TY - JOUR A1 - Marx, Ulrich A1 - Schenk, Friedrich A1 - Behrens, Jan A1 - Meyr, Ulrike A1 - Wanek, Paul A1 - Zang, Werner A1 - Schmitt, Robert A1 - Brüstle, Oliver A1 - Zenke, Martin A1 - Klocke, Fritz T1 - Automatic production of induced pluripotent stem cells JF - Procedia CIRP : First CIRP Conference on BioManufacturing Y1 - 2013 SN - 2212-8271 VL - Vol. 5 SP - 2 EP - 6 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Murib, Mohammed Sharif A1 - Yeap, Weng-Siang A1 - Martens, Daan A1 - Bienstman, Peter A1 - Ceuninck, Ward de A1 - Grinsven, Bart van A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Michiels, Luc A1 - Haenen, Ken A1 - Ameloot, Marcel A1 - Serpengüzel, Ali A1 - Wagner, Patrick T1 - Photonic detection and characterization of DNA using sapphire microspheres JF - Journal of biomedical optics N2 - A microcavity-based deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) optical biosensor is demonstrated for the first time using synthetic sapphire for the optical cavity. Transmitted and elastic scattering intensity at 1510 nm are analyzed from a sapphire microsphere (radius 500  μm, refractive index 1.77) on an optical fiber half coupler. The 0.43 nm angular mode spacing of the resonances correlates well with the optical size of the sapphire sphere. Probe DNA consisting of a 36-mer fragment was covalently immobilized on a sapphire microsphere and hybridized with a 29-mer target DNA. Whispering gallery modes (WGMs) were monitored before the sapphire was functionalized with DNA and after it was functionalized with single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) and double-stranded DNA (dsDNA). The shift in WGMs from the surface modification with DNA was measured and correlated well with the estimated thickness of the add-on DNA layer. It is shown that ssDNA is more uniformly oriented on the sapphire surface than dsDNA. In addition, it is shown that functionalization of the sapphire spherical surface with DNA does not affect the quality factor (Q≈104) of the sapphire microspheres. The use of sapphire is especially interesting because this material is chemically resilient, biocompatible, and widely used for medical implants. Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.19.9.097006 SN - 1560-2281 (E-Journal); 1083-3668 (Print) VL - 19 IS - 9 SP - 097006 PB - SPIE CY - Bellingham ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Siqueira, Jose R. A1 - Molinnus, Denise A1 - Beging, Stefan A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Incorporating a hybrid urease-carbon nanotubes sensitive nanofilm on capacitive field-effect sensors for urea detection JF - Analytical chemistry N2 - The ideal combination among biomolecules and nanomaterials is the key for reaching biosensing units with high sensitivity. The challenge, however, is to find out a stable and sensitive film architecture that can be incorporated on the sensor’s surface. In this paper, we report on the benefits of incorporating a layer-by-layer (LbL) nanofilm of polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimer and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on capacitive electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor (EIS) field-effect sensors for detecting urea. Three sensor arrangements were studied in order to investigate the adequate film architecture, involving the LbL film with the enzyme urease: (i) urease immobilized directly onto a bare EIS [EIS-urease] sensor; (ii) urease atop the LbL film over the EIS [EIS-(PAMAM/CNT)-urease] sensor; and (iii) urease sandwiched between the LbL film and another CNT layer [EIS-(PAMAM/CNT)-urease-CNT]. The surface morphology of all three urea-based EIS biosensors was investigated by atomic force microscopy (AFM), while the biosensing abilities were studied by means of capacitance–voltage (C/V) and dynamic constant-capacitance (ConCap) measureaments at urea concentrations ranging from 0.1 mM to 100 mM. The EIS-urease and EIS-(PAMAM/CNT)-urease sensors showed similar sensitivity (∼18 mV/decade) and a nonregular signal behavior as the urea concentration increased. On the other hand, the EIS-(PAMAM/CNT)-urease-CNT sensor exhibited a superior output signal performance and higher sensitivity of about 33 mV/decade. The presence of the additional CNT layer was decisive to achieve a urea based EIS sensor with enhanced properties. Such sensitive architecture demonstrates that the incorporation of an adequate hybrid enzyme-nanofilm as sensing unit opens new prospects for biosensing applications using the field-effect sensor platform. Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1021/ac500458s SN - 1520-6882 (E-Journal); 0003-2700 (Print); 0096-4484 (Print) VL - 86 IS - 11 SP - 5370 EP - 5375 PB - ACS Publications CY - Columbus ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Srivastava, A. A1 - Lahiri, S. A1 - Maiti, M. A1 - Knolle, F. A1 - Hoyler, Friedrich A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. A1 - Schnug, E. W. T1 - Study of naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) in top soil of Punjab State from the North Western part of India JF - Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/0.1007/s10967-014-3450-1 SN - 1588-2780 (E-Journal); 0022-4081 (Print); 0134-0719 (Print); 0236-5731 (Print); 1417-2097 (Print) VL - 2014 IS - 302 SP - 1049 EP - 1052 PB - Springer Nature CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fateri, Miranda A1 - Gebhardt, Andreas A1 - Thümmler, Stefan A1 - Thurn, Laura T1 - Experimental investigation on selective laser melting of glass JF - Physics procedia : 8th International Conference on Laser Assisted Net Shape Engineering LANE 2014 Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2014.08.118 SN - 1875-3892 (E-Journal); 1875-3884 (Print) VL - 56 (2014) SP - 357 EP - 364 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nachtrodt, Frederik A1 - Tietsch, Wolfgang A1 - Mostacci, Domiziano A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. T1 - Set-up and first operation of a plasma oven for treatment of low level radioactive wastes JF - Nuclear technology and radiation protection Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2298/NTRP140SS47N SN - 1451-3994 VL - 29 IS - Suppl. SP - 47 EP - 51 PB - VINČA Institute of Nuclear Sciences CY - Belgrad ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Malecha, Hartmut A1 - Klubert, J. A1 - Heinen-Fuchs, Sabine T1 - Laserscanning passe? 3-D-Oberflächenmodelle aus Bilddaten und deren messtechnischer Nutzen JF - Wasserwirtschaft Y1 - 2014 SN - 0043-0978 N1 - Die Zeitschrift ist gedruckt in der Bibliothek Bayernallee vorhanden. VL - Jg. 104 IS - Nr. 9 SP - 32 EP - 35 PB - Springer Vieweg CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Yoshinobu, Tatsuo A1 - Miyamoto, Ko-ichiro A1 - Wagner, Torsten A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Recent developments of chemical imaging sensor systems based on the principle of the light-addressable potentiometric sensor JF - Sensors and actuators B: Chemical N2 - The light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS) is an electrochemical sensor with a field-effect structure to detect the variation of the Nernst potential at its sensor surface, the measured area on which is defined by illumination. Thanks to this light-addressability, the LAPS can be applied to chemical imaging sensor systems, which can visualize the two-dimensional distribution of a particular target ion on the sensor surface. Chemical imaging sensor systems are expected to be useful for analysis of reaction and diffusion in various electrochemical and biological samples. Recent developments of LAPS-based chemical imaging sensor systems, in terms of the spatial resolution, measurement speed, image quality, miniaturization and integration with microfluidic devices, are summarized and discussed. Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2014.09.002 SN - 1873-3077 (E-Journal); 0925-4005 (Print) VL - 207, Part B SP - 926 EP - 932 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Seiler, Friedrich A1 - Pichler, Alexander A1 - Pfaff, Raphael A1 - Srulijes, Julio T1 - Novel processing tools for automated doppler picture velocimetry (DPV) evaluation JF - Journal of visualization Y1 - 2009 SN - 1343-8875 VL - Vol. 12 IS - Iss. 4 SP - 323 EP - 337 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pfaff, Raphael A1 - Burnham, Keith J. T1 - On abstraction and interpretability: a behavioural perspective JF - Systems Science Y1 - 2009 SN - 0137-1223 VL - Vol. 35 IS - Iss. 2 SP - 19 EP - 26 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stadler, Alexander Maximilian A1 - Garvey, Christopher J. A1 - Embs, Jan Peter A1 - Koza, Michael Marek A1 - Unruh, Tobias A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Zaccai, Guiseppe T1 - Picosecond dynamics in haemoglobin from different species: A quasielastic neutron scattering study JF - Biochimica et biophysica acta (BBA): General Subjects Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbagen.2014.06.007 SN - 1872-8006 (E-Journal); 0304-4165 (Print) VL - 1840 IS - 10 SP - 2989 EP - 2999 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Holtrup, S. A1 - Sadeghfam, Arash A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Awakowicz, P. T1 - Characterization and optimization technique for microwave-driven high-intensity discharge lamps using hot S-parameters JF - IEEE transactions on microwave theories and techniques N2 - High-intensity discharge lamps can be driven by radio-frequency signals in the ISM frequency band at 2.45 GHz, using a matching network to transform the impedance of the plasma to the source impedance. To achieve an optimal operating condition, a good characterization of the lamp in terms of radio frequency equivalent circuits under operating conditions is necessary, enabling the design of an efficient matching network. This paper presents the characterization technique for such lamps and presents the design of the required matching network. For the characterization, a high-intensity discharge lamp was driven by a monofrequent large signal at 2.45 GHz, whereas a frequency sweep over 300 MHz was performed across this signal to measure so-called small-signal hot S-parameters using a vector network analyzer. These parameters are then used as an equivalent load in a circuit simulator to design an appropriate matching network. Using the measured data as a black-box model in the simulation results in a quick and efficient method to simulate and design efficient matching networks in spite of the complex plasma behavior. Furthermore, photometric analysis of high-intensity discharge lamps are carried out, comparing microwave operation to conventional operation. Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/TMTT.2014.2342652 SN - 0018-9480 VL - 62 IS - 10 SP - 2471 EP - 2480 PB - IEEE CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Khaydukova, M. M. A1 - Zadorozhnaya, O. A. A1 - Kirsanov, D. O. A1 - Iken, Heiko A1 - Rolka, David A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Babain, V. A. A1 - Vlasov, Yu. G. A1 - Legin, A. V. T1 - Multivariate processing of atomic-force microscopy images for detection of the response of plasticized polymeric membranes JF - Russian journal of applied chemistry N2 - The possibility of using the atomic-force microscopy as a method for detection of the analytical signal from plasticized polymeric sensor membranes was analyzed. The surfaces of cadmium-selective membranes based on two polymeric matrices were examined. The digital images were processed with multivariate image analysis techniques. A correlation was found between the surface profile of an ion-selective membrane and the concentration of the ion in solution. Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1134/S1070427214030112 SN - 1608-3296 (E-Journal); 1070-4272 (Print) VL - 87 IS - 3 SP - 307 EP - 314 PB - Springer CY - Dordrecht ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reisert, Steffen A1 - Geissler, H. A1 - Weiler, C. A1 - Wagner, P. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Multiple sensor-type system for monitoring the microbicidal effectiveness of aseptic sterilisation processes JF - Food control N2 - The present work describes a novel multiple sensor-type system for the real-time analysis of aseptic sterilisation processes employing gaseous hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as a sterilant. The inactivation kinetics of Bacillus atrophaeus by gaseous H2O2 have been investigated by means of a methodical calibration experiment, taking into account the process variables H2O2 concentration, humidity and gas temperature. It has been found that the microbicidal effectiveness at H2O2 concentrations above 2% v/v is largely determined by the concentration itself, while at lower H2O2 concentrations, the gas temperature and humidity play a leading role. Furthermore, the responses of different types of gas sensors towards the influencing factors of the sterilisation process have been analysed within the same experiment. Based on a correlation established between the inactivation kinetics and the sensor responses, a calorimetric H2O2 sensor and a metal-oxide semiconductor (MOX) sensor have been identified as possible candidates for monitoring the microbicidal effectiveness of aseptic sterilisation processes employing gaseous H2O2. Therefore, two linear models that describe the relationship between sensor response and microbicidal effectiveness have been proposed. Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2014.07.063 SN - 1873-7129 (E-Journal); 0956-7135 (Print) VL - 47 SP - 615 EP - 622 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Guo, Yuanyuan A1 - Miyamoto, Ko-ichiro A1 - Wagner, Torsten A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Yoshinobu, Tatsuo T1 - Device simulation of the light-addressable potentiometric sensor for the investigation of the spatial resolution JF - Sensors and actuators B: Chemical N2 - As a semiconductor-based electrochemical sensor, the light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS) can realize two dimensional visualization of (bio-)chemical reactions at the sensor surface addressed by localized illumination. Thanks to this imaging capability, various applications in biochemical and biomedical fields are expected, for which the spatial resolution is critically significant. In this study, therefore, the spatial resolution of the LAPS was investigated in detail based on the device simulation. By calculating the spatiotemporal change of the distributions of electrons and holes inside the semiconductor layer in response to a modulated illumination, the photocurrent response as well as the spatial resolution was obtained as a function of various parameters such as the thickness of the Si substrate, the doping concentration, the wavelength and the intensity of illumination. The simulation results verified that both thinning the semiconductor substrate and increasing the doping concentration could improve the spatial resolution, which were in good agreement with known experimental results and theoretical analysis. More importantly, new findings of interests were also obtained. As for the dependence on the wavelength of illumination, it was found that the known dependence was not always the case. When the Si substrate was thick, a longer wavelength resulted in a higher spatial resolution which was known by experiments. When the Si substrate was thin, however, a longer wavelength of light resulted in a lower spatial resolution. This finding was explained as an effect of raised concentration of carriers, which reduced the thickness of the space charge region. The device simulation was found to be helpful to understand the relationship between the spatial resolution and device parameters, to understand the physics behind it, and to optimize the device structure and measurement conditions for realizing higher performance of chemical imaging systems. Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2014.08.016 SN - 1873-3077 (E-Journal); 0925-4005 (Print) VL - 204 SP - 659 EP - 665 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Alhwarin, Faraj A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Scholl, Ingrid T1 - IR stereo kinect: improving depth images by combining structured light with IR stereo Y1 - 2014 SP - 1 EP - 9 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Frotscher, Ralf A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - Stresses produced by different textile mesh implants in a tissue equivalent JF - BioNanoMaterials N2 - Two single-incision mini-slings used for treating urinary incontinence in women are compared with respect to the stresses they produce in their surrounding tissue. In an earlier paper we experimentally observed that these implants produce considerably different stress distributions in a muscle tissue equivalent. Here we perform 2D finite element analyses to compare the shear stresses and normal stresses in the tissue equivalent for the two meshes and to investigate their failure behavior. The results clearly show that the Gynecare TVT fails for increasing loads in a zipper-like manner because it gradually debonds from the surrounding tissue. Contrary to that, the tissue at the ends of the DynaMesh-SIS direct may rupture but only at higher loads. The simulation results are in good agreement with the experimental observations thus the computational model helps to interpret the experimental results and provides a tool for qualitative evaluation of mesh implants. Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1515/bnm-2014-0003 SN - 2191-4672 (E-Journal); 2193-066X (E-Journal); 0011-8656 (Print); 1616-0177 (Print); 2193-0651 (Print) VL - 15 IS - 1-2 SP - 25 EP - 30 PB - De Gruyter CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Glaser, Markus A1 - Schmitz, Philipp T1 - Privatanleger am Optionsscheinmarkt Y1 - 2006 SP - 1 EP - 46 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Glaser, Markus A1 - Schmitz, Philipp T1 - Privatanleger am Optionsscheinmarkt JF - Zeitschrift für Bankrecht und Bankwirtschaft : ZBB Y1 - 2007 SN - 0936-2800 N1 - Printausg. in der Bibliothek Eupener Str. vorhanden VL - Jg. 19 IS - H. 3 SP - 214 EP - 230 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmitz, Philipp A1 - Weber, Martin T1 - Buying and selling behavior of individual investors in option-like securities Y1 - 2007 SP - 1 EP - 36 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmitz, Philipp A1 - Weber, Martin T1 - Buying and selling behavior of individual investors in option-like securities JF - Die Betriebswirtschaft : DBW N2 - We analyze the trading behavior of individual investors in option-like securities, namely bankissued warrants, and thus expand the growing literature of investors behavior to a new kind of securities. A unique data set from a large German discount broker gives us the opportunity to analyze the trading behavior of 1,454 investors, making 89,958 transactions in 6,724 warrants on 397 underlyings. In different logit regression, we make use of the facts that investors can speculate on rising and falling prices of the underlying with call and put warrants and that we also have information about the stock portfolios of the investors. We report several facts about the trading behavior of individual investors in warrants that are consistent with the literature on the behavior of individual investors in the stock market. The warrant investors buy calls and sell puts if the price of the underlying has decreased over the past trading days and they sell calls and buy puts if the price of the underlying has increased. That means, the investors follow negative feedback trading strategies in all four trading categories observed. In addition, we find strong evidence for the disposition effect for call as well as put warrants, which is reversed in December. The trading behavior is also influenced if the underlying reaches some exceptionally prices, e.g. highs, lows or the strike price. We show that hedging, as one natural candidate to buy puts, does not play an important role in the market for bank-issued warrants. KW - Bank-issued Warrants KW - Disposition Effect KW - Negative Feedback Trading KW - Trading Behavior KW - Individual Investors Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2055088 SN - 0342-7064 VL - 72 IS - 5 SP - 409 EP - 426 PB - Schäffer-Poeschel CY - Stuttgart ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vieira da Silva, Maria Eugenia A1 - Schwarzer, Klemens A1 - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard A1 - Pinheiro Rodrigues, Frederico A1 - Schwarzer, Tarik A1 - Costa Rocha, Paulo Alexandre T1 - Mass transfer correlation for evaporation–condensation thermal process in the range of 70 °C–95 °C JF - Renewable energy Y1 - 2013 SN - 1879-0682 (E-Journal); 0960-1481 (Print) VL - Vol. 53 SP - 174 EP - 179 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pohl, Martina A1 - Siegert, Petra A1 - Mesch, K. A1 - Bruhn, H. A1 - Grötzinger, Joachim T1 - Active site mutants of pyruvate decarboxylase from Zymomonas mobilis : a site-directed mutagenesis study of L112, I472, I476, E473 and N482 JF - European journal of biochemistry Y1 - 1998 SN - 1432-1033 (E-Journal); 1742-4658 (E-Journal); 0014-2956 (Print); 1742-464X (Print) VL - Vol. 257 IS - Iss. 3 SP - 538 EP - 546 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Iding, Hans A1 - Siegert, Petra A1 - Mesch, K. A1 - Pohl, Martina T1 - Application of α-keto acid decarboxylases in biotransformations JF - Biochimica et biophysica acta (BBA) - Protein structure and molecular enzymology Y1 - 1998 SN - 1879-2588 (E-Journal); 0167-4838 (Print) VL - Vol. 1385 IS - Iss. 2 SP - 307 EP - 322 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Iding, Hans A1 - Dünnwald, Thomas A1 - Greiner, Lasse A1 - Liese, Andreas A1 - Müller, Michael A1 - Siegert, Petra A1 - Grötzinger, Joachim A1 - Demir, Ayhan S. A1 - Pohl, Martina T1 - Benzoylformate Decarboxylase from Pseudomonas putida as Stable Catalyst for the Synthesis of Chiral 2-Hydroxy Ketones JF - Chemistry - a European journal Y1 - 2000 SN - 1521-3765 (E-Journal); 0947-6539 (Print) VL - Vol. 