TY - CONF A1 - Krüger, Harald A1 - Hoffmann, Katrin A1 - Schwibbert, Karin A1 - Sameith, Janin A1 - Toepel, Jörg A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute T1 - Polymeric sensors as imaging tools for local pH in biofilm for early detection of microbial induced corrosion N2 - Microbial induced corrosion (MIC) is a crucial problem in many technical plants as well as fuel tanks, leading to considerable damage and huge financial losses. Successful prevention of MIC requires the localization of first signs of corrosion as well as the identification of factors influencing the corrosion process.1 Hence, there is a growing need for sensitive and preferably inexpensive tools that enable the early detection of MIC. Of high importance are methods, which provide spatially and time-resolved information and allow the study of changes on metal surfaces as prerequisites for a more detailed analysis of ongoing corrosion processes at a MIC-affected site.2 In this respect, also the determination of corrosion rates can be of interest for the possible prevention of MIC. T2 - 11th International Symposium on Polymer Therapeutics CY - Valencia, Spain DA - 23.05.2016 KW - Bildgebung KW - Mikrobiell induzierte Korrosion KW - Nanosensor KW - Imaging KW - Microbial induced corrosion PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-37139 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Krüger, Harald Rune A1 - Hoffmann, Katrin A1 - Schwibbert, Karin A1 - Sameith, Janin A1 - Toepel, Jörg A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute T1 - Imaging of local pH in biofilm using polymeric sensors: towards the elucidation of microbial induced corrosion N2 - Microbial induced corrosion (MIC) is a crucial problem in many technical plants as well as fuel tanks, leading to considerable damage and huge financial losses. Successful prevention of MIC requires the localization of first signs of corrosion as well as the identification of factors influencing the corrosion process. In this respect, also the determination of corrosion rates can be of interest for the possible prevention of MIC. Hence, there is a growing need for sensitive and preferably inexpensive tools that enable the early detection of MIC. Of special interest are methods, which provide spatially and time-resolved information and allow the study of changes on metal surfaces as prerequisites for a more detailed analysis of ongoing corrosion processes at a MIC-affected site. Biofilm formation can lead to changes in pH, oxygen and chloride concentration as well as to the release of certain metal ions like Fe(II) and Mn(II) depending on the type of metal surface involved. Hence, optical methods enabling the detection of these analytes at very low concentration and monitoring of their changes can be used for MIC detection. Here, we propose to utilize polymeric nanosensors for MIC detection via the determination of the local pH value changes in different biofilms. Such nanosensors are known to have several advantages in imaging applications such as intracellular pH measurements including the ease of doping or labeling with a multitude of analyte-responsive and inert dye molecules for the realization of a high analyte sensitivity and ratiometric sensing. Moreover, they can be surface functionalized with target-specific ligands e.g., lectins, for the specific binding to the outer surface of certain types of bacteria. In this respect, different polymer architectures will be studied to identify an optimal candidate in terms of imaging performance in conjunction with several classes of pH-responsive fluorescent dyes like cyanines, aza-BODIPYs, and xanthenes, utilizing different mechanism of signal generation such as photo-induced electron transfer or protonation-induced changes in the spectral position of absorption and emission spectra. T2 - Europtrode CY - Graz, Austria DA - 20.03.2016 KW - Nanosensor KW - Microbial induced corrosion KW - Imaging KW - Nanosensor KW - Mikrobiell induzierte Korrosion KW - Bildgebung PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-35628 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -