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Der Befall mit schädlichen Pilzen führt im Weinbau zu Ertragseinbusen sowie zu ökonomischen und ökologischen Belastungen durch den präventiven Einsatz von Fungiziden. Diese könnten durch eine Früherkennung des Befalls verringert werden. Das Projekt vinoLAS® soll die kontaktlose Früherkennung des falschen Mehltaus, einer wichtigen schädlichen Pilzart im Weinbau, ermöglichen. Dabei sollen Methoden der laserinduzierten Fluoreszenzspektroskopie verwendet werden. In dieser Arbeit wird ein Detektionsmodul zur Analyse des laserinduziertem Fluoreszenzlichts in vier spektralen Kanälen entwickelt.
Die Anforderungen an das Detektionsmodul werden festgelegt und die Entwicklung erläutert. Das System lässt sich in einen optischen und elektronischen Aufbau teilen. Das Verhalten des elektronische Aufbaus wird anhand umfangreicher Messungen bestimmt und mit den Anforderungen verglichen. Es wird mit dem optischen Aufbau zu einem Gesamtsystem kombiniert. Mit diesem werden Messungen im vinoLAS® Laboraufbau durchgeführt, welche zur Verifikation mit einer Referenzmessung verglichen werden.
Die Messungen zum elektronischen Aufbau zeigen, dass alle gestellten Anforderungen erfüllt und teilweise übertroffen werden. Das entstandene Gated-Integrator System ist mit einem, deutlich teureren, kommerziellen Gated-Integrator vergleichbar, bietet dabei aber doppelt so viele Kanäle und ein 44% geringeres Rauschen. Mit der Diskussion der Messdaten werden außerdem Ansätze vorgestellt, die eine kostengünstige weiter Verbesserung des elektronischen Systems ermöglichen.
Die Messungen mit dem Gesamtsystem zeigen eine qualitative Übereinstimmung mit der Referenzmessung, es sind jedoch noch quantitative Abweichungen vorhanden, die weiter untersucht werden müssen. Außerdem zeigt sich, dass die Qualität der Messdaten durch eine Schwankung der Laserfrequenz stark eingeschränkt wird. Eine leicht implementierbare und kostengünstige Lösung für dieses Problem wird jedoch vorgestellt.
Nach Umsetzung der beiden Verbesserungsvorschläge kann das System in den vinoLAS® Aufbau integriert werden und so eine kontaktlose Früherkennung von falschem Mehltau in Weinreben ermöglichen.
Hydrogen‐Bonded Cholesteric Liquid Crystals—A Modular Approach Toward Responsive Photonic Materials
(2022)
A supramolecular approach for photonic materials based on hydrogen-bonded cholesteric liquid crystals is presented. The modular toolbox of low-molecular-weight hydrogen-bond donors and acceptors provides a simple route toward liquid crystalline materials with tailor-made thermal and photonic properties. Initial studies reveal broad application potential of the liquid crystalline thin films for chemo- and thermosensing. The chemosensing performance is based on the interruption of the intermolecular forces between the donor and acceptor moieties by interference with halogen-bond donors. Future studies will expand the scope of analytes and sensing in aqueous media. In addition, the implementation of the reported materials in additive manufacturing and printed photonic devices is planned.
Turbulent compressible flows are traditionally simulated using explicit time integrators applied to discretized versions of the Navier-Stokes equations. However, the associated Courant-Friedrichs-Lewy condition severely restricts the maximum time-step size. Exploiting the Lagrangian nature of the Boltzmann equation’s material derivative, we now introduce a feasible three-dimensional semi-Lagrangian lattice Boltzmann method (SLLBM), which circumvents this restriction. While many lattice Boltzmann methods for compressible flows were restricted to two dimensions due to the enormous number of discrete velocities in three dimensions, the SLLBM uses only 45 discrete velocities. Based on compressible Taylor-Green vortex simulations we show that the new method accurately captures shocks or shocklets as well as turbulence in 3D without utilizing additional filtering or stabilizing techniques other than the filtering introduced by the interpolation, even when the time-step sizes are up to two orders of magnitude larger compared to simulations in the literature. Our new method therefore enables researchers to study compressible turbulent flows by a fully explicit scheme, whose range of admissible time-step sizes is dictated by physics rather than spatial discretization.
The identification of energetic materials in containments is an important challenge for analytical methods in the field of safety and security. Opening a package without knowledge of its contents and the resulting hazards is highly involved with risks and should be avoided whenever possible. Therefore, preferable methods work non-destructive with minimal interaction and are capable of identifying target substances in a containment quickly and reliably. Most spectroscopic methods find their limits, if the target substance is shielded by a covering material. To solve this problem, a combined laser drilling method with subsequent identification of the target substance by means of Raman spectroscopic measurements through microscopic bore holes of the covering material is presented. A pulsed laser beam is used for both the drilling process and as an excitation source for Raman measurements in the same optical setup. Results show the ability of this new method to gain high-quality spectra even when performed through microscopic small bore channels. With the laser parameters chosen right, the method can even be performed on highly sensitive explosives like triacetone triperoxide (TATP). Another advantageous effect arises in an observed reduction in unwanted fluorescence signal in the spectral data, resulting from the confocal-like measurement setup with the bore hole acting as aperture.
Off-lattice Boltzmann methods increase the flexibility and applicability of lattice Boltzmann methods by decoupling the discretizations of time, space, and particle velocities. However, the velocity sets that are mostly used in off-lattice Boltzmann simulations were originally tailored to on-lattice Boltzmann methods. In this contribution, we show how the accuracy and efficiency of weakly and fully compressible semi-Lagrangian off-lattice Boltzmann simulations is increased by velocity sets derived from cubature rules, i.e. multivariate quadratures, which have not been produced by the Gauss-product rule. In particular, simulations of 2D shock-vortex interactions indicate that the cubature-derived degree-nine D2Q19 velocity set is capable to replace the Gauss-product rule-derived D2Q25. Likewise, the degree-five velocity sets D3Q13 and D3Q21, as well as a degree-seven D3V27 velocity set were successfully tested for 3D Taylor-Green vortex flows to challenge and surpass the quality of the customary D3Q27 velocity set. In compressible 3D Taylor-Green vortex flows with Mach numbers Ma={0.5;1.0;1.5;2.0} on-lattice simulations with velocity sets D3Q103 and D3V107 showed only limited stability, while the off-lattice degree-nine D3Q45 velocity set accurately reproduced the kinetic energy provided by literature.
Turbulent compressible flows are traditionally simulated using explicit Eulerian time integration applied to the Navier-Stokes equations. However, the associated Courant-Friedrichs-Lewy condition severely restricts the maximum time step size. Exploiting the Lagrangian nature of the Boltzmann equation's material derivative, we now introduce a feasible three-dimensional semi-Lagrangian lattice Boltzmann method (SLLBM), which elegantly circumvents this restriction. Previous lattice Boltzmann methods for compressible flows were mostly restricted to two dimensions due to the enormous number of discrete velocities needed in three dimensions. In contrast, this Rapid Communication demonstrates how cubature rules enhance the SLLBM to yield a three-dimensional velocity set with only 45 discrete velocities. Based on simulations of a compressible Taylor-Green vortex we show that the new method accurately captures shocks or shocklets as well as turbulence in 3D without utilizing additional filtering or stabilizing techniques, even when the time step sizes are up to two orders of magnitude larger compared to simulations in the literature. Our new method therefore enables researchers for the first time to study compressible turbulent flows by a fully explicit scheme, whose range of admissible time step sizes is only dictated by physics, while being decoupled from the spatial discretization.
This work thoroughly investigates a semi-Lagrangian lattice Boltzmann (SLLBM) solver for compressible flows. In contrast to other LBM for compressible flows, the vertices are organized in cells, and interpolation polynomials up to fourth order are used to attain the off-vertex distribution function values. Differing from the recently introduced Particles on Demand (PoD) method , the method operates in a static, non-moving reference frame. Yet the SLLBM in the present formulation grants supersonic flows and exhibits a high degree of Galilean invariance. The SLLBM solver allows for an independent time step size due to the integration along characteristics and for the use of unusual velocity sets, like the D2Q25, which is constructed by the roots of the fifth-order Hermite polynomial. The properties of the present model are shown in diverse example simulations of a two-dimensional Taylor-Green vortex, a Sod shock tube, a two-dimensional Riemann problem and a shock-vortex interaction. It is shown that the cell-based interpolation and the use of Gauss-Lobatto-Chebyshev support points allow for spatially high-order solutions and minimize the mass loss caused by the interpolation. Transformed grids in the shock-vortex interaction show the general applicability to non-uniform grids.
This work introduces a semi-Lagrangian lattice Boltzmann (SLLBM) solver for compressible flows (with or without discontinuities). It makes use of a cell-wise representation of the simulation domain and utilizes interpolation polynomials up to fourth order to conduct the streaming step. The SLLBM solver allows for an independent time step size due to the absence of a time integrator and for the use of unusual velocity sets, like a D2Q25, which is constructed by the roots of the fifth-order Hermite polynomial. The properties of the proposed model are shown in diverse example simulations of a Sod shock tube, a two-dimensional Riemann problem and a shock-vortex interaction. It is shown that the cell-based interpolation and the use of Gauss-Lobatto-Chebyshev support points allow for spatially high-order solutions and minimize the mass loss caused by the interpolation. Transformed grids in the shock-vortex interaction show the general applicability to non-uniform grids.
We investigated graphene structures grafted with fullerenes. The size of the graphene sheets ranges from 6400 to 640,000 atoms. The fullerenes (C60 and C240) are placed on top of the graphene sheets, using different impact velocities we could distinguish three types of impact. Furthermore, we investigated the changes of the vibrational properties. The modified graphene planes show additional features in the vibronic density of states.
Low-frequency vibrational excitations in zeolite ZSM-5 and its partially crystalline derivatives
(2004)
Molecular dynamics investigation of vibrational properties of zeolite ZSM-5-based amorphous material
(2003)
GROW: A gradient-based optimization workflow for the automated development of molecular models
(2010)
Comparison Between Coarse-Graining Models for Polymer Systems: Two Mapping Schemes for Polystyrene
(2007)
Structural and Dynamical Properties of Polystyrene Determined by Coarse-Graining MD Simulations
(2007)
We present results from a detailed study of a new, optimized coarse-grained (CG) model of polystyrene (PS) and compare it with a recently published one (Harmandaris et al., Macromolecules 2006, 39, 6708). We will explain in detail, what led us to a different mapping scheme and put that into the general framework, with special emphasis on the aspect of time mapping. The new model is tested against the structural and dynamic properties of PS, resulting from atomistic simulations.
This work addresses the question of whether it is possible to define simple pairwise interaction terms to approximate free energies of proteins or polymers. Rather than ask how reliable a potential of mean force is, one can ask how reliable it could possibly be. In a two-dimensional, infinite lattice model system one can calculate exact free energies by exhaustive enumeration. A series of approximations were fitted to exact results to assess the feasibility and utility of pairwise free energy terms. Approximating the true free energy with pairwise interactions gives a poor fit with little transferability between systems of different size. Adding extra artificial terms to the approximation yields better fits, but does not improve the ability to generalize from one system size to another. Furthermore, one cannot distinguish folding from nonfolding sequences via the approximated free energies. Most usefully, the methodology shows how one can assess the utility of various terms in lattice protein/polymer models.
The influence of interaction details on the thermal diffusion in binary Lennard-Jones liquids
(2001)
There exists a disturbing controversy in the literature about the sign of the Soret effect in binary mixtures of modelfluids (Lennard-Jones atoms), whose components differ only in their molecular diameter. For such mixtures, the dependence of the Soret coefficient on the state (liquid versus supercritical), on the system size and on details of handling the range and the cutoff of the Lennard-Jones potential is examined by molecular-dynamics simulations. We establish unambiguously the direction of the Soret effect: Under all circumstances investigated, large particles are driven to the hot region. At supercritical densities, the Soret effect is considerably smaller than in the dense liquid and, furthermore, details of the attractive tail of the Lennard-Jones potential become much more important.
Crystal stability limits at positive and negative pressures, and crystal-to-glass transitions
(1995)
Spinodal of liquid water
(1993)
