@article{KirchnerOberlaenderSusoetal.2013,
  author    = {Kirchner, Patrick and Oberl{\"a}nder, Jan and Suso, Henri-Pierre and Rysstad, Gunnar and Keusgen, Michael and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef},
  title     = {Towards a wireless sensor system for real-time H2O2 monitoring in aseptic food processes},
  series = {Physica status solidi (a)},
  volume    = {210},
  journal   = {Physica status solidi (a)},
  number    = {5},
  publisher = {Wiley},
  address   = {Weinheim},
  issn      = {1862-6319},
  doi       = {10.1002/pssa.201200920},
  pages     = {877 -- 883},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {A wireless sensor system based on the industrial ZigBee standard for low-rate wireless networking was developed that enables real-time monitoring of gaseous H2O2 during the package sterilization in aseptic food processes. The sensor system consists of a remote unit connected to a calorimetric gas sensor, which was already established in former works, and an external base unit connected to a laptop computer. The remote unit was built up by an XBee radio frequency (RF) module for data communication and a programmable system-on-chip controller to read out the sensor signal and process the sensor data, whereas the base unit is a second XBee RF module. For the rapid H2O2 detection on various locations inside the package that has to be sterilized, a novel read-out strategy of the calorimetric gas sensor was established, wherein the sensor response is measured within the short sterilization time and correlated with the present H2O2 concentration. In an exemplary measurement application in an aseptic filling machinery, the suitability of the new, wireless sensor system was demonstrated, wherein the influence of the gas velocity on the H2O2 distribution inside a package was determined and verified with microbiological tests.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OberlaenderBrommWendeleretal.2015,
  author    = {Oberl{\"a}nder, Jan and Bromm, Alexander and Wendeler, Luisa and Iken, Heiko and Palomar Duran, Marlena and Greeff, Anton and Kirchner, Patrick and Keusgen, Michael and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef},
  title     = {Towards a biosensor to monitor the sterilisation efficiency of aseptic filling machines},
  series = {Physica status solidi (a)},
  volume    = {212},
  journal   = {Physica status solidi (a)},
  number    = {6},
  publisher = {Wiley},
  address   = {Weinheim},
  issn      = {1862-6319},
  doi       = {10.1002/pssa.201431900},
  pages     = {1299 -- 1305},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {Sterilisation processes are compulsory in medicine, pharmacy, and food industries to prevent infections of consumers and microbiological contaminations of products. Monitoring the sterilisation by conventional microbiological methods is time- and lab-consuming. To overcome this problem, in this work a novel biosensor has been proposed. The sensor enables a fast method to evaluate sterilisation processes. By means of thin-film technology the sensor's transducer structures in form of IDEs (interdigitated electrodes) have been fabricated on a silicon substrate. Physical characterisation of the developed sensor was done by AFM, SEM, and profilometry. Impedance analyses were conducted for the electrical characterisation. As microbiological layer spores of B. atrophaeus have been immobilised on the sensing structure; spores of this type are a well-known sterilisation test organism. Impedance measurements at a fixed frequency over time were performed to monitor the immobilisation process. A sterilisation process according to aseptic filling machines was applied to demonstrate the sensor functionality. After both, immobilisation and sterilisation, a change in impedance could successfully be detected.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KirchnerLiSpelthahnetal.2009,
  author    = {Kirchner, Patrick and Li, B. and Spelthahn, H. and Henkel, H. and Friedrich, P. and Kolstad, J. and Keusgen, M. and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef},
  title     = {Thin-film calorimetric H2O2 gas sensor for the validation of germicidal effectivity in aseptic filling processes},
  series = {Procedia Chemistry. 1 (2009), H. 1},
  journal   = {Procedia Chemistry. 1 (2009), H. 1},
  isbn      = {1876-6196},
  pages     = {983 -- 986},
  year      = {2009},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KirchnerLiSpelthahnetal.2011,
  author    = {Kirchner, Patrick and Li, Bin and Spelthahn, Heiko and Henkel, Hartmut and Schneider, Andreas and Friedrich, Peter and Kolstad, Jens and Keusgen, Michael and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef},
  title     = {Thin-film calorimetric H2O2 gas sensor for the validation of germicidal effectivity in aseptic filling processes},
  series = {Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 154 (2011), H. 2},
  journal   = {Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 154 (2011), H. 2},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  isbn      = {1873-3077},
  pages     = {257 -- 263},
  year      = {2011},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{JildehOberlaenderKirchneretal.2018,
  author    = {Jildeh, Zaid B. and Oberl{\"a}nder, Jan and Kirchner, Patrick and Wagner, Patrick H. and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef},
  title     = {Thermocatalytic Behavior of Manganese (IV) Oxide as Nanoporous Material on the Dissociation of a Gas Mixture Containing Hydrogen Peroxide},
  series = {Nanomaterials},
  volume    = {8},
  journal   = {Nanomaterials},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {MDPI},
  address   = {Basel},
  issn      = {2079-4991},
  doi       = {10.3390/nano8040262},
  pages     = {Artikel 262},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {In this article, we present an overview on the thermocatalytic reaction of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) gas on a manganese (IV) oxide (MnO₂) catalytic structure. The principle of operation and manufacturing techniques are introduced for a calorimetric H₂O₂ gas sensor based on porous MnO₂. Results from surface analyses by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of the catalytic material provide indication of the H₂O₂ dissociation reaction schemes. The correlation between theory and the experiments is documented in numerical models of the catalytic reaction. The aim of the numerical models is to provide further information on the reaction kinetics and performance enhancement of the porous MnO₂ catalyst.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OberlaenderJildehKirchneretal.2015,
  author    = {Oberl{\"a}nder, Jan and Jildeh, Zaid B. and Kirchner, Patrick and Wendeler, Luisa and Bromm, Alexander and Iken, Heiko and Wagner, Patrick and Keusgen, Michael and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef},
  title     = {Study of Interdigitated Electrode Arrays Using Experiments and Finite Element Models for the Evaluation of Sterilization Processes},
  series = {Sensors},
  volume    = {15},
  journal   = {Sensors},
  number    = {10},
  publisher = {MDPI},
  address   = {Basel},
  issn      = {1424-8220},
  doi       = {10.3390/s151026115},
  pages     = {26115 -- 26127},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {In this work, a sensor to evaluate sterilization processes with hydrogen peroxide vapor has been characterized. Experimental, analytical and numerical methods were applied to evaluate and study the sensor behavior. The sensor set-up is based on planar interdigitated electrodes. The interdigitated electrode structure consists of 614 electrode fingers spanning over a total sensing area of 20 mm2. Sensor measurements were conducted with and without microbiological spores as well as after an industrial sterilization protocol. The measurements were verified using an analytical expression based on a first-order elliptical integral. A model based on the finite element method with periodic boundary conditions in two dimensions was developed and utilized to validate the experimental findings.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{OberlaenderKirchnerKeusgenetal.2015,
  author    = {Oberl{\"a}nder, Jan and Kirchner, Patrick and Keusgen, Michael and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef},
  title     = {Strategies in developing thin-film sensors for monitoring aseptic food processes : Theoretical considerations and investigations of passivation materials},
  series = {Electrochimica Acta},
  volume    = {183},
  journal   = {Electrochimica Acta},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {0013-4686},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.electacta.2015.06.126},
  pages     = {130 -- 136},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {The sterilization of packages in aseptic food processes is highly significant to maintain a consumer-safe product with extended shelf-life. Today, the sterilization of food packages is predominantly accomplished by gaseous hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in combination with heat. In order to monitor this sterilization process, calorimetric gas sensors as differential set-up of two platinum temperature sensors representing a catalytically active (additionally deposition of MnO2) and a passive segment have been recently developed. The temperature rise of the exothermic decomposition serves as an indicator of the present H2O2 concentration. In the present work, a theoretical approach considering the sensor's thermochemistry and physical transport phenomena was formulated to evaluate the temperature rise based on the energy content of gaseous H2O2. In a further part of this work, three polymers have been analyzed with respect to their application as passivation materials. The examined polymers are photoresist SU-8, perfluoroalkoxy (PFA) and fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP). Thermal analyses by means of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) have been conducted to determine the operation limits of the polymers. The overall chemical resistance and stability of the polymers against the harsh environmental conditions during the sterilization process have been examined by attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR).},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{KirchnerHenkelNaetheretal.2008,
  author    = {Kirchner, Patrick and Henkel, H. and N{\"a}ther, Niko and Spelthahn, H. and Schneider, A. and Berger, J. and Kolstad, J. and Friedrich, P. and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef},
  title     = {RFID-basiertes Sensorsystem zur Realisierung intelligenter Verpackungen f{\"u}r die Nahrungsmittelindustrie},
  series = {KMU - innovativ: IKT 2008. CD-ROM : BMBF-Statustagung KMU - innovativ: IKT, Darmstadt, 17. - 18. Nov. 2008},
  booktitle = {KMU - innovativ: IKT 2008. CD-ROM : BMBF-Statustagung KMU - innovativ: IKT, Darmstadt, 17. - 18. Nov. 2008},
  number    = {CD-ROM-Ausg.},
  publisher = {BMBF},
  address   = {Berlin},
  pages     = {9 S.},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{KirchnerOberlaenderFriedrichetal.2010,
  author    = {Kirchner, Patrick and Oberl{\"a}nder, Jan and Friedrich, Peter and Rysstad, G. and Berger, J. and Keusgen, M. and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef},
  title     = {Realization of a calorimetric gas sensor on polyimide foil for applications in aseptic food industry},
  series = {Procedia Engineering. 5 (2010)},
  journal   = {Procedia Engineering. 5 (2010)},
  isbn      = {1877-7058},
  pages     = {264 -- 267},
  year      = {2010},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KirchnerSpelthahnSchoeningetal.2010,
  author    = {Kirchner, Patrick and Spelthahn, H. and Sch{\"o}ning, Michael Josef and Henkel, H. and Schneider, A. and Friedrich, P. and Kolstad, J. and Berger, J.},
  title     = {Realisierung eines Polyimid-basierten kalorimetrischen Gassensors zur Inline-{\"U}berwachung der H2O2-Konzentration in aseptischen Abf{\"u}llanlagen},
  series = {Sensoren und Messsysteme 2010 [Elektronische Ressource] : Vortr{\"a}ge der 15. ITG/GMA-Fachtagung vom 18. bis 19. Mai 2010 in N{\"u}rnberg / Informationstechnische Gesellschaft im VDE (ITG); VDI/VDE-Gesellschaft Mess- und Automatisierungstechnik (GMA)},
  journal   = {Sensoren und Messsysteme 2010 [Elektronische Ressource] : Vortr{\"a}ge der 15. ITG/GMA-Fachtagung vom 18. bis 19. Mai 2010 in N{\"u}rnberg / Informationstechnische Gesellschaft im VDE (ITG); VDI/VDE-Gesellschaft Mess- und Automatisierungstechnik (GMA)},
  publisher = {VDE Verlag},
  address   = {Berlin},
  isbn      = {978-3-8007-3260-9},
  pages     = {607 -- 612},
  year      = {2010},
  language  = {de}
}