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Health effects, attributed to the environmental pollution resulted from using solvents such as benzene, are relatively unexplored among petroleum workers, personal use, and laboratory researchers. Solvents can cause various health problems, such as neurotoxicity, immunotoxicity, and carcinogenicity. As such it can be absorbed via epidermal or respiratory into the human body resulting in interacting with molecules that are responsible for biochemical and physiological processes of the brain.
Owing to the ever-growing demand for finding a solution, an Ionic liquid can use as an alternative solvent. Ionic liquids are salts in a liquid state at low temperature (below 100 C), or even at room temperature. Ionic liquids impart a unique architectural platform, which has been interesting because of their unusual properties that can be tuned by simple ways such as mixing two ionic liquids.
Ionic liquids not only used as reaction solvents but they became a key developing for novel applications based on their thermal stability, electric conductivity with very low vapor pressure in contrast to the conventional solvents.
In this study, ionic liquids were used as a solvent and reactant at the same time for the novel nanomaterials synthesis for different applications including solar cells, gas sensors, and water splitting.
The field of ionic liquids continues to grow, and become one of the most important branches of science. It appears to be at a point where research and industry can work together in a new way of thinking for green chemistry and sustainable production.
New bio-based polymers
(2018)
Redox-responsive polymers, such as poly(disulfide)s, are a versatile class of polymers with potential applications including gene- and drug-carrier systems. Their degradability under reductive conditions allows for a controlled response to the different redox states that are present throughout the body. Poly(disulfide)s are typically synthesized by step growth polymerizations. Step growth polymerizations, however, may suffer from low conversions and therefore low molar masses, limiting potential applications. The purpose of this thesis was therefore to find and investigate new synthetic routes towards the synthesis of amino acid-based poly(disulfide)s.
The different routes in this thesis include entropy-driven ring opening polymerizations of novel macrocyclic monomers, derived from cystine derivatives. These monomers were obtained with overall yields of up to 77% and were analyzed by mass spectrometry as well as by 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy. The kinetics of the entropy-driven ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ED-ROMP) were thoroughly investigated in dependence of temperature, monomer concentration, and catalyst concentration. The polymerization was optimized to yield poly(disulfide)s with weight average molar masses of up to 80 kDa and conversions of ~80%, at the thermodynamic equilibrium. Additionally, an alternative metal free polymerization, namely the entropy-driven ring-opening disulfide metathesis polymerization (ED-RODiMP) was established for the polymerization of the macrocyclic monomers. The effect of different solvents, concentrations and catalyst loadings on the polymerization process and its kinetics were studied. Polymers with very high weight average molar masses of up to 177 kDa were obtained. Moreover, various post-polymerization reactions were successfully performed.
This work provides the first example of the homopolymerization of endo-cyclic disulfides by ED-ROMP and the first substantial study into the kinetics of the ED-RODiMP process.
The utilization of lignin as renewable electrode material for electrochemical energy storage is a sustainable approach for future batteries and supercapacitors. The composite electrode was fabricated from Kraft lignin and conductive carbon and the charge storage contribution was determined in terms of electrical double layer (EDL) and redox reactions. The important factors at play for achieving high faradaic charge storage capacity contribute to high surface area, accessibility of redox sites in lignin and their interaction with conductive additives. A thinner layer of lignin covering the high surface area of carbon facilitates the electron transfer process with a shorter pathway from the active sites of nonconductive lignin to the current collector leading to the improvement of faradaic charge storage capacity.
Composite electrodes from lignin and carbon would be even more sustainable if the fluorinated binder can be omitted. A new route to fabricate a binder-free composite electrode from Kraft lignin and high surface area carbon has been proposed by crosslinking lignin with glyoxal. A high molecular weight of lignin is obtained to enhance both electroactivity and binder capability in composite electrodes. The order of the processing step of crosslinking lignin on the composite electrode plays a crucial role in achieving a stable electrode and high charge storage capacity. The crosslinked lignin based electrodes are promising since they allow for more stable, sustainable, halogen-free and environmentally benign devices for energy storage applications. Furthermore, improvement of the amount of redox active groups (quinone groups) in lignin is useful to enhance the capacity in lithium battery applications. Direct oxidative demethylation by cerium ammonium nitrate has been carried out under mild conditions. This proves that an increase of quinone groups is able to enhance the performance of lithium battery. Thus, lignin is a promising material and could be a good candidate for application in sustainable energy storage devices.
