TY - CONF A1 - Beck, Uwe A1 - Hielscher, Stefan A1 - Lange, Thorid A1 - Grunwald, Daniel A1 - Stockmann, Jörg M. A1 - Lerche, D. A1 - Rietz, U. T1 - Die Zentrifuge als universelles Prüfsystem für Beanspruchungen auf Zug und Druck N2 - Mit der Zentrifugentechnologie ist seit einigen Jahren ein neuartiges Mehr-Proben-Prüf-verfahren auf dem Markt etabliert, welches die klassische Zugprüfung in den Trommelrotor einer Tischzentrifuge überträgt. In der Beanspruchung auf Zug ist die Prüfung der Verbundfestigkeit mittels CAT-Technologie (centrifugal adhesion testing) an der BAM seit 2017 nach DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 akkreditiert, wobei die Verbundfestigkeit von Klebungen direkt bestimmt wird und in Abhängigkeit von den Versagensformen Rückschlüsse auf die Klebfestigkeit von Klebstoffen/Klebebändern oder die Haftfestigkeit von Beschichtungen gezogen werden können. T2 - 13. ThGOT Thementage Grenz- und Oberflächentechnik und 11. Thüringer Biomaterial-Kolloquium CY - Zeulenroda, Germany DA - 13.03.2018 KW - Zentrifugentechnologie KW - Haftfestigkeit KW - Härteprüfung KW - Mehr-Proben-Prüfung KW - Beanspruchung auf Zug und Druck PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-44570 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Beck, Uwe A1 - Fischer, Daniel A1 - Hertwig, Andreas A1 - Hidde, Gundula A1 - Stockmann, Jörg M. A1 - Weise, Matthias T1 - Ellipsometric imaging of low-contrast surface modifications and depolarization contrast imaging (DCI) of particulate accumulations N2 - Imaging of surfaces regarding topographical, morphological, micro-structural, and chemical features is a key requirement for quality control for the identification of contaminated, degraded, damaged or deliberately modified surface areas vs. clean, virgin, undamaged or unmodified regions. As optical functions may represent any of these changes on the micro- and nano-scale, imaging ellipsometry (IE) is the technique of choice using either intensity, phase, or/and amplitude contrast for visualization of low-contrast surface modifications [1, 2]. Defects or surface and film features whether native or artificial, intended or unintended, avoidable or unavoidable as well as surface pattern are of interest for quality control. In contrast to microscopic techniques operated at normal incidence, ellipsometry as oblique-incidence technique provides improved contrast for vertically nano-scaled add-on or sub-off features such as ultra-thin transparent films, metallic island films, carbon-based thin films, laser modification or laser induced damage, dried stain, cleaning agent or polymeric residue. Two-sample reference techniques, i.e. referenced spectroscopic ellipsometry (RSE) may further increase sensitivity and decrease measurement time. In case of particulate accumulations depolarization contrast imaging (DCI) may improve the lateral resolution beyond the Abbe limit. This has been proven for silica spheres as reference in terms of single particles, particulate accumulations or particulate monolayers and layer stacks. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) were used for reference measurements of particle diameter, particle height, or particulate layer/accumulation thickness. It has been shown that single silica particles of 250 nm in diameter, i.e. at least a factor of 4 better than the lateral resolution limit as of now, can be visualized on even substrates. However, the ellipsometric measurement of particle diameters of this size needs further efforts interpretation. T2 - Workshop Ellipsometry 2018 CY - Chemnitz, Germaný DA - 19.03.2018 KW - Low-contrast surface modifications KW - Particulate distributions KW - Imaging ellipsometry(IE) KW - Depolarization contrast imaging (DCI) PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-44548 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kjaervik, Marit A1 - Dietrich, P. A1 - Thissen, A. A1 - Schwibbert, Karin A1 - Unger, Wolfgang T1 - Quantitative biocide profile measurements by calibrated NAP-XPS N2 - Progress update for the EMPIR-project MetVBadBugs- Quantitative measurement and imaging of drug-uptake by bacteria with antimicrobial resistance. T2 - MetVBadBugs 26 M project meeting CY - South Mimms, UK DA - 05.07.2018 KW - Biofilms KW - Alginate KW - Antibiotics KW - E. coli KW - XPS PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-45402 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Yildirim, Arda T1 - Liquid Crystals Forming a Columnar Mesophase: Structure, Dynamics and Electric Conductivity N2 - The molecular dynamics and ionic conductivity of ionic liquid crystals (ILCs) forming a columnar mesophase, two linear-shaped tetramethylated guanidinium triflates ILCs having different lengths of alkyl chains, were investigated by a combination of Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy (BDS) and Specific Heat Spectroscopy (SHS). Three processes were detected by BDS; at low temperature γ-process, at higher temperatures α-process and at even higher temperatures conductivity. The γ-process indicates localized fluctuations, and the α-process designates cooperative fluctuations. Slightly different restrictions were found for conductivity processes of LC536 and LC537 due to the slightly different lengths of alky chains. The conductivity mechanisms in the plastic crystalline and the columnar mesophase have been revealed by BDS and different charge carriers were assigned for the different phases. Furthermore, the cooperative dynamics were also probed by SHS. The cooperative dynamics probed by the different techniques (BDS and SHS) compared, and assigned to the different restrictions on the cooperativity due to the difference in the sensitivity of the techniques. T2 - Seminar Vortrag Technische Universität Berlin CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 28.06.2018 KW - Columnar Liquid Crystals KW - Ionic Liquid Crystals PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-45383 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kjaervik, Marit A1 - Dietrich, P. A1 - Thissen, A. A1 - Schwibbert, Karin T1 - Surface characterisation of biological samples by near-ambient pressure XPS N2 - A presentation held for the seminar "Ausgewählte analytische Methoden der Physik" hosted by Prof. Birgit Kanngießer at TU Berlin. The first part focus on depth-dependent XPS-measurements (XPS, synchrotron HAXPES) to obtain a concentration profile of iodine in an artificial biofilm. In the second part, NAP-XPS measurements of various bacterial samples are presented. T2 - Forschungsseminar "Ausgewählte analytische Methoden der Physik", TU Berlin CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 17.07.2018 KW - Biofilms KW - Alginate KW - Agarose KW - HAXPES KW - NAP-XPS PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-45505 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Beck, Uwe A1 - Baier, Jennifa A1 - Hidde, Gundula A1 - Sahre, Marion A1 - Weise, Matthias T1 - Particles in PVD-coatings: Imperfection or functional add-on feature? N2 - The application of PVD-coatings ranges from mechanical engineering, i.e. thicker tribological coatings, to precision optics, i.e. thinner optical coatings. For physical vapor deposition (PVD) technologies such as evaporation, sputtering, ion beam assisted/driven deposition, vacuum is a prerequisite for two reasons: at first process-related ones (evaporation source, plasma discharge, and mean free path) and at second coating-related ones (pure, perfect, and dense films). Usually, the goal is a homogenous coating of defined stoichiometry and micro-structure without any imperfection. However, the implementation of micro- or nano-particles may occur accidentally or delibe-rately. Independent of the particle origin, there are two fundamental rules regarding coating functionality: at first, the larger the particle diameter to coating thickness ratio the more affected the functionality of the coating, and at second, the larger the material contrast in terms of the functional feature of interest the more affected the coating performance. Hence, embedded particles have to be avoided for the majority of thin films by all means. The unintended implementation of particles usually results in a malfunction of the coating from the beginning or is at least considered as a weak point of the coating creating a time-dependent defect under service conditions. The intended implementation of particles on surfaces and in coatings may create add-on features, topographic ones and functional ones, however, the facts mentioned hold true. Examples of particle-initiated coating defects are demonstrated in dependence on the origin and the field of application. Strategies for deliberate attachment/embedding of particles on surfaces/in coatings are discussed regarding process compatibility and coating integrity. For industrial applications, both the validation of process compatibility of particle injection and the plasma resistance of particles under vacuum and plasma conditions have to be confirmed. Further points of interest are the homogeneity of particle distribution and the avoidance of particle agglomeration which is still a crucial point for dry dispersed particles. So far, technical applications are limited to PVD hybrid coatings, plasma dispersion coatings are still a challenge except for applications where homogeneity is not required as in case of product authentication. T2 - ICMCTF 2018, International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films CY - San Diego, CA, USA DA - 23.04.2018 KW - PVD-coatings KW - PVD-processes KW - Unintended particle generation KW - Particles as imperfections KW - Deliberate particle implementation KW - Particles as add-on features PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-44973 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Beck, Uwe A1 - Fischer, Daniel A1 - Hertwig, Andreas A1 - Mitzkus, Anja A1 - Sahre, Mario A1 - Weise, Matthias A1 - Köppe, Enrico A1 - Bartholmai, Matthias A1 - Basedau, Frank A1 - Hofmann, Detlef A1 - Schukar, Vivien A1 - Kormunda2, M. T1 - Multi-functional coatings for optical sensor applications: Surface plasmon resonance & magneto-optical coupling N2 - Multi-functional coatings are a key requirement for surface engineering. General demands are adhesion and long-term stability under service conditions. The modification of surfaces by means of PVD-, ECD- or hybrid processes allows an add-on functionalization of surfaces by a huge diversity of materials with both lateral and vertical micro-/nano-designs. This fact is a prerequisite for micro- and sensor-systems in lab-on-chip and sensor-on-chip technology. Two layer-based sensor principles are presented, i.e. surface plasmon resonance enhanced spectroscopic ellipsometry (SPREE) for detection of hazardous gases and magneto-optical sensors on smart-coated fiber Bragg gratings (FBG) for structural health monitoring (SHM). The interdependence of substrate features, coating properties, and layer design is discussed firstly for gas sensitivity and selectivity of SPREE-sensors and secondly for sensitivity and selectivity of magneto-strictive coatings to mechanical strain or external magnetic fields resulting in an optical displacement of the Bragg wavelength of FBG-sensors. Moreover, generic features such long-term stability, crucial process-related fabrication conditions, and effects of operational and environmental parameters are discussed with respect to the sensor performance. It has been shown that appropriate layer design and adapted selection of layer materials (SnOx/Au, Fe/Ni:SnOx/Au; Ni/NiFe-Cu-Cr) result in improved sensor parameters and may enable new sensor applications. T2 - SVC TechCon 2018 CY - Orlando, FL, USA DA - 05.05.2018 KW - Multi-functional coatings for sensors KW - Surface plasmon resonance enhanced ellipsometry (SPREE) KW - Gas monitoring KW - Magneto-optical coupling (MOC) KW - Structural health monitoring (SHM) PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-44976 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan A1 - Yamamoto, K. A1 - Grulke, E. A. A1 - Maurino, V. T1 - Shape controlled TiO2 nanoparticles as candidates for nano-CRM’s – an ISO case study N2 - Extraction of true, 3D shape (and size) of non-spherical nanoparticles (NPs) is associated with errors by conventional 2D electron microscopy using projection images. Significant efforts within the ISO technical committee TC 229 ‘Nanotechnologies’ are aimed at establishing accurate TEM and SEM measurement of NP size and shape as robust, standard procedures. Study groups have been organizing inter-laboratory comparisons on well-selected NP systems according to the market needs, such as aggregated titania nano-powder for which size and shape distribution of primary crystallites of irregular shape must be measured accurately. To be noticed is e. g. the fact that the measurement procedure allows only manual selection of the particles clearly distinguishable for analysis as well as manual definition of the contour of the imaged NPs. An inter-laboratory exercise on titania NPs (pure anatase, grown by hydrothermal synthesis) of well-defined non-spherical shape, i.e. bipyramidal has been recently started within ISO/TC 229 under similar conditions as for the irregular shaped titania. Overlapped particles were allowed to be considered, as long as they are clearly distinguishable. One decisive NP selection criterion was to analyze only those NPs with a roundness value below 0.7, i.e. the NPs laying on the support foil and, hence, with projection areas clearly deviating from perfect circles (R=1). The overall evaluation (for 15 labs) of the size descriptors (area, Feret, minFeret, perimeter) and shape descriptors (aspect ratio, roundness, compactness, extent) by analysis of variance is just to be finished and included in ISO/WD 21363 Nanotechnologies -- Protocol for particle size distribution by transmission electron microscopy. T2 - NanoWorkshop 2018 (Workshop on reference nanomaterials, current situation and needs: development, measurement, standardization) CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 14.05.2018 KW - Titanium oxide KW - Nanoparticles KW - Shape-controlled KW - Electron microscopy KW - Reference material PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-44996 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Unger, Wolfgang T1 - Metrology for spatially resolved chemical analysis at the micro and nanometre scales Surface Analysis Working Group (SAWG) - Report for 16th Meeting (2017/18) N2 - Following the 2017 meeting, progress with the Key Comparison CCQM-K153 related to the BET specific surface lead by UNIIM and the Pilot Study P-190 “Thickness Measurement of nm HfO2 Films” lead by KRISS will be discussed. The 16th meeting of SAWG will focus on •survey on CMC claims submitted with reference to K-129 and K-136. •the overall and SAWG specific aspects of the CCQM Strategy process, •a consideration of comparisons on convention methods as recommended by the CCQM Plenary Meeting 2017, •the 2019 CCQM Workshop and paper(s) for Metrologia’s Special Issue, •discussion of future comparisons. T2 - 24th meeting of the CCQM 2018 CY - Paris, France DA - 19.04.2018 KW - Surface chemical analysis KW - Metrology KW - Inter-laboratory comparisons PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-44998 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Saloga, Patrick E. J. T1 - Messdatenauswertung mittels Origin in der Nanopartikelanalyse N2 - Die Anwendung der Software Origin zur Datenauswertung in der Nanopartikelanalyse wird anhand eines Beispiels vom Importieren der Daten über deren Verarbeitung bis zur graphischen Ausgabe demonstriert. T2 - ADDITIVE Origin Anwendertage 2018 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 12.03.2018 KW - Silbernanopartikel KW - Origin KW - SAXS PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-44458 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schönhals, Andreas A1 - Madkour, Sherif A1 - Szymoniak, Paulina T1 - Unraveling the dynamics of thin films of a miscible PVME/PS blend N2 - Dielectric spectroscopy (BDS) was employed to investigate the dynamics of thin films (7 – 200 nm) of a Poly (vinyl methyl ether) (PVME) / Polystyrene (PS) blend (50:50 wt%). For the BDS measurements Nano-Structured Capacitors (NSC) were employed, where films have a free surface. This method was applied for film thicknesses up to 36 nm. Thicker films were prepared between Crossed Electrodes Capacitors (CEC). The spectra of the films showed multiple processes. The first process was assigned to the -relaxation of a bulk-like layer. For films measured by NSC, its rates were higher compared to that of the bulk blend. This behavior was related to a PVME-rich free-surface layer. A second process was observed for films measured by CEC (process X) and the 36 nm film measured by NSC (process X2). This process was assigned to fluctuations of PVME constraint by PS. Its activation energy was found to be thickness dependent, due to the evidenced thickness dependency of the compositional heterogeneity. Finally, a third process with an activated temperature-dependence was observed for all films measured by NSC (process X1). It resembled the molecular fluctuations in an adsorbed layer found for films of pure PVME. T2 - Anual Meeting of the American Physical Society CY - Los Angeles, CA, USA DA - 05.03.2018 KW - Thin polymeric films PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-44414 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gawek, Marcel A1 - Madkour, Sherif A1 - Hertwig, Andreas A1 - Schönhals, Andreas T1 - Growth Kinetics and Molecular Mobility of Irreversibly Adsorbed Layers in Thin Polymer Films N2 - In well-annealed thin polymer films, with non-repulsive polymer/substrate interactions, an irreversibly adsorbed layer is expected to form. These adsorbed layers have shown great potential for technological applications. However, their growth kinetics and molecular dynamics are still not fully understood. This is partially due to the hard accessibility of these layers in thin films. Here, the irreversibly adsorbed layers of homopolymer thin films are revealed by solvent-leaching experiments. First, the growth kinetics of these layers is investigated as a function of annealing times and original film thickness. The thickness, topography and quality of the adsorbed layer is controlled with Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). Secondly, the molecular mobility of the adsorbed layer is investigated with Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy (BDS). A recently developed nanostructured capacitor is employed to measure the adsorbed layers with a free surface layer. The results are quantitatively compared and discussed with respect to recently published work. T2 - Meeting of the American Physical Society CY - Los Angeles, CA, USA DA - 05.03.2018 KW - Thin polymeric films KW - Adsorbed layer PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-44488 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Szymoniak, Paulina A1 - Madkour, Sherif A1 - Schönhals, Andreas T1 - Unexpected behavior of thin PVME/PS blend films investigated by specific heat spectroscopy N2 - The structure and molecular dynamics of thin polymer films are of topical interest of soft matter-physics. Commonly, spatial structural heterogeneities of 1D confined thin films (surface, bulk-like and adsorbed layer), are expected to alter the glassy dynamics, compared to the bulk. Here, Specific Heat Spectroscopy (SHS) was used, to investigate the glassy dynamics of thin films of an asymmetric miscible PVME/PS 25/75 wt% blend. SHS measurements showed a non-monotonous thickness dependence of the dynamic Tg, on the contrary to the previously investigated PVME/PS 50/50 wt%. For PVME/PS 25/75 wt% thin films (> 30 nm), due to the presence of PVME-rich adsorbed and surface layers, the bulk-like layer experienced a thickness dependent increase of PS concentration. This led to a systematic increase of dynamic Tg. Further decrease of the film thickness (< 30 nm), resulted in a decrease of dynamic Tg, ascribed to the influence of the surface layer, which has a high molecular mobility. This is the first study, which shows deviations of dynamic Tg of thin films, compared to the bulk, resulting from the counterbalance of the free surface and adsorbed layer. T2 - Spring Meeting of German Physical Society CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 12.03.2018 KW - Thin polymeric films PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-44494 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hodoroaba, Vasile-Dan T1 - Measurement of nanoparticle size and shape distribution – Current situation and outlook N2 - The EC Recommendation on the definition of nanomaterial, based solely on size of the constituent particles, foresees development of harmonised measurement methods ensuring ‘consistent results across materials and over time’. The EU/FP7 research project NanoDefine has been exclusively dedicated to support the implementation of this EC Recommendation for the European Union’s legislation. For the first time, measurement techniques able to determine the size of nanoparticles have been evaluated systematically on a well-defined set of quality control materials (spherical, monodisperse) as well as industrial materials of complex shapes and considerable polydispersity. Particularly based on the analytical performance of the measurement techniques as tested on the challenging real-world particulate materials, it was possible to formulate recommendations for use of a new tiered approach consisting of screening and confirmatory techniques. Thus, a consistent framework of guidance for nanomaterial identification according to the EC Definition has been issued in form of the NanoDefiner e-tool, with a transparent decision flow scheme and an extensive user manual. Selected examples of analysis and classification as nano-/non-nanomaterials will be given, highlighting the limits of applicability of the available measurement techniques in dependence on sample properties. On some recent relevant developments in sample preparation – as a crucial part for an accurate analysis - will be also reported. Further, ISO/TC 229 ‘Nanotechnologies’ activities aiming at establishing accurate TEM and SEM measurement of NP size and shape as robust, traceable, standard procedures are highlighted. With participation of BAM, study groups have been organizing inter-laboratory comparisons on well-selected NP systems according to the market needs, such as aggregated or shape-controlled titania nano-powder for which size and shape distribution of primary particles must be measured accurately. T2 - Symposium Preparation, Characterization and Processing of Nano and Submicron Powders CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 14.06.2018 KW - Nanoparticles KW - Nanomaterial KW - EC definition KW - Nanoparticle size distribution PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-45191 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Müller, Anja A1 - Lippitz, Andreas A1 - Swaraj, Sufal A1 - Sparnacci, Katia A1 - Unger, Wolfgang T1 - Progress Talk 3 / Investigating the dimensions of core|shell nanoparticles using scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM) N2 - This presentation deals with the progress between month twelve and nineteen of my PhD thesis. I prepared it, in order to update my supervisor Prof. Kemnitz and my colleagues from the department of chemistry at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU). T2 - Working Group Meeting of Prof. Erhard Kemnitz CY - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU), Germany DA - 30.01.2018 KW - Core-shell nanoparticles KW - Metrology KW - PS KW - PTFE KW - Polymers KW - SEM KW - STXM PY - 2018 N1 - Geburtsname von Müller, Anja: Hermanns, A. - Birth name of Müller, Anja: Hermanns, A. AN - OPUS4-43981 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Epping, Ruben A1 - Falkenhagen, Jana T1 - Characterization of small heterogeneities in polymers by analysis of UPLC/ESI-MS reconstructed ion chromatograms N2 - From simple molar mass disperse homopolymers over copolymers to functionalized, 3-dimensional structures containing various distributions, the complexity of polymeric materials has become more and more sophisticated in recent years. With applications in medicine, pharmacy, smart materials or for the semiconductor industry the requirements for the characterization have risen with the complexity of the used polymers. For each additional distribution, an additional dimension in analysis is needed. Small, often isobaric heterogeneities in topology or microstructure can usually not be simply separated chromatographically or distinguished by any common detector. Instead of a complicated, time consuming and/or expensive 2d-chromatography or ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) method, that also has its limitations, here a simple approach using size exclusion chromatography (SEC) coupled with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI) is proposed. We used SEC for the separation because unlike other separation modes the separation in this mode solely should occur due to the hydrodynamic volume with no interference of other interactions. This simplifies the interpretation and the above mentioned heterogeneities should show a slight difference in hydrodynamic volume. ESI mass spectrometry can offer more than an access to mass dependent information like MMD, end group masses or CCD in polymer analysis. The online coupling to SEC allows the analysis of reconstructed ion chromatograms (RIC) of each degree of polymerization. While a complete separation often cannot be achieved, the derived retention times and peak widths lead to information on the existence and dispersity of heterogeneities in microstructure or topology, that are otherwise inaccessible or accessible only by time consuming or expensive methods. Because these heterogeneities might vary with the molar mass, analysis of the whole MMD-Peak (here the total ion current (TIC)) would not lead to the desired information. The broadening of the chromatographic peaks in this case does not origin from the already well known band broadening factors in chromatography from diffusion. This band broadening is attributed to the nature and composition of the analyte itself. Surprisingly there is very little investigation into the peak width or peak shape due to analyte structure itself found in literature. It is also shown, that with proper calibration even quantitative information could be obtained. This method is suitable to detect small differences in e. g. branching, topology, monomer sequence or tacticity and could potentially be used in production control of oligomeric products or other routinely done analyses to quickly indicate deviations from set parameters. Based on a variety of examples we demonstrate the possibilities and limitations of this approach. T2 - HTC-15 CY - Cardiff, UK DA - 24.01.2018 KW - UPLC/ESI-MS KW - Reconstructed chromatograms KW - Polymer analysis KW - Microstructure PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-44137 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kjaervik, Marit A1 - Schwibbert, Karin A1 - Unger, Wolfgang A1 - Thissen, A. A1 - Dietrich, P. T1 - Progress on characterisation of biofilms by NAP-XPS N2 - Progress talk on characterisation of biofilms by NAP-XPS in the framework of the MetVBadBugs EURAMET-project T2 - MetVBadBugs 24 M project meeting CY - Turin, Italy DA - 06.02.2018 KW - Biofilms KW - E. coli KW - Alginate KW - NAP-XPS PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-44065 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Lauer, Franziska A1 - Diehn, Sabrina A1 - Weidner, Steffen A1 - Kneipp, Janina T1 - A graphical user interface for a fast multivariate classification of MALDI-TOF MS data of pollen grains N2 - The common characterization and identification of pollen is a time-consuming task that mainly relies on microscopic determination of the genus-specific pollen morphology. A variety of spectroscopic and spectrometric approaches have been proposed to develop a fast and reliable pollen identification using specific molecular information. Amongst them, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) shows a high potential for the successful investigation of such complex biological samples. Based on optimized MALDI sample preparation using conductive carbon tape, the application of multivariate statistics (e.g. principal components analysis, PCA) yields an enormous improvement concerning taxonomic classification of pollen species compared to common microscopic techniques. Since multivariate evaluation of the recorded mass spectra is of vital importance for classification, it’s helpful to implement the applied sequence of standard Matlab functions into a graphical user interface (GUI). In this presentation, a stand-alone application (GUI) is shown, which provides multiple functions to perform fast multivariate analysis on multiple datasets. The use of a GUI enables a first overview on the measured dataset, conducts spectral pretreatment and can give classification information based on HCA and PCA evaluation. Moreover, it can be used to improve fast spectral classification and supports the development of a simple routine method to identify pollen based on mass spectrometry. T2 - 12. Interdisziplinäres Doktorandenseminar, GDCh AK Prozessanalytik CY - BAM, AH, Berlin, Germany DA - 25.03.2018 KW - MALDI KW - GUI KW - Pollen PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-44661 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Müller, Anja A1 - Swaraj, Sufal A1 - Sparnacci, Katia A1 - Lippitz, Andreas A1 - Unger, Wolfgang T1 - Investigation of core-shell nanoparticles using scanning transmission x-ray microscopy (STXM) N2 - A scanning transmission x-ray microscopy (STXM) based methodology is introduced for determining the dimensions (shell thickness, core and total diameter) of core-shell nanoparticles which exhibit a strong x-ray absorption contrast and a well-defined interface between core and shell material. A low radiation dosage during data acquisition and, therefore, less x-ray beam induced damage of the sample is achieved by recording STXM images only at two predetermined energies of maximum absorption contrast, instead of recording a stack of images across the whole absorption edge. A model core-shell nanoparticle, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) cores with polystyrene (PS) shell, is used for demonstration. Near edge x-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy confirms the significant difference in x-ray absorption behavior between PTFE and PS. Additionally, due to the insolubility of styrene in PTFE a well-defined interface between particle core and shell is expected. In order to validate the STXM results, both the naked PTFE cores as well as the complete core-shell nanoparticles are examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The introduced STXM based methodology yields particle dimensions in good agreement with the SEM results (deviation equal or less than 10%) and provides additional information such as the position of the particle core which cannot be extracted from a SEM micrograph. T2 - DPG-Frühjahrstagung der Sektion Kondensierte Materie gemeinsam mit der EPS CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 11.03.2018 KW - STXM KW - SEM KW - PS KW - PTFE KW - Core-shell nanoparticles PY - 2018 N1 - Geburtsname von Müller, Anja: Hermanns, A. - Birth name of Müller, Anja: Hermanns, A. AN - OPUS4-44654 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hertwig, Andreas A1 - Madkour, Sherif A1 - Gawek, Marcel A1 - Schönhals, Andreas T1 - Determination of the glass transition region of thin PVME films by means of spectroscopic ellipsometry N2 - In this presentation, we report on the Determination of the glass transition temperature of thin layers of Polyvinylmethylether (PVME) depending on the thickness of the polymer layer. The glass Transition of thin polymer layers is currently under much investigation due to the nano-confinement effects proposed to appear in dependence on the layer thicknesses in the nm range. The properties of the polymer, the temperature range, as well as the thicknesses range of the polymer layers pose a serious challenge to the investigation by means of spectroscopic ellipsometry. By careful choice of experimental parameters, we were able to investigate the thickness change by temperature of PVME layers in the range between 2 and 300 nm and in the temperature range between 200 K and 340 K. By optimizing the analysis process, we were able to determine Tg values within this parameter range with sufficient accuracy to investigate the Tg change due to confinement effects. Alongside the change of position of the glass transition with thickness, we discuss the details of the ellipsometric analysis and its implications for the resulting thermal properties of the thin polymer layers as well as the accuracy of the Tg value with respect to the method used in the analysis process. T2 - Workshop Ellipsometry 2018 CY - Chemnitz, Germany DA - 19.03.2018 KW - Polymers KW - PVME KW - Temperature dependent ellipsometry KW - Glass transition PY - 2018 AN - OPUS4-44672 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -