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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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On the stability of a variety of organic photovoltaic devices by IPCE and in situ IPCE analyses – the ISOS-3 inter-laboratory collaboration

Teran-Escobar, Gerardo, Tanenbaum, David M., Voroshazi, Eszter, Hermenau, Martin, Norrman, Kion, Lloyd, Matthew T., Galagan, Yulia, Zimmermann, Birger, Hösel, Markus, Dam, Henrik F., Jørgensen, Mikkel, Gevorgyan, Suren, Kudret, Suleyman, Maes, Wouter, Lutsen, Laurence, Vanderzande, Dirk, Würfel, Uli, Andriessen, Ronn, Rösch, Roland, Hoppe, Harald, Rivaton, Agnès, Uzunoğlu, Gülşah Y., Germack, David, Andreasen, Birgitta, Madsen, Morten V., Bundgaard, Eva, Krebs, Frederik C., Lira-Cantu, Monica January 2012 (has links)
This work is part of the inter-laboratory collaboration to study the stability of seven distinct sets of state-of-the-art organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices prepared by leading research laboratories. All devices have been shipped to and degraded at RISØ-DTU up to 1830 hours in accordance with established ISOS-3 protocols under defined illumination conditions. In this work, we apply the Incident Photon-to-Electron Conversion Efficiency (IPCE) and the in situ IPCE techniques to determine the relation between solar cell performance and solar cell stability. Different ageing conditions were considered: accelerated full sun simulation, low level indoor fluorescent lighting and dark storage. The devices were also monitored under conditions of ambient and inert (N2) atmospheres, which allows for the identification of the solar cell materials more susceptible to degradation by ambient air (oxygen and moisture). The different OPVs configurations permitted the study of the intrinsic stability of the devices depending on: two different ITO-replacement alternatives, two different hole extraction layers (PEDOT:PSS and MoO3), and two different P3HT-based polymers. The response of un-encapsulated devices to ambient atmosphere offered insight into the importance of moisture in solar cell performance. Our results demonstrate that the IPCE and the in situ IPCE techniques are valuable analytical methods to understand device degradation and solar cell lifetime. / Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.
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Biodegradable fiducial markers for X-ray imaging: soft tissue integration and biocompatibility

Górecka, Źaneta, Teichmann, Juliane, Nitschke, Mirko, Chlanda, Adrian, Choińska, Emilia, Werner, Carsten, Święszkowski, Wojciech 07 January 2020 (has links)
This study aims at the development of materials for biodegradable fiducial markers for X-ray based medical imaging and their anchorage in soft tissue. Towards this goal a degradable polymer matrix of poly(L-lactide-co-ε-caprolactone) (P[LAcoCL]) was combined with barium sulfate (BaSO₄) and hydroxyapatite (HAp) as radio-opaque fillers. Low pressure plasma treatment was applied to the composite materials to improve cell adhesion and subsequent tissue integration. In particular, the effects of oxygen and ammonia plasmas were evaluated and compared using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy and dynamic water contact angle measurements as well as in vitro studies using the murine fibroblast cell line L929. To exclude the cytotoxic effects of degradation products of P[LAcoCL] and released BaSO₄ or HAp cytotoxicity assays with the degradation products of the composite materials were conducted. The results obtained by this broad range of analytical techniques suggest the application of composites of P[LAcoCL] with BaSO₄ and HAp as promising material systems for innovative fiducial markers for soft tissue in X-ray based medical imaging.
