TY - RPRT A1 - Thünemann, Andreas A1 - Emmerling, Franziska A1 - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan T1 - Review of existing calibration or reference N2 - We report on calibration standards of nanoparticles meeting the definition of a nanomaterial given by the European Commission (EU 2011) which are relevant for the characterisation methods applied in the NanoDefine project. We found that the Impact of nanoparticles is outstanding in the scientific literature. A number of 270.000 paper titles on nanoparticles are listed in the Web of Science data base. But surprisingly, the availability of suitable certified standard reference materials is scarce. Only a few sources were found. For example, BAM provides the database Nanoscaled Reference Materials at http://www.nano-refmat.bam.de/en/ in cooperation with the ISO/TC 229 Nanotechnologies. In addition, two publications from 2013 on nanoscale reference materials are available. Candidates of nano-(certified) reference materials from other ongoing or just finished FP6 and FP7 nano-metrology projects have been extracted from the Compendium of Projects in the European NanoSafety Cluster (Compendium NSC, 2013). Recommendations for selection of representative test materials and calibration standards for NanoDefine internal tasks, respectively, are also given. KW - Nanomaterial KW - Reference materials KW - Certified reference materials PY - 2014 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-389836 UR - http://www.nanodefine.eu/index.php/downloads/nanodefine-technical-reports SP - 1 EP - 18 CY - Wageningen, The Netherlands AN - OPUS4-38983 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rades, Steffi A1 - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan A1 - Salge, T. A1 - Wirth, Thomas A1 - Lobera, M.P. A1 - Labrador, R.H. A1 - Natte, Kishore A1 - Behnke, Thomas A1 - Gross, Thomas A1 - Unger, Wolfgang T1 - High-resolution imaging with SEM/T-SEM, EDX and SAM as a combined methodical approach for morphological and elemental analyses of single engineered nanoparticles N2 - The combination of complementary characterization techniques such as SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy), T-SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy in Transmission Mode), EDX (Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy) and SAM (Scanning Auger Microscopy) has been proven to be a powerful and relatively quick characterization strategy for comprehensive morphological and chemical characterization of individual silica and titania nanoparticles. The selected “real life” test materials, silica and titania, are listed in the OECD guidance manual as representative examples because they are often used as commercial nanomaterials. Imaging by high resolution SEM and in the transmission mode by T-SEM allows almost simultaneous surface and in-depth inspection of the same particle using the same instrument. EDX and SAM enable the chemical characterization of bulk and surface of individual nanoparticles. The core–shell properties of silica based materials are addressed as well. Titania nominally coated by silane purchased from an industrial source has been found to be inhomogeneous in terms of chemical composition. KW - surface and in-depth inspection KW - silica nanoparticles KW - titania nanoparticles PY - 2014 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-316296 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ra05092d SN - 2046-2069 VL - 4 IS - 91 SP - 49577 EP - 49587 PB - RSC Publishing CY - London AN - OPUS4-31629 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan A1 - Mielke, Johannes T1 - Templates for nanomaterial characterisation of tier 1 and tier 2 measurement methods N2 - The EU FP7 NanoDefine project was launched in November 2013 and will run until October 2017. The Project is dedicated to support the implementation of the EU Recommendation on the Definition of Nanomaterial by the provision of the required analytical tools and respective guidance. Main goal is to develop a novel tiered approach consisting of (i) rapid and cost-efficient screening methods and (ii) confirmatory measurement methods. The "NanoDefiner" eTool will guide potential end-users, such as concerned industries and regulatory bodies as well as enforcement and contract laboratories, to reliably classify if a material is nano or not. To achieve this objective, a comprehensive inter-laboratory evaluation of the performance of current characterisation techniques, instruments and software is performed. Instruments, software and methods are further developed. Their capacity to reliably measure the size of particulates in the size range 1-100 nm and above (according to the EU definition) is validated. Technical reports on project results are published to reach out to relevant stakeholders, such as policy makers, regulators, industries and the wider scientific community, to present and discuss our goals and results, to ensure a continuous exchange of views, needs and experiences obtained from different fields of expertise and application, and to finally integrate the resulting feedback into our ongoing work on the size-related classification of nanomaterials. KW - Nanomaterial KW - Measurement method KW - Screening methods KW - Confirmatory methods PY - 2014 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-389827 UR - http://www.nanodefine.eu/index.php/downloads/nanodefine-technical-reports SP - 1 EP - 74 PB - The NanoDefine Consortium CY - Wageningen, The Netherlands AN - OPUS4-38982 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan A1 - Akcakayiran, D. A1 - Grigoriev, D.O. A1 - Shchukin, D.G. T1 - Characterization of micro- and nanocapsules for self-heating anti-corrosion coatings by high-resolution SEM with coupled transmission mode and EDX N2 - The observation of morphological details down to the nanometer range of the outer surface of micro-, submicro- and nanoparticles in a high-resolution scanning electron microscope (SEM) was extended with in-depth observation by enabling the transmission mode in the SEM, i.e. TSEM. The micro- and nanocapsules characterized in this study were fabricated as depots for protective agents to be embedded in innovative self-healing coatings. By combining the two imaging modes (upper and in-depth observation) complementing each other a better characterisation by a more comprehensive interpretation of the 'consistency' of the challenging specimens, e.g. including details 'hidden' beyond the surface or the real specimen shape at all, has been attained. Furthermore, the preparation of the quasi electron transparent samples onto thin supporting foils enables also elemental imaging by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) with high spatial resolution. Valuable information on the elemental distribution in individual micro-, submicro- and even nanocapsules completes the '3D' high resolution morphological characterization at the same multimodal SEM/TSEM/EDX system. KW - Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) KW - High-resolution transmission in SEM (TSEM) KW - Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) KW - Micro- and nanocapsules KW - Anti-corrosion coatings PY - 2014 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-304201 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/c3an01717f SN - 0003-2654 SN - 1364-5528 VL - 139 IS - 8 SP - 2004 EP - 2010 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry CY - Cambridge AN - OPUS4-30420 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -