Publications

2012 - 2021

Clases, D., Ueland, M., de Vega, R.G., Doble, P., & Pröfrock, D. (2021): Quantitative speciation of volatile sulphur compounds from human cadavers by GC-ICP-MS. Talanta, Volume 221, 121424, doi:10.1016/j.talanta.2020.121424
Deng, F., Hellmann, S., Zimmermann, T., & Pröfrock, D. (2021): Using Sr-Nd-Pb isotope systems to trace sources of sediment and trace metals to the Weser River system (Germany) and assessment of input to the North Sea. Science of The Total Environment, Volume 791, 2021, 148127, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148127
Hildebrandt, L., Nack, F.L., Zimmermann, T., & Pröfrock, D. (2021): Microplastics as a Trojan horse for trace metals. Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters, 2021, 100035, doi:10.1016/j.hazl.2021.100035
Hildebrandt, L., Zimmermann, T., Primpke, S., Fischer, D., Gerdts, G., & Pröfrock, D. (2021): Comparison and uncertainty evaluation of two centrifugal separators for microplastic sampling. Journal of Hazardous Materials, Volume 414, 2021, 125482, doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125482
Klein, O., Zimmermann, T., & Pröfrock, D. (2021): Improved Determination of Technologically Critical Elements in Sediment digests by ICP-MS/MS using N2O as Reaction gas. J. Anal. At. Spectrom., doi:10.1039/D1JA00088H
Vetere, A., Pröfrock, D., & Schrader, W. (2021): Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation of Sulfur-Containing Compound Types in Heavy Crude Oil and Its Fractions. Energy & Fuels, doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c00491
Hildebrandt, L., El Gareb, F., Zimmermann, T., Klein, O., Emeis, K.-C., Proefrock, D., & Kerstan, A. (2020): Fast, Automated Microplastics Analysis Using Laser Direct Chemical Imaging. Application Note, Agilent Technologies, https://www.agilent.com/cs/library/applications/application-marine-microplastics-8700-ldir-5994-2421en-agilent.pdf
Hildebrandt, L., Mitrano, D.M., Zimmermann, T., & Pröfrock, D. (2020): A Nanoplastic Sampling and Enrichment Approach by Continuous Flow Centrifugation. Front. Environ. Sci., 30 June 2020, doi:10.3389/fenvs.2020.00089
Hildebrandt, L., von der Au, M., Zimmermann, T., Reese, A., Ludwig, J., & Pröfrock, D. (2020): A metrologically traceable protocol for the quantification of trace metals in different types of microplastic. PLoS ONE 15(7): e0236120, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0236120
Lechthaler, S.E., Hildebrandt, L., Stauch, G., & Schüttrumpf, H. (2020): Canola Oil Extraction in Conjunction with a Plastic Free Separation Unit Optimises Microplastics Monitoring in Water and Sediment. Anal. Methods, doi:10.1039/D0AY01574A
Reese, A., Voigt, N., Zimmermann, T., Irrgeher, J., & Pröfrock, D. (2020): Characterization of alloying components in galvanic anodes as potential environmental tracers for heavy metal emissions from offshore wind structures. Chemosphere, Volume 257, 127182, doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127182
Silva Campos, M.R., Blawert, C., Mendis, C.L., Mohedano, M., Zimmermann, T., Proefrock, D., Zheludkevich, M.L., & Kainer, K.U. (2020): Effect of Heat Treatment on the Corrosion Behavior of Mg-10Gd Alloy in 0.5% NaCl Solution. Front. Mater., 7:84, doi:10.3389/fmats.2020.00084
Zimmermann, T., Mohamed, A.F., Reese, A., Wieser, M.E., Kleeberg, U., Pröfrock, D., & Irrgeher, J. (2020): Zinc isotopic variation of water and surface sediments from the German Elbe River. Science of The Total Environment, Volume 707, 2020, 135219, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135219
Zimmermann, T., von der Au, M., Reese, A., Klein, O., Hildebrandt, L., & Pröfrock, D. (2020): Substituting HF by HBF4 – an optimized digestion method for multi-elemental sediment analysis via ICP-MS/MS. Anal. Methods, 2020, doi:10.1039/D0AY01049A
Hildebrandt, L., Voigt, N., Zimmermann, T., Reese, A., & Proefrock, D. (2019): Evaluation of continuous flow centrifugation as an alternative technique to sample microplastic from water bodies. Marine Environmental Research, 2019, 104768, doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.104768
Lorenz, C., Roscher, L., Meyer, M.S., Hildebrandt, L., Prume, J., Löder, M.G.J., Primpke, S., & Gerdts, G. (2019): Spatial distribution of microplastics in sediments and surface waters of the southern North Sea. Environmental Pollution, Volume 252, Part B, 2019, Pages 1719-1729, doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2019.06.093
Reese, A., Zimmermann, T., Pröfrock, D., & Irrgeher, J. (2019): Extreme spatial variation of Sr, Nd and Pb isotopic signatures and 48 element mass fractions in surface sediment of the Elbe River Estuary – Suitable tracers for processes in dynamic environments? Science of The Total Environment, Volume 668, Pages 512-523, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.401
Retzmann, A., Blanz, M., Zitek, A., Irrgeher, J., Feldmann, J., Teschler-Nicola, M., & Prohaska, T. (2019): A combined chemical imaging approach using (MC) LA-ICP-MS and NIR-HSI to evaluate the diagenetic status of bone material for Sr isotope analysis. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, January 2019, Volume 411, Issue 3, pp 565–580, doi:10.1007/s00216-018-1489-5
Tchaikovsky, A., Häusler, H., Kralik, M., Zitek, A., Irrgeher, J. & Prohaska, T. (2019): Analysis of n(87Sr)/n(86Sr), δ88Sr/86SrSRM987 and elemental pattern to characterise groundwater and recharge of saline ponds in a clastic aquifer in East Austria. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 55:2, 179-198, doi:10.1080/10256016.2019.1577832
Tchaikovsky, A., Zitek, A., Irrgeher, J., Opper, C., Scheiber, R., Moder, K., Congiu, L., & Prohaska, T. (2019): Chemometric tools for determining site-specific elemental and strontium isotopic fingerprints in raw and salted sturgeon caviar. Eur Food Res Technol 245, 2515–2528, doi:10.1007/s00217-019-03363-4
Zimmermann, T., Mohamed, A.F., Reese, A., Wieser, M.E., Kleeberg, U., Pröfrock, D., & Irrgeher, J. (2019): Zinc isotopic variation of water and surface sediments from the German Elbe River. Science of The Total Environment, 2019, 135219, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135219
Bookhagen, B., Obermaier, W., Opper, C., Koeberl, C., Hofmann, T., Prohaska, T., & Irrgeher, J. (2018): Development of a versatile analytical protocol for the comprehensive determination of the elemental composition of smartphone compartments on the example of printed circuit boards. Anal. Methods, 2018,10, 3864-3871, doi:10.1039/C8AY01192C
Zimmermann, T., Retzmann, A., Schober, M., Pröfrock, D., Prohaska, T., & Irrgeher, J. (2018): Matrix separation of Sr and Pb for isotopic ratio analysis of Ca-rich samples via an automated simultaneous separation procedure. Spectrochim. Acta B, doi:10.1016/j.sab.2018.11.009
Draxler, J., Martinelli, E., Weinberg, A., Zitek, A., Irrgeher, J., Meischel, M., Stanzl-Tschegg, S., Mingler, B., & Prohaska, T. (2017): The potential of isotopically enriched Magnesium to study bone implant degradation in vivo. Acta biomaterialia, doi:10.1016/j.actbio.2017.01.054
Dutschke, D., Irrgeher, J., & Pröfrock, D. (2017): Optimisation of an extraction/leaching procedure for the characterisation and quantification of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles in aquatic environments using SdFFF-ICP-MS and SEM-EDX analyses. Anal. Methods, doi:10.1039/C7AY00635G
Retzmann, A., Zimmermann, T., Pröfrock, D, Prohaska, T., & Irrgeher, J. (2017): A fully automated simultaneous single-stage separation of Sr, Pb, and Nd using DGA Resin for the isotopic analysis of marine sediments. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, pp 1–18, doi:10.1007/s00216-017-0468-6
Tchaikovsky, A., Irrgeher, J., Ziteka, A., & Prohaska, T. (2017): Isotope pattern deconvolution of different sources of stable strontium isotopes in natural systems. J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2017,32, 2300-2307, doi:10.1039/C7JA00251C
Vetere, A., Pröfrock, D., & Schrader, W. (2017): Quantitative and qualitative analysis of three classes of sulfur compounds in crude oil. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., doi:10.1002/anie.201703205
Hanousek, O., Brunner, M., Pröfrock, D., Irrgeher, J., & Prohaska, T. (2016): The performance of single and multi-collector ICP-MS instruments for fast and reliable 34S/32S isotope ratio measurements. Anal. Methods, doi:10.1039/C6AY02177H
Booij, K., Robinson, C.D., Burgess, R.M., Mayer, P., Roberts, C.A., Ahrens, L., Allan, I.J., Brant, J., Jones, L., Kraus, U.R., Larsen, M.M., Lepom, P., Petersen, J., Pröfrock, D., Roose, P., Schäfer, S., Smedes, F., Tixier, C., Vorkamp, K., & Whitehouse, P. (2016): Passive Sampling in Regulatory Chemical Monitoring of Nonpolar Organic Compounds in the Aquatic Environment. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2016, 50, 3−17, doi:10.1021/acs.est.5b04050
Swart, C., Gantois, F., Petrov, P., Entwisle, J., Goenaga-Infante, H., Nousiainen, M., Bilsel, M., Binici, B., Gören, A.C., Sawal, G., Gonzalez-Gago, A., & Pröfrock, D. (2016): Evaluation of methodologies as primary measurement procedures for PBDE in surface water at levels required by the WFD. Talanta 152 (2016) 251-258
Richter, J., Elordui-Zapatarietxe, S., Emteborg H., Fettig, I., Hein, S., Cabillic, J., Alasonati, E., Gantois, F., Fallot, C., Rincel, A., Swart, C., Gokcen, T., Tunc, M., Binici, B., Rodriguez-Cea, A., Rodriguez-Gonzalez, P., J. Ignacio Garcia Alonso, Zuliani, T., Gonzalez Gago, A., Pröfrock, D., Nousiainen, M., Sainio, P., Sawal, G., Buzoianu, M., & Philipp, R. (2016): An interlaboratory comparison on whole water samples. Accreditation and Quality Assurance, doi:10.1007/s00769-015-1190-8
Soto-Alvaredo, J., Dutschke, F., Bettmer, J., Sanz-Medel, A., Montes-Bayon, M., Pröfrock, D., & Prange, A. (2016): Initial results on the coupling of sedimentation field-flow fractionation (SdFFF) to inductively coupled plasma-tandem mass spectrometry (ICP-MS/MS) for the detection and characterization of TiO2 nanoparticles. J. Anal. At. Spectrom., (2016), doi:10.1039/c6ja00079g
Prohaska, T., Irrgeher, J., & Zitek, A. (2016): Simultaneous multi-element and isotope ratio imaging of fish otoliths by laser ablation split stream ICP-MS/MC ICP-MS. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, doi:10.1039/C6JA00087H
Meija, J., Coplen, T., Berglund, M., Brand, W.A., Bièvre, P. de, Gröning, M., Holden, N.E., Irrgeher, J., Loss, R.D., Walczyk, T., & Prohaska, T. (2016): Isotopic compositions of the elements 2013 (IUPAC Technical report). Pure and Applied Chemistry, 88, 293-306, doi:10.1515/pac-2015-0503
Meija, J., Coplen, T., Berglund, M., Brand, W.A., Bièvre, P. de, Gröning, M., Holden, N.E., Irrgeher, J., Loss, R.D., Walczyk, T., & Prohaska, T. (2016): Atomic weights of the elements 2013 (IUPAC Technical report). Pure and Applied Chemistry, 88, 265-291, doi:10.1515/pac-2015-0305
Zitek, A., Irrgeher, J., & Prohaska, T. (2015): Applications of isotopes in analytical ecogeochemistry. Anal Bioanal Chem, doi:10.1007/s00216-015-9037-z
Irrgeher, J., & Prohaska, T. (2015): Application of non-traditional stable isotopes in analytical ecogeochemistry assessed by MC ICP-MS - A critical review. Anal Bioanal Chem, doi:10.1007/s00216-015-9025-3
Horsky, M., Irrgeher, J., & Prohaska, T. (2015): Evaluation strategies and uncertainty calculation of isotope amount ratios measured by MC ICP-MS on the example of Sr. Anal Bioanal Chem, doi:10.1007/s00216-015-9003-9
Petersen, J., Pröfrock, D., Paschke, A., Prange, A., & Broekaert, J.A.C. (2015): Development and field test of a mobile continuous flow system utilizing Chemcatcher for monitoring of rare earth elements in marine environments. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, doi:10.1039/C5EW00126A
