TY - CHAP A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - Problems and chances for probabilistic fracture mechanics in the analysis of steel pressure boundary reliability. - Überarb. Ausg. N2 - In: Technical feasibility and reliability of passive safety systems for nuclear power plants. Proceedings of an Advisory Group Meeting held in Jülich, 21-24 November 1994. - Vienna , 1996. - Seite: 43 - 55 IAEA-TECDOC-920 Abstract: It is shown that the difficulty for probabilistic fracture mechanics (PFM) is the general problem of the high reliability of a small population. There is no way around the problem as yet. Therefore what PFM can contribute to the reliability of steel pressure boundaries is demon­strated with the example of a typical reactor pressure vessel and critically discussed. Although no method is distinguishable that could give exact failure probabilities, PFM has several addi­tional chances. Upper limits for failure probability may be obtained together with trends for design and operating conditions. Further, PFM can identify the most sensitive parameters, improved control of which would increase reliability. Thus PFM should play a vital role in the analysis of steel pressure boundaries despite all shortcomings. KW - Bruchmechanik KW - probabilistic fracture mechanics KW - PFM Y1 - 2006 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Srivastava, Alok A1 - Singh, Virendra A1 - Dhand, Chetna A1 - Kaur, Manindar A1 - Singh, Tejvir A1 - Witte, Katrin A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. T1 - Study of swift heavy ion modified conduction polymer composites for application as gas sensor N2 - A polyaniline-based conducting composite was prepared by oxidative polymerisation of aniline in a polyvinylchloride (PVC) matrix. The coherent free standing thin films of the composite were prepared by a solution casting method. The polyvinyl chloride-polyaniline composites exposed to 120 MeV ions of silicon with total ion fluence ranging from 1011 to 1013 ions/cm2, were observed to be more sensitive towards ammonia gas than the unirradiated composite. The response time of the irradiated composites was observed to be comparably shorter. We report for the first time the application of swift heavy ion modified insulating polymer conducting polymer (IPCP) composites for sensing of ammonia gas. KW - Biosensor KW - Conducing polymer KW - ammonia gas sensors KW - swift heavy ions KW - polymer composites Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:a96-opus-1345 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Spannhake, Jan A1 - Schulz, Olaf A1 - Helwig, Andreas A1 - Krenkow, Angelika A1 - Müller, Gerhard A1 - Doll, Theodor T1 - High-temperature MEMS heater platforms: long-term performance of metal and semiconductor heater materials N2 - Micromachined thermal heater platforms offer low electrical power consumption and high modulation speed, i.e. properties which are advantageous for realizing nondispersive infrared (NDIR) gas- and liquid monitoring systems. In this paper, we report on investigations on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) based infrared (IR) emitter devices heated by employing different kinds of metallic and semiconductor heater materials. Our results clearly reveal the superior high-temperature performance of semiconductor over metallic heater materials. Long-term stable emitter operation in the vicinity of 1300 K could be attained using heavily antimony-doped tin dioxide (SnO2:Sb) heater elements. KW - Biosensor KW - Hotplate KW - heater metallisation KW - high-temperature stability KW - electro-migration KW - doped silicon KW - doped metal oxide KW - antimony doped tin oxide Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:a96-opus-1513 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Sakthivel, Mariappan A1 - Weppner, Werner T1 - Response behaviour of a hydrogen sensor based on ionic conducting polymer-metal interfaces prepared by the chemical reduction method N2 - A solid-state amperometric hydrogen sensor based on a protonated Nafion membrane and catalytic active electrode operating at room temperature was fabricated and tested. Ionic conducting polymer-metal electrode interfaces were prepared chemically by using the impregnation-reduction method. The polymer membrane was impregnated with tetra-ammine platinum chloride hydrate and the metal ions were subsequently reduced by using either sodium tetrahydroborate or potassium tetrahydroborate. The hydrogen sensing characteristics with air as reference gas is reported. The sensors were capable of detecting hydrogen concentrations from 10 ppm to 10% in nitrogen. The response time was in the range of 10-30 s and a stable linear current output was observed. The thin Pt films were characterized by XRD, Infrared Spectroscopy, Optical Microscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy and EDAX. KW - Biosensor KW - Hydrogen sensor KW - amperometric sensor KW - porous Pt electrode KW - chemical reduction method Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:a96-opus-1399 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Rabner, Arthur A1 - Shacham, Yosi T1 - A concept for a sensitive micro total analysis system for high throughput fluorescence imaging N2 - This paper discusses possible methods for on-chip fluorescent imaging for integrated bio-sensors. The integration of optical and electro-optical accessories, according to suggested methods, can improve the performance of fluorescence imaging. It can boost the signal to background ratio by a few orders of magnitudes in comparison to conventional discrete setups. The methods that are present in this paper are oriented towards building reproducible arrays for high-throughput micro total analysis systems (µTAS). The first method relates to side illumination of the fluorescent material placed into microcompartments of the lab-on-chip. Its significance is in high utilization of excitation energy for low concentration of fluorescent material. The utilization of a transparent µLED chip, for the second method, allows the placement of the excitation light sources on the same optical axis with emission detector, such that the excitation and emission rays are directed controversly. The third method presents a spatial filtering of the excitation background. KW - Biosensor KW - Fluorescence KW - imaging KW - lab-on-chip KW - fluidic KW - lenslet array KW - LED chip KW - image sensor KW - biosensor Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:a96-opus-1456 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Schumacher, Kerstin A1 - Kloock, Joachim P. A1 - Rosenkranz, Christian A1 - Schultze, Joachim W. A1 - Müller-Veggian, Mattea A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Functional testing and characterisation of ISFETs on wafer level by means of a micro-droplet cell N2 - A wafer-level functionality testing and characterisation system for ISFETs (ionsensitive field-effect transistor) is realised by means of integration of a specifically designed capillary electrochemical micro-droplet cell into a commercial wafer prober-station. The developed system allows the identification and selection of “good” ISFETs at the earliest stage and to avoid expensive bonding, encapsulation and packaging processes for nonfunctioning ISFETs and thus, to decrease costs, which are wasted for bad dies. The developed system is also feasible for wafer-level characterisation of ISFETs in terms of sensitivity, hysteresis and response time. Additionally, the system might be also utilised for wafer-level testing of further electrochemical sensors. KW - Biosensor KW - Biosensorik KW - ISFET KW - Wafer KW - ISFET KW - wafer-level testing KW - capillary micro-droplet cell Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:a96-opus-1259 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Plenz, Michael T1 - Baurevision und Unternehmensberatung, Tätigkeit als öffentlich bestellter und vereidigter Sachverständiger N2 - In: Alfha.net / Sektion Bauingenieurwesen: 1. [Erster] Erfahrungsaustausch : Absolventen des Fachbereichs Bauingenieurwesens berichten. 13. Oktober 2006. S. 19-20. Zusammenfassung des Vortrags: Prozessanalyse und Revision beim Umbau des Flughafens Hamburg, Beratung von Bauunternehmen, Sachverständigentätigkeit KW - Öffentlich bestellter Sachverständiger KW - Baurevision Y1 - 2006 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Platen, Johannes A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Microstructured Nanostructures – nanostructuring by means of conventional photolithography and layer-expansion technique N2 - A new and simple method for nanostructuring using conventional photolithography and layer expansion or pattern-size reduction technique is presented, which can further be applied for the fabrication of different nanostructures and nano-devices. The method is based on the conversion of a photolithographically patterned metal layer to a metal-oxide mask with improved pattern-size resolution using thermal oxidation. With this technique, the pattern size can be scaled down to several nanometer dimensions. The proposed method is experimentally demonstrated by preparing nanostructures with different configurations and layouts, like circles, rectangles, trapezoids, “fluidic-channel”-, “cantilever”- and meander-type structures. KW - Biosensor KW - Nanostructuring KW - layer expansion KW - pattern-size reduction KW - self-aligned patterning Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:a96-opus-1477 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Pijanowska, Dorota G. A1 - Remiszewska, Elzbieta A1 - Pederzolli, Cecilia A1 - Lunelli, Lorenzo A1 - Vendano, Michele A1 - Canteri, Roberto A1 - Dudzinski, Konrad A1 - Kruk, Jerzy A1 - Torbicz, Wladyslaw T1 - Surface modification for microreactor fabrication N2 - In this paper, methods of surface modification of different supports, i.e. glass and polymeric beads for enzyme immobilisation are described. The developed method of enzyme immobilisation is based on Schiff’s base formation between the amino groups on the enzyme surface and the aldehyde groups on the chemically modified surface of the supports. The surface of silicon modified by APTS and GOPS with immobilised enzyme was characterised by atomic force microscopy (AFM), time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy (ToF-SIMS) and infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The supports with immobilised enzyme (urease) were also tested in combination with microreactors fabricated in silicon and Perspex, operating in a flow-through system. For microreactors filled with urease immobilised on glass beads (Sigma) and on polymeric beads (PAN), a very high and stable signal (pH change) was obtained. The developed method of urease immobilisation can be stated to be very effective. KW - Biosensor KW - Microreactors KW - surface modification KW - enzyme immobilisation KW - lab-on-a-chip Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:a96-opus-1480 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Pijanowska, Dorota G. A1 - Remiszewska, Elzbieta T1 - pH-based detection of phenylalnine by potentiometric and colorimetric methods N2 - In this paper, methods of sample preparation for potentiometric measurement of phenylalanine are presented. Basing on the spectrophotometric measurements of phenylalanine, the concentrations of reagents of the enzymatic reaction (10 mM L-Phe, 0,4 mM NAD+, 2U L-PheDH) were determined. Then, the absorption spectrum of the reaction product, NADH, was monitored (maximum peak at 340 nm). The results obtained by the spectrophotometric method were compared with the results obtained by the colourimetry, using pH indicators. The above-mentioned two methods will be used as references for potentiometric measurements of phenylalanine concentration. KW - Biosensor KW - Phenylalanine determination KW - enzymatic methods KW - pH-based biosensing Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:a96-opus-1536 ER -