Electron transport through nanoscale multilayer graphene and hexagonal boron nitride junctions

• Aleksandar Staykov and
• Takaya Fujisaki

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 2132–2143, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.147

• sites and hinders the electron mobility [7]. In addition, zigzag and armchair edges in graphene nanoribbons will open the bandgap and create trapping sites. Thus, small graphene nanoribbons will show higher electrical resistance compared to larger nanoribbons and infinite two-dimensional sheets. The in

Electrical, photocatalytic, and sensory properties of graphene oxide and polyimide implanted with low- and medium-energy silver ions

• Josef Novák,
• Eva Štěpanovská,
• Petr Malinský,
• Vlastimil Mazánek,
• Jan Luxa,
• Ulrich Kentsch and
• Zdeněk Sofer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1794–1811, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.123

• disintegration of rhodamine B using UV light. The experimental results clearly confirmed that silver ion implantation led to a significant reduction in the surface electrical resistance of both GO and PI. Simultaneously, an enhancement of photocatalytic activity was observed, demonstrated by a faster degradation

Exploring the potential of polymers: advancements in oral nanocarrier technology

• Rousilândia de Araujo Silva,
• Igor Eduardo Silva Arruda,
• Luise Lopes Chaves,
• Mônica Felts de La Roca Soares and
• Jose Lamartine Soares Sobrinho

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1751–1793, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.122

• physiological pH 7.4, by enhancing penetration and opening epithelial tight junctions in basic and neutral environments, thereby improving the paracellular transport of the drug molecule and reducing transepithelial electrical resistance [135][136]. In this regard, Farhadian et al. [118] manufactured

Laser processing in liquids: insights into nanocolloid generation and thin film integration for energy, photonic, and sensing applications

• Akshana Parameswaran Sreekala,
• Pooja Raveendran Nair,
• Jithin Kundalam Kadavath,
• Bindu Krishnan,
• David Avellaneda Avellaneda,
• M. R. Anantharaman and
• Sadasivan Shaji

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1428–1498, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.104

• an electrical resistance of 3–5 Ω·cm. A thickness of 300 nm was recorded using a laser interferometer. The CdS/Si photodetector demonstrated that the junction exhibited proper rectification behavior and suggested that the CdS NPs may be a good nanomaterial for optoelectronic applications [109

High-temperature epitaxial growth of tantalum nitride thin films on MgO: structural evolution and potential for SQUID applications

• Michelle Cedillo Rosillo,
• Oscar Contreras López,
• Jesús Antonio Díaz,
• Agustín Conde Gallardo and
• Harvi A. Castillo Cuero

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 690–699, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.53

• superconducting films. Keywords: epitaxial growth; SQUID; structural evolution; superconductivity; TaN thin films; Introduction Superconductivity is a quantum mechanical phenomenon characterized by the complete absence of electrical resistance in certain materials when cooled below a critical superconducting

Functionalized gold nanoflowers on carbon screen-printed electrodes: an electrochemical platform for biosensing hemagglutinin protein of influenza A H1N1 virus

• Carlos Enrique Torres-Méndez,
• Sharmilee Nandi,
• Klara Martinovic,
• Patrizia Kühne,
• Yifan Liu,
• Sam Taylor,
• Maria Lysandrou,
• Maria Ines Berrojo Romeyro Mascarenhas,
• Viktoria Langwallner,
• Javier Enrique Sebastián Alonso,
• Ivana Jovanovic,
• Maike Lüftner,
• Georgia-Vasiliki Gkountana,
• David Bern,
• Abdul-Raouf Atif,
• Ehsan Manouchehri Doulabi,
• Gemma Mestres and
• Masood Kamali-Moghaddam

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 540–550, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.42

• forms. Electrochemical characterization Although CSPEs have advantageous features such as low cost and wide availability, they tend to possess a characteristic high electrical resistance due to the use of inks containing organic molecules and polymeric binders during the fabrication process [32]. This

Engineered PEG–PCL nanoparticles enable sensitive and selective detection of sodium dodecyl sulfate: a qualitative and quantitative analysis

• Soni Prajapati and
• Ranjana Singh

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 385–396, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.29

• assessed using the in vitro model system (MucilAir™) at a concentration of ≤10 mM. The study concluded that the release of IL-8 cytokines (≥0.063 mM) increased mucin secretion and decreased transepithelial electrical resistance (TEER) (≥1.25 mM), and the release of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) (≥2.5 mM) [9

Upper critical magnetic field in NbRe and NbReN micrometric strips

• Zahra Makhdoumi Kakhaki,
• Antonio Leo,
• Federico Chianese,
• Loredana Parlato,
• Giovanni Piero Pepe,
• Angela Nigro,
• Carla Cirillo and
• Carmine Attanasio

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 45–51, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.5

• properties have been analyzed by electrical resistance measurements using a standard four-probe technique in a Cryogenic Ltd. CFM9T cryogen-free system. The microstrips were biased with a current of Ib = 10 μA. During the measurements, the error on the temperature value was less than 10 mK. The

A TiO₂@MWCNTs nanocomposite photoanode for solar-driven water splitting

• Anh Quynh Huu Le,
• Ngoc Nhu Thi Nguyen,
• Hai Duy Tran,
• Van-Huy Nguyen and
• Le-Hai Tran

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1520–1530, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.125

• conductivity of TiO2 [37]. Table 1 shows the EIS parameters obtained from fitting the measured results with equivalent circuits. The R1 values illustrate a low electrical resistance of the 0.1 M KCl solution, while the R2 values show that the TiO2 electrode has the highest resistance among the prepared

Orally administered docetaxel-loaded chitosan-decorated cationic PLGA nanoparticles for intestinal tumors: formulation, comprehensive in vitro characterization, and release kinetics

• Sedat Ünal,
• Osman Doğan and
• Yeşim Aktaş

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1393–1407, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.115

• absorption of drugs. Therefore, the Caco-2 cell line derived from a human colorectal carcinoma was employed to simulate the epithelial cell layer. A monolayer of cells should have a transepithelial electrical resistance of around 500 Ω·cm2 to show similarity with intestinal lumen [70][71][72]. In Table 5

• every 48 h for 21–25 days and cells were incubated in an incubator at 37 °C with 5% CO2 supply. Before performing the transmembrane permeability studies, the Caco-2 cell monolayer’s integrity was confirmed by measuring the transepithelial electrical resistance (TEER). Transmembrane permeability analyses

Enhanced electronic transport properties of Te roll-like nanostructures

• E. R. Viana,
• N. Cifuentes and
• J. C. González

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1284–1291, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.106

• metallic-like character of some bulk crystals [34][40][41][42][43] and NWs [44] at high temperatures, revealed by a decrease in the electrical resistance as the temperature drops. This behavior is not observed in our material, which exhibits semiconductor behavior over the whole investigated temperature

Modeling a multiple-chain emeraldine gas sensor for NH₃ and NO₂ detection

• Hana Sustkova and
• Jan Voves

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 721–729, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.64

• the I–V characteristics. The relative resistance change Res, was estimated, where R0 is the electrical resistance of PANI without any gas molecules and R is the electrical resistance of PANI in the presence of ammonia or nitrogen dioxide. The relative resistance change for ammonia gas molecules and

Reliable fabrication of transparent conducting films by cascade centrifugation and Langmuir–Blodgett deposition of electrochemically exfoliated graphene

• Teodora Vićentić,
• Stevan Andrić,
• Vladimir Rajić and
• Marko Spasenović

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 666–674, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.58

• because glass slides are inexpensive and widely available, but also because the optical characteristics of deposited films can be subsequently examined [42]. For measuring the electrical resistance, the film was deposited onto Metrohm DropSens substrates with a pair of interdigitated electrodes (G-IDEPT10

• layers implies a smaller electrical resistance. The relation of optical transparency and electrical resistance for all samples is given in Figure 6. The measured optical transmittance varied slightly depending on the exact spot chosen on each given sample. The measured resistance varied by about 20

• Langmuir–Blodgett assembly to produce thin graphene films. By tuning centrifugation speed and solvent dilution volume, we produced films of different controlled thicknesses. We have shown that the optical transparency and electrical resistance of these films behave similarly to those of other films made of

A chemiresistive sensor array based on polyaniline nanocomposites and machine learning classification

• Jiri Kroutil,
• Alexandr Laposa,
• Ali Ahmad,
• Jan Voves,
• Vojtech Povolny,
• Ladislav Klimsa,
• Marina Davydova and
• Miroslav Husak

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 411–423, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.34

• concentration due to PANI doping and the formation of charge transfer complexes [20]. The decrease of electrical resistance is caused by the greater mobility of the dopant ions, related to the development of PANI chains. Furthermore, the swelling effect contributes to the change in resistivity [21]. Statistical

Morphology-driven gas sensing by fabricated fractals: A review

• Vishal Kamathe and
• Rupali Nagar

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1187–1208, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.88

• p-type), fermi level control theory, and grain boundary barrier control theory models have been proposed to understand the fundamentals of sensing mechanism [31][36][87][88]. The changes in electrical resistance of materials from a microscopic viewpoint are addressed by electronic and chemical

• sensitization mechanisms [26]. The mechanisms focusing on a macroscopic perspective deal with adsorption/desorption of surface atomic/molecular species or discuss how the bulk resistance and gas diffusion control mechanisms affect the charge transport [26][87][89]. The changes in electrical resistance of the

Structural and optical characteristics determined by the sputtering deposition conditions of oxide thin films

• Petronela Prepelita,
• Florin Garoi and
• Valentin Craciun

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 354–365, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.29

• dielectric properties (e.g., SiO2 and ZnO) exhibit a dependence of the electrical resistance with temperature [22][23]. SiO2 and ZnO films are obtained by various deposition techniques, such as matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE) [24][25], spin coating of sol–gel precursor solutions [26], radio

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

• tested in gas sensing measurements. Dry air was used as a reference gas. The electrical resistance was measured for the testing gas mixture and air. The response of a semiconductor sensor is the ratio between the electrical resistance in air and that in a gas medium. In the presence of reducing gases

• (e.g., acetone or CO), the sensor resistance decreases. In the presence of oxidizing gases (e.g., NO2), the electrical resistance increases [7]. Figure 4 shows the sensor characteristics for the Ni@rGO/WO3 composite in 3000 ppm CO/N2 at 246 °С. A high sensor response of Rair/Rgas = 14.8 was detected

• (Figure 5 right, Figure S2 in Supporting Information File 1). For a higher acetone concentration of 35,000 ppm, the sensor response was lower with Rair/Rgas = 4.2 (Figure 5 left, Figure S2 in Supporting Information File 1). At 240 °C the electrical resistance of the 0.35 wt % Ni@rGO/WO3 sample in a gas

TiO_x/Pt₃Ti(111) surface-directed formation of electronically responsive supramolecular assemblies of tungsten oxide clusters

• Marco Moors,
• Yun An,
• Agnieszka Kuc and
• Kirill Yu. Monakhov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 203–212, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.16

• applied potential [3], have shown great potential for next-generation information technologies. This change of the electrical resistance often faces local redox reactions inside the oxide layer [4]. From the chemical point of view, the active switching layer can be downsized to individual molecular units

High-responsivity hybrid α-Ag₂S/Si photodetector prepared by pulsed laser ablation in liquid

• Raid A. Ismail,
• Hanan A. Rawdhan and
• Duha S. Ahmed

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1596–1607, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.142

• without CTAB, the forward current increased linearly with voltage and tended to saturate at a voltage of 8 V due to the effect of series resistance. The forward current increased after adding CTAB due to the reduced electrical resistance of Ag2S. The reverse current of the heterojunction prepared in pure

Superconductor–insulator transition in capacitively coupled superconducting nanowires

• Alex Latyshev,
• Andrew G. Semenov and
• Andrei D. Zaikin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1402–1408, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.124

• voltage in the form of pulses. By applying a bias current the symmetry between positive and negative voltage pulses is broken and, as a result, a superconducting nanowire acquires a non-vanishing electrical resistance down to the lowest temperatures [5][6]. This effect was directly observed in a number of

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

• system with an insert for the flowing gas. Figure 4 represents the principle scheme of the measurements performed in this work. This “centipede-like” sample design facilitates the measurements of the electrical resistance values in different synapse-like segments simply by alternating the arms. Before

Epitaxial growth and superconducting properties of thin-film PdFe/VN and VN/PdFe bilayers on MgO(001) substrates

• Wael M. Mohammed,
• Igor V. Yanilkin,
• Amir I. Gumarov,
• Airat G. Kiiamov,
• Roman V. Yusupov and
• Lenar R. Tagirov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 807–813, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.65

• (QUANTUM DESIGN PPMS-9, USA) was used for studying the temperature dependence of the electrical resistance of the VN thin films and Pd0.96Fe0.04/VN and VN/Pd0.92Fe0.08 heterostructures in the temperature range of 4.2–300 K. A four-probe resistance measurement scheme was used. Figure 5 shows the measurement

• . Saturation magnetization Ms(T) as a function of the temperature of the Pd0.96Fe0.04/VN (green symbols) and VN/Pd0.92Fe0.08 (red symbols) heterostructures measured in a magnetic field of 200 Oe. Temperature dependence of the electrical resistance of the VN film and the Pd0.96Fe0.04/VN and VN/Pd0.92Fe0.08

Structural optical and electrical properties of a transparent conductive ITO/Al–Ag/ITO multilayer contact

• Aliyu Kabiru Isiyaku,
• Ahmad Hadi Ali and
• Nafarizal Nayan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 695–702, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.57

• the two adjacent sample holders. Four-point probe measurements Electrical analyses that involved the measurements of electrical resistivity and sheet resistance of the prepared thin films were performed using a four-point probe system (Pro 4 Lucab Lab). The electrical resistance of the samples was

Electromigration-induced directional steps towards the formation of single atomic Ag contacts

• Atasi Chatterjee,
• Christoph Tegenkamp and
• Herbert Pfnür

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 680–687, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.55

• planes. Secondly, due to its high directionality, EM thins one grain while depositing the material on an adjacent grain. Therefore, the local electrical resistance is determined by the contact area between the grain that is thinned and the adjacent grain that is taking up the material. Only this cross

Multiwalled carbon nanotube based aromatic volatile organic compound sensor: sensitivity enhancement through 1-hexadecanethiol functionalisation

• Nadra Bohli,
• Meryem Belkilani,
• Juan Casanova-Chafer,
• Eduard Llobet and
• Adnane Abdelghani

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2364–2373, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.227

• ., single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT), multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT), graphene, graphene oxide (GO)) present a sensitive active layer exhibiting an electrical resistance change while in contact with the target gas due to interactions at the molecular level [7][8]. These interactions, depending whether

• operating frequency of 1 kHz. Once a stable electrical resistance was achieved in the presence of the carrier gas (pure dry air, purchased from Air Liquide), we injected the adequate concentration of the target VOC. The flow rate was set to 200 standard cubic centimetres per minute. All measurements were