Nanoparticles (NPs) are particles between 1 and 100 nanometers in size. They have attracted enormous research interests owing to their remarkable physicochemical properties and potential applications in the optics, catalysis, sensing, electronics, or optical devices. The thesis investigates systems of NPs attached to planar substrates.
In the first part of the results section of the thesis a new method is presented to immobilize NPs. In many NP applications a strong, persistent adhesion to substrates is a key requirement. Up to now this has been achieved with various methods, which are not always the optimum regarding adhesion strength or applicability. We propose a new method which uses capillarity to enhance the binding agents in the contact area between NP and substrate. The adhesion strength resulting from the new approach is investigated in detail and it is shown that the new approach is superior to older methods in several ways.
The following section presents the optical visualization of nano-sized objects through a combination of thin film surface distortion and interference enhanced optical reflection microscopy. It is a new, fast and non-destructive technique. It not only reveals the location of NPs as small as 20nm attached to planar surfaces and embedded in a molecularly thin liquid film. It also allows the measurement of the geometry of the surface distortion of the liquid film. Even for small NPs the meniscus reaches out for micrometers, which is the reason why the NPs produce such a pronounced optical footprint.
The nucleation and growth of individual bubbles is presented in chapter 5. Nucleation is a ubiquitous natural phenomenon and of great importance in numerous industrial processes. Typically it occurs on very small scales (nanometers) and it is of a random nature (thermodynamics of small systems). Up to now most experimental nucleation studies deal with a large number of individual nucleation processes to cope with its inherently statistical, spatio-temporal character. In contrast, in this thesis the individual O2-bubble formation from single localized platinum NP active site is studied experimentally. The bubble formation is initiated by the catalytic reaction of H2O2 on the Pt surface. It is studied how the bubble nucleation and growth depends on the NP size, the H2O2 concentration and the substrate surface properties. It is observed that in some cases the bubbles move laterally over the substrate surface, driven by the O2-production and the film ablation.
This project was focused on exploring the phase behavior of poly(styrene)187000-block-poly(2-vinylpyridine)203000 (SV390) with high molecular weight (390 kg/mol) in thin films, in which the self-assembly of block copolymers (BCPs) was realized via thermo-solvent annealing. The advanced processing technique of solvent vapor treatment provides controlled and stable conditions.
In Chapter 3, the factors to influence the annealing process and the swelling behavior of homopolymers are presented and discussed. The swelling behavior of BCP in films is controlled by the temperature of the vapor and of the substrate, on one hand, and variation of the saturation of the solvent vapor atmosphere (different solvents), on the other hand. Additional factors like the geometry and material of the chamber, the type of flow inside the chamber etc. also influence the reproducibility and stability of the processing. The slightly selective solvent vapor of chloroform gives 10% more swelling of P2VP than PS in films with thickness of ~40 nm.
The tunable morphology in ultrathin films of high molecular weight BCP (SV390) was investigated in Chapter 4. First, the swelling behavior can be precisely tuned by temperature and/or vapor flow separately, which provided information for exploring the multiple-parameter-influenced segmental chain mobility of polymer films. The equilibrium state of SV390 in thin films influenced by temperature was realized at various temperatures with the same degree of swelling. Various methods including characterization with SFM, metallization and RIE were used to identify the morphology of films as porous half-layer with PS dots and P2VP matrix. The kinetic investigations demonstrate that on substrates with either weak or strong interaction the original morphology of the BCP with high molecular weight is changed very fast within 5 min, and the further annealing serves for annihilation of defects.
The morphological development of symmetric BCP in films with thickness increasing from half-layer to one-layer influenced by confinement factors of gradient film thicknesses and various surface properties of substrates was studied in Chapter 5. SV390 and SV99 films show bulk lamella-forming morphology after slightly selective solvent vapor (chloroform) treatment. SV99 films show cylinder-forming morphology under strongly selective solvent vapor (toluene) treatment since the asymmetric structure (caused by toluene uptake in PS blocks only) of SV99 block copolymer during annealing. Both kinds of morphology (lamella and cylinder) are influenced by the film thickness. The annealed morphology of SV390 and SV99 influenced by the combination of confined film and substrate property is similar to the morphology on flat silicon wafers. In this chapter the gradients in the film thickness and surface properties of the substrates with regard to their influence on the morphological development in thin BCP films are presented. Directed self-assembly (graphoepitaxy) of this SV390 was also investigated to compare with systematically reported SV99.
