TY  - JOUR
A1  - Streun, M.
A1  - Brandenburg, G.
A1  - Larue, H.
A1  - Zimmermann, E.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Halling, H.
T1  - Pulse recording by free-running sampling
JF  - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
N2  - Pulses from a position-sensitive photomultiplier (PS-PMT) are recorded by free-running ADCs at a sampling rate of 40 MHz. A four-channel acquisition board has been developed which is equipped with four 12-bit ADCs connected to one field programmable gate array (FPGA). The FPGA manages data acquisition and the transfer to the host computer. It can also work as a digital trigger, so a separate hardware trigger can be omitted. The method of free-running sampling provides a maximum of information, besides the pulse charge and amplitude also pulse shape and starting time are contained in the sampled data. This information is crucial for many tasks such as distinguishing between different scintillator materials, determination of radiation type, pile-up recovery, coincidence detection or time-of-flight applications. The absence of an analog integrator allows very high count rates to be dealt with. Since this method is to be employed in positron emission tomography (PET), the position of an event is also important. The simultaneous readout of four channels allows localization by means of center-of-gravity weighting. First results from a test setup with LSO scintillators coupled to the PS-PMT are presented here
Y1  - 2001
SN  - 0018-9499
VL  - 48
IS  - 3
SP  - 524
EP  - 526
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Heinrich, U.
A1  - Blum, A.
A1  - Bussmann, N.
A1  - Engels, R.
A1  - Kemmerling, G.
A1  - Weber, S.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
T1  - Statistical studies on the light output and energy resolution of small LSO single crystals with different surface treatments combined with various reflector materials
JF  - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
N2  - The optimization of light output and energy resolution of scintillators is of special interest for the development of high resolution and high sensitivity PET. The aim of this work is to obtain statistically reliable results concerning optimal surface treatment of scintillation crystals and the selection of reflector material. For this purpose, raw, mechanically polished and etched LSO crystals (size 2×2×10 mm3) were combined with various reflector materials (Teflon tape, Teflon matrix, BaSO4) and exposed to a 22Na source. In order to ensure the statistical reliability of the results, groups of 10 LSO crystals each were measured for all combinations of surface treatment and reflector material. Using no reflector material the light output increased up to 551±35% by mechanical polishing the surface compared to 100±5% for raw crystals. Etching the surface increased the light output to 441±29%. The untreated crystals had an energy resolution of 24.6±4.0%. By mechanical polishing the surface it was possible to achieve an energy resolution of 13.2±0.8%, by etching of 14.8±0.7%. In combination with BaSO4 as reflector material the maximum increase of light output has been established to 932±57% for mechanically polished and 895±61% for etched crystals. The combination with BaSO4 also caused the best improvement of the energy resolution up to 11.6±0.2% for mechanically polished and 12.2±0.3% for etched crystals. Relating to the light output there was no significant statistical difference between the two surface treatments in combination with BaSO4. In contrast to this, the statistical results of the energy resolution have shown the combination of mechanical polishing and BaSO4 as the optimum.
Y1  - 2002
SN  - 0168-9002
N1  - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Inorganic Scin tillators and their Use in Scientific and Industrial Applications
VL  - 486
IS  - 1-2
SP  - 60
EP  - 66
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Streun, M.
A1  - Brandenburg, G.
A1  - Larue, H.
A1  - Zimmermann, E.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Halling, H.
T1  - A PET system with free running ADCs
JF  - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
N2  - A small PET system has been built up with two multichannel photomultipliers, which are attached to a matrix of 64 single LSO crystals each. The signal from each multiplier is being sampled continuously by a 12 bit ADC at a sampling frequency of 40 MHz. In case of a scintillation pulse a subsequent FPGA sends the corresponding set of samples together with the channel information and a time mark to the host computer. The data transfer is performed with a rate of 20 MB/s. On the host all necessary information is extracted from the data. The pulse energy is determined, coincident events are detected and multiple hits within one matrix can be identified. In order to achieve a narrow time window the pulse starting time is refined further than the resolution of the time mark (=25 ns) would allow. This is possible by interpolating between the pulse samples. First data obtained from this system will be presented. The system is part of developments for a much larger system and has been created to study the feasibility and performance of the technique and the hardware architecture.
Y1  - 2002
SN  - 0168-9002
N1  - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Inorganic Scin tillators and their Use in Scientific and Industrial Applications
VL  - 486
IS  - 1-2
SP  - 18
EP  - 21
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Streun, M.
A1  - Brandenburg, G.
A1  - Larue, H.
A1  - Zimmermann, E.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Halling, H.
T1  - Coincidence detection by digital processing of free-running sampled pulses
JF  - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
N2  - Coincident events in two scintillator crystals coupled to photomultipliers (PMT) are detected by processing just the digital data of the recorded pulses. For this purpose the signals from both PMTs are continuously sampled by free-running ADCs at a sampling rate of 40 MHz. For each sampled pulse the starting time is determined by processing the pulse data. Even a fairly simple interpolating algorithm results in a FWHM of about 2 ns.
Y1  - 2002
SN  - 0168-9002
VL  - 487
IS  - 3
SP  - 530
EP  - 534
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Khodaverdi, M.
A1  - Chatziioannou, A. F.
A1  - Weber, S.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Halling, H.
A1  - Pietrzyk, U.
T1  - Investigation of different MicroCT scanner configurations by GEANT4 simulations
JF  - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
N2  - This study has been performed to design the combination of the new ClearPET (ClearPET is a trademark of the Crystal Clear Collaboration), a small animal positron emission tomography (PET) system, with a micro-computed tomography (microCT) scanner. The properties of different microCT systems have been determined by simulations based on GEANT4. We will demonstrate the influence of the detector material and the X-ray spectrum on the obtained contrast. Four different detector materials (selenium, cadmium zinc telluride, cesium iodide and gadolinium oxysulfide) and two X-ray spectra (a molybdenum and a tungsten source) have been considered. The spectra have also been modified by aluminum filters of varying thickness. The contrast between different tissue types (water, air, brain, bone and fat) has been simulated by using a suitable phantom. The results indicate the possibility to improve the image contrast in microCT by an optimized combination of the X-ray source and detector material.
Y1  - 2005
SN  - 0018-9499
VL  - 52
IS  - 1
SP  - 188
EP  - 192
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Streun, M.
A1  - Brandenburg, G.
A1  - Larue, H.
A1  - Parl, C.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
T1  - The data acquisition system of ClearPET neuro - a small animal PET scanner
JF  - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
N2  - The Crystal Clear Collaboration has developed a modular system for a small animal PET scanner (ClearPET). The modularity allows the assembly of scanners of different sizes and characteristics in order to satisfy the specific needs of the individual member institutions. The system performs depth of interaction detection by using a phoswich arrangement combining LSO and LuYAP scintillators which are coupled to Multichannel Photomultipliers (PMTs). For each PMT a free running 40 MHz ADC digitizes the signal and the complete scintillation pulse is sampled by an FPGA and sent with 20 MB/s to a PC for preprocessing. The pulse provides information about the gamma energy and the scintillator material which identifies the interaction layer. Furthermore, the exact pulse starting time is obtained from the sampled data. This is important as no hardware coincidence detection is implemented. All single events are recorded and coincidences are identified by software. The system in Jülich (ClearPET Neuro) is equipped with 10240 crystals on 80 PMTs. The paper will present an overview of the data acquisition system.
Y1  - 2006
SN  - 0018-9499
VL  - 53
IS  - 3
SP  - 700
EP  - 703
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Khodaverdi, M.
A1  - Weber, S.
A1  - Streun, M.
A1  - Parl, C.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
T1  - High resolution imaging with ClearPET™ Neuro - first animal images
JF  - 2005 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, Vol. 3
N2  - The ClearPET™ Neuro is the first full ring scanner within the Crystal Clear Collaboration (CCC). It consists of 80 detector modules allocated to 20 cassettes. LSO and LuYAP:Ce crystals in phoswich configuration in combination with position sensitive photomultiplier tubes are used to achieve high sensitivity and realize the acquisition of the depth of interaction (DOI) information. The complete system has been tested concerning the mechanical and electronical stability and interplay. Moreover, suitable corrections have been implemented into the reconstruction procedure to ensure high image quality. We present first results which show the successful operation of the ClearPET™ Neuro for artefact free and high resolution small animal imaging. Based on these results during the past few months the ClearPET™ Neuro System has been modified in order to optimize the performance.
Y1  - 2006
SN  - 1082-3654
SP  - 1641
EP  - 1644
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Streun, M.
A1  - Brandenburg, G.
A1  - Khodaverdi, M.
A1  - Larue, H.
A1  - Parl, C.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
T1  - Timemark correction for the ClearPET™ scanners
JF  - 2005 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, Vol. 4
N2  - The small animal PET scanners developed by the Crystal Clear Collaboration (ClearPETtrade) detect coincidences by analyzing timemarks which are attached to each event. The scanners are able to save complete single list mode data which allows analysis and modification of the timemarks after data acquisition. The timemarks are obtained from the digitally sampled detector pulses by calculating the baseline crossing of the rising edge of the pulse which is approximated as a straight line. But the limited sampling frequency causes a systematic error in the determination of the timemark. This error depends on the phase of the sampling clock at the time of the event. A statistical method that corrects these errors will be presented
Y1  - 2006
SN  - 1082-3654
SP  - 2057
EP  - 2060
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Mosset, J.-B.
A1  - Devroede, O.
A1  - Krieguer, M.
A1  - Rey, M.
A1  - Vieira, J.-M.
A1  - Jung, J. H.
A1  - Kuntner, C.
A1  - Streun, M.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Auffray, E.
A1  - Sempere-Roldan, P.
A1  - Lecoq, P.
A1  - Bruyndonckx, P.
A1  - Loude, J.-F.
A1  - Tavernier, S.
A1  - Morcel, C.
T1  - Development of an optimized LSO/LuYAP phoswich detector head for the Lausanne ClearPET demonstrator
JF  - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
N2  - This paper describes the LSO/LuYAP phoswich detector head developed for the ClearPET small animal PET scanner demonstrator that is under construction in Lausanne within the Crystal Clear Collaboration. The detector head consists of a dual layer of 8×8 LSO and LuYAP crystal arrays coupled to a multi-anode photomultiplier tube (Hamamatsu R7600-M64). Equalistion of the LSO/LuYAP light collection is obtained through partial attenuation of the LSO scintillation light using a thin aluminum deposit of 20-35 nm on LSO and appropriate temperature regulation of the phoswich head between 30°C to 60°C. At 511keV, typical FWHM energy resolutions of the pixels of a phoswich head amounts to (28±2)% for LSO and (25±2)% for LuYAP. The LSO versus LuYAP crystal identification efficiency is better than 98%. Six detector modules have been mounted on a rotating gantry. Axial and tangential spatial resolutions were measured up to 4 cm from the scanner axis and compared to Monte Carlo simulations using GATE. FWHM spatial resolution ranges from 1.3 mm on axis to 2.6 mm at 4 cm from the axis.
Y1  - 2006
SN  - 0018-9499
VL  - 53
IS  - 1
SP  - 25
EP  - 29
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Streun, M.
A1  - Beer, S.
A1  - Hombach, T.
A1  - Jahnke, S.
A1  - Khodaverdi, M.
A1  - Larue, H.
A1  - Minwuyelet, S.
A1  - Parl, C.
A1  - Roeb, G.
A1  - Schurr, U.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
T1  - PlanTIS: A positron emission tomograph for imaging 11C transport in plants
JF  - 2007 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, Vol. 6
N2  - Plant growth and transport processes are highly dynamic. They are characterized by plant-internal control processes and by strong interactions with the spatially and temporally varying environment. Analysis of structure- function relations of growth and transport in plants will strongly benefit from the development of non-invasive techniques. PlanTIS (Plant Tomographic Imaging System) is designed for non-destructive 3D-imaging of positron emitting radiotracers. It will permit functional analysis of the dynamics of carbon distribution in plants including bulky organs. It will be applicable for screening transport properties of plants to evaluate e.g. temperature adaptation of genetically modified plants. PlanTIS is a PET scanner dedicated to monitor the dynamics of the 11C distribution within a plant while or after assimilation of 11CO2. Front end electronics and data acquisition architecture of the scanner are based on the ClearPETTM system [1]. Four detector modules form one of two opposing detector blocks. Optionally, a hardware coincidence detection between the blocks can be applied. In general the scan duration is rather long (~ 1 hour) compared to the decay time of 11C (20 min). As a result the count rates can vary over a wide range and accurate dead time correction is necessary.
Y1  - 2008
SN  - 1082-3654
SP  - 4110
EP  - 4112
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Bruyndonckx, P.
A1  - Perez, J. M.
A1  - Pietrzyk, U.
A1  - Rato, P.
A1  - Tavernier, S.
T1  - Beyond ClearPET: Next Aims
JF  - 5th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro Symposium Proceedings ISBI 2008
N2  - The CRYSTAL CLEAR collaboration, in short CCC, is a consortium of 12 academic institutions, mainly from Europe, joining efforts in the area of developing instrumentation for nuclear medicine and medical imaging. In the framework of the CCC a high performance small animal PET system, called ClearPET, was developed by using new technologies in electronics and crystals in a phoswich arrangement combining two types of lutetium- based scintillator materials: LSO:Ce and LuYAP:Ce. Our next aim will be the development of hybrid image systems. Hybrid MR-PET imaging has many unique advantages for brain research. This has sparked a new research line within CCC for the development of novel MR-PET compatible technologies. MRI is not as sensitive as PET but PET has poorer spatial resolution than MRI. Two major advantages of PET are sensitivity and its ability to acquire metabolic information. To assess these innovations, the development of a 9.4T hybrid animal MR-PET scanner is proposed based on an existing 9.4T MR scanner that will be adapted to enable simultaneous acquisition of MR and PET data using cutting- edge technology for both MR and PET.
Y1  - 2008
SN  - 978-1-4244-2003-2
SP  - 1421
EP  - 1424
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Jahnke, Siegfried
A1  - Menzel, Marion I.
A1  - Dusschoten, Dagmar van
A1  - Roeb, Gerhard W.
A1  - Bühler, Jonas
A1  - Minwuyelet, Senay
A1  - Blümler, Peter
A1  - Temperton, Vicky M.
A1  - Hombach, Thomas
A1  - Streun, Matthias
A1  - Beer, Simone
A1  - Khodaverdi, Maryam
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Coenen, Heinz H.
A1  - Schurr, Ulrich
T1  - Combined MRI–PET dissects dynamic changes in plant structures and functions
JF  - The Plant Journal
N2  - Unravelling the factors determining the allocation of carbon to various plant organs is one of the great challenges of modern plant biology. Studying allocation under close to natural conditions requires non-invasive methods, which are now becoming available for measuring plants on a par with those developed for humans. By combining magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET), we investigated three contrasting root/shoot systems growing in sand or soil, with respect to their structures, transport routes and the translocation dynamics of recently fixed photoassimilates labelled with the short-lived radioactive carbon isotope 11C. Storage organs of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) and radish plants (Raphanus sativus) were assessed using MRI, providing images of the internal structures of the organs with high spatial resolution, and while species-specific transport sectoralities, properties of assimilate allocation and unloading characteristics were measured using PET. Growth and carbon allocation within complex root systems were monitored in maize plants (Zea mays), and the results may be used to identify factors affecting root growth in natural substrates or in competition with roots of other plants. MRI–PET co-registration opens the door for non-invasive analysis of plant structures and transport processes that may change in response to genomic, developmental or environmental challenges. It is our aim to make the methods applicable for quantitative analyses of plant traits in phenotyping as well as in understanding the dynamics of key processes that are essential to plant performance.
Y1  - 2009
SN  - 1365-313X
VL  - 59
IS  - 4
SP  - 634
EP  - 644
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wedrowski, M.
A1  - Bruyndonckx, P.
A1  - Tavernier, S.
A1  - Zhi, L.
A1  - Dang, J.
A1  - Mendes, P. R.
A1  - Perez, J. M.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
T1  - Robustness of neural networks algorithm for gamma detection in monolithic block detector, positron emission tomography
JF  - 2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC)
N2  - The monolithic scintillator block approach for gamma detection in the Positron Emission Tomography (PET) avoids estimating Depth of Interaction (DOI), reduces dead zones in detector and diminishes costs of detector production. Neural Networks (NN) are very efficient to determine the entrance point of a gamma incident on a scintillator block. This paper presents results on the robustness of the spatial resolution as a function of the random fraction in the data, temperature and HV fluctuations. This is important when implementing the method in a real scanner. Measurements were done with two Hamamatsu S8550 APD arrays, glued on a 20 × 20 × 10 mm3 monolithic LSO crystal block.
Y1  - 2009
SN  - 1082-3654
SP  - 2625
EP  - 2628
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Streun, M.
A1  - Larue, H.
A1  - Parl, C.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
T1  - A compact PET detector readout using charge-to-time conversion
JF  - 2009 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC)
N2  - The readout of gamma detectors is considerably simplified when the event intensity is encoded as a pulse width (Pulse Width Modulation, PWM). Time-to-Digital-Converters (TDC) replace the conventional ADCs and multiple TDCs can be realized easily in one PLD chip (Programmable Logic Device). The output of a PWM stage is only one digital signal per channel which is well suited for transport so that further processing can be performed apart from the detector. This is particularly interesting for large systems with high channel density (e.g. high resolution scanners). In this work we present a circuit with a linear transfer function that requires a minimum of components by performing the PWM already in the preamp stage. This allows a very compact and also cost-efficient implementation of the front-end electronics.
Y1  - 2009
SN  - 1082-3654
SP  - 1868
EP  - 1870
PB  - IEEE
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Parl, C.
A1  - Larue, H.
A1  - Streun, M.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
T1  - Double-side-readout technique for SiPM-matrices
JF  - 2010 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (NSS/MIC)
N2  - In our case the double-side-method is used to minimize the complexity of a matrix-readout. Here the number of channels is reduced to 2√N̅. It is also possible to benefit from the method in a single pixel readout system. One signal can be used to measure position and energy of the event, the other one can be applied to a fast trigger-circuit at the same time. In a next step we will investigate timing behavior and electrical crosstalk of the circuit.
Y1  - 2011
SN  - 1095-7863
SP  - 1486
EP  - 1487
PB  - IEEE
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Khodaverdi, M.
A1  - Pauly, F.
A1  - Schroder, G.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Sievering, R.
A1  - Halling, H.
T1  - Preliminary studies of a micro-CT for a combined small animal PET/CT scanner
JF  - 2001 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, Vol. 3
N2  - We are developing an X-ray computed tomography (CT) system which will be combined with a high resolution animal PET system. This permits acquisition of both molecular and anatomical images in a single machine. In particular the CT will also be utilized for the quantification of the animal PET data by providing accurate data for attenuation correction. A first prototype has been built using a commercially available plane silicon diode detector. A cone-beam reconstruction provides the images using the Feldkamp algorithm. First measurements with this system have been performed on a mouse. It could be shown that the CT setup fulfils all demands for a high quality image of the skeleton of the mouse. It is also suited for soft tissue measurements. To improve contrast and resolution and to acquire the X-ray energy further development of the system, especially the use of semiconductor detectors and iterative reconstruction algorithms are planned.
Y1  - 2002
SN  - 1082-3654
SP  - 1605
EP  - 1606
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Streun, M.
A1  - Brandenburg, G.
A1  - Larue, H.
A1  - Zimmermann, E.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Halling, H.
