Potential of a deep eutectic solvent in silver nanoparticle fabrication for antibiotic residue detection

• Le Hong Tho,
• Bui Xuan Khuyen,
• Ngoc Xuan Dat Mai and
• Nhu Hoa Thi Tran

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 426–434, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.38

• dispersing the Ag NP suspension via its hydrogen bonding networks [30], which increases the possibility of linkage formation between –NH2 groups of 3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) and Ag NPs. This eventually explains the evenness of the Ag NPs-DES thin film. Another type of selectivity test was carried

• DES in nanomaterials fabrication and a possible guidance for low-cost and effective SERS substrate construction in biosensors. Experimental Chemicals ʟ-Ascorbic acid (AA, C6H8O6, 99%), silver nitrate (AgNO3, 99%), (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES, 99%), NFT (C8H6N4O5, 98%), and SDZ (C10H10N4O2S

Liquid phase exfoliation of talc: effect of the medium on flake size and shape

• Samuel M. Sousa,
• Helane L. O. Morais,
• Joyce C. C. Santos,
• Ana Paula M. Barboza,
• Bernardo R. A. Neves,
• Elisângela S. Pinto and
• Mariana C. Prado

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 68–78, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.8

• measurements were performed on silicon substrates with an oxide layer, Si/SiOx. Substrates were functionalized with (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) following the procedure reported by Fernandes and co-workers [24]. X-ray diffraction. XRD was performed in a Rigaku Geigerflex 2037 diffractometer with a

Self-assembly and wetting properties of gold nanorod–CTAB molecules on HOPG

• Imtiaz Ahmad,
• Floor Derkink,
• Tim Boulogne,
• Pantelis Bampoulis,
• Harold J. W. Zandvliet,
• Hidayat Ullah Khan,
• Rahim Jan and
• E. Stefan Kooij

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 696–705, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.69

• , 99%, Aldrich), hydrochloric acid (HCl, 37%, Merck), (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES, 99%, Acros), and sodium citrate (99%, Aldrich) were all used as received without further purification. The water used in the synthesis was of Milli-Q quality (18.2 MΩ cm), produced in a Simplicity 185 system

Commercial polycarbonate track-etched membranes as substrates for low-cost optical sensors

• Paula Martínez-Pérez and
• Jaime García-Rupérez

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 677–683, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.67

• developed by Aran and co-workers [13], the PCTE membrane can be covalently attached to the silicon surface employing (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) as a crosslinking reagent, which would avoid folding or displacement of the membrane during the sensing experiments. When measuring the optical response

Colloidal chemistry with patchy silica nanoparticles

• Pierre-Etienne Rouet,
• Cyril Chomette,
• Laurent Adumeau,
• Etienne Duguet and
• Serge Ravaine

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2989–2998, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.278

• two-step approach (Figure 2a). First, amine groups were grafted onto the silica surface by reaction with (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES). In a second step, the amine groups were subsequently treated with succinic anhydride in the presence of triethylamine (TEA) to convert amino groups into

• %), methacryloxypropylyltriethoxysilane (MPS, Aldrich, 98%), (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES, Aldrich, 99%), triethylamine (TEA, Sigma-Aldrich, 99%), sodium persulfate (Sigma-Aldrich, 99%), Symperonic® NP30 (Aldrich), sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS, Sigma-Aldrich, >90%), tetraethoxysilane (TEOS, Sigma-Aldrich, 99%), ammonia (30% in

Bright fluorescent silica-nanoparticle probes for high-resolution STED and confocal microscopy

• Isabella Tavernaro,
• Christian Cavelius,
• Henrike Peuschel and
• Annette Kraegeloh

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1283–1296, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.130

• before embedding into the silica particle matrix (Scheme 1). A cysteic acid spacer was introduced between dye and (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) linker to provide negatively charged sulfonic acid groups (Scheme 1A). This pre-synthesis modification step was necessary, since attempts to incorporate

• type ELIX 20, Millipore Corp., USA). L-arginine, cysteic acid monohydrate, tetraethoxysilane (TEOS), (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES), triethylamine (NEt3), N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS), 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylamino-propyl)carbodiimide (EDC), cyclohexane, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and ethanol were

Peptide-equipped tobacco mosaic virus templates for selective and controllable biomineral deposition

• Klara Altintoprak,
• Axel Seidenstücker,
• Alexander Welle,
• Sabine Eiben,
• Petia Atanasova,
• Nina Stitz,
• Alfred Plettl,
• Joachim Bill,
• Hartmut Gliemann,
• Holger Jeske,
• Dirk Rothenstein,
• Fania Geiger and
• Christina Wege

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1399–1412, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.145

• -aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) [64]. All TMV templates with absolute ZP magnitudes above 50 mV showed a good dispersion in the mineralization solution, while TMV–AH, –44C and –31C did not form stable suspensions. At different reaction times, products were collected by centrifugation. After seven days of

• used for the TEOS-mediated silicification of bare [21][34][64][65][83] or aniline-coated [26] TMV. Those protocols all employed reaction mixes of either alkaline or significantly lower pH (in most cases in buffer-free solutions) in variable ethanol concentrations and in one study supplemented by (3

Modification of a single-molecule AFM probe with highly defined surface functionality

