TY - CONF A1 - Kern, Simon T1 - Simple calibration concept of an online NMR module demonstrated in a modularised production plant N2 - Monitoring specific information (such as physico-chemical properties, chemical re-actions, etc.) is the key to chemical process control. Within the CONSENS Project, the challenge to adapt a commercially available benchtop NMR spectrometer to the full requirements of an automated chemical production environment was tack-led. The developed online NMR module was provided in an explosion proof housing and involves a compact 43.5 MHz NMR spectrometer together with an acquisition unit, a programmable logic controller for automated triggering, flow con-trol, as well as data communication. First results of an aromatic coupling reaction in lab scale showed a general feasibil-ity according to the signal information in the acquired NMR spectra even though with a considerable overlap. Due to the comparatively low field strength of the NMR spectrometer multivariate methods had to be considered for the prediction of con-centration profiles based on spectral data. Typically, for industrial application of those methods, e.g. Partial Least Squares Regression (PLS-R) as well as Indirect Hard Modeling, large amount of calibration data is demanded, which must be ac-quired in time consuming lab-scale experiments and offline analytics. When it comes to changes in raw materials (e.g., varying functional groups, additional stabi-lizing agents) calibration experiments and data evaluation models are developed again. Here we present an approach of automated data analysis tools for low field NMR spectra with minimal calibration effort. The algorithms are based on Indirect Hard Modeling, whereby each component in each mixture spectra can be rep-resented by several flexible peak functions (pure component models). This means, that only pure component NMR spectra are needed to generate a first evaluation model. The flexibility of peak functions in the spectral model can be adjusted via constraints of peak parameters. The area of any pure component model can either be converted to concentrations based on a one-point calibration on raw material concentration or even neat solvent signals. In several cases it has been shown, the IHM works almost independently of the matrix of the real samples. Such a calibration can be repeated daily in the beginning of each process run with minimal time effort. Moreover, additional pure components can be added to the model or even substitut-ed while keeping the previously adjusted peak function constraints. The proposed method exhibited good agreement of resulting concentration data from low field NMR spectra, when compared to an online high field NMR spectrometer as refer-ence instrument. T2 - 13. Kolloquium des Arbeitskreises Prozessanalytik der DECHEMA und der GDCh-Fachgruppe Analytische Chemie CY - Esslingen, Germany DA - 20.11.2017 KW - Online monitoring KW - Online NMR spectroscopy KW - Modularised production PY - 2017 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-430999 AN - OPUS4-43099 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Abbas, Ioana M. T1 - Troubleshooting for the clinical measurement of iron biomarkers using LC-MS/MS: Suppression of sample losses in autosampler vials N2 - We developed a rapid and robust HPLC-MS/MS (QqQ) method for the quantification of hepcidin-25, a promising new biomarker in iron metabolism, in human samples. The novelty of the method is the use of special HPLC vials to avoid adsorptive losses due to the basic character of the peptide that causes interaction with the silanol groups of the vial’s glass surface. Up to 90% decrease in the MS/MS signal was observed, when commercial HPLC vials were used, while vials treated with 3-(2-aminoethylamino)propylmethyldimethoxysilane or 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorooctyltriethoxysilane, leading to no losses in the range of physiological hepcidin-25 mean serum levels (10-20 µg/L). T2 - MSACL 2017 EU CY - Salzburg, Austria DA - 10.09.2017 KW - Peptide losses KW - Adsorption KW - Silanization PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-44613 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Abbas, Ioana M. T1 - Analytical strategies for the clinical assessment of the peptide hepcidin-25, a potential diagnostic tool in iron related disorders N2 - Hepcidin-25 has attracted much attention ever since its discovery in 2001. It is widely recognized that this liver produced peptide hormone plays a major role in the regulation of iron levels in mammals and can reveal important clinical information about several pathological states in patients suffering from iron-related disorders. With the aim to tackle the current difficulties in hepcidin quantification and improve the status of this promising biomarker in the clinical field, we developed a rapid and robust analytical strategy for the quantification of hepcidin-25 in human samples based on HPLC-MS/MS (QqQ) to be implemented in routine laboratories. The novelty of the method is the use of special HPLC vials to avoid adsorptive losses due to the basic character of the peptide that causes interaction with the silanol groups of the vial’s glass surface. Up to 90% decrease in the MS/MS signal was observed, when commercial HPLC vials were used, while vials treated with 3-(2-aminoethylamino)propylmethyl-dimethoxysilane or 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorooctyltriethoxysilane, leading to no significant losses in the dynamic range of physiological hepcidin-25 mean serum levels (10-20 µg/L). Careful analytical validation was performed for determining the reproducibility, repeatability, limit of quantification (0.5 µg/L) and linearity (0.5-40 µg/L) of the method. Serum samples from 9 healthy volunteers were analyzed with a median hepcidin-25 level of 3.3 µg/L, comparable to results reported in the literature. T2 - Australian Peptide Conference 2017 CY - Noosa Heads, Australia DA - 15.10.2017 KW - Validation KW - Hepcidin-25 KW - LC-MS/MS quantification PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-44614 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Griepentrog, Michael T1 - Size effects in electrodeposited Ni-coatings N2 - Polycrystalline Ni materials with grain sizes less than 100 nm (nano crystalline NC) and with grain sizes in the micrometer range (micro crystalline MC) in form of thin films have become important in many technologies due to their improved physical, chemical and mechanical properties. Usual the mechanical properties of such coatings are described by a Hardness value and a Young´s modulus measured by Instrumented Indentation Testing (IIT).The behavior of such coatings during indentation test is influenced by different size effects having their representative length scale – grain size, coating thickness, length that characterizes the depth dependence of the hardness (Indentation Size Effect ISE). To estimate realistic values for the intrinsic coating Hardness and Young´s modulus all size effects have to be considered. For this work thin nano crystalline Ni – coatings (average grain size 30 nm) with thickness from 1 μm to 5 μm were electrodeposited on brass substrates. Indentation tests in the continuous stiffness measurement (CSM) mode were provided on as prepared Ni – coatings using a G200 Nanoindentation system (Fa. Keysight). For estimation of the intrinsic hardness of the coatings from composite hardness values calculated from the measured force –displacement curve using the Oliver & Pharr method, the model described by Z.S. Ma [1] was used. It was found that the experimental data can be well described by the model. The fitted values for the intrinsic hardness and the fitting parameters will be given. The different values of intrinsic hardness and of length characterizing depth dependence of the hardness for different coating thickness are discussed as results of changes in the coating structure because of changes in deposition parameters. [1] Z.S. Ma, Y.C. Zhou, S.G. Long, C. Lu: On the intrinsic hardness of a metallic film/substrate system: Indentation size and substrate effects. International Journal of Plasticity 34 (2012) 1-11. This work is supported by European Metrology Program for Innovation and Research (EMPIR) (JRP 14IND03 Strength – ABLE) T2 - Conference: Nanomechanical Testing in Materials Research and Development CY - Dubrovnik, Croatia DA - 01.10.2017 KW - Size effect KW - Substrate effect KW - Electrodeposited Ni - coatings KW - Instrumented indentation testing PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-42664 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hupatz, H. T1 - Deposition of redox-switchable rotaxanes on surfaces N2 - Deposition of Redox-switchable rotaxanes on surfaces Nature has created molecular machines which can perform a variety of different tasks. They exhibit defined operational pathways and order, resulting in directed macroscopic effects. Within the last decades researchers have been developing numerous artificial molecular machines which are so far mostly operating in solution. However, this represents a major obstacle for the generation of a macroscopic output, due to the random orientation of molecules in solution. As a general approach to this problem, interfaces have been used to generate ordered arrays of functional molecules. Recently, we developed a new class of redox-switchable crown ether/ammonium-based [2]- and [3]rotaxanes which incorporate redox-active tetrathiafulvalene and naphthalene diimide units in their wheels resulting in emergent optoelectronic properties. Electrochemical stimuli influence the interactions between the two macrocycles of [3]rotaxanes and induce conformational changes. In a proof-of-principle study [2]pseudorotaxanes were deposited on gold surfaces by “click”-reaction to azide-terminated self-assembled monolayers to generate ordered arrays of redox-active rotaxanes on-surface. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) confirms the successful deposition of a rotaxane monolayer, though angle-resolved near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (NEXAFS) exhibits poor order of the rotaxanes. Following, new terpyridine-stoppered rotaxanes will be synthesised opening a pathway for the deposition of [2]- and [3]rotaxanes in a layer-by-layer metal-mediated self-assembly procedure. This approach would allow for a programmed sequence of different rotaxanes in multilayers. Electrochemical on-surface switching will be investigated by angle-resolved NEXAFS spectroscopy, XPS, cyclic voltammetry and UV/Vis spectroscopy. A more detailed understanding of the electron-transfer between the surface and the different rotaxane layers as well as of the on-surface switching could give rise to potential applications like optoelectric data-storage devices or potential-driven molecular motors. T2 - Gordon Research Conference - Artificial Molecular Switches & Motors CY - Holderness, NH, USA DA - 11.06.2017 KW - Rotaxane KW - Immobilization KW - XPS KW - NEXAFS PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-42843 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hupatz, H. T1 - Redox-Switchable Rotaxanes on Surfaces N2 - Nature has created molecular machines which can perform a variety of different tasks. They exhibit defined operational pathways and order, resulting in directed macroscopic effects. Within the last decades researchers have been developing numerous artificial molecular machines which are so far mostly operating in solution. However, this represents a major obstacle for the generation of a macroscopic output, due to the random orientation of molecules in solution. As a general approach to this problem, interfaces have been used to generate ordered arrays of functional molecules. Recently, we developed a new class of redox-switchable crown ether/ammonium-based [2]- and [3]rotaxanes which incorporate redox-active tetrathiafulvalene and naphthalene diimide units in their wheels resulting in emergent optoelectronic properties. Electrochemical stimuli influence the interactions between the two macrocycles of [3]rotaxanes and induce conformational changes. In a proof-of-principle study [2]pseudorotaxanes were deposited on gold surfaces by “click”-reaction to azide-terminated self-assembled monolayers to generate ordered arrays of redox-active rotaxanes on-surface. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) confirms the successful deposition of a rotaxane monolayer, though angle-resolved near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (NEXAFS) exhibits poor order of the rotaxanes. Following, new terpyridine-stoppered rotaxanes will be synthesised opening a pathway for the deposition of [2]- and [3]rotaxanes in a layer-by-layer metal-mediated self-assembly procedure. This approach would allow for a programmed sequence of different rotaxanes in multilayers. Electrochemical on-surface switching will be investigated by angle-resolved NEXAFS spectroscopy, XPS, cyclic voltammetry and UV/Vis spectroscopy. A more detailed understanding of the electron-transfer between the surface and the different rotaxane layers as well as of the on-surface switching could give rise to potential applications like optoelectric data-storage devices or potential-driven molecular motors. T2 - GDCh-Wissenschaftsforum Chemie CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 10.09.2017 KW - NEXAFS KW - Rotaxane KW - XPS KW - Surface characterization PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-42848 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Thiel, Erik T1 - Novel thermographic methods for non-destructive testing using structured illumination N2 - Photothermal imaging is commonly used for the characterization of material properties, the determination of layer thicknesses or the detection of inhomogeneities such as voids or cracks. For this purpose, the solid specimen is externally heated, e.g. by using a light source. The resulting transient heat flows interact with the inner structures of the specimen, which in turn is measured as a transient temperature distribution at the surface. Novel array-shaped, high-power laser light sources allow to control the heating of the surface arbitrarily, both temporally and spatially. This enables us to shape the heat flows within the material in a very specific way. In a first application, we demonstrate how to apply destructively interfering thermal wave fields in order to detect subsurface defects with a very high sensitivity. A similar technique, although originating from a very different physical domain, is already in use for medical 3D imaging showing the high potential of this approach. T2 - Adlershofer For­schungs­forum 2017 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 10.11.2017 KW - Active thermography KW - Photothermal KW - Crack detection KW - Thermal wave KW - Structured heating PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-42835 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Pignatelli, Giuseppe T1 - Effects of nanoparticles on laser ablation N2 - Introduction: Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) is an atomic emission analytical technique, wide spreading in laboratories and industries. One way to dramatically increase its analytical results is to deposit metal NPs on the sample surface, resulting in an better version called Nanoparticle Enhanced LIBS (NELIBS). In order to better know and use this technique, the evolution of the plasma has been studied with Tomography. T2 - CHESS 2017 CY - Florence, Italy DA - 27.11.2017 KW - LIBS KW - Nanoparticles PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-43476 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kulla, Hannes T1 - In situ PXRD monitoring of a mechanochemical cocrystal formation in milling jars of different material N2 - We present an in situ PXRD investigation of the mechanochemical cocrystal formation of pyrazinamide with pimelic acid in two milling jar materials. In the steel jar a polymorph transformation presenting an exception of Ostwald’s rule of stages is observed. T2 - BESSY User Meeting 2017 CY - Bessy II (HZB), Berlin, Germany DA - 14.12.2017 KW - In situ KW - XRD KW - Polymorph KW - Cocrystal KW - Milling PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-43502 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kormunda, M. T1 - Study of magnetron sputtering deposited ultrathin FeSnOx films for Surface Plasmon Resonance sensors towards gas sensing applications N2 - In this study, series of coatings with the goal of sensitising gold SPR sensors towards CO, NH4, etc. were prepared. To better understand the mechanism behind the sensitizing effect and to enable the targeted production of optimized layers, the wide range of coatings was studied by multiple methods from spectroscopic ellipsometry for their dielectric function, by XPS for chemical composition and SEM, TEM to determine their microscopic structure. The coatings were deposited at inert Ar gas and reactive Ar/O2 gas mixture by RF magnetron sputtering or DC pulsed magnetron sputtering with settable RF bias on the substrates. The plasma processes were monitors by mass spectrometry. The metal oxide coatings in SPR sensors have to be prepared reproducible with thickness about 5 nm therefore lower deposition rate conditions were advantages. T2 - THE 14th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SPUTTERING & PLASMA PROCESSES,ISSP 2017 CY - Kanazawa, Japan DA - 05.07.2017 KW - Surface Plasmon Resonance KW - Magnetron sputtering KW - FeSnOx PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-43536 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -