Produktivitätssteigerung durch integrierte Produktionstechnik und Verfahrens-Know-how

Increasing Productivity through Integrated Production Engineering and Processing Expertise The future of production engineering is interdisciplinary. Between product innovation and product marketing there lies a design process which has to be optimised and which is interdisciplinary in character. The design process has to satisfy the demands of global markets on chemical products, which lead, for example, to shorter and shorter product life cycles, and to demands for low production costs, high and consistent product quality, and faster market launches.     

ELECTROPORATION: BIO-ELECTROCHEMICAL MASS TRANSFER AT THE NANO SCALE

This article provides a brief review of the field of electroporation and introduces a new microdevice that facilitates studies to test theories, gain understanding, and control this important biomedical technology. Electroporation, a bio-electrochemical process whose fundamentals are not yet understood, is a means of permeating the cell membrane by applying a voltage across the cell and forming nano-scale pores in the membrane. It has become an important field in biotechnology and medicine for the controlled introduction of macromolecules, such as gene constructs and drugs, into various cells. It is viewed as an engineering alternative to biological techniques for the genetic engineering of cells. To study and control electroporation, we have created a low-cost microelectroporation chip that incorporates a live biological cell with an electric circuit. The device revealed an important behavior of cells in electrical fields. They produce measurable electrical information about the electroporation state of the cell that may enable precise control of the process. The device can be used to facilitate fundamental studies of electroporation and can become useful in providing precise control over biotechnological processes.     

Photochemistry of Nanostructured Materials for Energy Applications

A number of major disciplines have separately developed as distinctfields of energy research utilizing nanostructure materials: i.Heterogeneous photocatalysis; ii. Photoelectrochemistry—includingelectrochemical photovoltaic cells; iii. Photochemistry in zeolites andintercalated materials; iv. Photochemistry of thin films andmembranes—including self assembled structures; and v. Supramolecularphotochemistry. Photophysical properties of small particles, in the angstromto nanosized regime—depending on specific material, resulting in bandgap broadening as compared to bulk properties, and corresponding phenomenawith organic dyes as a function of aggregate size having relevance to energyrelated applications are discussed, as are dielectric confinement effectscontrolling the geometric distribution of light absorption within aparticle, aggregate or adsorbed molecular deposit. Synergism among fieldshas emerged, as for example with transition metal oxide photocatalysts andphotoelectrodes, combined with supramolecular spectral sensitizingtransition metal ligand complexes used to harvest light and vectoriallytransfer photo-generated electrons and holes along selected energeticpathways. Two systems have already demonstrated potential for significantlyreducing reliance on fossil fuels and concomitant environmental stress.These are: i. Pollution remediation with wide band gap semiconductingparticulate and nanoporous photocatalysts; and ii. Electrochemicalphotovoltaic cells utilizing nanoporous semiconducting electrodes fabricatedby lightly sintering nanosized TiOÄ2É particulates, followed byspectral sensitization with tri-nuclear ruthenium ligand dyes.Heterojunction contacts between inorganic photoconducting particulates,termed photocatalytic diodes, and three phase systems, termed photocatalytictransistors, have been demonstrated to increase photocatalytic conversionefficiency in catalytic processes and to increase light sensitivity ofanalogous silver halide photographic systems. Research being carried out inlaboratories throughout the world, aimed at improving the efficiency andunderstanding of the multi-disciplinary processes involved are described.Suggested areas of investigation for achievement of short (5 years) andlong term (5–20 years) goals are reviewed.     

三电平和两电平逆变器效率分析与比较

在分析、计算二极管箝位型三电平逆变器和两电平逆变器的通态损耗、开关损耗以及输出滤波电感损耗的基础上,对这两种逆变器的损耗、效率进行了比较。     

新型高压油浸组合互感器的研制与运用

文章阐述了几种组合互感器的特点,介绍了组合互感器的误差特性。较详细地介绍了由1台倒立式电流互感器和1台具有开放式铁心的电磁式电压互感器组合而成的新型高压组合互感器（VAU型）的基本特征及主要性能,测量结果表明,VAU型组合互感器误差特性好,瓷套管上电场强度沿高度分布均匀,体积小,占空间少,制造成本低,而且还可防铁磁谐振,现在的最高设备电压已达550kV。     

The Influence of an Acid-base-equilibrium on the Adsorption Behaviour of a Weak Polyampholyte

A weak diblock polyampholyte PMAA-b-PDMAEMA, poly(methacrylic acid)-block-poly((dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate), was investigated as a model system for the influence of an acid-base-equilibrium of a phthalic acid buffer system on the polyelectrolyte adsorption behaviour. The adsorption of polyampholyte from aqueous solution onto silicon surfaces is known to be strongly influenced by the parameters of the polymer solution and the properties of the polyampholyte itself like block ratio or molecular weight. In the case of the investigated polyampholytes, the main parameter with the most significant influence on the adsorption is the pH. The big influence of pH on adsorption results from the charges of the polymer chains and the substrate, which are determined by the pH. Therefore, it should be useful to investigate the influence of a buffer system on the polyampholyte adsorption. On the one hand the buffer system enables to determine the pH of the aqueous polyampholyte solution more precisely. On the other hand the concentrations of different phthalic species like the phthalic acid, the hydrogen phthalate and the phthalate are strongly influenced by pH. These different species were observed to have a strong influence on the adsorption behaviour of the polyampholyte, so the adsorption as function of pH was observed to be also determined by the acid-base-equilibrium of the buffer system. The adsorbed amount of polyampholyte dried after the adsorption process was determined using ellipsometry, while the surface topography of these adsorbed layers were characterized by atomic force microscopy (AFM). This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Biosorbents based on pine sawdust and malt sprouts for preconcentration and ICP-OES determination of nonferrous,heavy, and precious metals in the environmental samples

Pine sawdust and malt sprouts modified with orthophosphoric acid and carbamide have been proposed for solid-phase extraction (SPE) of nonferrous, heavy, and precious metals and their subsequent determination in the environmental samples by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). Modified adsorbents were characterized by SEM, TGA, and FT-IR and compared with native matrixes. SPE of some nonferrous and precious metal ions by biosorbents was studied. Depending on the SPE conditions, it was possible to separate nonferrous and heavy metals from alkali and alkaline earth metals. The proposed adsorbents are effective for preconcentration of nonferrous and heavy metals from natural waters and precious metals from solutions after digestion of geological samples.     

Search for the most stable folds of protein chains: I. Application of a self-consistent molecular field theory to a problem of protein three-dimensional structure prediction

We present a general approach to the prediction of 3-D foldsof protein chains from their amino acid sequences. The approachis based on the use of the self-consistent molecular field theoryfor long-range interactions, the use of 1-D statistical mechanicsfor short-range interactions and on the discovery that thereis and should only be a relatively small discrete set of foldingpatterns. This makes it possible to examine the full varietyof ‘potentially stable’ folds and to determine thethermodynamically stable structure. In this paper, we give thegeneral theoretical background of the approach. The encouragingresults of the application of this approach to ß-domainsare described in another paper.     

Development and Application of a Label-Free Fluorescence Method for Determining the Composition of Gold Nanoparticle–Protein Conjugates

A method was developed for determining the composition of the conjugates between gold nanoparticles and proteins based on the intrinsic fluorescence of unbound protein molecules. The fluorescence was evaluated after separation of the conjugates from the reaction mixture by centrifugation. Gold nanoparticles obtained using the citrate technique (average diameter 24 nm) were conjugated at pH 5.4 with the following four proteins: human immunoglobulin G (IgG), bovine serum albumin (BSA), recombinant streptococcal protein G (protein G), and Kunitz-type soybean trypsin inhibitor (STI). The compositions of these conjugates were determined using the developed method. The conjugate compositions were dependent on the concentration of the added protein, and in all cases reached saturation. The equilibrium dissociation constants of the gold nanoparticle conjugates with IgG, BSA, protein G, STI in the initial section of the concentration dependence curve were 4, 6, 10, and 15 nM, respectively. Close to saturation, the corresponding values were 25, 76, 175, and 100 nM, respectively. The maximal binding capacities of a single gold nanoparticle for IgG, BSA, Protein G, and STI were 52, 90, 500, and 550, respectively, which agrees well with the hypothesis of monolayer immobilization.     

Synthesis and gas permeation parameters of metathesis polytricyclononenes with pendant Me3E‐groups (E = C,Si, Ge)

Metathesis polytricyclononenes were synthesized via ROMP polymerization in the presence of the 1‐st generation Grubbs catalyst and their gas‐transport properties were studied for the first time. The aim of this work was to evaluate the influence of Me₃E‐groups (E = C, Si, Ge) on gas permeation parameters of ROMP materials. New metathesis poly(3‐tert‐butyltricyclononene‐7) and poly(3‐trimethylgermyltricyclononene‐7) were obtained with high yields (up to 95%) and high‐molecular weights (M_w～3–7×10⁵ g mol^?1). The glass transition temperatures of the ROMP polytricyclononenes with Me₃E‐groups decreased when E was changed from C to Si and then to Ge. It was shown that the polytricyclononene containing Me₃Si‐groups has the highest gas permeability while the polytricyclononene containing Me₃C‐substituents has the lowest gas permeability. In addition, the gas permeation parameters were estimated for ROMP Me₃Si‐ and Me₃Ge‐substituted polytricyclonona‐3,7‐dienes. So the influence of the second double bond in the monomer units on the permeability of the polymers obtained was studied. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2015 , 132, 41395.