• Fei Long,
• Bin Cao,
• Ashok Khanal,
• Shiyue Fang and
• Reza Shahbazian-Yassar

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 2122–2128, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.221

• . After rinsing with water three times, the probes were washed with methanol (two times) and chloroform (two times) and dried in a stream of argon. For amination, the probes were suspended above (3 cm) a solution of 8% (v/v) (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) in toluene in a desiccator filled with dry

A sonochemical approach to the direct surface functionalization of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles with (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane

• Bashiru Kayode Sodipo and
• Azlan Abdul Aziz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1472–1476, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.160

• Sains Malaysia, 11800 Pulau Pinang, Malaysia 10.3762/bjnano.5.160 Abstract We report a sonochemical method of functionalizing superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION) with (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES). Mechanical stirring, localized hot spots and other unique conditions generated by

• reaction time was greatly minimized. More importantly, the product displayed superparamagnetic behaviour at room temperature with a more than 20% higher saturation magnetization. Keywords: (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES); functionalization; nanoparticles; silanization; sonochemical

• cause them to agglomerate in ionic solution [1]. In addition, SPION exhibit a lack of affinity for biomolecules. One of the methods used to minimize these effects is through surface modification or functionalization of the SPION. Organic compounds, such as (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES), are

Near-field photochemical and radiation-induced chemical fabrication of nanopatterns of a self-assembled silane monolayer

• Ulrich C. Fischer,
• Carsten Hentschel,
• Florian Fontein,
• Linda Stegemann,
• Christiane Hoeppener,
• Harald Fuchs and
• Stefanie Hoeppener

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1441–1449, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.156

• -assembled monolayer (SAM) of (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) is explored with three different processes: 1) a near-field photochemical process by photochemical bleaching of a monomolecular layer of dye molecules chemically bound to an APTES SAM, 2) a chemical process induced by oxygen plasma etching

• plasma or UV–ozone processing [26]. In process 2, oxygen-plasma induced nanostructuring, an oxygen plasma leads primarily to the chemical destruction of the amino groups of an (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) SAM. For this process the close contact between mask and the very thin SAM substrate is

Polymer blend lithography: A versatile method to fabricate nanopatterned self-assembled monolayers

• Cheng Huang,
• Markus Moosmann,
• Jiehong Jin,
• Tobias Heiler,
• Stefan Walheim and
• Thomas Schimmel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 620–628, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.71

• inducing breath figures (evaporated condensed entity) at higher humidity during the spin-coating process. Here we demonstrate the formation of a lateral pattern consisting of regions covered with 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecyltrichlorosilane (FDTS) and (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES), and at the same

• embedded PS droplets. This provides the opportunity to design a three-phase pattern as described below. The (water) holes can directly be filled with a silane monolayer. Here we used the (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) molecule exposing an amino-functional group. After removal of the PMMA layer with

• mask can be alternatively dissolved in THF, following the protocol described above for acetic acid. For the three-phase template the (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES, Aldrich) SAM was deposited onto the silicon surface inside the holes of the lithographic mask in the gas phase, shown in Figure 5a

FTIR nanobiosensors for Escherichia coli detection

• Stefania Mura,
• Gianfranco Greppi,
• Maria Laura Marongiu,
• Pier Paolo Roggero,
• Sandeep P. Ravindranath,
• Lisa J. Mauer,
• Nicoletta Schibeci,
• Francesco Perria,
• Massimo Piccinini,
• Plinio Innocenzi and
• Joseph Irudayaraj

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 485–492, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.55

• were used without further purification. Titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4, >98%), anhydrous ethanol (EtOH, >99.9%), bidistilled water, acetone (>99.8%), and toluene (>99.5%), were purchased from Carlo Erba (Italy). Pluronic F-127 (cell culture test), (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES, >98

Macromolecular shape and interactions in layer-by-layer assemblies within cylindrical nanopores

• Thomas D. Lazzara,
• K. H. Aaron Lau,
• Wolfgang Knoll,
• Andreas Janshoff and
• Claudia Steinem

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 475–484, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.54

• . Louis, MO, USA). (3-Aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) was purchased from Fluka (Steinheim, Germany). Oxalic acid dihydrate was from AppliChem (Darmstadt, Germany) and phosphoric acid 85% was purchased from Acros Chemicals (New Jersey, NJ, USA). Al foil (0.25 mm thick, purity: 99.999%) was purchased

Microfluidic anodization of aluminum films for the fabrication of nanoporous lipid bilayer support structures

• Jaydeep Bhattacharya,
• Alexandre Kisner,
• Andreas Offenhäusser and
• Bernhard Wolfrum

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 104–109, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.12

• -aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) was prepared in pure ethanol. The solution was mixed with a 0.1 M acetate buffer (pH 5.1) to a final concentration of 5% (v/v) buffered APTES. This solution was stirred mechanically for 5 min and passed through the microfluidic channel at 500 µL/h for 2 h at 22 °C. The

• nanoporous membrane for lipid bilayer formation, the nanoporous alumina surface was first subjected to silanization. The silanization was carried out in the solution phase according to the method described by Steinle and coworkers [37][38] with slight modifications. Briefly, a 10% (v/v) solution of (3