Projects
- Verbundvorhaben BepiColombo MERTIS: Inbetriebnahme und Observation; Teilvorhaben Universität Münster ( – )
Participation in other joint Project: Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action | Project Number: 50QW2502A - BC MERTIS: Cruise Phase Teil 2 - Teilvorhaben Labormessung und Missionsunterstützung ( – )
Participation in other joint Project: Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action | Project Number: 50QW2201A - BC MERTIS: Systemtests, Start, Inbetriebnahme, Cruise-Phase Teil 1 ( – )
Participation in other joint Project: Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action | Project Number: 50QW1701 - MERTIS – Mercury Radiometer & Thermal Infrared Spectrometer, Phase E/F1 ( – )
Participation in other joint Project: Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action | Project Number: 50QW1302 - Compact LIPS Spektrometer – GENTNER Phase B ( – )
Participation in BMBF-Joint Project: Federal Ministry of Education and Research | Project Number: 50QX0602
- Verbundvorhaben BepiColombo MERTIS: Inbetriebnahme und Observation; Teilvorhaben Universität Münster ( – )
Publications
- Morlok, Andreas, Sehlke, Alexander, Stojic, Aleksandra N., et al. . “Synthetic analogs for lava flows on the surface of Mercury: A mid-infrared study.” Icarus, № 415 116078. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116078.
- Weber, I, Pavlov, SG, Böttger, U, and Reitze, MP. . “Alteration in the Raman spectra of characteristic rock-forming silicate mixtures due to micrometeorite bombardment.” Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, № 55 (8): 901–913. doi: 10.1002/jrs.6676.
- Reitze, MP, Renggli, C, Morlok, A, et al. . “Crystallographic and Mid-Infrared Spectroscopic Properties of the CaS-MgS Solid Solution.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, № 129 (8): e2024JE0–e2024JE008483. doi: 10.1029/2024JE008483.
- Sergey, G.Pavlov, Iris, Weber, Ute, Böttger, Ulrich, Schade, and and, Jörg Fritz. . “Prediction of Olivine Composition Under Limited Calibration Inputs: Comparative Study of Mid-Infrared Reflection, Raman Scattering, and Laser-Induced Plasma Spectroscopies.” Applied Spectroscopy, № 2024: 1–17. doi: 10.1177/00037028241305162.
- Stojic, A.N., Weber, I., Morlok, A., et al. . “Simulation of surface regolith gardening and impact associated melt layer production under ns-pulsed laser ablation.” Icarus, № 391 doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115344.
- Morlok, A, Renggli, C, Charlier, B, et al. . “A mid-infrared study of synthetic glass and crystal mixtures analog to the geochemical terranes on mercury.” Icarus, № 396: 115498. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115498.
- Reitze, MP, Weber, I, Morlok, A, et al. . “Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Feldspars From the Bühl Basalt (Northern Hesse, Germany) Formed Under Reducing Conditions as Terrestrial Analogue of Mercury for MERTIS.” Earth and Space Science, № 10 (6): e2023EA002903. doi: 10.1029/2023EA002903.
- Weber, I, Reitze, MP, Morlok, A, et al. . “Mid-IR spectral properties of different surfaces of silicate mixtures before and after excimer laser irradiation.” Icarus, № 404: 115683–115683. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115683.
- Renggli, CJ, Stojic, AN, Morlok, A, et al. . “Mid-infrared spectroscopy of sulfidation reaction products and implications for sulfur on Mercury.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, № 128 (12): e2023JE0. doi: 10.1029/2023JE007895.
- Renggli, CJ, Klemme, S, Morlok, A, et al. . “Sulfides and hollows formed on Mercury’s surface by reactions with reducing S-rich gases.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, № 593: 117647. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117647.
- Weber, I, Böttger, U, Hanke, F, et al. . “Space weathering simulation of micrometeorite bombardment on silicates and their mixture for space application.” Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, № 53 (3): 411–419. doi: 10.1002/jrs.6162.
- Morlok, A, Renggli, C, Charlier, B, et al. . “Mid-infrared reflectance spectroscopy of synthetic glass analogs for mercury surface studies.” Icarus, № 361: 114363. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114363.
- Stojic, AN, Morlok, A, Tollan, P, et al. . “A shock recovery experiment and its implications for Mercury's surface: The effect of high pressure on porous olivine powder as a regolith analog.” ıcarus, № 357: 114162. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114162.
- Weber, I, Reitze, MP, Heeger, M, et al. . “The effect of excimer laser irradiation on mid-IR spectra of mineral mixtures for remote sensing.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, № 569: 117072. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117072.
- Reitze, MP, Weber, I, Morlok, A, et al. . “Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Anorthosite Samples From Near Manicouagan Crater, Canada, as Analogue for Remote Sensing of Mercury and Other Terrestrial Solar System Objects.” Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), № 126 (8): e06832. doi: 10.1029/2021JE006832.
- Donnermeyer, D., Ibing, M., Bürklein, S., Weber, I., Reitze, M.P., and Schäfer, E. . “Physico-Chemical Investigation of Endodontic Sealers Exposed to Simulated Intracanal Heat Application: Hydraulic Calcium Silicate-Based Sealers.” Materials, № 14 (4): 1–11. doi: 10.3390/ma14040728.
- Cho, Yuichiro, Bottger, Ute, Rull, Fernando, et al. . “In situ science on Phobos with the Raman spectrometer for MMX (RAX): preliminary design and feasibility of Raman measurements.” Earth, Planets and Space, № 73 (1) doi: 10.1186/s40623-021-01496-z.
- Reitze, MP, Weber, I, Kroll, H, Morlok, A, Hiesinger, H, and Helbert, J. . “Mid-infrared spectroscopy of alkali feldspar samples for space application.” Mineralogy and Petrology, № 114: 453–463. doi: 10.1007/s00710-020-00709-9.
- Hiesinger, H, Helbert, J, Alemanno, G, et al. . “Studying the Composition and Mineralogy of the Hermean Surface with the Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Infrared Spectrometer (MERTIS) for the BepiColombo Mission: An Update.” Space Science Reviews, № 216 (6): 110. doi: 10.1007/s11214-020-00732-4.
- Morlok, A., Weber, I., Stojic, A.N., et al. . “Mid-infrared reflectance spectroscopy of aubrite components.” Meteoritics and Planetary Science, № 55: 2080–2096. doi: 10.1111/maps.13568.
- Weber, I, Stojic, A, Morlok, A, et al. . “Space weathering by simulated micrometeorite bombardment on natural olivine and pyroxene: A coordinated IR and TEM study.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters, № 530 doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115884.
- Bischoff, A., Barrat, J.-A., Berndt, J., et al. . “The Renchen L5-6 chondrite breccia – the first confirmed meteorite fall from Baden-Württemberg (Germany).” Geochemistry – Chemie der Erde, № 79: 125525. doi: 10.1016/j.chemer.2019.07.007.
- Mannel, T., Bentley, M.S., Boakes, P.S., et al. . “Dust of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko collected by Rosetta/MIDAS: classification and extension to the nanometre scale.” Astronomy and Astrophysics, № 1 doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201834851.
- Morlok, A, Klemme, S, Weber, I, et al. . “Mid-infrared spectroscopy of planetary analogs: A database for planetary remote sensing.” Icarus, № 324: 86–103. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2019.02.010.
- Bahrambeygi, Bahram; Moeinzadeh, Hesam; Prakash, Divya; Weber, Iris. . “Raman characteristics of Alpine–Himalayan serpentine polymorphs: A case study of Khankuie ultramafic complex, southeast of Iran.” Journal of Earth System Science, № 8 / 128 (B): 238. doi: 10.1007/s12040-019-1259-6.
- David, KAET ER, A., ZIEM ANN Martin, Ute, BÖTTG ER, et al. . “The Chelyabinsk meteorite: New insights from a comprehensive electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy study with evidence for graphite in olivine of ordinary chondrites.” Meteoritics & Planetary Science, № 53: 416–432.
- K., Weber Iris | Böttger Ute| Pavlov Sergey G. | Stojic Aleksandra | Hübers Heinz‐Wilhelm | Jessberger Elmar. . “Raman spectra of hydrous minerals investigated under various environmental conditions in preparation for planetary space missions.” Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, № 49: 1830–1839.
- Weber, I., Böttger, U., Pavlov, S.G., Hübers, H.-W., Hiesinger, H., and Jessberger, E.K. . “Laser alteration on iron sulfides under various environmental conditions.” Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, № 2017 doi: 10.1002/jrs.5083.
- Böttger, U., Maiwald, M., Hanke, F., et al. . “Shifted Excitation Raman Difference Spectroscopy applied to extraterrestrial particles returned from the asteroid Itokawa.” Planetary and Space Science, № 144: 106–111. doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2017.05.004.
- Böttger, U., Pavlov, S.G., Deßmann, N., et al. . “Laser-induced alteration of Raman spectra for micron-sized solid particles.” Planetary and Space Science, № 2017 (138): 25–32. doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2017.02.001.
- Morlok, Andreas, Klemme, Stephan, Weber, Iris, Stojic, Aleksandra, Sohn, Martin, and Hiesinger, Harald. . “IR Spectroscopy of Synthetic Glasses with Mercury Surface Composition: Analogs for Remote Sensing.” Icarus, № 296: 123–138.
- Bentley, M.S., Schmied, R., Mannel, T., et al. . “Aggregate dust particles at comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.” Nature, № 537 (7618) doi: 10.1038/nature19091.
- Morlok, A., Stojic, A., Weber, I., Hiesinger, H., Zanetti, M., and Helbert, J. . “Mid-infrared bi-directional reflectance spectroscopy of impact melt glasses and tektites.” Icarus, № 278: 162–179. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2016.06.013.
- Morlok, A., Stojic, A., Dittmar, I., et al. . “Mid-infrared spectroscopy of impactites from the Nördlinger Ries impact crater.” Icarus, № 264: 352–368. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2015.10.003.
- Weber, I., Morlok, A., Bischoff, A., et al. . “Cosmochemical and spectroscopic properties of Northwest Africa 7325-A consortium study.” Meteoritics and Planetary Science, № 51 (1): 3–30. doi: 10.1111/maps.12586.
- Weber, I., Böttger, U., Pavlov, S.G., Jessberger, E.K., and Hübers, H.-W. . “Mineralogical and Raman spectroscopy studies of natural olivines exposed to different planetary environments.” Planetary and Space Science, № 104 (B): 163–172.
Research Articles (Journals)
- Peter, G., Helbert, J., Hiesinger, H., et al. . “The Developing of MERTIS as an advanced process – From the study up to the flight model.” Proceedings of SPIE, № 8867 doi: 10.1117/12.2024375.
Research Article (Book Contributions)
- Böttger, U., Hermelink, A., de Vera, J.-P., Fritz, J., Weber, I., and Schulze-Makuch, D.and Hübers H.W. . “Application of Raman Spectroscopy as in-situ technology for the search for life.” in Habitability of Other Planets and Satellites., edited by Seckbach J. and de Vera J.P.. Düsseldorf: Springer VDI Verlag.
- Böttger, U., de Vera, J.-P., Fritz, J., Weber, I., Hübers, H.-W., and and, Schulze-Makuch D. . “Optimizing the Detection of Carotene in Cyanobacteria in a Martian Regolith Analogue with a Raman Laser Spectrometer on ExoMars.” Planetary and Space Science, № 60: 356–362.
- Zeh, T., Peter, G., Walter, I., et al. . “MERTIS - The Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer Onboard of the Mercury Planetary Orbiter.” Proceedings of ICSO, № 162
- Rost, D, Stephan, T, Greshake, A, et al. . “A combined ToF-SIMS and EMP/SEM study of a three-phase sympletictite in the Los Angeles basaltic shergottite.” Meteoritics and Planetary Science, № 44 (8): 1225–1237. doi: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb01219.x.
- Srinivasan, G, Whitehouse, MJ, Weber, I, and Yamaguchi, A. . “The Crystallization Age of Eucrite Zircon.” Science, № 317 (5836): 345–347. doi: 10.1126/science.1140264.
- Weber, I., Semenenko, V.P., Stephan, T., and Jessberger, E.K. . “TEM investigations of a “mysterite” inclusion from the Krymka LL-chondrite.” Meteoritics Planet. Science, № 2006 (41): 571–580.
- Semenenko, V.P., Jessberger, E.K., Chaussidon, M., Weber, I., Stephan, T., and Wies, C. . “Carbonaceous xenoliths in the Krymka LL3.1-chondrite: mysteries and established facts.” Geochemica Cosmo. Acta, № 2005 (69): 2165–2182.
- Weber, I., Bischoff, A., and Weber, D. . “TEM investigations on the monomict ureilites Jalanash and Hammadah al Hamra 064.” Meteoritics Planet. Science, № 38: 145–156.
- Semenenko, V.P., Bischoff, A., Weber, I., Perron, C., and Girich, A.L. . “Mineralogy of fine-grained material in the Krymka (LL3) chondrite.” Meteoritics Planet. Science, № 36: 1067–1085.