TY - GEN A1 - Niedl, Robert Raimund A1 - Berenstein, Igal A1 - Beta, Carsten T1 - How imperfect mixing and differential diffusion accelerate the rate of nonlinear reactions in microfluidic channels N2 - In this paper, we show experimentally that inside a microfluidic device, where the reactants are segregated, the reaction rate of an autocatalytic clock reaction is accelerated in comparison to the case where all the reactants are well mixed. We also find that, when mixing is enhanced inside the microfluidic device by introducing obstacles into the flow, the clock reaction becomes slower in comparison to the device where mixing is less efficient. Based on numerical simulations, we show that this effect can be explained by the interplay of nonlinear reaction kinetics (cubic autocatalysis) and differential diffusion, where the autocatalytic species diffuses slower than the substrate. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 253 KW - arsenious acid KW - fronts KW - paper KW - poly(dimethylsiloxane) KW - scale KW - systems Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-95810 SP - 6451 EP - 6457 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Niedl, Robert Raimund A1 - Berenstein, Igal A1 - Beta, Carsten T1 - How imperfect mixing and differential diffusion accelerate the rate of nonlinear reactions in microfluidic channels JF - Physical chemistry, chemical physics : PCCP ; a journal of European Chemical Societies N2 - In this paper, we show experimentally that inside a microfluidic device, where the reactants are segregated, the reaction rate of an autocatalytic clock reaction is accelerated in comparison to the case where all the reactants are well mixed. We also find that, when mixing is enhanced inside the microfluidic device by introducing obstacles into the flow, the clock reaction becomes slower in comparison to the device where mixing is less efficient. Based on numerical simulations, we show that this effect can be explained by the interplay of nonlinear reaction kinetics (cubic autocatalysis) and differential diffusion, where the autocatalytic species diffuses slower than the substrate. KW - arsenious acid KW - systems KW - poly(dimethylsiloxane) KW - fronts KW - scale KW - paper Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cp00224b SN - 1463-9076 SN - 1463-9084 VL - 18 SP - 6451 EP - 6457 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry CY - Cambridge ER - TY - THES A1 - Ulaganathan, Vamseekrishna T1 - Molecular fundamentals of foam fractionation T1 - Molekulare Grundlagen der Schaumfraktionierung N2 - Foam fractionation of surfactant and protein solutions is a process dedicated to separate surface active molecules from each other due to their differences in surface activities. The process is based on forming bubbles in a certain mixed solution followed by detachment and rising of bubbles through a certain volume of this solution, and consequently on the formation of a foam layer on top of the solution column. Therefore, systematic analysis of this whole process comprises of at first investigations dedicated to the formation and growth of single bubbles in solutions, which is equivalent to the main principles of the well-known bubble pressure tensiometry. The second stage of the fractionation process includes the detachment of a single bubble from a pore or capillary tip and its rising in a respective aqueous solution. The third and final stage of the process is the formation and stabilization of the foam created by these bubbles, which contains the adsorption layers formed at the growing bubble surface, carried up and gets modified during the bubble rising and finally ends up as part of the foam layer. Bubble pressure tensiometry and bubble profile analysis tensiometry experiments were performed with protein solutions at different bulk concentrations, solution pH and ionic strength in order to describe the process of accumulation of protein and surfactant molecules at the bubble surface. The results obtained from the two complementary methods allow understanding the mechanism of adsorption, which is mainly governed by the diffusional transport of the adsorbing protein molecules to the bubble surface. This mechanism is the same as generally discussed for surfactant