Nanoglasses: a trail towards uncharted regions of vitreous materials and their properties?

• Gerhard Wilde and
• Horst Hahn

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 1047–1062, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.72

• nanoparticles at elevated compaction pressure, enabling room-temperature processing [4][5][6], or through energetic deposition of amorphous clusters [42][43]. Consequently, when vitreous powder particles are compacted at low homologous temperatures, interfacial regions arise between the glass “grains

Vibration-induced dynamic structural superlubricity on MoS₂/Au(111) under ultrahigh vacuum

• Shuyu Huang,
• Yiming Song,
• Antoine Hinaut,
• Gema Navarro-Marín,
• Antonio Cammarata,
• Ernst Meyer and
• Thilo Glatzel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 1039–1046, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.71

• experimental setup for friction measurements is illustrated in Figure 1a. The experiments were performed at room temperature using a custom-built beam-deflection atomic force microscope (AFM) system under ultrahigh vacuum (UHV). A MoS2 flake on a Au(111) surface was scanned by an AFM tip under UHV conditions

Influence of an external electric field on the catalytic CO oxidation of nanoscaled CeO₂ and its La³⁺ and Gd³⁺ congeners

• Parastoo Jamshidi,
• Silvio Heinschke and
• Jörg J. Schneider

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 1028–1038, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.70

• catalysts can provide a promising strategy for influencing heterogeneous oxidation reactions, even in the absence of precious metal active phases. Conclusion An external electric field can substantially boost room-temperature CO oxidation on nanoscaled ceria by tuning its interfacial defect/redox chemistry

• was kept under vacuum and cooled to room temperature before gas dosing. During the vacuum pre-treatment and before gas dosing, the pressure reading was close to zero within the resolution of the pressure-monitoring system. The vacuum spectrum was recorded in this step. The CO-containing gas mixture

Synthesis and characterization of RF-sputtered ZnTe/Cu_2−xTe thin films for solar cell applications

• Gerardo Arreola Jardón,
• Susana Meraz Dávila,
• Claudia Elena Pérez García,
• Aime Margarita Gutiérrez Peralta and
• Sergio Joaquín Jiménez Sandoval

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 1016–1027, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.69

• cold pressing at room temperature using a mixture of ZnTe (Aldrich, 99.99%) and CuO (Plasma Science 99.99%) powders. The powder mixtures were homogenized prior to pressing. The targets were prepared with nominal Cu and O concentrations of 0, 3, 8, 10, and 13 atom %. During film growth, the Ar flow in

• ) were determined by Hall effect measurements using the Van der Pauw configuration at room temperature. Results and Discussion Chemical composition The chemical composition of the CuZnTeO films was determined by EDS and is presented in Figure 1 as a function of the nominal Cu and O concentration in the

• contribution to the optical response could not be independently identified under the present experimental conditions. Electrical properties The electrical transport properties of CuZnTeO thin films were evaluated by Hall effect measurements at room temperature. Silver and carbon contacts were deposited and

Ultrasonic irradiation in the synthesis of nanohydroxyapatite: a chemically friendly technique for improving hemocompatibility and antibiofilm applications

• Juan Mendoza Turmero,
• Cristina Parra Pantoja,
• Marcos Sabino Gutiérrez,
• Milagro Fernández-Delgado,
• Claudia Alvarado-Castillo,
• Damarys Soto Gil,
• María E. Gomes Gomes,
• Yony Gutiérrez Barrios and
• Daniel Suárez Arteaga

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 991–1015, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.68

• . Since all nanohydroxyapatite synthesis reactions were conducted at room temperature (approximately 25 °C) and atmospheric pressure (around 0.96 atm), values reported in the literature (ΔGf = −12670 kJ/mol for hydroxyapatite and −1128 kJ/mol for calcite [58][59]) can be used to justify the formation

Development of Protium heptaphyllum essential oil-loaded nanocapsules: experimental design and biological activity

• Debora Freitas Silva,
• Kaidy Giselle Orellana,
• Allessya Lara Dantas Formiga,
• Jin Wang,
• Eloisa Helena de Aguiar Andrade,
• Aline Collares Valente Pinheiro,
• Maria Izabel de Jesus,
• Francisco Canindé Ferreira de Luna,
• Wallax Augusto Silva Ferreira,
• Edivaldo Herculano Correa de Oliveira,
• Francisco Humberto Xavier Junior,
• Emmanuel Abraham Ho and
• Marcele Fonseca Passos

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 974–990, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.67

• . Simultaneously, the aqueous phase was prepared with 12 mL of a Tween® 80 solution (20–60 mg) in Milli-Q® water. Nanoparticles were formed by adding the organic phase to the aqueous phase using a syringe with an 11.2 mm diameter, under magnetic stirring at 400 rpm and room temperature. The dispersion was then

Enhanced erosion resistance and radiation stability of WC–WO₃ nanocomposite films under 100 keV Kr⁺ ion irradiation

• Shristi Bist,
• Parswajit Kalita,
• Ratnesh K. Pandey,
• Sejal Shah,
• Richa Krishna,
• Umapathy G. R.,
• Sunil Ojha and
• Devesh K. Avasthi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 922–934, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.65

• backed by a rotary pump. The deposition was done under 3 × 10−2 mbar pressure with a power of 150 W RF for 30 min in the presence of argon gas having flow rate of 30 sccm. The WC–WO3 nanocomposite films were synthesized using sputter deposition of WC films at room temperature (RT) and its subsequent

• pristine WC–WO3 nanocomposite and WC films The GIXRD pattern of the as-deposited WC films, shown in Figure 2a, reveals that the room-temperature-deposited films were amorphous as no reflection peak was observed in the pattern. However, after thermal annealing of these films at ~700 °C, grain growth took

Supramolecular one-dimensional conducting nanofibers from a C₃-symmetric tetrathiafulvalene derivative

• Yoko Tatewaki,
• Fumiya Hirose,
• Sadafumi Nishihara,
• Tomoyuki Akutagawa,
• Takayoshi Nakamura and
• Tsuyoshi Minami

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 872–881, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.63

• (FAB) m/z: [M + H]+ calcd for C12H12O4S6, 411.91; found; 412. MeS-TTF-COOMe (5) A solution of 4 (360.0 mg, 0.873 mmol) and lithium bromide (1.600 g, 18.4 mmol) in dry DMF (15 mL) was stirred at 85 °C for 3.5 h. After cooling to room temperature, brine was added, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl

• , 0.369 mmol) in 1,4-dioxane (8.5 mL). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. The mixture was then acidified with 5 M HCl (ca. 1.0 mL), during which the solution turned red. After stirring for 30 min, diethyl ether (6.0 mL) and water (2.0 mL) were added to form a biphasic system

• mixture was stirred at 0 °C for 2 h and then at room temperature overnight. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure, and the residue was purified by column chromatography (chloroform/methanol = 47:3) to afford compound 8 as a red-brown solid. Yield 25.0 mg (43.5%) [46]. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ

Restorative potential of laser-synthesized silver nanoparticles with Salvia officinalis for periodontal disease treatment: an in vitro study

• Jelena Filipović Tričković,
• Sanja Živković,
• Bojana Ilić,
• Miloš Tošić,
• Jelena Marinković,
• Ana Valenta Šobot and
• Miloš Momčilović

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 781–795, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.55

• ) was prepared prior to nanoparticle synthesis, as previously described [13]. Commercially available S. officinalis leaves (Serial No. 23380723, Institute of Medicinal Plant Research “Dr Josif Pančić”, Belgrade, Serbia) were ground, infused with boiling water, and cooled to room temperature. The extract

Interface-engineered Caco-2 cell culture on a collagen-coated liquid–liquid interface in a microfluidic device

• Satoru Kuriu and
• Soo Hyeon Kim

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 760–768, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.53

• temperature for 20 min (Supporting Information File 1, Figure S9ii,iv). Blocking was performed with 1% BSA/PBS at 4 °C overnight (Figure S9vi). The samples were then incubated at room temperature for 3 h in a solution containing ZO-1 antibody (5 μg/mL), phalloidin (0.1 μM), and Hoechst33342 (2 μg/mL). Between

• each procedure, PBS was filled to wash the channel or wells (Figure S9i,iii,v,vii). For immunostaining, the collagen layer coated on the liquid–liquid interface was fixed with 4% FA/PBS for 20 min at room temperature for 20 min (Figure S10v). Blocking was performed with 1% BSA/PBS at 4 °C overnight

• (Figure S10vii). The samples were then incubated at room temperature for 3 h in a solution containing collagen antibody (5 μg/mL) (Figure S10ix). In the negative control experiment without collagen coating, the procedure was carried out in the same manner, except for the step shown in Figure S10ii. Image

Tailoring Ag–Pt nanoalloys through solid-state dewetting: structural and optical insights

• Marcin Łapiński,
• Piotr Okoczuk,
• Blaž Grobiša,
• Ewa Pawlikowska,
• Amelia Rozwadowska,
• Wojciech Sadowski and
• Barbara Kościelska

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 748–759, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.52

• chemical composition of the nanostructures was confirmed using XPS. Measurements were carried out with a hemispherical XPS spectrometer (Argus, Omicron Nanotechnology) equipped with an Mg Kα X-ray source, operated at 15 keV and 300 W. XPS measurements were performed under ultra-high vacuum at room

• temperature, with a pressure below 1.1 × 10−8 mbar. The results were calibrated to the C 1s line and analyzed using Shirley background subtraction and a Gaussian–Lorentzian curve as the fitting algorithm by the CasaXPS software. Additionally, detailed investigations of the microstructure and chemical

Oxidative atmosphere-driven formation of single-phase spinel CuRh₂O₄ nanofibers for alkaline water oxidation

• Namhee Kim,
• Sumin Ko,
• Sohyeon Choi,
• Seoyoon Jang,
• Myung Hwa Kim and
• Dasol Jin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 737–743, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.50

• . The mixture was magnetically stirred for 18 h at room temperature to obtain a fully homogenized spinning solution. The prepared precursor solution was then loaded into a plastic syringe and electrospun using an electrospinning system (NanoNC, ESR200R2). Electrospinning was performed at a feed rate of

Environmental applications of silver nanoparticles: state-of-the-art review and emerging trends

• Soni Prajapati,
• Akash Kumar and
• Ranjana Singh

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 697–736, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.49

• magnetic nanoparticles and AgNPs showed the removal of the drug ibuprofen from water. 93% removal was achieved at neutral pH, room temperature, and a low adsorbent dose (7 mg in 500 μL), along with reusability of up to three generations (89.3%) [100]. From the above discussion it was confirmed that

Molecular engineering of individual dye-based nanoparticle photostability for ultrabright two-photon fluorescence

• Eleonore Kurek,
• Sasha Cooper,
• Alexandre Clausolles,
• Karen Perronet,
• Jonathan Daniel,
• Mireille Blanchard-Desce and
• François Marquier

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 688–696, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.48

• in the Supplementary Information of [11]. 200 μL of dye solution of either 2 mM of dye 1 or 1 mM of dye 2 in THF were rapidly added to 19.8 mL of freshly distilled water at room temperature, under continuous sonication at 10 W – using a 20 kHz, 130 W ultrasonic processor (Vibra-Cell™ VC130, Sonics

Decontamination from water pollutants and pathogens by electrospun nanofibers doped with heavy-atom-free borafluorene-BODIPY photosensitizers

• Angelika Zaszczyńska,
• Paulina H. Marek-Urban,
• Karolina Wrochna,
• Agnieszka E. Kuklewska,
• Kacper Kręgielewski,
• Marta Grodzik,
• Dawid R. Natkowski,
• Jolanta Mierzejewska,
• Ewa Iwanek,
• Agata Blacha-Grzechnik,
• Paweł Sajkiewicz and
• Krzysztof Durka

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 668–682, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.46

• received without additional purification. Electrospinning process All samples were electrospun using an electrospinning chamber (FLUIDNATEK® LE-5, Bioinicia, Spain) with air conditioning (Bioinicia, Spain) at room temperature and a humidity of ~35% (Figure 2). PCL was dissolved in acetic acid and formic

• ISA-220 Integrating Sphere (reflectance measurements). Emission and fluorescence quantum yields of BODIPY fibers were determined using an Edinburgh Instruments FS5 spectrofluorometer. The measurements were performed at room temperature using solid-state Suprasil quartz cuvettes with front-face

Cellulose as a photocatalyst support material: extraction, structural features, and environmental applications

• Yee Teng Lim,
• Nur Farhana Jaafar,
• Azizul Hakim Lahuri and
• Endang Tri Wahyuni

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 635–652, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.44

• hydrolysis is a kinetically driven process. At room temperature, the reaction is far too slow, taking more time to achieve high yields. Increasing the temperature provides the necessary activation energy to speed up the reaction. However, temperatures higher than 65 °C will trigger unwanted side reactions

• oxidation sites on cellulose [60]. TEMPO oxidation is a highly sensitive catalytic cycle. The parameters must be tightly controlled to ensure that the reaction only modifies the surface groups without depolymerization. It is usually carried out at room temperature with a pH around 10 and low doses of TEMPO

• forward [61]. The reaction should be maintained at room temperature to prevent degradation of TEMPO radical. TEMPO acts as a catalyst, and it will continuously regenerate during the reaction. It is also expensive and mildly toxic, so keeping its concentration as low as possible is vital for economic and

Recent progress in enhancing built-in electric fields of perovskite solar cells via junction engineering

• Tong Xiao and
• Ke Xu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 602–621, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.42

• reduces well state capture through defect passivation, remaining at 93% at room temperature for 5000 h and 85% RH/85 °C. In junction engineering for high-performance PSCs, addressing both interfacial and bulk modulation during the design stage can establish a stronger internal driving field within the

• , which promoted exciton dissociation and carrier transport. This method is compatible with low-temperature processing and maintains stability for over 1000 h. The device retained about 90% of its initial PCE after 1000 h in an unpackaged room-temperature environment with 25% humidity. The Sn/Pb gradient

Impacts of annealing on structural and photophysical properties of zinc phthalocyanine adsorbed on graphene

• Gautier Creutzer,
• Quentin Fernez,
• Nataliya Kalashnyk,
• Zohreh Safarzadeh,
• Lydia Sosa Vargas,
• Céline Fiorini-Debuisschert,
• Nicolas Fabre and
• Fabrice Charra

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 576–585, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.39

• background (i.e., acquired with a clean-glass sample) is systematically subtracted. Scanning tunneling microscopy The STM images of the dry samples were recorded under ambient conditions (at air and room temperature T ≈ 300 K) with a homemade digital system. The tip was mechanically cut in a Pt/Ir 250 µm

Synthesis of Cu–Mo/TiO₂ and Co–Mo/TiO₂ photocatalysts for the efficient degradation of organic pollutants in water

• Ilse Acosta,
• Brenda Zermeño,
• Edgar Moctezuma,
• Luis F. Garay-Rodríguez and
• Isaías Juárez-Ramírez

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 559–570, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.37

• a 1:10 molar ratio of Ti alkoxide/H2O to obtain the sol. The sol was kept under agitation for 2 h at 65 °C. The resulting gel was aged at room temperature for 24 h and dried at 60 °C for 12 h. Finally, the pure material was thermally treated following a heating program to 600 °C for 6 h. The

• 0.5 mL of acetic acid were added to a mixture of deionized water and ethanol dropwise, using a 1:10 molar ratio of Ti alkoxide/H2O to obtain the sol. After the hydrolysis step, the sol was kept under agitation for 2 h at 65 °C. The resulting gel was aged at room temperature for 24 h and dried at 60 °C

• in the range of 200–800 nm. The photoluminescence analysis was performed at room temperature with a fluorescence spectrophotometer Agilent Cary Eclipse, using an excitation wavelength of 320 nm. Peak deconvolution in the PL spectrum was done using the software XPSPEAK41 for deconvolution and

Electrochemical determination of ciprofloxacin using a MIL-101/reduced graphene oxide-modified electrode

• Nguyen Quang Man,
• Nguyen Ngoc Nghia,
• Nguyen Vinh Phu,
• Vo Thi Khanh Ly,
• Le Lam Son,
• Pham Khac Lieu,
• Le Thi Hong Phong,
• Nguyen Dinh Luyen and
• Dinh Quang Khieu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 541–554, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.35

• stainless-steel autoclave and heated at 200 °C for 8 h [18]. After cooling to room temperature, a highly crystalline green chromium terephthalate powder (MIL-101(Cr)) was collected by filtration, thoroughly washed with deionized water, and dried before use. The MIL-101/rGO composites were synthesized

• mg·mL−1). An aliquot of this suspension (5 µL) was drop-cast onto the cleaned GCE surface and allowed to dry naturally at room temperature to form the MIL-101/rGO-modified electrode. The modified electrode was then gently rinsed with deionized water before conducting electrochemical measurements

• buffer solution at room temperature under optimized pH conditions. DPV parameters, including accumulation potential (Eacc), accumulation time (tacc), pulse amplitude (ΔE), and voltage step (Ustep), were optimized before conducting the analytical measurements. Real sample preparation Pharmaceutical

Upcycling agroindustrial waste into graphene oxide supports for gold nanoparticles: toward sustainable nanomaterials

• Juan Marcos Castro-Tapia,
• Selene Acosta,
• Hiram Joazet Ojeda-Galván,
• Elsie Evelyn Araujo-Palomo,
• Edgar Giovanni Villabona-Leal and
• Mildred Quintana

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 489–504, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.32

• stirred at 200 rpm for 12 h at room temperature. Afterwards, the mixture was centrifuged at 7000 rpm for 10 min to precipitate Agro-GO and separate the supernatant containing dissolved iron ions. The solid was washed with deionized water until the pH reached 5. Finally, purified Agro-GO was vacuum-dried

• room temperature in the 4000–540 cm−1 range with a spectral resolution of 4 cm−1, averaging 80 scans per sample. The surface chemical composition was assessed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) using a SPECS spectrometer equipped with a PHOIBOS 100 energy analyzer and an Al Kα X-ray source (hν

Defects and defect-mediated engineering of two-dimensional materials: challenges and open questions

• Arkady V. Krasheninnikov,
• Matthias Batzill,
• Anouar-Akacha Delenda,
• Marija Drndić,
• Chris Ewels,
• Katharina J. Franke,
• Mahdi Ghorbani-Asl,
• Alexander Holleitner,
• Ado Jorio,
• Ute Kaiser,
• Daria Kieczka,
• Hannu-Pekka Komsa,
• Jani Kotakoski,
• Manuel Längle,
• David Lamprecht,
• Yun Liu,
• Steven G. Louie,
• Janina Maultzsch,
• Thomas Michely,
• Katherine Milton,
• Anna Niggas,
• Hanako Okuno,
• Joshua A. Robinson,
• Marika Schleberger,
• Bruno Schuler,
• Alexander Shluger,
• Kazu Suenaga,
• Kristian S. Thygesen,
• Richard A. Wilhelm,
• E. Harriet Åhlgren and
• Carla Bittencourt

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 454–488, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.31

• migration barriers for S vacancies on the WS2 surface exceed 2 eV, rendering vacancy migration unlikely at room temperature and under typical experimental conditions [62]. This suggests that large vacancy clusters form as a result of non-diffusive processes, such as sputtering and etching of the surface

• surface of WS2, resulting in rapid desorption from the surface at room temperature. The short residence time limits encounters with reactive defect sites, leading to a small effective reaction cross section for vacancy dimers and trimers; dissociation requires overcoming a finite barrier (see Figure 1

Nanocarrier-integrated multilayer films produced by 3D printing for improved skin adhesion and curcumin photostability

• Thayse Viana de Oliveira,
• Ana Paula Farias Leão,
• Júlia Leão,
• Cesar Liberato Petzhold and
• Ruy Carlos Ruver Beck

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 440–453, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.30

• is required to eliminate the solvent. A significant advantage of this technique is that it can be performed at room temperature or even at lower temperatures, making it ideal for thermosensitive materials [6]. The SSE approach can be applied to produce various pharmaceutical dosage forms and can be

• generated model and, using a syringe fitted with a nozzle with a diameter of 0.41 mm, deposited the material layer by layer at room temperature. The printing parameters were set to a rectilinear infill pattern with 100% infill density and an extrusion speed of 6 mm/s. After printing, the films were dried at

• calorimeter (Shimadzu DSC-60), at a heating rate of 10 °C/min, from room temperature to 300 °C. N2 gas was used at a flow rate of 50 mL/min. All film components (chitosan, CMC and alginate), as well as the resulting films (FC-NC and FC) were analysed separately. Skin adhesion measurements Bioadhesion tests of

Interconnection morphology effects on the radio frequency response of carbon nanotube sponges

• Manuela Scarselli,
• Javad Rezvani,
• Zeno Zuccari,
• Mattia Scagliotti and
• Simone Tocci

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 343–351, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.23

• ) into the pipe and carried inside the hot area of the furnace by the gas mixture with the addition of acetylene (20 sccm). In the hot area, the precursor dissociated, and the CNTs started growing. The process was stopped after 30 min. The system was then allowed to cool down to room temperature. The

Fast vortex dynamics and relaxation times in NbRe-based heterostructures

• Francesco De Chiara,
• Zahra Makhdoumi Kakhaki,
• Francesco Avitabile,
• Francesco Colangelo,
• Abhishek Kumar,
• Carmine Attanasio and
• Carla Cirillo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 292–302, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.20

• both spectral and kinetic proximity effects cooperate in promoting faster quasiparticle relaxation in hybrid systems. Experimental Bilayers were deposited by DC magnetron sputtering in an ultrahigh vacuum system at room temperature from Nb0.18Re0.82 (NbRe), Au, and Ni0.80Fe0.20 (permalloy, Py) targets