Vinorelbine-loaded multifunctional magnetic nanoparticles as anticancer drug delivery systems: synthesis, characterization, and in vitro release study

• Zeynep Özcan and
• Afife Binnaz Hazar Yoruç

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 256–269, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.24

• drug delivery systems to formulate more effective cancer treatments, thereby addressing the current limitations encountered within this field of study. Functional nanostructures have been designed to mitigate potential harm to healthy tissue caused by these techniques [6]. Additionally, they facilitate

Molecular nanoarchitectonics: unification of nanotechnology and molecular/materials science

• Katsuhiko Ariga

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 434–453, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.35

• expected to pave the way for further functional nanostructures. In organic molecules and materials, the electronic structure and physical properties can be modified by replacing carbon with silicon. For example, silicon-substituted graphene-based materials exhibit exotic properties. However, it is

Frontiers of nanoelectronics: intrinsic Josephson effect and prospects of superconducting spintronics

• Anatolie S. Sidorenko,
• Horst Hahn and
• Vladimir Krasnov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 79–82, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.9

• : artificial neural networks; functional nanostructures; intrinsic Josephson effect; nanoelectronics; spintronics; The twenty-first century is marked by an explosive growth in the flow of information, which is necessary to process, archive, and transmit data through communication systems. For that purpose

• development in superconducting spintronics, based on functional nanostructures and Josephson junctions, has taken place [13][14]. The implementation of such devices in building blocks for quantum computers and for novel computers using non-von Neumann architecture with brain-like artificial neural networks

• scattering times has been carried out [27]. In addition, the volume also highlights some other interesting effects in S/F functional nanostructures, which may be implemented in future spintronics devices. The concept of this thematic issue was developed during the International SPINTECH Conference “NANO-2021

Tunable superconducting neurons for networks based on radial basis functions

• Andrey E. Schegolev,
• Nikolay V. Klenov,
• Sergey V. Bakurskiy,
• Igor I. Soloviev,
• Mikhail Yu. Kupriyanov,
• Maxim V. Tereshonok and
• Anatoli S. Sidorenko

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 444–454, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.37

• Engineering and Nanotechnologies ASM, MD2028 Kishinev, Moldova Laboratory of Functional Nanostructures, Orel State University named after I.S. Turgenev, 302026, Orel, Russia 10.3762/bjnano.13.37 Abstract The hardware implementation of signal microprocessors based on superconducting technologies seems

In situ transport characterization of magnetic states in Nb/Co superconductor/ferromagnet heterostructures

• Olena M. Kapran,
• Roman Morari,
• Taras Golod,
• Evgenii A. Borodianskyi,
• Vladimir Boian,
• Andrei Prepelita,
• Nikolay Klenov,
• Anatoli S. Sidorenko and
• Vladimir M. Krasnov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 913–923, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.68

• Functional Nanostructures, Orel State University named after I.S. Turgenev, 302026, Russia 10.3762/bjnano.12.68 Abstract Employment of the non-trivial proximity effect in superconductor/ferromagnet (S/F) heterostructures for the creation of novel superconducting devices requires accurate control of magnetic

Functional nanostructures for electronics, spintronics and sensors

• Anatolie S. Sidorenko

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1704–1706, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.152

• Anatolie S. Sidorenko D. Ghitu Institute of Electronic Engineering and Nanotechnologies, Chisinau, Moldova and Orel State University, Orel, Russia 10.3762/bjnano.11.152 Keywords: functional nanostructures; nanoelectronics; post-Moore generation; sensors; spintronics; supercomputers

• ; Nanotechnology and functional nanostructures, exciting trends of the 21st century, are topics that have penetrated and influenced nearly all areas of human activity: from microelectronics to biology, from aerospace to medicine, from agriculture to novel materials engineering. One of the areas of nanoscience and

• nanotechnology that is developing especially rapidly is research on functional nanostructures for targeted applications. One of the most important and promising of these targeted applications are superconducting spintronic nanostructures for supercomputers of novel, “post-Moore” generation. The exponential

Controlling the proximity effect in a Co/Nb multilayer: the properties of electronic transport

• Sergey Bakurskiy,
• Mikhail Kupriyanov,
• Nikolay V. Klenov,
• Igor Soloviev,
• Andrey Schegolev,
• Roman Morari,
• Yury Khaydukov and
• Anatoli S. Sidorenko

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1336–1345, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.118

• Electronic Engineering and Nanotechnologies ASM, MD2028 Kishinev, Moldova Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstraße 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany Laboratory of Functional Nanostructures, Orel State University named after I.S. Turgenev, 302026, Orel, Russia 10.3762/bjnano.11.118 Abstract

Advanced hybrid nanomaterials

• Andreas Taubert,
• Fabrice Leroux,
• Pierre Rabu and
• Verónica de Zea Bermudez

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2563–2567, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.247

• the current trends in the field of hybrid materials but also a special focus on the comprehensive elaboration of new functional nanostructures. It also illustrates the consistently high potential of hybrid materials for numerous applications. We hope that readers will enjoy this reference work and

Know your full potential: Quantitative Kelvin probe force microscopy on nanoscale electrical devices

• Amelie Axt,
• Ilka M. Hermes,
• Victor W. Bergmann,
• Niklas Tausendpfund and
• Stefan A. L. Weber

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1809–1819, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.172

• surface potential measurements are crucial for understanding the operation principles of functional nanostructures in these electronic devices. Nevertheless, KPFM is prone to certain imaging artifacts, such as crosstalk from topography or stray electric fields. Here, we compare different amplitude

A robust AFM-based method for locally measuring the elasticity of samples

• Alexandre Bubendorf,
• Stefan Walheim,
• Thomas Schimmel and
• Ernst Meyer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1–10, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.1

• Stefan Walheim acknowledge the financial support by the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung within the Research Network ”Functional Nanostructures”. We especially thank Alexis Baratoff for rewarding discussions about contact AFM and polymer elasticity.

Physics, chemistry and biology of functional nanostructures III

• Anatolie S. Sidorenko

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 590–591, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.63

• Anatolie S. Sidorenko D. Ghitsu Institute of Electronic Engineering and Nanotechnologies ASM, Academiei Str. 3/3, MD2028 Kishinev, Moldova 10.3762/bjnano.8.63 Keywords: functional nanostructures; nanomaterials; nanotechnology; sensors; Nanoscience and Nanotechnology became the trend of the 21st

• century, influencing many areas such as electronics, biology, medicine, aerospace, agriculture, and the engineering of novel materials. Recently a new aspect of nanoscience and nanotechnology appeared and has been rising rapidly ever since: functional nanostructures, intelligent nanostructures for

• targeted applications. In the present Thematic Series a bright spectrum of such targeted functional nanostructures is presented demonstrating the unique possibilities of engineering at the nanometer scale. The self-organization of nanoparticles, nanowires or nanotubes and the introduction of those

Copper atomic-scale transistors

• Fangqing Xie,
• Maryna N. Kavalenka,
• Moritz Röger,
• Daniel Albrecht,
• Hendrik Hölscher,
• Jürgen Leuthold and
• Thomas Schimmel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 530–538, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.57

• Nanostructures (CFN), project B1.6 and B5.1, and the Landesstiftung Baden-Württemberg within the Network of Excellence “Functional Nanostructures”. We are grateful to the Rohm and Haas Company for a donation of the copper electrolyte additives. This work was partly carried out with the support of the Karlsruhe

• are the measured data and the lines are guides to the eye. Acknowledgements This work was supported in part by the Funding Initiative of the VolkswagenStiftung: Integration of Molecular Components in Functional Macroscopic Systems, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft within the Center for Functional

Template-controlled piezoactivity of ZnO thin films grown via a bioinspired approach

• Nina J. Blumenstein,
• Fabian Streb,
• Stefan Walheim,
• Thomas Schimmel,
• Zaklina Burghard and
• Joachim Bill

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 296–303, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.32

• 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, D-76344, Germany Institute of Applied Physics and Center for Functional Nanostructures, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Wolfgang-Gaede-Strasse 1, Karlsruhe, D-76131, Germany 10.3762/bjnano.8.32 Abstract Biomaterials are used as model systems for the deposition

Sub-nanosecond light-pulse generation with waveguide-coupled carbon nanotube transducers

• Felix Pyatkov,
• Svetlana Khasminskaya,
• Vadim Kovalyuk,
• Frank Hennrich,
• Manfred M. Kappes,
• Gregory N. Goltsman,
• Wolfram H. P. Pernice and
• Ralph Krupke

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 38–44, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.5

• -0005. W.P. also acknowledges support by the DFG and the State of Baden-Württemberg through the DFG-Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN). F.H., M.M.K.and R.K. acknowledge support by Helmholtz Association through program Science and Technology of Nanosystems (STN) and by the Karlsruhe Nano Micro

Nonlinear thermoelectric effects in high-field superconductor-ferromagnet tunnel junctions

• Stefan Kolenda,
• Peter Machon,
• Detlef Beckmann and
• Wolfgang Belzig

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1579–1585, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.152

• normalized cooling power for the same parameters as panel (b) and V < 0. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 138: Details of experimental procedures and theoretical model. Acknowledgements We acknowledge financial support by the competence network “Functional Nanostructures” of the Baden

Role of solvents in the electronic transport properties of single-molecule junctions

• Katharina Luka-Guth,
• Sebastian Hambsch,
• Andreas Bloch,
• Philipp Ehrenreich,
• Bernd Michael Briechle,
• Filip Kilibarda,
• Torsten Sendler,
• Dmytro Sysoiev,
• Thomas Huhn,
• Artur Erbe and
• Elke Scheer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1055–1067, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.99

• , L. Gerhard, W. Wulfhekel, and W. Hong are gratefully acknowledged. This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through SFB767, by the Research Network “Functional Nanostructures” of the Baden-Württemberg Foundation, and by the Helmholtz Association through IHRS for Nanoelectronic

Reconstitution of the membrane protein OmpF into biomimetic block copolymer–phospholipid hybrid membranes

• Matthias Bieligmeyer,
• Franjo Artukovic,
• Stephan Nussberger,
• Thomas Hirth,
• Thomas Schiestel and
• Michaela Müller

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 881–892, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.80

• . Acknowledgements M.B. likes to thank the Fund of the German Chemical Industry for the Kekulé Fellowship and the Elite Network of Bavaria for intellectual support. The electrophysiology study was partly supported by a Competence Network on Functional Nanostructures grant of the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung (TP-A03

Thermo-voltage measurements of atomic contacts at low temperature

• Ayelet Ofarim,
• Bastian Kopp,
• Thomas Möller,
• León Martin,
• Johannes Boneberg,
• Paul Leiderer and
• Elke Scheer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 767–775, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.68

• recipes on insulating substrates with us. We gratefully acknowledge financial support by the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung within the Network of Excellence “Functional Nanostructures”, by the DFG through SFB 767 and by the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation.

Novel roles for well-known players: from tobacco mosaic virus pests to enzymatically active assemblies

• Claudia Koch,
• Fabian J. Eber,
• Carlos Azucena,
• Alexander Förste,
• Stefan Walheim,
• Thomas Schimmel,
• Alexander M. Bittner,
• Holger Jeske,
• Hartmut Gliemann,
• Sabine Eiben,
• Fania C. Geiger and
• Christina Wege

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 613–629, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.54

• Nanotechnology (INT) and Karlsruhe Institute of Applied Physics (IAP) and Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), INT: Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, D-76344, Germany, and IAP/CFN: Wolfgang-Gaede-Straße 1, Karlsruhe, D-76131 Germany CIC

• Schweikert. Discussions with Angela Schneider, Nana Wenz, Klara Altintoprak and Martin Paul were always of great help. We acknowledge the Baden-Wuerttemberg-Stiftung, Network of Competence: Functional Nanostructures (KFN) for funding and the DFG (SPP1569) and the Carl-Zeiss Stiftung and the University of

First-principles study of the structure of water layers on flat and stepped Pb electrodes

• Xiaohang Lin,
• Ferdinand Evers and
• Axel Groß

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 533–543, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.47

• transport properties of the switch are concerned. Acknowledgements Financial support by the Baden-Württemberg Foundation through the project C3 within the network “Functional Nanostructures” is gratefully acknowledged. Computational resources have been provided by the bwHPC5 project of the Federal State of

Rigid multipodal platforms for metal surfaces

• Michal Valášek,
• Marcin Lindner and
• Marcel Mayor

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 374–405, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.34

Single-molecule magnet behavior in 2,2’-bipyrimidine-bridged dilanthanide complexes

• Wen Yu,
• Frank Schramm,
• Eufemio Moreno Pineda,
• Yanhua Lan,
• Olaf Fuhr,
• Jinjie Chen,
• Hironari Isshiki,
• Wolfgang Wernsdorfer,
• Wulf Wulfhekel and
• Mario Ruben

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 126–137, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.15

• Surface-deposited Molecular Magnets” released in the call “Functional Nanostructures” from the German Baden-Würtemberg Foundation. W.W. and M.R. acknowledge support from the EU with the FP7 FET-Proactive project MoQuaS N. 610449 and with the AgenceNationale de la Recherche project MolQuSpin, N. ANR-13

Chemical bath deposition of textured and compact zinc oxide thin films on vinyl-terminated polystyrene brushes

• Nina J. Blumenstein,
• Caroline G. Hofmeister,
• Peter Lindemann,
• Cheng Huang,
• Johannes Baier,
• Andreas Leineweber,
• Stefan Walheim,
• Christof Wöll,
• Thomas Schimmel and
• Joachim Bill

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 102–110, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.12

• Interfaces, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany Institute of Applied Physics and Center for Functional Nanostructures, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Wolfgang-Gaede-Strasse 1, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany Institute of

• bands of the ester group. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 120: Results of IRRAS measurements on the PS brushes grafted to Si before and after modification. Acknowledgements Funding by the Baden-Wuerttemberg Stiftung within the Research Network of Excellence “Functional

• Nanostructures” is gratefully acknowledged. We thank M. Dudek and F. Predel (both MPI-IS) for the XRD and SEM measurements, respectively. We thank Prof. Dr. P. A. van Aken (MPI-IS) for providing the SEM. The provision of SiO2-coated Au wafers by Harald Leiste and Stefan Zils is gratefully acknowledged.

Blue and white light emission from zinc oxide nanoforests

• Nafisa Noor,
• Luca Lucera,
• Thomas Capuano,
• Venkata Manthina,
• Alexander G. Agrios,
• Helena Silva and
• Ali Gokirmak

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 2463–2469, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.255

• indicate that the dielectric breakdown of ZnO, sublimation, and plasma formation processes are the underlying mechanisms. Keywords: electrical stress; light emission; nanoforest; plasma; zinc oxide; Introduction The interest in environmentally friendly semiconductors, biocompatible [1], functional

• nanostructures [2], nanoscale electronic devices and large area electronics has led to significant research efforts in metal-oxide semiconductors such as ZnO. ZnO is a common, low-cost, antibacterial [3] material that forms various nanostructures depending on the process conditions. It is a direct and wide band

Template-controlled mineralization: Determining film granularity and structure by surface functionality patterns

• Nina J. Blumenstein,
• Jonathan Berson,
• Stefan Walheim,
• Petia Atanasova,
• Johannes Baier,
• Joachim Bill and
• Thomas Schimmel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1763–1768, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.180

• -Helmholtz-Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, D-76344, Germany Institute of Applied Physics and Center for Functional Nanostructures, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Wolfgang-Gaede-Strasse 1, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany 10.3762/bjnano.6.180 Abstract We present a promising first example towards

• +). Acknowledgements We thank Peter Gerstel for experimental support and helpful discussions. This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) within the Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN) and by the Baden-Wuerttemberg Stiftung within the Network of Excellence “Functional Nanostructures