In Chapter 6 an approach to induced oriented microphase separation in thick block copolymer films via treatment with the oriented vapor flow using mini-extruder is envisaged to be an alternative to existing methodologies, e.g. via non-solvent-induced phase separation. The preliminary tests performed in this study confirm potential perspective of this method, which alters the structure through the bulk of the film (as revealed by SAXS measurements), but more detailed studies have to be conducted in order to optimize the preparation.
Nanophotonics is the field of science and engineering aimed at studying the light-matter interactions on the nanoscale. One of the key aspects in studying such optics at the nanoscale is the ability to assemble the material components in a spatially controlled manner. In this work, DNA origami nanostructures were used to self-assemble dye molecules and DNA coated plasmonic nanoparticles. Optical properties of dye nanoarrays, where the dyes were arranged at distances where they can interact by Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET), were systematically studied according to the size and arrangement of the dyes using fluorescein (FAM) as the donor and cyanine 3 (Cy 3) as the acceptor. The optimized design, based on steady-state and time-resolved fluorometry, was utilized in developing a ratiometric pH sensor with pH-inert coumarin 343 (C343) as the donor and pH-sensitive FAM as the acceptor. This design was further applied in developing a ratiometric toxin sensor, where the donor C343 is unresponsive and FAM is responsive to thioacetamide (TAA) which is a well-known hepatotoxin. The results indicate that the sensitivity of the ratiometric sensor can be improved by simply arranging the dyes into a well-defined array. The ability to assemble multiple fluorophores without dye-dye aggregation also provides a strategy to amplify the signal measured from a fluorescent reporter, and was utilized here to develop a reporter for sensing oligonucleotides. By incorporating target capturing sequences and multiple fluorophores (ATTO 647N dye molecules), a reporter for microbead-based assay for non-amplified target oligonucleotide sensing was developed. Analysis of the assay using VideoScan, a fluorescence microscope-based technology capable of conducting multiplex analysis, showed the DNA origami nanostructure based reporter to have a lower limit of detection than a single stranded DNA reporter. Lastly, plasmonic nanostructures were assembled on DNA origami nanostructures as substrates to study interesting optical behaviors of molecules in the near-field. Specifically, DNA coated gold nanoparticles, silver nanoparticles, and gold nanorods, were placed on the DNA origami nanostructure aiming to study surface-enhanced fluorescence (SEF) and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) of molecules placed in the hotspot of coupled plasmonic structures.
Synthesis of artificial building blocks for sortase-mediated ligation and their enzymatic linkage
(2018)
The enzyme Sortase A catalyzes the formation of a peptide bond between the recognition sequence LPXTG and an oligoglycine. While manifold ligations between proteins and various biomolecules, proteins and small synthetic molecules as well as proteins and surfaces have been reported, the aim of this thesis was to investigate the sortase-catalyzed linkage between artificial building blocks. Hence, this could pave the way for the use of sortase A for tasks from a chemical point of view and maybe even materials science.
For the proof of concept, the studied systems were kept as simple as possible at first by choosing easily accessible silica NPs and commercially available polymers. These building blocks were functionalized with peptide motifs for sortase-mediated ligation. Silica nanoparticles were synthesized with diameters of 60 and 200 nm and surface modified with C=C functionalities. Then, peptides bearing a terminal cysteine were covalently linked by means of a thiol-ene reaction. 60 nm SiO2 NPs were functionalized with pentaglycines, while peptides with LPETG motif were linked to 200 nm silica particles. Polyethyleneglycol (PEG) and poly(N isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) were likewise functionalized with peptides by thiol-ene reaction between cysteine residues and C=C units in the polymer end groups. Hence, G5-PEG and PNIPAM-LPETG conjugates were obtained. With this set of building blocks, NP–polymer hybrids, NP–NP, and polymer–polymer structures were generated by sortase-mediated ligation and the product formation shown by transmission electron microscopy, MALDI-ToF mass spectrometry and dynamic light scatting, among others. Thus, the linkage of these artificial building blocks by the enzyme sortase A could be demonstrated.
However, when using commercially available polymers, the purification of the polymer–peptide conjugates was impossible and resulted in a mixture containing unmodified polymer. Therefore, strategies were developed for the own synthesis of pure peptide-polymer and polymer-peptide conjugates as building blocks for sortase-mediated ligation. The designed routes are based on preparing polymer blocks via RAFT polymerization from CTAs that are attached to N- or C-terminus, respectively, of a peptide. GG-PNIPAM was synthesized through attachment of a suitable RAFT CTA to Fmoc-GG in an esterification reaction, followed by polymerization of NIPAM and cleavage of the Fmoc protection group. Furthermore, several peptides were synthesized by solid-phase peptide synthesis. The linkage of a RAFT CTA (or
polymerization initiator) to the N-terminus of a peptide can be conducted in an automated fashion as last step in a peptide synthesizer. The synthesis of such a conjugate couldn’t be realized in the time frame of this thesis, but many promising strategies exist to continue this strategy using different coupling reagents. Such polymer building blocks can be used to synthesize protein-polymer conjugates catalyzed by sortase A and the approach can be carried on to the synthesis of block copolymers by using polymer blocks with peptide motifs on both ends.
Although the proof of concept demonstrated in this thesis only shows examples that can be also synthesized by exclusively chemical techniques, a toolbox of such building blocks will enable the future formation of new materials and pave the way for the application of enzymes in materials science. In addition to nanoparticle systems and block copolymers, this also includes combination with protein-based building blocks to form hybrid materials. Hence, sortase could become an enzymatic tool that complements established chemical linking technologies and provides specific peptide motifs that are orthogonal to all existing chemical functional groups.
Die intrazelluläre Markierung mit geeigneten Reagenzien ermöglicht ihre bildgebende Darstellung in lebenden Organismen. Dieses Verfahren (auch „Zell-Tracking“ genannt) wird in der Grundlagenforschung zur Entwicklung zellulärer Therapien, für die Erforschung pathologischer Prozesse, wie der Metastasierung, sowie für Therapiekontrollen eingesetzt. Besondere Bedeutung haben in den letzten Jahren zelluläre Therapien mit Stammzellen erlangt, da sie großes Potential bei der Regeneration von Geweben bei Krankheiten wie Morbus Parkinson oder Typ-1-Diabetes versprechen. Für die Entwicklung einer zellulären Therapie sind Informationen über den Verbleib der applizierten Zellen in vivo (Homing-Potential), über ihre Zellphysiologie sowie über die Entstehung möglicher Entzündungen notwendig. Das Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war daher die Synthese von Markierungsreagenzien, die nicht nur eine effiziente Zellmarkierung ermöglichen, sondern einen synergistischen Effekt hinsichtlich des modalitätsübergreifenden Einsatzes in den bildgebenden Verfahren MRT und Laser-Ablation(LA)-ICP-MS erlauben. Die MRT-Bildgebung ermöglicht die nicht invasive Nachverfolgung markierter Zellen in vivo und die LA-ICP-MS die anschließende ex vivo Analytik zur Darstellung der Elementverteilung (Bioimaging) in einer Biopsieprobe oder in einem Gewebeschnitt. Für diese Zwecke wurden zwei verschiedene Markierungsreagenzien mit dem kontrastgebenden Element Gadolinium synthetisiert. Gadolinium eignet sich aufgrund seines hohen magnetischen Moments hervorragend für die MRT-Bildgebung und da es in Biomolekülen nicht natürlich vorkommt, konnten die Reagenzien gleichermaßen für die Zellmarkierung und das Bioimaging mit der LA-ICP-MS untersucht werden. Für die Synthese eines makromolekularen Reagenzes wurde das kommerziell verfügbare Dendrimer G5-PAMAM über bifunktionelle Linker mit dem Chelator DOTA funktionalisiert, um anschließend Gadolinium zu komplexieren. Ein zweites, nanopartikuläres Reagenz wurde über eine Solvothermal-Synthese erhalten, bei der Ln:GdVO4-Nanokristalle mit einer funktionellen Polyacrylsäure(PAA)-Hülle dargestellt wurden. Die Dotierung der Ln:GdVO4-PAA Nanokristalle mit verschiedenen Lanthanoiden (Ln=Eu, Tb) zeigte ihre prinzipielle Multiplexfähigkeit in der LA-ICP-MS. Beide Markierungsreagenzien zeichneten sich durch gute Bioverträglichkeiten und r1-Relaxivitäten aus, was zudem ihr Potential für Anwendungen als präklinische „blood-pool“ MRT-Kontrastmittel belegte. Die Untersuchung der Zellmarkierung erfolgte anhand einer Tumorzelllinie und einer Stammzelllinie, wobei beide Zellarten erfolgreich intrazellulär mit beiden Reagenzien markiert wurden. Nach der Zellmarkierung veranschaulichte die in vitro MRT-Bildgebung von Zell-Phantomen