Adam Lab
Institute Of Environmental Engineering And Chemistry
With a broad range of measurement techniques at its disposal, the "Institute for Chemistry and Environmental Engineering" enables the investigation of organic and inorganic substances in liquid, solid and gaseous matrices.
About our research
The “Institute for Chemistry and Environmental Engineering” at the Faculty for Mechanical Engineering of the Universität der Bundeswehr München (UniBW M) specializes in the chemical analysis of environmental samples.
Research activities focus on aerosol research, in particular, the chemical and physical characterization of air pollutants and climate-relevant compounds, as well as on the measurement of exhaust gases in combustion processes. One focal point of current and future research lies in examining the exhaust gases of ships, aircraft engines, and road traffic together with testing modern exhaust gas after-treatment systems. For this purpose, the faculty’s facilities, e.g., a vehicle chassis dynamometer incl. CVS tunnel, various light-duty engine test benches, an aircraft combustion chamber simulator, and a helicopter gas turbine test bench can be used. Another main emphasis is the research on transport-related emissions from non-combustion processes. These include the abrasion of brakes, tires, drive components, and road surfaces. Research in this field is carried out by using the institute’s brake and tire test benches.
Another field of activity lies in investigating aging processes in the atmosphere and their influence on the composition of urban, rural, and Alpine ambient air. The chemical/physical tests carried out by the institute are supported by biological analyses (e.g. invitro cell studies) conducted at JMSC. The goal here is to provide an indication of potential health hazards for humans. For this purpose, the institute has a modern mobile measurement laboratory for immission and emission analyses. One of the institute's specialties is the real-time measurement of gaseous organic pollutants in combustion processes. This is a method that makes it possible to simultaneously detect a large number of hydrocarbons that are harmful to health in the trace range. The procedure enables online process controls on combustion engines, residential heating, power plants, and industrial plants. The institute uses the technique of time-of-flight mass spectrometry coupled with soft photoionization processes, i.e. single-photon ionization (SPI) and resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) to achieve this. The use cases for the work of the "Institute for Chemistry and Environmental Technology" are numerous. But to stay ahead of the curve, strategic cross-discipline collaboration will be critical. As a result, in summer 2018, the institute signed a cooperation agreement with Helmholtz Munich. Through this cooperation, approximately 50 scientists and engineers at the Universität der Bundeswehr München, Helmholtz Munich, and the University of Rostock spanning mechanical and environmental engineering, chemistry, physics, and biology are currently working on the research of gaseous pollutants and particulate matter in emissions and in the atmosphere as well as their impact on human health and the environment.
Publications
Schneider, E. ; Giocastro, B. ; Rüger, C.P. ; Adam, T. ; Zimmermann, R.
Detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in high organic carbon ultrafine particle extracts by electrospray ionization ultrahigh-resolution mass spectrometry.Jeong, S. ; Bendl, J. ; Saraji-Bozorgzad, M.R. ; Käfer, U. ; Etzien, U. ; Schade, J. ; Bauer, M. ; Jakobi, G. ; Orasche, J. ; Fisch, K. ; Cwierz, P.P. ; Rüger, C.P. ; Czech, H. ; Karg, E.W. ; Heyen, G. ; Krausnick, M. ; Geissler, A. ; Geipel, C. ; Streibel, T. ; Schnelle-Kreis, J. ; Sklorz, M. ; Schulz-Bull, D.E. ; Buchholz, B. ; Adam, T. ; Zimmermann, R.
Aerosol emissions from a marine diesel engine running on different fuels and effects of exhaust gas cleaning measures.Cao, X. ; Liu, X. ; Hadiatullah, H. ; Xu, Y. ; Zhang, X. ; Bendl, J. ; Cyrys, J. ; Zimmermann, R. ; Adam, T.
Investigation of COVID-19-related lockdowns on the air pollution changes in augsburg in 2020, Germany.Liu, X. ; Hadiatullah, H. ; Khedr, M. ; Zhang, X. ; Schnelle-Kreis, J. ; Zimmermann, R. ; Adam, T.
Personal exposure to various size fractions of ambient particulate matter during the heating and non-heating periods using mobile monitoring approach: A case study in Augsburg, Germany.Pardo, M. ; Offer, S. ; Hartner, E. ; Di Bucchianico, S. ; Bisig, B. ; Bauer, S. ; Pantzke, J. ; Zimmermann, E. ; Cao, X. ; Binder, S. ; Kuhn, E. ; Huber, A. ; Jeong, S. ; Käfer, U. ; Schneider, E. ; Mesceriakovas, A. ; Bendl, J. ; Brejcha, R. ; Buchholz, A. ; Gat, D. ; Hohaus, T. ; Rastak, N. ; Karg, E.W. ; Jakobi, G. ; Kalberer, M. ; Kanashova, T. ; Hu, Y. ; Ogris, C. ; Marsico, A. ; Theis, F.J. ; Shalit, T. ; Gröger, T.M. ; Rüger, C.P. ; Oeder, S. ; Orasche, J. ; Paul, A. ; Ziehm, T. ; Zhang, Z.H. ; Adam, T. ; Sippula, O. ; Sklorz, M. ; Schnelle-Kreis, J. ; Czech, H. ; Kiendler-Scharr, A. ; Zimmermann, R. ; Rudich, Y.
Exposure to naphthalene and β-pinene-derived secondary organic aerosol induced divergent changes in transcript levels of BEAS-2B cells.Cao, X. ; Padoan, S. ; Binder, S. ; Bauer, S. ; Orasche, J. ; Rus, C.M. ; Mudan, A. ; Huber, A. ; Kuhn, E. ; Oeder, S. ; Lintelmann, J. ; Adam, T. ; Di Bucchianico, S. ; Zimmermann, R.
A comparative study of persistent DNA oxidation and chromosomal instability induced in vitro by oxidizers and reference airborne particles.Offer, S. ; Hartner, E. ; Di Bucchianico, S. ; Bisig, B. ; Bauer, S. ; Pantzke, J. ; Zimmermann, E. ; Cao, X. ; Binder, S. ; Kuhn, E. ; Huber, A. ; Jeong, S. ; Käfer, U. ; Martens, P. ; Mesceriakovas, A. ; Bendl, J. ; Brejcha, R. ; Buchholz, A. ; Gat, D. ; Hohaus, T. ; Rastak, N. ; Jakobi, G. ; Kalberer, M. ; Kanashova, T. ; Hu, Y. ; Ogris, C. ; Marsico, A. ; Theis, F.J. ; Pardo, M. ; Gröger, T.M. ; Oeder, S. ; Orasche, J. ; Paul, A. ; Ziehm, T. ; Zhang, Z.H. ; Adam, T. ; Sippula, O. ; Sklorz, M. ; Schnelle-Kreis, J. ; Czech, H. ; Kiendler-Scharr, A. ; Rudich, Y. ; Zimmermann, R.
Effect of atmospheric aging on soot particle toxicity in lung cell models at the air-liquid interface: Differential toxicological impacts of biogenic and anthropogenic Secondary Organic Aerosols (SOAs).Passig, J. ; Schade, J. ; Irsig, R. ; Kröger-Badge, T. ; Czech, H. ; Adam, T. ; Fallgren, H. ; Moldanova, J. ; Sklorz, M. ; Streibel, T. ; Zimmermann, R.
Single-particle characterization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in background air in northern Europe.Passig, J. ; Schade, J. ; Irsig, R. ; Li, L. ; Li, X. ; Zhou, Z. ; Adam, T. ; Zimmermann, R.
Detection of ship plumes from residual fuel operation in emission control areas using single-particle mass spectrometry.Heide, J. ; Adam, T. ; Jacobs, E. ; Wolter, J.M. ; Ehlert, S. ; Walte, A. ; Zimmermann, R.
Puff-resolved analysis and selected quantification of chemicals in the gas phase of E-Cigarettes, Heat-not-Burn devices and conventional cigarettes using single photon ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (SPI-TOFMS): A comparative study.Cao, X. ; Lintelmann, J. ; Padoan, S. ; Bauer, S. ; Huber, A. ; Mudan, A. ; Oeder, S. ; Adam, T. ; Di Bucchianico, S. ; Zimmermann, R.
Adenine derivatization for LC-MS/MS epigenetic DNA modifications studies on monocytic THP-1 cells exposed to reference particulate matter.Padoan, S. ; Zappi, A. ; Adam, T. ; Melucci, D. ; Gambaro, A. ; Formenton, G. ; Popovicheva, O. ; Nguyen, D.-L. ; Schnelle-Kreis, J. ; Zimmermann, R.
Organic molecular markers and source contributions in a polluted municipality of north-east Italy: Extended PCA-PMF statistical approach.Popovicheva, O. ; Padoan, S. ; Schnelle-Kreis, J. ; Nguyen, D.-L. ; Adam, T. ; Kistler, M. ; Steinkogler, T. ; Kasper-Giebl, A. ; Zimmermann, R. ; Chubarova, N.
Spring aerosol in the urban atmosphere of a megacity: Analytical and statistical assessment for source impacts.Liu, X. ; Schnelle-Kreis, J. ; Schloter-Hai, B. ; Ma, L. ; Tai, P. ; Cao, X. ; Yu, C. ; Adam, T. ; Zimmermann, R.
Analysis of PAHs associated with PM10 and PM2.5 from different districts in Nanjing.Schade, J. ; Passig, J. ; Irsig, R. ; Ehlert, S. ; Sklorz, M. ; Adam, T. ; Li, C. ; Rudich, Y. ; Zimmermann, R.
Spatially shaped laser pulses for the simultaneous detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as well as positive and negative inorganic ions in single particle mass spectrometry.Czech, H. ; Stengel, B. ; Adam, T. ; Sklorz, M. ; Streibel, T. ; Zimmermann, R.
A chemometric investigation of aromatic emission profiles from a marine engine in comparison with residential wood combustion and road traffic: Implications for source apportionment inside and outside sulphur emission control areas.Streibel, T. ; Mühlberger, F. ; Geißler, R. ; Saraji-Bozorgzad, M.R. ; Adam, T. ; Zimmermann, R.
