TY - JOUR A1 - Ghasem Zadeh Khorasani, Media A1 - Silbernagl, Dorothee A1 - Platz, D. A1 - Sturm, Heinz T1 - Insights into Nano-Scale Physical and Mechanical Properties of Epoxy/Boehmite Nanocomposite Using Different AFM Modes JF - Polymers N2 - Understanding the interaction between nanoparticles and the matrix and the properties of interphase is crucial to predict the macroscopic properties of a nanocomposite system. Here, we investigate the interaction between boehmite nanoparticles (BNPs) and epoxy using different atomic force microscopy (AFM) approaches. We demonstrate benefits of using multifrequency intermodulation AFM (ImAFM) to obtain information about conservative, dissipative and van der Waals tip-surface forces and probing local properties of nanoparticles, matrix and the interphase. We utilize scanning kelvin probe microscopy (SKPM) to probe surface potential as a tool to visualize material contrast with a physical parameter, which is independent from the mechanics of the surface. Combining the information from ImAFM stiffness and SKPM surface potential results in a precise characterization of interfacial region, demonstrating that the interphase is softer than epoxy and boehmite nanoparticles. Further, we investigated the effect of boehmite nanoparticles on the bulk properties of epoxy matrix. ImAFM stiffness maps revealed the significant stiffening effect of boehmite nanoparticles on anhydride-cured epoxy matrix. The energy Dissipation of epoxy Matrix locally measured by ImAFM shows a considerable increase compared to that of neat epoxy. These measurements suggest a substantial alteration of epoxy structure induced by the presence of boehmite. KW - Nanomechanics KW - Intermodulation-AFM KW - Interphase KW - Boehmite KW - Epoxy PY - 2019 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-476040 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11020235 SN - 2073-4360 VL - 11 IS - 2 SP - 235, 1 EP - 19 PB - MDPI AN - OPUS4-47604 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ghasem Zadeh Khorasani, Media A1 - Silbernagl, Dorothee A1 - Szymoniak, Paulina A1 - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan A1 - Sturm, Heinz T1 - The effect of boehmite nanoparticles (gamma‐AlOOH) on nanomechanical and thermomechanical properties correlated to crosslinking density of epoxy JF - Polymer N2 - We show that complex physical and chemical interactions between boehmite nanoparticles and epoxy drastically affect matrix properties, which in the future will provide tuning of material properties for further optimization in applications from automotive to aerospace. We utilize intermodulation atomic force microscopy (ImAFM) for probing local stiffness of both particles and polymer matrix. Stiff particles are expected to increase total stiffness of nanocomposites and the stiffness of polymer should remain unchanged. However, ImAFM revealed that stiffness of matrix in epoxy/boehmite nanocomposite is significantly higher than unfilled epoxy. The stiffening effect of the boehmite on epoxy also depends on the particle concentration. To understand the mechanism behind property alteration induced by boehmite nanoparticles, network architecture is investigated using dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA). It was revealed that although with 15 wt% boehmite nanoparticles the modulus at glassy state increases, crosslinking density of epoxy for this composition is drastically low. KW - Crosslinking density KW - Epoxy KW - Intermodulation KW - Atomic force microscopy KW - Nanomechanical properties KW - Boehmite nanoparticles PY - 2019 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-476050 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2018.12.054 SN - 0032-3861 SN - 1873-2291 VL - 164 SP - 174 EP - 182 PB - Elsevier AN - OPUS4-47605 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Waniek, Tassilo A1 - Ghasem Zadeh Khorasani, Media A1 - Braun, Ulrike A1 - Silbernagl, Dorothee A1 - Sturm, Heinz T1 - New Focus On Boehmite-Reinforced Nanocomposites Molecular Approach With Advanced FTIR-Techniques N2 - By FTIR-study it was possible to proof a chemical reaction between boehmite and the hardener of anhydride cured epoxy resins. Future studies can assume that the chemical environment of the resin system is changed in the surrounding of boehmite nanoparticles. This highly affects especially localized properties. T2 - 6th International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials CY - Sitges, Spain DA - 11.03.2019 KW - Nanocomposite KW - Boehmite KW - FTIR KW - DRIFTS KW - Epoxy PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-47785 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Witt, Julia A1 - Almalla, Ahed A1 - Özcan Sandikcioglu, Özlem T1 - In situ AFM studies of deformation and corrosion processes on AA2024-T3 aluminium alloy N2 - The performance of functional coatings and adhesively joined hybrid components relies strongly on the stability of the polymer-metal interface. With the increasing utilization of multi-material structures in the automotive and aerospace industry, it is of great scientific and technical interest to understand the processes leading to interface degradation and to develop novel strategies to increase corrosion and delamination resistance. The aim of this project is to develop thin epoxy-based films on aluminium alloy AA2024-T3 as a model system and to investigate their interfacial stability under corrosive and coupled corrosive-mechanical load. Electrochemical and spectroscopic methods were used for the characterisation of the film properties and in situ corrosion experiments were performed by means of AFM. The deformation properties of the aluminium alloy and the model coatings were investigated by means of scanning Kelvin probe force microscopy (SKPFM) utilizing the integrated tensile stage. The presentation will give a brief overview of the capabilities of the new AFM setup to foster future collaborations and summarize our work on the interface stability of model coatings. T2 - Abteilungskolloquium FB6 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 27.11.2018 KW - Corrosion KW - In situ Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) KW - Aluminium alloy KW - Scanning Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy (SKPFM) PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-48027 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute T1 - Optical spectroscopy – Techniques, instrumentation, and typical molecular and nanoscale reporters N2 - Different types of optical spectroscopies are introduced with special emphasis on method-inherent limitations and reliable instrument calibration and performance validation. In addition, different classes of molecular and nanocrystalline emitters are presented and the underlying photophysical processes are briefly described. T2 - Fakultät der University of Ottawa CY - Ottawa, Canada DA - 11.12.2018 KW - quality assurcance KW - Optical spectroscopy KW - Method comparison KW - Photoluminescence KW - Calibration KW - Performance validation KW - Dye KW - Nanoparticle KW - Quantum dots KW - Quantum yields KW - Uncertainty KW - Method validation PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-47631 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Geissler, Daniel A1 - Wegmann, Marc A1 - Hoffmann, Katrin A1 - Hannemann, M. A1 - Somma, V. A1 - Jochum, T. A1 - Niehaus, J. A1 - Roggenbuck, D. A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute T1 - NanoGenotox - Automatable Determination of the Genotoxicity of Nanoparticles with DNA-based Optical Assays N2 - Nanomaterials are used in many different applications in the material and life sciences. Examples are optical reporters, barcodes, and nanosensors, magnetic and optical contrast agents, and catalysts. Due to their small size and large surface area, there are also concerns about their interaction with and uptake by biological systems. This has initiated an ever increasing number of cyctoxicity studies of nanomaterials of different chemical composition and surface chemistry, but until now, the toxicological results presented by different research groups often do not address or differ regarding a potential genotoxicity of these nanomaterials. This underlines the need for a standardized test procedure to detect genotoxicity.1,2 Aiming at the development of fast, easy to use, and automatable microscopic methods for the determination of the genotoxicity of different types of nanoparticles, we assess the potential of the fluorometric γH2AX assay for this purpose. This assay, which can be run on an automated microscopic detection system, relies on the determination of DNA double strand breaks as a sign for genotoxicity.3 Here, we present first results obtained with broadly used nanomaterials like CdSe/CdS and InP/ZnS quantum dots as well as iron oxide, gold, and polymer particles of different surface chemistry with previously tested colloidal stability. These studies will be also used to establish nanomaterials as positive and negative genotoxicity controls or standards for assay performance validation for users of this fluorometric genotoxicity assay. In the future, after proper validation, this microscopic platform technology will be expanded to other typical toxicity assays. References. (1) Landsiedel, R.; Kapp, M. D.; Schulz, M.; Wiench, K.; Oesch, F., Reviews in Mutation Research 2009, 681, 241-258. (2) Henriksen-Lacey, M.; Carregal-Romero, S.; Liz-Marzán, L. M., Bioconjugate Chem. 2016, 28, 212-221. (3) Willitzki, A.; Lorenz, S.; Hiemann, R.; Guttek, K.; Goihl, A.; Hartig, R.; Conrad, K.; Feist, E.; Sack, U.; Schierack, P., Cytometry Part A 2013, 83, 1017-1026. T2 - 9th International Conference on Nanotoxicology - New tools in risk assessment of nanomaterials CY - Dusseldorf/Neuss, Germany DA - 18.09.2018 KW - Nano KW - Nanotoxicity KW - Fluorescence KW - Quantum dot KW - Surface KW - Passivation shell KW - Automated assay KW - Nanoparticle PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-47540 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute A1 - Würth, Christian A1 - Grauel, Bettina A1 - Weigert, Florian A1 - Pauli, Jutta A1 - Martynenko, Irina A1 - Güttler, Arne T1 - Measuring photoluminescence quantum yields of molecular and nanocrystal emitters N2 - Mandatory for the comparison of different emitter classes and the rational design of the next generation of molecular and nanoscale reporters are reliable and quantitative photoluminescence measurements. This is of special relevance for all fluorescence applications in the life and material sciences. In the following, procedures for the determination of this spectroscopic key parameter are presented including pitfalls and achievable uncertainties and material-specific effects related to certain emitter classes are addressed. T2 - National Research Council Canada (NRC) CY - Ottawa, Canada DA - 11.12.2018 KW - Photoluminescence KW - Quantum yield KW - Instrument calibration KW - Quality assurance KW - Measurement uncertainty KW - Dye KW - Nanocrystal KW - Integrating sphere spectroscopy KW - Absolute measurement PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-47550 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute T1 - Biophotonics at BAM – From photophysics of fluorescent nanocrystals to surface group analysis with optical methods N2 - Optical spectroscopic studies of the influence of size, particle architecture, and surface chemistry of different types of photoluminescent nanocrystals with emission in the vis/NIR will be presented including semiconductor quantum dots and lanthanide-based upconversion nanoparticles. This will include the photophysics of these materials assessed with steady state and time-resolved fluorometry on the ensemble and single particle level and concepts for the quantification of surface groups at nanomaterials with optical methods using cleavable probes and catch-and-release assays. T2 - Fakultät der University of Ottawa CY - Ottawa, Canada DA - 10.12.18 KW - Photoluminescence KW - Quantum yield KW - Nanocrystal KW - Semiconductor quantum dot KW - Upconversion nanoparticle KW - Integrating sphere spectroscopy KW - Cleavable probe KW - Surface analysis KW - Ligand quantification PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-47551 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Tchetgnia Ngassam, Ines Leana A1 - Olonade, K. A. A1 - Mbugua, R. A1 - Kühne, Hans-Carsten T1 - Plant based chemical admixtures – potentials and effects on the performance of cementitious materials JF - RILEM Technical Letters N2 - While today, engineers can choose from a wide range of rheology modifying admixtures, in some parts of the world, these are difficult to access, due to their complex processing. However, alternatives can be bio‐based polymers such as polysaccharides from various sources. These are easily accessible all over the world, do not demand for complicated processing, and typically they are more sustainable than many established materials, which are crude oil‐based. The paper presents the effects of acacia gum, cassava starch and the gum of triumfetta pendrata A. Rich on the rheological performance of cementitious systems. It is shown that acacia gum can be as efficient as polycarboxylate based superplasticisers, cassava starch can reduce the yield stress slightly with little effect on the plastic viscosity, and the gum of triumfet ta pendrata A. Rich increases the thixotropy of cement pastes with plasticizing polymers significantly. KW - Polysaccharides KW - Rheology KW - Cement KW - Chemical admixtures KW - Bio-based concrete PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-476748 DO - https://doi.org/10.21809/rilemtechlett.2018.83 VL - 3 SP - 124 EP - 128 PB - RILEM S.A.R.L. CY - Paris AN - OPUS4-47674 