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Riechmann-Wolf M, Hegewald J, Jankowiak S, Prigge M, Rossnagel K, Drössler S, Nübling M, Romero Starke K, Seidler A, Schulz A, Zahn D, Münzel T, Pfeiffer N, Wild PS, Beutel ME, Gianicolo E, Lackner KJ, Letzel S. Fühlen sich Beschäftigte bei ihrer beruflichen
Rückkehr nach längerer Arbeitsunfähigkeit von ihrem
Arbeitgeber unterstützt? Welche Rolle spielt die
Unternehmensgröße? Ergebnisse aus einer Pilotbefragung innerhalb
der Gutenberg-Gesundheitsstudie. Das Gesundheitswesen 2022. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1753706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- M Riechmann-Wolf
- UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
Mainz, Institut für Arbeits-, Sozial- und Umweltmedizin, Mainz,
Deutschland
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- Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin, Berlin,
Deutschland
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- Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin, Berlin,
Deutschland
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- Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin, Berlin,
Deutschland
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- Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin, Berlin,
Deutschland
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- Technische Universität Dresden Medizinische Fakultät,
Institut und Poliklinik für Arbeits- und Sozialmedizin (IPAS), Dresden,
Deutschland
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- Freiburger Forschungsstelle für Arbeitswissenschaften GmbH
(FFAW), Freiburg, Deutschland
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- Technische Universität Dresden Medizinische Fakultät,
Institut und Poliklinik für Arbeits- und Sozialmedizin (IPAS), Dresden,
Deutschland
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- Technische Universität Dresden Medizinische Fakultät,
Institut und Poliklinik für Arbeits- und Sozialmedizin (IPAS), Dresden,
Deutschland
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- UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
Mainz, Mainz, Deutschland
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- UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
Mainz, Mainz, Deutschland
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- UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
Mainz, Mainz, Deutschland
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- UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
Mainz, Mainz, Deutschland
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- UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
Mainz, Mainz, Deutschland
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- UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
Mainz, Mainz, Deutschland
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- UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
Mainz, Mainz, Deutschland
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- UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
Mainz, Mainz, Deutschland
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- UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
Mainz, Institut für Arbeits-, Sozial- und Umweltmedizin, Mainz,
Deutschland
- UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
Mainz, Präv. Kardiologie und Med. Prävention, Zentrum
für Kardiologie, Mainz, Deutschland
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Windsor YW, Lee SE, Zahn D, Borisov V, Thonig D, Kliemt K, Ernst A, Schüßler-Langeheine C, Pontius N, Staub U, Krellner C, Vyalikh DV, Eriksson O, Rettig L. Exchange scaling of ultrafast angular momentum transfer in 4f antiferromagnets. Nat Mater 2022; 21:514-517. [PMID: 35210586 PMCID: PMC9064787 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-022-01206-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Ultrafast manipulation of magnetism bears great potential for future information technologies. While demagnetization in ferromagnets is governed by the dissipation of angular momentum1-3, materials with multiple spin sublattices, for example antiferromagnets, can allow direct angular momentum transfer between opposing spins, promising faster functionality. In lanthanides, 4f magnetic exchange is mediated indirectly through the conduction electrons4 (the Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida (RKKY) interaction), and the effect of such conditions on direct spin transfer processes is largely unexplored. Here, we investigate ultrafast magnetization dynamics in 4f antiferromagnets and systematically vary the 4f occupation, thereby altering the magnitude of the RKKY coupling energy. By combining time-resolved soft X-ray diffraction with ab initio calculations, we find that the rate of direct transfer between opposing moments is directly determined by this coupling. Given the high sensitivity of RKKY to the conduction electrons, our results offer a useful approach for fine tuning the speed of magnetic devices.
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- Y W Windsor
- Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- School of Science and Technology, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Physikalisches Institut, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
- Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin, Germany
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
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- Physikalisches Institut, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Basque Country, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- School of Science and Technology, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany.