Influence of sulphur addition on emissions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons during biomass combustion.Streibel, T. ; Mitschke, S. ; Adam, T. ; Zimmermann, R.
Time-resolved analysis of the emission of Sidestream Smoke (SSS) from cigarettes during smoking by Photo Ionisation/Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (PI-TOFMS): Towards a better description of environmental tobacco smoke.Adam, T. ; McAughey, J. ; Mocker, C. ; McGrath, C. ; Zimmermann, R.
Influence of filter ventilation on the chemical composition of cigarette mainstream smoke.Adam, T. ; McAughey, J. ; McGrath, C. ; Mocker, C. ; Zimmermann, R.
Simultaneous on-line size and chemical analysis of gas phase and particulate phase of cigarette mainstream smoke.Streibel, T. ; Mitschke, S. ; Adam, T. ; Weh, J. ; Zimmermann, R.
Thermal desorption/pyrolysis coupled with photo ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry for the analysis and discrimination of pure tobacco samples.Adam, T. ; Zimmermann, R.
Determination of single photon ionization cross sections for quantitative analysis of complex organic mixtures.Adam, T. ; Baker, R.R. ; Zimmermann, R.
Characterization of puff-by-puff resolved cigarette mainstream smoke by single photon ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry and principal component analysis.Adam, T. ; Baker, R.R. ; Zimmermann, R.
Investigation, by single photon ionisation (SPI)-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOFMS), of the effect of different cigarette-lighting devices on the chemical composition of the first cigarette puff.Adam, T.
Investigation of tobacco pyrolysis gases and puff-by-puff resolved cigarette smoke by Single Photon Ionisation (SPI) – Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry (TOFMS).Bente, M. ; Adam, T. ; Ferge, T. ; Gallavardin, S. ; Sklorz, M. ; Streibel, T. ; Zimmermann, R.
An on-line aerosol laser mass spectrometer with three, easily interchangeable laser based ionisation methods for characterisation of inorganic and aromatic compounds on particles.Adam, T. ; Mitschke, S. ; Streibel, T. ; Baker, R.R. ; Zimmermann, R.
Quantitative puff-by-puff-resolved characterization of selected toxic compounds in cigarette mainstream smoke.Adam, T. ; Mitschke, S. ; Baker, R.B. ; Zimmermann, R.
Puff-by-puff resolved characterisation of cigarette mainstream smoke by single photon ionisation (SPI)-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOFMS): Comparison of the 2R4F research cigarette and pure Burley, Virginia, oriental and Maryland tobacco cigarettes.Streibel, T. ; Hafner, K. ; Mühlberger, F. ; Adam, T. ; Zimmermann, R.
Resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry for detection of nitrogen containing aliphatic and aromatic compounds: Resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization spectroscopic investigation and on-line analytical application.Streibel, T. ; Hafner, K. ; Mühlberger, F. ; Adam, T. ; Warnecke, R. ; Zimmermann, R.
Investigation of NOx precursor compounds and other combustion by-products in the primary combustion zone of a waste-incineration plant using on-line, real-time mass spectrometry and Fourier-transform infrared spectrometry (FTIR).Adam, T. ; Streibel, T. ; Mitschke, S. ; Mühlberger, F. ; Baker, R.R. ; Zimmermann, R.
Application of time-of-flight mass spectrometry with laser-based photoionization methods for analytical pyrolysis of PVC and tobacco.Mitschke, S. ; Adam, T. ; Streibel, T. ; Baker, R.R. ; Zimmermann, R.
Application of time-of-flight mass spectrometry with laser-based photoionization methods for time-resolved on-line analysis of mainstream cigarette smoke.Adam, T. ; Ferge, T. ; Mitschke, S. ; Streibel, T. ; Baker, R.R. ; Zimmermann, R.
Discrimination of three tobacco types (Burley, Virginia and Oriental) by pyrolysis single-photon ionisation-time-of-flight mass spectrometry and advanced statistical methods.Fernandes-Whaley, M. ; Mühlberger, F. ; Whaley, A. ; Adam, T. ; Zimmermann, R. ; Rohwer, E. ; Walte, A.
On-line derivatization for resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry:Detection of aliphatic aldehydes and amines via reactive coupling of aromatic photo ionization labels.Streibel, T. ; Adam, T. ; Mühlberger, F. ; Cao, L. ; Zimmermann, R.
Application of time-of-flight mass spectrometry with laser-based photoionization methods for analytical pyrolysis of PVC.Zimmermann, R. ; Mühlberger, F. ; Dorfner, R. ; Adam, T. ; Streibel, T. ; Mitschke, S. ; Cao, L.
Application of time of flight-mass spectrometry with laser-based ionization methods for fast on-line characterization of pyrolyses and combustion processes.Cao, L. ; Mühlberger, F. ; Adam, T. ; Streibel, T. ; Wang, H.Z. ; Kettrup, A. ; Zimmermann, R.
Resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization and VUV-single photon ionization as soft and selective laser ionization methods for on-line time-of-flight mass spectrometry : Investigation of the pyrolysis of typical organic contaminants in the steel recycling process.Contact
