TY - THES A1 - Wagner, Joachim T1 - Optische Charakterisierung von II-VI-Halbleiter-Oberflächen in Kombination mit First-Principles-Rechnungen T1 - Optical Characterisation of II-VI Semiconductor Surfaces in Combination with First Principles Calculations N2 - In dieser Arbeit sind Methoden der optischen Spektroskopie, insbesondere die Ramanspektroskopie (RS) und die Reflexions-Anisotropie-Spektroskopie (RAS), angewandt worden, um die Oberflächen von II-VI Halbleitern zu charakterisieren. Für die experimentellen Untersuchungen wurde eine eigens für diesen Zweck entwickelte UHV-Optikkammer benutzt. Diese einzigartige Möglichkeit, II-VI Halbleiterproben aus einer state-of-the-art MBE-Anlage mit einer UHV-Optikanlage zu kombinieren hat gezeigt, dass optische Spektroskopie sehr gut dafür geeignet ist, strukturelle Eigenschaften, z.B. Rekonstruktionen, und chemische Bindungen an Oberflächen, sowie die damit verbundene Schwingungsdynamik zu analysieren. Neben den experimentellen Arbeiten wurden u. a. first principles Rechnungen mittels der Dichtefunktionaltheorie im Rahmen der Lokalen-Dichte-Approximation durchgeführt. Damit konnten für die Oberflächen einerseits ihre geometrischen Eigenschaften, d.h die atomare Anordnung der Oberflächenatome, und andererseits auch ihre Dynamik, d.h. die Schwingungsfrequenzen und die Auslenkungsmuster der an der Rekonstruktion beteiligten Atome der Oberfläche und der oberflächennahen Schichten, im Rahmen der Frozen-Phonon-Näherung bestimmt werden. Die Kombination von experimenteller und theoretischer Vibrationsbestimmung von Oberflächen bietet also, neben den klassischen Oberflächen-Analysemethoden wie RHEED, LEED, XPS, Auger und SXRD, ein zusätzliches Werkzeug zur Charakterisierung von Oberflächen. Da die Frozen-Phonon-Näherung nicht elementarer Bestandteil des hier benutzten DFT-Programmcodes fhi96md ist, wurde diese Erweiterung im Rahmen dieser Arbeit durchgeführt. Die theoretische Berechnung von Schwingungsfrequenzen mit dynamischen Matrizen ist in einem Unterkapitel dargestellt. Die so berechneten Schwingungsfrequenzen für verschiedene Oberflächen-Rekonstruktionen konnten erfolgreich am Beispiel der reinen BeTe(100)-Oberfläche mit den experimentell mit der UHV-Ramanspektroskopie beobachteten Frequenzen verglichen werden. So gelang erstmalig die optische identifizierung von rekonstruktionsinduzierten Eigenschwingungen einer Oberfläche. Nach detaillierter Kenntnis der BeTe(100)-Oberfläche wurde die Ramanspektroskopie als Sonde benutzt, um die Entwicklung der BeTe-Oberfläche bei unterschiedlichen Behandlungen (Modifikation) zu verfolgen. Dabei dienten die früheren Ergebnisse als Referenzpunkte, um die modifizierten Spektren zu erklären. Zusätzlich wurde ein Konzept zur Passivierung der Te-reichen BeTe(100)-Oberfläche entwickelt, um diese Proben ohne einen technisch aufwendigen UHV-Transportbehälter über grössere Entfernungen transportieren zu können (z.B. zu Experimenten an einem Synchrotron). Mit der RAS wurden auch die Oberflächen von weiteren Gruppe II-Telluriden, nämlich die Te-reiche (2x1) CdTe(100)-Oberfläche, die Te-reiche (2x1) MnTe(100)-Oberfläche und die Hg-reiche c(2x2) HgTe(100)-Oberfläche untersucht. Schließlich wurde der Wachstumsstart von CdSe auf der BeTe(100)-Oberfläche im Bereich weniger Monolagen (1-5 ML) CdSe analysiert, wobei die hohe Empfindlichkeit der Ramanspektroskopie bereits den Nachweis einer Monolage CdSe erlaubte. N2 - In this thesis optical spectroscopy, especially Raman spectroscopy (RS) and reflection anisotropy spectroscopy (RAS), was used for characterisation of II-VI-semiconductor surfaces. For the experimental studies a specially designed UHV-optical chamber was applied. The unique combination of a state of the art molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) facility with this UHV-optical chamber distinctly proved that optical spectroscopy is a powerfull tool for analyzing the structural properties (e.g. reconstructions) and the chemical bindings at a surface, as well as its dynamical properties. Beside the experimental activities, first principles calculations within the framework of density functional theory (DFT) and local density approximation (LDA) were performed. Therefore the geometrical, statical properties (e.g. atomic positions) of the surface and near-surface atoms could be determined. Additionally, their dynamical properties (e.g. displacement patterns and vibrational frequencies) were calculated with the frozen phonon approximation. This combination of experimental and theoretical determination of the surface dynamics offers an additional tool for surface characterisation beside the classical methods for surface analysis like RHEED, LEED, XPS, Auger and SXRD. Because frozen phonon calculations do not constitute an integral part of the available DFT programm code fhi96md, the extension was performed as a part of this thesis. The theoretical calculation of vibration frequencies with dynamical matrices is described in one of the subsections. The frequencies calculated in this way for different surface reconstructions were successfully compared with the experimentally observed frequencies in the case of pure BeTe(100) surfaces. Thus, the first optical identification of reconstruction-induced surface eigenvibration modes was realized. After this detailed knowledge of the BeTe(100) surface Raman spectroscopy was used as a probe to track the changes of the BeTe surface under different modifications. In doing so the previous result on the pure BeTe surfaces served as references to explain the modified spectra. Besides a concept for passivation of the tellurium rich BeTe(100) surface was developed to ease the transport to far away laboratories without using extensive UHV facilities. Additionally the surfaces of further group II-tellurides (e.g. Te-rich (2x1) CdTe(100), Te-rich (2x1) MnTe(100) and Hg-rich c(2x2) HgTe) has been investigated with the RAS. Finally the start of the CdSe growth on the BeTe(100) surface was analyzed in the region of 1-5 monolayers of CdSe. Within these experiments a high sensitivity for detecting even one monolayer of CdSe was achieved by Raman spectroscopy. KW - Zwei-Sechs-Halbleiter KW - Halbleiteroberfläche KW - Optische Eigenschaft KW - optisch KW - spektroskopie KW - Halbleiter KW - Oberfläche KW - DFT KW - optical KW - spectroscopy KW - semiconductor KW - surface KW - DFT Y1 - 2003 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-8722 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sperlich, Jörg A1 - Becht, Joachim A1 - Mühleisen, Mathias A1 - Wagner, Stephan A. A1 - Mattern, Günter A1 - Tacke, Reinhold T1 - Zwitterionische Bis[vic-arendiolato(2-)][(morpholinio)alkyl]silicate: Synthese sowie strukturelle Charakterisierung in Lösung und im Kristall N2 - No abstract available. KW - Silicate KW - Bis[1,2-benzendiolato(2-)][(morpholinio)alkyl]silicates KW - Bis[2,3-naphthalenediolato(2-)][(morpholinio)alkyl]silicates KW - Zwitterionic [lambda]5-Spirosilicates Y1 - 1993 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-73153 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Raselli, Tina A1 - Hearn, Tom A1 - Wyss, Annika A1 - Atrott, Kirstin A1 - Peter, Alain A1 - Frey-Wagner, Isabelle A1 - Spalinger, Marianne R. A1 - Maggio, Ewerton M. A1 - Sailer, Andreas W. A1 - Schmitt, Johannes A1 - Schreiner, Philipp A1 - Moncsek, Anja A1 - Mertens, Joachim A1 - Scharl, Michael A1 - Griffiths, William J. A1 - Bueter, Marco A1 - Geier, Andreas A1 - Rogler, Gerhard A1 - Wang, Yuqin A1 - Misselwitz, Benjamin T1 - Elevated oxysterol levels in human and mouse livers reflect nonalcoholic steatohepatitis JF - Journal of Lipid Research N2 - Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a primary cause of liver disease, leads to complications such as fibrosis, cirrhosis, and carcinoma, but the pathophysiology of NASH is incompletely understood. Epstein-Barr virus-induced G protein-coupled receptor 2 (EBI2) and its oxysterol ligand 7 alpha,25-dihydroxycholesterol (7 alpha,25-diHC) are recently discovered immune regulators. Several lines of evidence suggest a role of oxysterols in NASH