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Coherent gas flow patterns in heterogeneous permeability fields: Coherent gas flow patterns in heterogeneous permeability fields: from bench-scale to field-scale

Samani, Shirin 02 August 2012 (has links)
Gas injection into saturated porous media has a high practical relevance. It is applied in groundwater remediation (air sparging), in CO2 sequestration into saline aquifers, and in enhanced oil recovery of petroleum reservoirs. This wide range of application necessitates a comprehensive understanding of gas flow patterns that may develop within the porous media and required modeling of multi-phase flow. There is an ongoing controversy in literature, if continuum models are able to describe the complex flow pattern observed in heterogeneous porous media, especially the channelized stochastic flow pattern. Based on Selker’s stochastic hypothesis, a gas channel is caused by a Brownian-motion process during gas injection. Therefore, the pore-scale heterogeneity will determine the shape of the single stochastic gas channels. On the other hand there are many studies on air sparging, which are based on continuum modeling. Up to date it is not clear under which conditions a continuum model can describe the essential features of the complex gas flow pattern. The aim of this study is to investigate the gas flow pattern on bench-scale and field scale using the continuum model TOUGH2. Based on a comprehensive data set of bench-scale experiments and field-scale experiments, we conduct for the first time a systematic study and evaluate the prediction ability of the continuum model. A second focus of this study is the development of a “real world”-continuum model, since on all scales – pore-scale, bench scale, field scale – heterogeneity is a key driver for the stochastic gas flow pattern. Therefore, we use different geostatistical programs to include stochastic conditioned and unconditioned parameter fields. Our main conclusion from bench-scale experiments is that a continuum model, which is calibrated by different independent measurements, has excellent prediction ability for the average flow behavior (e.g. the gas volume-injection rate relation). Moreover, we investigate the impact of both weak and strong heterogeneous parameter fields (permeability and capillary pressure) on gas flow pattern. The results show that a continuum model with weak stochastic heterogeneity cannot represent the essential features of the experimental gas flow pattern (e.g., the single stochastic gas channels). Contrary, applying a strong heterogeneity the continuum model can represent the channelized flow. This observation supports Stauffer’s statement that a so-called subscale continuum model with strong heterogeneity is able to describe the channelized flow behavior. On the other hand, we compare the theoretical integral gas volumes with our experiments and found that strong heterogeneity always yields too large gas volumes. At field-scale the 3D continuum model is used to design and optimize the direct gas injection technology. The field-scale study is based on the working hypotheses that the key parameters are the same as at bench-scale. Therefore, we assume that grain size and injection rate will determine whether coherent channelized flow or incoherent bubbly flow will develop at field-scale. The results of four different injection regimes were compared with the data of the corresponding field experiments. The main conclusion is that because of the buoyancy driven gas flow the vertical permeability has a crucial impact. Hence, the vertical and horizontal permeability should be implemented independently in numerical modeling by conditioned parameter fields.
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Untersuchung zur Chemie des Deacon-Prozesses in Salzschmelzen

Tokmakov, Pavel 05 September 2018 (has links)
HCl ist ein Nebenprodukt bei vielen organischen Chlorierungsprozessen. Die Aufarbeitung von HCl wäre wirtschaftlich sinnvoll. Eine der möglichen Optionen ist die Rückgewinnung des Chlors durch die katalytische HCl-Oxidation mit O2 (Deacon-Prozess). Das Hauptziel dieser Arbeit war es, die katalytische Aktivität von kupferchlorid-haltigen Schmelzen in Abhängigkeit von der Temperatur und dem Verhältnis der Reaktionsgase zu untersuchen. Dazu wurden Versuche unter stationären und instationären Reaktionsbedingungen im Temperaturintervall zwischen 400 und 500 °C durchgeführt. Für das bessere Verständnis des Katalysator-Systems wurde ein thermodynamisches Modell für das Stoffsystem MeCl-CuCl-CuCl2-CuO-HCl-H2O-Cl2-O2 (Me = Li, Na, K) erstellt. Weiterhin wurden mithilfe von kinetischen Untersuchungen Hinweise auf die Rolle der gelösten oxidischen Zwischenverbindungen im stufenweisen Reaktionsmechanismus gefunden. Mit den Versuchsergebnissen wurde gezeigt, dass die MeCl-CuCl-CuCl2-Schmelzen eine genügende katalytische Aktivität besitzen und damit eine Alternative zu den mit Feststoffträgern arbeitenden Katalysatoren darstellen. Zur Minderung von Korrosionsproblemen wurden mehrstufige Prozessführungen kritisch diskutiert.:1 Einleitung. . . . . . . . . . .7 2 Theoretische Grundlagen zum Deacon-Prozess in Salzschmelzen. . . . . . . . . . .9 2.1 Thermochemie des Deacon-Prozesses. . . . . . . . . . .9 2.1.1 Oxidation von HCl mit O2 ohne Katalysator. . . . . . . . . . .9 2.1.2 Oxidation von HCl mit O2 in Gegenwart von CuCl2-haltigen Katalysatoren. . . . . . . . . . .10 2.2 Kinetik der Teilreaktionen in kupferchlorid-haltigen Salzschmelzen. . . . . . . . . . .13 2.2.1 Zersetzung des CuCl2. . . . . . . . . . .14 2.2.2 Oxidation von CuCl. . . . . . . . . . .15 2.2.3 Reaktion zwischen CuO-haltiger Schmelze und Chlorwasserstoff. . . . . . . . . . .17 3 Thermodynamische Modellierung der Mischungen aus LiCl, NaCl, KCl, CuCl und CuCl2. . . . . . . . . . .19 3.1 Thermodynamische Daten der reinen Stoffe. . . . . . . . . . .20 3.2 Mischungsmodelle. . . . . . . . . . .22 3.3 Vorgehensweise bei der Optimierung. . . . . . . . . . .25 3.4 System LiCl-NaCl-KCl. . . . . . . . . . . 25 3.5 System LiCl-CuCl. . . . . . . . . . .26 3.6 System NaCl-CuCl. . . . . . . . . . .28 3.7 System KCl-CuCl. . . . . . . . . . .29 3.8 System LiCl-CuCl2. . . . . . . . . . .30 3.9 System NaCl-CuCl2. . . . . . . . . . .33 3.10 System KCl-CuCl2 . . . . . . . . . . .34 3.11 System CuCl-CuCl2. . . . . . . . . . . 35 3.12 Ternäre Systeme. . . . . . . . . . .39 4 Untersuchungen zur CuO-Löslichkeit und der Stabilität von Oxidchloriden des Kupfers. . . . . . . . . . .46 4.1 Präparation von Cu2OCl2 und K4Cu4OCl10. . . . . . . . . . .46 4.2 Untersuchungen zur CuO-Löslichkeit. . . . . . . . . . .47 4.2.1 Thermodynamische Reaktionsdaten. . . . . . . . . . .47 4.2.2 Auswertung der Literatur. . . . . . . . . . .48 4.2.3 O2-Titration kupferchlorid-haltiger Schmelze. . . . . . . . . . .49 4.2.4 Hochtemperatur-Filtration und CuO-Analyse. . . . . . . . . . .53 4.2.5 Thermischer Zerfall von Cu2OCl2. . . . . . . . . . .55 4.2.6 Thermischer Zerfall von K4Cu4OCl10. . . . . . . . . . .57 4.3 Thermodynamische Modellierung CuO-haltiger Systeme. . . . . . . . . . .59 4.3.1 Cu2OCl2. . . . . . . . . . .59 4.3.2 K4Cu4OCl10. . . . . . . . . . .60 4.3.3 CuO-Löslichkeit. . . . . . . . . . .62 4.3.4 Salzschmelzenmodell mit oxidhaltigen Systemen. . . . . . . . . . .63 4.4 Thermochemie des Deacon-Prozesses mit Modell-Daten. . . . . . . . . . .69 5 Experimentelle Untersuchungen zur katalytischen Oxidation von HCl in Salzschmelzen. . . . . . . . . . .72 5.1 Versuchsprogramm. . . . . . . . . . .72 5.2 Allgemeine Vorgehensweise. . . . . . . . . . .72 5.2.1 Versuchsapparatur. . . . . . . . . . .72 5.2.2 Vorbereitung der Salzmischungen. . . . . . . . . . .74 5.2.3 Bestimmung der Gaszusammensetzung und Umsatzberechnungen. . . . . . . . . . .75 5.2.4 Bestimmung der Schmelzenzusammensetzung. . . . . . . . . . .77 5.2.5 Charakteristik der Reaktoreinsätze Spirale und Fritte. . . . . . . . . . .77 5.3 Versuche mit Salzmischungen auf der Basis von Kupferchlorid. . . . . . . . . . .81 5.3.1 Stationäre Strömungsverhältnisse. . . . . . . . . . .81 5.3.2 Instationäre Bedingungen. . . . . . . . . . .95 6 Vorschläge zur Technologie. . . . . . . . . . .106 7 Zusammenfassung. . . . . . . . . . .112 Literaturverzeichnis. . . . . . . . . . .115 Anhang. . . . . . . . . . .124 A.1 Thermodynamische Standard-Daten. . . . . . . . . . .124 A.2 Thermodynamische Daten für das Modell LiCl-NaCl-KCl-CuCl-CuCl2-CuO-H2O-HCl-O2-Cl2. . . . . . . . . . .126 A.3 Charakteristika der kupferoxidhaltigen Verbindungen. . . . . . . . . . .133 A.3.1 P-XRD- und Raman-Aufnahmen der synthetischen Oxidchloriden. . . . . . . . . . .133 A.3.2 O2 -Titration kupferchlorid-haltiger Schmelze. . . . . . . . . . .134 A.3.3 Thermischer Zerfall von Cu2OCl2 und K4Cu4OCl10. . . . . . . . . . .137 A.3.4 Phasendiagramm KCl-CuCl2-CuO. . . . . . . . . . .138 A.4 Katalytische Oxidation von HCl in Salzschmelzen. . . . . . . . . . .138 A.5 Physikalische Eigenschaften von (Alk-Cl)-CuCl-CuCl Salzschmelzen. . . . . . . . . . .156 A.6 Chemikalien. . . . . . . . . . .161 A.7 Geräte, Anlagen. . . . . . . . . . .162 A.8 Methode zur titrimetrischen Bestimmung von Cu+, Cu+2 und CuO. . . . . . . . . . .164 A.9 Berechnete Chlor- und Sauerstoffpartialdrücke für (Alk-Cl)-CuCl-CuCl2-Schmelzen. . . . . . . . . . .164 A.10 Berechnete Aktivitäten der geschmolzenen Kupferchloride in (Alk-Cl)-CuCl-CuCl2-Schmelzen. . . . . . . . . . .171
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The atomic structure of the clean and adsorbate covered Ir(110) surface / Die atomare Struktur der reinen und adsorbatbedeckten Ir(110) Oberfläche

Kuntze, Jens 26 September 2000 (has links)
The adsorption and coadsorption of sulfur and oxygen on the Ir(110) surface was investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), low-energy electron diffraction (LEED), and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES). The clean Ir(110) surface forms alternating (331) and (33-1) minifacets, resulting in a mesoscopically rippled surface. Upon chemisorption of sulfur or oxygen and subsequent annealing, the surface structure is changed. In the following, the results concerning sulfur and oxygen adsorption will be summarized before addressing the coadsorption system. Sulfur adsorption: At sulfur coverages of 0.1-0.2 ML, the Ir(110) surface adopts a (1x2) missing-row configuration similar to clean Au(110) and Pt(110). The sulfur-stabilized Ir(110)-(1x2) does not show any evidence for the preference of (111) faceted steps, and consequently does not form a mesoscopic fish-scale pattern. The latter was observed on the (110) surfaces of Au and Pt, and was found to be driven by the preference for (111) step facets. On Ir(110), no such preference seems to exist, since (331) step facets are frequently observed. With respect to the adsorbed sulfur, no extended islands are observed, indicating repulsive adsorbate-adsorbate interactions. At sulfur coverages near 0.5 ML, a p(2x2) structure with p2mg (glide-plane) symmetry is observed. The adsorption site and structural model derived by STM are compatible with an earlier LEED analysis of that structure: S adsorbs in threefold coordinated fcc hollow sites above the (111) facets formed by the non-missing substrate rows. At coverages higher than 0.5 ML, a c(2x4) LEED pattern with additional faint streaks in the [-110] azimuth is observed. STM reveals that the streaks are due to pairs of sulfur atoms (dimers, for brevity) in a second adsorbate layer, that can be desorbed by heating to 1100 K. A structural model is derived on the basis of the STM results, showing the dimer atoms in on-top positions over sulfur atoms of the first adsorbate layer. When the surface is completely covered by the dimers, the surface is saturated at 0.75 ML. Oxygen adsorption: In agreement with earlier reports, oxygen adsorption and subsequent annealing to 