Enhanced feedback performance in off-resonance AFM modes through pulse train sampling

• Mustafa Kangül,
• Navid Asmari,
• Santiago H. Andany,
• Marcos Penedo and
• Georg E. Fantner

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 134–143, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.13

• Mustafa Kangul Navid Asmari Santiago H. Andany Marcos Penedo Georg E. Fantner Laboratory for Bio- and Nano-Instrumentation, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland 10.3762/bjnano.15.13 Abstract Dynamic atomic force microscopy (AFM) modes that operate

Ultralow-energy amorphization of contaminated silicon samples investigated by molecular dynamics

• Grégoire R. N. Defoort-Levkov,
• Alan Bahm and
• Patrick Philipp

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 834–849, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.68

• Gregoire R. N. Defoort-Levkov Alan Bahm Patrick Philipp Advanced Instrumentation for Nano-Analytics (AINA), Materials Research and Technology Department (MRT), Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 4422 Belvaux, Luxembourg University of Luxembourg, 4365 Esch-sur-Alzette

Metal-organic framework-based nanomaterials as opto-electrochemical sensors for the detection of antibiotics and hormones: A review

• Akeem Adeyemi Oladipo,
• Saba Derakhshan Oskouei and
• Mustafa Gazi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 631–673, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.52

• ) sensors have been developed for antibiotic and hormone detection analyses to address the limitations of the standard analytical methods. These sensors’ advantages include high sensitivity, low cost, rapid analysis time, simplified operation without the need for complicated and expensive instrumentation

• instrumentation or highly skilled technical experts. Given the many benefits of nanomaterials, it is anticipated that the incorporation of nanotechnology in sensing would lead to the development of a diagnostic tool for detecting hormone and antibiotic residues in diverse single or multiple matrices. Other

Observation of multiple bulk bound states in the continuum modes in a photonic crystal cavity

• Rui Chen,
• Yi Zheng,
• Xingyu Huang,
• Qiaoling Lin,
• Chaochao Ye,
• Meng Xiong,
• Martijn Wubs,
• Yungui Ma,
• Minhao Pu and
• Sanshui Xiao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 544–551, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.45

• Rui Chen Yi Zheng Xingyu Huang Qiaoling Lin Chaochao Ye Meng Xiong Martijn Wubs Yungui Ma Minhao Pu Sanshui Xiao Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark State Key Lab of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Centre for Optical and

Gap-directed chemical lift-off lithographic nanoarchitectonics for arbitrary sub-micrometer patterning

• Chang-Ming Wang,
• Hong-Sheng Chan,
• Chia-Li Liao,
• Che-Wei Chang and
• Wei-Ssu Liao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 34–44, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.4

• operation. Comparison of recent techniques on SAM patterning. Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Prof. Hao-Ming Chen and Prof. Chun-Hsien Chen at National Taiwan University for instrument support. We also gratefully thank Ms. C.-Y. Chien and Ms. S.-J. Ji of the Instrumentation Center at NTU

Frequency-dependent nanomechanical profiling for medical diagnosis

• Santiago D. Solares and
• Alexander X. Cartagena-Rivera

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1483–1489, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.122

• implementation of rigorous viscoelastic analysis methods that correspond to the true physical behavior of biological systems (i.e., not elastic or pseudo-elastic treatments), a scientific instrumentation expert who can build and/or modify the required devices, a medical researcher, a clinician, a computer

Near-infrared photoactive Ag-Zn-Ga-S-Se quantum dots for high-performance quantum dot-sensitized solar cells

• Roopakala Kottayi,
• Ilangovan Veerappan and
• Ramadasse Sittaramane

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1337–1344, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.110

• . Acknowledgements The authors are grateful to the CIF of Pondicherry University and Sprint testing solution Mumbai for providing the instrumentation facilities. Funding This work was supported by Department of Science and Technology New Delhi under Women Scientist project scheme A (DST/WOS-A, No. SR/WOS-A/PM-81

A cantilever-based, ultrahigh-vacuum, low-temperature scanning probe instrument for multidimensional scanning force microscopy

• Hao Liu,
• Zuned Ahmed,
• Sasa Vranjkovic,
• Manfred Parschau,
• Andrada-Oana Mandru and
• Hans J. Hug

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1120–1140, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.95

• properties using multifrequency and multimodal AFM operation modes. Research of new quantum materials and devices, however, often requires low temperatures and ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) conditions and, more specifically, AFM instrumentation providing atomic resolution. For this, AFM instrumentation based on a

• , but also perform rapid overview scans with the tip kept at larger tip–sample distances for robust imaging. Keywords: atomic force microscopy; atomic resolution; instrumentation design; multimodal operation; ultrahigh vacuum; Introduction Atomic force microscopy (AFM) operated under vacuum or

• (PLL) driving the tuning fork oscillation do not occur. Furthermore, the tuning fork AFM does not require an extra deflection sensor such as the beam deflection or fiber-optical systems used for cantilever-based AFM, which substantially reduces instrumentation complexity. In fact, every existing

Influence of water contamination on the sputtering of silicon with low-energy argon ions investigated by molecular dynamics simulations

• Grégoire R. N. Defoort-Levkov,
• Alan Bahm and
• Patrick Philipp

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 986–1003, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.86

• Gregoire R. N. Defoort-Levkov Alan Bahm Patrick Philipp Advanced Instrumentation for Nano-Analytics (AINA), Materials Research and Technology Department (MRT), Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 4422 Belvaux, Luxembourg University of Luxembourg, 4365 Esch-sur-Alzette

Systematic studies into uniform synthetic protein nanoparticles

• Nahal Habibi,
• Ava Mauser,
• Jeffery E. Raymond and
• Joerg Lahann

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 274–283, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.22

• . Paclitaxel was traditionally formulated through solubilization with harsh solvents, which led to adverse side effects and special administration instrumentation [9]. While AbraxaneTM was first FDA-approved for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer, it has since been investigated for other cancers

• to nDLS; nDLS is the number DLS spectra obtained directly from the instrumentation and should be compared directly to nSEM data; iSEM represents a volumetric transform of the SEM data into histograms that are appropriate for comparison to the iDLS spectra; iDLS is the intensity DLS spectra obtained

• directly from the instrumentation and should be compared directly to iSEM data. EHD jetting process and SEM images of characteristic SPNPs. (a) Synthesis of various SPNPs comprised of (a1) single proteins or (a2) binary protein blends, and PEG macromers. (b–i) SEM images of single protein and blended SPNPs

Impact of device design on the electronic and optoelectronic properties of integrated Ru-terpyridine complexes

• Max Mennicken,
• Sophia Katharina Peter,
• Corinna Kaulen,
• Ulrich Simon and
• Silvia Karthäuser

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 219–229, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.16

• . Instrumentation X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurements were conducted with a PHI5000 VersaProbe II using monochromatic Al Kα radiation (1.486 keV). Survey scans (187.5 eV pass energy, 0.8 eV/step) and core level spectra (23.5 eV pass energy, 0.1 eV/step) of the elements C 1s, N 1s, O 1s, S 1s, Ru 3d

Use of nanosystems to improve the anticancer effects of curcumin

• Andrea M. Araya-Sibaja,
• Norma J. Salazar-López,
• Krissia Wilhelm Romero,
• José R. Vega-Baudrit,
• J. Abraham Domínguez-Avila,
• Carlos A. Velázquez Contreras,
• Ramón E. Robles-Zepeda,
• Mirtha Navarro-Hoyos and
• Gustavo A. González-Aguilar

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1047–1062, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.78

• disadvantages, such as the need for additional instrumentation to generate electromagnetic or ultrasonic waves, which may increase their cost and/or complexity. Curcumin (CUR) or diferuloylmethane is a phenolic compound extracted from turmeric (Curcuma longa) rhizomes. It is safe for human consumption [13] and

Modification of a SERS-active Ag surface to promote adsorption of charged analytes: effect of Cu²⁺ ions

• Bahdan V. Ranishenka,
• Andrei Yu. Panarin,
• Irina A. Chelnokova,
• Sergei N. Terekhov,
• Peter Mojzes and
• Vadim V. Shmanai

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 902–912, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.67

• chloride, sodium citrate, and other reagents, if not mentioned otherwise, were purchased from Merck and used without additional purification. Instrumentation and Software Absorption and extinction spectra of the samples were measured using PB 2201 spectrometers (SOLAR, Belarus). Scanning electronic

The role of convolutional neural networks in scanning probe microscopy: a review

• Ido Azuri,
• Irit Rosenhek-Goldian,
• Neta Regev-Rudzki,
• Georg Fantner and
• Sidney R. Cohen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 878–901, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.66

• Science, Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Rehovot 76100, Israel École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Laboratory for Bio- and Nano-Instrumentation, CH1015 Lausanne, Switzerland 10.3762/bjnano.12.66 Abstract Progress in computing capabilities has enhanced science in many ways. In recent years

Fate and transformation of silver nanoparticles in different biological conditions

• Barbara Pem,
• Marija Ćurlin,
• Darija Domazet Jurašin,
• Valerije Vrček,
• Rinea Barbir,
• Vedran Micek,
• Raluca M. Fratila,
• Jesus M. de la Fuente and
• Ivana Vinković Vrček

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 665–679, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.53

• diluted in different biological media. Acknowledgements The authors would like to acknowledge the Advanced Microscopy Laboratory (INMA-Universidad de Zaragoza) for the access to their instrumentation and expertise. Funding This study was based upon a collaborative work from COST Action CA 17140 "Cancer

Rapid controlled synthesis of gold–platinum nanorods with excellent photothermal properties under 808 nm excitation

• Jialin Wang,
• Qianqian Duan,
• Min Yang,
• Boye Zhang,
• Li Guo,
• Pengcui Li,
• Wendong Zhang and
• Shengbo Sang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 462–472, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.37

• of the Au@Pt NRs close to 808 nm is desirable. The optimized final dosage of each reagent and the experimental procedure are described in detail in part Experimental. What we want to emphasize here is that the synthesis only takes 3 h at 40 °C without the need for elaborate instrumentation. The

Toward graphene textiles in wearable eye tracking systems for human–machine interaction

• Ata Jedari Golparvar and
• Murat Kaya Yapici

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 180–189, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.14

• contact. As shown in the detailed hardware schematic in Figure 2, the circuit has second-order and fourth-order Butterworth high-pass and low-pass filters with cut-off frequencies of 0.5 Hz and 10 Hz, respectively, both based on Sallen–Key topology. The preferred instrumentation amplifier (INA122, Texas

A review on the green and sustainable synthesis of silver nanoparticles and one-dimensional silver nanostructures

• Sina Kaabipour and
• Shohreh Hemmati

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 102–136, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.9

Bulk chemical composition contrast from attractive forces in AFM force spectroscopy

• Dorothee Silbernagl,
• Media Ghasem Zadeh Khorasani,
• Natalia Cano Murillo,
• Anna Maria Elert and
• Heinz Sturm

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 58–71, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.5

• include additional Raman and IR instrumentation, respectively. The effort to perform TERS or AFM-IR experiments is only justified if a detailed analysis of the chemical structure is needed. In this study, however, we aim to identify the material contrast which is provided by more accessible in situ

Scanning transmission imaging in the helium ion microscope using a microchannel plate with a delay line detector

• Eduardo Serralta,
• Nico Klingner,
• Olivier De Castro,
• Michael Mousley,
• Santhana Eswara,
• Serge Duarte Pinto,
• Tom Wirtz and
• Gregor Hlawacek

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1854–1864, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.167

• , Dresden 01069, Germany Advanced Instrumentation for Nano-Analytics (AINA), MRT Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, 41, rue du Brill, L-4422, Belvaux, Luxembourg Photonis Netherlands B.V., Dwazziewegen 2, 9301 ZR Roden, Netherlands 10.3762/bjnano.11.167 Abstract A detection system

Cu₂O nanoparticles for the degradation of methyl parathion

• Juan Rizo,
• David Díaz,
• Benito Reyes-Trejo and
• M. Josefina Arellano-Jiménez

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1546–1555, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.137

• similar results. Likewise, degradation experiments in the darkness were also performed giving identical results to those under daylight thus photocatalytic degradation was ruled out. Instrumentation UV–vis electronic absorption spectra were acquired on an Ocean Optics CHEM-2000 spectrophotometer equipped

Cryogenic low-noise amplifiers for measurements with superconducting detectors

• Ilya L. Novikov,
• Boris I. Ivanov,
• Dmitri V. Ponomarev and
• Aleksey G. Vostretsov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1316–1320, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.115

• applications. These amplifiers, including instrumentation amplifiers, are usually built as fully monolithic integrated circuits. Due to the complicated circuit design, their parameters are not stable at temperatures below 240 K and they can not be used at cryogenics. However, it is known that single BJT

An atomic force microscope integrated with a helium ion microscope for correlative nanoscale characterization

• Santiago H. Andany,
• Gregor Hlawacek,
• Stefan Hummel,
• Charlène Brillard,
• Mustafa Kangül and
• Georg E. Fantner

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1272–1279, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.111

• Santiago H. Andany Gregor Hlawacek Stefan Hummel Charlene Brillard Mustafa Kangul Georg E. Fantner Laboratory for Bio- and Nano-Instrumentation, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Helmholtz

• and materials research community. Instrumentation Spatial constraints inside SEMs and ion microscopes often dictate the feasibility of the integration of the AFM. Compact AFM setups have to fit around the host microscope as not to hinder excessively its capabilities. The reported AFM integration is

Stochastic excitation for high-resolution atomic force acoustic microscopy imaging: a system theory approach

• Edgar Cruz Valeriano,
• José Juan Gervacio Arciniega,
• Christian Iván Enriquez Flores,
• Susana Meraz Dávila,
• Joel Moreno Palmerin,
• Martín Adelaido Hernández Landaverde,
• Yuri Lizbeth Chipatecua Godoy,
• Aime Margarita Gutiérrez Peralta,
• Rafael Ramírez Bon and
• José Martín Yañez Limón

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 703–716, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.58

• properties of a material. S-AFAM is implemented and compared with a conventional technique (resonance tracking-atomic force acoustic microscopy, RT-AFAM). A sample of a graphite film on a glass substrate is analyzed. S-AFAM can be implemented in any AFM system due to its reduced instrumentation requirements

• [1][2]. However, each method has its limitations due to instrumentation capabilities and the geometry of the contact. Also, some of these methods can be destructive or provide only poor resolution because of the nanometric dimensions [1]. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a fundamental tool in

• though these methods offer reliable measurements, they can only measure one or three resonant vibrational modes with a relative frequency resolution, and in some cases, the involved instrumentation can be very complex [2][10][16][17][19]. This makes the system excitation restricted to purely sinusoidal

Silver-decorated gel-shell nanobeads: physicochemical characterization and evaluation of antibacterial properties

• Marta Bartel,
• Katarzyna Markowska,
• Marcin Strawski,
• Krystyna Wolska and
• Maciej Mazur

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 620–630, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.49

• –Hinton broth (MH; Biocorp Poland). The medium was supplemented with glucose when required (Chempur, Poland). For the analysis of bacterial viability the LIVE/DEAD BacLight bacterial viability kit (Promega) was used. Instrumentation Microscopy Scanning electron microscopy and electron microprobe (EDS