6 IS - Iss. 8 SP - 1483 EP - 1495 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dünnwald, Thomas A1 - Demir, Ayhan S. A1 - Siegert, Petra A1 - Pohl, Martina A1 - Müller, Michael T1 - Enantioselective Synthesis of (S)-2-Hydroxypropanone Derivatives by Benzoylformate Decarboxylase Catalyzed C−C Bond Formation JF - European journal of organic chemistry Y1 - 2000 SN - 0365-5490 (E-Journal); 1099-0690 (E-Journal); 0075-4617 (Print); 0170-2041 (Print); 0947-3440 (Print); 1434-193X (Print); 1434-243X (Print) VL - Vol. 2000 IS - Iss. 11 SP - 2161 EP - 2170 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dünnwald, Thomas A1 - Demir, Ayhan S. A1 - Siegert, Petra A1 - Pohl, Martina A1 - Müller, Michael T1 - ChemInform Abstract: Enantioselective synthesis of (S)-2-Hydroxypropanone derivatives by Benzoylformate Decarboxylase Catalyzed C—C Bond Formation JF - Cheminform Y1 - 2001 SN - 1522-2667 (E-Journal); 0931-7597 (Print) VL - Vol. 32 IS - Iss. 4 SP - Publ. online ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dünkelmann, Pascal A1 - Kolter-Jung, Doris A1 - Nitsche, Adam A1 - Demir, Ayhan S. A1 - Siegert, Petra A1 - Lingen, Bettina A1 - Baumann, Martin A1 - Pohl, Martina A1 - Müller, Michael T1 - Development of a donor-acceptor concept for enzymatic cross-coupling reactions of adehydes : the first asymmetric cross-benzoin condensation JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society Y1 - 2002 SN - 1520-5126 (E-Journal); 0002-7863 (Print) VL - Vol. 124 SP - 12084 EP - 12085 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Siegert, Petra A1 - McLeish, Michael J. A1 - Baumann, Martin A1 - Iding, Hans A1 - Kneen, Malea M. A1 - Kenyon, George L. A1 - Pohl, Martina T1 - Exchanging the substrate specificities of pyruvate decarboxylase from Zymomonas mobilis and benzoylformate decarboxylase from Pseudomonas putida JF - Protein engineering, design, and selection : peds Y1 - 2005 SN - 1460-213X (E-Journal); 1741-0134 (E-Journal); 0269-2139 (Print); 1741-0126 (Print) VL - Vol. 18 IS - Iss. 7 SP - 345 EP - 357 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ribitsch, D. A1 - Karl, W. A1 - Birner-Gruenberger, R. A1 - Gruber, K. A1 - Eiteljoerg, I. A1 - Remler, P. A1 - Wieland, S. A1 - Siegert, Petra A1 - Maurer, Karl-Heinz A1 - Schwab, H. T1 - C-terminal truncation of a metagenome-derived detergent protease for effective expression in E. coli JF - Journal of biotechnology N2 - Recently, a new alkaline protease named HP70 showing highest homology to extracellular serine proteases of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Xanthomonas campestris was found in the course of a metagenome screening for detergent proteases (Niehaus et al., submitted for publication). Attempts to efficiently express the enzyme in common expression hosts had failed. This study reports on the realization of overexpression in Escherichia coli after structural modification of HP70. Modelling of HP70 resulted in a two-domain structure, comprising the catalytic domain and a C-terminal domain which includes about 100 amino acids. On the basis of the modelled structure the enzyme was truncated by deletion of most of the C-terminal domain yielding HP70-C477. This structural modification allowed effective expression of active enzyme using E. coli BL21-Gold as the host. Specific activity of HP70-C477 determined with suc-l-Ala-l-Ala-l-Pro-l-Phe-p-nitroanilide as the substrate was 30 ± 5 U/mg compared to 8 ± 1 U/mg of the native enzyme. HP70-C477 was most active at 40 °C and pH 7–11; these conditions are prerequisite for a potential application as detergent enzyme. Determination of kinetic parameters at 40 °C and pH = 9.5 resulted in KM = 0.23 ± 0.01 mM and kcat = 167.5 ± 3.6 s⁻¹. MS-analysis of peptide fragments obtained from incubation of HP70 and HP70-C477 with insulin B indicated that the C-terminal domain influences the cleavage preferences of the enzyme. Washing experiments confirmed the high potential of HP70-C477 as detergent protease. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2010.09.947 SN - 1873-4863 (E-Journal); 0168-1656 (Print) VL - 150 IS - 3 SP - 408 EP - 416 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ribitsch, D. A1 - Heumann, S. A1 - Trotscha, E. A1 - Herrero Acero, E. A1 - Greimel, K. A1 - Leber, R. A1 - Birger-Gruenberger, R. A1 - Deller, S. A1 - Eiteljoerg, I. A1 - Remler, P. A1 - Weber, Th. A1 - Siegert, Petra A1 - Maurer, Karl-Heinz A1 - Donelli, I. A1 - Freddi, G. A1 - Schwab, H. A1 - Guebitz, G. M. T1 - Hydrolysis of polyethyleneterephthalate by p-nitrobenzylesterase from Bacillus subtilis JF - Biotechnology progress Y1 - 2011 SN - 1520-6033 (E-Journal); 8756-7938 (Print) VL - Vol. 27 IS - Iss. 4 SP - 951 EP - 960 PB - Wiley CY - Hoboken ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ribitsch, D. A1 - Heumann, S. A1 - Karl, W. A1 - Gerlach, J. A1 - Leber, R. A1 - Birner-Gruenberger, R. A1 - Gruber, K. A1 - Eiteljoerg, I. A1 - Remler, P. A1 - Siegert, Petra A1 - Lange, J. A1 - Maurer, Karl-Heinz A1 - Berg, G. A1 - Guebitz, G. M. A1 - Schwab, H. T1 - Extracellular serine proteases from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: Screening, isolation and heterologous expression in E. coli JF - Journal of biotechnology N2 - A large strain collection comprising antagonistic bacteria was screened for novel detergent proteases. Several strains displayed protease activity on agar plates containing skim milk but were inactive in liquid media. Encapsulation of cells in alginate beads induced protease production. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia emerged as best performer under washing conditions. For identification of wash-active proteases, four extracellular serine proteases called StmPr1, StmPr2, StmPr3 and StmPr4 were cloned. StmPr2 and StmPr4 were sufficiently overexpressed in E. coli. Expression of StmPr1 and StmPr3 resulted in unprocessed, insoluble protein. Truncation of most of the C-terminal domain which has been identified by enzyme modeling succeeded in expression of soluble, active StmPr1 but failed in case of StmPr3. From laundry application tests StmPr2 turned out to be a highly wash-active protease at 45 °C. Specific activity of StmPr2 determined with suc-l-Ala-l-Ala-l-Pro-l-Phe-p-nitroanilide as the substrate was 17 ± 2 U/mg. In addition we determined the kinetic parameters and cleavage preferences of protease StmPr2. KW - Alginate beads KW - Stenotrophomonas maltophilia KW - Detergent protease Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.09.025 SN - 1873-4863 (E-Journal); 0168-1656 (Print) VL - 157 IS - 1 SP - 140 EP - 147 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Niehaus, F. A1 - Gabor, E. A1 - Wieland, S. A1 - Siegert, Petra A1 - Maurer, Karl-Heinz A1 - Eck, J. T1 - Enzymes for the laundry industries: tapping the vast metagenomic pool of alkaline proteases JF - Microbial biotechnology Y1 - 2011 SN - 1432-0614 (E-Journal); 0171-1741 (Print); 0175-7598 (Print); 0340-2118 (Print) VL - Vol. 4 IS - Iss. 6 SP - 767 EP - 776 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jakob, Felix A1 - Martinez, Ronny A1 - Mandawe, John A1 - Hellmuth, Hendrik A1 - Siegert, Petra A1 - Maurer, Karl-Heinz A1 - Schwaneberg, Ulrich T1 - Surface charge engineering of a Bacillus gibsonii subtilisin protease JF - Applied microbiology and biotechnology Y1 - 2013 SN - 1432-0614 (E-Journal); 0171-1741 (Print); 0175-7598 (Print); 0340-2118 (Print) VL - Vol. 97 IS - Iss. 15 SP - 6793 EP - 6802 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Martinez, Ronny A1 - Jakob, Felix A1 - Tu, Ran A1 - Siegert, Petra A1 - Maurer, Karl-Heinz A1 - Schwaneberg, Ulrich T1 - Increasing activity and thermal resistance of Bacillus gibsonii alkaline protease (BgAP) by directed evolution JF - Biotechnology and bioengineering Y1 - 2013 SN - 1097-0290 (E-Journal); 0006-3592 (Print); 0368-1467 (Print) VL - Vol. 110 IS - Iss. 3 SP - 711 EP - 720 PB - Wiley CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ciobanu, Octavian A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Rahimi, Alireza T1 - The use of open source software in biomechanical finite element analysis JF - Buletinul Institutului Politehnic din Iaşi / Universitatea Tehnică Gh. Asachi, Iaşi Secţia 5, Construcţii de maşini = Machine construction = Bulletin of the Polytechnic Institute of Jassy = Izvestija Jasskogo Politechničeskogo Instituta Y1 - 2008 SN - 1011-2855 VL - 54 IS - 7/8 SP - 213 EP - 220 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gebhardt, Andreas A1 - Hötter, Jan-Steffen A1 - Ziebura, Dawid T1 - Impact of SLM build parameters on the surface quality JF - RTejournal - Forum für Rapid Technologien Y1 - 2014 SN - 1614-0923 VL - 11 (2014) IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 14 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gebhardt, Andreas A1 - Fateri, Miranda T1 - 3D-Drucken und die Anwendungen JF - RTejournal - Forum für Rapid Technologie Y1 - 2014 SN - 1614-0923 VL - 11 (2014) IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 9 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Riedel, Marc A1 - Kartchemnik, Julia A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Lisdat, Fred T1 - Impedimetric DNA detection – steps forward to sensorial application JF - Analytical chemistry N2 - This study describes a label-free impedimetric sensor based on short ssDNA recognition elements for the detection of hybridization events. We concentrate on the elucidation of the influence of target length and recognition sequence position on the sensorial performance. The impedimetric measurements are performed in the presence of the redox system ferri-/ferrocyanide and show an increase in charge transfer resistance upon hybridization of ssDNA to the sensor surface. Investigations on the impedimetric signal stability demonstrate a clear influence of the buffers used during the sensor preparation and the choice of the passivating mercaptoalcanol compound. A stable sensor system has been developed, enabling a reproducible detection of 25mer target DNA in the low nanomolar range. After hybridization, a sensor regeneration can be reached with deionized water by adjustment of effective convection conditions, ensuring a sensor reusability. By investigations of longer targets with overhangs exposed to the solution, we can demonstrate applicability of the impedimetric detection for longer ssDNA. However, a decreasing charge transfer resistance change (ΔRct) is found by extending the overhang. As a strategy to increase the impedance change for longer target strands, the position of the recognition sequence can be designed in a way that a small overhang is exposed to the electrode surface. This is found to result in an increase in the relative Rct change. These results suggest that DNA and consequently negative charge near the electrode possess a larger impact on the impedimetric signal than DNA further away. Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1021/ac501800q SN - 1520-6882 (E-Journal); 0003-2700 (Print); 0096-4484 (Print) VL - 86 (2014) IS - 15 SP - 7867 EP - 7874 PB - ACS Publications CY - Columbus ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mansurov, Z. A. A1 - Jandosov, J. M. A1 - Kerimkulova, A. R. A1 - Azat, S. A1 - Zhubanova, A. A. A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Savistkaya, I. S. A1 - Akimbekov, Nuraly S. A1 - Kistaubaeva, A. S. T1 - Nanostructured carbon materials for biomedical use JF - Eurasian chemico-technological journal : quarterly journal of the International Higher Education Academy of Sciences N2 - One of the priority trends of carbon nanotechnology is creation of nanocomposite systems. Such carbon nanostructured composites were produced using - raw materials based on the products of agricultural waste, such as grape stones, apricot stones, rice husk. These products have a - wide spectrum of application and can be obtained in large quantities. The Institute of Combustion Problems has carried out the work on synthesis of the nanostructured carbon sorbents for multiple applications including the field of biomedicine. The article presents the data on the synthesis and physico-chemical properties of carbonaceous sorbents using physicochemical methods of investigation: separation and purification of biomolecules; isolation of phytohormone - fusicoccin; adsorbent INGO-1 in the form of an adsorption column for blood detoxification, oral (entero) sorbent - INGO-2; the study of efferent and probiotic properties and sorption activity in regard to the lipopolysaccharide (LPS), new biocomposites - based on carbonized rice husk (CRH) and cellular microorganisms; the use of CRH in wound treatment. A new material for blood detoxication (INGO-1) has been obtained. Adsorption of p-cresyl sulfate and indoxyl sulfate has shown that active carbon adsorbent can remove clinically significant level of p-cresyl sulfate and indoxyl sulfate from human plasma. Enterosorbent INGO-2 possesses high adsorption activity in relation to Gram-negative bacteria and their endotoxins. INGO-2 slows down the growth of conditionally pathogenic microorganisms, without having a negative effect on bifido and lactobacteria. The use of enterosorbent INGO-2 for sorption therapy may provide a solution to a complex problem - detoxication of the digestive tract and normalization of the intestinal micro ecology. The immobilized probiotic called "Riso-lact" was registered at the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan as a biologically active food additive. The developed technology is patented and provides production of the medicine in the form of freeze-dried biomass immobilized in vials. Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.18321/ectj224 SN - 1562-3920 VL - 15 (2013) IS - 3 SP - 209 EP - 217 PB - Institute of Combustion Problems CY - Almaty ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schirra, Julian A1 - Watmuff, Jonathan A1 - Bauschat, J.-Michael T1 - Highly non-planar lifting systems: a relative assessment of existing potential-methodologies to accurately estimate the induced drag JF - 32nd AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference 2014 : June, 16-20 2014, Atlanta, Ga. Y1 - 2014 SN - 978-1-62410-288-2 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2014-2988 SP - Publ. online ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wagner, Patrick A1 - Doll, Theodor A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Engineering of functional interfaces / Patrick Wagner ; Theodor Doll ; Michael J. Schöning (eds.) JF - Physica status solidi (A) : Applications and materials science Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201470241 SN - 1521-396X (E-Book); 1862-6319 (E-Book); 0031-8965 (Print); 1862-6300 (Print) VL - 211 IS - 6 SP - 1339 EP - 1339 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Timme, Michael T1 - Wohnungseigentümergemeinschaft - Einstimmigkeitserfordernis bei Errichtung einer Mobilfunkantenne JF - Monatsschrift für Deutsches Recht : MDR : Zeitschrift für die Zivilrechts-Praxis N2 - Der BGH (BGH v. 25.1.2014 – V ZR 48/13, MDR 2014, 399) hatte darüber zu befinden, ob auf dem Dach eines Hauses, das im Eigentum einer Wohnungseigentümergemeinschaft steht, auch gegen den Willen eines einzelnen Eigentümers eine Mobilfunkantenne angebracht werden kann. Das Urteil führt in das Spannungsfeld einer Abwägung zwischen Mehrheits- und Individualinteressen innerhalb einer WEG. Insoweit betont der BGH den grundsätzlichen Vorrang der Individualinteressen, jedenfalls soweit es um Beeinträchtigungen geht, die verständlicherweise von einem Eigentümer abgelehnt werden können. Der BGH verlangt im Ergebnis im Zweifel eine allseitige Zustimmung. Das Urteil ist zu begrüßen, lässt aber für die Zukunft Abgrenzungsfragen offen. Y1 - 2014 SN - 0340-1812 VL - 68 (2014) IS - 11 SP - 634 EP - 635 PB - Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt CY - Köln ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Whitehead, Mark A1 - Öhlschläger, Peter A1 - Almajhdi, Fahad N. A1 - Alloza, Leonor A1 - Marzábal, Pablo A1 - Meyers, Ann E. A1 - Hitzeroth, Inga I. A1 - Rybicki, Edward P. T1 - Human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 E7 protein bodies cause tumour regression in mice JF - BMC cancer Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-14-367 SN - 1471-2407 IS - 14:367 SP - 1 EP - 15 PB - BioMed Central CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Guo, Yuanyuan A1 - Seki, Kosuke A1 - Miyamoto, Ko-ichiro A1 - Wagner, Torsten A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Yoshinobu, Tatsuo T1 - Novel photoexcitation method for light-addressable potentiometric sensor with higher spatial resolution JF - Applied physics express : APEX N2 - A novel photoexcitation method for the light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS) is proposed to achieve a higher spatial resolution of chemical images. The proposed method employs a combined light source that consists of a modulated light probe, which generates the alternating photocurrent signal, and a ring of constant illumination surrounding it. The constant illumination generates a sheath of carriers with increased concentration which suppresses the spread of photocarriers by enhanced recombination. A device simulation was carried out to verify the effect of constant illumination on the spatial resolution, which demonstrated that a higher spatial resolution can be obtained. Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.7567/APEX.7.067301 SN - 1882-0786 (E-Journa); 1882-0778 (Print) VL - 7 IS - 6 SP - 067301-4 PB - IOP CY - Bristol ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Alebouyeh Samami, Behzad A1 - Pieper, Martin A1 - Breitbach, Gerd A1 - Hodapp, Josef T1 - Heat production in the windings of the stators of electric machines under stationary condition JF - Heat and mass transfer N2 - In electric machines due to high currents and resistive losses (joule heating) heat is produced. To avoid damages by overheating the design of effective cooling systems is required. Therefore the knowledge of heat sources and heat transfer processes is necessary. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate a good and effective calculation method for the temperature analysis based on homogenization techniques. These methods have been applied for the stator windings in a slot of an electric machine consisting of copper wires and resin. The key quantity here is an effective thermal conductivity, which characterizes the heterogeneous wire resin-arrangement inside the stator slot. To illustrate the applicability of the method, the analysis of a simplified, homogenized model is compared with the detailed analysis of temperature behavior inside a slot of an electric machine according to the heat generation. We considered here only the stationary situation. The achieved numerical results are accurate and show that the applied homogenization technique works in practice. Finally the results of simulations for the two cases, the original model of the slot and the homogenized model chosen for the slot (unit cell), are compared to experimental results. Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-014-1371-8 SN - 0947-7411 (Print) ; 1432-1181 (E-Journal) VL - 50 SP - 1707 EP - 1716 PB - Springer CY - Heidelberg ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kuperjans, Isabel T1 - Exergetische und exergoökonomische Analyse thermischer Prozesse JF - Arbeitsbericht / Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen Y1 - 1996 IS - 06 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wolf, Martin R. A1 - Biesen, Ina van der A1 - Greeb, Birgit T1 - Mein Freund, die Uni JF - Die neue Hochschule : DNH : für anwendungsbezogene Wissenschaft und Kunst Y1 - 2014 SN - 0340-448X N1 - Gedr. Ausgabe in der Bibliothek Eupener Str. vorhanden. VL - 2014 IS - 2 SP - 54 EP - 56 PB - HLB CY - Bonn ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Biselli, Manfred A1 - Selmer, Thorsten A1 - Öhlschläger, Peter A1 - Baumann, Marcus A1 - Förster, Arnold A1 - Poghossian, Arshak T1 - Forschung „zwischen“ den Disziplinen: das Institut für Nano- und Biotechnologien JF - Analytik news : das Online-Labormagazin für Labor und Analytik N2 - "Biologie trifft Mikroelektronik", das Motto des Instituts für Nano- und Biotechnologien (INB) an der FH Aachen, unterstreicht die zunehmende Bedeutung interdisziplinär geprägter Forschungsaktivitäten. Der thematische Zusammenschluss grundständiger Disziplinen, wie die Physik, Elektrotechnik, Chemie, Biologie sowie die Materialwissenschaften, lässt neue Forschungsgebiete entstehen, ein herausragendes Beispiel hierfür ist die Nanotechnologie: Hier werden neue Werkstoffe und Materialien entwickelt, einzelne Nanopartikel oder Moleküle und deren Wechselwirkung untersucht oder Schichtstrukturen im Nanometerbereich aufgebaut, die neue und vorher nicht bekannte Eigenschaften hervorbringen. Vor diesem Hintergrund bündelt das im Jahre 2006 gegründete INB die an der FH Aachen vorhandenen Kompetenzen von derzeit insgesamt sieben Laboratorien auf den Gebieten der Halbleitertechnik und Nanoelektronik, Nanostrukturen und DNA-Sensorik, der Chemo- und Biosensorik, der Enzymtechnologie, der Mikrobiologie und Pflanzenbiotechnologie, der Zellkulturtechnik, sowie der Roten Biotechnologie synergetisch. In der Nano- und Biotechnologie steckt außergewöhnliches Potenzial! Nicht zuletzt deshalb stellen sich die Forscher der Herausforderung, in diesem Bereich gemeinsam zu forschen und Schnittstellen zu nutzen, um so bei der Gestaltung neuartiger Ideen und Produkte mitzuwirken, die zukünftig unser alltägliches Leben verändern werden. Im Folgenden werden die verschiedenen Forschungsbereiche kurz zusammenfassend vorgestellt und vorhandene Interaktionen anhand von exemplarisch ausgewählten, aktuellen Forschungsprojekten skizziert. Y1 - 2012 VL - Publ. online PB - Dr. Beyer Internet-Beratung CY - Ober-Ramstadt ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wiezorek, E. A1 - Baumann, Marcus T1 - Stadtökologie in der Stadtplanung: der "Stadtökologische Beitrag" Aachen JF - Wechselwirkung : Wissenschaft & vernetztes Denken Y1 - 1999 SN - 0172-1623 VL - 21 IS - 97 SP - 28 EP - 37 ER -