Wide applications of anhydrous rare-earth (RE) trichlorides RECl₃ in organometallic chemistry, for the synthesis of optical and magnetic materials, and as catalysts require a facile approach for their synthesis. The known methods use or produce toxic substances, are complicated and have limited reliability and upscaling. It has been shown that task-specific ionic liquids (ILs) can dissolve many metal oxides without special reaction conditions at moderate temperature, making the metals accessible to downstream chemistry. Using imidazolium chloridoaluminate ILs, pure crystalline anhydrous RECl₃ (RE=La−Nd, Sm−Dy) can be synthesized in one step from RE oxides in high yield. The Lewis acidic IL acts as solvent and reaction partner. The by-product [Al₄O₂Cl₁₀]²⁻, which was detected spectroscopically, remains in solution. The reacted IL can be removed quantitatively by washing. ILs with various imidazolium cations and AlCl₃ content and the effect of temperature and reaction time were tested.

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Die Kopplung von akustischer Levitation mit optischer Spektroskopie ermöglicht die Untersuchung von Reaktionen und intermolekularen Wechselwirkungen unter besonderen Bedingungen. Mit akustischer Levitation können Proben im µL-Bereich kontaktfrei gehaltert und Verunreinigungen durch Oberflächenkontaminationen ausgeschlossen werden. Durch die Verwendung verschiedener Methoden der optischen Spektroskopie wie Raman-Streuung, UV/Vis-Absorptions- und Fluoreszenz-Spektroskopie konnten die levitierten Proben untersucht werden. Die durchgeführten Untersuchungen zeigen, dass die Ultraschallfalle aufgrund der Wandlosigkeit sowie des Kontakts der levitierten Probe mit der Atmosphäre und der daraus resultierenden möglichen Aufkonzentrierung eine interessante Möglichkeit zur Probenhandhabung in der Mikrofluidik darstellt. Anhand zweier sonochemischer Reaktionen wurde mit Absorptionsspektroskopie gezeigt, dass das Ultraschallfeld des Levitators nur einen sehr geringen Einfluss auf die levitierte Probe ausübt. Mittels Absorptions- und Fluoreszenzspektroskopie wurde die durch die Verdampfung induzierte Aggregation eines Farbstoffes untersucht. Zudem wurde die relative Quantenausbeute des Farbstoffes im levitierten Tropfen bestimmt. Der Kontakt des levitierten Tropfens mit der umgebenden Atmosphäre kann auch zur Aufnahme von Substanzen aus der Atmosphäre führen. Dieser Effekt wurde anhand von levitierten ionischen Flüssigkeiten volumetrisch und schwingungsspektroskopisch bei verschiedenen Luftfeuchten untersucht und die Wechselwirkungen mit dem absorbierten Wasser detailliert charakterisiert. Die Kopplung und simultane Messung von Raman-Streuung und UV/Vis-Spektroskopie ermöglichte die Untersuchung der Bildung und Aggregation von Silber-Nanopartikeln und deren Auswirkungen auf die oberflächenverstärkte Raman-Streuung. Zudem wurde die Stabilisierung von Silber-Nanopartikeln in ionischen Flüssigkeiten und die Wechselwirkungen der Partikel mit den ionischen Flüssigkeiten untersucht. / Acoustic levitation in combination with optical spectroscopy allows for investigations of reactions and intermolecular interactions under specific conditions. Samples with microliter volumes can be handled without contact to solid surfaces resulting in the absence of impurities from surface contamination. Using different optical spectroscopy methods such as Raman, UV/vis, and fluorescence spectroscopy, different levitated samples were characterized in detail within this work. The investigations show that the acoustic levitator is an interesting tool for sample handling due to the wall-less fixture and because of the interaction of the levitated sample with the surrounding atmosphere. This interaction leads to an increase of a solved analyte upon the evaporation of the solvent. The ultrasonic field inside the trap was characterized by investigations of sonochemical reactions, which show a negligible influence of the ultrasonic field on the levitated sample. Absorption as well as fluorescence spectroscopy was used to study the aggregation of a dye due to an increasing concentration upon evaporation of the solvent. Furthermore, the relative quantum efficiency of the dye was determined from levitated droplet experiments. The interaction of the levitated droplet with the surrounding atmosphere can also lead to absorption of airborne substances. This effect was investigated for different levitated ionic liquids. Volumetric and vibrational studies were performed on levitated ionic liquids under different atmospheric humidity conditions to characterize the interaction of ionic liquids with water. Hyphenation of Raman scattering and UV/vis absorption spectroscopy enabled the investigation of the formation and aggregation of silver nanoparticles and the correlation of this information with the recorded surface-enhanced Raman spectra. In addition, the stability of silver nanoparticles in ionic liquids and the interactions of the particles with the ionic liquids were examined.

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To meet the continuously rising demand for natural resources and high-value compounds, the development of new and more efficient separation technologies is important from both an economic and environmental point of view. Moreover, the detailed knowledge of adsorption phenomena can be beneficial for the development of task-specific adsorbents for gas separation processes. However, new or supplementary measurement techniques are needed to broaden the understanding of the underlying molecular mechanisms and to characterize promising materials with a fast and reliable method. Raman spectroscopy holds the potential to advance the state-of-the-art in thermophysical property research for CCS technologies in multiple ways. It can not only be utilized for fundamental research on adsorption on quasi non-porous materials due to the possibility to monitor the composition of fluid mixtures but also for the characterization of newly developed porous adsorbents. In this context, Raman spectroscopy was explored in this work to characterize the sorption capacity of translucent porous materials and to investigate the underlying mechanisms that govern sorption processes.:1 Introduction 2 Motivation 3 Experimental Background 4 Adsorption on Quasi Non-Porous Materials 5 Adsorption on Translucent Porous Materials 6 Gas Solubility in Liquids 7 Conclusion and Outlook 8 References Appendix: A Determined Peak Intensities for Adsorption Measurements B Determined Peak Intensities for Solubility Measurements C Results for Absorption Measurements D Results for Solubility Measurements E Propagation of Error / Um den ständig steigenden Bedarf an natürlichen Ressourcen und hochwertigen Verbindungen zu decken, ist die Entwicklung neuer und effizienterer Trenntechnologien sowohl aus wirtschaftlicher als auch aus ökologischer Sicht wichtig. Darüber hinaus kann die detaillierte Kenntnis von Adsorptionsphänomenen für die Entwicklung aufgabenspezifischer Adsorbentien für Gastrennverfahren von Nutzen sein. Es werden jedoch neue oder ergänzende Messverfahren benötigt, um das Verständnis der zugrunde liegenden molekularen Mechanismen zu erweitern und vielversprechende Materialien mit einer schnellen und zuverlässigen Methode zu charakterisieren. Die Raman Spektroskopie hat das Potenzial, den aktuellen Stand der Technik bei der Erforschung thermophysikalischer Eigenschaften für CCS-Technologien in mehrfacher Hinsicht zu verbessern. Sie kann nicht nur für die Grundlagenforschung zur Adsorption an quasi nicht-porösen Materialien genutzt werden, da mit ihr Zusammensetzung von Fluidgemischen bestimmt werden kann, sondern auch für die Charakterisierung neu entwickelter poröser Adsorptionsmittel. In diesem Kontext wurde die Raman-Spektroskopie in dieser Arbeit eingesetzt, um die Sorptionskapazität von transluzenten porösen Materialien zu charakterisieren und die zugrundeliegenden Mechanismen zu untersuchen, welche die Sorptionsprozesse steuern.:1 Introduction 2 Motivation 3 Experimental Background 4 Adsorption on Quasi Non-Porous Materials 5 Adsorption on Translucent Porous Materials 6 Gas Solubility in Liquids 7 Conclusion and Outlook 8 References Appendix: A Determined Peak Intensities for Adsorption Measurements B Determined Peak Intensities for Solubility Measurements C Results for Absorption Measurements D Results for Solubility Measurements E Propagation of Error

Main group polycations and transition metal clusters had traditionally been synthesized via high-temperature routes by performing reactions in melts or by CTR, at room-temperature or lower temperature by using so-called superacid solvents, and at room-temperature in benzene–GaX3 media. Considering the major problems associated with higher temperature routes (e.g. long annealing time, risk of product decomposition, and low yield) and taking into account the toxicity of benzene and liquid SO2 in room-temperature or lower temperature synthesis, a soft and sustainable chemical approach has been developed, employing a Lewis-acidic IL [bmim]Cl/AlCl3. This new alternative reaction medium has proven to be an excellent solvent system for the single–step synthesis of main group polycations and transition metal clusters. X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy have been used for the structural characterization of the isolated compounds. Physical properties and quantum chemical calculations of some of the compounds have also been carried out.

Environmental pollution has become a global concern as consequence of industrializa-tion and urbanization. The ongoing subsurface contamination by dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) bears tremendous hazardous potential for humans and ecosys-tems including aquifer systems. Intended or accidental spill events have led to a vast number of registered sites affected by DNAPL type chemicals. Despite the existence of novel techniques for their exploration, characterization and remediation, economical constraints often limit efforts for risk prevention or reduction, so that information and data to characterize highly complex DNAPL contamination scenarios are often insuffi-cient and compensated by natural attenuation of groundwater-dissolved contaminant plumes. Especially, knowledge on the DNAPL source zone geometry (SZG) and source zone formation are critically required yet very scarce. Against the previously stated background, this cumulative doctoral dissertation critically examined the processes of DNAPL source zone formation at laboratory scale. A comprehensive literature review identified current limitations and open research questions in the latter research field, revealing evidence for the relevance of SZG for plume response at different scales. Giv-en only a limited number of published studies related to DNAPL source zone formation, two simplified experimental setups mimicking source zone formation in an initially fully water-saturated aquifer were developed and intensively tested. The performance of aqueous and non-wetting phase dyes was evaluated for DNAPL release into three non-consolidated porous media using reflective optical imaging in combination with a cus-tom-made image processing and analysis (IPA) framework. The latter suite allowed for the generation of physically plausible DNAPL saturation distributions with determinable level of uncertainty. Then, a limited number of DNAPL release experiments were per-formed under controlled ambient as well as with boundary and initial conditions to generate robust observation data, while further adopting the IPA framework. The latter data was introduced into a numerical multiphase flow model. While most system pa-rameters could be directly determined, the parameters defining the capillary pressure-saturation and relative permeability-saturation retention curves were inversely deline-ated through a classical Monte Carlo analysis. Overall, the successfully calibrated nu-merical setup mimicking the transient DNAPL source zone formation allowed to quanti-fy uncertainties related to the experiment, IPA framework and model setup configura-tion. In addition, a number of new research questions pointing towards future im-provements of laboratory-scale methodologies to understand DNAPL contamination were derived. Especially in light of numerous existing contaminated sites with unclear history and even more vague future, given by potential impacts through climate change and anthropogenic activity, an increasing need for sophisticated strategies to better un-derstand DNAPL contamination and to reduce hazard potential is expected.:Statement I List of publications II Abstract VI Acknowledgements and funding information IX List of figures XIII List of tables XIV Abbreviations and symbols used in the main text XV 1 Introduction and background 1-1 1.1 Motivation of this thesis 1-1 1.2 Incorporation of this thesis in research projects 1-4 1.3 Definition of objectives and workflow strategy of this thesis 1-5 1.4 Formal structure of this thesis 1-11 2 Existing knowledge on DNAPL contamination 2-1 3 Fundamentals of DNAPL migration in porous media 3-1 3.1 Basic concepts for multiphase flow in porous media 3-1 3.2 Capillary pressure-saturation correlation 3-3 3.3 Relative permeability-saturation correlation 3-5 3.4 Balance equations for laminar fluid phase flow in porous media 3-7 4 Core research complex A : Development of a framework for the semi-automatized generation of DNAPL saturation distribution observation data 4-1 5 Core research complex B : Experimental and model-based simulation of DNAPL source zone formation 5-1 6 Summary and conclusions 6-1 6.1 Summary of perceptions for each main section of this thesis 6-1 6.2 New research questions with regard to DNAPL source zone formation at the laboratory scale 6-5 6.3 General recommendations for future works related to DNAPL contamination 6-8 References Ref-1 Appendix I : ENGELMANN ET AL. (2019a) App I-1 Published journal article App I-1 Appendix II : ENGELMANN ET AL. (2019b) App II-1 Published journal article App II-1 Electronic Supplementary Material 1 : Unprocessed raw TIFF format images used for IPA frame-work evaluation App II-26 Electronic Supplementary Material 2 : Sensitivities for color model change and binary conversion algorithms App II-36 Electronic Supplementary Material 3 :Relevance of spatially non-uniform illumination correction and background exclusion App II-76 Appendix III : ENGELMANN ET AL. (2021) App III-1 Published journal article App III-1 Electronic Supplementary Material 1 : Unprocessed raw TIFF format images for IPA framework ap-plication App III-30 Electronic Supplementary Material 2 : Processed images with all intermediate steps of IPA frame-work application App III-58 Electronic Supplementary Material 3 : IPA fitness App III-86 Electronic Supplementary Material 4 : Partial objective functions App III-87 Electronic Supplementary Material 5 : Model verification App III-93

We report the use of imidazolium based tunable aryl alkyl ionic liquids (TAAILs) as solvents in the Mizoroki–Heck reaction. Different commercially available palladium sources, inorganic bases, TAAILs and reaction conditions were tested for the synthesis of trans-stilbene using bromobenzene and styrene. A variety of different stilbene derivatives were synthesized with exclusive formation of the (E)-isomers and isolated yields up to 97%. We were able to optimize the reaction conditions using only 0.25 mol% of Pd(OAc)2 as the catalyst and a reaction time of 4 hours. No additional ligands or additives are used in the reaction. The catalytic system using TAAILs achieved higher yields than commercially available imidazolium and phosphonium ionic liquids, demonstrating the potential of tailored ionic liquids as a reaction medium for the Mizoroki– Heck reaction.

In dieser Arbeit wird Terahertzspektroskopie (THz) eingesetzt, um nichtlineare niederfrequente Anregungen von kondensierter Materie zu untersuchen. Insbesondere die Anwendung zweidimensionaler (2D) THz-Spektroskopie ermöglicht es, verschiedene Beiträge zu nichtlinearen Signalen zu entflechten. Zunächst wird die nichtlineare polaronische Antwort solvatisierter Elektronen und umliegenden Lösungsmittelmolekülen in der polaren Flüssigkeit Isopropanol erforscht. Solvatisierte Elektronen werden durch Multiphotonen-Ionisation erzeugt. Longitudinale Polaronoszillationen mit THz-Frequenzen werden während der ultraschnellen Lokalisierung der Elektronen impulsiv angeregt. Die Störung solcher Polaronschwingungen mit einem externen THz-Impuls führt zu nichtlinearen Änderungen der transversalen Polaron-Polarisierbarkeit, die sich in deutlichen Änderungen der Oszillationsphase zeigen. Darüber hinaus wird die Erzeugung monozyklischer THz-Impulse in asymmetrischen Halbleiter-Quantentrögen bei resonanter Intersubband-Anregung im Mittelinfraroten (MIR) demonstriert. Die zeitliche Form des emittierten elektrischen THz-Feldes wird durch die Steuerung der Impulsdauer und des elektrischen Feldes der MIR Impulse verändert. Phasenaufgelöste 2D-MIR-Experimente bestätigen, dass die THz-Emission vorrangig auf einen nichtlinearen Verschiebungsstrom bei Femtosekunden-Intersubband-Anregung zurückzuführen ist. Der Einfluss von Intra- und Interbandströmen auf Symmetrieeigenschaften wird in 2D-THz-Experimenten an Wismut demonstriert. Nichtperturbative langwellige Anregung von Ladungsträgern nahe der L-Punkte führt zu einer anisotropen Ladungsträgerverteilung, die sich in einer hexagonalen Winkelabhängigkeit der pump-induzierten THz Transmission manifestiert. Eine damit einhergehende Symmetrieverringerung für bestimmte elektrische Feldpolarisationen erlaubt die Anregung von Zonenrand-Phononen, welche sich in in oszillierenden Signalen in der nichtlinearen 2D-THz-Antwort manifestieren. / This thesis exploits techniques of terahertz (THz) spectroscopy to investigate nonlinear low-frequency excitations of condensed matter. In particular, application of two-dimensional (2D) THz spectroscopy allows to disentangle different nonlinear signal contributions. The nonlinear polaronic response of solvated electrons and their surrounding solvent molecules in the polar liquid isopronal is studied. Solvated electrons are generated via multiphoton ionization. Longitudinal polaron oscillations with THz frequencies are impulsively excited during the ultrafast localization of the electrons. Perturbation of such polaron oscillations with an external THz pulse induces nonlinear changes of the transverse polaron polarizability, reflected in distinct modifications to the oscillation phase as mapped in 2D-THz experiments. Further, the generation of mono-cycle THz pulses from asymmetric semiconductor quantum wells upon resonant intersubband excitation in the mid-infrared (MIR) range is demonstrated. The temporal shape of the emitted THz electric field is modified by controlling pulse duration and peak electric field of the MIR driving pulses. Phase-resolved 2D-MIR experiments confirm that the THz emission is predominantly due to a nonlinear shift current generated upon femtosecond intersubband excitation. The influence of combined intra- and interband currents on symmetry properties, which opens novel quantum pathways for phonon excitation in narrow-band-gap materials, is demonstrated by 2D-THz experiments on bismuth. Nonperturbative long-wavelength excitation of charge carriers close to the L points leads to an anisotropic carrier distribution, reflected in a six-fold azimuthal angular dependence of the pump-induced change of THz transmission. A concomitant symmetry reduction for certain electric-field polarizations allows for the excitation of phonons at the zone boundary which are reflected in oscillatory signals in the nonlinear 2D-THz response.