molecules. However, interesting peculiarities have been observed for protein adsorption kinetics at sufficiently short adsorption times. First of all, at short adsorption times the surface tension remains constant for a while before it decreases as expected due to the adsorption of proteins at the surface. This time interval is called induction time and it becomes shorter with increasing protein bulk concentration. Moreover, under special conditions, the surface tension does not stay constant but even increases over a certain period of time. This so-called negative surface pressure was observed for BCS and BLG and discussed for the first time in terms of changes in the surface conformation of the adsorbing protein molecules. Usually, a negative surface pressure would correspond to a negative adsorption, which is of course impossible for the studied protein solutions. The phenomenon, which amounts to some mN/m, was rather explained by simultaneous changes in the molar area required by the adsorbed proteins and the non-ideality of entropy of the interfacial layer. It is a transient phenomenon and exists only under dynamic conditions. The experiments dedicated to the local velocity of rising air bubbles in solutions were performed in a broad range of BLG concentration, pH and ionic strength. Additionally, rising bubble experiments were done for surfactant solutions in order to validate the functionality of the instrument. It turns out that the velocity of a rising bubble is much more sensitive to adsorbing molecules than classical dynamic surface tension measurements. At very low BLG or surfactant concentrations, for example, the measured local velocity profile of an air bubble is changing dramatically in time scales of seconds while dynamic surface tensions still do not show any measurable changes at this time scale. The solution’s pH and ionic strength are important parameters that govern the measured rising velocity for protein solutions. A general theoretical description of rising bubbles in surfactant and protein solutions is not available at present due to the complex situation of the adsorption process at a bubble surface in a liquid flow field with simultaneous Marangoni effects. However, instead of modelling the complete velocity profile, new theoretical work has been started to evaluate the maximum values in the profile as characteristic parameter for dynamic adsorption layers at the bubble surface more quantitatively. The studies with protein-surfactant mixtures demonstrate in an impressive way that the complexes formed by the two compounds change the surface activity as compared to the original native protein molecules and therefore lead to a completely different retardation behavior of rising bubbles. Changes in the velocity profile can be interpreted qualitatively in terms of increased or decreased surface activity of the formed protein-surfactant complexes. It was also observed that the pH and ionic strength of a protein solution have strong effects on the surface activity of the protein molecules, which however, could be different on the rising bubble velocity and the equilibrium adsorption isotherms. These differences are not fully understood yet but give rise to discussions about the structure of protein adsorption layer under dynamic conditions or in the equilibrium state. The third main stage of the discussed process of fractionation is the formation and characterization of protein foams from BLG solutions at different pH and ionic strength. Of course a minimum BLG concentration is required to form foams. This minimum protein concentration is a function again of solution pH and ionic strength, i.e. of the surface activity of the protein molecules. Although at the isoelectric point, at about pH 5 for BLG, the hydrophobicity and hence the surface activity should be the highest, the concentration and ionic strength effects on the rising velocity profile as well as on the foamability and foam stability do not show a maximum. This is another remarkable argument for the fact that the interfacial structure and behavior of BLG layers under dynamic conditions and at equilibrium are rather different. These differences are probably caused by the time required for BLG molecules to adapt respective conformations once they are adsorbed at the surface. All bubble studies described in this work refer to stages of the foam fractionation process. Experiments with different systems, mainly surfactant and protein solutions, were performed in order to form foams and finally recover a solution representing the foamed material. As foam consists to a large extent of foam lamella – two adsorption layers with a liquid core – the concentration in a foamate taken from foaming experiments should be enriched in the stabilizing molecules. For determining the concentration of the foamate, again the very sensitive bubble rising velocity profile method was applied, which works for any type of surface active materials. This also includes technical surfactants or protein isolates for which an accurate composition is unknown. N2 - Die Fraktionierung ist ein Trennprozess, bei dem verschiedene Materialien auf Grund ihrer Eigenschaften voneinander getrennt werden. Bei der Sedimentation von Teilchen in einer Flüssigkeit dient deren unterschiedliche Dichte zu ihrer Trennung, da schwere Teilchen schneller auf den Boden des Gefäßes sinken als leichtere. Bei der Schaumfraktionierung als Trennprozess dient zur Trennung verschiedener Moleküle in einer Lösung deren Grenzflächenaktivität, d.h. das unterschiedliche Vermögen der Moleküle, sich an der Oberfläche von Gasblasen anzureichern. Durch das Aufsteigen der Blasen in der Flüssigkeit werden daher die Moleküle mit der höheren Grenzflächenaktivität stärker in der Schaumschicht angereichert als die weniger stark grenzflächenaktiven Komponenten. Ziel der vorliegenden Dissertation ist es, den Prozess der Schaumfraktionierung hinsichtlich der Trennung von grenzflächenaktiven Molekülen zu analysieren. Die Bildung von Blasen und deren anschließendes Aufsteigen in der Lösung kann als wichtigstes Element in diesem Prozess angesehen werden. Es ist bekannt, dass die Geschwindigkeit aufsteigender Luftblasen in Wasser eine charakteristische Größe ist, die durch die Anwesenheit grenzflächenaktiver Stoffe (Tenside, Proteine) stark verringert wird. Die vorliegende Dissertation zeigt für das ausgewählte Protein ß-Lactoglobulin und für verschiedene Lebensmittel-Tenside, dass die Messung der Aufstiegsgeschwindigkeit von Luftblasen zur Beurteilung der Anreicherung dieser Moleküle an der Blasenoberfläche ausgezeichnet geeignet ist. Die experimentellen Ergebnisse bei verschiedenen Lösungsbedingungen, wie Konzentration von Protein bzw. Tensid, pH-Wert und Ionenstärke der Lösung, zeigen deutlich, dass die Anreicherung der Proteinmoleküle wesentlich stärker ist als die von Tensiden. Dies gilt auch für Tenside mit einer sehr hohen Grenzflächenaktivität, was im Wesentlichen durch die extrem feste (nahezu irreversible) Anreicherung der Proteinmoleküle zu erklären ist. Die erzielten experimentellen Ergebnisse dienen jetzt als Grundlage für die Weiterentwicklung der Theorie aufsteigender Blasen, die besonders von der Dynamik der Anreicherung der Moleküle geprägt ist. Neueste Untersuchungen haben gezeigt, dass auf der Grundlage dieser experimentellen Ergebnisse erstmals die Geschwindigkeitskonstanten der Anreicherung (Adsorption und Desorption) unabhängig voneinander ermittelt werden können. KW - adsorption KW - air-water interface KW - protein KW - foam KW - rising bubble KW - Adsorption KW - Wasser/Luft Grenzflächen KW - steigende Blasen KW - Schaum KW - Beta-Lactoglobulin Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-94263 ER - TY - THES A1 - Ledendecker, Marc T1 - En route towards advanced catalyst materials for the electrocatalytic water splitting reaction T1 - Innovative Katalysatormaterialien für die elektrokatalytische Wasserspaltung BT - mechanistic insights into the formation of metal carbides, phosphides, sulfides and nitrides BT - mechanistische Einblicke in die Bildung von Metallcarbiden, -phosphiden, -sulfiden und –nitriden N2 - The thesis on hand deals with the development of new types of catalysts based on pristine metals and ceramic materials and their application as catalysts for the electrocatalytic water splitting reaction. In order to breathe life into this technology, cost-efficient, stable and efficient catalysts are imploringly desired. In this manner, the preparation of Mn-, N-, S-, P-, and C-containing nickel materials has been investigated together with the theoretical and electrochemical elucidation of their activity towards the hydrogen (and oxygen) evolution reaction. The Sabatier principle has been used as the principal guideline towards successful tuning of catalytic sites. Furthermore, two pathways have been chosen to ameliorate the electrocatalytic performance, namely, the direct improvement of intrinsic properties through appropriate material selection and secondly the increase of surface area of the catalytic material with an increased amount of active sites. In this manner, bringing materials with optimized hydrogen adsorption free energy onto high surface area support, catalytic performances approaching the golden standards of noble metals were feasible. Despite varying applied synthesis strategies (wet chemistry in organic solvents, ionothermal reaction, gas phase reaction), one goal has been systematically pursued: to understand the driving mechanism of the growth. Moreover, deeper understanding of inherent properties and kinetic parameters of the catalytic materials has been gained. N2 - Wasserstoff ist einer der vielversprechendsten Energieträger aufgrund seiner hohen massenbezogenen Energiedichte. In diesem Zusammenhang erlaubt die elektrokatalytische Wasserspaltung die einfache und saubere Herstellung von Wasserstoff. Allerdings erfordert die Trennung der relativ starken Wasserstoff-Sauerstoff Bindungen beträchtliche Energie und teure Edelmetalle wie Platin oder Iridium zeigen die höchste katalytische Aktivität mit geringer Überspannung und hohen Stromdichten was zu einem guten Wirkungsgrad führt. Aus dieser Motivation heraus befasst sich die vorliegende Arbeit mit der Entwicklung neuer Katalysatoren, die auf Metalllegierungen und Keramiken basieren, sowie ihrer Anwendung für die elektrokatalytische Wasserspaltung. Besonderes Augenmerk wurde auf die Herstellung von kostengünstigen mangan-, stickstoff-, schwefel-, phosphor- und kohlenstoffhaltigen Nickelwerkstoffen gelegt und deren Aktivität experimentell und theoretisch erforscht. Nickel wurde aufgrund seines relativ günstigen Preises und hohen Vorkommens gewählt. Das Prinzip von Sabatier – die Wechselwirkung zwischen Adsorbat und Substrat sollte weder zu stark noch zu schwach sein – wurde als Leitfaden für die Entwicklung effizienter Katalysatoren benutzt. Trotz unterschiedlich angewendeter Synthesestrategien (Synthese in organischen Lösungsmitteln, ionothermale Reaktion oder Gasphasenreaktion), wurde zusätzlich systematisch ein weiteres Ziel verfolgt: Die Wachstums- und Entstehungsmechanismen dieser Materialen zu ergründen. Darüber hinaus wurde ein tieferes Verständnis der inhärenten Eigenschaften und kinetischen Parameter der katalytischen Materialien gewonnen. KW - Wasserspaltung KW - Katalysatoren KW - Keramik KW - Legierungen KW - Materialwissenschaft KW - HER KW - OER KW - water splitting reaction KW - ceramics KW - metal alloys KW - material science KW - HER KW - OER Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-93296 ER - TY - THES A1 - Audörsch, Stephan T1 - Die Synthese von (2Z,4E)-Diencarbonsäureestern und ihre Anwendung in der Totalsynthese von Polyacetylenen T1 - Synthesis of (2Z,4E)-dienoic acid ester and their application in the total synthesis of natural occurring polyacetylenes N2 - Z,E-Diene sind ein häufig auftretendes Strukturmerkmal in Naturstoffen. Aus diesem Grund ist die einfache Darstellung dieser Struktureinheit von großen Interesse in der organischen Chemie. Das erste Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war daher die Weiterentwicklung der Ringschlussmetathese-/ baseninduzierten Ringöffnungs-/ Veresterungssequenz (RBRV-Sequenz) zur Synthese von (2Z,4E)-Diencarbonsäureethylestern ausgehend von Butenoaten. Dazu wurde zunächst die RBRV-Sequenz optimiert. Diese aus drei Schritten bestehende Sequenz konnte in einem Eintopf-Verfahren angewendet werden. Die Ringschlussmetathese gelang mit einer Katalysatorbeladung von 1 mol% des GRUBBS-Katalysators der zweiten Generation in Dichlormethan. Für die baseninduzierte Ringöffnung des β,γ-ungesättigten δ Valerolactons wurde NaHMDS verwendet. Die Alkylierung der Carboxylatspezies gelang mit dem MEERWEIN-Reagenz. Die Anwendbarkeit der Sequenz wurde für verschiedene Substrate demonstriert. Die Erweiterung der Methode auf α-substituierte Butenoate unterlag starken Einschränkungen. So konnte der Zugang für α Hydroxyderivate realisiert werden. Bei der Anwendung der RBRV-Sequenz auf die α-substituierten Butenoate wurde festgestellt, dass diese sich nur in moderaten Ausbeuten umsetzen ließen und zudem nicht selektiv zu den (2E,4E)-konfigurierten α-substituierten-Dienestern reagierten. Der Einsatz von Eninen unter den Standardbedingungen der RBRV-Sequenz gelang nicht. Erst nach Modifizierung der Sequenz (höhere Katalysatorbeladung, Wechsel des Lösungsmittels) konnten die [3]Dendralen-Produkte in geringen Ausbeuten erhalten werden. Im zweiten Teil der Arbeit wurde der Einsatz von (2Z,4E)-Diencarbonsäureethylestern in der Totalsynthese von Naturstoffen untersucht. Dazu wurden zunächst die Transformationsmöglichkeiten der Ester geprüft. Es konnte gezeigt werden, dass sich (2Z,4E)-Diencarbonsäureethylester insbesondere zur Synthese von (2Z,4E)-Aldehyden sowie zum Aufbau der (3Z,5E)-Dien-1-in-Struktur eignen. Anhand dieser Ergebnisse wurde im Anschluss die RBRV-Sequenz in der Totalsynthese eingesetzt. Dazu wurde zunächst der (2Z,4E)-Dienester Microsphaerodiolin in seiner ersten Totalsynthese auf drei verschiedene Routen hergestellt. Im Anschluss wurden sechs verschiedene Polyacetylene mit einer (3Z,5E)-Dien-1-in-Einheit hergestellt. Schlüsselschritte in ihrer Synthese waren immer die RBRV-Sequenz zum Aufbau der Z,E-Dien-Einheit, die Transformation des Esters in ein terminales Alkin sowie die CADIOT-CHODKIEWICZ-Kupplung zum Aufbau unsymmetrischer Polyine. Alle sechs Polyacetylene wurden zum ersten Mal in einer Totalsynthese synthetisiert. Drei Polyacetylene wurden ausgehend von (S)-Butantriol enantiomerenrein dargestellt. Anhand ihrer Drehwerte konnte eine Revision der von YAO und Mitarbeitern vorgenommen Zuordnung der Absolutkonfiguration der Naturstoffe vorgenommen werden. N2 - Z,E-Dienes are a common motif in natural products. Therefore their simple preparation is of high interest. The first part of this work focuses on the improvement of the one-pot sequence “RBRV” consisting of three steps: ring closing metathesis, base induced ring opening and esterification of butenoates. This method yields (2Z,4E) dienoic acid esters. As optimized conditions were found the use of Grubbs catalysts 2nd Generation in dichloromethane, NaHMDS as base and Meerwein’s reagent as alkylating agent. The extension of this method on α-substituted butenoates was subject to many restrictions. The synthesis of precursors was realized for α-hydroxy derivates only. Application of these substrates in the RBRV sequence gave the desired products in moderate yield and diminished selectivity. The use of enines was demonstrated as well. For these substrates changes of the conditions were necessary. The products, [3]dendralenes, were obtained in low yield and excellent selectivity. The second part of this thesis focuses on the application of the RBRV-sequence in the total synthesis of natural products with a Z,E-diene unit. For this purpose it was demonstrated how the ester function can be transformed. As result it was shown that especially Z,E-diene-alkynes can be easily synthesized from Z,E-diene esters. Based on these results the RBRV was used in the synthesis of some natural products. These include Microsphaerodiolin, Atractylodemayne A, C and F as well as three other, unnamed, polyacetylenes. All of them have been synthesized for the first time. Three of them were synthesized in enatioselective manner utilizing enantiopure 1,2,4-butane triole as starting material. KW - Polyacetylene KW - Totalsynthese KW - 2Z,4E-Diencarbonsäureester KW - organische Chemie KW - polyacetylenes KW - total synthesis KW - organic chemistry Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-92366 ER - TY - THES A1 - Pape, Simon T1 - Entwicklung und Evaluierung von Methoden zur Synthese neuartiger Additive für die außenstromlose Nickel-Phosphor-Abscheidung Y1 - 2016 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Zabel, André A1 - Winter, Alette A1 - Kelling, Alexandra A1 - Schilde, Uwe A1 - Strauch, Peter T1 - Tetrabromidocuprates(II)-Synthesis, Structure and EPR N2 - Metal-containing ionic liquids (ILs) are of interest for a variety of technical applications, e.g., particle synthesis and materials with magnetic or thermochromic properties. In this paper we report the synthesis of, and two structures for, some new tetrabromidocuprates(II) with several “onium” cations in comparison to the results of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopic analyses. The sterically demanding cations were used to separate the paramagnetic Cu(II) ions for EPR measurements. The EPR hyperfine structure in the spectra of these new compounds is not resolved, due to the line broadening resulting from magnetic exchange between the still-incomplete separated paramagnetic Cu(II) centres. For the majority of compounds, the principal g values (g|| and gK) of the tensors could be determined and information on the structural changes in the [CuBr4]2- anions can be obtained. The complexes have high potential, e.g., as ionic liquids, as precursors for the synthesis of copper bromide particles, as catalytically active or paramagnetic ionic liquids. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 226 KW - tetrabromidocuprate(II) KW - X-ray structure KW - electron paramagnetic resonance KW - copper(II) Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-91470 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zabel, André A1 - Winter, Alette A1 - Kelling, Alexandra A1 - Schilde, Uwe A1 - Strauch, Peter T1 - Tetrabromidocuprates(II)-Synthesis, Structure and EPR JF - International journal of molecular sciences N2 - Metal-containing ionic liquids (ILs) are of interest for a variety of technical applications, e.g., particle synthesis and materials with magnetic or thermochromic properties. In this paper we report the synthesis of, and two structures for, some new tetrabromidocuprates(II) with several “onium” cations in comparison to the results of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopic analyses. The sterically demanding cations were used to separate the paramagnetic Cu(II) ions for EPR measurements. The EPR hyperfine structure in the spectra of these new compounds is not resolved, due to the line broadening resulting from magnetic exchange between the still-incomplete separated paramagnetic Cu(II) centres. For the majority of compounds, the principal g values (g|| and gK) of the tensors could be determined and information on the structural changes in the [CuBr4]2- anions can be obtained. The complexes have high potential, e.g., as ionic liquids, as precursors for the synthesis of copper bromide particles, as catalytically active or paramagnetic ionic liquids. KW - tetrabromidocuprate(II) KW - X-ray structure KW - electron paramagnetic resonance KW - copper(II) Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms17040596 VL - 17 IS - 4 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - THES A1 - Täuber, Karoline T1 - Porous Membranes from Imidazolium- and Pyridinium-based Poly(ionic liquid)s with Targeted Properties Y1 - 2016 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Prinz, Julia A1 - Heck, Christian A1 - Ellerik, Lisa A1 - Merk, Virginia A1 - Bald, Ilko T1 - DNA origami based Au–Ag-core–shell nanoparticle dimers with single-molecule SERS sensitivity JF - Nanoscale N2 - DNA origami nanostructures are a versatile tool to arrange metal nanostructures and other chemical entities with nanometer precision. In this way gold nanoparticle dimers with defined distance can be constructed, which can be exploited as novel substrates for surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). We have optimized the size, composition and arrangement of Au/Ag nanoparticles to create intense SERS hot spots, with Raman enhancement up to 1010, which is sufficient to detect single molecules by Raman scattering. This is demonstrated using single dye molecules (TAMRA and Cy3) placed into the center of the nanoparticle dimers. In conjunction with the DNA origami nanostructures novel SERS substrates are created, which can in the future be applied to the SERS analysis of more complex biomolecular targets, whose position and conformation within the SERS hot spot can be precisely controlled. Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1039/C5NR08674D IS - 8 SP - 5612 EP - 5620 PB - RSC Publishing CY - Cambridge ER -