TY - CONF A1 - Nolze, Gert A1 - Winkelmann, Aimo T1 - The challenge of band detection N2 - The presentation demonstrates different traps which are related to the detection of Kikuchi bands in EBSD patterns. T2 - EBSD 2015 CY - Glasgow, UK DA - 30.03.2015 KW - Electron backscatter diffraction KW - Image processing KW - Pseudo symmerty KW - Crystal lattice KW - Pyrite KW - Pattern matching KW - Misindexing PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-37805 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Nolze, Gert T1 - SEM-TKD: Signal formation, practical challenges and related applications N2 - TKD and EBSD will be compared and benefits as well as limitations of TKD will be discussed. T2 - XIV Brazilian MRS Meeting CY - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil DA - 27.09.2015 KW - TKD KW - EBSD KW - Kikuchi diffraction KW - Nanoanalytic KW - Orientation mapping PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-37788 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Nolze, Gert T1 - Simulation of powder diffraction patterns N2 - The theory of powder diffraction simulation is explained at the example of PowderCell, a free-available software of BAM. T2 - PowderCell Users meeting CY - Joinville, Brazil DA - 21.09.2015 KW - Powder diffraction KW - X-ray diffraction KW - Phase analysis KW - Simulation PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-37789 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Keller, Julia A1 - Koch, Matthias T1 - Interactions of (1,3-dicarbonyl)-mycotoxins and metal ions N2 - Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of fungi which have diverse detrimental effects on humans, animals and crops. Traceable worldwide in foods and animal feeds, these contaminants cause manifold diseases and extensive economic losses. Therefore, European legislation set maximum levels of distinct mycotoxins to minimize the risks for the buying public. But standardized food analysis techniques fail to detect masked mycotoxins, whose research increasingly moves to the fore in recent years. They are formed from detoxification metabolism of plants as well as from fungi, which conjugate for example with glucosides or dihexosides. All masked mycotoxins have one thing in common: They are not detectable with standard methods, thereby contributing to the overall exposure and pose an additional health risk for the consumer. The dissertation work will focus on the following potential new group of masked toxins. Food safety relevant mycotoxins like zearalenone and ochratoxin A possess one or more 1,3-dicarbonyl moieties. Latter are principally able to form thermodynamically stable chelate complexes with metal cations. First investigations at BAM showed interactions between zearalenone and copper ions and it is conceivable that they possibly build a complex. Our main focus is now to identify, characterize and quantify 1,3-dicarbonyl mycotoxin metal complexes as potential candidates within the group of conjugated mycotoxins. We will simulate processes of biotransformation and identify distinct metabolites by electrochemistry coupled to liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (EC-HPLC-MS). The obtained knowledge contributes to a better understanding of masked mycotoxins and an improved monitoring of foods and feeds, to ensure food safety. T2 - BAM PhD Retreat CY - Wandlitz, Germany DA - 05.06.2015 KW - Mycotoxins KW - Metal ions PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-38222 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Tschaikner, Martin A1 - Redmer, Bernhard A1 - Ewert, Uwe A1 - Bullinger, O. A1 - Schnars, U. A1 - Schulting, D. T1 - Laminographic inspection of large fibre composite structures at the production site N2 - Short describtion of the technology and results of laminography. T2 - 7th International Symposium on NDT in Aerospace CY - Bremen, Germany DA - 16.11.2015 KW - Laminography KW - 3D Reconstruction KW - Inspection of CFRP KW - Laminografie KW - 3D Rekonstruktion KW - Untersuchung von CFK PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-35610 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pellegrino, F. A1 - Pellutiè, L. A1 - Maurino, V. A1 - Ortel, Erik A1 - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan A1 - Isopescu, R. A1 - Toloi, D. T1 - Experimental approaches and paradigms for shape controlled synthsis of TiO2 nanoparticles N2 - Titanium dioxide is one of the most studied metal oxides due to its interesting chemical, surface, electronic and (photo)catalytic properties. These properties provide this material of multisectorial applications, ranging from healthcare, photocatalysis, smart materials with self cleaning and self sterilizing properties and solar energy harvesting (photovoltaics and water photosplitting). However it is difficult to correlate the functional properties of TiO₂ nanomaterials to the properties at single nanoparticle level due to the high polydispersity in shape, size and surface properties of the currently available TiO₂ nanoparticles (NPs) Although intensive experimental and theoretical studies have been conducted on the reactivity of different surfaces of metal oxides such as TiO₂ [1,2] much less attention is paid on the dependence of functional properties, like photocatalytic activity, dye adsorption, open circuit potential and fill factor in dye sensitized solar cells, on crystal facets in different orientations [3]. One of the goal of SETNanoMetro is the development of design rules to tune crystal facets of TiO₂ NPs in order to optimize and control functional properties. By tuning the ratio of different facets, the functional properties would be correspondingly changed. In the present work we have developed a series of design rules in order to obtain sets of anatase TiO₂ NPs with low polydispersity and to tune their shape and their size though hydrothermal processing of Ti(IV)-Triethanolamine complex in presence of different shape controllers (OH-, triethanolamine, fluoride). Through a careful experimental design the influence of many process parameters (pH, temperature, shape controller type and concentration) on the synthesis outcome (size, shape and polydispersity), a predictive soft model was developed. The model is able to predict reasonably well the synthesis outcome allowing to tune the shape factor from 5 (prisms) to 1.5 (bipyramids) to 0.2 (platelets). This allows to control the main crystal facets exposed ranging from (100) to (001). T2 - EMEC16, 16th European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry CY - Turin, Italy DA - 30.11.2015 KW - TiO2 KW - nanoparticles PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-35933 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Trela, Christiane A1 - Kind, Thomas A1 - Günther, Martin T1 - Ground penetrating radar in reflection vs transmission mode for void detection in concrete structures N2 - The concreting of prefabricated concrete structures can lead