pathogenesis, but rigorous testing has not been performed. We measured oxysterol levels in the livers of NASH patients by LC-MS and tested the role of the EBI2-7 alpha,25-diHC system in a murine feeding model of NASH. Free oxysterol profiling in livers from NASH patients revealed a pronounced increase in 24- and 7-hydroxylated oxysterols in NASH compared with controls. Levels of 24- and 7-hydroxylated oxysterols correlated with histological NASH activity. Histological analysis of murine liver samples demonstrated ballooning and liver inflammation. No significant genotype-related differences were observed in Ebi2(-/-) mice and mice with defects in the 7 alpha,25-diHC synthesizing enzymes CH25H and CYP7B1 compared with wild-type littermate controls, arguing against an essential role of these genes in NASH pathogenesis. Elevated 24- and 7-hydroxylated oxysterol levels were confirmed in murine NASH liver samples. Our results suggest increased bile acid synthesis in NASH samples, as judged by the enhanced level of 7 alpha-hydroxycholest-4-en-3-one and impaired 24S-hydroxycholesterol metabolism as characteristic biochemical changes in livers affected by NASH. KW - nonalcoholic fatty liver disease KW - Epstein-Barr virus-induced gene 2 KW - cholesterol 25 hydroxylase KW - 25-hydroxycholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase KW - mouse feeding model Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-225004 VL - 60 IS - 7 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Haake, Markus A1 - Haack, Beatrice A1 - Schäfer, Tina A1 - Harter, Patrick N. A1 - Mattavelli, Greta A1 - Eiring, Patrick A1 - Vashist, Neha A1 - Wedekink, Florian A1 - Genssler, Sabrina A1 - Fischer, Birgitt A1 - Dahlhoff, Julia A1 - Mokhtari, Fatemeh A1 - Kuzkina, Anastasia A1 - Welters, Marij J. P. A1 - Benz, Tamara M. A1 - Sorger, Lena A1 - Thiemann, Vincent A1 - Almanzar, Giovanni A1 - Selle, Martina A1 - Thein, Klara A1 - Späth, Jacob A1 - Gonzalez, Maria Cecilia A1 - Reitinger, Carmen A1 - Ipsen-Escobedo, Andrea A1 - Wistuba-Hamprecht, Kilian A1 - Eichler, Kristin A1 - Filipski, Katharina A1 - Zeiner, Pia S. A1 - Beschorner, Rudi A1 - Goedemans, Renske A1 - Gogolla, Falk Hagen A1 - Hackl, Hubert A1 - Rooswinkel, Rogier W. A1 - Thiem, Alexander A1 - Romer Roche, Paula A1 - Joshi, Hemant A1 - Pühringer, Dirk A1 - Wöckel, Achim A1 - Diessner, Joachim E. A1 - Rüdiger, Manfred A1 - Leo, Eugen A1 - Cheng, Phil F. A1 - Levesque, Mitchell P. A1 - Goebeler, Matthias A1 - Sauer, Markus A1 - Nimmerjahn, Falk A1 - Schuberth-Wagner, Christine A1 - Felten, Stefanie von A1 - Mittelbronn, Michel A1 - Mehling, Matthias A1 - Beilhack, Andreas A1 - van der Burg, Sjoerd H. A1 - Riedel, Angela A1 - Weide, Benjamin A1 - Dummer, Reinhard A1 - Wischhusen, Jörg T1 - Tumor-derived GDF-15 blocks LFA-1 dependent T cell recruitment and suppresses responses to anti-PD-1 treatment JF - Nature Communications N2 - Immune checkpoint blockade therapy is beneficial and even curative for some cancer patients. However, the majority don’t respond to immune therapy. Across different tumor types, pre-existing T cell infiltrates predict response to checkpoint-based immunotherapy. Based on in vitro pharmacological studies, mouse models and analyses of human melanoma patients, we show that the cytokine GDF-15 impairs LFA-1/β2-integrin-mediated adhesion of T cells to activated endothelial cells, which is a pre-requisite of T cell extravasation. In melanoma patients, GDF-15 serum levels strongly correlate with failure of PD-1-based immune checkpoint blockade therapy. Neutralization of GDF-15 improves both T cell trafficking and therapy efficiency in murine tumor models. Thus GDF-15, beside its known role in cancer-related anorexia and cachexia, emerges as a regulator of T cell extravasation into the tumor microenvironment, which provides an even stronger rationale for therapeutic anti-GDF-15 antibody development. KW - cancer microenvironment KW - immunotherapy KW - T cells KW - tumour immunology Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-357333 VL - 14 ER -