TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schusser, Sebastian
A1  - Menzel, S.
A1  - Bäcker, Matthias
A1  - Leinhos, Marcel
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Wagner, P.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Degradation of thin poly(lactic acid) films: characterization by capacitance-voltage, atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and contact-angle measurements
JF  - Electrochimica Acta
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1873-3859 (E-Journal); 0013-4686 (Print)
VL  - Vol. 113
SP  - 779
EP  - 784
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schusser, Sebastian
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Bäcker, Matthias
A1  - Krischer, M.
A1  - Leinhos, Marcel
A1  - Wagner, P.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - An application of field-effect sensors for in-situ monitoring of degradation of biopolymers
JF  - Sensors and actuators B: Chemical
N2  - The characterization of the degradation kinetics of biodegradable polymers is mandatory with regard to their proper application. In the present work, polymer-modified electrolyte–insulator–semiconductor (PMEIS) field-effect sensors have been applied for in-situ monitoring of the pH-dependent degradation kinetics of the commercially available biopolymer poly(d,l-lactic acid) (PDLLA) in buffer solutions from pH 3 to pH 13. PDLLA films of 500 nm thickness were deposited on the surface of an Al–p-Si–SiO2–Ta2O5 structure from a polymer solution by means of spin-coating method. The PMEIS sensor is, in principle, capable to detect any changes in bulk, surface and interface properties of the polymer induced by degradation processes. A faster degradation has been observed for PDLLA films exposed to alkaline solutions (pH 9, pH 11 and pH 13).
Y1  - 2015
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2014.10.058
SN  - 1873-3077 (E-Journal); 0925-4005 (Print)
VL  - 207, Part B
SP  - 954
EP  - 959
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schusser, Sebastian
A1  - Bäcker, Matthias
A1  - Krischer, M.
A1  - Wenzel, L.
A1  - Leinhos, Marcel
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Biselli, Manfred
A1  - Wagner, P.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Enzymatically catalyzed degradation of biodegradable polymers investigated by means of a semiconductor-based field-effect sensor
JF  - Procedia Engineering
N2  - A semiconductor field-effect device has been used for an enzymatically catalyzed degradation of biopolymers for the first time. This novel technique is capable to monitor the degradation process of multiple samples in situ and in real-time. As model system, the degradation of the biopolymer poly(D, L-lactic acid) has been monitored in the degradation medium containing the enzyme lipase from Rhizomucor miehei. The obtained results demonstrate the potential of capacitive field-effect sensors for degradation studies of biodegradable polymers.
KW  - Field-effect sensor
KW  - enzymatic (bio)degradation
KW  - poly(d, l-lactic acid)
KW  - in-situ monitoring
KW  - impedance spectroscopy
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2014.11.689
SN  - 1877-7058
N1  - EUROSENSORS 2014 ; European Conference on Solid-State Transducers <28, 2014>
VL  - 87
SP  - 1314
EP  - 1317
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -