@article{MillerWintzheimerPrieschletal.2021, author = {Miller, Franziska and Wintzheimer, Susanne and Prieschl, Johannes and Strauss, Volker and Mandel, Karl}, title = {A Supraparticle-Based Five-Level-Identification Tag That Switches Information Upon Readout}, series = {Advanced Optical Materials}, volume = {9}, journal = {Advanced Optical Materials}, number = {4}, doi = {10.1002/adom.202001972}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-224469}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Product identification tags are of great importance in a globalized world with increasingly complex trading routes and networks. Beyond currently used coding strategies, such as QR codes, higher data density, flexible application as well as miniaturization and readout indication are longed for in the next generation of security tags. In this work, micron-sized supraparticles (SPs) with encoded information (ID) are produced that not only exhibit multiple initially covert identification levels but are also irreversibly marked as "read" upon readout. To achieve this, lanthanide doped CaF\(_{2}\) nanoparticles are assembled in various quantity-weighted ratios via spray-drying in presence of a broad-spectrum stealth fluorophore (StFl), yielding covert spectrally encoded ID-SPs. Using these as pigments, QR codes, initially dominated by the green fluorescence of the StFl, could be generated. Upon thermal energy input, these particle-based tags irreversibly switch to an activated state revealing not only multiple luminescent colors but also spectral IDs. This strategy provides the next generation of material-based security tags with a high data density and security level that switch information upon readout and can be, therefore, used as seal of quality.}, language = {en} } @article{SanchezNayaStepanenkoMandeletal.2021, author = {Sanchez-Naya, Roberto and Stepanenko, Vladimir and Mandel, Karl and Beuerle, Florian}, title = {Modulation of Crystallinity and Optical Properties in Composite Materials Combining Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and Dye-Containing Covalent Organic Frameworks}, series = {Organic Materials}, volume = {3}, journal = {Organic Materials}, doi = {10.1055/s-0040-1722655}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-231480}, pages = {17-24}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Two series of organic-inorganic composite materials were synthesized through solvothermal imine condensation between diketopyrrolopyrrole dialdehyde DPP-1 and 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-aminophenyl)porphyrin (TAPP) in the presence of varying amounts of either amino- or carboxy-functionalized superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (FeO). Whereas high FeO loading induced cross-linking of the inorganic nanoparticles by amorphous imine polymers, a lower FeO content resulted in the formation of crystalline covalent organic framework domains. All hybrid materials were analyzed by magnetization measurements, powder X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, IR, and UV/Vis absorption spectroscopy. Crystallinity, chromophore stacking, and visible absorption features are directly correlated to the mass fraction of the components, thus allowing for a fine-tuning of materials properties.}, language = {en} } @article{GranathLoebmannMandel2021, author = {Granath, Tim and L{\"o}bmann, Peer and Mandel, Karl}, title = {Oxidative Precipitation as a Versatile Method to Obtain Ferromagnetic Fe\(_{3}\)O\(_{4}\) Nano- and Mesocrystals Adjustable in Morphology and Magnetic Properties}, series = {Particle \& Particle Systems Characterization}, volume = {38}, journal = {Particle \& Particle Systems Characterization}, number = {3}, doi = {10.1002/ppsc.202000307}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-224419}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Oxidative precipitation is a facile synthesis method to obtain ferromagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles from ferrous salts—with unexplored potential. The concentration of base and oxidant alone strongly affects the particle's structure and thus their magnetic properties despite the same material, magnetite (Fe\(_{3}\)O\(_{4}\)), is obtained when precipitated with potassium hydroxide (KOH) from ferrous sulfate (FeSO\(_{4}\)) and treated with potassium nitrate (KNO\(_{3}\)) at appropriate temperature. Depending on the potassium hydroxide and potassium nitrate concentrations, it is possible to obtain a series of different types of either single crystals or mesocrystals. The time-dependent mesocrystal evolution can be revealed via electron microscopy and provides insights into the process of oriented attachment, yielding faceted particles, showing a facet-dependent reactivity. It is found that it is the nitrate and hydroxide concentration that influences the ligand exchange process and thus the crystallization pathways. The presence of sulfate ions contributes to the mesocrystal evolution as well, as sulfate apparently hinders further crystal fusion, as revealed via infrared spectroscopy. Finally, it is found that nitrite, as one possible and ecologically highly relevant reduction product occurring in nature in context with iron, only evolves if the reaction is quantitative.}, language = {en} }