T1  - A PET system based on data processing of free-running sampled pulses
JF  - 2001 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, Vol. 2
N2  - Within the developments for the Crystal Clear small animal PET project (CLEARPET) a dual head PET system has been established. The basic principle is the early digitization of the detector pulses by free running ADCs. The determination of the γ-energy and also the coincidence detection is performed by data processing of the sampled pulses on the host computer. Therefore a time mark is attached to each pulse identifying the current cycle of the 40 MHz sampling clock. In order to refine the time resolution the pulse starting time is interpolated from the samples of the pulse rise. The detector heads consist of multichannel PMTs with a single LSO scintillator crystal coupled to each channel. For each PMT only one ADC is required. The position of an event is obtained separately from trigger signals generated for each single channel. An FPGA is utilized for pulse buffering, generation of the time mark and for the data transfer to the host via a fast I/O-interface.
Y1  - 2002
SN  - 1082-3654
SP  - 693
EP  - 694
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Heinrichs, U.
A1  - Pietrzyk, U.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
T1  - Design optimization of the PMT-ClearPET prototypes based on simulation studies with GEANT3
JF  - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
N2  - Within the Crystal Clear Collaboration (CCC), four centers are developing second generation high performance small animal positron emission tomography (PET) scanners for different kinds of animals and medical applications. The first prototypes are photomultiplier tube (PMT)-based systems including depth of interaction (DOI) detection by using a phoswich layer of lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO) and lutetium yttrium aluminum perovskite (LuYAP). The aim of these simulation studies is to optimize sensitivity and spatial resolution of given designs, which vary in fields of view (FOVs) caused by different detector configurations (ring/octagon) and sizes. For this purpose the simulation tool GEANT3 (CERN, Geneva, Switzerland) was used.
Y1  - 2003
SN  - 0018-9499
VL  - 50
IS  - 5
SP  - 1428
EP  - 1432
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Streun, M.
A1  - Brandenburg, G.
A1  - Larue, H.
A1  - Saleh, H.
A1  - Zimmermann, E.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Halling, H.
T1  - Pulse shape discrimination of LSO and LuYAP scintillators for depth of interaction detection in PET
JF  - 2002 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, Vol. 3
N2  - A feasible way to gain the depth of interaction information in a PET scanner is the use of phoswich detectors. In general the layer of interaction is identified front the pulse shape of the corresponding scintillator material. In this work pulses from LSO and LuYAP crystals were investigated in order to find a practical method of distinguishing. It turned out that such a pulse processing could he kept simple due to an additional slow component in the light decay of the LuYAP pulse. At the same time the short decay time guarantees that the major amount of the light output is still collected within a short pulse recording time.
Y1  - 2003
SN  - 1082-3654
SP  - 1636
EP  - 1639
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Streun, M.
A1  - Brandenburg, G.
A1  - Larue, H.
A1  - Saleh, H.
A1  - Zimmermann, E.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Halling, H.
T1  - Pulse shape discrimination of LSO and LuYAP scintillators for depth of interaction detection in PET
JF  - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
N2  - A feasible way to gain the depth of interaction information in a positron emission tomography scanner is the use of phoswich detectors. In general, the layer of interaction is identified from the pulse shape of the corresponding scintillator material. In this work, pulses from LSO and LuYAP crystals were investigated in order to find a practical method of distinguishing. It turned out that such a pulse processing could be kept simple because of an additional slow component in the light decay of the LuYAP pulse. At the same time, the short decay time guarantees that the major amount of the light output is still collected within a short pulse recording time.
Y1  - 2003
SN  - 0018-9499
VL  - 50
IS  - 3
SP  - 344
EP  - 347
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Khodaverdi, M.
A1  - Chaziioannou, A. F.
A1  - Weber, S.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Halling, H.
A1  - Pietrzyk, U.
T1  - Investigation of different microCT scanner configurations by GEANT4 simulations
JF  - 2003 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, Vol. 4
N2  - This study has been performed to design the combination of the new ClearPET TM (ClearPET is a trademark of the Crystal Clear Collaboration), a small animal Positron Emission Tomography (PET) system, with a microComputed Tomography (microCT) scanner. The properties of different microCT systems have been determined by simulations based on GEANT4. We demonstrate the influence of the detector material and the X-ray spectrum on the obtained contrast. Four different detector materials (selenium, cadmium zinc telluride, cesium iodide and gadolinium oxysulfide) and two X-ray spectra (a molybdenum and a tungsten source) have been considered. The spectra have also been modified by aluminum filters of varying thickness. The contrast between different tissue types (water, air, brain, bone and fat) has been simulated by using a suitable phantom. The results indicate the possibility to improve the image contrast in microCT by an optimized combination of the X-ray source and detector material.
Y1  - 2004
SN  - 1082-3654
SP  - 2989
EP  - 2993
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Auffray, E.
A1  - Barbier, R.
A1  - Brandenburg, G.
T1  - The ClearPET TM LSO/LuYAP phoswich scanner: a high performance small animal PET system
JF  - 2003 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, Vol. 3
N2  - A 2nd generation high performance small animal PET scanner, called ClearPET™, has been designed and a first prototype is built by working groups of the Crystal Clear Collaboration (CCC). In order to achieve high sensitivity and maintain good uniform spatial resolution over the field of view in high resolution PET systems, it is necessary to extract the depth of interaction (DOI) information and correct for spatial degradation. The design of the first ClearPET™ Demonstrator based on the use of the multi-anode photomultiplier tube (Hamamatsu R7600-M64) and a LSO/LuYAP phoswich matrix. The two crystal layers of 8*8 crystals (2*2*10 mm3) are stacked on each other and mounted without light guide as one to one on the PMT. A unit of four PMTs arranged in-line represents one of 20 sectors of the ring design. The opening diameter of the crystal ring is 137 mm, the axial detector length is 110 mm. The PMT pulses are digitized by free-running ADCs and digital data processing determines the gamma energy, the phoswich layer and even the pulse arrival time. Single gamma interactions are recorded and coincidences are found by software. The gantry allows rotation of the detector modules around the field of view. The measurements have been done using the first LSO/LuYAP detector cassettes.
Y1  - 2004
SN  - 1082-3654
SP  - 1728
EP  - 1732
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Streun, M.
A1  - Brandenburg, G.
A1  - Brökel, M.
A1  - Fuss, L.
A1  - Larue, H.
A1  - Parl, C.
A1  - Zimmermann, E.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Halling, H.
T1  - The ClearPET data acquisition
JF  - 2003 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, Vol. 5
N2  - Within the Crystal Clear Collaboration a modular system for a small animal PET scanner (ClearPET™) has been developed. The modularity allows the assembly of scanners of different sizes and characteristics in order to fit the specific needs of the individual member institutions. Now a first demonstrator is being completed in Julich. The system performs depth of interaction detection by using a phoswich arrangement combining LSO and LuYAP scintillators which are coupled to multi-channel photomultipliers (PMTs). A free-running ADC digitizes the signal from the PMT and the complete scintillation pulses are sampled by an FPGA and sent with 20 MB/S to a PC for preprocessing. The pulse provides information about the gamma energy and the scintillator material which identifies the interaction layer. Furthermore, the exact pulse starting time is obtained from the sampled data. This is important as no hardware coincidence detection is implemented. All single events are recorded and coincidences are identified by software. An advantage of that is that the coincidence window and the dimensions of the field of view can be adjusted easily. The ClearPET™ demonstrator is equipped with 10240 crystals on 80 PMTs. This paper presents an overview of the data acquisition system.
Y1  - 2004
SN  - 1082-3654
SP  - 3097
EP  - 3100
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Christ, D.
A1  - Hollendung, A.
A1  - Larue, H.
A1  - Parl, C.
A1  - Streun, M.
A1  - Weber, S.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Halling, H.
T1  - Homogenization of the MultiChannel PM gain by inserting light attenuating masks
JF  - 2003 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, Vol. 4
N2  - MultiChannel Photomultipliers (PM), like the R7600-00-M64 or R5900-00-M64 from Hamamatsu, are often chosen as photodetectors in high-resolution positron emission tomography (PET). A major problem of this PM is the nonuniform channel gain. In order to solve this problem, light attenuating masks were created. The aim of the masks is a homogenization of the output of all 64 channels using different hole sizes at the channel positions. The hole area, which is individually defined for the different channels, is inversely proportional to the channel gain. The measurements by inserting light attenuating masks improved a homogenization to a ratio of 1:1.2.
Y1  - 2004
SN  - 1082-3654
SP  - 2382
EP  - 2385
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Heinrichs, U.
A1  - Streun, M.
A1  - Pietrzyk, U.
T1  - Validation of GEANT3 simulation studies with a dual-head PMT ClearPET™ prototype
JF  - 2003 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, Vol. 5
N2  - The ClearPET™ project is proposed by working groups of the Crystal Clear Collaboration (CCC) to develop a 2nd generation high performance small animal positron emission tomograph (PET). High sensitivity and high spatial resolution is foreseen for the ClearPET™ camera by using a phoswich arrangement combining mixed lutetium yttrium aluminum perovskite (LuYAP:Ce) and lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO) scintillating crystals. Design optimizations for the first photomultiplier tube (PMT) based ClearPET camera are done with a Monte-Carlo simulation package implemented on GEANT3 (CERN, Geneva, Switzerland). A dual-head prototype has been built to test the frontend electronics and was used to validate the implementation of the GEANT3 simulation tool. Multiple simulations were performed following the experimental protocols to measure the intrinsic resolution and the sensitivity profile in axial and radial direction. Including a mean energy resolution of about 27.0% the simulated intrinsic resolution is about (1.41±0.11)mm compared to the measured of (1.48±0.06)mm. The simulated sensitivity profiles show a mean square deviation of 12.6% in axial direction and 3.6% in radial direction. Satisfactorily these results are representative for all designs and confirm the scanner geometry.
Y1  - 2004
SN  - 1082-3654
SP  - 3053
EP  - 3056
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Auffray, E.
A1  - Bruyndonckx, P.
A1  - Devroede, O.
A1  - Fedorov, A.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
T1  - The ClearPET project
JF  - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
N2  - The Crystal Clear Collaboration has designed and is building a high-resolution small animal PET scanner. The design is based on the use of the Hamamatsu R7600-M64 multi-anode photomultiplier tube and a LSO/LuYAP phoswich matrix with one to one coupling between the crystals and the photo-detector. The complete system will have 80 PM tubes in four rings with an inner diameter of 137 mm and an axial field of view of 110 mm. The PM pulses are digitized by free-running ADCs and digital data processing determines the gamma energy, the phoswich layer and even the pulse arrival time. Single gamma interactions are recorded and coincidences are found by software. The gantry allows rotation of the detector modules around the field of view. Simulations, and measurements a 2×4 module test set-up predict a spatial resolution of 1.5 mm in the centre of the field of view and a sensitivity of 5.9% for a point source in the centre of the field of view.
Y1  - 2004
SN  - 0168-9002
N1  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Imaging Technologies in Biomedical Sciences
VL  - 527
IS  - 1-2
SP  - 171
EP  - 174
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Streun, M.
A1  - Christ, D.
A1  - Hellendung, A.
A1  - Larue, H.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Halling, H.
T1  - Effects of crosstalk and gain nonuniformity using multichannel PMTs in the Clearpet® scanner
JF  - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
N2  - The ClearPET® scanners developed by the Crystal Clear Collaboration use multichannel PMTs as photodetectors with scintillator pixels coupled individually to each channel. In order to localize an event each channel anode is connected to a comparator that triggers when the anode signal exceeds a common predefined threshold. Two major difficulties here are crosstalk of light and the gain nonuniformity of the PMT channels. Crosstalk can generate false triggering in channels adjacent to the actual event. On the one hand this can be suppressed by sufficiently increasing the threshold, but on the other hand a threshold too high can already prevent valid events on the lower gain channels from being detected. Finally, both effects restrict the dynamic range of pulse heights that can be processed. The requirements to the dynamic range are not low as the ClearPET® scanners detect the depth of interaction by phoswich pixels consisting of LSO and Lu0.7Y0.3AP, two scintillators with different light yields. We will present a model to estimate the achievable dynamic range and show solutions to increase it.
Y1  - 2005
SN  - 0168-9002
N1  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Inorganic Scintillators and their Use in Scientific and Industrial Applications
VL  - 537
IS  - 1-2
SP  - 402
EP  - 405
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Auffray, E.
A1  - Barbier, R.
A1  - Brandenburg, G.
A1  - Bruyndonckx, P.
T1  - The ClearPET™ project: Development of a 2nd generation high-performance small animal PET scanner
JF  - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
N2  - Second generation high-performance PET scanners, called ClearPET™1, have been developed by working groups of the Crystal Clear Collaboration (CCC). High sensitivity and high spatial resolution for the ClearPET camera is achieved by using a phoswich arrangement combining two different types of lutetium-based scintillator materials: LSO from CTI and LuYAP:Ce from the CCC (ISTC project). In a first ClearPET prototype, phoswich arrangements of 8×8 crystals of 2×2×10 mm3 are coupled to multi-channel photomultiplier tubes (Hamamatsu R7600). A unit of four PMTs arranged in-line represents one of 20 sectors of the ring design. The opening diameter of the ring is 120 mm, the axial detector length is 110 mm.The PMT pulses are digitized by free-running ADCs and digital data processing determines the gamma energy, the phoswich layer and even the exact pulse starting time, which is subsequently used for coincidence detection. The gantry allows rotation of the detector modules around the field of view.

Preliminary data shows a correct identification of the crystal layer about (98±1)%. Typically the energy resolution is (23.3±0.5)% for the luyap layer and (15.4±0.4)% for the lso layer. early studies showed the timing resolution of 2 ns FWHM and 4.8 ns FWTM. the intrinsic spatial resolution ranges from 1.37 mm to 1.61 mm full-width of half-maximum (FWHM) with a mean of 1.48 mm FWHM. further improvements in image and energy resolution are expected when the system geometry is fully modeled.
Y1  - 2005
SN  - 0168-9002
N1  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Inorganic Scintillators and their Use in Scientific and Industrial Applications
VL  - 537
IS  - 1-2
SP  - 307
EP  - 311
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
T1  - Jet production and fragmentation properties in deep inelastic muon scattering
JF  - Zeitschrift für Physik C :  Particles and Fields
Y1  - 1987
SN  - 0170-9739
N1  - European Muon Collaboration
VL  - 36
IS  - 4
SP  - 527
EP  - 543
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
T1  - A measurement of the spin asymmetry of the structure function g1 in deep inelastic muon-proton scattering
JF  - Physics Letters B
N2  - The spin asymmetry in deep inelastic scattering of longitudinally polarised muons by longitudinally polarised protons has been measured over a large x range (0.01<x<0.7). The spin-dependent structure function g1(x) for the proton has been determined and its integral over x found to be 0.114±0.012±0.026, in disagreement with the Ellis-Jaffe sum rule. Assuming the validity of the Bjorken sum rule, this result implies a significant negative value for the integral of g1 for the neutron. These values for the integrals of g1 lead to the conclusion that the total quark spin constitutes a rather small fraction of the spin of the nucleon.
Y1  - 1988
SN  - 0370-2693
N1  - European Muon Collaboration
VL  - 206
IS  - 2
SP  - 364
EP  - 370
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Berghoff, G.
A1  - Lanske, D.
A1  - Schultze, K.
T1  - Strangeness production in deep inelastic muon-nucleon scattering
JF  - Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft
Y1  - 1988
SN  - 0420-0195
VL  - 23
IS  - 5
SP  - T309
EP  - T309
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Berghoff, G.
A1  - Lanske, D.
A1  - Schultze, K.
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
T1  - Jets and QCD-effects in muon-nuclean scattering
JF  - Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft
Y1  - 1988
SN  - 0420-0195
VL  - 23
IS  - 5
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
T1  - An investigation of the spin structure of the proton in deep inelastic scattering of polarised muons and polarised protons
JF  - Nuclear Physics B
N2  - The spin asymmetry in deep inelastic scattering of longitudinally polarised muons by longitudinally polarised protons has been measured in the range 0.01<×<0.7. The spin dependent structure function g1(x) for the proton has been determined and, combining the data with earlier SLAC measurements, its integral over x found to be 0.126±0.010(stat.)±0.015(syst.), in disagreement with the Ellis-Jaffe sum rule. Assuming the validity of the Biorken sum rule, this result implies a significant negative value for the integral of g1 for the neutron. These integrals lead to the conclusion, in the naïve quark parton model, that the total quark spin constitutes a rather small fraction of the spin of the nucleon. Results are also presented on the asymmetries in inclusive hadron production which are consistent with the above picture.
Y1  - 1989
SN  - 0550-3213
N1  - European Muon Collaboration
VL  - 328
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 35
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Herzog, H.
A1  - Feinendegen, L. E.
T1  - Iterative image reconstruction with weighted pixel contribution to projection element
JF  - European Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Y1  - 1990
SN  - 1619-7089
N1  - Abstracts of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine Congress ; V52
VL  - 16
IS  - 7
SP  - 403
EP  - 403
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
T1  - Comparison of forward hadrons produced in muon interactions on nuclear targets and deuterium
JF  - Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields
N2  - Differential multiplicities of forward produced hadrons in deep inelastic muon scattering on nuclear targets have been compared with those from deuterium. The ratios are observed to increase towards unity as the virtual photon energy increases with no significant dependence on the other muon kinematic variables. The hadron transverse momentum distribution is observed to be broadened in nuclear targets. The dependence on the remaining hadron variables is investigated and the results are discussed in the framework of intranuclear interaction models and in the context of the EMC effect.
Y1  - 1991
SN  - 1431-5858
N1  - European Muon Collaboration
VL  - 52
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 11
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
T1  - Muoproduction of J/ψ and the gluon distribution of the nucleon
JF  - Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields
N2  - Measurements are presented of the inclusive distributions of the J/Ψ meson produced by muons of energy 200 GeV from an ammonia target. The gluon distribution of the nucleon has been derived from the data in the range 0.04<x<0.36 using a technique based on the colour singlet model. An arbitrary normalisation factor is required to obtain a reasonable integral of the gluon distribution. Some comments are made on the use of J/Ψ productionby virtual photons to extract the gluon distribution at HERA.
Y1  - 1992
SN  - 1431-5858
N1  - European Muon Collaboration
VL  - 56
IS  - 1
SP  - 21
EP  - 28
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
A1  - Herzog, H.
A1  - Bosetti, P.
A1  - Feinendegen, L. E.
T1  - Iterative image reconstruction with weighted pixel contribution to projection elements
JF  - European Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Y1  - 1992
SN  - 1619-7089
N1  - Abstracts of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine Congress 23–26 August 1992 Lisboa, Portugal ; V143-2
VL  - 19
IS  - 8
SP  - 588
EP  - 588
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ziemons, Karl
T1  - A measurement of the ratio of the nucleon structure function in copper and deuterium
JF  - Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields
N2  - Results are presented on the ratios of the nucleon structure function in copper to deuterium from two separate experiments. The data confirm that the nucleon structure function,F 2, is different for bound nucleons than for the quasi-free ones in the deuteron. The redistribution in the fraction of the nucleon's momentum carried by quarks is investigated and it is found that the data are compatible with no integral loss of quark momenta due to nuclear effects.
Y1  - 1993
SN  - 1431-5858
N1  - European Muon Collaboration
VL  - 57
IS  - 2
SP  - 211
EP  - 218
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Murib, M. S.
A1  - Grinsven, B. van
A1  - Grieten, L.
A1  - Janssens, S. D.
A1  - Vermeeren, V.
A1  - Eersels, K.
A1  - Broeders, J.
A1  - Ameloot, M.
A1  - Michiels, L.
A1  - Ceuninck, W. De
A1  - Haenen, K.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
T1  - Electronic monitoring of chemical DNA denaturation on nanocrystalline diamond electrodes with different molarities and flow rates
JF  - Physica Status Solidi (A). Vol. 210 (2013), iss. 5
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 0031-8965
SP  - 911
EP  - 917
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bohrn, Ulrich
A1  - Mucha, Andreas
A1  - Werner, Frederik
A1  - Trattner, Barbara
A1  - Bäcker, Matthias
A1  - Krumbe, Christoph
A1  - Schienle, Meinrad
A1  - Stütz, Evamaria
A1  - Schmitt-Landsiedel, Doris
A1  - Fleischer, Maximilian
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - A critical comparison of cell-based sensor systems for the detection of Cr (VI) in aquatic environment
JF  - Sensors and actuators. B: Chemical
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1873-3077 (E-Journal); 0925-4005 (Print)
VL  - Vol. 182
SP  - 58
EP  - 65
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Porschen, W.
A1  - Gartzen, J.
A1  - Gewehr, K.
A1  - Mühlensiepen, H.
A1  - Weber, Hans-Joachim
A1  - [u.a.], 
T1  - In vivo assay of the radiation sensitivity of hypoxic tumour cells : influence of γ-rays, cyclotron neutrons, misonidazole, hyperthermia and mixed modalities
JF  - The British journal of cancer / Supplement
N2  - Tumour cell death can be evaluated in the living mouse by externally measuring the rate of loss of tumour-bound DNA tracer. By sequentially labelling the tumour-bearing animals with ¹²⁵IUdR and ¹³¹IUdR 50 h apart, the average tumour cells at the time of the second injection are labelled by ¹²⁵IUdR and the euoxic tumour cells are specifically labelled with ¹³¹IUdR. Tumour treatment at this stage of labelling permits the observation of the reaction of euoxic cells and average tumour cells and finally yields data on hypoxic cells and thus on the oxygen enhancement ratio. This information adds to results from tumour control and growth delay.

With this technique effects were analysed of 60-Co γ-rays, cyclotron neutrons (E = 6 MeV), misonidazole (500 mg/kg body wt) and hyperthermia (42°C water-bath), or combinations of these.

Misonidazole (15 min before irradiation) altered the oxygen enhancement ratio by a factor of 1·5 for γ-rays and of 1·1 for neutrons; when evaluated from tumour-growth delay and TCD-50 misonidazole gave a dose modifying factor of 1·47 for γ-rays and of 1·2-1·3 for neutrons.

Based on percentage tumour regression 100 days after treatment, the enhancement ratio from hyperthermia (after irradiation) was 2·75 for γ-rays (at 10 Gray) and 2·2 for neutrons (at 3·2 Gray). For neutrons combined with misonidazole and hyperthermia the ratio was 2·4.

These results demonstrate that effects of neutron irradiation may be modified by electron-affinic substances and/or hyperthermia.
Y1  - 1978
SN  - 0306-9443
N1  - Section 6: Sensitization and Hypoxic Cytotoxicity: Effects of Hyperthermia and High Let
IS  - 3
SP  - 194
EP  - 197
PB  - Lewis
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kramer, Friederike
A1  - Halamkova, Lenka
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Katz, Evgeny
A1  - Halamek, Jan
T1  - Biocatalytic analysis of biomarkers for forensic identification of ethnicity between Caucasian and African American
JF  - The analyst. August 2013
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1364-5528 (E-Journal); 0003-2654 (Print)
VL  - Vol. 138
SP  - 6251
EP  - 6257
PB  - Royal Society of Chemistry
CY  - Cambridge
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Laack, Walter van
T1  - The genetic code should be seen as a positioning code
JF  - British journal of arts and social sciences. Vol. 14 (2013), No. 1
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 2046-9578
SP  - 93
EP  - 97
ER  - 
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  - Laack, Walter van
T1  - Why natural constants are as they are
JF  - British journal of arts and social sciences
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 2046-9578 (E-Journal)
VL  - Vol. 15
IS  - Nr. 2
SP  - 198
EP  - 203
PB  - BritishJournal Publ. Inc
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Staat, Manfred
T1  - Limit and shakedown analysis under uncertainty
JF  - International journal of computational methods : IJCM
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 0219-8762
SP  - Publ. online
PB  - World Scientific Publishing
CY  - Singapore
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Iken, Heiko
A1  - Ahlborn, K.
A1  - Gerlach, F.
A1  - Vonau, W.
A1  - Zander, W.
A1  - Schubert, J.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Development of redox glasses and subsequent processing by means of pulsed laser deposition for realizing silicon-based thin-film sensors
JF  - Electrochimica acta
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1873-3859 (E-Journal); 0013-4686 (Print)
SP  - Available online 30.8.2013
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Laack, Walter van
T1  - Our world is well ordered in measurement and number : or why natural constants are as they are
JF  - American Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS)
N2  - All the important natural constants can be logically explained with and derived from the first four ordinal numbers, 1, 2, 3 and 4, its addition to ten and finally the standard values for obviously maximal feasibility Ω and the optimum in our world, the Golden Section (GS), i.e. the number sequences 273 and 618. They both are the first three numbers of irrational results by an arithmetical transformation of simple geometrical relationships by creating multiplicity out of singularity. Both of them show that the infinite is inherent in finiteness and explain in a simple way the smallest deviations and fluctuations between the physical AS-IS state and the obvious spiritual ideal behind: Wherever we look in this world, and especially in important key-positions, we regularly find these sequences. All of the above mentioned numbers so seem to be key players in our world, what can be demonstrated by the derivation of natural constants.
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.11634/232907811301390
SN  - 2329-079X
SN  - 2329-0781
VL  - 1
IS  - 4
SP  - 219
EP  - 221
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bandodkar, Amay J.
A1  - Molinnus, Denise
A1  - Mirza, Omar
A1  - Guinovart, Tomas
A1  - Windmiller, Joshua R.
A1  - Valdes-Ramirez, Gabriela
A1  - Andrade, Francisco J.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Wang, Joseph
T1  - Epidermal tattoo potentiometric sodium sensors with wireless signal transduction for continuous non-invasive sweat monitoring
JF  - Biosensors and bioelectronics
N2  - This article describes the fabrication, characterization and application of an epidermal temporary-transfer tattoo-based potentiometric sensor, coupled with a miniaturized wearable wireless transceiver, for real-time monitoring of sodium in the human perspiration. Sodium excreted during perspiration is an excellent marker for electrolyte imbalance and provides valuable information regarding an individual's physical and mental wellbeing. The realization of the new skin-worn non-invasive tattoo-like sensing device has been realized by amalgamating several state-of-the-art thick film, laser printing, solid-state potentiometry, fluidics and wireless technologies. The resulting tattoo-based potentiometric sodium sensor displays a rapid near-Nernstian response with negligible carryover effects, and good resiliency against various mechanical deformations experienced by the human epidermis. On-body testing of the tattoo sensor coupled to a wireless transceiver during exercise activity demonstrated its ability to continuously monitor sweat sodium dynamics. The real-time sweat sodium concentration was transmitted wirelessly via a body-worn transceiver from the sodium tattoo sensor to a notebook while the subjects perspired on a stationary cycle. The favorable analytical performance along with the wearable nature of the wireless transceiver makes the new epidermal potentiometric sensing system attractive for continuous monitoring the sodium dynamics in human perspiration during diverse activities relevant to the healthcare, fitness, military, healthcare and skin-care domains.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2013.11.039
SN  - 1873-4235 (E-Journal); 0956-5663 (Print)
VL  - 54
SP  - 603
EP  - 609
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Reisert, Steffen
A1  - Geissler, Hanno
A1  - Flörke, Rudolf
A1  - Weiler, Christian
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Characterisation of aseptic sterilisation processes using an electronic nose
JF  - International journal of nanotechnology
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1475-7435 (Print) 7141-8151 (Online)
VL  - Vol. 10
IS  - No. 5-7
SP  - 470
EP  - 484
PB  - Inderscience Enterprises
CY  - Genève
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Jung, Alexander
A1  - Staat, Manfred
A1  - Müller, Wolfram
T1  - Flight style optimization in ski jumping on normal, large, and ski flying hills
JF  - Journal of biomechanics
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1873-2380 (E-Journal); 0021-9290 (Print)
N1  - Corrigendum to “Flight style optimization in ski jumping on normal, large, and ski flying hills” [J. Biomech 47 (2014) 716-722] Journal of Biomechanics, 2018;71:313.
VL  - Vol. 47
IS  - Iss. 3
SP  - 716
EP  - 722
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dikta, Gerhard
T1  - Asymptotically efficient estimation under semi-parametric random censorship models
JF  - Journal of multivariate analysis
N2  - We study the estimation of some linear functionals which are based on an unknown lifetime distribution. The observations are assumed to be generated under the semi-parametric random censorship model (SRCM), that is, a random censorship model where the conditional expectation of the censoring indicator given the observation belongs to a parametric family. Under this setup a semi-parametric estimator of the survival function was introduced by the author. If the parametric model assumption is correct, it is known that the estimated functional which is based on this semi-parametric estimator is asymptotically at least as efficient as the corresponding one which rests on the nonparametric Kaplan–Meier estimator.

In this paper we show that the estimated functional which is based on this semi-parametric estimator is asymptotically efficient with respect to the class of all regular estimators under this semi-parametric model.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmva.2013.10.002
SN  - 1095-7243 (E-Journal); 0047-259X (Print)
VL  - 124
SP  - 10
EP  - 24
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Miyamoto, Ko-ichiro
A1  - Hirayama, Yuji
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Yoshinobu, Tatsuo
T1  - Visualization of enzymatic reaction in a microfluidic channel using chemical imaging sensor
JF  - Electrochimica acta
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1873-3859 (E-Journal); 0013-4686 (Print)
SP  - Publ. online
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Jiminez German, Salvador
A1  - Behbahani, Mehdi
A1  - Miettinen, Susanna
A1  - Grijpma, Dirk W.
A1  - Haimi, Suvi P.
T1  - Proliferation and differentiation of adipose stem cells towards smooth muscle cells on poly(trimethylene carbonate) membranes
JF  - Macromolecular symposia
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 0258-0322
VL  - Vol. 334
IS  - Iss. 1
SP  - 133
EP  - 142
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Micili, Serap C.
A1  - Valter, Markus
A1  - Oflaz, Hakan
A1  - Ozogul, Candan
A1  - Linder, Peter
A1  - Föckler, Nicole
A1  - Artmann, Gerhard
A1  - Digel, Ilya
A1  - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül
T1  - Optical coherence tomography : a potential tool to predict premature rupture of fetal membranes
JF  - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part H : Journal of engineering in medicine
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 0046-2039 (Print) ; 2041-3033 (E-Journal)
VL  - Vol. 227
IS  - No. 4
SP  - 393
EP  - 401
PB  - Sage
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Buniatyan, V.
A1  - Huck, Christina
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Aroutiounian, V. M.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - BaxSr1-x TiO3/pc-Si heterojunction capacitance
JF  - Armenian journal of physics
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1829-1171
VL  - 6
IS  - 4
SP  - 188
EP  - 197
PB  - National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
CY  - Yerevan
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Buniatyan, V.
A1  - Huck, Christina
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Aroutiounian, V. M.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - BaxSr1-x TiO3/pc-Si heterojunction
JF  - Armenian journal of physics
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1829-1171
VL  - 6
IS  - 4
SP  - 177
EP  - 187
PB  - National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
CY  - Yerevan
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Miyamoto, Ko-ichiro
A1  - Itabashi, Akinori
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Yoshinobu, Tatsuo
T1  - High-speed chemical imaging inside a microfluidic channel
JF  - Sensors and actuators. B: Chemical
N2  - In this study, a high-speed chemical imaging system was developed for visualization of the interior of a microfluidic channel. A microfluidic channel was constructed on the sensor surface of the light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS), on which the ion concentrations could be measured in parallel at up to 64 points illuminated by optical fibers. The temporal change of pH distribution inside the microfluidic channel was recorded at a maximum rate of 100 frames per second (fps). The high frame rate allowed visualization of moving interfaces and plugs in the channel even at a flow velocity of 111 mm/s, which suggests the feasibility of plug-based microfluidic devices for flow-injection analysis (FIA).
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2013.12.090
SN  - 1873-3077 (E-Journal); 0925-4005 (Print)
VL  - 194
SP  - 521
EP  - 527
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Laack, Walter van
T1  - Nature is much smarter than expected: the Genetic Code is not degenerate
JF  - American journal of humanities and social sciences
N2  - In any books about genetics it can still today be read that our genetic code is called “degenerate” because it is still believed that 43 = 64 triplets encode the 20 essential amino acids. Indeed we have to assume the inverse law, what means that 34 = 81 exact code positions are really effective for our genetic code and encode the amino acids, compiled to proteins. This very important discovery leads to two completely new results that are limits-overlooking: 1) 34 (=81) genetic code positions mean exactly the same number as there are stable and naturally existing chemical elements in our universe. This famous argument should now lead to some alternative, as well as new fundamental conclusions about our existence. 2) A genetic code positioning system shows that nature is much smarter than expected: mutations are made less dangerous than believed, because they won't be that easily able any more to cause severe damages in the protein-synthesis. This should also lead to some alternative views upon evolution of life.
Y1  - 2014
SN  - 2329-0781 (Print) ; 2329-079X (Online)
VL  - Vol. 2
IS  - No. 1
SP  - 10
EP  - 12
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Moseley, Fiona
A1  - Halamek, Jan
A1  - Kramer, Friederike
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Katz, Evgeny
T1  - An enzyme-based reversible CNOT logic gate realized in a flow system
JF  - Analyst
N2  - An enzyme system organized in a flow device was used to mimic a reversible Controlled NOT (CNOT) gate with two input and two output signals. Reversible conversion of NAD⁺ and NADH cofactors was used to perform a XOR logic operation, while biocatalytic hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl phosphate resulted in an Identity operation working in parallel. The first biomolecular realization of a CNOT gate is promising for integration into complex biomolecular networks and future biosensor/biomedical applications.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C4AN00133H
SN  - 1364-5528 (E-Journal) ; 0003-2654 (Print)
VL  - 139
IS  - 8
SP  - 1839
EP  - 1842
PB  - Royal Society of Chemistry
CY  - Cambridge
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Arinkin, Vladimir
A1  - Digel, Ilya
A1  - Porst, Dariusz
A1  - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül
A1  - Artmann, Gerhard
T1  - Phenotyping date palm varieties via leaflet cross-sectional imaging and artificial neural network application
JF  - BMC bioinformatics
N2  - Background
True date palms (Phoenix dactylifera L.) are impressive trees and have served as an indispensable source of food for mankind in tropical and subtropical countries for centuries. The aim of this study is to differentiate date palm tree varieties by analysing leaflet cross sections with technical/optical methods and artificial neural networks (ANN).

Results
Fluorescence microscopy images of leaflet cross sections have been taken from a set of five date palm tree cultivars (Hewlat al Jouf, Khlas, Nabot Soltan, Shishi, Um Raheem). After features extraction from images, the obtained data have been fed in a multilayer perceptron ANN with backpropagation learning algorithm.

Conclusions
Overall, an accurate result in prediction and differentiation of date palm tree cultivars was achieved with average prediction in tenfold cross-validation is 89.1% and reached 100% in one of the best ANN.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-15-55
SN  - 1471-2105
VL  - 15
IS  - 55
SP  - 1
EP  - 8
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Sawada, Kazuaki
A1  - Nakazawa, Hirokazu
A1  - Takenaga, Shoko
A1  - Hizawa, Takeshi
A1  - Futagawa, Masato
A1  - Dasai, Fumihiro
A1  - Sakurai, Takashi
A1  - Okumura, Koichi
A1  - Hattori, Toshiaki
A1  - Ishida, Makoto
T1  - Multimodal bioimage sensor
JF  - IEICE transactions on fundamentals of electronics, communidations and computer sciences
N2  - To visualize the biochemical distribution two-dimensionally, we invented a solid-state-type ion image sensor that indicates the chemical activity of solutions and cells. The device, which consists of a CCD array covered with a functionalized membrane to detect charge accumulation, is highly sensitive to changes in the concentration and two-dimensional distribution of ions and biomaterials.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1587/transfun.E97.A.726
SN  - 0916-8508 (Print) ; 1745-1337 (Online)
VL  - E97-A (2014)
IS  - 3
SP  - 726
EP  - 733
PB  - IEICE
CY  - Tokyo
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Leinhos, Marcel
A1  - Schusser, Sebastian
A1  - Bäcker, Matthias
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Micromachined multi-parameter sensor chip for the control of polymer-degradation medium
JF  - Physica Status Solidi (A) : special issue on engineering and functional interfaces
N2  - It is well known that the degradation environment can strongly influence the biodegradability and kinetics of biodegradation processes of polymers. Therefore, besides the monitoring of the degradation process, it is also necessary to control the medium in which the degradation takes place. In this work, a micromachined multi-parameter sensor chip for the control of the polymer-degradation medium has been developed. The chip combines a capacitive field-effect pH sensor, a four-electrode electrolyte-conductivity sensor and a thin-film Pt-temperature sensor. The results of characterization of individual sensors are presented. In addition, the multi-parameter sensor chip together with an impedimetric polymer-degradation sensor was simultaneously characterized in degradation solutions with different pH and electrolyte conductivity. The obtained results demonstrate the feasibility of the multi-parameter sensor chip for the control of the polymer-degradation medium.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201330364
SN  - 1521-396X (E-Journal); 1862-6319 (E-Journal); 0031-8965 (Print); 1862-6300 (Print)
VL  - 211
IS  - 6
SP  - 1346
EP  - 1351
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Huck, Christina
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Kerroumi, Iman
A1  - Schusser, Sebastian
A1  - Bäcker, Matthias
A1  - Zander, Willi
A1  - Schubert, Jürgen
A1  - Buniatyan, Vahe V.
A1  - Martirosyan, Norayr W.
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Multiparameter sensor chip with Barium Strontium Titanate as multipurpose material
JF  - Electroanalysis
N2  - It is well known that biochemical and biotechnological processes are strongly dependent and affected by a variety of physico-chemical parameters such as pH value, temperature, pressure and electrolyte conductivity. Therefore, these quantities have to be monitored or controlled in order to guarantee a stable process operation, optimization and high yield. In this work, a sensor chip for the multiparameter detection of three physico-chemical parameters such as electrolyte conductivity, pH and temperature is realized using barium strontium titanate (BST) as multipurpose material. The chip integrates a capacitively coupled four-electrode electrolyte-conductivity sensor, a capacitive field-effect pH sensor and a thin-film Pt-temperature sensor. Due to the multifunctional properties of BST, it is utilized as final outermost coating layer of the processed sensor chip and serves as passivation and protection layer as well as pH-sensitive transducer material at the same time. The results of testing of the individual sensors of the developed multiparameter sensor chip are presented. In addition, a quasi-simultaneous multiparameter characterization of the sensor chip in buffer solutions with different pH value and electrolyte conductivity is performed. To study the sensor behavior and the suitability of BST as multifunctional material under harsh environmental conditions, the sensor chip was exemplarily tested in a biogas digestate.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elan.201400076
SN  - 1521-4109 (E-Journal); 1040-0397 (Print)
VL  - 26
IS  - 5
SP  - 980
EP  - 987
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bäcker, Matthias
A1  - Kramer, F.
A1  - Huck, Christina
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Bratov, A.
A1  - Abramova, N.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Planar and 3D interdigitated electrodes for biosensing applications: The impact of a dielectric barrier on the sensor properties
JF  - Physica Status Solidi (A) - Applications and Materials Science
N2  - Planar and three-dimensional (3D) interdigitated electrodes (IDE) with electrode digits separated by an insulating barrier of different heights were electrochemically characterized and compared in terms of their sensing properties. Due to the impact of the surface resistance, both types of IDE structures display a non-linear behavior in low-ionic strength solutions. The experimental data were fitted to an electrical equivalent circuit and interpreted taking into account the surface-charge-governed properties. The effect of a charged polyelectrolyte layer electrostatically assembled onto the sensor surface on the surface resistance in solutions with different KCl concentration is studied. In case of the same electrode footprint, 3D-IDEs show a larger cell constant and a higher sensitivity to molecular adsorption than that of planar IDEs. The obtained results demonstrate the potential of 3D-IDEs as a new transducer structure for a direct label-free sensing of charged molecules.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201330416
SN  - 1521-396X (E-Journal); 1862-6319 (E-Journal); 0031-8965 (Print); 1862-6300 (Print)
VL  - 211
IS  - 6
SP  - 1357
EP  - 1363
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Huck, Christina
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Bäcker, Matthias
A1  - Chaudhuri, S.
A1  - Zander, W.
A1  - Schubert, J.
A1  - Begoyan, V. K.
A1  - Buniatyan, V. V.
A1  - Wagner, P.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Capacitively coupled electrolyte-conductivity sensor based on high-k material of barium strontium titanate
JF  - Sensors and actuators. B: Chemical
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2014.02.103
SN  - 1873-3077 (E-Journal); 0925-4005 (Print)
IS  - 198
SP  - 102
EP  - 109
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Anding, Ralf
A1  - Tabaza, Ruth
A1  - Staat, Manfred
A1  - Trenz, Eva
A1  - Lohmann, Philipp
A1  - Klinge, Uwe
A1  - Kirschner-Hermanns, Ruth
T1  - Introducing a method of in vitro testing of different anchoring systems used for female incontinence and prolapse surgery
JF  - BioMed research international
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1110-7251 (E-Journal); 2314-6141 (E-Journal); 1110-7243 (Print); 2314-6133 (Print)
VL  - Vol. 2013
SP  - Article ID 401417
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, N. 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  - http://dx.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  - Wu, Chunsheng
A1  - Bronder, Thomas
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Werner, Frederik
A1  - Bäcker, Matthias
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Label-free electrical detection of DNA with a multi-spot LAPS: First step towards light-addressable DNA chips
JF  - Physica status solidi A : Applications and materials science
N2  - A multi-spot (4 × 4 spots) light-addressable potentiometric sensor (MLAPS) consisting of an Al–p-Si–SiO2 structure has been applied for the label-free electrical detection of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) immobilization and hybridization by the intrinsic molecular charge for the first time. Single-stranded probe ssDNA molecules (20 bases) were covalently immobilized onto the silanized SiO2 gate surface. The unspecific adsorption of mismatch ssDNA on the MLAPS gate surface was blocked by bovine serum albumin molecules. To reduce the screening effect and to achieve a high sensor signal, the measurements were performed in a low ionic-strength solution. The photocurrent–voltage (I–V) curves were simultaneously recorded on all 16 spots after each surface functionalization step. Large shifts of I–V curves of 25 mV were registered after the DNA immobilization and hybridization event. In contrast, a small potential shift (∼5 mV) was observed in case of mismatch ssDNA, revealing good specificity of the sensor. The obtained results demonstrate the potential of the MLAPS as promising transducer platform for the multi-spot label-free electrical detection of DNA molecules by their intrinsic molecular charge.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201330442
SN  - 1521-396X (E-Journal); 1862-6319 (E-Journal); 0031-8965 (Print); 1862-6300 (Print)
VL  - 211
IS  - 6
SP  - 1423
EP  - 1428
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Pham, Phu Tinh
A1  - Staat, Manfred
T1  - FEM-based shakedown analysis of hardening structures
JF  - Asia Pacific journal on computational engineering
N2  - This paper develops a new finite element method (FEM)-based upper bound algorithm for limit and shakedown analysis of hardening structures by a direct plasticity method. The hardening model is a simple two-surface model of plasticity with a fixed bounding surface. The initial yield surface can translate inside the bounding surface, and it is bounded by one of the two equivalent conditions: (1) it always stays inside the bounding surface or (2) its centre cannot move outside the back-stress surface. The algorithm gives an effective tool to analyze the problems with a very high number of degree of freedom. Our numerical results are very close to the analytical solutions and numerical solutions in literature.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2196-1166-1-4
SN  - 2196-1166 (E-Journal)
IS  - 1
SP  - Article No. 4
PB  - SpringerOpen
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Laack, Walter van
T1  - Therefore Fermat is right
JF  - American journal of humanities and social sciences : AJHSS
N2  - It was Fernat's idea to investigate how many numbers would fulfill the equation according to the Pythagorean Theorem if the exponent were increased to random, e.g. to a3 + b3 = c3. His question became therefore: are there two whole numbers the cubes of which add up to the volume of the cube of a third whole number? He posed this same question, of course, for all kinds of higher exponents, so that the equation could be generalized: is there an integral solution for the equation an + bn = cn, if the exponent n is higher than 2? Although in 1993, the English mathematician Andrew Wiles was able to produce an arithmetical proof for Fermat's famous theorem, I will show that there is a simple logical explanation which is also pragmatic and plausible and what is the result of a fundamental alternative idea how our world seems to be constructed.
Y1  - 2014
SN  - 2329-079X (E-Journal); 2329-0781 (Print)
VL  - 2
IS  - 2
SP  - 117
EP  - 120
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  - http://dx.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  - 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  - http://dx.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  - Fuest, Matthias
A1  - Kotliar, Konstantin
A1  - Walter, Peter
A1  - Plange, Niklas
T1  - Monitoring intraocular pressure changes after intravitreal Ranibizumab injection using rebound tonometry
JF  - Ophthalmic and physiological optics
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/opo.12134
SN  - 1475-1313 (E-Journal); 0275-5408 (Print)
N1  - Special Issue: The Ageing Visual System
VL  - 34
IS  - 4
SP  - 438
EP  - 444
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Oxford
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Turaliyeva, M.
A1  - Yeshibaev, A.
A1  - Digel, Ilya
A1  - Elibayeva, G.
A1  - Sydykova, A.
A1  - Uspabayeva, A.
A1  - Dosybayeva, G.
A1  - Zhylysbayeva, A.
A1  - Lakhanova, K.
T1  - Molecular-genetic identification of emerged novel invasive pathogens of Asiatic Elm Ulmus pumila L
JF  - Life science journal
N2  - The dwarf elm Ulmus pumila L. (Ulmaceae) is one of indigenous species of flora in Kazakhstan and forms a basis of dendroflora in virtually all settlements of the region. In the past decade, multiple outbreaks of previously unknown diseases of the small-leaved elm have been registered. In our study, by the molecular-genetic analysis it was found that the pathogens responsible for the outbreaks are microfungi belonging to the genus Fusarium – F. solani and F. oxysporum. The nucleotide sequences (ITS regions) isolated from the diseased trees showed very high similarity with the GenBank control numbers EU625403.1 and FJ478128.1 (100.0 and 99.0 % respectively). Oncoming research will focus on the search of natural microbial antagonists of the discovered phytopathogens.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.7537/marslsj1105s14.33
SN  - 1097-8135
VL  - 11
IS  - Spec. iss. 5s
SP  - 171
EP  - 175
PB  - Marsland Press
CY  - New York
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  - http://dx.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  - 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  - http://dx.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  - 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  - http://dx.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  - 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  - http://dx.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  - 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  - 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  - http://dx.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  - 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  - http://dx.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  - 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  - http://dx.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  - 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  - http://dx.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  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Bäcker, Matthias
A1  - Mayer, Dirk
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Gating capacitive field-effect sensors by the charge of nanoparticle/molecule hybrids
JF  - Nanoscale
Y1  - 2015
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C4NR05987E
SN  - 2040-3372 (E-Journal); 2040-3364 (Print)
SP  - 1023
EP  - 1031
PB  - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
CY  - Cambridge
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  - Müller, Martin
A1  - Hirschfeld, Julian
A1  - Lambertz, Rita
A1  - Schulze Lohoff, Andreas
A1  - Lustfeld, Hans
A1  - Pfeifer, Heinz
A1  - Reißel, Martin
T1  - Validation of a novel method for detecting and stabilizing malfunctioning areas in fuel cell stacks
JF  - Journal of power sources
N2  - In this paper a setup for detecting malfunctioning areas of MEAs in fuel cell stacks is described. Malfunctioning areas generate electric cross currents inside bipolar plates. To exploit this we suggest bipolar plates consisting not of two but of three layers. The third one is a highly conducting layer and segmented such that the cross currents move along the segments to the surface of the stack where they can be measured by an inductive sensor. With this information a realistic model can be used to detect the malfunctioning area. Furthermore the third layer will prevent any current inhomogeneity of a malfunctioning cell to spread to neighbouring cells in the stack. In this work the results of measurements in a realistic cell setup will be compared with the results obtained in simulation studies with the same configuration. The basis for the comparison is the reliable characterisation of the electrical properties of the cell components and the implication of these results into the simulation model. The experimental studies will also show the limits in the maximum number of segments, which can be used for a reliable detection of cross currents.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.08.045
SN  - 1873-2755 (E-Journal); 0378-7753 (Print)
VL  - 272
SP  - 225
EP  - 232
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Guo, Yuanyuan
A1  - Seki, Kosuke
A1  - Miyamoto, Ko-ichiro
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Yoshinobu, Tatsuo
T1  - Device simulation of the light-addressable potentiometric sensor with a novel photoexcitation method for a higher spatial resolution
JF  - Procedia Engineering
N2  - A novel photoexcitation method for the light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS) realized a higher spatial resolution of chemical imaging. In this method, a modulated light probe, which generates the alternating photocurrent signal, is surrounded by a ring of constant light, which suppresses the lateral diffusion of photocarriers by enhancing recombination. A device simulation verified that a higher spatial resolution could be obtained by adjusting the gap between the modulated and constant light. It was also found that a higher intensity and a longer wavelength of constant light was more effective. However, there exists a tradeoff between the spatial resolution and the amplitude of the photocurrent, and thus, the signal-to-noise ratio. A tilted incidence of constant light was applied, which could achieve even higher resolution with a smaller loss of photocurrent.
KW  - Light-addressable Potentiometric Sensor
KW  - novel photoexcitation method
KW  - tilted constant illumination
KW  - spatial resolution
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2014.11.369
SN  - 1877-7058
N1  - EUROSENSORS 2014 ; European Conference on Solid-State Transducers <28, 2014>
VL  - 87
SP  - 456
EP  - 459
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Miyamoto, K.