700-900 K results in an unreconstructed (1x1) surface, covered by a c(2x2)-O overlayer at 0.5 ML coverage. Coadsorption of oxygen on an S-precovered surface (S-coverage below 0.5 ML) leads to a phase separation of the adsorbates (competitive adsorption). At low coverages, oxygen forms a p(2x2)-O phase, whereas at higher O-coverages a compression into a (1x2)-O phase is observed. Postannealing the (1x2)-O phase at 900 K in vacuum leads to a reduction of the sulfur concentration, indicating sulfur oxidation. Interestingly, the p(2x2)-O phase does not seem to be reactive, according to the AES results. A possible explanation may be that the more densely packed (1x2)-O phase can be regarded as an activated structure. This is also supported by the STM results. At S-coverages above 0.5 ML, the surface is completely poisoned with respect to oxygen adsorption. Nevertheless, heating the sulfur saturated Ir(110)-c(2x4)-S structure in an oxygen atmosphere, the sulfur concentration gradually drops to zero. At intermediate stages of this oxidation process, island formation is observed by STM, but the underlying formation processes remain to be resolved.
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Oxygen transport during liquid ventilation: an in vitro study

Bauer, Katrin, Janke, Thomas, Schwarze, Rüdiger 02 January 2025 (has links)
An in vitro experiment on the dissolved oxygen transport during liquid ventilation by means of measuring global oxygen concentration fields is presented within this work. We consider the flow in an idealized four generation model of the human airways in a range of peak Reynolds numbers of Re=500–3400 and Womersley numbers of α=3–5. Fluorescence quenching measurements were employed in order to visualize and quantify the oxygen distribution with high temporal and spatial resolution during the breathing cycle. Measurements with varying tidal volumes and oscillating frequencies reveal short living times of characteristic concentration patterns for all parameter variations. Similarities to typical velocity patterns in similar lung models persist only in early phases during each cycle. Concentration gradients are quickly homogenized by secondary motions within the lung model. A strong dependency of peak oxygen concentration on tidal volume is observed with considerably higher relative concentrations for higher tidal volumes.
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Influence of Oxygen Admixture on Plasma Nitrocarburizing Process and Monitoring of an Active Screen Plasma Treatment

Böcker, Jan, Dalke, Anke, Puth, Alexander, Schimpf, Christian, Röpcke, Jürgen, van Helden, Jean-Pierre H., Biermann, Horst 12 July 2024 (has links)
The effect of a controlled oxygen admixture to a plasma nitrocarburizing process using active screen technology and an active screen made of carbon was investigated to control the carburizing potential within the plasma-assisted process. Laser absorption spectroscopy was used to determine the resulting process gas composition at different levels of oxygen admixture using O2 and CO2, respectively, as well as the long-term trends of the concentration of major reaction products over the duration of a material treatment of ARMCO® iron. The short-term studies of the resulting process gas composition, as a function of oxygen addition to the process feed gases N2 and H2, showed that a stepwise increase in oxygen addition led to the formation of oxygen-containing species, such as CO, CO2, and H2O, and to a significant decrease in the concentrations of hydrocarbons and HCN. Despite increased oxygen concentration within the process gas, no oxygen enrichment was observed in the compound layer of ARMCO® iron; however, the diffusion depth of nitrogen and carbon increased significantly. Increasing the local nitrogen concentration changed the stoichiometry of the ε-Fe3(N,C)1+x phase in the compound layer and opens up additional degrees of freedom for improved process control.
