hydrogen contaminated metals. This rate-dependent phenomenon motivates theoretical investigations of the underlying mechanisms. Here, a hydrogen enhanced cross-slip (HECS) mechanism in the close vicinity of the grain boundaries is demonstrated by direct molecular dynamics simulations and theoretical calculations. To this end, the interaction of screw dislocations with a variety of symmetric tilt grain boundaries in H-charged and H-free bicrystalline nickel is examined. The presence of segregated H atoms at the grain boundaries induces a stress field in their vicinity, and thus,- the barrier for cross-slip of screw dislocations considerably decreases. The enhanced cross-slip of dislocations facilitates the formation of jogs on bowedout dislocations. These jogs can form vacancies during the glide process. This mechanism of defect production shows nanoscale evidence of enhanced vacancy formation and subsequent increase in the free volume along the grain boundaries in the presence of H.
KW - Hydrogen embrittlement
KW - Dislocation
KW - Grain boundary
KW - Void formation
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-649858
DO - https://doi.org/10.1103/7l8f-3fbm
SN - 2475-9953
VL - 9
IS - 12
SP - 1
EP - 16
PB - American Physical Society (APS)
AN - OPUS4-64985
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Bekemeier, Simon
A1 - Caldeira Rêgo, C. R.
A1 - Mai, H. L.
A1 - Sikia, Ujjal
A1 - Waseda, O.
A1 - Apel, M.
A1 - Arendt, F.
A1 - Aschemann, A.
A1 - Bayerlein, Bernd
A1 - Courant, R.
A1 - Dziwis, G.
A1 - Fuchs, F.
A1 - Giese, U.
A1 - Junghanns, K.
A1 - Kamal, M.
A1 - Koschmieder, L.
A1 - Leineweber, S.
A1 - Luger, M.
A1 - Lukas, M.
A1 - Maas, J.
A1 - Mertens, J.
A1 - Mieller, Björn
A1 - Overmeyer, L.
A1 - Pirch, N.
A1 - Reimann, J.
A1 - Schröck, S.
A1 - Schulze, P.
A1 - Schuster, J.
A1 - Seidel, A.
A1 - Shchyglo, O.
A1 - Sierka, M.
A1 - Silze, F.
A1 - Stier, S.
A1 - Tegeler, M.
A1 - Unger, Jörg F.
A1 - Weber, M.
A1 - Hickel, Tilmann
A1 - Schaarschmidt, J.
T1 - Advancing Digital Transformation in Material Science: The Role of Workflows Within the MaterialDigital Initiative
N2 - The MaterialDigital initiative represents a major driver toward the digitalization of material science. Next to providing a prototypical infrastructure required for building a shared data space and working on semantic interoperability of data, a core focus area of the Platform MaterialDigital (PMD) is the utilization of workflows to encapsulate data processing and simulation steps in accordance with findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable principles. In collaboration with the funded projects of the initiative, the workflow working group strives to establish shared standards, enhancing the interoperability and reusability of scientific data processing steps. Central to this effort is the Workflow Store, a pivotal tool for disseminating workflows with the community, facilitating the exchange and replication of scientific methodologies. This article discusses the inherent challenges of adapting workflow concepts, providing the perspective on developing and using workflows in the respective domain of the various funded projects. Additionally, it introduces the Workflow Store’s role within the initiative and outlines a future roadmap for the PMD workflow group, aiming to further refine and expand the role of scientific workflows as a means to advance digital transformation and foster collaborative research within material science.
KW - Digitalisation
KW - FAIR principles
KW - MaterialDigital
KW - Scientific workflows
KW - Semantic interoperability
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-624088
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202402149
SN - 1527-2648
IS - 2402149
SP - 1
EP - 25
PB - Wiley-VCH GmbH
AN - OPUS4-62408
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Kricheldorf, Hans. R.
A1 - Weidner, Steffen
T1 - About the Toxicity of Polymerization Catalysts and Polymer Additives Based on Tin(II) Salts and Tin(IV) Compounds
N2 - This article reviews and discusses information on the toxicity of numerous tin-based catalysts used in academic research and industrial production for the synthesis of various polymers, such as polyesters, polyurethanes, and polysiloxanes. Tin(IV) compounds used as additives and as PVC stabilizers are also considered. Emphasis is put on the differentiation between tin(II) salts on the one hand and tin(IV) compounds on the other hand. In the first chapter, historical facts about human contact with stannous ions are discussed, along with toxicity studies of canned foods and beverages. In the second part, toxicity tests based on cell cultures and medical applications of tin(II)-containing films or implants are described. The third part focuses on alkyl and aryl tin(IV) compounds.
KW - Tin
KW - Toxicity
KW - Environment
KW - Polymer catalysts
KW - Polymer additives
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-642877
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chas.5c00105
SN - 1871-5532
SP - 1
EP - 13
PB - American Chemical Society (ACS)
AN - OPUS4-64287
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Meyer, Andreas
A1 - Weidner, Steffen
A1 - Kricheldorf, Hans R.
T1 - Star-shaped poly(l-lactide)s based on pentaerythritol: About crystallization and polycondensation plus disproportionation and ring formation in the solid state
N2 - Star-shaped poly( L-lactide)s (s-PLAs), were prepared by ring-opening polymerization of with pentaerythritol and catalyzed by tin(II) 2-ethylhyexanoate (SnOct out in bulk at either 120 ◦ C or 160 ◦ L-lactide (LA) initiated 2 ). Two small series of ROPs were carried C with variation of the LA/initiator ratio. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectra revealed traces of cycles in 120 ◦ C samples only at low initiator/catalyst ratios. In contrast, higher fractions of cycles were detected in samples prepared at 160 C, suggesting a "back-biting" origin. The influence of arm length and thermal history on crystallinity was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and wide-angle x-ray scattering (WAXS). It was shown that annealing increased the melting temperature (T ◦ ◦ m ) and crystallinity. However, annealing at 140 ◦ C for 14 d also caused significant solid-state transesterification. In addition, crystallites composed of s-PLAs with extended arms and, simultaneously, crystallites composed exclusively of extended rings were formed, identified by their typical "sawtooth" pattern in the MALDI mass spectra. Small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) indicated that the crystal thickness was lower than that of linear PLAs annealed under identical conditions, but increased upon annealing at 140 C.
KW - MALDI-TOF MS
KW - Polylactide
KW - Crystallisation
KW - AStar-shaped polymers
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-636832
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2025.128709
SN - 0032-3861
VL - 334
SP - 1
EP - 11
PB - Elsevier Ltd.
AN - OPUS4-63683
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Kricheldorf, Hans R.
A1 - Weidner, Steffen
T1 - H2O-Initiated Polymerization of L-Lactide
N2 - Water-initiated ring-opening polymerizations (ROPs) of L-lactide (LA) were performed in bulk at 140 °C, whereupon 11 different salts or complexes of low-toxic metal ions such as tin (II), Zn(II), Zr(IV), and Bi(III) were used as catalysts. Only four catalysts gave satisfactory results despite a long reaction time (24 h). The influence of the temperature was studied with tin (II) 2-ethylhexanoate (SnOct2), dibutyltin oxide (Bu2SnO), and zinc bis-acetylacetonate (Zn(acac)2) and zirconium acetylacetonate (Zr(acac)4). With SnOct2, Bu2SnO and Zr(acac)4 the time was varied at 140 °C to compare their reactivity. Furthermore, two series of ROPs were carried out with variation of the LA/H2O ratio to verify the control of the molecular weight by the monomer-initiator ratio. Bi- or tri-modal molecular weight distributions (MWD) were found for most of the ROPs and bimodal melting endotherms in the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) heating traces. The thickness and dependence of the 3D packing of the crystallites were monitored by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) measurements.
KW - MALDI-TOF MS
KW - Polylactide
KW - Ring-opening polymerization
KW - Crystallization
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-628761
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-025-03565-w
SN - 1572-8919
VL - 33
IS - 6
SP - 2843
EP - 2857
PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC
CY - New York, NY
AN - OPUS4-62876
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Kricheldorf, Hans R.
A1 - Weidner, Steffen
A1 - Scheliga, Felix
T1 - Polycondensation of L-lactic acid: a deeper look into solid state polycondensation
N2 - L-Lactic acid (LA) was condensed in the presence of SnCl2 or 4-toluenesulfonic acid (TSA) at 140 °C, and chain growth without cyclization was observed. In addition, poly(L-lactic acid)s (PLAs) with a degree of polymerization (DP) of 25, 50 or 100 were prepared by water-initiated ring-opening polymerization (ROP). These PLAs were annealed in the solid state at 140 °C and 160 °C in the presence of tin(II) 2-ethylhexanoate (SnOct2, SnCl2 or TSA). The changes in the molar mass distribution and in the topology were characterized by means of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry and size exclusion chromatography (SEC). With increasing time, fewer side reactions caused higher molar masses and increasing fractions of cyclic polylactides (cPLA) were obtained. Their “saw tooth” pattern in the MALDI-TOF mass spectra indicated the formation of extended ring crystallites in the solid state. TSA was the most active catalyst and caused fewer side reactions than SnCl2, which was the least reactive catalyst. Acetylation of the CH-OH end groups hindered polycondensation and prevented the formation of cPLAs. Reaction mechanisms will be discussed.
KW - MALDI-TOF MS
KW - Polycondensation
KW - Polylaktide
KW - Solid state
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-625271
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d4py01191k
SN - 1759-9962
SP - 1
EP - 9
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
AN - OPUS4-62527
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Rösler, Alexander
A1 - Weidner, Steffen
A1 - Klamroth, Tillmann
A1 - Müller, Axel HE
A1 - Schlaad, Helmut
T1 - Kinetics of anionic polymerization of β‐myrcene in hydrocarbon solvents
N2 - AbstractThe kinetics of anionic polymerization of β‐myrcene initiated by sec‐butyllithium were examined in saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbon solvents, i.e. cyclohexane, cyclohexene, 4‐vinylcyclohexene and dl‐limonene. Polymerizations usually proceeded in a living manner, i.e. in the absence of termination and chain transfer reactions, in all solvents, to produce well‐defined polymyrcenes with high content (85%) of cis‐1,4 units. However, polymyrcenyllithium chains exhibited limited long‐term stability in 4‐vinylcyclohexene solution, most probably due to chain transfer to solvent. Reaction orders with respect to the concentration of active chains were found to be one‐quarter in cyclohexane increasing to one‐half in unsaturated solvents, indicating that the polymyrcenyllithium chains are present as tetrameric or dimeric associates, respectively. Apparent activation energies were found to be 81 kJ mol−1 in cyclohexane and 77 kJ mol−1 in dl‐limonene solution, which are close to the values obtained by quantum chemical calculations. © 2025 The Author(s). Polymer International published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
KW - Myrcene
KW - Anionic polymerization
KW - Reaction order
KW - Activation energy
KW - Microstructure
KW - Quantum chemical calculation
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-636840
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/pi.6772
SN - 0959-8103
SP - 1
EP - 8
PB - Wiley
AN - OPUS4-63684
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Kricheldorf, H. R.
A1 - Weidner, Steffen
T1 - Syntheses of cyclic polylactides and the problem of catenane formation
N2 - Cyclic poly(L-lactide)s (PLAs) were prepared in bulk either by ring-expansion polymerization (REP) or by ring-opening polymerization (ROP) with simultaneous polycondensation (ROPPOC). In contrast to REP the latter method involves formation of linear chains and thus, may involve formation of polydisperse catenanes that affect crystallization. The reprecipitated PLAs were annealed at 120 °C and compared with regard to melting temperature (Tm) and melting enthalpy (ΔHm). For similar molar masses the PLAs prepared by REP and ROPPOC had almost identical Tm's and crystallinities. Furthermore, the influence of REP and ROPPOC catalysts on the morphology of the virgin reaction products was compared.
KW - MALDI-TOF MS
KW - Catenane
KW - Polylactide
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-625061
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ra08683j
VL - 15
IS - 5
SP - 3686
EP - 3692
PB - RSC
AN - OPUS4-62506
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Berry, Charlotte A.
A1 - Reinart, Katre
A1 - Smales, Glen J.
A1 - Wilkinson, Holly N.
A1 - Hardman, Matthew J.
A1 - Marchesini, Sofia
A1 - Lee, William
A1 - Nery, Eveliny Tomás
A1 - Moghaddam, Zarrin
A1 - Hoxha, Agron
A1 - Felipe-Sotelo, Mónica
A1 - Gutierrez-Merino, Jorge
A1 - Carta, Daniela
T1 - Hierarchically porous copper and gallium loaded sol–gel phosphate glasses for enhancement of wound closure
N2 - In this work, we have developed hierarchically porous phosphate-based glasses (PPGs) as novel materials capable of promoting wound closure and simultaneously delivering antibacterial effects at the glass-biological tissue interface. PPGs are characterised by extended porosity, which enhances the controlled release of therapeutic ions, whilst facilitating cell infiltration and tissue growth. Two series of PPGs in the systems P2O5–CaO–Na2O–CuO and P2O5–CaO–Na2O–Ga2O3 with (CuO and Ga2O3 0, 1, 5 and 10 mol%) were manufactured using a supramolecular sol–gel synthesis strategy. Significant wound healing promotion (up to 97%) was demonstrated using a human ex vivo wound model. A statistically significant reduction of the bacterial strains Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli was observed in both series of PPGs, particularly those containing copper. All PPGs exhibited good cytocompatibility on keratinocytes (HaCaTs), and analysis of PPG dissolution products over a 7-day period demonstrated controlled release of phosphate anions and Ca, Na, Cu, and Ga cations. These findings indicate that Cu- and Ga-loaded PPGs are promising materials for applications in soft tissue regeneration given their antibacterial capabilities, in vitro biocompatibility with keratinocytes and ex vivo wound healing properties at the biomaterial-human tissue interface.
KW - Porous glass
KW - Phosphates
KW - Wound healing materials
KW - Antibacterial
KW - X-ray scattering
KW - MOUSE
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-650867
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d5tb01945a
SN - 2050-750X
VL - 13
IS - 48
SP - 15662
EP - 15677
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
AN - OPUS4-65086
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Oskoei, Párástu
A1 - Afonso, Rúben
A1 - Bastos, Verónica
A1 - Nogueira, João
A1 - Keller, Lisa-Marie
A1 - Andresen, Elina
A1 - Saleh, Maysoon I.
A1 - Rühle, Bastian
A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute
A1 - Daniel-da-Silva, Ana L.
A1 - Oliveira, Helena
T1 - Upconversion Nanoparticles with Mesoporous Silica Coatings for Doxorubicin Targeted Delivery to Melanoma Cells
N2 - Melanoma is one of the most aggressive skin cancers and requires innovative therapeutic strategies to overcome the limitations of conventional therapies. In this work, upconversion nanoparticles coated with mesoporous silica and functionalized with folic acid (UCNP@mSiO2-FA) were developed as a targeted nanocarrier system for the delivery of doxorubicin (DOX). The UCNPs were synthesized via thermal decomposition, coated with mesoporous silica shells, and functionalized with folic acid (FA) to enable receptor-mediated targeting. DOX was then loaded into the mesoporous silica coating by adsorption, yielding UCNP@mSiO2-FA-DOX. The different UCNPs were characterized for size, composition, colloidal stability, and loading and release of DOX. This comprehensive physicochemical characterization confirmed a high DOX loading efficiency and a slightly increased drug release under acidic conditions, mimicking the tumour microenvironment. In vitro assays using four melanoma cell lines (A375, B16-F10, MNT-1, and SK-MEL-28) revealed an excellent biocompatibility of UCNP@mSiO2-FA and a significantly higher cytotoxicity of UCNP@mSiO2-FA-DOX compared to unloaded UCNPs, in a dose-dependent manner. Cell cycle analysis demonstrated G2/M phase arrest after treatment with UCNP@mSiO2-FA-DOX, confirming its antiproliferative effect. Overall, UCNP@mSiO2-FA-DOX represents a promising nanoplatform for targeted melanoma therapy, combining active tumour targeting and enhanced anticancer efficacy.
KW - Fluorescence
KW - Synthesis
KW - Nano
KW - Particle
KW - Silica
KW - Cell
KW - Uptake
KW - Drug
KW - Characterization
KW - DOX
KW - Imaging
KW - Toxicity
KW - Release
KW - pH
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-653596
DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules31010074
SN - 1420-3049
VL - 31
IS - 1
SP - 1
EP - 18
PB - MDPI AG
AN - OPUS4-65359
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Rösler, Alexander
A1 - Weidner, Steffen
A1 - Klamroth, Tillmann
A1 - Müller, Axel H. E.
A1 - Schlaad, Helmut
T1 - Kinetics of anionic polymerization of β‐myrcene in hydrocarbon solvents
N2 - The kinetics of anionic polymerization of β‐myrcene initiated by sec‐butyllithium were examined in saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbon solvents, i.e. cyclohexane, cyclohexene, 4‐vinylcyclohexene and dl‐limonene. Polymerizations usually proceeded in a living manner, i.e. in the absence of termination and chain transfer reactions, in all solvents, to produce well‐defined polymyrcenes with high content (85%) of cis‐1,4 units. However, polymyrcenyllithium chains exhibited limited long‐term stability in 4‐vinylcyclohexene solution, most probably due to chain transfer to solvent. Reaction orders with respect to the concentration of active chains were found to be one‐quarter in cyclohexane increasing to one‐half in unsaturated solvents, indicating that the polymyrcenyllithium chains are present as tetrameric or dimeric associates, respectively. Apparent activation energies were found to be 81 kJ mol−1 in cyclohexane and 77 kJ mol−1 in dl‐limonene solution, which are close to the values obtained by quantum chemical calculations.
KW - MALDI-TOF MS
KW - Anionic polymerization
KW - β‐myrcene
KW - Kinetics
KW - Reaction order
KW - Activation energy
KW - Microstructure
KW - Quantum chemical calculations
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-630900
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/pi.6772
SN - 1097-0126
SP - 1
EP - 8
PB - Wiley
CY - New York, NY
AN - OPUS4-63090
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Kricheldorf, Hans R.
A1 - Weidner, Steffen
T1 - Zwitterionic polymerization of glycolide catalyzed by pyridine
N2 - The usefulness of various N- and P-based catalysts for syntheses of cyclic polyglycolide via zwitterionic polymerization of glycolide was examined. Most catalysts produced discolored, largely insoluble polyglycolides consisting of cycles and unidentified byproducts. Soluble, cyclic polyglycolides were obtained using neat pyridine as catalyst at 120 °C, 100 °C, 80 °C, and even at 60 °C. The number-average molecular weights were extremely low and depended slightly on the glycolide-to-pyridine ratio. Three different mass distributions of the cycles were detected by mass spectrometry, depending on the reaction conditions. The cyclic polyglycolides were also characterized by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) measurements. The SAXS data in combination with the mass spectra indicate that the majority of the cycles form extended-ring crystallites
KW - MALDI-TOF MS
KW - Polylactide
KW - Polymerization
KW - Zitterions
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-639748
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d5py00762c
SN - 1759-9954
SP - 1
EP - 9
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
AN - OPUS4-63974
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Rösler, Alexander
A1 - Weidner, Steffen
A1 - Klamroth, Tillmann
A1 - Müller, Axel HE
A1 - Schlaad, Helmut
T1 - Kinetics of anionic polymerization of β‐myrcene in hydrocarbon solvents
N2 - AbstractThe kinetics of anionic polymerization of β‐myrcene initiated by sec‐butyllithium were examined in saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbon solvents, i.e. cyclohexane, cyclohexene, 4‐vinylcyclohexene and dl‐limonene. Polymerizations usually proceeded in a living manner, i.e. in the absence of termination and chain transfer reactions, in all solvents, to produce well‐defined polymyrcenes with high content (85%) of cis‐1,4 units. However, polymyrcenyllithium chains exhibited limited long‐term stability in 4‐vinylcyclohexene solution, most probably due to chain transfer to solvent. Reaction orders with respect to the concentration of active chains were found to be one‐quarter in cyclohexane increasing to one‐half in unsaturated solvents, indicating that the polymyrcenyllithium chains are present as tetrameric or dimeric associates, respectively. Apparent activation energies were found to be 81 kJ mol−1 in cyclohexane and 77 kJ mol−1 in dl‐limonene solution, which are close to the values obtained by quantum chemical calculations. © 2025 The Author(s). Polymer International published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
KW - Myrcene
KW - Anionic polymerization
KW - MALDI TOF MS
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-649039
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/pi.6772
SN - 0959-8103
SP - 1
EP - 8
PB - Wiley
AN - OPUS4-64903
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Stephan, Jenny
A1 - Stühler, Merlin R.
A1 - Fornacon-Wood, Christoph
A1 - Dimde, Mathias
A1 - Ludwig, Kai
A1 - Sturm, Heinz
A1 - Olmedo-Martínez, Jorge L.
A1 - Müller, Alejandro J.
A1 - Plajer, Alex J.
T1 - Sulfur-containing block polymers from ring-opening copolymerization: coordinative encapsulants for transition metals
N2 - Sulfur-containing polymers can coordinate transition metals via sulfur-centered, chemically soft lone pairs, although this typically occurs in a spatially uncontrolled manner. In this study, we employed the controlled ring-opening copolymerization of oxetane with sulfur-containing comonomers to construct a series of amphiphilic block copolymers featuring thioester and thiocarbonate functionalities. These copolymers self-assemble in aqueous solution into aggregates with a sulfur-rich core capable of coordinating transition metals. This behavior could be resolved by employing cryo-transmission electron tomography and then extended to complexes incorporating functional coligands. Our study demonstrates how selective catalysis can be harnessed to produce functional polymers with tunable metal coordination properties, paving the way for an emerging class of sulfur-containing copolymers.
KW - Sulfur-containing polymer
KW - Controlled synthesis
KW - Metal ion coordination
KW - Cryo TEM
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-626157
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d4py01415d
SN - 1759-9962
VL - 16
IS - 8
SP - 1003
EP - 1009
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
AN - OPUS4-62615
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Kricheldorf, Hans R.
A1 - Weidner, Steffen
T1 - Polymerization of L‐Lactide Catalyzed by Metal Acetylacetonate Complexes
N2 - ABSTRACTRing‐opening polymerizations (ROPs) of l‐lactide (LA) were performed at 120°C, 140°C, 150°C, and 180°C in bulk catalyzed by acetylacetonate (acac) complexes of manganese(II), nickel(II), copper(II), zirconium(IV), dibutyltin(IV), and vanadyl(V). These experiments revealed that only the acac complexes of Zr and Bu2Sn were reactive enough to enable quantitative polymerization within a few hours. Further ROPs with Bu2Sn(acac)2 and Zr(acac)4 showed that Bu2Sn(acac)2 had a slightly lower reactivity than the Zr complex. The ROPs catalyzed with Zr(acac)4 yielded number average molecular weights (Mn) up to 70,000 g mol−1. The matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization time‐of‐flight (MALDI‐TOF) mass spectra indicated an exclusive formation of cycles in the mass range of up to m/z 13,000 for Zr(acac)4 and up to m/z 18,000 for Bu2Sn(acac)2. Unusually high melting temperatures (187°C–192°C) were also achieved along with high crystallinities. Furthermore, four lactide/glycolide copolymerizations catalyzed by Zr(acac)4 were performed, and the topology and the extent of transesterification were characterized by MALDI‐TOF mass spectrometry and 13C NMR spectroscopy.
KW - MALDI-TOF MS
KW - Polycondensation
KW - Acetylacetonate
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-639754
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20250788
SN - 2642-4150
SP - 1
EP - 9
PB - Wiley Periodicals LLC.
AN - OPUS4-63975
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Yao, Xingyu
A1 - Antunes, Margarida M.
A1 - Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
A1 - Cabanelas, Pedro
A1 - Valente, Anabela A.
A1 - Pinna, Nicola
A1 - Russo, Patrícia A.
T1 - Formation, Phase Transition, Surface, and Catalytic Properties of Cubic ZrO 2 Nanocrystals
N2 - Pseudocapacitance-type transition metal oxides have been extensively investigated as anodes for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Currently, they are also gaining attention for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) due to their low volume change and safety. However, their performance in sodium storage remains limited, primarily due to the larger Na+ ion radius. Here, for the first time, an iron niobate is reported with a columbite structure as a high-Performance sodium storage anode. The presence of iron triggers the loss of long-rangeorder through disorder of the FeO6 octahedra local structure, subsequentlyallowing reversible sodium storage in an amorphous phase. Simultaneously, the formation of short-range ordered zigzag-chain structures within the NbO6 planes creates a “skeleton” that offers abundant active sites forpseudocapacitive ion storage and enhanced ion diffusion pathways. These characteristics of FeNb2O6 make it an effective intercalation host, offering high capacity along with fast Na+ kinetics, as demonstrated through operando and ex situ characterizations. It leads to an applicable reversible capacity (>300 mAh g−1) with a favorable average voltage of ≈0.6 V and excellent rate capability (180.4 mAh g−1 at a current density of 2 A g−1). This study provides insights into the development of intrinsically active transition metal oxides for Na+-ion intercalation.
KW - XAS
KW - Sodium-ion Batteries
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-654955
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c01483
SN - 0897-4756
VL - 37
IS - 21
SP - 8568
EP - 8580
PB - American Chemical Society (ACS)
AN - OPUS4-65495
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Liu, Yanchen
A1 - Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
A1 - Alippi, Paola
A1 - Montoro, Luciano A.
A1 - Lee, Kug‐Seung
A1 - Jeon, Taeyeol
A1 - Weißer, Kilian
A1 - Karlsen, Martin A.
A1 - Russo, Patrícia A.
A1 - Pinna, Nicola
T1 - FeNb 2 O 6 as a High‐Performance Anode for Sodium‐Ion Batteries Enabled by Structural Amorphization Coupled with NbO 6 Local Ordering
N2 - Pseudocapacitance-type transition metal oxides have been extensively investigated as anodes for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Currently, they are also gaining attention for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) due to their low volume change and safety. However, their performance in sodium storage remains limited, primarily due to the larger Na+ ion radius. Here, for the first time, an iron niobate is reported with a columbite structure as a high-performance sodium storage anode. The presence of iron triggers the loss of long-range order through disorder of the FeO6 octahedra local structure, subsequently allowing reversible sodium storage in an amorphous phase. Simultaneously, the formation of short-range ordered zigzag-chain structures within the NbO6 planes creates a “skeleton” that offers abundant active sites for pseudocapacitive ion storage and enhanced ion diffusion pathways. These characteristics of FeNb2O6 make it an effective intercalation host, offering high capacity along with fast Na+ kinetics, as demonstrated through operando and ex situ characterizations. It leads to an applicable reversible capacity (>300 mAh g−1) with a favorable average voltage of ≈0.6 V and excellent rate capability (180.4 mAh g−1 at a current density of 2 A g−1). This study provides insights into the development of intrinsically active transition metal oxides for Na+-ion intercalation.
KW - SIB
KW - XAS
KW - Sodium-ion Batteries
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-654931
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202504100
SN - 0935-9648
VL - 37
IS - 46
SP - 1
EP - 13
PB - Wiley
AN - OPUS4-65493
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Hickel, Tilmann
A1 - Divinski, S.
A1 - Starikov, S.
A1 - Soisson, F.
A1 - Mény, C.
A1 - Hegde, O.
A1 - Gerlitz, M.
A1 - Magnifouet, G.
A1 - Schneider, A.
A1 - Barreteau, C.
A1 - Mirebeau, I.
A1 - Tran, V.T.
A1 - Förster, G.
A1 - Front, A.
A1 - Egorov, A.
A1 - Wilde, G.
A1 - Amara, H.
A1 - Hammerschmidt, T.
A1 - Mrovec, M.
A1 - Pierron-Bohnes, V.
A1 - Drautz, R.
A1 - Fu, C.
T1 - Magnetism in iron alloys: methodological advances for thermodynamics, defects, and kinetics
N2 - Steels are among the technologically and economically most relevant materials. Key innovations in important sectors of human society such as mobility, energy and safety, are currently based on alloying of Fe with other transition-metal elements such as Mn, Cr, or Co. Due to strong impacts and conceptual challenges related to magnetism, however, the fundamental understanding and the ability to computationally design these steels in high-throughput approaches lags behind other classes of alloys. In this article, we will provide a substantial review of the role of magnetism, magnetic excitations and transformations for alloy thermodynamics, point defects, interfaces and kinetics. This will be achieved by combining insights from different methods: Ab initio simulations have the advantage that the magnetic ground state is intrinsic part of the electronic minimization. Due to the coarsening of the many-electron structures and therewith magnetic interactions, tight-binding methods can handle larger system sizes. Effective interaction models provide the freedom to exploit more sophisticated magnetic interactions. The performance of these methods in terms of magnetic properties of Fe alloys will be evaluated by providing state-of-the-art results for their sensitivity to magnetism. Furthermore, dedicated experiments will be discussed to complete the understanding of magnetic effects in Fe alloys and to validate the modeling strategy.
KW - Magnetic excitations
KW - Defects
KW - Diffusion
KW - Density functional theory
KW - Tight-binding
KW - Effective interaction models
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-634530
DO - https://doi.org/10.1515/ijmr-2023-0225
SN - 1862-5282
VL - 60
IS - 99
SP - 1
EP - 14761
PB - Walter de Gruyter GmbH
AN - OPUS4-63453
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Ávila Calderón, Luis
A1 - Shakeel, Y.
A1 - Gedsun, A.
A1 - Forti, M.
A1 - Hunke, S.
A1 - Han, Ying
A1 - Hammerschmidt, T.
A1 - Aversa, R.
A1 - Olbricht, Jürgen
A1 - Chmielowski, M.
A1 - Stotzka, R.
A1 - Bitzek, E.
A1 - Hickel, Tilmann
A1 - Skrotzki, Birgit
T1 - Management of reference data in materials science and engineering exemplified for creep data of a single-crystalline Ni-based superalloy
N2 - The identification of process-structure-property relationships of materials inevitably requires the combination of research data from different measurements. Therefore, the concepts related to FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) data handling, increasingly reported in literature, are particularly important in the materials science and engineering domain. However, they have not yet been integrated into a single, overarching methodological framework, particularly for reference data. Here, we introduce such a framework. Our concept covers data generation, documentation, handling, storage, sharing, data search and discovery, retrieval, and usage. Furthermore, we prototypically implement it using a real dataset with creep data of a single-crystal CMSX-6 Ni-based superalloy. The presented implementation is traceable and permanently accessible through open repositories. The individual elements considered in the framework ensure the functionality and usability of the data and, thus, the adherence to the FAIR principles. In conjunction with this, we present a definition for reference data of materials. Our definition underlines particularly the importance of a comprehensive documentation, e.g., on material provenance, data processing procedures, and the software and hardware used, including software-specific input parameters, as these details enable data users or independent parties to assess the quality of the datasets and to reuse and reproduce the results. Reference data that is managed according to the proposed framework can be used to advance knowledge in the materials science and engineering domain, e.g., by identifying new process-structure-property relations.
KW - Referenzdaten
KW - NFDI-MatWerk
KW - Data schema
KW - Research Data Management
KW - Reference Data
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-625047
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2025.120735
VL - 286
SP - 1
EP - 15
PB - Elsevier Inc.
AN - OPUS4-62504
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Mai, H. L.
A1 - Cui, X.-Y,
A1 - Hickel, Tilmann
A1 - Neugebauer, J.
A1 - Ringer, S. P.
T1 - A high-throughput ab initio study of elemental segregation and cohesion at ferritic-iron grain boundaries
N2 - Segregation of alloying elements and impurities at grain boundaries (GBs) critically influences material behaviour by affecting cohesion. In this study, we present an ab initio high-throughput evaluation of segregation energies and cohesive effects for all elements up to Z=92 in the periodic table (Z = 1–92, H–U) across the substitutional sites in six model ferritic iron GBs using density functional theory (DFT). From these data, we construct comprehensive elemental maps for solute segregation tendencies and cohesion at GBs, providing guidance for segregation engineering. We systematically assess the cohesive effects of different elements in all segregating positions along multiple fracture paths with a quantum-chemistry bond-order method as well as a modified Rice–Thomson–Wang theory of interfacial cohesion. The effects of segregants on the cohesion of GBs are shown to vary drastically as a function of site character, and hence their induced cohesive effects must
be considered as a thermodynamic average over the spectral energy distribution. Thus, models that overlook these aspects may fail to accurately predict the impacts of varying alloying concentrations, thermal processing conditions, or GB types. The insights presented here, along with our accompanying dataset, are expected to advance our understanding of GB segregation in steels and other materials.
KW - Defects
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-638397
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2025.121288
SN - 1359-6454
VL - 297
SP - 1
EP - 16
PB - Elsevier Inc.
AN - OPUS4-63839
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Janssen, Jan
A1 - George, Janine
A1 - Geiger, Julian
A1 - Bercx, Marnik
A1 - Wang, Xing
A1 - Ertural, Christina
A1 - Schaarschmidt, Jörg
A1 - Ganose, Alexander Miguel
A1 - Pizzi, Giovanni
A1 - Hickel, Tilmann
A1 - Neugebauer, Jörg
T1 - A Python workflow definition for computational materials design
N2 - Numerous Workflow Management Systems (WfMS) have been developed in the field of computational materials science with different workflow formats, hindering interoperability and reproducibility of workflows in the field. To address this challenge, we introduce here the Python Workflow Definition (PWD) as a workflow exchange format to share workflows between Python-based WfMS, currently AiiDA, jobflow, and pyiron. This development is motivated by the similarity of these three Python-based WfMS, that represent the different workflow steps and data transferred between them as nodes and edges in a graph. With the PWD, we aim at fostering the interoperability and reproducibility between the different WfMS in the context of Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable (FAIR) workflows. To separate the scientific from the technical complexity, the PWD consists of three components: (1) a conda environment that specifies the software dependencies, (2) a Python module that contains the Python functions represented as nodes in the workflow graph, and (3) a workflow graph stored in the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON). The first version of the PWD supports directed acyclic graph (DAG)-based workflows. Thus, any DAG-based workflow defined in one of the three WfMS can be exported to the PWD and afterwards imported from the PWD to one of the other WfMS. After the import, the input parameters of the workflow can be adjusted and computing resources can be assigned to the workflow, before it is executed with the selected WfMS. This import from and export to the PWD is enabled by the PWD Python library that implements the PWD in AiiDA, jobflow, and pyiron.
KW - Worklows
KW - FAIR Workflows
KW - Automation
KW - Materials Acceleration Platforms
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-643325
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/D5DD00231A
SN - 2635-098X
SP - 1
EP - 14
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
AN - OPUS4-64332
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Roters, F.
A1 - Aslam, A.
A1 - Bai, Y.
A1 - Büschelberger, M.
A1 - Bulert, K.
A1 - Butz, A.
A1 - Hickel, Tilmann
A1 - Jogi, T.
A1 - Klitschke, S.
A1 - Martin, M.
A1 - Meyer, L.-P.
A1 - Morand, L.
A1 - Nahshon, Y.
A1 - Radtke, N.
A1 - Saikia, Ujjal
A1 - Trondl, A.
A1 - Wessel, A.
A1 - Zierep, P.
A1 - Helm, D.
T1 - StahlDigital: Ontology-Based Workflows for the Steel Industry
N2 - The innovative strength of the steel industry is based on the mastery of microstructure–property relationships. Digital workflows can largely contribute to this aim by making the complexity of workflows reproducible and their execution user independent. In this work, the tools and workflows developed in the project StahlDigital as part of the German MaterialDigital initiative are presented and application examples are provided. A steel ontology builds the
foundation for data collection and storage as well as for the semantic description of experimental and simulation data processing workflows. A dataspace powered by the Dataspace Management System (DSMS) digitally represents such workflows and manages data along them in a Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable manner aiming to derive new knowledge. Experimental data processed via DSMS can be further evaluated and used as input for simulation workflows. The simulations included in such workflows are run by the workflow system pyiron, which has been semantically extended in StahlDigital for this purpose.
KW - Steel
KW - Rolling
KW - Multiscale simulation
KW - Ontology
KW - Workflow
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-627187
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202402148
SN - 1527-2648
SP - 1
EP - 13
PB - Wiley VHC-Verlag
AN - OPUS4-62718
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Thiodjio Sendja, Bridinette
A1 - Tchouank Tekou, Carol Trudel
A1 - Prinz, Carsten
A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
T1 - Adsorptive performance of single-walled carbon nanotubes for divalent manganese sorption characterized by X-ray absorption spectroscopy
N2 - The adsorptive performance of divalent manganese onto single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) is investigated by X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). The study is focused on the one hand, on the use of SWCNT as adsorbent to remove divalent manganese II) pollutant controlling batch parameters such as pH, adsorbent dose and contact time; and on the other hand, on the characterization of manganese adsorbed by SWCNT (Mn-SWCNT) adsorbent to probe the chemical composition, oxidation state, and local structural environment of Mn absorber. Freundlich adsorption isotherm well fitted the experimental data and suggested the maximum adsorption capacity at pH 2. Ion exchange was proposed as the main adsorption mechanism for removing manganese using SWCNT. XAS results revealed the change in the oxidation state of manganese. The effect of pH, adsorbent dose, and contact time is shown. XAS also showed that Mn-SWCNT material is principally composed of MnCl2, Mn2O3, MnO2, Mn3O4, and MnO in decreasing order with MnCl2 and Mn2O3 as major compounds.
KW - Local environment
KW - Single-walled carbon nanotubes
KW - Divalent manganese
KW - Adsorptive performance
KW - X-ray absorption spectroscopy
KW - Oxidation state
PY - 2025
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11696-025-04418-5
SN - 0366-6352
SP - 1
EP - 15
PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC
AN - OPUS4-64492
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Habibimarkani, Heydar
A1 - Abram, Sarah-Luise
A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
A1 - Prinz, Carsten
A1 - Sahre, Mario
A1 - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan
A1 - Radnik, Jörg
T1 - In-depth analysis of FeNi-based nanoparticles for the oxygen evolution reaction
N2 - This study investigates the effect of varying iron-to-nickel ratios on the catalytic performance of Fe-Ni oxide nanoparticles (NPs) for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Addressing the issue of high energy wastage due to large overpotentials in OER, we synthesized and characterized different NP catalysts with different Fe: Ni oxide ratios. Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS), and X-ray Diffraction (XRD) were employed to determine the morphology, elemental and phase composition of the NPs. Furthermore, in-depth profiling with X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) and Hard X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (HAXPES) revealed that iron predominantly exists as oxide, while nickel exhibits both metallic and oxidic forms depending on the Fe content. XPS indicated an enrichment of iron at the NP surface, whereas HAXPES and EDS data agreed on the bulk stoichiometry. The assessment of the catalytic activity via cyclic voltammetry (CV) showed that the Fe: Ni ratio of 2:3 exhibited superior performance, characterized by lower overpotential and a smaller Tafel slope.
KW - Fe-Ni oxide
KW - Nanoparticles
KW - OER
KW - Catalytic performance
KW - Cyclic voltammetry
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-626932
UR - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-92720-3
DO - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-92720-3
VL - 15
IS - 1
SP - 1
EP - 17
PB - Springer Nature
AN - OPUS4-62693
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Madbouly, Loay Akmal
A1 - Sturm, Heinz
A1 - Doolin, Alexander
A1 - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan
A1 - Radnik, Jörg
T1 - Chemical Analysis of Commercial Functionalized Graphene Nanoplatelets along the Production Process with Raman Spectroscopy and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
N2 - Commercial applications increasingly rely on functionalized graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) supplied as powders, aqueous suspensions, and printable inks, yet their process−structure−property relationships across the production chain remain to be fully mapped. Here we apply a correlative Raman spectroscopy (Raman) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) workflow to nine independent industrial graphene batches spanning three surface chemistries, raw (R), fluorinated (F), and nitrogen-functionalized (N), in all three physical forms which are powders, suspensions, and inks.
Raman mapping (with a 532 nm excitation laser) showed that I2D/IG is highest for N samples and lowest for R-ink. A 2D-vs-G correlation places all samples on a trajectory parallel to the pure-doping vector, which can correlate to holes in the graphene lattice. The mean point-defect spacing is LD = 8.4−10.0 nm. High-resolution XPS resolves the accompanying chemical changes: F-powder exhibits distinct C−F (289 eV), C−F2 (292 eV), and C−F3 (293 eV) components and loses roughly half its F content upon dispersion in deionized water or ink formulation; inks of all chemistries show a pronounced O−C=O peak near 289−290 eV originated from the ink compounds. N-functionalized samples showed a prominent C−N (285.5 eV) only for the ink formulated N-functionalized sample. This study establishes a process-aware blueprint linking the functionalization route and formulation step to lattice disorder and surface chemistry, offering transferable quality-control metrics for graphene supply chains in industrial products/applications such as coatings, storage devices, and printed electronics.
KW - Functionalized graphene
KW - Raman Spectroscopy
KW - XPS
KW - Chemical analysis
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-652548
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c06820
SN - 1932-7447
VL - 129
IS - 50
SP - 22033
EP - 22040
PB - American Chemical Society (ACS)
AN - OPUS4-65254
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Falkenhagen, Jana
A1 - Dalgic, Mete-Sungur
A1 - Weidner, Steffen
T1 - Quantitative MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry of Star-Shaped Polylactides Based on Chromatographic Hyphenation
N2 - The end groups of three- and four-arm star-shaped polylactides (PLA) with trimethylolpropane and pentaerythritol core structures were functionalized with acetic acid. Reaction products with different degrees of functionalization were analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry. Additional gradient elution liquid adsorption chromatography (GELAC) measurements were performed to determine the degree of functionalization. This technique enabled clear separation and sufficient quantification of the formed species. These chromatographic data could be used inversely to quantify mass spectrometric results, which are usually biased by the unknown ionization probabilities of different polymer end group structures. Our results showed that, in this particular case, the peak intensity in the MALDITOF mass spectra can be used to semiquantitatively determine the degree of functionalization in incompletely functionalized multiarm PLA.
KW - Polylactides
KW - MALDI-TOF-MS
KW - Gradient elution liquid adsorption chromatography
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-625292
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/jasms.4c00491
SN - 1879-1123
SP - 1
EP - 9
PB - American Chemical Society (ACS)
AN - OPUS4-62529
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Wagner, Jan
A1 - Dudziak, Mateusz
A1 - Falkenhagen, Jana
A1 - Rockel, Daniel
A1 - Reimann, H.-A
A1 - Schartel, Bernhard
T1 - This is the way: An evidence based route to phytic-acid–based flame retardant poly(lactide acid)
N2 - A systematic sequence of materials was investigated to develop phytic-acid (Phyt)–based flame retarded poly (lactide acid) (PLA), while factoring in molecular weight (MW), crystallinity and mechanical properties. Synergistic approaches were developed based on combinations with lignin and expandable graphite (EG), as well as by applying different Phyt salts of melamine (Mel), piperazine (Pip), and arginine (Arg). Compounds were twin screw extruded, injection molded, hot pressed and investigated with thermal analysis, size exclusion chromatography, infrared spectroscopy, tensile testing, limited oxygen index (LOI), UL 94, cone calorimeter, and scanning electron microscope. 16.7 wt.% flame retardant (FR) slightly enhances crystallization while MW remains unchanged in PLA Phyt Arg and PLA Phyt Mel. LOI was improved to 43.7 vol.% for PLA Phyt Arg, UL 94 V0 achieved for PLA Phyt Pip. Cone calorimeter results show total heat evolved reduced by 14 %, maximum average rate of heat emission 43 % lower, and peak heat release rate reduced by 50 % for PLA Phyt Mel. Phyt Mel combined with EG increased the char yield of PLA to 20 wt.% and 15.5 wt.% at 600 and 900 ◦C, respectively. Phyt is exploited to enhance char yield, stabilize the intumescent char, and lower the apparent effective heat of combustion. The combination of Phyt Mel and EG was proposed as an efficient FR for PLA via an evidence based developing route.
KW - Polylactide acid
KW - Intumescent flame retardant
KW - Phosphorous flame retardant
KW - Phytic acid
KW - Expandable graphite
KW - Melamine
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-626395
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2025.111242
SN - 1873-2321
SN - 0141-3910
VL - 234
SP - 1
EP - 14
PB - Elsevier Ltd.
AN - OPUS4-62639
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Atila, Achraf
A1 - Bakhouch, Yasser
A1 - Xie, Zhuocheng
T1 - Revealing the void-size distribution of silica glass using persistent homology
N2 - Oxide glasses have proven to be useful across a wide range of technological applications. Nevertheless, their medium-range structure has remained elusive. Previous studies focused on ring statistics as a metric of the medium-range structure, but this metric provides an incomplete picture of the glassy structure. Here, we use atomistic simulations and state-of-the-art topological analysis tools, namely persistent homology (PH), to analyze the medium-range structure of the archetypal oxide glass (Silica) at ambient temperatures and with varying pressures. PH presents an unbiased definition of loops and voids, providing an advantage over other methods for studying the structure and topology of complex materials, such as glasses, across multiple length scales. We captured subtle topological transitions in medium-range order and cavity distributions, providing new insights into glass structure. Our work provides a robust way for extracting the void distribution of oxide glasses based on PH.
KW - Medium-range
KW - Voids
KW - Topology
KW - Silica glass
KW - Atomistic simulations
KW - Persistent homology
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-655690
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2025.102613
VL - 44
SP - 1
EP - 11
PB - Elsevier Inc.
AN - OPUS4-65569
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Hachet, G.
A1 - Wei, S.
A1 - Tehranchi, Ali
A1 - Dong, X.
A1 - Lestang, J.
A1 - Zhang, A.
A1 - Sun, B.
A1 - Zaefferer, S.
A1 - Gault, B.
A1 - Ponge, D.
A1 - Raabe, D.
ED - Tehranchi, Ali
T1 - Protection of metal interfaces against hydrogen-assisted cracking
N2 - Enabling a hydrogen economy requires the development of materials resistant to hydrogen embrittlement (HE). More than 100 years of research have led to several mechanisms and models describing how hydrogen interacts with lattice defects and leads to mechanical property degradation. However, solutions to protect materials from hydrogen are still scarce. Here, we investigate the role of interstitial solutes in protecting critical crystalline defects sensitive to hydrogen. Ab initio calculations show that boron and carbon in solid solutions at grain boundaries can efficiently prevent hydrogen segregation. We then realized this interface protection concept on martensitic steel, a material strongly prone to HE, by doping the most sensitive interfaces with different concentrations of boron and carbon. These segregations, in addition to stress relaxations, critically reduce the hydrogen ingress by half, leading to an unprecedented resistance against HE. This tailored interstitial segregation strategy can be extended to other metallic materials susceptible to hydrogen-induced interfacial failure.
KW - Hydrogen embrittlement
KW - interstitial
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-650881
DO - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67310-6
SN - 2041-1723
VL - 16
IS - 1
SP - 1
EP - 11
PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC
AN - OPUS4-65088
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Recknagel, Sebastian
A1 - Richter, Silke
A1 - Hoppe, Marion
A1 - Meckelburg, Angela
A1 - Prinz, Carsten
A1 - Roik, Janina
A1 - Abad Andrade, Carlos Enrique
T1 - Powering precision: development of a certified reference material for elemental composition analysis of lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (Li-NMC) cathode material for lithium-ion batteries
N2 - This work presents the development and certification of the world’s first certified reference material (CRM), BAM-S014, for a lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (LiNi0.33Mn0.33Co0.33O2 or Li-NMC 111) cathode material—an integral component in high-energy-density lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles (EVs), portable electronics, and stationary energy storage systems. By providing certified mass fractions for 11 elements, this CRM addresses a critical need for accurate and traceable elemental analysis, supporting quality control and regulatory compliance in the global battery industry. Ensuring reliable and harmonized measurements supports the efficient use of resources, including the reuse of recycled materials, and ultimately helps maintain product performance and safety. The values were assigned through an interlaboratory comparison involving 16 participating laboratories and various analytical techniques such as inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry, and combustion analysis. In addition to chemical characterization, the certification process includes homogeneity and stability testing of the candidate material. Details are provided on the analytical methods used for chemical characterization and the calculation of the uncertainties of the certified mass fractions. In addition to detailing the development of the CRMs, this work provides an overview of ongoing standardization activities in Li-component analysis, thereby guiding the calibration of analytical methods and contributing to the establishment of globally accepted standards for evaluating energy storage materials and advancing sustainable mobility and clean energy solutions.
KW - Certified reference material
KW - Lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide
KW - LNMC
KW - Lithium-ion battery
KW - Cathode material
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-643763
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-025-05766-7
SN - 1618-2642
VL - 417
IS - 12
SP - 2643
EP - 2653
PB - Springer Nature
AN - OPUS4-64376
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Mohabbat, Abdulrahman
A1 - Boldog, István
A1 - Reistel, Nils
A1 - de Sousa Amadeu, Nader
A1 - Möllmer, Jens
A1 - Lange, Marcus
A1 - Limon, Aysenur
A1 - Seiffert, Philipp
A1 - Michalski, Julia
A1 - Janiak, Christoph
T1 - P4O10-mediated synthesis of polar polyphosphoric acid-covalent triazine framework composites from aromatic amides for improved water and SO2 sorption
N2 - Polycondensation of various aromatic amides in P4O10 at 400 8C yields covalent triazine frameworks intergrown with a polyphosphoric acid framework (POF-CTFs). Compared to ionothermal analogs, they feature a shorter reaction time and strongly increased framework polarity for water and SO2 uptake, and SO2/CO2
selectivity
KW - COF
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-644208
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc03419a
SN - 1359-7345
SP - 1
EP - 4
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
AN - OPUS4-64420
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Kossatz, Philipp
A1 - Mezhov, Alexander
A1 - Andresen, Elina
A1 - Prinz, Carsten
A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram
A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute
T1 - Assessing the Applicability of Lanthanide-Based Upconverting Nanoparticles for Optically Monitoring Cement Hydration and Tagging Building Materials
N2 - Chemically stable, lanthanide-based photon upconversion micro- and nanoparticles (UCNPs) with their characteristic multicolor emission bands in the ultraviolet (UV), visible (vis), near-infrared (NIR), and short-wave infrared (SWIR) arepromising optical reporters and barcoding tags. To assess the applicability of UCNPs for the monitoring of early stage cement hydration processes and as authentication tags for cementitious materials, we screened the evolution of the luminescence of Selfmade core-only NaYF4:Yb,Er UCNPs and commercial μm-sized Y2O2S:Yb,Er particles during the first stages of cement hydration, which largely determines the future properties of the hardened material. Parameters explored from the UCNP side included particle size, morphology, surface chemistry or coating, luminescence properties, and concentration in different cement mixtures. From the cement side, the influence of the mineral composition of the cement matrix was representatively examined for ordinary Portland cement (OPC) and its constituents tricalcium aluminate (C3A), tricalcium silicate (C3S), and gypsum at different water to cement ratios. Based on reflection and luminescence measurements, enabling online monitoring, which were complemented by XRD and isothermal heat-flow calorimetric measurements to determine whether the incorporation of these particles could impair cement hydration processes, well suited lanthanide particle reporters could be identified as well as application conditions. In addition, thereby the reporter influence on cement hydration kinetics could be minimized while still preserving a high level of information content. The best performance for the luminescence probing of changes during early stage cement hydration processes was observed for 25 nm-sized oleate (OA)-coated UCNPs added in a concentration of 0.1 wt %. Higher UCNP amounts of 1.0 wt % delayed cement hydration processes size- and surface coatingspecifically in the first 24 h. Subsequent luminescence stability screening studies performed over a period of about one year support the applicability of UCNPs as optical authentication tags for construction materials.
KW - Quality assurance
KW - Fluorescence
KW - Nano
KW - Particle
KW - Synthesis
KW - Quantum yield
KW - NIR
KW - Mechanism
KW - Characterization
KW - XRD
KW - Calorimetry
KW - Advanced material
KW - Cement
KW - Monitoring
KW - Surface
KW - Size
KW - Lifetime
KW - Barcode
KW - Lanthanide
KW - Upconversion
KW - Encoding
KW - Method
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-638318
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.5c02236
SN - 2470-1343
VL - 10
IS - 29
SP - 31587
EP - 31599
PB - ACS Publications
CY - Washington, DC
AN - OPUS4-63831
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Radnik, Jörg
A1 - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan
T1 - Reliable physico–chemical characterisation of graphene-related and other 2D materials: present and future
N2 - In the path of commercialisation of graphene-related and other 2D materials the consolidation has begun. In this phase, it is important to build trust between the individual partners in the product value chain. This requires trustworthy statements based on reliable and reproducible material characterisation. The first steps have been taken to measure graphene and other related 2D materials (GR2Ms) under well-defined conditions. Measurands and protocols for key methods were made available for this purpose. But there are still some challenges to overcome such as (i) reference materials, (ii) reference data, (iii) reproducibility throughout the workflow, (iv) credible structure-activity relationships, bringing the standards to (v) the factory floor and to (vi) real-word products. In addition, 2D materials beyond graphene should also be considered exploiting the knowledge gained from the characterisation of GR2M.
KW - 2D Materials
KW - Commercialisation
KW - Standardisation
KW - Trust
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-638122
DO - https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/aded9d
SN - 2053-1583
VL - 12
IS - 4
SP - 1
EP - 8
PB - IOP Publishing
AN - OPUS4-63812
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Wolf, M. E.
A1 - Vickery, W. M.
A1 - Swift-Ramirez, W.
A1 - Arnold, A. M.
A1 - Orlando, J. D.
A1 - Schmidt, S. J.
A1 - Liu, Y.
A1 - Er, Jasmin
A1 - Schusterbauer, Robert
A1 - Ahmed, R.
A1 - Nickl, Philip
A1 - Radnik, Jörg
A1 - Donskyi, Ievgen
A1 - Sydlik, S. A.
T1 - The Mitsunobu reaction for the gentle covalent attachment of biomolecules to graphene oxide
N2 - Graphene oxide (GO) has emerged as a promising biomaterial as it is easily and cheaply synthesized, strong, cytocompatible, osteoinductive, and has a well-characterized aqueous degradation pathway. It is also a great substrate for functionalization with biomolecules such as proteins, peptides, and small molecules that can enhance or add bioactivity. Covalent chemical linkages as opposed to typical noncovalent association methods are preferable so that the biomolecules do not quickly diffuse away or face replacement by other proteins, which is critical in long time scale applications like bone regeneration. However, covalent chemistry tends to carry a drawback of harsh reaction conditions that can damage the structure, conformation, and therefore function of a delicate biomolecule like a protein. Here, the Mitsunobu reaction is introduced as a novel method of covalently attaching proteins to graphene oxide. It features gentle reaction conditions and has the added benefit of utilizing the plentiful basal plane alcohol functionalities on graphene oxide, allowing for high yield protein functionalization. The amino acid Glycine (G), the protein bovine serum albumin (BSA), and the small molecule SVAK-12 are utilized to create the three Mitsunobu Graphene (MG) materials G-MG, BSA-MG, and SVAK-MG that demonstrate the wide applicability of this functionalization method.
KW - Graphene oxide
KW - Mitsunobu reaction
KW - Covalent attachment
KW - Bovine serum albumin
KW - Macrophage polarization
KW - Osteogenesis
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-630483
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120221
VL - 238
SP - 1
EP - 15
PB - Elsevier Ltd.
AN - OPUS4-63048
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Chemello, Giovanni
A1 - Radnik, Jörg
A1 - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan
T1 - XPS–SEM/EDS Tandem Analysis for the Elemental Composition of Functionalized Graphene Nanoplatelets
N2 - Over the past decade, energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS) with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) has advanced to enable the accurate analysis of light elements such as C, N, or O. For this reason, EDS is becoming increasingly interesting as an analytical method for the elemental analysis of functionalized graphene and could be an attractive alternative to Xray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), which is considered the most important method for elemental analysis. In this study, comparative XPS and EDS investigations under different excitation conditions are carried out on commercially available powders containing graphene particles with different morphologies. The slightly different XPS/HAXPES and EDS results can be explained by the different information depths of the methods and the functionalization of the particle surfaces. For the material with smaller graphene particles and higher O/C ratios, all methods reported a lower O/C ratio in pellets compared with the unpressed powder samples. This clearly shows that sample preparation has a significant influence on the quantification results, especially for such a type of morphology. Overall, the study demonstrates that EDS is a reliable and fast alternative to XPS for the elemental quantification of functionalized graphene particles, provided that differences in the information depth are taken into account. Particle morphology can be examined in parallel with quantitative element analysis, since EDS spectrometers are typically coupled with SEM, which are available in a huge number of analytical laboratories.
KW - Graphene oxide
KW - SEM/EDS
KW - XPS/HAXPES
KW - Elemental composition
KW - Functionalization
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-647294
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.5c07830
SN - 2470-1343
SP - 1
EP - 7
PB - American Chemical Society (ACS)
AN - OPUS4-64729
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Al-Waqfi, R. A.
A1 - Khan, C. J.
A1 - Irving, O. J.
A1 - Matthews, Lauren
A1 - Albrecht, T.
T1 - Crowding Effects during DNA Translocation in Nanopipettes
N2 - Quartz nanopipettes are an important emerging class of electric single-molecule sensors for DNA, proteins, their complexes, as well as other biomolecular targets. However, in comparison to other resistive pulse sensors, nanopipettes constitute a highly asymmetric environment and the transport of ions and biopolymers can become strongly directiondependent. For double-stranded DNA, this can include the characteristic translocation time and tertiary structure, but as we show here, nanoconfinement can also unlock capabilities for biophysical and bioanalytical studies at the single-molecule level. To this end, we show how the accumulation of DNA inside the nanochannel leads to crowding effects, and in some cases reversible blocking of DNA entry, and provide a detailed analysis based on a range of different DNA samples and experimental conditions. Moreover, using biotin-functionalized DNA and streptavidinmodified gold nanoparticles as target, we demonstrate in a proof-of-concept study how the crowding effect, and the resulting increased residence time in nanochannel, can be exploited by first injecting the DNA into the nanochannel, followed by incubation with the nanoparticle target and analysis of the complex by reverse translocation. We thereby integrate elements of sample processing and detection into the nanopipette, as an important conceptual advance, and make a case for the wider applicability of this device concept.
KW - DNA translocation
KW - Transport
KW - Resistive-pulse sensing
KW - Nanopores
KW - Nanopipettes
KW - Crowding
KW - Confinement
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-630448
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c01529
SN - 1936-086X
VL - 19
IS - 17
SP - 1
EP - 9
PB - ACS Publications
AN - OPUS4-63044
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Silbernagl, Dorothee
A1 - Kömmling, Anja
A1 - Zaghdoudi, Maha
A1 - Ghasem Zadeh Khorasani, Media
A1 - Jaunich, Matthias
T1 - Data-driven nanomechanical study of filled fluoroelastomer aged in air and hydrogen atmosphere
N2 - Fluoroelastomer (FKM) composites are typically used as sealing materials in challenging non-ambient environments. Depending on the environment, two main aging mechanisms, chemical aging, and physical aging, can be identified. Chemical aging, the degradation of the elastomer, is present for example in thermal-oxidative conditions and can be directly observed as it affects the bulk. Physical aging, relaxation and rearrangement of the elastomers segmental conformation is commonly observed at elevated temperatures and effects predominantly the elastomer interphase. As a highly localized nanoscopic effect it is usually observed indirectly by phenomological approaches and not systematically understood. In this study, as a typical example for chemical aging, filled FKM was aged in air (150°C, 100 days). Physical aging of FKM was realized by exposure to chemically inert H2 (150°C, 50 bar, 100 days), since temperature and gas-induced swelling is known to promote physical aging. The effects of both conditions are directly compared with the initial unaged material. We use atomic force microscopy (AFM) force spectroscopy as a method to resolve nanoscopic heterogeneous FKM. With this method the effect of aging on the spatially distinguishable material phases was directly observed. In thermal oxidative aged FKM the matrix shows a decrease in van der Waals interactions and stiffness, indicating dehydrofluorination and chain scission. In H2 aged FKM, the development of an immobilized amorphous interphase (IAP) was observed, indicating physical aging. By additionally evaluating a larger data set with supervised machine learning, these observations were validated for a larger, statistically representative sample area, allowing conclusions to be drawn about the macroscopic behaviour of the material.
KW - Fluoroelastomer
KW - Atomic force microscopy
KW - Data-driven
KW - Hydrogen
KW - Ageing mechanism
KW - Physical aging
KW - Polymer interphase
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-648154
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2025.111715
SN - 0141-3910
VL - 242
SP - 1
EP - 10
PB - Elsevier Ltd.
CY - Amsterdam
AN - OPUS4-64815
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Cosimi, Andrea
A1 - Stöbener, Daniel D.
A1 - Nickl, Philip
A1 - Schusterbauer, Robert
A1 - Donskyi, Ievgen
A1 - Weinhart, Marie
T1 - Interfacial nanoengineering of hydrogel surfaces via block copolymer self-assembly
N2 - Synthetic polymer hydrogels are valuable matrices for biotransformations, drug delivery, and soft implants. While the bulk properties of hydrogels depend on chemical composition and network structure, the critical role of interfacial features is often underestimated. This work presents a nanoscale modification of the gel−water interface using polymer brushes via a straightforward “grafting-to” strategy, offering an alternative to more cumbersome “grafting-from” approaches. Functional block copolymers with photoreactive anchor blocks are successfully self-assembled and UV-immobilized on hydrogel substrates despite their low solid content (<30 wt %). This versatile technique works on both bulk- and surface-immobilized hydrogels, demonstrated on poly(hydroxypropyl acrylate), poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), and alginate gels, allowing precise control over grafting density. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry revealed a homogeneous bilayered architecture. By “brushing-up”, the hydrogels’ interface can be tailored to enhance protein adsorption, improve cell adhesion, or impair the diffusive uptake of small molecules into the bulk gels. This effective interfacial nanoengineering method is broadly applicable for enhancing hydrogel performance across a wide range of applications.
KW - Brushing-up
KW - Benzophenone
KW - LCTS-type polymer
KW - Poly(glycidyl ether) (PGE)
KW - Fibroblast adhesion
KW - XPS
KW - ToF-SIMS
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-652966
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c18632
SN - 1944-8244
VL - 17
IS - 6
SP - 10073
EP - 10086
PB - American Chemical Society (ACS)
CY - Washington, DC
AN - OPUS4-65296
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Habibimarkani, Heydar
A1 - Radnik, Jörg
A1 - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan
A1 - John, Elisabeth
T1 - Probing Surface Changes in Fe–Ni Oxide Nanocatalysts with a ToF-SIMS-Coupled Electrochemistry Setup and Principal Component Analysis
N2 - Understanding catalyst surface dynamics under operating conditions is essential for improving electrocatalytic performance. Here, we present a novel approach combining electrochemical treatment with contamination-free transfer to Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS), followed by principal component analysis (PCA), to probe surface and interfacial changes in Ni–Fe oxide nanoparticles stabilized by polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) during the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). The surface analysis at three distinct treatment stages revealed distinct chemical fingerprints across pristine nanoparticles, after exposure to 1 M KOH electrolyte, and after cyclic voltammetry treatment. The results highlight a progressive transition from ligand-rich to ligand-depleted interfaces, with PVP-related fragments dominant in the early stages and metal- and electrolyte-derived species emerging after activation. Complementary ToF-SIMS analysis of electrolyte deposited on Si wafers after each treatment step confirms the concurrent leaching of PVP and Fe–Ni-based fragments during OER. These findings underscore the dynamic nature of catalyst–electrolyte interfaces and demonstrate a robust strategy for monitoring surface-sensitive chemical changes associated with the nanoparticles, especially during the initial cycles of the OER.
KW - Fe-Ni oxide
KW - Nanocatalysts
KW - ToF-SIMS
KW - Electrochemistry
KW - PCA (principal component analysis)
KW - OER
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-652667
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.5c03894
SN - 0003-2700
SP - 1
EP - 8
PB - American Chemical Society (ACS)
AN - OPUS4-65266
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Martínez, E.
A1 - Lejeune, N.
A1 - Frechilla, J.
A1 - Porta-Velilla, L.
A1 - Forneau, E.
A1 - Angurel, L. A.
A1 - de la Fuente, G. F.
A1 - Bonse, Jörn
A1 - Silhanek, A. V.
A1 - Badía-Majós, A.
T1 - Laser engineered architectures for magnetic flux manipulation on superconducting Nb thin films
N2 - Custom shaped magnetic flux guiding channels have been fabricated on superconducting Nb thin films by laser nanopatterning of their surface. Preferential pathways are defined by suitable combination of imprinted anisotropic pinning domains through laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS). Generated by the selective energy deposition of femtosecond UV laser pulses, quasi-parallel ripple structures are formed under optimized irradiation conditions. On average, each domain is formed by grooves with a lateral period of 260–270 nm and a depth about 80 nm. By combination of scanning and transmission electron microscopy, magneto-optical imaging, and conductive atomic force microscopy techniques, we conclude that the boundaries of the LIPSS-covered domains play a prominent role in the magnetic flux diversion process within the film. This is confirmed by dedicated modeling of the flux dynamics, combined with the inversion of the magneto-optical signal. The created metasurfaces enable control of the flux penetration process at the microscale.
KW - Laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS)
KW - Magnetic flux
KW - Magneto-optical imaging (MOI)
KW - Critical current density
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-611243
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169433224019287
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2024.161214
SN - 1873-5584 (Online)
SN - 0169-4332 (Print)
VL - 679
SP - 1
EP - 12
PB - Elsevier
AN - OPUS4-61124
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Wonneberger, R.
A1 - Gräf, S.
A1 - Bonse, Jörn
A1 - Wisniewski, W.
A1 - Freiberg, K.
A1 - Hafermann, M.
A1 - Ronning, C.
A1 - Müller, F. A.
A1 - Undisz, A.
T1 - Tracing the Formation of Femtosecond Laser-Induced Periodic Surface Structures (LIPSS) by Implanted Markers
N2 - The generation of laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) using femtosecond lasers facilitates the engineering of material surfaces with tailored functional properties. Numerous aspects of their complex formation process are still under debate, despite intensive theoretical and experimental research in recent decades. This particularly concerns the challenge of verifying approaches based on electromagnetic effects or hydrodynamic processes by experiment. In the present study, a marker experiment is designed to conclude on the formation of LIPSS. Well-defined concentration depth profiles of 55Mn+- and 14N+-ions were generated below the polished surface of a cast Mn- and Si-free stainless steel AISI 316L using ion implantation. Before and after LIPSS generation, marker concentration depth profiles and the sample microstructure were evaluated by using transmission electron microscopy techniques. It is shown that LIPSS predominantly formed by material removal through locally varying ablation. Local melting and resolidification with the redistribution of the material occurred to a lesser extent. The experimental design gives quantitative access to the modulation depth with a nanometer resolution and is a promising approach for broader studies of the interactions of laser beams and material surfaces. Tracing LIPSS formation enables to unambiguously identify governing aspects, consequently guiding the path to improved processing regarding reproducibility, periodicity, and alignment.
KW - Laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS)
KW - Femtosecond laser processing
KW - Ion implantation
KW - Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)
KW - Stainless steel
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-623990
DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c14777
SN - 1944-8244 (Print)
SN - 1944-8252 (Online)
VL - 17
IS - 1
SP - 2462
EP - 2468
PB - ACS Publications
AN - OPUS4-62399
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Chemello, Giovanni
A1 - Despotelis, Konstantinos
A1 - Paton, Keith
A1 - Clifford, Charles A
A1 - Pollard, Andrew
A1 - Radnik, Jörg
A1 - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan
T1 - Approaches for the measurement of lateral dimensions of graphene oxide flakes using scanning electron microscopy
N2 - There is a practical need, especially from the industrial community, to accurately measure the size and shape of graphene oxide (GO) flakes of commercial origin, in a reliable, simple, and unambiguous way. The sample preparation is a decisive step to obtain a homogeneous distribution of flakes on a substrate, which is suitable for image analysis. A certain level of inhomogeneity was still found but could be accepted for the purpose of this lateral size measurement study. A measurement procedure for Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) including sample preparation, measurement, image analysis and reporting was developed and validated to be applied for the lateral size analysis of “real-world” 2D flakes. Samples were produced for analysis by drop casting GO dispersions onto Si/SiO2 substrates. After SEM imaging, the images were analysed using two approaches to derive size and shape parameters. The influence of different operators has been evaluated. A maximum difference of 10% for the size descriptor and 2% for shape descriptor was found for both image analysis approaches when different samples of the same source material are measured and analysed by the same operator, hence indicating variability caused by sample preparation and analysing different sample areas. When different laboratories/operators perform the image analysis on exactly the same images and same flakes, the deviation found for the size descriptor is 2% and 4.6% corresponding to the two approaches applied, while no difference in the shape descriptor is observed.
KW - Graphene oxide
KW - SEM
KW - Lateral dimension
KW - Standardisation
KW - Imaging
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-625070
DO - https://doi.org/10.1088/2632-959X/adae28
VL - 6
IS - 1
SP - 1
EP - 11
PB - IOP Publishing
AN - OPUS4-62507
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Madbouly, Loay Akmal
A1 - Mrkwitschka, Paul
A1 - Stockmann, Jörg Manfred
A1 - Jones, Elliot
A1 - Radnik, Jörg
A1 - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan
T1 - Comparative Elemental Analysis of Commercial Functionalized Graphene Nanoplatelets Along the Production Chain With X‐Ray Photoelectron and Energy‐Dispersive X‐Ray Spectroscopy
N2 - Graphene has been commercialized for over a decade, primarily in the form of suspensions and inks. In this study, we investigate the properties of graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) and their functionalized derivatives, incorporating fluorine or nitrogen as functional groups (FG). The analysis was conducted on three forms, that is, powders, suspensions, and inks, using X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy‐dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy (EDX). The objective of this work is to establish a rapid and comprehensive systematic approach for elemental analysis of commercial functionalized graphene, which can be used for quality control. Functionalization is employed to tailor the material's physical and chemical properties. In our study, graphene samples, functionalized with fluorine or ammonia in a plasma reactor, were investigated. Both XPS and EDX were applicable for all three forms and showed, in general, similar trends between the three forms, so that both XPS and EDX can be used for quality control of GNPs along the production chain.
KW - Commercial graphene
KW - Functionalized graphene
KW - Graphene inks
KW - SEM/EDS
KW - XPS
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-625752
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/sia.7386
SN - 1096-9918
SP - 1
EP - 7
PB - Wiley
AN - OPUS4-62575
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - John, Elisabeth
A1 - Weise, Matthias
A1 - Radnik, Jörg
A1 - Stockmann, Jörg Manfred
A1 - Lange, Thorid
A1 - Sahre, Mario
A1 - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan
T1 - Towards a New Reference Material—Analytical Challenges in Examining High-Entropy Alloy Thin Films
N2 - A new high-entropy alloy (HEA) consisting of titanium, chromium, manganese, iron, and nickel was deposited as a thin-film on silicon substrates using magnetron sputtering from a novel segmented target composed of metal stripes. This material was explored with the goal to create a new reference material for surface analysis and evaluation of complex composite materials. The film's morphology was initially characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), followed by crystallographic analysis using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and selected area electron diffraction (SAED). The two-dimensional compositional homogeneity was assessed using a combination of scanning and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) with energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The in-depth chemical composition was further analysed using ToF-SIMS and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES). Our findings demonstrate that it is possible to produce thin HEA films with a homogeneous in-depth composition from a segmented target. Notably, despite the fixed composition of the target, we were able to vary the HEA's composition by exploiting inhomogeneities within the magnetrons sputter plasma. Additionally, we successfully created HEA films with significant compositional gradients.
T2 - ECASIA
CY - Gothenburg, Sweden
DA - 10.06.2024
KW - Reference material
KW - High-entropy alloy
KW - Thin-films
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-625777
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/sia.7387
SN - 1096-9918
SP - 1
EP - 8
PB - Wiley
AN - OPUS4-62577
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Dumit, Verónica I.
A1 - Furxhi, Irini
A1 - Nymark, Penny
A1 - Afantitis, Antreas
A1 - Ammar, Ammar
A1 - Amorim, Monica J. B.
A1 - Antunes, Dalila
A1 - Avramova, Svetlana
A1 - Battistelli, Chiara L.
A1 - Basei, Gianpietro
A1 - Bossa, Cecilia
A1 - Cimpan, Emil
A1 - Cimpan, Mihaela Roxana
A1 - Ciornii, Dmitri
A1 - Costa, Anna
A1 - Delpivo, Camilla
A1 - Dusinska, Maria
A1 - Fonseca, Ana Sofia
A1 - Friedrichs, Steffi
A1 - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan
A1 - Hristozov, Danail
A1 - Isigonis, Panagiotis
A1 - Jeliazkova, Nina
A1 - Kochev, Nikolay
A1 - Kranjc, Eva
A1 - Maier, Dieter
A1 - Melagraki, Georgia
A1 - Papadiamantis, Anastasios G.
A1 - Puzyn, Tomasz
A1 - Rauscher, Hubert
A1 - Reilly, Katie
A1 - Jiménez, Araceli Sánchez
A1 - Scott‐Fordsmand, Janeck J.
A1 - Shandilya, Neeraj
A1 - Shin, Hyun Kil
A1 - Tancheva, Gergana
A1 - van Rijn, Jeaphianne P. M.
A1 - Willighagen, Egon L.
A1 - Wyrzykowska, Ewelina
A1 - Bakker, Martine I.
A1 - Drobne, Damjana
A1 - Exner, Thomas E.
A1 - Himly, Martin
A1 - Lynch, Iseult
T1 - Challenges and Future Directions in Assessing the Quality and Completeness of Advanced Materials Safety Data for Re‐Usability: A Position Paper From the Nanosafety Community
N2 - Ensuring data quality, completeness, and interoperability is crucial for progressing safety research, Safe‐and‐Sustainable‐by‐Design approaches, and regulatory approval of nanoscale and advanced materials. While the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Re‐usable) principles aim to promote data re‐use, they do not address data quality, essential for data re‐use for advancing sustainable and safe innovation. Effective quality assurance procedures require (meta)data to conform to community‐agreed standards. Nanosafety data offer a key reference point for developing best practices in data management for advanced materials, as their large‐scale generation coincided with the emergence of dedicated data quality criteria and concepts such as FAIR data. This work highlights frameworks, methodologies, and tools that address the challenges associated with the multidisciplinary nature of nanomaterial safety data. Existing approaches to evaluating the reliability, relevance, and completeness of data are considered in light of their potential for integration into harmonized standards and adaptation to advance material requirements. The goal here is to emphasize the importance of automated tools to reduce manual labor in making (meta)data FAIR, enabling trusted data re‐use and fostering safer, more sustainable innovation of advanced materials. Awareness and prioritization of these challenges are critical for building robust data infrastructures.
KW - Advanced materials
KW - Safety data
KW - Re-usability
KW - Nanosafety
KW - SSbD
KW - FAIR
KW - Standardisation
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-652918
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/adsu.202500567
SN - 2366-7486
SP - 1
EP - 18
PB - Wiley-VCH
CY - Weinheim
AN - OPUS4-65291
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Ganose, Alex M.
A1 - Sahasrabuddhe, Hrushikesh
A1 - Asta, Mark
A1 - Beck, Kevin
A1 - Biswas, Tathagata
A1 - Bonkowski, Alexander
A1 - Bustamante, Joana
A1 - Chen, Xin
A1 - Chiang, Yuan
A1 - Chrzan, Daryl C.
A1 - Clary, Jacob
A1 - Cohen, Orion A.
A1 - Ertural, Christina
A1 - Gallant, Max C.
A1 - George, Janine
A1 - Gerits, Sophie
A1 - Goodall, Rhys E. A.
A1 - Guha, Rishabh D.
A1 - Hautier, Geoffroy
A1 - Horton, Matthew
A1 - Inizan, T. J.
A1 - Kaplan, Aaron D.
A1 - Kingsbury, Ryan S.
A1 - Kuner, Matthew C.
A1 - Li, Bryant
A1 - Linn, Xavier
A1 - McDermott, Matthew J.
A1 - Mohanakrishnan, Rohith Srinivaas
A1 - Naik, Aakash A.
A1 - Neaton, Jeffrey B.
A1 - Parmar, Shehan M.
A1 - Persson, Kristin A.
A1 - Petretto, Guido
A1 - Purcell, Thomas A. R.
A1 - Ricci, Francesco
A1 - Rich, Benjamin
A1 - Riebesell, Janosh
A1 - Rignanese, Gian-Marco
A1 - Rosen, Andrew S.
A1 - Scheffler, Matthias
A1 - Schmidt, Jonathan
A1 - Shen, Jimmy-Xuan
A1 - Sobolev, Andrei
A1 - Sundararaman, Ravishankar
A1 - Tezak, Cooper
A1 - Trinquet, Victor
A1 - Varley, Joel B.
A1 - Vigil-Fowler, Derek
A1 - Wang, Duo
A1 - Waroquiers, David
A1 - Wen, Mingjian
A1 - Yang, Han
A1 - Zheng, Hui
A1 - Zheng, Jiongzhi
A1 - Zhu, Zhuoying
A1 - Jain, Anubhav
T1 - Atomate2: Modular workflows for materials science
N2 - High-throughput density functional theory (DFT) calculations have become a vital element of computational materials science, enabling materials screening, property database generation, and training of “universal” machine learning models. While several software frameworks have emerged to support these computational efforts, new developments such as machine learned force fields have increased demands for more flexible and programmable workflow solutions. This manuscript introduces atomate2, a comprehensive evolution of our original atomate framework, designed to address existing limitations in computational materials research infrastructure. Key features include the support for multiple electronic structure packages and interoperability between them, along with generalizable workflows that can be written in an abstract form irrespective of the DFT package or machine learning force field used within them. Our hope is that atomate2's improved usability and extensibility can reduce technical barriers for high-throughput research workflows and facilitate the rapid adoption of emerging methods in computational material science.
KW - Automation
KW - Materials design
KW - DFT workflows
KW - Phonons
KW - Thermal conductivity
KW - Bonding analysis
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-635759
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d5dd00019j
SN - 2635-098X
SP - 1
EP - 30
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
CY - Cambridge
AN - OPUS4-63575
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Pessanha, Sofia
A1 - Fortes, António
A1 - Lopes, Marta B.
A1 - de Oliveira Guilherme Buzanich, Ana
A1 - Ortega-Feliu, Inés
A1 - Respaldiza, Miguel A.
A1 - Gomez Tubio, Blanca
A1 - Makarova, Anna
A1 - Smirnov, Dmitry
A1 - Kumar, Sourabh
A1 - Mata, António
A1 - Silveira, João
T1 - Multi-technique computational assessment of fluoride uptake in enamel using PIGE, NEXAFS, and Raman spectroscopy
N2 - This study explores F incorporation in enamel via PIGE, NEXAFS, and Raman spectroscopy, integrating experimental/simulated spectra. Machine Learning boosts data interpretation, offering key insights into F delivery for clinical application.
KW - Simulations
KW - Enamel
KW - Fuorine
KW - NEXAFS
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-631138
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/D5TB00213C
SN - 2050-750X
SP - 1
EP - 10
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
AN - OPUS4-63113
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Hallier, Dorothea C.
A1 - Radnik, Jörg
A1 - Dietrich, Paul M.
A1 - Seitz, Harald
A1 - Hahn, Marc Benjamin
T1 - Radiation damage to amino acids, peptides and DNA-binding proteins: the influence of water directly monitored by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
N2 - Ionizing radiation damage to biomolecules plays a crucial role in radiotherapy as a cancer treatment. Among these, DNA-binding proteins are of particular interest due to their pivotal roles in shielding DNA and facilitating its repair. Hence, in this study, we present first-ever recorded data of radiation damage to a protein monitored directly with near-ambient pressure (NAP) X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) under a water atmosphere. This surface sensitive technique was used to in situ damage and probe gene-V protein (G5P, a model DNA-binding protein) under wet NAP conditions and dry vacuum (UHV) conditions to determine the effect of water on the radiation response. In addition, the X-ray radiation damage to selected pure amino acids and short homopeptides was determined to better understand the variety of damage mechanisms within the complex protein. In dry samples, drastic chemical changes were detected in all biomolecules dominated by fragmentation processes. Here, the breakage of peptide
bonds in the peptides and the protein are dominant. Surprisingly, hydration – despite introducing additional indirect damage pathways via water radiolysis – led to a reduction in overall radiation damage. This behaviour was attributed to hydration-dependent changes in reaction rates and respective deexcitation and damaging channels within the molecules and secondary species such as low-energy (LEE), (pre)-hydrated/(pre)-solvated electrons and radical species such as hydroxyl radicals.
KW - Radiation damage
KW - (Near-ambient pressure) X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
KW - Ultra-high vacuum
PY - 2025
UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-647565
DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cp01887k
VL - 27
IS - 48
SP - 1
EP - 22
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry
AN - OPUS4-64756
LA - eng
AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany
ER -