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Shatooti S, Mozaffari M, Reiter G, Zahn D, Dutz S. Heat dissipation in Sm 3+ and Zn 2+ co-substituted magnetite (Zn 0.1Sm xFe 2.9-xO 4) nanoparticles coated with citric acid and pluronic F127 for hyperthermia application. Sci Rep 2021; 11:16795. [PMID: 34408225 PMCID: PMC8373957 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-96238-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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In this work, Sm3+ and Zn2+ co-substituted magnetite Zn0.1SmxFe2.9-xO4 (x = 0.0, 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.04 and 0.05) nanoparticles, have been prepared via co-precipitation method and were electrostatically and sterically stabilized by citric acid and pluronic F127 coatings. The coated nanoparticles were well dispersed in an aqueous solution (pH 5.5). Magnetic and structural properties of the nanoparticles and their ferrofluids were studied by different methods. XRD studies illustrated that all as-prepared nanoparticles have a single phase spinel structure, with lattice constants affected by samarium cations substitution. The temperature dependence of the magnetization showed that Curie temperatures of the uncoated samples monotonically increased from 430 to 480 °C as Sm3+ content increased, due to increase in A-B super-exchange interactions. Room temperature magnetic measurements exhibited a decrease in saturation magnetization of the uncoated samples from 98.8 to 71.9 emu/g as the Sm3+ content increased, which is attributed to substitution of Sm3+ (1.5 µB) ions for Fe3+ (5 µB) ones in B sublattices. FTIR spectra confirmed that Sm3+ substituted Zn0.1SmxFe2.9-xO4 nanoparticles were coated with both citric acid and pluronic F127 properly. The mean particle size of the coated nanoparticles was 40 nm. Calorimetric measurements showed that the maximum SLP and ILP values obtained for Sm3+ substituted nanoparticles were 259 W/g and 3.49 nHm2/kg (1.08 mg/ml, measured at f = 290 kHz and H = 16kA/m), respectively, that are related to the sample with x = 0.01. Magnetic measurements revealed coercivity, which indicated that hysteresis loss may represent a substantial portion in heat generation. Our results show that these ferrofluids are potential candidates for magnetic hyperthermia applications.
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- S. Shatooti
- grid.411750.60000 0001 0454 365XFaculty of Physics, University of Isfahan, 81746-73441 Isfahan, Iran ,grid.5963.9Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Straße 3, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- grid.411750.60000 0001 0454 365XFaculty of Physics, University of Isfahan, 81746-73441 Isfahan, Iran
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- grid.5963.9Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Straße 3, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- grid.6553.50000 0001 1087 7453Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (BMTI), Technische Universität Ilmenau, Gustav-Kirchhoff-Straße 2, 98693 Ilmenau, Germany
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- grid.6553.50000 0001 1087 7453Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (BMTI), Technische Universität Ilmenau, Gustav-Kirchhoff-Straße 2, 98693 Ilmenau, Germany
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Antosova A, Gancar M, Bednarikova Z, Marek J, Zahn D, Dutz S, Gazova Z. Surface-modified magnetite nanoparticles affect lysozyme amyloid fibrillization. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2021; 1865:129941. [PMID: 34090976 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2021.129941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND The surface of nanoparticles (NPs) is an important factor affecting the process of poly/peptides' amyloid aggregation. We have investigated the in vitro effect of trisodium citrate (TC), gum arabic (GA) and citric acid (CA) surface-modified magnetite nanoparticles (COAT-MNPs) on hen egg-white lysozyme (HEWL) amyloid fibrillization and mature HEWL fibrils. METHODS Dynamic light scattering (DLS) was used to characterize the physico-chemical properties of studied COAT-MNPs and determine the adsorption potential of their surface towards HEWL. The anti-amyloid properties were studied using thioflavin T (ThT) and tryptophan (Trp) intrinsic fluorescence assays, and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The morphology of amyloid aggregates was analyzed using Gwyddion software. The cytotoxicity of COAT-MNPs was determined utilizing Trypan blue (TB) assay. RESULTS Agents used for surface modification affect the COAT-MNPs physico-chemical properties and modulate their anti-amyloid potential. The results from ThT and intrinsic fluorescence showed that the inhibitory activities result from the more favorable interactions of COAT-MNPs with early pre-amyloid species, presumably reducing nuclei and oligomers formation necessary for amyloid fibrillization. COAT-MNPs also possess destroying potential, which is presumably caused by the interaction with hydrophobic residues of the fibrils, resulting in the interruption of an interface between β-sheets stabilizing the amyloid fibrils. CONCLUSION COAT-MNPs were able to inhibit HEWL fibrillization and destroy mature fibrils with different efficacy depending on their properties, TC-MNPs being the most potent nanoparticles. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE The study reports findings regarding the general impact of nanoparticles' surface modifications on the amyloid aggregation of proteins.
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- A Antosova
- Department of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
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- Department of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
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- Department of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
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- Department of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (BMTI), Technische Universität Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (BMTI), Technische Universität Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany
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- Department of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia.
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Windsor YW, Zahn D, Kamrla R, Feldl J, Seiler H, Chiang CT, Ramsteiner M, Widdra W, Ernstorfer R, Rettig L. Exchange-Striction Driven Ultrafast Nonthermal Lattice Dynamics in NiO. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 126:147202. [PMID: 33891443 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.147202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We use femtosecond electron diffraction to study ultrafast lattice dynamics in the highly correlated antiferromagnetic (AFM) semiconductor NiO. Using the scattering vector (Q) dependence of Bragg diffraction, we introduce Q-resolved effective temperatures describing the transient lattice. We identify a nonthermal lattice state with preferential displacement of O compared to Ni ions, which occurs within ∼0.3 ps and persists for 25 ps. We associate this with transient changes to the AFM exchange striction-induced lattice distortion, supported by the observation of a transient Q asymmetry of Friedel pairs. Our observation highlights the role of spin-lattice coupling in routes towards ultrafast control of spin order.
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- Y W Windsor
- Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle, Germany
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- Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik, Leibniz-Institut im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V., Hausvogteiplatz 5-7, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle, Germany
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- Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik, Leibniz-Institut im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V., Hausvogteiplatz 5-7, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Zahn D, Mucha P, Zilles V, Touffet A, Gallard H, Knepper TP, Frömel T. Identification of potentially mobile and persistent transformation products of REACH-registered chemicals and their occurrence in surface waters. Water Res 2019; 150:86-96. [PMID: 30508717 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.11.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2018] [Revised: 11/15/2018] [Accepted: 11/17/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Transformation of industrial chemicals might be a significant source of hitherto unknown persistent and mobile organic contaminants (PMOC, PM chemicals) present in the aquatic environment. Herein we depicted a three-step strategy consisting of (I) the prioritization of potential PMOC precursors among REACH-registered chemicals, (II) their lab scale transformation through hydrolysis, photolysis, MnO2 oxidation, and biotransformation and subsequent structural elucidation of derived transformation products, and finally (III) the assessment of their environmental relevance. The proposed procedure was utilized to investigate eleven chemicals, for nine of which a concentration reduction was observed. For six of these chemicals transformation products were at least tentatively identified and partially confirmed with a commercially available reference standard. Retrospective assessment of high-performance liquid chromatography - high-resolution mass spectrometry data as well as a target screening method for the identified TPs and some of the prioritized REACH chemicals revealed the widespread presence of the following chemicals in the environment: 2-pyrrolidone (hydrolysis product of vinylpyrrolidone), TP 216 (4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-acetic acid, biotransformation product of 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-ethanol), and 1,3-diphenylguanidine (prioritized chemical with experimental evidence of environmental stability). 2-Pyrrolidone was detected in 23/25 investigated surface water samples and present in concentrations of up to 400 ng/L. TP 216 was detected in 20/25 surface water samples and an additional sampling of a waste water treatment plant and the receiving surface water confirmed that TP 216 is formed in waste water treatment plants. The vulcanisation agent 1,3-diphenylguanidine was present in all investigated samples. A leaching experiment with a tire suggested that tires and thus tire wear particles are a potential source of 1,3-diphenylguanidine. With these data the depicted approach was proven successful and suitable for true unknowns like TP 216, and thus an alternative to non-target screenings or suspect-screenings with predicted TPs to identify environmentally relevant transformation products.
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- D Zahn
- Hochschule Fresenius, University of Applied Sciences, Limburger Straße 2, 65510, Idstein, Germany
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- Hochschule Fresenius, University of Applied Sciences, Limburger Straße 2, 65510, Idstein, Germany
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- Hochschule Fresenius, University of Applied Sciences, Limburger Straße 2, 65510, Idstein, Germany
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- Institut de Chimie des Milieu et des Matériaux de Poitiers IC2MP UMR CNRS 7285, 1 rue Marcel Doré, TSA 41105, 86073, Poitiers Cedex 9, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Milieu et des Matériaux de Poitiers IC2MP UMR CNRS 7285, 1 rue Marcel Doré, TSA 41105, 86073, Poitiers Cedex 9, France
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- Hochschule Fresenius, University of Applied Sciences, Limburger Straße 2, 65510, Idstein, Germany
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- Hochschule Fresenius, University of Applied Sciences, Limburger Straße 2, 65510, Idstein, Germany.
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Walther M, Zahn D. From bismuth oxide/hydroxide precursor clusters towards stable oxides: Proton transfer reactions and structural reorganization govern the stability of [Bi18O13(OH)10]-nitrate clusters. Chem Phys Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2017.10.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Waldecker L, Bertoni R, Hübener H, Brumme T, Vasileiadis T, Zahn D, Rubio A, Ernstorfer R. Momentum-Resolved View of Electron-Phonon Coupling in Multilayer WSe_{2}. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 119:036803. [PMID: 28777602 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.036803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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We investigate the interactions of photoexcited carriers with lattice vibrations in thin films of the layered transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) WSe_{2}. Employing femtosecond electron diffraction with monocrystalline samples and first-principles density functional theory calculations, we obtain a momentum-resolved picture of the energy transfer from excited electrons to phonons. The measured momentum-dependent phonon population dynamics are compared to first-principles calculations of the phonon linewidth and can be rationalized in terms of electronic phase-space arguments. The relaxation of excited states in the conduction band is dominated by intervalley scattering between Σ valleys and the emission of zone boundary phonons. Transiently, the momentum-dependent electron-phonon coupling leads to a nonthermal phonon distribution, which, on longer time scales, relaxes to a thermal distribution via electron-phonon and phonon-phonon collisions. Our results constitute a basis for monitoring and predicting out of equilibrium electrical and thermal transport properties for nanoscale applications of TMDCs.
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- L Waldecker
- Fritz Haber Institut of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- Stanford University, 348 Via Pueblo Mall, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Fritz Haber Institut of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- Univ Rennes 1, CNRS, Institut de Physique de Rennes, UMR 6251, UBL, F-35042 Rennes, France
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter and Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Notkestrae 85, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter and Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Notkestrae 85, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Fritz Haber Institut of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Fritz Haber Institut of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter and Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Notkestrae 85, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Fritz Haber Institut of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Dietrich H, Schmaltz T, Halik M, Zahn D. Molecular dynamics simulations of phosphonic acid–aluminum oxide self-organization and their evolution into ordered monolayers. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:5137-5144. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp08681k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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We outline an unprejudiced molecular dynamics simulation approach to study the mechanisms of self-organization encompassing the evolution of surfactant–surface interactions to the growth of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs).
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- H. Dietrich
- Computer Chemie Centrum & Chair of Theoretical Chemistry
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- 91052 Erlangen
- Germany
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- Organic Materials & Devices (OMD)
- Institute of Polymer Materials
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- 91058 Erlangen
- Germany
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- Organic Materials & Devices (OMD)
- Institute of Polymer Materials
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- 91058 Erlangen
- Germany
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- Computer Chemie Centrum & Chair of Theoretical Chemistry
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- 91052 Erlangen
- Germany
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Schiener A, Magerl A, Krach A, Seifert S, Steinrück HG, Zagorac J, Zahn D, Weihrich R. In situ investigation of two-step nucleation and growth of CdS nanoparticles from solution. Nanoscale 2015; 7:11328-11333. [PMID: 26067094 DOI: 10.1039/c5nr01602a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We report on a combined ultra-fast in situ SAXS and WAXS study along a free-jet providing insight into the evolution of the morphology and crystalline structure of CdS quantum dots in the very early stage of nucleation between 100 μs and 2.5 ms with a time resolution down to 10 μs. Accessing this yet unexplored time regime provides direct evidence of a two-step mechanism via formation of prenucleation clusters followed by nanoparticle nucleation from coalescing precursors. Using ab initio calculations, the latter species is identified as Cd13S4(SH)18 clusters, the stability of which results from a compact surface and inner structure.
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- A Schiener
- Crystallography and Structural Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Department of Physics, Staudtstraße 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
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When percentages are computed for counts in several categories or for several positive measurements0 each taken as a fraction of their sum, the rounded percentages often fail to add to 100 percent. We investigate how frequently this failure occurs and what the distributions of sums of rounded percentages are for (1) an empirical set of data, (2) the multinomial distribution in small samples, (3) spacings between points dropped on an interval-the broken-stick model-; and (4) for simulation for several categories. The several methods produce similar distributions.We find that the probability that the sum of rounded percentages adds to exactly 100 percent is certain for two categories, about three-fourths for three categories, about two-thirds for four categories, and about [Formula: see text] for larger numbers of categories, c, on the average when categories are not improbable.
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Zahn D, Petrak F. Krankheitsbewältigung depressiver Diabetiker: Spielt der Diabetes-Typ eine Rolle? Ergebnisse der Diabetes-Depressions-Studie (DAD-Studie). DIABETOL STOFFWECHS 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1277270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Petrak F, Herpertz S, Albus C, Hermanns N, Kronfeld K, Kruse J, Kulzer B, Ruckes C, Zahn D, Müller MJ. Kognitive Verhaltenstherapie vs. Sertralin bei depressiven Patienten mit Diabetes mellitus: Ergebnisse der Diabetes-Depressions-Studie (DAD-Studie). DIABETOL STOFFWECHS 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1277332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Dirksen A, Pohlmann K, Zahn D, Anspach F. Untersuchungen zur Denaturierung und Renaturierung von Proteinen. CHEM-ING-TECH 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.201050423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Spaderna H, Zahn D, Smits J, Weidner G. 593: Gender Differences in One-Year Waiting List Outcomes in Heart Transplant Candidates: Results from the Waiting for a New Heart Study. J Heart Lung Transplant 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.11.600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Paparcone R, Riemann N, Zerara M, Brickman J, Zahn D, Simon P, Kniep R. On the generation of intrinsic electric dipole fields as the basis for the understanding of the morphogenesis of fluoroapatite-gelatine nano-composites. Chem Cent J 2008. [PMCID: PMC4236066 DOI: 10.1186/1752-153x-2-s1-p39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Molecular dynamics simulations are performed on the wurtzite-type structure (B4) to the rocksalt-type structure (B1) pressure-induced phase transition in GaN. From this, a nucleation and growth mechanism through a tetragonal metastable configuration is found. An intermediate of h-MgO type structure suggested from static calculations is ruled out. However, the pathway through the tetragonal intermediate may be altered by defect incorporation. While the overall transformation mechanism is preserved for both vacancies and Ga substitution by indium, already a 5% aluminum substitution establishes a transition route which avoids the tetragonal structure. Changes in the transformation mechanism and the resulting stabilization of the previously metastable high-pressure modification is elaborated by tracing the interplay of phase nucleation and growth and defect incorporation.
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- S E Boulfelfel
- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe, 01187 Dresden, Germany
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Leoni S, Zahn D. Nucleation and growth mechanisms in solid-solid phase transitions. Acta Crystallogr A 2005. [DOI: 10.1107/s010876730509940x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Challis BG, Coll AP, Yeo GSH, Pinnock SB, Dickson SL, Thresher RR, Dixon J, Zahn D, Rochford JJ, White A, Oliver RL, Millington G, Aparicio SA, Colledge WH, Russ AP, Carlton MB, O'Rahilly S. Mice lacking pro-opiomelanocortin are sensitive to high-fat feeding but respond normally to the acute anorectic effects of peptide-YY(3-36). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:4695-700. [PMID: 15070780 PMCID: PMC384809 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0306931101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 275] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Inactivating mutations of the pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) gene in both mice and humans leads to hyperphagia and obesity. To further examine the mechanisms whereby POMC-deficiency leads to disordered energy homeostasis, we have generated mice lacking all POMC-derived peptides. Consistent with a previously reported model, Pomc(-/-) mice were obese and hyperphagic. They also showed reduced resting oxygen consumption associated with lowered serum levels of thyroxine. Hypothalami from Pomc(-/-) mice showed markedly increased expression of melanin-concentrating hormone mRNA in the lateral hypothalamus, but expression of neuropeptide Y mRNA in the arcuate nucleus was not altered. Provision of a 45% fat diet increased energy intake and body weight in both Pomc(-/-) and Pomc(+/-) mice. The effects of leptin on food intake and body weight were blunted in obese Pomc(-/-) mice whereas nonobese Pomc(-/-) mice were sensitive to leptin. Surprisingly, we found that Pomc(-/-) mice maintained their acute anorectic response to peptide-YY(3-36) (PYY(3-36)). However, 7 days of PYY(3-36) administration had no effect on cumulative food intake or body weight in wild-type or Pomc(-/-) mice. Thus, POMC peptides seem to be necessary for the normal response of energy balance to high-fat feeding, but not for the acute anorectic effect of PYY(3-36) or full effects of leptin on feeding. The finding that the loss of only one copy of the Pomc gene is sufficient to render mice susceptible to the effects of high fat feeding emphasizes the potential importance of this locus as a site for gene-environment interactions predisposing to obesity.
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- B G Challis
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2XY, United Kingdom
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Russ AP, Friedel C, Ballas K, Kalina U, Zahn D, Strebhardt K, von Melchner H. Identification of genes induced by factor deprivation in hematopoietic cells undergoing apoptosis using gene-trap mutagenesis and site-specific recombination. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93:15279-84. [PMID: 8986802 PMCID: PMC26395 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.26.15279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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A strategy employing gene-trap mutagenesis and site-specific recombination (Cre/loxP) has been developed to isolate genes that are transcriptionally activated during programmed cell death. Interleukin-3 (IL-3)-dependent hematopoietic precursor cells (FDCP1) expressing a reporter plasmid that codes for herpes simplex virus-thymidine kinase, neomycin phosphotransferase, and murine IL-3 were transduced with a retroviral gene-trap vector carrying coding sequences for Cre-recombinase (Cre) in the U3 region. Activation of Cre expression from integrations into active genes resulted in a permanent switching between the selectable marker genes that converted the FDCP1 cells to factor independence. Selection for autonomous growth yielded recombinants in which Cre sequences in the U3 region were expressed from upstream cellular promoters. Because the expression of the marker genes is independent of the trapped cellular promoter, genes could be identified that were transiently induced by IL-3 withdrawal.
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- A P Russ
- Department of Hematology, University of Frankfurt Medical School, Germany
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Till U, Blume E, Günther J, Reich JG, Zahn D, Klinger R, Jaroszewicz K, Frunder H. Determination of specific radioactivities of mononucleotides and glycolytic intermediates from mouse liver after labelling in vivo with [32P]orthophosphate. Eur J Biochem 1968; 6:373-83. [PMID: 5726846 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1968.tb00458.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Reich JG, Till U, Günther J, Zahn D, Tschisgale M, Frunder H. Enzymic flux rates in vivo through the Embden-Meyerhof pathway and the nucleotides of the mouse liver. Eur J Biochem 1968; 6:384-94. [PMID: 4302385 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1968.tb00459.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Markov KI, Lilov L, Zahn D. Biochemische Untersuchungen von Serratia saponaria n. sp. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B 1965. [DOI: 10.1515/znb-1965-1010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Es wird die Dehydrogenierung einiger Substrate durch ruhende Bakterien Serratia saponaria (Wl. MARKOV) untersucht und die Existenz einiger substratspezifischer Dehydrogenasen festgestellt. Auf Grund ihres Wachstums an der Oberfläche der Seife werden auch Bestandteile der Seife in den Stoffwechsel eingeschlossen. Die Alkoholdehydrogenasen-Aktivität wird kinetisch untersucht.
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- K. I. Markov
- Mikrobiologisches Institut der Medizinischen Fakultät Sofia-Bulgarien und Institut für Chemie und Biochemie der Veterinärmedizinischen Fakultät Sofia-Bulgarien
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- Mikrobiologisches Institut der Medizinischen Fakultät Sofia-Bulgarien und Institut für Chemie und Biochemie der Veterinärmedizinischen Fakultät Sofia-Bulgarien
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- Mikrobiologisches Institut der Medizinischen Fakultät Sofia-Bulgarien und Institut für Chemie und Biochemie der Veterinärmedizinischen Fakultät Sofia-Bulgarien
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Lilov L, Zahn D, Dimitrov O, Grosdanov A. [The influence of some new neuroleptica on the rate of oxygen consumption of E. coli K 12]. Zentralbl Bakteriol Parasitenkd Infektionskr Hyg 1965; 119:384-90. [PMID: 5334788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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