A1  - Seki, K.
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Yoshinobu, T.
T1  - Enhancement of the spatial resolution of the chemical imaging sensor by a hybrid fiber-optic illumination
JF  - Procedia Engineering
N2  - The chemical imaging sensor, which is based on the principle of the light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS), is a powerful tool to visualize the spatial distribution of chemical species on the sensor surface. The spatial resolution of this sensor depends on the diffusion of photocarriers excited by a modulated light. In this study, a novel hybrid fiber-optic illumination was developed to enhance the spatial resolution. It consists of a modulated light probe to generate a photocurrent signal and a ring of constant light, which suppresses the lateral diffusion of minority carriers excited by the modulated light. It is demonstrated that the spatial resolution was improved from 92 μm to 68 μm.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2014.11.563
SN  - 1877-7058
N1  - EUROSENSORS 2014 ; European Conference on Solid-State Transducers <28, 2014>
VL  - 87
SP  - 612
EP  - 615
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bronder, Thomas
A1  - Wu, Chunsheng
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Werner, Frederik
A1  - Keusgen, M.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Label-free detection of DNA hybridization with light-addressable potentiometric sensors: comparison of various DNA-immobilization strategies
JF  - Procedia Engineering
N2  - Light-addressable potentiometric sensors (LAPS) consisting of a p-Si-SiO2 and p-Si-SiO2-Au structure, respectively, have been tested for a label-free electrical detection of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) hybridization. Three different strategies for immobilizing single-stranded probe DNA (ssDNA) molecules on a LAPS surface have been studied and compared: (a) immobilization of thiol-modified ssDNA on the patterned Au surface via gold-thiol bond, (b) covalent immobilization of amino-modified ssDNA onto the SiO2 surface functionalized with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane and (c) layer-by-layer adsorption of negatively charged ssDNA on a positively charged weak polyelectrolyte layer of poly(allylamine hydrochloride).
KW  - LAPS
KW  - lable-free detection
KW  - DNA hybridization
KW  - field-effect sensor
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2014.11.647
SN  - 1877-7058
N1  - EUROSENSORS 2014 ; European Conference on Solid-State Transducers <28, 2014>
VL  - 87
SP  - 755
EP  - 758
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Huck, Christina
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Bäcker, Matthias
A1  - Reisert, Steffen
A1  - Schubert, J.
A1  - Zander, W.
A1  - Begoyan, V. K.
A1  - Buniatyan, V. V.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Chemical sensors based on a high-k perovskite oxide of barium strontium titanate
JF  - Procedia Engineering
N2  - High-k perovskite oxide of barium strontium titanate (BST) represents a very attractive multi-functional transducer material for the development of (bio-)chemical sensors for liquids. In this work, BST films have been applied as a sensitive transducer material for a label-free detection of adsorbed charged macromolecules (positively charged polyelectrolytes) and concentration of hydrogen peroxide vapor as well as protection insulator layer for a contactless electrolyte-conductivity sensor. The experimental results of characterization of individual sensors are presented. Special emphasis is devoted towards the development of a capacitively-coupled contactless electrolyte-conductivity sensor.
KW  - barium strontium titanate
KW  - high-k material
KW  - contactless conductivity sensor
KW  - multi-functional material
KW  - hydrogen peroxide
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2014.11.258
SN  - 1877-7058
N1  - EUROSENSORS 2014 ; European Conference on Solid-State Transducers <28, 2014>
VL  - 87
SP  - 28
EP  - 31
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  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Murib, M. S.
A1  - Yeap, W. S.
A1  - Martens, D.
A1  - Liu, X.
A1  - Bienstman, P.
A1  - Fahlman, M.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Michiels, L.
A1  - Haenen, K.
A1  - Serpengüzel, A.
A1  - Wagner, Patrick
T1  - Photonic studies on polymer-coated sapphire-spheres : a model system for biological ligands
JF  - Sensors and actuators A: Physical
N2  - In this study we show an optical biosensor concept, based on elastic light scattering from sapphire microspheres. Transmitted and elastic scattering intensity of the microspheres (radius 500 μm, refractive index 1.77) on an optical fiber half coupler is analyzed at 1510 nm. The 0.43 nm angular mode spacing of the resonances is comparable to the angular mode spacing value estimated using the optical size of the microsphere. The spectral linewidths of the resonances are in the order of 0.01 nm, which corresponds to quality factors of approximately 105. A polydopamine layer is used as a functionalizing agent on sapphire microspherical resonators in view of biosensor implementation. The varying layer thickness on the microsphere is determined as a function of the resonance wavelength shift. It is shown that polymer functionalization has a minor effect on the quality factor. This is a promising step toward the development of an optical biosensor.
Y1  - 2015
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2014.11.024
SN  - 1873-3069 (E-Journal); 0924-4247 (Print)
VL  - 222
SP  - 212
EP  - 219
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Stulpe, Werner
T1  - From the attempt of certain classical reformulations of quantum mechanics to quasi-probability representations
JF  - Journal of Mathematical Physics
N2  - The concept of an injective affine embedding of the quantum states into a set of classical states, i.e., into the set of the probability measures on some measurable space, as well as its relation to statistically complete observables is revisited, and its limitation in view of a classical reformulation of the statistical scheme of quantum mechanics is discussed. In particular, on the basis of a theorem concerning a non-denseness property of a set of coexistent effects, it is shown that an injective classical embedding of the quantum states cannot be supplemented by an at least approximate classical description of the quantum mechanical effects. As an alternative approach, the concept of quasi-probability representations of quantum mechanics is considered.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4861939
SN  - 222-488
N1  - bereits unter gleichem Titel aufgenommen bei arxiv : http://arxiv.org/pdf/1307.2314.pdf
VL  - 55
IS  - 1
PB  - AIP Publishing
CY  - College Park, Md.
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schütz, S.
A1  - Weißbecker, B.
A1  - Hummel, Hans E.
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Riemer, A.
A1  - Kordos, P.
A1  - Lüth, H.
T1  - Field effect transistor-insect antenna junction
JF  - Naturwissenschaften
Y1  - 1997
SN  - 1432-1904
VL  - 84
SP  - 86
EP  - 88
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Thust, Marion
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Frohnhoff, S.
A1  - Arens-Fischer, R.
A1  - Kordos, P.
A1  - Lüth, H.
T1  - Porous silicon as a substrate material for potentiometric biosensors
JF  - Measurement Science and Technology
Y1  - 1996
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/7/1/003
VL  - 7
IS  - 1
SP  - 26
EP  - 29
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wagner, Torsten
A1  - Miyamoto, K.
A1  - Werner, Frederik
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Yoshinobu, T.
T1  - Utilising Digital Micro-Mirror Device (DMD) as Scanning Light Source for Light-Addressable Potentiometric Sensors (LAPS)
Y1  - 2011
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/sl.2011.1620
VL  - 9
IS  - 2
SP  - 812
EP  - 815
PB  - American Scientific Publishers
CY  - Stevenson Ranch, Calif.
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
T1  - BioFEDs (field-effect devices) : State-of-the-art and new directions
JF  - Electroanalysis
Y1  - 2006
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elan.200603609
SN  - 1521-4109
VL  - 18
IS  - 19-20
SP  - 1893
EP  - 1900
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Baroud, G.
A1  - Wu, J.Z.
A1  - Bohner, M
A1  - Sponagel, Stefan
A1  - Steffen, T.
T1  - How to determine the permeability for cement infiltration into osteoporotic cancellous bone
JF  - Medical Engineering & Physics. 25 (2003), H. 4
N2  - Cement augmentation is an emerging surgical procedure in which bone cement is used to infiltrate and reinforce osteoporotic vertebrae. Although this infiltration procedure has been widely applied, it is performed empirically and little is known about the flow characteristics of cement during the injection process. We present a theoretical and experimental approach to investigate the intertrabecular bone permeability during the infiltration procedure. The cement permeability was considered to be dependent on time, bone porosity, and cement viscosity in our analysis. In order to determine the time-dependent permeability, ten cancellous bone cores were harvested from osteoporotic vertebrae, infiltrated with acrylic cement at a constant flow rate, and the pressure drop across the cores during the infiltration was measured. The viscosity dependence of the permeability was determined based on published experimental data. The theoretical model for the permeability as a function of bone porosity and time was then fit to the testing data. Our findings suggest that the intertrabecular bone permeability depends strongly on time. For instance, the initial permeability (60.89 mm4/N.s) reduced to approximately 63% of its original value within 18 seconds. This study is the first to analyze cement flow through osteoporotic bone. The theoretical and experimental models provided in this paper are generic. Thus, they can be used to systematically study and optimize the infiltration process for clinical practice.
KW  - Osteoporose
KW  - Permeabilität
KW  - Viskose Strömung
KW  - Viskosität
KW  - Vertebroplastie
KW  - Cement infiltration
KW  - Vertebroplasty
KW  - Osteoporosis
KW  - Permeability
KW  - Experiment
KW  - Analysis
KW  - Viscous flow
Y1  - 2003
SN  - 1350-4533
SP  - 283
EP  - 288
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Staat, Manfred
T1  - Plastic collapse analysis of longitudinally flawed pipes and vessels
N2  - Improved collapse loads of thick-walled, crack containing pipes and vessels are suggested. Very deep cracks have a residual strength which is better modelled by a global limit load. In all burst tests, the ductility of pressure vessel steels was sufficiently high whereby the burst pressure could be predicted by limit analysis with no need to apply fracture mechanics. The relative prognosis error increases however, for long and deep defects due to uncertainties of geometry and strength data.
KW  - Druckbehälter
KW  - Stahl
KW  - Druckbelastung
KW  - Druckbeanspruchung
KW  - Rohr
KW  - Rohrbruch
KW  - Druckbehälter
KW  - Stahl
KW  - Druckbelastung
KW  - Druckbeanspruchung
KW  - Rohrbruch
KW  - Fehlerstellen
KW  - pipes
KW  - vessels
KW  - load limit
KW  - burst tests
KW  - burst pressure
KW  - flaw
Y1  - 2004
ER  -