eine deutlichere Kontrastverstärkung der Zellen nach der Markierung mit den Nanokristallen im Vergleich zum kommerziellen Kontrastmittel Magnevist®. Die hohe Effizienz der Zellmarkierung mit den Nanokristallen und die damit verbundenen hohen Signalintensitäten in einer einzelnen Zelle erlaubten beim Bioimaging mit der LA-ICP-MS, Messungen bis zu einer Auflösung von 4 µm Laser Spot Size. Nach der Zellmarkierung mit den DOTA(Gd3+)-funktionalisierten G5-PAMAM Dendrimeren waren hingegen Aufnahmen mit der LA-ICP-MS nur bis zu einer Auflösung von 12 µm Laser Spot Size möglich. Insgesamt waren die Ln:GdVO4-PAA Nanokristalle mit größerer Ausbeute und kostengünstiger herstellbar als die DOTA(Gd3+)-funktionalisierten G5-PAMAM Dendrimere und zeigten zudem eine effizientere Zellmarkierung. Die Ln:GdVO4-PAA Nanokristalle erscheinen somit für das Zell-Tracking als besonders vielversprechend. Darauf aufbauend wurden die Nanokristalle zur Etablierung der Antikörper-Konjugation ausgewählt, was sie für die molekulare in vivo Bildgebung sowie für die Immuno-Bildgebung von Gewebeschnitten oder Biopsie-Proben mit der LA-ICP-MS anwendbar macht.
Water at α-alumina surfaces
(2018)
The (0001) surface of α-Al₂O₃ is the most stable surface cut under UHV conditions and was studied by many groups both theoretically and experimentally. Reaction barriers computed with GGA functionals are known to be underestimated. Based on an example reaction at the (0001) surface, this work seeks to improve this rate by applying a hybrid functional method and perturbation theory (LMP2) with an atomic orbital basis, rather than a plane wave basis. In addition to activation barriers, we calculate the stability and vibrational frequencies of water on the surface. Adsorption energies were compared to PW calculations and confirmed PBE+D2/PW stability results. Especially the vibrational frequencies with the B3LYP hybrid functional that have been calculated for the (0001) surface are in good agreement with experimental findings. Concerning the barriers and the reaction rate constant, the expectations are fully met. It could be shown that recalculation of the transition state leads to an increased barrier, and a decreased rate constant when hybrid functionals or LMP2 are applied.
Furthermore, the molecular beam scattering of water on (0001) surface was studied. In a previous work by Hass the dissociation was studied by AIMD of molecularly adsorbed water, referring to an equilibrium situation. The experimental method to obtaining this is pinhole dosing. In contrast to this earlier work, the dissociation process of heavy water that is brought onto the surface from a molecular beam source was modeled in this work by periodic ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. This experimental method results in a non-equilibrium situation. The calculations with different surface and beam models allow us to understand the results of the non-equilibrium situation better. In contrast to a more equilibrium situation with pinhole dosing, this gives an increase in the dissociation probability, which could be explained and also understood mechanistically by those calculations.
In this work good progress was made in understanding the (1120) surface of α-Al₂O₃ in contact with water in the low-coverage regime. This surface cut is the third most stable one under UHV conditions and has not been studied to a great extent yet. After optimization of the clean, defect free surface, the stability of different adsorbed species could be classified. One molecular minimum and several dissociated species could be detected. Starting from these, reaction rates for various surface reactions were evaluated. A dissociation reaction was shown to be very fast because the molecular minimum is relatively unstable, whereas diffusion reactions cover a wider range from fast to slow. In general, the (112‾0) surface appears to be much more reactive against water than the (0001) surface. In addition to reactivity, harmonic vibrational frequencies were determined for comparison with the findings of the experimental “Interfacial Molecular Spectroscopy” group from Fritz-Haber institute in Berlin. Especially the vibrational frequencies of OD species could be assigned to vibrations from experimental SFG spectra with very good agreement. Also, lattice vibrations were studied in close collaboration with the experimental partners. They perform SFG spectra at very low frequencies to get deep into the lattice vibration region. Correspondingly, a bigger slab model with greater expansion perpendicular to the surface was applied, considering more layers in the bulk. Also with the lattice vibrations we could obtain reasonably good agreement in terms of energy differences between the peaks.
Magnetische Eisenoxidnanopartikel werden bereits seit geraumer Zeit erfolgreich als MRT-Kontrastmittel in der klinischen Bildgebung eingesetzt. Durch Optimierung der magnetischen Eigenschaften der Nanopartikel kann die Aussagekraft von MR-Aufnahmen verbessert und somit der diagnostische Wert einer MR-Anwendung weiter erhöht werden. Neben der Verbesserung bestehender Verfahren wird die bildgebende Diagnostik ebenso durch die Entwicklung neuer Verfahren, wie dem Magnetic Particle Imaging, vorangetrieben. Da hierbei das Messsignal von den magnetischen Nanopartikeln selbst erzeugt wird, birgt das MPI einen enormen Vorteil hinsichtlich der Sensitivität bei gleichzeitig hoher zeitlicher und räumlicher Auflösung. Da es aktuell jedoch keinen kommerziell vertriebenen in vivo-tauglichen MPI-Tracer gibt, besteht ein dringender Bedarf an geeigneten innovativen Tracermaterialien. Daraus resultierte die Motivation dieser Arbeit biokompatible und superparamagnetische Eisenoxidnanopartikel für den Einsatz als in vivo-Diagnostikum insbesondere im Magnetic Particle Imaging zu entwickeln. Auch wenn der Fokus auf der Tracerentwicklung für das MPI lag, wurde ebenso die MR-Performance bewertet, da geeignete Partikel somit alternativ oder zusätzlich als MR-Kontrastmittel mit verbesserten Kontrasteigenschaften eingesetzt werden könnten.
Die Synthese der Eisenoxidnanopartikel erfolgte über die partielle Oxidation von gefälltem Eisen(II)-hydroxid und Green Rust sowie eine diffusionskontrollierte Kopräzipitation in einem Hydrogel.
Mit der partiellen Oxidation von Eisen(II)-hydroxid und Green Rust konnten erfolgreich biokompatible und über lange Zeit stabile Eisenoxidnanopartikel synthetisiert werden. Zudem wurden geeignete Methoden zur Formulierung und Sterilisierung etabliert, wodurch zahlreiche Voraussetzungen für eine Anwendung als in vivo-Diagnostikum geschaffen wurden. Weiterhin ist auf Grundlage der MPS-Performance eine hervorragende Eignung dieser Partikel als MPI-Tracer zu erwarten, wodurch die Weiterentwicklung der MPI-Technologie maßgeblich vorangetrieben werden könnte. Die Bestimmung der NMR-Relaxivitäten sowie ein initialer in vivo-Versuch zeigten zudem das große Potential der formulierten Nanopartikelsuspensionen als MRT-Kontrastmittel. Die Modifizierung der Partikeloberfläche ermöglicht ferner die Herstellung zielgerichteter Nanopartikel sowie die Markierung von Zellen, wodurch das mögliche Anwendungsspektrum maßgeblich erweitert wurde.
Im zweiten Teil wurden Partikel durch eine diffusionskontrollierte Kopräzipitation im Hydrogel, wobei es sich um eine bioinspirierte Modifikation der klassischen Kopräzipitation handelt, synthetisiert, wodurch Partikel mit einer durchschnittlichen Kristallitgröße von 24 nm generiert werden konnten. Die Bestimmung der MPS- und MR-Performance elektrostatisch stabilisierter Partikel ergab vielversprechende Resultate. In Vorbereitung auf die Entwicklung eines in vivo-Diagnostikums wurden die Partikel anschließend erfolgreich sterisch stabilisiert, wodurch der kolloidale Zustand in MilliQ-Wasser über lange Zeit aufrechterhalten werden konnte. Durch Zentrifugation konnten die Partikel zudem erfolgreich in verschiedene Größenfraktionen aufgetrennt werden. Dies ermöglichte die Bestimmung der idealen Aggregatgröße dieses Partikelsystems in Bezug auf die MPS-Performance.