Somoano-Blanco, L., Rodriguez-Gonzalez, P., Pröfrock, D., Prange, A., & Garcia Alonso, J.-I. (2015): Comparison the different mass spectrometric techniques for the Determination of polychlorinated biphenyls by isotope Dilution using 37Cl - labelled analogues. Analytical Methods, doi:10.1039/C5AY01752A
Gonzales-Gago, A., Pröfock, D., & Prange, A. (2015): Comparison of GC-(NCI)MS, GC-(ICP)MS and GC-(EI)MS/MS for the determination of PBDEs in water samples according to the Water Framework Directive (WFD). Analytical Bioanalytical Chemistry, doi:10.1007/s00216-015-8973
Helmholz, H., Lassen, S., Ruhnau, C., Pröfrock, D., Erbslöh, B., & Prange, A. (2015): Investigation on the proteome response of transplanted blue mussel (Mytilus sp.) during a long term exposure experiment at differently impacted field stations in the German Bight (North Sea). Marine Environmental Research 110, 69-80, doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.07.021
Petersen, J., Pröfrock, D., Paschke, A., Broekaert, J.A.C., & Prange, A. (2015): Laboratory calibration and field testing of the Chemcatcher-Metal for trace levels of rare earth elements in estuarine Waters. Environ Sci Pollut Res, doi:10.1007/s11356-015-4823-x
Gonzales-Gago, A., Pröfrock, D., & Prange, A. (2015): Optimizing GC-ICP-MS for ultra-trace quantification of PBDEs in natural water samples using specific isotope-Dilution. JAAS 30, 180-190, doi:10.1039/C4JA00112E
Petersen, J., Paschke, A., Gunold, R., & Schüürmann, G. (2015): Calibration of Chemcatcher® passive sampler for selected highly hydrophobic organic substances under fresh and sea water conditions. Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology , 218-226, doi:10.1039/C4EW00043A
Strižak, Ž., Ivanković, D., Pröfrock, D., Helmholz, H., Cindrić, A.-M., Erk, M., & Prange, A. (2014): Characterization of the cytosolic distribution of priority pollutant metals and metalloids in the digestive gland cytosol of marine mussels: Seasonal and spatial variability. Science of the Total Environment 470-471, 159-170, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.051
Pröfrock, D., & Prange, A. (2012): Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) for Quantitative Analysis in Environmental and Life Sciences: A Review of Challenges, Solutions and Trends. Applied Spectroscopy 66, 844 - 868, doi:10.1366/12-06681
Kakuschke, A., Gandrass, J., Luzardo, O.P., Boada, L.D., Zaccaroni, A., Griesel, S., Grebe, M., Pröfrock, D., Erbslöh, B., Valentine-Thon, E., Prange, A., & Kramer, K. (2012): Postmortem Health and Pollution Investigations on Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina) of the Islands Helgoland and Sylt. International Scholary Research Network Zoology, doi:10.5402/2012/106259
Kakuschke, A., Pröfrock, D., & Prange, A. (2012): C-reactive protein in blood plasma and serum samples of harbour seals ( Phoca vitulina ). Marine Mammal Science, doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00603.x
Grebe, M., Pröfrock, D., Kakuschke, A., Castillo Busto, M.E. del, Montes-Bayon, M., Sanz-Medel, A., Broekaert, J., & Prange, A. (2012): Comparison of different methods for the absolute quantification of harbor seal transferrin glycoforms using HPLC-ICP-MS. JAAS 37, 440-448, doi:10.1039/C2JA10287K
Lassen, S., Wiebring, A., Helmholz, H., Ruhnau, C., & Prange, A. (2012): Isolation of a Nav channel blocking polypeptide from Cyanea capillata medusae - A neurotoxin contained in fishing tentacle isorhizas. Toxicon 59, 610-616, doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2012.02.004
Helmholz, H., Wiebring, A., Lassen, S., Ruhnau, C., Schütt, C., & Prange, A. (2012): Cnidom analysis combined with an in vitro evaluation of the lytic, cyto- and neurotoxic potential of Cyanea capillata (Cnidaria:Scyphozoa). Scientia Marina 76, 339-348, doi:10.3989/scimar.03381.16E