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Alexander, Mark A1 - John, Vanderley T1 - Education for sustainable use of cement based materials JF - Cement and Concrete Research N2 - Structural design and application have always been linked to the compressive strength of concrete as the main relevant criterion. This was justifiable in the past, where concrete consisted of water, ordinary Portland cement and aggregates, but this concept is no longer relevant for modern and more sustainable cement and concrete. Despite these new developments, existing standards, guidelines and academic curricula have not been much updated and are still used worldwide. There is a need to change this situation by proper education of the users. This overview describes the challenges that arise at a user Level from the higher complexity of modern concrete, and defines needs and requirements for enhanced applicability of sustainable concrete concepts. Furthermore, recommendations are given on how better concrete practice can be communicated to all the involved parties, from civil and design engineers to constructors and site-appliers on the construction site. KW - Cement KW - Concrete KW - Sustainability KW - Environment KW - Carbon footprint KW - Education KW - Climate PY - 2018 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0008884616307189?via%3Dihub DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2017.08.009 SN - 0008-8846 SN - 1873-3948 VL - 114 SP - 103 EP - 114 PB - Elsevier AN - OPUS4-47673 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Völzke, Jule Lexa T1 - Herstellung und Charakterisierung Antigen-beschichteter Nanopartikel als Analoga von Virus-like Particles (VLP) T2 - Masterarbeit N2 - In dieser Arbeit wurden drei verschiedene Nanomaterialien auf ihre Bindungsfähigkeit zu Proteinen untersucht. Zu Beginn standen dabei die Herstellung stabiler Dispersionen der einzelnen Nanopartikel und die Stabilität der gebildeten Konjugate im Vordergrund. Der Nachweis einer erfolgreichen Konjugatbildung, sprich der Beschichtung von Nanopartikel mit Proteinen, wurde sowohl qualitativ mittels DLS-Messungen als auch über quantitative Protein-Bestimmungen erbracht. Für die Quantifizierung konnten verschiedene Methoden eingesetzt werden. Neben der klassischen Vorgehensweise, welche indirekt über die Quantifizierung von ungebundenem Protein im Überstand erfolgt, konnten ihm Rahmen dieser Arbeit verschiedene direkte Bestimmungsmethoden entwickelt werden. So wurden mittels kolorimetrischer Tests, wie dem BCA-Assay und dem Bradford-Assay, Nanodiamantdispersionen mit Hilfe einer Korrekturwellenlänge vermessen und quantifiziert. Ebenso zum Einsatz kam die Methode der Aminosäureanalytik, welche aufgrund ihrer guten Rückführbarkeit auf Aminosäurestandards Ergebnisse mit hoher Richtigkeit generieren kann und ebenso die Detektion kleiner Proteinmengen möglich macht. Nach den erfolgten quantitativen Betrachtungen wurden die Protein-beschichteten Nanopartikel auf ihre Anwendbarkeit als Analoga von Virus-like Particles (VLP) bei einer Immunisierung zur Gewinnung von polyklonalen Antikörpern gegen humanes Ceruloplasmin in Kaninchen überprüft. Es konnte mittels ELISA gezeigt werden, dass die Konjugate erfolgreich für die Herstellung von Antikörpern eingesetzt werden können und im zeitlichen Verlauf einer Immunisierung eine Steigerung des Antikörper-Titers zu erreichen ist. KW - DLS KW - Dynamische Lichtstreuung KW - Aluminiumoxid KW - Nanodiamant KW - Gold-Nanopartikel KW - BSA KW - Albumin KW - Protein G KW - Ceruloplasmin KW - Immunpräzipitation KW - Ultraschall KW - BCA KW - Bradford-Assay KW - AAAA KW - Aromatische Aminosäureanalytik KW - ICP-MS KW - NaCl-Methode PY - 2018 SP - 1 EP - 107 PB - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-54625 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Topolniak, Ievgeniia A1 - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan A1 - Pfeifer, Dieter A1 - Braun, Ulrike A1 - Sturm, Heinz T1 - Influence of Boehmite nanofiller on the properties of cycloaliphatic-epoxy oligosiloxane resin coatings N2 - Organic-inorganic nanostructured materials have drawn much attention over the past decade, particularly due to their versatile and outstanding properties. Possessing the properties between those of polymers and those of glasses, siloxane-based resins are non-toxic, easy to synthesize and process hybrid materials, that hold a promising potential in the field of advanced coatings. Photocurable resins are nowadays widely used as coatings due to their unique advantages. In particular, cationic ring-opening curing is not inhibited by oxygen, leads to low degree of shrinkage and superior adhesion. The most important, it enables production of high-quality coatings within short exposure times without applying temperature, thus, minimizing the presence of the thermal stress in the substrate. Photocured Cycloaliphatic-Epoxy Oligosiloxane (CEO) resin was reported to be used as encapsulation material for organic electronics. However, further reinforcement of CEO properties is desired to achieve requested device lifetime. One of the common approaches to improve material characteristics is by embedding inorganic nanoparticles into polymer matrix. It has been shown that the resulted nanocomposites exhibit enhanced functional properties included but not limited by optical, mechanical, thermal and barrier ones. In this work we focused on the incorporation of Boehmite nanoparticles (BA) into CEO matrix as a tool to strengthen the film properties and to study the main changes occurred in the material behavior with regard to its photocuring kinetics, thermal stability and glass transition. Particular interest was focused on the role of particle surface in nanocomposite properties. Hence, BA particles without (HP14) and with organic surface modifier (OS1) at different loadings (up to 10 wt%) were applied in this study. Morphology investigation with SEM operated in transmission mode showed good BA dispersion forming network-like structure. At the same time, distribution of particles differed for HP14 and OS1 as a result of different interaction in CEO-solvent-particles system. CEO structure obtained via non-hydrolytic sol-gel reaction was verified by 13C and 29Si NMR. In situ monitoring of film curing was performed using RT-IR spectroscopy. A slight increase of final convention degree with particle incorporation was observed in contrast to the considerable decrease of curing efficiency reported previously for similar system. Further, the cured hybrid nanocomposite films were analyzed by TGA and DSC, which revealed impact of surface modifier on thermal stability and glass transition temperature. T2 - Kyiv Conference on Analytical Chemistry: Modern Trends CY - Kyiv, Ukraine DA - 17.09.2018 KW - Cycloalyphatic epoxy oligosiloxane KW - Nanocomposite KW - Boehmite KW - Photocuring PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-47642 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Topolniak, Ievgeniia A1 - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan A1 - Pfeifer, Dieter A1 - Braun, Ulrike A1 - Sturm, Heinz T1 - Impact of Boehmite nanoparticles on the curing behaviour and thermal properties of cycloaliphatic-epoxy oligosiloxane hybrid N2 - UV-curing coatings are nowadays widely used due to their unique advantages. High-quality coatings can be obtained at short curing times and low temperatures so that thermal stress to the substrate is minimised. Photocured Cycloaliphatic-Epoxy Oligosiloxane (CEO) resin was reported to be used as encapsulation material for organic electronics. However, further reinforcement of CEO film properties is desired to achieve requested device lifetime. In this work we introduced Boehmite nanoparticles (BA) into CEO matrix in order to modify the film properties and study the main changes of the material behaviour with regard to its photocuring kinetics, thermal stability and glass transition. Particular interest was focused on the role of particle surface in nanocomposite properties. Hence, BA particles without (HP14) and with organic surface modifier (OS1) at different loadings (up to 10 wt%) were applied in this study. Morphology investigation with SEM operated in transmission mode showed good BA dispersion forming network-like structure. At the same time, distribution of particles differed for HP14 and OS1 as a result of different interaction in CEO-solvent-particles system. CEO structure obtained via non-hydrolytic sol-gel reaction was verified by 13C and 29Si NMR. In situ monitoring of film curing was performed using RT-IR spectroscopy. No significant modification of final convention degree with particle incorporation was observed in contrast to considerable decrease of curing efficiency reported previously for similar system by Esposito et al.,2008. Further, cured hybrid nanocomposite films were analysed by TGA and DSC, which revealed impact of surface modifier on film thermal properties. T2 - E-MRS CY - Warsaw, Poland DA - 15.09.2018 KW - Cycloalyphatic epoxy oligosiloxane KW - Nanocomposite KW - Boehmite KW - DSC KW - TGA KW - UV-curing PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-47643 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -