TY - CONF A1 - Stajanca, Pavol A1 - Krebber, Katerina ED - Webb, D. J. ED - Scully, P. ED - Sugden, K. T1 - Radiation induced attenuation in perfluorinated polymer optical fibres for dosimetry applications N2 - Real-time measurement of radiation-induced attenuation (RIA) in a commercial perfluorinated polymer optical fibre (PF-POF) is performed with regard to on-line Radiation monitoring purposes. Spectral character and dose dependence of fibre’s RIA is measured in 450-900 nm spectral region. Fibre exhibited high radiation sensitivity in the visible region with strong increase towards the UV wavelengths. Good linearity and high sensitivity reaching up to 130 dBm-1/kGy was demonstrated in the VIS region for a low-dose range. This of-the-shelf PF-POF could be therefore interesting for on-line remote dosimetry applications. T2 - POF 2016: 25th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibres CY - Birmingham, UK DA - 13.09.2016 KW - Perfluorinated polymer optical fibers KW - Gamma radiation monitoring KW - Radiation induced attenuation PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-403221 SN - 978-1-85449-408-5 SP - 167 EP - 170 CY - Birmingham AN - OPUS4-40322 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Maiwald, Michael A1 - Sperling, M. A1 - Huber, C. A1 - Hayen, H. A1 - Teutenberg, T. A1 - Belder, D. A1 - Karst, U. A1 - Hagenhoff, B. A1 - Vogel, M. T1 - Prozessanalytik: Spektroskopie und Miniaturisierung N2 - Forderungen nach höherer Geschwindigkeit und die Komplexität der Fragen geben der analytischen Chemie neue Impulse. So nutzt die Prozessanalytik gepulste Ramanspektrometer, die Elemente Arsen und Quecksilber dominieren die Forschung in der Speziesanalytik, und die Omics-Techniken entwickeln sich zu Multi-Omics-Ansätzen. Ambiente MS-Techniken benötigen keine aufwendige Probenvorbereitung, multidimensionale Trenntechniken werden verstärkt in der Routine eingesetzt, und Chip-basierte Trennungen fallen durch Schnelligkeit auf. Molekülspektroskopie und Massenspektrometrie dominieren die bildgebenden Verfahren, und die Lateralauflösung der ToF-Sekundärionenmassenspektrometrie hat sich bei Oberflächenuntersuchungen verbessert. KW - Prozessanalytik KW - Quanten-Kaskadenlaser KW - Photonendichtewellen-Spektroskopie KW - Gepulste Ramanspektrometer KW - Partikelmesstechnik KW - Prozesssensoren PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-361371 UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nadc.20164046080/abstract DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/nadc.20164046080 SN - 1868-0054 VL - 64 IS - 5 SP - 497 EP - 508 PB - Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-36137 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Maack, Stefan A1 - Holst, R. T1 - Rekonstruktion des Bestandsplans im Zuge der Nachrechnung der Brücke über die Leine bei Schwarmstedt N2 - Der aktuell im Rahmen der Nachrechnungsrichtlinie geforderte Nachweis von Tragfähigkeit, Gebrauchstauglichkeit und Ermüdung der Brückenbauwerke im Bestand der Länder und des Bundes stellt eine enorme Herausforderung dar. Insbesondere bei unvollständigen oder fehlenden Bestandsplänen der Bauwerke sind Maßnahmen erforderlich, um die erforderlichen Informationen zu beschaffen. Ein wirkungsvolles Instrument können hierfür die zerstörungsfreien Prüfverfahren des Bauwesens sein. In dem präsentierten Forschungsprojekt erfolgte die Rekonstruktion eines Bestandsplanes direkt auf die Anforderungen des mit der Nachrechnung beauftragten Ingenieurbüros. Darüber hinaus wurde der Entwurf eines Leitfadens erstellt, der im Falle von unvollständigen oder fehlenden Bestandsplänen die Grundlagen für die Beauftragung und Durchführung der Nachrechnung schafft. T2 - Fachtagung Bauwerksdiagnose 2016 - Praktische Anwendungen Zerstörungsfreier Prüfungen und Zukunftsaufgaben CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 25.02.2016 KW - Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung KW - Nachrechnungsrichtlinie KW - Brücken PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-388355 UR - http://www.bauwerksdiagnose2016.de/Portals/bwd2016/BB/vortrag%206.pdf SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für zerstörungsfreie Prüfung e.V. CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-38835 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Fedelich, Bernard A1 - Kühn, Hans-Joachim A1 - Rehmer, Birgit A1 - Skrotzki, Birgit ED - Iacoviello, Francesco T1 - Modeling the lifetime reduction due to the superposition of TMF and HCF loadings in cast iron alloys N2 - The superposition of small amplitude, high frequency loading cycles (HCF) to slow, large amplitude loading cycles (TMF) can significantly reduce the fatigue life. In this work, the combined TMF+HCF loading has been experimentally investigated for a cast iron alloy. In particular, the influence of the HCF frequency of the HCF amplitude and of the location of the superposed HCF cycles has been assessed. It was observed that the HCF frequency has a limited impact on the TMF fatigue life. On the other side, the HCF-strain amplitude has a highly non-linear influence on the TMF fatigue life. A simple estimate for the fatigue life reduction due to the superposed HCF cycles has been derived from fracture mechanics considerations. It is assumed that the number of propagation cycles up to failure can be neglected after a threshold for the HCF loading has been reached. The model contains only two adjustable parameters and can be combined with any TMF life prediction model. The model predictions are compared with the test results for a large range of TMF+HCF loading conditions. T2 - 21st European Conference on Fracture, ECF21 CY - Catania, Italy DA - 20.06.2016 KW - Thermomechanical Fatigue (TMF); High Cycle Fatigue (HCF); Cast iron; Fatigue assessment PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-369550 DO - https://doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.prostr.2016.06.274 VL - 2 SP - 2190 EP - 2197 PB - Elsevier CY - Radarweg 29, 1043 NX Amsterdam, The Netherlands, AN - OPUS4-36955 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Casperson, Ralf A1 - Knöppchen, Andreas A1 - Pohl, Rainer A1 - Zimne, Lutz A1 - Bode, Johannes A1 - Hollesch, Martin T1 - Manufacturing of reference defects for NDT using low-energy EDM N2 - For non-destructive testing (NDT) appropriate reference blocks are required in order to verify and calibrate a testing procedure. At BAM a special electric discharge machining (EDM) system has been developed which is able to manufacture artificial defects having a width down to 30 μm. Especially in the case of austenitic materials conventional EDM leads to a transformation of austenite to martensite. The martensite transformation causes a higher sensitivity of electromagnetic NDT methods (e. g. eddy current testing) at the artificial defects compared to natural defects of same size. The EDM system developed at BAM uses very low energy to avoid this material transformation. A side effect of the low-energy EDM is a lower surface roughness compared to conventional EDM. The artificial defects manufactured at BAM are measured optically and delivered with a certificate. A comparison of artificial defects shows the influence of material transformation on NDT and how differently the quality of the artificial defects can be. T2 - 19th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing CY - Munich, Germany DA - 13.06.2016 KW - Reference defect KW - EDM KW - Electric discharge machining KW - Artificial defect PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-365995 SN - 978-3-940283-78-8 VL - 157 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - German Society for Non-Destructive Testing (DGZfP e.V.) CY - Berlin, Germany AN - OPUS4-36599 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Simon, Franz-Georg A1 - Holm, Olaf T1 - Reduction of natural resource use by improving resource efficiency N2 - In 2011, the German Association of Engineers (VDI) started working on a set of guidelines dealing with the improvement of resource efficiency. These guidelines represent a framework that defines resource efficiency and outlines proposals for the producing industry. A special guideline for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is included as well as guidelines on methodologies for evaluating resource use indicators, such as the cumulative raw material demand of products and production systems. The work on resource use indicators is still in progress. The evaluation of raw materials expenditure will include water, soil and land use. The model will include the availability of raw materials (criticality). Improving resource efficiency at the end-of-life stage is illustrated in this paper by the example of materials recovery from waste, here from residues out of municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI). With mechanical treatment valuable materials like ferrous and non-ferrous metals and secondary construction material can be extracted from MSWI bottom ash. The potential contribution on the resource efficiency is discussed. KW - Resource efficiency KW - Raw material equivalent KW - Mechanical treatment KW - Bottom ash KW - Waste incineration KW - Secondary raw materials KW - Product life cycle PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-356490 UR - http://www.hrpub.org/journals/jour_archive.php?id=62&iid=877 DO - https://doi.org/10.13189/ ujms.2016.040302 SN - 2331-6691 SN - 2331-6705 VL - 4 IS - 3 SP - 54 EP - 59 PB - Horizon Research Publishing CY - Alhambra, CA, USA AN - OPUS4-35649 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kästner, Claudia A1 - Thünemann, Andreas T1 - Catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol using silver nanoparticles with adjustable activity N2 - We report on the development of ultra-small core-shell silver nanoparticles synthesized by an up-scaled modification of the polyol process. It is foreseen to use these thoroughly characterized particles as reference material to compare the catalytic and biological properties of functionalized silver nanoparticles. Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) analysis reveal a narrow size distribution of the silver cores with a mean radius of RC = 3.0 nm and a distribution width of 0.6 nm. Dynamic light scattering (DLS) provides a hydrodynamic radius of RH = 10.0 nm and a PDI of 0.09. The particles’ surface is covered with poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) forming a shell with a thickness of 7.0 nm, which provides colloidal stability lasting for more than six months at ambient conditions. The PAA can be easily exchanged by biomolecules to modify the surface functionality. Replacements of PAA with glutathione (GSH) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) have been performed as examples. We demonstrate that the particles effectively catalyze the reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol with sodium borohydride. With PAA as stabilizer, the catalytic activity of 436 ± 24 L g⁻¹ s⁻¹ is the highest reported in literature for silver nanoparticles. GSH and BSA passivate the surface substantially resulting in a catalytic activity of 77.6 ± 0.9 and 3.47 ± 0.50 L g⁻¹ s⁻¹, respectively. KW - Silver nanoparticles KW - Catalysis KW - Reference material KW - Protein coating PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-370655 DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b01477 SN - 0743-7463 SN - 1520-5827 VL - 32 IS - 29 SP - 7383 EP - 7391 AN - OPUS4-37065 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fuhrmann, A. A1 - Göstl, R. A1 - Wendt, R. A1 - Kötteritzsch, J. A1 - Hager, M. D. A1 - Schubert, U. S. A1 - Brademann-Jock, Kerstin A1 - Thünemann, Andreas A1 - Nöchel, U. A1 - Behl, M. A1 - Hecht, S. T1 - Conditional repair by locally switching the thermal healing capability of dynamic covalent polymers with light N2 - Healable materials could play an important role in reducing the environmental footprint of our modern technological society through extending the life cycles of consumer products and constructions. However, as most healing processes are carried out by heat alone, the ability to heal damage generally kills the parent material’s thermal and mechanical properties. Here we present a dynamic covalent polymer network whose thermal healing ability can be switched ‘on’ and ‘off’ on demand by light, thereby providing local control over repair while retaining the advantageous macroscopic properties of static polymer networks. We employ a photoswitchable furan-based crosslinker, which reacts with short and mobile maleimidesubstituted poly(lauryl methacrylate) chains forming strong covalent bonds while simultaneously allowing the reversible, spatiotemporally resolved control over thermally induced de- and re-crosslinking. We reason that our system can be adapted to more complex materials and has the potential to impact applications in responsive coatings, photolithography and microfabrication. KW - Small-angle X-ray scattering KW - SAXS KW - Polymer PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-386689 DO - https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13623 SN - 2041-1723 VL - 7 SP - Article 13623, 1 EP - 7 PB - NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP CY - MACMILLAN BUILDING, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON N1 9XW, ENGLAND AN - OPUS4-38668 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Liebig, F. A1 - Thünemann, Andreas A1 - Koetz, J. T1 - Ostwald Ripening Growth Mechanism of Gold Nanotriangles in Vesicular Template Phases N2 - The mechanism of nanotriangle formation in multivesicular vesicles (MMV) is investigated by using time-dependent SAXS measurements in combination with UV−vis spectroscopy, light, and transmission electron microscopy. In the first time period 6.5 nm sized spherical gold nanoparticles are formed inside of the vesicles, which build up soft nanoparticle aggregates. In situ SAXS experiments show a linear increase of the volume and molar mass of nanotriangles in the second time period. The volume growth rate of the triangles is 16.1 nm3/min, and the growth rate in the vertical direction is only 0.02 nm/min. Therefore, flat nanotriangles with a thickness of 7 nm and a diameter of 23 nm are formed. This process can be described by a diffusionlimited Ostwald ripening growth mechanism. TEM micrographs visualize soft coral-like structures with thin nanoplatelets at the periphery of the aggregates, which disaggregate in the third time period into nanotriangles and spherical particles. The 16 times faster growth of nanotriangles in the lateral than that in the vertical direction is related to the adsorption of symmetry breaking components, i.e., AOT and the polyampholyte PalPhBisCarb, on the {111} facets of the gold nanoplatelets in combination with confinement effects of the vesicular template phase. KW - Gold KW - Nanoparticle KW - Small-angle x-ray scattering KW - SAXS KW - Kinetics PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-379261 DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02662 SN - 0743-7463 VL - 32 IS - 42 SP - 10928 EP - 10935 PB - American Chemical Society AN - OPUS4-37926 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Meyer, Klas A1 - Kern, Simon A1 - Zientek, Nicolai A1 - Guthausen, G. A1 - Maiwald, Michael T1 - Process control with compact NMR N2 - Compact nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) instruments make NMR spectroscopy and relaxometry accessible in industrial and harsh environments for reaction and process control. An increasing number of applications are reported. To build an interdisciplinary bridge between “process control” and “compact NMR”,we give a short overviewon current developments in the field of process Engineering such as modern process design, integrated processes, intensified processes along with requirements to process control, model based control, or soft sensing. Finally, robust field integration of NMR systems into processes environments, facing explosion protection or Integration into process control systems, are briefly discussed. KW - Prozessanalytik KW - Quantitative NMR-Spektroskopie KW - Industrie 4.0 KW - Reaction monitoring KW - Process control KW - Online NMR spectroscopy KW - Compact NMR PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-373562 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165993616300073 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2016.03.016 SN - 0165-9936 VL - 83 IS - Part A / SI SP - 39 EP - 52 PB - Elsevier AN - OPUS4-37356 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Guhl, Svetlana A1 - Meyer, Klas A1 - Kern, Simon A1 - Gräßer, Patrick A1 - Maiwald, Michael ED - Maiwald, Michael T1 - Process monitoring of an intensified continuous production unit with compact NMR spectroscopy N2 - Monitoring chemical reactions is the key to chemical process control. Today, mainly optical online methods are applied. NMR spectroscopy has a high potential for direct loop process control. Compact NMR instruments based on permanent magnets are robust and relatively inexpensive analyzers, which feature advantages like low cost, low maintenance, ease of use, and cryogen-free operation. Instruments for online NMR measurements equipped with a flow-through cell, possessing a good signal-to-noise-ratio, sufficient robustness, and meeting the requirements for integration into industrial plants (i.e., explosion safety and fully automated data analysis) are cur-rently not available off the rack. Recently, promising benchtop NMR instruments with acceptable performance came to market and process integrated sensors developed on basis of such laboratory instruments are on their way. T2 - 12. Kolloquium des Arbeitskreises Prozessanalytik CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 28.11.2016 KW - Online NMR spectroscopy KW - Modular production units KW - Low field NMR spectroscopy PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-383646 SP - P17, 75 EP - 77 AN - OPUS4-38364 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Frasca, Daniele A1 - Schulze, Dietmar A1 - Wachtendorf, Volker A1 - Krafft, Bernd A1 - Rybak, Thomas A1 - Schartel, Bernhard T1 - Multilayer Graphene/Carbon Black/Chlorine Isobutyl Isoprene Rubber Nanocomposites N2 - High loadings of carbon black (CB) are usually used to achieve the properties demanded of rubber compounds. In recent years, distinct nanoparticles have been investigated to replace CB in whole or in part, in order to reduce the necessary filler content or to improve performance. Multilayer graphene (MLG) is a nanoparticle made of just 10 graphene sheets and has recently become commercially available for mass-product nanocomposites. Three phr (part for hundred rubbers) of MLG are added to chlorine isobutyl isoprene rubber (CIIR)/CB composites in order to replace part of the CB. The incorporation of just 3 phr MLG triples the Young’s modulus of CIIR; the same effect is obtained with 20 phr CB. The simultaneous presence of three MLG and CB also delivers remarkable properties, e.g. adding three MLG and 20 phr CB increased the hardness as much as adding 40 phr CB. A comprehensive study is presented, showing the influence on a variety of mechanical properties. The potential of the MLG/CB combination is illustrated to reduce the filler content or to boost performance, respectively. Apart from the remarkable mechanical properties, the CIIR/CB/MLG nanocomposites showed an increase in weathering resistance. KW - nanocomposites KW - rubber KW - multilayer graphene KW - carbon black PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-358569 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/polym8030095 SN - 2073-4360 VL - 8 SP - 95 PB - MDPI CY - Basel, Switzerland AN - OPUS4-35856 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Oberleitner, Lidia A1 - Garbe, L.-A. A1 - Dahmen-Levison, Ursula A1 - Schneider, Rudolf T1 - Improved strategies for selection and characterization of new monoclonal anticarbamazepine antibodies during the screening process using feces and fluorescence polarization immunoassay N2 - Immunoassays are suitable tools for high-throughput screenings. The prerequisite for accurate determinations by these methods is the selection of an excellent antibody. The production and selection of monoclonal antibodies is usually a tedious process. In this study, new strategies for improving antibody production and characterization were applied. This includes the monitoring of the immunization progress in mice through antibodies extracted from feces, which allows a time-resolved and animal-friendly monitoring of the immune response. Additionally, fluorescence polarization immunoassay (FPIA) could be successfully applied for fast and easy examination of cell culture supernatants and the investigation of antibody/antigen interactions including kinetics and fluorescence properties. These methods simplify the selection of the optimal antibody. As a target analyte, carbamazepine was chosen. This is a widely used antiepileptic drug which also frequently occurs in the environment. The new antibody enables CBZ determination in the concentration range 0.66–110 µg L-1 within 10 min using a high-throughput microtiter plate-based FPIA, and between 1.4 and 79 µg L-1 within 5 min applying an automated cuvette-based FPIA instrument, and from 0.05–36 µg L-1 using ELISA. The measurements were performed at a non-equilibrium state which improved the sensitivity and selectivity of the assays. Due to low cross-reactivity especially towards the main CBZ metabolite and other pharmaceuticals (<1%), this antibody gives the opportunity for application in medical and environmental analyses. KW - Antikörper KW - Emerging Pollutants KW - Schadstoffe KW - Monoklonal KW - Pharmazeutika KW - Arzneistoffe KW - Assay KW - Pesticide parathion-methyl KW - Waste-water KW - Samples KW - Pharmaceuticals KW - Quantification PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-392473 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ay01968d SN - 1759-9660 VL - 8 SP - 6883 EP - 6894 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry CY - London AN - OPUS4-39247 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hesse, Almut A1 - Weller, Michael G. T1 - Protein Quantification by Derivatization-Free High-Performance Liquid Chromatography of Aromatic Amino Acids N2 - Amino acid analysis is considered to be the gold standard for quantitative peptide and protein analysis. Here, we would like to propose a simple HPLC/UV method based on a reversed-phase separation of the aromatic amino acids tyrosine (Tyr), phenylalanine (Phe), and optionally tryptophan (Trp) without any derivatization. The hydrolysis of the proteins and peptides was performed by an accelerated microwave technique, which needs only 30 minutes. Two internal standard compounds, homotyrosine (HTyr) and 4-fluorophenylalanine (FPhe) were used for calibration. The limit of detection (LOD) was estimated to be 0.05 µM (~10 µg/L) for tyrosine and phenylalanine at 215 nm. The LOD for a protein determination was calculated to be below 16 mg/L (~300 ng BSA absolute). Aromatic amino acid analysis (AAAA) offers excellent accuracy and a precision of about 5% relative standard deviation, including the hydrolysis step. The method was validated with certified reference materials (CRM) of amino acids and of a pure protein (bovine serum albumin, BSA). AAAA can be used for the quantification of aromatic amino acids, isolated peptides or proteins, complex peptide or protein samples, such as serum or milk powder, and peptides or proteins immobilized on solid supports. KW - Protein analysis KW - Proteomics KW - Peptides KW - Metrology KW - Certified reference materials KW - Amino acid analysis KW - Hydrolysis KW - Microwave KW - Tyrosine KW - Phenylalanine KW - Tryptophan PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-370215 DO - https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/7374316 SN - 2090-0112 SN - 2090-0104 VL - 2016 SP - Article 7374316, 1 EP - 8 PB - Hindawi CY - Cairo, London, New York AN - OPUS4-37021 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weller, Michael G. T1 - Quality issues of research antibodies N2 - According to several recent studies, an unexpectedly high number of landmark papers seem to be not reproducible by Independent laboratories. Nontherapeutic antibodies used for research, diagnostic, food analytical, environmental, and other purposes play a significant role in this matter. Although some papers have been published offering suggestions to improve the situation, they do not seem to be comprehensive enough to cover the full complexity of this issue. In addition, no obvious improvements could be noticed in the field as yet. This article tries to consolidate the remarkable variety of conclusions and suggested activities into a more coherent conception. It is concluded that funding agencies and journal publishers need to take first and immediate measures to resolve these problems and lead the way to a more sustainable way of bioanalytical research, on which all can rely with confidence. KW - reproducibility crisis KW - irreproducibility KW - replication KW - paper retraction KW - peer reviewimmunochemistry KW - immunoassay KW - ligand binding assay KW - monoclonal antibody KW - quality control KW - cross-reactivity KW - non-specific binding KW - selectivity PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-356254 DO - https://doi.org/10.4137/ACI.S31614 SN - 1177-3901 VL - 11 SP - 21 EP - 27 PB - Libertas Academica CY - Auckland, New Zealand AN - OPUS4-35625 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Weller, Michael G. T1 - Interview with Dr Michael G. Weller N2 - This author interview is by Dr Michael G. Weller, Head of Division 1.5 Protein Analysis at Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM). BAM (www.bam.de/en) is a senior scientific and technical institute with responsibility to the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. Dr Weller's review paper, Quality issues of research antibodies is available for download in Analytical Chemistry Insights. KW - Antibodies KW - Quality KW - Reproducibility PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-392326 UR - http://insights.sagepub.com/la_press_news.php?pa=view&news_item_id=4025 SP - 1 PB - SAGE CY - London AN - OPUS4-39232 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schröter, Maria-Astrid A1 - Ritter, M. A1 - Holschneider, M. A1 - Sturm, Heinz T1 - Enhanced DySEM imaging of cantilever motion using artificial structures patterned by focused ion beam techniques N2 - We use a dynamic scanning electron microscope (DySEM) to map the spatial distribution of the vibration of a cantilever beam. The DySEM measurements are based on variations of the local secondary electron signal within the imaging electron beam diameter during an oscillation period of the cantilever. For this reason, the surface of a cantilever without topography or material variation does not allow any conclusions about the spatial distribution of vibration due to a lack of dynamic contrast. In order to overcome this limitation, artificial structures were added at defined positions on the cantilever surface using focused ion beam lithography patterning. The DySEM signal of such high-contrast structures is strongly improved, hence information about the surface vibration becomes accessible. Simulations of images of the vibrating cantilever have also been performed. The results of the simulation are in good agreement with the experimental images. KW - FIB patterning KW - Structured cantilever KW - AFM KW - Modal analysis KW - DySEM PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-354510 DO - https://doi.org/doi:10.1088/0960-1317/26/3/035010 VL - 26 IS - 3 SP - 035010-1 EP - 035010-7 AN - OPUS4-35451 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sötebier, Carina A. A1 - Kutscher, D. J. A1 - Rottmann, L. A1 - Jakubowski, Norbert A1 - Panne, Ulrich A1 - Bettmer, J. T1 - Combination of single particle ICP-QMS and isotope dilution analysis for the determination of size, particle number and number size distribution of silver nanoparticles N2 - Single particle ICP-MS (spICP-MS) has gained great influence in the analysis of engineered nanoparticles (NPs) due to its simplicity, speed and ability to obtain a particle number size distribution. Despite its many advantages, the method is hampered by matrix effects affecting the sensitivity of the instruments. Consequently, over- or underestimated particle sizes might be obtained. To overcome these challenges, we present in this work the detection of both Ag isotopes with a quadrupole mass spectrometer for the application of isotopic dilution analysis (IDA) in combination with spICP-MS. Here, the isotopes are measured sequentially using the conventional spICP-MS integration time of 10 ms. Citrate stabilized Ag NPs of a spherical shape with the nominal diameters of 30, 40, 50 and 80 nm have been investigated. The experimental concept of adding ¹⁰⁹Ag+ solutions to the NP suspensions resulted in the NP Spikes being only visible in the ¹⁰⁷Ag trace. Therefore, a maximum of 45% of the particles was detected compared to that by conventional spICP-MS. A modified mass flow equation was applied to determine the particle sizes, particle size distributions and particle number concentrations of various Ag NPs. The addition of different spike concentrations between 0.5 and 4 mg L⁻¹ ¹⁰⁹Ag resulted in similar particle diameters, suggesting that the calculated diameter might be independent of the spike concentration. This would have the advantage that no size information would be needed before the analysis. By analyzing Ag NP suspensions in a simulated seawater matrix, we demonstrate its significant influence on the particle size determination using conventional spICP-MS. A lower transport efficiency of 6.1% was found in the matrix compared to 7.3% without the matrix. In our approach, the addition of the Matrix influenced the NP intensity stronger than the spike signal, resulting in slightly smaller diameters using IDA–spICP-MS with the matrix compared to the results without the matrix. On the other hand, the IDA–spICP-MS approach with the matrix can result in equivalent results for the particle sizes compared with conventional spICP-MS using suspensions without the matrix. Due to the lower instrument sensitivity in the matrix, a diameter of 30 nm was found to be close to the detection limit of the instrument. KW - Ag nanoparticles KW - Single particle ICP-MS KW - Matrix influence KW - Isotope dilution analysis PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-376490 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ja00137h SN - 0267-9477 VL - 31 IS - 10 SP - 2045 EP - 2052 AN - OPUS4-37649 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bolz, Axel A1 - Panne, Ulrich A1 - Rurack, Knut A1 - Buurman, Merwe T1 - Glass fibre paper-based test strips for sensitive SERS sensing N2 - We present paper-based test strips for chemical sensing with surface enhanced Raman scattering as detection method. The test strips are prepared on glass fibre paper with silver nanoparticles and a spray method with an airbrush spray setup as a low cost fabrication approach. The properties of the test strips are investigated with three classical Raman analytes rhodamine 6G, 4-aminothiophenol and adenine and optimized for a good reproducibility of the intensity measurements. All test analytes can be identified at low concentrations. For adenine, a concentration series from 10⁻⁴ M to 10⁻⁸ M is measured and the calibration data can be fitted and evaluated with a Langmuir isotherm model. The optimized test strips are applied for the identification of two antibiotics enoxacin and enrofloxacin. KW - surface enhanced Raman scattering KW - glass fibre paper KW - sensing KW - spray KW - Langmuir isotherm PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-354878 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/C5AY03096J SN - 1759-9660 VL - 8 IS - 6 SP - 1313 EP - 1318 PB - The Royal Society of Chemistry AN - OPUS4-35487 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hahn, Marc Benjamin A1 - Uhlig, F. A1 - Solomun, Tihomir A1 - Smiatek, J. A1 - Sturm, Heinz T1 - Combined influence of ectoine and salt: spectroscopic and numerical evidence for compensating effects of aqueous solutions N2 - Ectoine is an important osmolyte, which allows microorganisms to survive in extreme environmental salinity. The hygroscopic effects of ectoine in pure water can be explained by a strong water binding behavior whereas a study on the effects of ectoine in salty solution is yet missing. We provide Raman spectroscopic evidence that the influence of ectoine and NaCl are opposing and completely independent of each other. The effect can be explained by the formation of strongly hydrogen-bonded water molecules around ectoine which compensate the influence of the salt on the water dynamics. The mechanism is corroborated by first principles calculations and broadens our understanding of zwitterionic osmolytes in aqueous solution. Our findings allow us to provide a possible explanation for the relatively high osmolyte concentrations in halotolerant bacteria. KW - Ectoine KW - Aqueous solution KW - Biological structure KW - Organic osmolytes KW - Raman spectroscopy KW - Water structure PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-376761 UR - http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/cp/c6cp05417j#!divAbstract DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cp05417j VL - 18 IS - 41 SP - 28398 EP - 28402 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry CY - UK AN - OPUS4-37676 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -