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

• effects of cancer drugs or to significantly increase clinical compliance. Zhao et al. synthesized vinorelbine-loaded and RGD-functionalized polydopamine-coated Fe3O4 superparticles via thermal decomposition [34]. Our study utilizes a solvothermal method to synthesize nanostructures with a spherical

Low temperature atomic layer deposition of cobalt using dicobalt hexacarbonyl-1-heptyne as precursor

• Mathias Franz,
• Mahnaz Safian Jouzdani,
• Lysann Kaßner,
• Marcus Daniel,
• Frank Stahr and
• Stefan E. Schulz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 951–963, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.78

• tool. Schematic sketch of the structure of the precursor [Co2(CO)6HC≡CC5H11]. Influence of deposition temperature on film growth rate of continuous CVD depositions. The film growth is based only on thermal decomposition of the precursor. Temperature dependence of inhibition time (red dots) and CVD

• deposition is determined by the self-limiting behaviour of surface adsorption, and the reaction is completed in the second half cycle with an additional reactant. Therefore, the growth rate is nearly independent of the cycle time. The upper limit for this self-limiting growth is usually the thermal

• decomposition of one of the precursors. In this case, the process is within the regime of chemical vapour deposition (CVD), resulting in a continuous film growth. It is therefore essential to carry out the ALD process in a way that the first precursor only reacts with the second precursor during the second half

Upscaling the urea method synthesis of CoAl layered double hydroxides

• Camilo Jaramillo-Hernández,
• Víctor Oestreicher,
• Martín Mizrahi and
• Gonzalo Abellán

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 927–938, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.76

• of the structural features of the scale-up samples determined by extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) measurements, the used model, and the corresponding fits can be found in Supporting Information File 1 (Figure S9 and Table S3). Thermal decomposition in both inert (nitrogen) and

Two-step single-reactor synthesis of oleic acid- or undecylenic acid-stabilized magnetic nanoparticles by thermal decomposition

• Mykhailo Nahorniak,
• Pamela Pasetto,
• Jean-Marc Greneche,
• Volodymyr Samaryk,
• Sandy Auguste,
• Anthony Rousseau,
• Nataliya Nosova and
• Serhii Varvarenko

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 11–22, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.2

• . Keywords: Fe(III) acetylacetonate; iron oxide nanoparticles; maghemite; magnetic nanoparticles; magnetite; thermal decomposition synthesis; Introduction Magnetic nanoparticles are increasingly being used in various fields thanks to the recent progress in their controlled synthesis and knowledge of their

• makes them ideal candidates for magnetic-assisted targeted drug delivery [12]. Nanoscale magnetite can be obtained through well-known synthesis routes, such as hydrothermal synthesis, thermal decomposition, or co-precipitation [10][11]. Each of these synthetic approaches has certain advantages and

• disadvantages. One of the essential issues in many biomedical applications is the synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles with uniform size, chemical composition, and superparamagnetic properties. These requirements can be met by applying thermal decomposition, which is based on the decay of organic iron salts with

Hydroxyapatite–bioglass nanocomposites: Structural, mechanical, and biological aspects

• Olga Shikimaka,
• Mihaela Bivol,
• Bogdan A. Sava,
• Marius Dumitru,
• Christu Tardei,
• Beatrice G. Sbarcea,
• Daria Grabco,
• Constantin Pyrtsac,
• Daria Topal,
• Andrian Prisacaru,
• Vitalie Cobzac and
• Viorel Nacu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1490–1504, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.123

• HA inhibits the thermal decomposition of HA and significantly enhances bending strength and fracture toughness [30]. It was shown as well that B2O3 in the phosphate glass composition increases its hardness and fracture toughness [31]. The doping of bioglasses with Zn and Ce has two effects. On the

Structural studies and selected physical investigations of LiCoO₂ obtained by combustion synthesis

• Monika Michalska,
• Paweł Ławniczak,
• Tomasz Strachowski,
• Adam Ostrowski and
• Waldemar Bednarski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1473–1482, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.121

• [42], thermal decomposition [43], or microwave synthesis [44][45][46][47] have been used. Wet chemical synthesis allows for molecular-level mixing of the starting components, resulting in a very homogeneous product comprising fine particles and a large surface area. The stoichiometry of the product

Green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles toward highly efficient photocatalysis and antibacterial application

• Vo Thi Thu Nhu,
• Nguyen Duy Dat,
• Le-Minh Tam and
• Nguyen Hoang Phuong

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1108–1119, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.94

• microscopy (HR-TEM) on a JEOL JEM-2100. The thermal decomposition of zinc resinate to form ZnO NPs were studied by thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential thermal analysis (DTA) curves using thermal gravimetric analysis (DSC131, LABSYS TG/DSC1600, TMv), by heating up to 1000 °C at a heating rate

Nanoarchitectonics of the cathode to improve the reversibility of Li–O₂ batteries

• Hien Thi Thu Pham,
• Jonghyeok Yun,
• So Yeun Kim,
• Sang A Han,
• Jung Ho Kim,
• Jong-Won Lee and
• Min-Sik Park

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 689–698, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.61

• –C/CNT, Zn1Co1–C/CNT, and Zn4Co1–C/CNT composites were measured by EDS elemental mapping (Supporting Information File 1, Figure S2). Moreover, it should be noted that all the ZnxCoy–C particles exhibited a high concentration of N, mainly induced by thermal decomposition of 2-methylimidazole during

• ), indicating that Zn was easily evaporated during the carbonization process. From the C 1s and N 1s spectra (Supporting Information File 1, Figure S4), we found that N species could be spontaneously doped by the thermal decomposition of 2-methylimidazolate during carbonization. In practice, Zn1Co4/CNT

• ), as presented in Figure 5d. From the TGA curves, the weight losses were measured to be 6.1%, 9.2%, and 17.4% for Zn1Co4–C/CNT, Zn1Co1–C/CNT, and Zn4Co1–C/CNT composites, respectively. These weight losses were mainly due to thermal evaporation of adsorbed moisture and Zn, together with thermal

Tubular glassy carbon microneedles with fullerene-like tips for biomedical applications

• Sharali Malik and
• George E. Kostakis

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 455–461, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.38

• most important role in determining the nature of the resulting glassy carbon” [9]. Sharma has also coined the term “polymer-derived carbons” for glassy carbon made by the thermal decomposition of polymers, which accounts for virtually all the glassy carbons found in the literature to date. In this

Photothermal ablation of murine melanomas by Fe₃O₄ nanoparticle clusters

• Xue Wang,
• Lili Xuan and
• Ying Pan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 255–264, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.20

• Fe3O4 nanoparticles were synthesized via the thermal decomposition of precursor method as previously reported [22]. Specifically, under nitrogen atmosphere, a solution containing 0.01 mol 1,2-hexadecanediol and 20 mL dibenzyl ether was magnetically stirred within a three-necked flask (100 mL). Then

Irradiation-driven molecular dynamics simulation of the FEBID process for Pt(PF₃)₄

• Alexey Prosvetov,
• Alexey V. Verkhovtsev,
• Gennady Sushko and
• Andrey V. Solov’yov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1151–1172, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.86

• thermal decomposition, while dissociation mechanisms in FEBID are predominantly electron-induced reactions. While primary electron (PE) energies during FEBID are typically between 1 and 30 keV, chemical dissociation is most efficient for low-energy (up to several tens of electronvolts) secondary electrons

Solution combustion synthesis of a nanometer-scale Co₃O₄ anode material for Li-ion batteries

• Monika Michalska,
• Huajun Xu,
• Qingmin Shan,
• Shiqiang Zhang,
• Yohan Dall'Agnese,
• Yu Gao,
• Amrita Jain and
• Marcin Krajewski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 424–431, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.34

• been proposed including sol–gel methods [4][6][13][14][15], sol–electrospinning techniques [16][17][18][19], hydrothermal and solvothermal syntheses [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28], precipitation and co-precipitation [29][30][31], chemical thermal decomposition and pyrolysis [32][33][34][35][36

Nickel nanoparticle-decorated reduced graphene oxide/WO₃ nanocomposite – a promising candidate for gas sensing

• Ilka Simon,
• Alexandr Savitsky,
• Rolf Mülhaupt,
• Vladimir Pankov and
• Christoph Janiak

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 343–353, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.28

• the gas response were measured for 3500 ppm and 35,000 ppm acetone. Results and Discussion Ni@rGO synthesis The synthesis of nickel nanoparticles is well known and different methods such as thermal decomposition [44] or reductive hydrogenation [45] are used. Nickel nanoparticles with sizes below 10 nm

• (Figure 3). Therefore, the thermal decomposition of the WO3 xerogel leads to the formation of only one crystalline WO3 phase without crystalline by-products. The average size of WO3 nanoparticle crystallites, calculated from the powder pattern using the Scherrer equation, is 40 nm. The SEM images show

Effect of different silica coatings on the toxicity of upconversion nanoparticles on RAW 264.7 macrophage cells

• Cynthia Kembuan,
• Helena Oliveira and
• Christina Graf

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 35–48, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.3

• thermal decomposition method [47], yielding spherical particles with a low polydispersity (Figure 1A, STEM diameter (dSTEM) = 33 ± 2 nm). The hydrodynamic diameter (Z-average) was 47 ± 1 nm (polydispersity index, PDI = 0.38 ± 0.05). ICP-OES measurements yielded a percentual molar ratio of Y/Yb/Er = [74

Magnetic-field-assisted synthesis of anisotropic iron oxide particles: Effect of pH

• Andrey V. Shibaev,
• Petr V. Shvets,
• Darya E. Kessel,
• Roman A. Kamyshinsky,
• Anton S. Orekhov,
• Sergey S. Abramchuk,
• Alexei R. Khokhlov and
• Olga E. Philippova

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1230–1241, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.107

• ][30][31][32], solvothermal [33] and hydrothermal [34] reactions, the polyol method [35], dehydration or reduction of precursor rod-like particles [8][11], sonochemical oxidation [36], thermal decomposition [23][26], sol–gel reactions [37], synthesis in worm-like surfactant micellar solutions [38][39

Influence of the magnetic nanoparticle coating on the magnetic relaxation time

• Mihaela Osaci and
• Matteo Cacciola

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1207–1216, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.105

• additional step in which the hydrothermal method or thermal decomposition technique are used. The method used to obtain nanoparticles by thermal decomposition of an iron precursor in the presence of NaBH4 in a polyol was found to be suitable for size control in both chemical approaches [1][2][3][4][6]. Since

Plant growth regulation by seed coating with films of alginate and auxin-intercalated layered double hydroxides

• Vander A. de Castro,
• Valber G. O. Duarte,
• Danúbia A. C. Nobre,
• Geraldo H. Silva,
• Vera R. L. Constantino,
• Frederico G. Pinto,
• Willian R. Macedo and
• Jairo Tronto

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1082–1091, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.93

• mass and the fragments with m/z 18 and m/z 44 (water and carbon dioxide, respectively) are attributed to dehydroxylation and the thermal decomposition of the NAA anion. Considering the hydration water amount (9.6%), the NAA content in ZnAl-NAA-LDH determined by electronic absorption spectrophotometry

Gas-sensing features of nanostructured tellurium thin films

• Dumitru Tsiulyanu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1010–1018, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.85

• given to growing, studying and applying nanostructured Te. To achieve these goals, different and sometimes quite sophisticated chemical, electrochemical and physical methods have been developed. In line with this, Wang and collaborators [12] used thermal decomposition of Te dietyldithiocarbamato film to

Uniform Fe₃O₄/Gd₂O₃-DHCA nanocubes for dual-mode magnetic resonance imaging

• Miao Qin,
• Yueyou Peng,
• Mengjie Xu,
• Hui Yan,
• Yizhu Cheng,
• Xiumei Zhang,
• Di Huang,
• Weiyi Chen and
• Yanfeng Meng

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1000–1009, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.84

• synthesized in this work. During the first steps of the reaction, Fe3O4/Gd2O3-oleic acid (FGOA) nanocubes were produced by the thermal decomposition of the metal oleate mixtures. In this procedure, both the temperature and duration of the reaction play important roles in determining the nanocube size. The

• as a contrast agent for in vivo MRI. Conclusion Uniformly distributed FGDA nanocubes were synthesized via the thermal decomposition method. FGDA nanocubes had high r1 and r2 values which enhanced the MRI quality. The in vitro and in vivo toxicity assays demonstrated that the FGDA nanocubes did not

• similar way. Synthesis of Fe3O4/Gd2O3-OA (FGOA) nanocubes The uniformly distributed FGOA nanocubes were synthesized by the one-step thermal decomposition method. 1.12 g of metal oleate precursor, 0.17 mL of oleic acid and 15 mL of 1-octadecene were added into a 250 mL three-necked flask. The reaction

Atomic layer deposition for efficient oxygen evolution reaction at Pt/Ir catalyst layers

• Stefanie Schlicht,
• Korcan Percin,
• Stefanie Kriescher,
• André Hofer,
• Claudia Weidlich,
• Matthias Wessling and
• Julien Bachmann

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 952–959, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.79

• of the salts followed by their thermal decomposition. In the alternative method, more academic in nature, atomic layer deposition (ALD) is applied to the felts after anodization. ALD allows for a controlled coating with ultralow noble-metal loadings in narrow pores. In acidic electrolyte, the ALD

• the Ti support and subsequent thermal decomposition to the corresponding elements [16][17][18]. As an academic method yielding better control of the electrode surface geometry, we perform an “anodization” of the Ti fibers to generate an ordered porous layer, followed by atomic layer deposition (ALD

• ) of the Pt/Ir catalyst [19][20]. In the former procedure, which hereafter we will refer to as the “thermal decomposition” method, we aimed for a coating of salts of 2.0 mg·cm−2, corresponding to 750 μg·cm−2 of noble metal. Using the ALD method (the latter one), the loadings achieved were between 50

Nickel nanoparticles supported on a covalent triazine framework as electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction and oxygen reduction reactions

• Secil Öztürk,
• Yu-Xuan Xiao,
• Dennis Dietrich,
• Beatriz Giesen,
• Juri Barthel,
• Jie Ying,
• Xiao-Yu Yang and
• Christoph Janiak

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 770–781, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.62

• potential values calculated from (a); (c) ORR polarization curves for CTF-1-600 and Ni/CTF-1-600-22 after 2000 cycles, (d) half-wave potential values calculated from (c). Schematic representation of Ni/CTF-1 composite synthesis via microwave-assisted thermal decomposition of Ni(COD)2 in the presence of CTF

Preparation, characterization and photocatalytic performance of heterostructured CuO–ZnO-loaded composite nanofiber membranes

• Wei Fang,
• Liang Yu and
• Lan Xu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 631–650, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.50

• completely melts and the CNFMs lose the characteristics of nanofibers. As the temperature increases, CuO and ZnO nanoparticles formed by thermal decomposition of Cu(Ac)2 and Zn(Ac)2 appear. Figure 10c,d show that after heat treatment at temperatures of 120–140 °C, there are many evenly distributed CuO and

Size effects of graphene nanoplatelets on the properties of high-density polyethylene nanocomposites: morphological, thermal, electrical, and mechanical characterization

• Tuba Evgin,
• Alpaslan Turgut,
• Georges Hamaoui,
• Zdenko Spitalsky,
• Nicolas Horny,
• Matej Micusik,
• Mihai Chirtoc,
• Mehmet Sarikanat and
• Maria Omastova

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 167–179, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.14

• -based nanocomposites. The parameters for the thermal stabilities predicted by TGA are given in Table 3. TGA curves of the samples are shown in Figure 7. Figure 7 shows that pure HDPE and the three HDPE/GnP nanocomposites all demonstrated a single-step thermal decomposition behavior between almost 440 °C

• and 500 °C, indicating that the increment of the GnPs could not affect the thermal decomposition behavior of the pure matrix. It was clear that the HDPE/GnP nanocomposites demonstrated better thermal stability than pure HDPE. The thermal stability of the HDPE-based nanocomposites decreased at a low

• by increasing the content of all three GnPs. This was attributed to the high thermal stability of the GnPs, the GnPs’ shielding effect on the combustion gas diffusion into and out of the polymer during its thermal decomposition [18], the barrier effect of the GnPs, the removal of free radicals, which

Simple synthesis of nanosheets of rGO and nitrogenated rGO

• Pallellappa Chithaiah,
• Madhan Mohan Raju,
• Giridhar U. Kulkarni and
• C. N. R. Rao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 68–75, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.7

• , 560064, India 10.3762/bjnano.11.7 Abstract A green and facile approach has been developed for the large-scale synthesis of nanosheets of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and nitrogenated reduced graphene oxide (N-rGO). This has been achieved by direct thermal decomposition of sucrose and glycine at 475 °C

• hydrogen treated (H-rGO) samples. Keywords: nanosheets; nitrogenated reduced graphene oxide (N-rGO); reduced graphene oxide (rGO); supercapacitors; thermal decomposition; Introduction Graphene, the one atom thick two-dimensional material of sp2-hybridized carbon atoms has attracted much attention after

• . Therefore, searching for a new synthetic approach to obtain pure phases of rGO is a highly desirable and great challenge for materials chemists. Herein, we report for the first time a generic and rapid method for the synthesis of rGO nanosheets by direct thermal decomposition of sugar, without the use of

Synthesis of amorphous and graphitized porous nitrogen-doped carbon spheres as oxygen reduction reaction catalysts

• Maximilian Wassner,
• Markus Eckardt,
• Andreas Reyer,
• Thomas Diemant,
• Michael S. Elsaesser,
• R. Jürgen Behm and
• Nicola Hüsing

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1–15, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.1

• preparation, a droplet of ethanol containing the dispersed sample powder (ca. 1 mg·mL−1) was deposited on a carbonized Cu grid (Plano, Mesh 300), followed by evaporation of ethanol. For CHN elemental analysis, a Vario MICRO cube instrument (Elementar Analysensysteme GmbH) was used, the thermal decomposition