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Nitrogen-containing Carbonaceous Materials for Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Wu, Bin 03 January 2024 (has links)
Der steigende weltweite Energiebedarf treibt die Entwicklung sauberer Energiequellen voran, die dazu beitragen werden, den Verbrauch fossiler Brennstoffe zu reduzieren. Brennstoffzellen und Metall-Luft-Batterien sind vielversprechende Alternativen, um traditionelle fossile Energie zu ersetzen und durch die Reduzierung von O2 an der Kathode grünen Strom zu erzeugen. Aufgrund der langsamen Reaktionsraten der Sauerstoffreduktionsreaktion (ORR) ist hierfür jedoch elektrokatalytisches Material mit geringen Kosten und hoher Effizienz erforderlich. In den letzten Jahrzehnten wurde eine Vielzahl von Materialien als Nicht-Pt-Katalysatoren getestet, von metallfreien Katalysatoren bis hin zu Katalysatoren auf Übergangsmetallbasis. Aufgrund des mangelnden Verständnisses des Reaktionsmechanismus und der Wechselwirkung zwischen Elektrolyt und Elektrokatalysator befinden sich neue Designs stickstoffhaltiger Katalysatoren auf Kohlenstoffbasis jedoch noch in der Entwicklungsphase. Zu diesem Zweck wurden verschiedene (in situ) spektroskopische und elektrochemische Techniken eingesetzt, um die Wechselwirkung zwischen N-dotiertem Kohlenstoff und Elektrolyten sowie die katalytischen Mechanismen zu verstehen. Darüber hinaus weisen die neu entwickelten Katalysatoren für die ORR eine überlegene elektrokatalytische Leistung auf, die in dieser Dissertation ausführlich diskutiert wird. Die Struktur-Leistungs-Beziehung unserer ORR-N-dotierten Kohlenstoffkatalysatoren wurde gründlich untersucht. Diese Forschung zeigt, wie die Kombination fortschrittlicher Spektroskopietechniken, einschließlich In-situ-Spektroskopie und elektrochemischer Charakterisierung, ein tieferes Verständnis der Katalysator-/Elektrolyt-Wechselwirkung, des katalytischen Mechanismus und der optimierten elektrokatalytischen Leistung stickstoffhaltiger Kohlenstoffmaterialien, ORR-Katalysatoren, insbesondere nanoporöser N-dotierter Kohlenstoff, fördern kann Eisen-Stickstoff-codotierte Kohlenstoffmaterialien. / Increasing global energy demand drives the development of clean energy sources that will help reduce the consumption of fossil fuels. Fuel cells and metal-air batteries are promising alternatives to replace traditional fossil energy to generate green electricity by reducing O2 at the cathode. However, due to sluggish reaction rates of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), this requires electrocatalytic material with low cost and high efficiency. Over the last few decades, a variety of materials have been tested as non-Pt catalysts, from metal-free catalysts to transition metal-based catalysts. However, due to the lack of understanding of the reaction mechanism and the interaction between electrolyte and electrocatalysts, new designs nitrogen-containing carbon-based catalysts are still under the development stage. To this aim, a variety of (in situ) spectroscopic and electrochemical techniques to understand N-doped carbon electrocatalysts/electrolyte interaction and catalytic mechanisms have been employed. Moreover, the newly-designed catalysts for ORR demonstrate superior electrocatalytic performance which are discussed in detail in this dissertation. The structure-performance relationship for our ORR N-doped carbon catalysts has been thoroughly investigated. This research highlights how the combination of advanced spectroscopy techniques including in situ spectroscopy and electrochemical characterization may promote a deeper understanding of catalyst/electrolyte interaction, catalytic mechanism and optimized electrocatalytic performance of nitrogen-containing carbon materials ORR catalysts, especially nanoporous N-doped carbon and iron-nitrogen-co-doped carbon materials.
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Photophysical characterization and optimization of novel polymer based photosensitizer carrier systems for PDT

Chen, Kuan 27 June 2010 (has links)
Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist die photophysikalische Untersuchung Photosensibilisator-beladener Nanopartikel als Transportsysteme für aktives und passives Tumor-Targeting. Zu diesem Zweck wurden sowohl stationäre, als auch zeitaufgelöste spektroskopische Methoden angewandt. Der erste Teil beschäftigt sich mit der photophysikalischen Charakterisierung von Pheo-HSA-Nanopartikeln. Mittels stationärer und zeitaufgelöster Messungen konnte gezeigt werden, dass die Wechselwirkungen zwischen Phäophorbid a und den HSA-Nanopartikeln sehr stark ist. Diese Wechselwirkungen bewirken eine geringe Singulettsauerstoffquantenausbeute (0,07) in D2O verglichen mit dem von Phäophorbid a in Ethanol (0,52). Im Gegensatz dazu konnte nach der Inkubation in Jurkat- und HT-29-Zellen eine intrazelluläre Singulettsauerstoffgenerierung der Pheo-HSA-NPs nachgewiesen werden. Im zweiten Teil wurden mit den Photosensibilisatoren mTHPP and mTHPC beladene HSA- und PLGA-Nanopartikel untersucht. Es konnte gezeigt werden, dass die Photosensibilisator-Beladungsrate die photophysikalischen Eigenschaften der HSA- und PLGA-Nanopartikel stark beeinflusst. Für die HSA-Nanopartikel dominieren bei geringen Beladungsraten die Wechselwirkungen zwischen HSA und den Photosensibilisatormolekülen. Mit steigender Beladung spielen Wechselwirkungen zwischen den Photosensibilisatormolekülen eine zunehmende Rolle. Diese Wechselwirkungen verringern bei hoher Beladung der HSA-Nanopartikel die Generierung von Singulettsauerstoff. Auch für die PLGA-Nanopartikel konnte mit zunehmender Beladung ein verstärktes Singulettsauerstoffquenching nachgewiesen werden. Im dritten Teil dieser Arbeit wurden, für aktives Targeting von Tumorzellen, Oberflächenmodifizierte PLGA- und HSA-Nanopartikel untersucht. Die intrazellulären Singulettsauerstoffmessungen weisen auf eine erleichterte Aufnahme in Tumorzellen von Antikörper- und PEG-modifizierten HSA-Nanopartikeln in vitro hin. / The main goal of this PhD thesis is the photophysical investigation of biodegradable photosensitizer-nanoparticle carrier systems achieving passive and active tumour targeting strategies. For this purpose both steady state and time-resolved spectroscopic methods accompanied by data analysis were utilized. This work contains three main parts: First the photophysical properties of Pheo-HSA nanoparticles were compared to free pheophorbide a. Steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence experiments have already proved that the interaction between pheophorbide a and HSA nanoparticles is strong. This interaction leads to low singlet oxygen quantum yield (0.07) in D2O compared to free Pheo (0.52) in ethanol. But when incubated in Jurkat and HT-29 cell lines, Pheo-HSA nanoparticles have been proved to generate singlet oxygen inside cells. In the second part the well-known photosensitizers mTHPP and mTHPC were loaded to HSA- and PLGA- nanoparticles. It was found that the loading ratio determines the photophysical properties of both photosensitizer-loaded HSA and PLGA nanoparticles. For HSA nanoparticles, photosensitizer-nanoparticle interaction is the preferential mechanism in low loading ratio sample. But in high loading ratio sample, photosensitizer-photosensitizer interaction becomes the determining interaction. This interaction prevents singlet oxygen generation from high loading sample. For PLGA nanoparticles, high drug loading ratio also leads to a strong singlet oxygen quenching. At high drug loading ratio PLGA nanoparticles, some photosensitizer molecules may be localized deeply inside PLGA matrices and far away from surface. In the third part of this work, active tumour targeting behaviour achieved by surface modification of HSA and PLGA nanoparticles has been tested. Intracellular singlet oxygen measurement reveals that HSA nanoparticles, both with antibody and PEG surface modification have an enhanced targeting of tumour cells in vitro.
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Elektronische Eigenschaften von oligonuklearen Phthalocyaninen

Litwinski, Christian 25 February 2009 (has links)
Phthalocyanine (Pc) sind aufgrund ihrer einfachen Herstellung, bekannten Eigenschaften und großen chemischen Stabilität viel versprechende organische Substanzen für verschiedene Anwendungen in der Wissenschaft und Industrie. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wurden die elektronischen Eigenschaften von annellierten dinuklearen (ZnPc-ZnPc, H2Pc-H2Pc) und trinuklearen Pc im Vergleich zu mononuklearen Pc (H2Pc, ZnPc) und einfach kovalent über eine Ethandiol-Brücke verknüpfte dimere Pc (DH2, DZn) untersucht. Die stationären Absorptions- und Fluoreszenzspektren von DZn sind vergleichbar mit denen eines unsymmetrisch substituierten mononuklearen ZnPc. Die elektronischen Eigenschaften von DH2 sind von drei verschiedenen Phänomenen beeinflusst: Aggregation, exzitonische Wechselwirkung und der Existenz unterschiedlicher NH-Tautomere. Die große bathochrome Verschiebung der Q-Bande von annellierten dinuklearen und trinuklearen Pc im Vergleich zu den mononuklearen Analogon zeigt die Expansion des pi-Elektronensystems in solchen annellierten Systemen. Zeitabhängige Dichtefunktionalrechnungen (TD-DFT) ergaben für das dinukleare H2Pc-H2Pc erstmals drei verschiedene NH-Tautomere mit unterschiedlichen Molekülorbitalen und Absorptionsspektren. Ein Vergleich der berechneten Resultate mit den experimentellen Ergebnissen aus stationärer und zeitaufgelöster Spektroskopie ermöglichte erstmals die Bestimmung der elektronischen Parameter der einzelnen NH-Tautomere des annellierten dinuklearen H2Pc-H2Pc in Lösung. In Übereinstimmung mit den TD-DFT-Rechnungen wurde nur eine mögliche Spezies für das dinukleare ZnPc-ZnPc im Experiment gefunden. Erste spektroskopische Untersuchungen an den neuen trinuklearen annellierten Pc ergaben einen Hinweis darauf, dass die NH-Tautomerie einen großen Einfluss auf deren elektronischen Eigenschaften selbst bei Raumtemperatur hat. / Phthalocyanines (Pcs) are auspicious molecules for a broad variety of scientific and industrial applications, because of their simple production, well-defined properties and high chemical stability. The photophysical properties of annulated dinuclear (ZnPc-ZnPc, H2Pc-H2Pc) and trinuclear Pcs in comparison to mononuclear Pcs (H2Pc, ZnPc) and dimeric Pcs, covalently linked by an ethandiol-bond (DH2 and DZn), were investigated in this study. Absorption and fluorescence spectra of dimeric DZn resemble those of an asymmetric substituted mononuclear ZnPc. The photophysical properties of DH2 are influenced by three different phenomena, namely aggregation, excitonic interaction and the existence of different NH-tautomers. Strong bathochromic Q-band-shifts of annulated dinuclear and trinuclear Pcs in comparison to the mononuclear analogues show expansion of the pi-electron system in such annulated molecules. For the first time, the existence of three NH-tautomers with different molecular orbitals and absorption spectra were shown by time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) calculations of dinuclear H2Pc-H2Pc. Theoretical calculations and experimental data obtained by steady state and time resolved spectroscopy were matched. This approach enabled the determination of photophysical properties of individual NH-tautomers of dinuclear H2Pc-H2Pc in solution. In accordance to the TD-DFT calculations only one dinuclear ZnPc-ZnPc species was experimentally established. First spectroscopic investigations of novel trinuclear Pc gave an evidence that NH-tautomerism might have a strong influence on their photophysical properties, even at room temperature.

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