TY - CONF A1 - Hahn, Marc Benjamin T1 - Data processing and nonlinear curve Fitting with fityk N2 - A brief introduction into fityk is given. The introduction is followed by a pratical session. Fityk is a versatile data processing tool for nonlinear curve fitting. T2 - AFM Data analysis seminar CY - Online meeting DA - 23.02.2021 KW - Fityk KW - Curve fitting KW - Analysis KW - Raman KW - IR KW - XPS PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-52154 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Guo, Y. A1 - Lippitz, Andreas A1 - Saftien, P. A1 - Unger, Wolfgang A1 - Kemnitz, E. T1 - Tuning the surface properties of novel ternary iron(III) fluoride-based catalysts using the template effect of the matrix N2 - Sol–gel prepared ternary FeF3–MgF2 materials have become promising heterogeneous catalysts due to their porosity and surface Lewis/Brønsted acidity (bi-acidity). Despite the good catalytic performance, nanoscopic characterisations of this type of material are still missing and the key factors controlling the surface properties have not yet been identified, impeding both a better understanding and further development of ternary fluoride catalysts. In this study, we characterised the interaction between the bi-acidic component (FeF3) and the matrix (MgF2) on the nano-scale. For the first time, the formation pathway of FeF3–MgF2 was profiled and the template effect of MgF2 during the synthesis process was discovered. Based on these new insights two novel materials, FeF3–CaF2 and FeF3–SrF2, were established, revealing that with decreasing the atomic numbers (from Sr to Mg), the ternary fluorides exhibited increasing surface acidity and surface area but decreasing pore size. These systematic changes gave rise to a panel of catalysts with tuneable surface and bulk properties either by changing the matrix alkaline earth metal fluoride or by adjusting their ratios to Fe or both. The template effect of the alkaline earth metal fluoride matrix was identified as the most probable key factor determining the surface properties and further influencing the catalytic performance in ternary fluoride based catalysts, and paves the way to targeted design of next-generation catalysts with tunable properties. KW - Catalysis KW - Surface analysis KW - XPS PY - 2015 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-327410 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/c4dt03229b SN - 1477-9226 SN - 1477-9234 SN - 1364-5447 VL - 44 IS - 11 SP - 5076 EP - 5085 PB - RSC CY - Cambridge AN - OPUS4-32741 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Unger, Wolfgang T1 - Measuring organic layers N2 - Many innovative products - from touchscreens to solar panels to pharmaceuticals – utilise multiple organic layers to create complex functionality. New techniques have been developed to remove and measure layers individually enabling improved product development and assisting with quality assurance. However, manufacturers cannot be certain of the depth of layer being removed and new reference materials for these techniques are needed to increase uptake, and remove a major barrier to innovation. KW - Organic layers KW - XPS KW - SIMS PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-388656 UR - http://www.euramet.org/metrology-for-societys-challenges/metrology-for-industry/impact-case-studies-emrp-industry-theme/ SP - 1 EP - 2 CY - Teddington AN - OPUS4-38865 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - THES A1 - Heinrich, Thomas T1 - Switchable Surfaces: Mono- and Multilayers of Stimuli-Responsive Supramolecules on Solid Supports N2 - Rotaxanes are mechanically interlocked molecules (MIMs) that are considered to be excellent prototypes for the development of molecular machines. They comprise a discrete number of molecules that are bound to each other via non-covalent interactions. Mechanically interlocked means that a covalent bond must be broken in order to separate the molecules from another. If the rotaxanes are furthermore provided with different binding sites, they can perform a con-formational change and thus a nanoscopic movement by the application of an external stimu-lus. However, this movement is not directed in solution and a macroscopic effect is therefore, if at all, very difficult to realize. The integration of rotaxanes into a reference system by, for example, the immobilization on a surface is regarded as a promising approach to convert the generated nanoscopic motion into a macroscopic effect. The present work describes the immobilization of chloride-switchable rotaxanes onto surfaces using a variety of methods. In detail, the applied methods are the metal-mediated layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembly and the covalent deposition using click chemistry, which can be con-sidered as separate approaches. Before the rotaxanes were immobilized, the deposition meth-ods were first established and gradually improved on the basis of earlier results by using dif-ferent macrocycle and guest molecules. Various template layers – so-called self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) – were used. These are terminated with pyridine or terpyridine for the metal-induced LbL deposition. Azide-terminated SAMs are used for the covalent deposition. In the course of that, the following objectives were achieved: The deposition of diterpyridin functionalized macrocycles in multilayers with a preferential orientation was investigated and verified by transmission-UV/Vis, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) as well as near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS). In order to produce the multilayer, metal-ions and macrocycles were alternately deposited onto various SAMs. To enable further process control for the LbL deposition, Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) has been extended by use of Principal Component Analysis (PCA) which is capable of analyzing even very small changes in the deposition procedure. By using two different macrocycles and four metals, a mixed multilayer was fabricated that can be programmed by its deposition sequence. The treatment of the multilayers with appropriate guest molecules showed that they are on one hand addressable to the lowest layer by an external stimulus and that they are on the other hand able to incorporate a relatively large amount of the guest. Additionally, the covalently deposited supramolecules are also able to bind guests and to adapt to their structures. In both cases, the reversibility could be shown by appropriate experiments. Finally, the introduction of pyridine-functionalized nanoparticles into the multilayers led to a higher guest uptake, which can be explained by the reduction of the macrocycle-order due to the uneven surface of the nanoparticles. KW - Layer-by-layer deposition KW - XPS KW - NEXAFS KW - ToF SIMS KW - Switchable rotaxane PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:188-fudissthesis000000103658-0 SP - 1 EP - 139 PB - Freie Unversität CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-39614 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - THES A1 - Traulsen, Christoph T1 - Programmierbare supramolekulare (Komposit-)Multischichten auf Gold- und Siliziumoberflächen N2 - The present doctoral thesis focuses on the deposition of programmable supramolecular multilayers and composite-multilayers on gold and silicon substrates using a layer-by-layer selfassembly approach which is based on coordination chemistry. For this purpose, a variety of pyridine- and terpyridine-terminated self-assembled monolayers has been developed and deposited on gold and silicon substrates. Multitechnique analysis was carried out using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), (angle-dependent) near-edge Xray-absorption fine-structure spectroscopy (NEXAFS spectroscopy), time-of-flight secondaryion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS), transmissions UV/Vis spectroscopy as well as atomic force microscopy (AFM). By optimization of the deposition procedure, highly-ordered monomolecular and binary monolayers were deposited. As a proof of principle, transition metal-ions and appropriately labeled test-ligands were deposited on top of the functional monolayers. Furthermore, monolayers of terpyridine-terminated tetralactam macrocycles and the corresponding ether rotaxanes have been immobilized using coordination chemistry. In order to enhance the macrocycle surface coverage, the deposition procedure has been optimized as well. Multilayers consisting of diterpyridine-terminated tetralactam macrocycles have been deposited using either Fe(II) or alternatingly Fe(II) and Ni(II) metal-ions. The surface analysis proved a regular layer growth and a remarkable orientation of the macrocycles within the layer stacks. The applicability of the deposition procedure was expanded to a programmable layer stack by implementing pyridine-terminated macrocycles. The monodentate ligands led to an additional coordination sphere and thus to the application of a different transition metal-ion. The macrocycles and metal-ions were programmed according to the deposition sequence applied. The corresponding layer stack exhibited a linear dichroism of the π*-resonance corresponding to a preferential orientation of the macrocycles. Furthermore, the concept was extended to the deposition of composite multilayers consisting of pyridine-functionalized macrocycles and gold-nanoparticles which were synthesized during this thesis as well. Finally, reversible on-surface host-guest complex formation N2 - Die vorliegende Dissertation befasst sich mit der Herstellung von programmierbaren, supramolekularen Multischichten und Komposit-Multischichten auf Gold- und Siliziumoberflächen durch Anwendung eines koordinationschemischen Schicht-auf-Schicht-Selbstorganisationsverfahrens und den damit verbundenen Synthesen, Beschichtungen und Analysen. Um dieses Ziel zu erreichen, wurde zunächst eine Vielzahl von pyridin- und terpyridinterminierten selbstorganisierten Monoschichten (SAM) hergestellt und auf Gold- und Siliziumoberflächen abgeschieden. Die Abscheideprozedur wurde optimiert wobei zur Analytik der Oberflächen Röntgenphotoelektronenspektroskopie (XPS), winkelabhängiger kantennaher Röntgenabsorptionsfeinstrukturspektroskopie (NEXAFS-Spektroskopie), Flugzeit-Sekundärionen-Massenspektrometrie (ToF-SIMS), Transmissions-UV/Vis-Spektroskopie sowie Rasterkraftmikroskopie (AFM) eingesetzt wurde. Es konnte gezeigt werden, dass sich hochgeordnete monomolekulare und gemischte Monoschichten erzeugen lassen. Die terminalen funktionellen Gruppen dieser SAMs konnten als Ligand zur Komplexbildung mit Übergangsmetallionen verwendet werden. Diese koordinative Haftschicht wurde zur Verknüpfung zunächst von Testliganden und später von terpyridin-terminierten Tetralactam-Makrozyklen (TLM) und darauf basierenden Etherrotaxanen verwendet. Hierbei wurden ebenfalls die Beschichtungsbedingungen optimiert, um einen vollständigen Bedeckungsgrad zu erreichen. Unter Verwendung dieser Bedingungen wurden anschließend Multischichten aus TLMs und Fe(II)-Ionen sowie alternierend Fe(II) und Ni(II) abgeschieden. Die Analyse der hergestellten Multischichten zeigte reproduzierbar ein regelmäßiges, kontrollierbares Wachstum und eine Vorzugsorientierung. Durch den Einsatz von pyridin- und terpyridin-terminierten TLMs mit variierenden Metallionen konnte gezeigt werden, dass es möglich ist, die Abfolge verschiedener Schichten der Multischicht gezielt festzulegen. Im weiteren Verlauf der Arbeit wurden pyridin-terminierte Goldnanopartikel hergestellt und in die Multischichten integriert, um so Komposit-Multischichten herzustellen. Letztlich konnte gezeigt werden, dass die erzeugten Multischichten genutzt werden können, um über nicht-kovalente Wechselwirkungen reversibel Gastmoleküle zu binden und freizusetzten. KW - Layer-by-layer deposition KW - XPS KW - NEXAFS KW - ToF SIMS KW - Progammable rotaxane stacks PY - 2014 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:188-fudissthesis000000096664-6 SP - 1 EP - 141 PB - Freie Universität CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-39615 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - THES A1 - Ehlert, Christopher T1 - Simulationen von Röntgenabsorptionsprozessen zur Charakterisierung von Systemen in kondensierter Phase N2 - Diese Doktorarbeit ist das Resultat einer intensiven und fruchtbaren Zusammenarbeit zwischen dem Fachbereich 6.1 (Oberflächenanalytik und Grenzflächenchemie) der Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) sowie der Arbeitsgruppe Theoretische Chemie von Professor Saalfrank an der Universität Potsdam. Zusammen haben wir die Strukturaufklärung von Systemen in kondensierter Phase unter Verwendung der Röntgenabsorptionsspektroskopie betrieben. Von Seiten der BAM wurden experimentelle Röntgenabsorptionsspektren hoher Auflösung an modernen Synchrotroneinrichtungen (BESSY II, Berlin) aufgenommen. Die Theoretische Chemie liefert, unter Verwendung quantenchemischer Methoden, die Möglichkeit die Spektren zu simulieren. Bei der Röntgenabsorption wird ein Photon hoher Energie von einem molekularen System absorbiert und in einen angeregten Zustand versetzt. Die Intensität der Absorption ist stark abhängig von der eingestrahlten Photonenenergie. Das resultierende Absorptionsspektrum enthält eine Vielzahl von Informationen. Meine Aufgabe bestand darin, die untersuchten Systeme am Computer zu modellieren. KW - XPS KW - NEXAFS KW - Spektrensimulation PY - 2017 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-104844 SP - 1 EP - 142 PB - Universität Potsdam CY - Potsdam AN - OPUS4-39562 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dietrich, Paul A1 - Treu, Dieter A1 - Kalbe, Henryk A1 - Krumrey, M. A1 - Gross, Thomas A1 - Marti, K. A1 - Unger, Wolfgang T1 - Experimental determination of the effective attenuation length of palladium 3d 5/2 photoelectrons in a magnetron sputtered Pd nanolayer N2 - An electron effective attenuation length (EAL) of 1.68nm for Al Kα excited Pd 3d 5/2 photoelectrons with a kinetic energy of 1.152 keV has been determined experimentally using a sputtered Pd film deposited on an ultra flat fused quartz substrate. The film thickness was reduced by Ar ion sputtering several times in order to obtain different Pd film thicknesses which are used to determine experimental EAL values. These results are compared to data generated by using a Simulation of Electron Spectra for Surface Analysis (SESSA) simulation using an inelastic mean free path (IMFP) calculated with the Tanuma–Powell–Penn (TPP)-2M formula and with ‘elastic scattering on and off’. Contributions to the uncertainty budget related to the experimental approach are discussed in detail. Proposals on how to further improve the approach are suggested. KW - Pd 3d KW - Electron effective attenuation length KW - XPS PY - 2017 UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sia.6141/abstract?campaign=woletoc DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/sia.6141 SN - 0142-2421 SN - 1096-9918 VL - 49 IS - 5 SP - 464 EP - 468 PB - John Wiley & Sons, Ltd AN - OPUS4-39682 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ehlert, Christopher A1 - Kröner, D. A1 - Saalfrank, P. T1 - A combined quantum chemical/molecular dynamics study of X-rayphotoelectron spectra of polyvinyl alcohol using oligomer models N2 - X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is a powerful tool for probing the local chemical environment ofatoms near surfaces. When applied to soft matter, such as polymers, XPS spectra are frequently shifted andbroadened due to thermal atom motion and by interchain interactions. We present a combined quantummechanical QM/molecular dynamics (MD) simulation of X-ray photoelectron spectra of polyvinyl alcohol(PVA) using oligomer models in order to account for and quantify these effects on the XPS (C1s) signal. Inour study, molecular dynamics at finite temperature were performed with a classical forcefield and by abinitio MD (AIMD) using the Car–Parrinello method. Snapshots along the trajectories represent possibleconformers and/or neighbouring environments, with different C1s ionization potentials for individualC atoms leading to broadened XPS peaks. The latter are determined by Δ-Kohn Sham calculations. Wealso examine the experimental practice of gauging XPS (C1s) signals of alkylic C-atoms in C-containingpolymers to the C1s signal of polyethylene. We find that (i) the experimental XPS (C1s) spectra of PVA (position and width) can be roughly repre-sented by single-strand models, (ii) interchain interactions lead to red-shifts of the XPS peaks by about0.6 eV, and (iii) AIMD simulations match the findings from classical MD semi-quantitatively. Further, (iv)the gauging procedure of XPS (C1s) signals to the values of PE, introduces errors of about 0.5 eV. KW - XPS KW - Quantummechanical molecular dynamics simulation KW - Polyvinyl alcohol PY - 2015 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elspec.2014.12.007 SN - 0368-2048 VL - 199 SP - 38 EP - 45 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-39290 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kjaervik, Marit T1 - Near ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy on biofilms N2 - Overview of measurements and future work regarding near ambient pressure XPS on biofilms relevant for the EMPIR-project MetVBadBugs- Quantitative measurement and imaging of drug-uptake by bacteria with antimicrobial resistance. T2 - MetVBadBugs 9M Meeting CY - Turin, Italy DA - 02.02.2017 KW - XPS KW - Bacteria KW - Alginate KW - Biofilm PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-39120 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Müller, Anja T1 - WP3 (A 3.3.5 / 3.3.6) electron spectroscopy of core/shell nanoparticles N2 - The presentation summarizes the progress of activity 3.3.5 and 3.3.6 of the Innanopart project. These activities focus on the investigation of different core@shell nanoparticles using synchrotron-radiation-XPS and AES. T2 - Innanopart 18 Months Meeting (EMPIR) CY - Vienna, Austria DA - 31.10.2016 KW - XPS KW - Synchrotron KW - Depth-Profiling KW - AES KW - Core@Shell Nanoparticles PY - 2016 N1 - Geburtsname von Müller, Anja: Hermanns, A. - Birth name of Müller, Anja: Hermanns, A. AN - OPUS4-38792 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -