TY - CHAP A1 - Rück, Thomas A1 - Landgraf, Ferdinand A1 - Läpple, I. A1 - Unger, J. A1 - Matysik, Frank-Michael A1 - Bierl, Rudolf T1 - Specification of an improved photoacoustic setup for high-sensitive, low-cost NO2 trace gas detection T2 - 18th International Conference on Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena (ICPPP18), 2015, September 6-10, Novi Sad, Serbia Y1 - 2015 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - van der Weerd, Bastiaan A1 - Bierl, Rudolf A1 - Matysik, Frank-Michael T1 - A Conductivity Probe for the Determination of Carbon Dioxide Tension at the Oxygenator Exhaust Outlet during Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) T2 - analytica Conference 2014, 1. bis 4. April, München Y1 - 2014 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - van der Weerd, Bastiaan A1 - Bierl, Rudolf A1 - Matysik, Frank-Michael T1 - A Conductivity Probe for the Determination of Carbon Dioxide Tension at the Oxygenator Exhaust Outlet during Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) T2 - Electrochemistry 2014, September 22 - 24, Mainz Y1 - 2014 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - van der Weerd, Bastiaan A1 - Bierl, Rudolf A1 - Matysik, Frank-Michael T1 - A Planar Conductivity Probe for CO2 Determination at the Oxygenator Outlet T2 - Doktorandenseminar GDCh Prozessanalytik 2014, Berlin Y1 - 2014 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wunderlich, Lukas A1 - Hausler, Peter A1 - Maerkl, Susanne A1 - Bierl, Rudolf A1 - Hirsch, Thomas T1 - Nanoparticle Determination in Water by LED-Excited Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging JF - Chemosensors N2 - The increasing popularity of nanoparticles in many applications has led to the fact that these persistent materials pollute our environment and threaten our health. An online sensor system for monitoring the presence of nanoparticles in fresh water would be highly desired. We propose a label-free sensor based on SPR imaging. The sensitivity was enhanced by a factor of about 100 by improving the detector by using a high-resolution camera. This revealed that the light source also needed to be improved by using LED excitation instead of a laser light source. As a receptor, different self-assembled monolayers have been screened. It can be seen that the nanoparticle receptor interaction is of a complex nature. The best system when taking sensitivity as well as reversibility into account is given by a dodecanethiol monolayer on the gold sensor surface. Lanthanide-doped nanoparticles, 29 nm in diameter and with a similar refractive index to the most common silica nanoparticles were detected in water down to 1.5 mu g mL(-1). The sensor can be fully regenerated within one hour without the need for any washing buffer. This sensing concept is expected to be easily adapted for the detection of nanoparticles of different size, shape, and composition, and upon miniaturization, suitable for long-term applications to monitor the quality of water. KW - ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES KW - imaging KW - nanoparticle KW - plasmon resonance KW - REFRACTIVE-INDEX KW - sensor KW - surface Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors9070175 SN - 2227-9040 VL - 9 IS - 7 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - MDPI ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hausler, Peter A1 - Roth, Carina A1 - Vitzthumecker, Thomas A1 - Bierl, Rudolf ED - Ribeiro, Paulo ED - Raposo, Maria T1 - Miniaturized Surface Plasmon Resonance Based Sensor Systems BT - Opportunities and Challenges T2 - Optics, Photonics and Laser Technology 2018 N2 - Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) is a well-known and established technology in bioanalysis and pharmaceutical sciences. Due to the expensive instrumentation and the need of trained people, it is mainly limited to applications in laboratories. However, there are some areas like environmental monitoring, chemical processing and civil infrastructure, which urgently need new sensor technologies. SPR has the potential to serve these fields. In order to be qualified for a use in these areas SPR has to overcome some hurdles. The instrumentation has to be robust, small in size and cheap. A device, which fits these needs, will be a micro-opto-electro-mechanical system (MOEMS) with integrated intelligent algorithms. In this book chapter, examples of miniaturized SPR devices are introduced, the limitations which have to be overcome as well as the possibilities for future applications are proposed. Due to the manifold advantages of this technology and the dropping prices for imaging sensors, Surface Plasmon Resonance imaging (SPRi) might become one of the leading technologies for SPR smart sensor systems. Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-3-030-30112-5 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30113-2_8 SP - 169 EP - 195 PB - Springer Nature CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Müller, Max A1 - Rück, Thomas A1 - Jobst, Simon A1 - Pangerl, Jonas A1 - Bierl, Rudolf A1 - Matysik, Frank-Michael T1 - Creating a Digital Twin of a Photoacoustic Gas Sensor for Methane Detection in Complex Gas Matrices T2 - Proceedings Optical Sensors and Sensing Congress 2022 (AIS, LACSEA, Sensors, ES): 11–15 July 2022, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada N2 - We present the calculation results from a digital twin (DT) of our photoacoustic (PA) sensor for methane detection, regarding gas composition, temperature and pressure variations. Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-1-957171-10-4 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1364/LACSEA.2022.LW4D.2 PB - Optica Publishing Group ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zifarelli, Andrea A1 - Cantatore, Aldo Francesco Pio A1 - Sampaolo, Angelo A1 - Mueller, Max A1 - Rueck, Thomas A1 - Hoelzl, Christine A1 - Rossmadl, Hubert A1 - Patimisco, Pietro A1 - Spagnolo, Vincenzo T1 - Multivariate analysis and digital twin modelling: Alternative approaches to evaluate molecular relaxation in photoacoustic spectroscopy JF - Photoacoustics N2 - A comparative analysis of two different approaches developed to deal with molecular relaxation in photoacoustic spectroscopy is here reported. The first method employs a statistical analysis based on partial least squares regression, while the second method relies on the development of a digital twin of the photoacoustic sensor based on the theoretical modelling of the occurring relaxations. Methane detection within a gas matrix of synthetic air with variable humidity level is selected as case study. An interband cascade laser emitting at 3.345 µm is used to target methane absorption features. Two methane concentration ranges are explored targeting different absorptions, one in the order of part-per-million and one in the order of percent, while water vapor absolute concentration was varied from 0.3 % up to 2 %. The results achieved employing the detection techniques demonstrated the possibility to efficiently retrieve the target gas concentrations with accuracy > 95 % even in the case of strong influence of relaxation effects. KW - digital twin model KW - methane detection over a wide concentration range KW - multivariate analysis KW - Partial Least Squares Regression KW - QEPAS sensor KW - relaxation effects photoacoustic spectroscopy KW - water vapor influence on relaxation Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pacs.2023.100564 SN - 2213-5979 VL - 33 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Pangerl, Jonas A1 - Wittmann, Elisabeth A1 - Weigl, Stefan A1 - Müller, Max A1 - Bierl, Rudolf A1 - Matysik, Frank-Michael T1 - Using a Modulated Quantum Cascade Laser for Photoacoustic Spectra Recording of Exhaled Acetone and Main Breath Components T2 - Optical Sensors and Sensing Congress 2022 (AIS, LACSEA, Sensors, ES) N2 - Photoacoustic spectra of main breath components together with acetone are presented demonstrating spectral linearity towards different concentrations and compositions. The acetone 3σ detection limit at 1209 cm−1 is 0.28 ppbV Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1364/AIS.2022.ATu3G.1 PB - Optica Publishing Group ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Escher, Lukas A1 - Rück, Thomas A1 - Jobst, Simon A1 - König, Martin A1 - Bierl, Rudolf T1 - Design and Characterization of a Low-Cost Photoacoustic Sensor for NO2 Using Lateral Illumination and Background Suppression T2 - Imaging and Applied Optics Congress 2022 (3D, AOA, COSI, ISA, pcAOP): 11–15 July 2022, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada N2 - We introduce a low-cost photoacoustic NO2 sensor based on lateral LED illumination and optical background signal compensation. The 3σ limit of detection (LOD) was identified to be 24 ppbV. Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-1-957171-09-8 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1364/3D.2022.JTu2A.10 PB - Optica Publishing Group ER -