to insufficient bonding or even to remaining cavities. Honeycombs (aggregate clusters without cement) represent potential weakening of the structure and need to be detected non-destructively. In our study we tested the capability of ground penetrating radar (GPR) techniques for this purpose. We applied GPR in reflection mode and zero-offset profiling (ZOP) transmission mode on a precast concrete twin wall with built-in honeycombs. GPR measurements were performed as two channel measurement with ground coupled antennas with centre frequencies of 1.5 GHz and 2.6 GHz mounted to an automated scanner system. Our findings show that ZOP transmission measurements are a more efficient method to detect voids in reinforced concrete structures compared to reflection mode measurements. This holds for both the effort needed for the measurement and the evaluation as well as the validity of the data. Honeycombs (basically representing voids) are usually characterized by strongly reduced amplitudes and earlier arrivals of the transmitted wave. T2 - International Symposium Non-Destructive Tesing in Civil Engineering (NDT-CE 2015) CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 15.09.2015 KW - Void detection KW - Ground penetrating radar KW - Reflection KW - Transmission KW - Reinforced concrete KW - Prefabricated wall PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-40005 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Denkler, Tilman T1 - Guest lecture: Quality infrastructure & sustainability N2 - Gastvortrag an der TU Berlin zu Qualitätsinfrastruktur und Nachhaltigkeit, gehalten im Rahmen der Veranstaltungsreihe Sustainable Innovation N2 - Guest lecture at the TU Berlin on quality infrastructure and sustainability, held as part of the Sustainable Innovation lecture series. T2 - Guest lecture at Sustainable Innovation - WS 2015/2016 CY - TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany DA - 01.12.2015 KW - Quality infrastructure KW - Sustainability PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-41699 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Isleyen, A. A1 - Vogl, Jochen A1 - Skrundric, N. A1 - Jotanovic, A. A1 - Näykki, T. A1 - Horvat, M. A1 - Zoń, A. A1 - Bulska, E. A1 - Ochsenkuhn- Petropoulou, M. A1 - Can, S. Z. A1 - Bilsel, M. A1 - Hafner, K. A1 - Perkola, N. A1 - Ari, B. A1 - Tunç, M. A1 - Binici, B. T1 - Matrix reference materials for environmental analysis N2 - This project aims to develop capacity to produce certified reference materials (CRMs) for environmental analysis by transferring know-how between the partners and combining their skills to focus on environmental CRM production. The production process includes good manufacturing practices for processing materials, method development, the validation and application of homogeneity, stability and characterisation tests, the calculation of individual uncertainties (between-unit inhomogeneity, long term stability, characterisation) and combination of uncertainties to determine overall uncertainty of the matrix reference materials. An inter laboratory comparison registered as a EURAMET project is set as the ultimate project outcome, confirming the partners’ capabilities in applying newly acquired skills. T2 - 9th International Conference on Instrumental Methods of Analysis: Modern Trends and Applications CY - Kalamata, Greece DA - 20.09.2015 KW - Priority substances KW - Toxic metals KW - PFOS KW - PFA PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-45252 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Maiwald, Michael A1 - Meyer, Klas A1 - Zientek, Nicolai A1 - Paul, Andrea T1 - qNMR forever – reference material metrology at high pressures and high purities N2 - Due to recent advances in technical developments of NMR instruments such as acquisition electronics and probe design, detection limits of components in liquid mixtures were improved into the lower ppm range (approx. 5–10 ppm amount of substance). This showed that modern NMR equipment is also suitable for the observation of hydrocarbon samples in the expanded fluid phase or gas phase. Since Quantitative NMR spectroscopy (qNMR) is a direct ratio method of analysis without the need of calibration it was used to determine impurities in appropriate liquid and liquefied hydrocarbon isomers up to C6, which are used for preparation of primary gas standards, e.g., natural gas or exhaust gas standards. At the same time it is possible to yield structural information with a minimum of sample preparation. Thus, cross contaminations between different isomers of the observed hydrocarbons and their (NMR-active) impurities can be identified and quantified. In general, most quantitative organic chemical measurements rely on the availability of highly purified compounds to act as calibration standards. The traceability and providence of these standards is an essential component of any measurement uncertainty budget and provides the final link of the result to the units of measurement, ideally the SI. The more recent increase in the use of qNMR for the direct assessment of chemical purity however can potentially improve the traceability and reduce the uncertainty of the measured chemical purity at a reduced cost and with less material. For example the method has beneficially been used by National Measurement institutes for recent CCQM comparisons including the CCQM–K55 series of purity studies. Traditional ‘indirect’ methods of purity analysis require that all impurities are identified and quantified, leading to a minimum of 4 individual analytical methods (organic impurities, water, solvents, inorganic residue). These multiple technique approaches measure an array of different chemical impurities normally present in purified organic chemical compounds. As many analytical methodologies have compound-specific response factors, the accuracy and traceability of the purity assessment is dependent on the availability of reference materials of the impurities being available. qNMR provides the most universally applicable form of direct purity determination without need for reference materials of impurities or the calculation of response factors but only exhibiting suitable NMR properties. The development of CRMs addressing qNMR specific measurement issues will give analysts compounds ideally suited for the analytical method and also provide full characterisation of qNMR related parameters to enable more realistic uncertainty budgets. These materials will give users the tools to exploit qNMR more easily and enable them to speed up analytical method development and reduce the time and financial burden of multiple analytical testing. T2 - 3rd Practical Application of NMR in Industry Conference (PANIC) 2015 CY - La Jolla, CA, USA DA - 09.02.2015 KW - qNMR KW - Quantitative NMR-Spektroskopie KW - Reference Material KW - Metrology PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-36144 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -