Recent updates in applications of nanomedicine for the treatment of hepatic fibrosis

• Damai Ria Setyawati,
• Fransiska Christydira Sekaringtyas,
• Riyona Desvy Pratiwi,
• A’liyatur Rosyidah,
• Rohimmahtunnissa Azhar,
• Nunik Gustini,
• Gita Syahputra,
• Idah Rosidah,
• Etik Mardliyati,
• Tarwadi and
• Sjaikhurrizal El Muttaqien

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1105–1116, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.89

• uptake in a time-dependent manner. Ultimately, the nanocomplex showed excellent in vitro gene-silencing activities, that is, approximately 80–85% of the Pcbp2 mRNA expression was inhibited in activated HSCs-T6 cells after gene transfection for 24 h. The in vivo biodistribution showed that the nanocomplex

Signal generation in dynamic interferometric displacement detection

• Knarik Khachatryan,
• Simon Anter,
• Michael Reichling and
• Alexander von Schmidsfeld

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1070–1076, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.87

• amount derr, we find for the time-dependent fiber-cantilever distance: Combining Equation 2 and Equation 4 yields the time dependence of the light intensity at the detector. As the detector measures the total incident light power, we introduce the circular illuminated effective area of the detector . The

The effect of age on the attachment ability of stick insects (Phasmatodea)

• Marie Grote,
• Stanislav N. Gorb and
• Thies H. Büscher

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 867–883, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.72

• ]. Research on the time-dependent decline of body functions has often been focused on vertebrates, especially mammals, but insects have found their way into ageing research as well [2][3][4]. They are easy to maintain and have a short lifespan, and changes in their exoskeleton can be easily observed [5]. The

Intermixing of MoS₂ and WS₂ photocatalysts toward methylene blue photodegradation

• Maryam Al Qaydi,
• Nitul S. Rajput,
• Michael Lejeune,
• Abdellatif Bouchalkha,
• Mimoun El Marssi,
• Steevy Cordette,
• Chaouki Kasmi and
• Mustapha Jouiad

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 817–829, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.68

• respect to the MB concentration variation with time. where C0 (mg/L) is the MB initial concentration in solution, and Ct (mg/L) is the time-dependent MB concentration obtained under light excitation. Figure 6c illustrates the changes in the concentration ratio C/C0 and the PD efficiency under visible

Exploring surface charge dynamics: implications for AFM height measurements in 2D materials

• Mario Navarro-Rodriguez,
• Andres M. Somoza and
• Elisa Palacios-Lidon

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 767–780, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.64

• an effective tip–sample voltage, the oscillating AFM tip generates a time-dependent electrical field, which induces a current and Joule dissipation due to the non-zero resistance of the material. These currents induce an oscillating charge movement. (ii) Simultaneously, these moving charges also

• generate a time-dependent electric field, which needs to be considered consistently. We think that our findings align well with this explanation, as a key difference between GO and rGO is their electrical conductivity. Moreover, the conduction mechanism in GO and rGO flakes is variable-range hopping [75

• infinite series of image charges, but for large z0 these charges become rapidly negligible. Taking this into account, the term Vtip(x, y, z ,t) can be written as where s = (ε2 − ε1)/(ε2 + ε1), and q = 4πε1RVbias. Vbias and z0 may be time-dependent if the tip is oscillating or a variable voltage is applied

Gold nanomakura: nanoarchitectonics and their photothermal response in association with carrageenan hydrogels

• Nabojit Das,
• Vikas,
• Akash Kumar,
• Sanjeev Soni and
• Raja Gopal Rayavarapu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 678–693, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.56

• indicated the incorporation of colloidal AuNMs, whereas colourless beads showed no incorporation of nanoparticles. The stability of the AuNMs in k-CG hydrogels was assessed through optical spectrophotometry as shown in Figure 3b–d. Time-dependent absorption spectra were recorded to ascertain any changes

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

• efficiency (%EE) [39] of VNB into Fe3O4 NPs was calculated using Equation 1; it was found that the entrapment efficiency was approximately 98%. Standard curve of vinorelbine The calibration curve for the time-dependent release of VNB was generated by preparing VNB solutions at concentrations of 0, 20, 40, 60

New application of bimetallic Ag/Pt nanoplates in a colorimetric biosensor for specific detection of E. coli in water

• Azam Bagheri Pebdeni,
• Mohammad N. AL-Baiati and
• Morteza Hosseini

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 95–103, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.9

• addition of TMB and H2O2 to the paper-chip containing the aptasensor and E. coli. Due to the increase in aptamer–bacteria interaction based on paper-chip pores, this paper-based biosensor was not time-dependent and showed a fast color-change response in the absence or presence of specific target (Figure 4

Curcumin-loaded albumin submicron particles with potential as a cancer therapy: an in vitro study

• Nittiya Suwannasom,
• Netsai Sriaksorn,
• Chutamas Thepmalee,
• Krissana Khoothiam,
• Ausanai Prapan,
• Hans Bäumler and
• Chonthida Thephinlap

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 1127–1140, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.93

• and MCF-7 cells at the concentration range in this experiment (Figure 6B,D). This evidence indicates that the HSA-MPs carrier is non-toxic, even after prolonged exposure. As shown in Figure 6, free CUR and CUR-HSA-MP treatment substantially induced cell death in a dose- and time-dependent manner

A bifunctional superconducting cell as flux qubit and neuron

• Dmitrii S. Pashin,
• Pavel V. Pikunov,
• Marina V. Bastrakova,
• Andrey E. Schegolev,
• Nikolay V. Klenov and
• Igor I. Soloviev

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 1116–1126, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.92

• adiabatic energy levels at anticrossing τLZ. The estimates obtained in the framework of the two-level model are in good agreement with the numerical calculations (solid lines in Figure 2a,b) of the Schrödinger time-dependent equation by the Crank–Nicolson method [46] based on the Magnus decomposition for

• coefficient with the thermostat determined by condition κ = 0.0025ωp, la = 1 + l, lout = 0.1, EJ = 2Ec, and t1 = 3t2. Interference population map for the first excited state (a) and the second state (b) for different values of the inductance l and rates of change of the control field fronts D. (c) Time

• -dependent dynamics of the overlying states (n = 2, 3, 4) and (d) leakage to the second excited level (n = 2) for the system initialised at different poles on the Bloch sphere for the values l = 2.63 and D = 0.0044, similar to those shown in Figure 2a. The parameters of the system were la = 1 + l, lout = 0.1

Dual-heterodyne Kelvin probe force microscopy

• Benjamin Grévin,
• Fatima Husainy,
• Dmitry Aldakov and
• Cyril Aumaître

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 1068–1084, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.88

• our previous pp-KPFM measurements on PTB7:PC71BM blends [4][11], which showed that the SPV decay time constant can vary from tens of µs to several hundreds of µs, depending on the morphology and phase composition. Doing so, we maximized our chances to generate a time-dependent SPV (which first

Spatial mapping of photovoltage and light-induced displacement of on-chip coupled piezo/photodiodes by Kelvin probe force microscopy under modulated illumination

• Zeinab Eftekhari,
• Nasim Rezaei,
• Hidde Stokkel,
• Jian-Yao Zheng,
• Andrea Cerreta,
• Ilka Hermes,
• Minh Nguyen,
• Guus Rijnders and
• Rebecca Saive

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 1059–1067, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.87

• In this work, a silicon photodiode integrated with a piezoelectric membrane is studied by Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) under modulated illumination. Time-dependent KPFM enables simultaneous quantification of the surface photovoltage generated by the photodiode as well as the resulting

• mechanical oscillation of the piezoelectric membrane with vertical atomic resolution in real-time. This technique offers the opportunity to measure concurrently the optoelectronic and mechanical response of the device at the nanoscale. Furthermore, time-dependent atomic force microscopy (AFM) was employed to

• ); time-dependent AFM; Introduction Light has been recognized as a versatile external energy source to actuate micro/nanorobots with outstanding merits of wireless, remote, and precise controllability [1][2][3][4]. Light-driven micro/nanorobots convert light into mechanical motion and are able to perform

A visible-light photodetector based on heterojunctions between CuO nanoparticles and ZnO nanorods

• Doan Nhat Giang,
• Nhat Minh Nguyen,
• Duc Anh Ngo,
• Thanh Trang Tran,
• Le Thai Duy,
• Cong Khanh Tran,
• Thi Thanh Van Tran,
• Phan Phuong Ha La and
• Vinh Quang Dang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 1018–1027, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.84

• 0.7 μA, approximately the dark current, which shows the excellent recovery ability of the device. The time-dependent photoresponse at a constant bias of 2 V under 30 s illumination with 395 nm light at different intensities is presented in Figure 3b. When the light is turned on, the photocurrent

Green SPIONs as a novel highly selective treatment for leishmaniasis: an in vitro study against Leishmania amazonensis intracellular amastigotes

• Brunno R. F. Verçoza,
• Robson R. Bernardo,
• Luiz Augusto S. de Oliveira and
• Juliany C. F. Rodrigues

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 893–903, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.73

• data revealed a concentration-dependent effect, which increased within 48 and 72 h of treatment. The percentage of infection significantly reduces over time, indicating a time-dependent effect. The IC50 values were calculated for each treatment time and confirmed the results obtained (Figure 4B), that

Silver nanoparticles loaded on lactose/alginate: in situ synthesis, catalytic degradation, and pH-dependent antibacterial activity

• Nguyen Thi Thanh Tu,
• T. Lan-Anh Vo,
• T. Thu-Trang Ho,
• Kim-Phuong T. Dang,
• Van-Dung Le,
• Phan Nhat Minh,
• Chi-Hien Dang,
• Vinh-Thien Tran,
• Van-Su Dang,
• Tran Thi Kim Chi,
• Hieu Vu-Quang,
• Radek Fajgar,
• Thi-Lan-Huong Nguyen,
• Van-Dat Doan and
• Thanh-Danh Nguyen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 781–792, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.64

• toxic dyes, methyl orange (MO) and rhodamine B (RhB), using various doses of the nanocomposite. The degradation of toxic dyes using a nanocomposite catalyst was monitored in situ by measuring UV–vis absorption at ambient temperature, with the concentration changing in a time-dependent manner. The

Conjugated photothermal materials and structure design for solar steam generation

• Chia-Yang Lin and
• Tsuyoshi Michinobu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 454–466, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.36

• of the foam floating at the air–water interface. (c) The water contact angle of the foam. (d–f) Time-dependent mass changes with and without the evaporator foam under different optical concentrations. Figure 12 was adapted from [34] (“A durable monolithic polymer foam for efficient solar steam

Spin dynamics in superconductor/ferromagnetic insulator hybrid structures with precessing magnetization

• Yaroslav V. Turkin and
• Nataliya Pugach

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 233–239, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.22

• operator, and the anticommutator {f, g}t = f(t1)g(t1, t2) + g(t1, t2)f(t2). We have dropped the coordinate dependence of the Green’s functions for simplicity of notation. We consider the time-dependent magnetization at the interface as an adiabatic perturbation that changes slowly compared to the timescale

• noticed that a fraction of the spin distribution is lying inside the gap and should not be taken into account. But in the time-dependent case, there is always an energy shift equal to ±ℏΩ/2. This energy shift appears in every time convolution. The real consequences of these undergap states may be found if

Facile preparation of Au- and BODIPY-grafted lipid nanoparticles for synergized photothermal therapy

• Yuran Wang,
• Xudong Li,
• Haijun Chen and
• Yu Gao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1432–1444, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.118

• the successful endocytosis of AB-LNPs into 4T1 cells. However, free BDP did not show time-dependent cellular uptake (Figure 4c,d). Compared with free BDP, AB-LNPs showed significantly enhanced uptake efficiency, indicating that the nanoparticles can increase the internalization and accumulation of

Gelatin nanoparticles with tunable mechanical properties: effect of crosslinking time and loading

• Agnes-Valencia Weiss,
• Daniel Schorr,
• Julia K. Metz,
• Metin Yildirim,
• Saeed Ahmad Khan and
• Marc Schneider

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 778–787, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.68

• possible time-dependent elastic behavior. Data processing of AFM AFM data were processed using the JPK SPM Data Processing program (DP) version 6.1.111. Force curves were extracted from the generated files, and four force–distance curves per particle were selected from pixels representing the middle of

• nanoparticles measured by MTT assay. (A) A549 cells incubated with blank GNPs, (B) hAELVi incubated with blank GNPs, (C) A549 cells incubated with FITC-dextran-loaded GNPs, and (D) hAELVi incubated with FITC-dextran-loaded GNPs. No concentration- or time-dependent cell viability reduction below 80% was

A superconducting adiabatic neuron in a quantum regime

• Marina V. Bastrakova,
• Dmitrii S. Pashin,
• Dmitriy A. Rybin,
• Andrey E. Schegolev,
• Nikolay V. Klenov,
• Igor I. Soloviev,
• Anastasiya A. Gorchavkina and
• Arkady M. Satanin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 653–665, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.57

• transformation of the input magnetic flux (Equation 2). We describe it using the time-dependent Schrödinger equation: Eigenvectors of the system are found by numerical solution of Equation 7 (see details in Appendix 2). Thereafter, from the evolution of average values of the phase and current operators we found

• time are determined by the system of N coupled equations where the time-dependent matrix elements appear. Their rate of change is given by . Note that if the adiabaticity condition, is satisfied for pairs of levels, then transitions between them become improbable. We consider the case where only the

• ), , according to According to Equation 7, the Schrödinger time-dependent equation, and hence the dynamics of the system, can be found from the following equation: where the auxiliary quantities are defined as with boundary conditions Appendix 3 We will use only the Born–Markov approximation and neglect the

Comparative molecular dynamics simulations of thermal conductivities of aqueous and hydrocarbon nanofluids

• Adil Loya,
• Antash Najib,
• Fahad Aziz,
• Asif Khan,
• Guogang Ren and
• Kun Luo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 620–628, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.54

• dynamics. The heat and current autocorrelation function is a time-dependent factor which shows that the system stability increases with the simulated time period. At the start of the simulation, HACF shows instability as the system is in an unequilibrated state and the dynamics of the system have not yet

Plasma modes in capacitively coupled superconducting nanowires

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

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 292–297, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.24

• elsewhere. The system of two capacitively coupled superconducting nanowires. Time-dependent phase configurations describing a QPS event at t = 0 (red) and t > 0 (blue) together with propagating voltage pulses generated by this QPS event in a single superconducting nanowire. The same as in Figure 1 in the

• first of the two capacitively coupled superconducting nanowires. Each of the voltage pulses is split into two propagating with different velocities v±. Time-dependent phase configurations at t = 0 (red) and t > 0 (blue) together with propagating voltage pulses in the second of the two capacitively

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

• density of 1 W·cm−2. This effect was time-dependent with longer irradiation leading to higher temperatures. Eventually, the solution temperature was elevated at the end of irradiation by a net increment of 24.1 °C. In contrast, only a modest increase of 10.2 °C was observed for saline solution, validating

Tin dioxide nanomaterial-based photocatalysts for nitrogen oxide oxidation: a review

• Viet Van Pham,
• Hong-Huy Tran,
• Thao Kim Truong and
• Thi Minh Cao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 96–113, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.7

• trapping experiments and time-dependent ESR signals (Figure 16). Electrons and holes are equally important for photocatalysis [72]. Conclusion Regarding the improvement of the photocatalytic NO degradation over SnO2 nanomaterials there are many developments and approaches, such as BiOBr/SnO2, g-C3N4/SnO2

Measurement of polarization effects in dual-phase ceria-based oxygen permeation membranes using Kelvin probe force microscopy

• Kerstin Neuhaus,
• Christina Schmidt,
• Liudmila Fischer,
• Wilhelm Albert Meulenberg,
• Ke Ran,
• Joachim Mayer and
• Stefan Baumann

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1380–1391, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.102

• after polarization was found at the location of the ceria material, while the local increase of surface potential was found to affect both the ceria grain and the adjacent electron conductor. For both, a time-dependent relaxation process was observed, although the relaxation process of the region with