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

• min and quickly poured into cold methanol to form AZGSSe QDs. After purification purification via centrifugation, the QDs were dispersed in 5 mL chloroform. Preparation of a AZGSSe QD-sensitized TiO2 NF-based photoanode A pre-prepared TiO2 nanofiber (NF) paste was coated on FTO glass via the doctor

Recent trends in Bi-based nanomaterials: challenges, fabrication, enhancement techniques, and environmental applications

• Vishal Dutta,
• Ankush Chauhan,
• Ritesh Verma,
• C. Gopalkrishnan and
• Van-Huy Nguyen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1316–1336, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.109

• purification [31][32][33][34][35]. However, the present report focuses on understanding the role of different Bi-based photocatalysts concerning their synthesis method and enhancement. The mechanism of photocatalysts for different applications has been described for the type or nature of the photocatalyst

• . This gap is essential for improving the material’s light-harvesting capabilities [78][79]. Consequently, in an attempt to improve the photocatalytic efficiency for water purification and other environmental applications, a variety of techniques, such as defect formation, metal/non-metal doping

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

• reagents used were of analytic grade, purchased from Sigma-Aldrich Chemicals Company, and directly used without further purification. Morphology, elemental analysis, and crystal structure Morphology and elemental composition of the as-prepared products were characterized by scanning electron microscopy

Studies of probe tip materials by atomic force microscopy: a review

• Ke Xu and
• Yuzhe Liu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1256–1267, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.104

• et al. [39] proposed a multistep assembly method to fabricate carbon nanotube tips by developing a well-controlled procedure to fabricate scanning probe carbon nanotube tip microscopes. The process consists of three steps: purification and alignment of nanotubes using electrophoresis; transfer of

• molecules demonstrates the resolution of these nanotube tips and the potential to elucidate the structural features of biological specimens. The method involves the growth, purification, and movement of carbon nanotubes into a cartridge and, finally, the transfer of the carbon nanotubes to the tip under an

Application of nanoarchitectonics in moist-electric generation

• Jia-Cheng Feng and
• Hong Xia

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1185–1200, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.99

• materials have been developed rapidly in many fields, including optoelectronic devices, actuators, sensors, and water purification films [18][27][29][31][68][69][70][71][72][73][74]. The electrical output of MEG devices with different nanomaterials is listed below in Table 1. A wide range of materials is

Recent advances in green carbon dots (2015–2022): synthesis, metal ion sensing, and biological applications

• Aisha Kanwal,
• Naheed Bibi,
• Sajjad Hyder,
• Arif Muhammad,
• Hao Ren,
• Jiangtao Liu and
• Zhongli Lei

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1068–1107, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.93

• carbon nanoparticles during electrophoretic purification of single-walled carbon nanotubes [1]. Sun et al. synthesized fluorescent carbon particles smaller than 10 nm, which were named “carbon dots” for the first time in 2006 [2]. Due to its significant fluorescent properties, this class of carbon

• solvent casting process after the ACMCDs were supported by silver nanoparticles, employing them as both a reducing agent and a template. The nanocomposite antibacterial film is anticipated to have a lot of potential applications such as food packaging, water purification, and disinfecting sanitary

DNA aptamer selection and construction of an aptasensor based on graphene FETs for Zika virus NS1 protein detection

• Nathalie B. F. Almeida,
• Thiago A. S. L. Sousa,
• Viviane C. F. Santos,
• Camila M. S. Lacerda,
• Thais G. Silva,
• Rafaella F. Q. Grenfell,
• Flavio Plentz and
• Antero S. R. Andrade

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 873–881, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.78

• /ampicillin and incubated overnight at 37 °C, 200 rpm. The plasmids were extracted following the manufacturer protocol of the Wizard® Plus SV Minipreps DNA purification system kit (Promega) and quantified via 260 nm absorbance in a spectrophotometer. The vectors were sequenced by the automated Sanger

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

• ] with sodium metabisulfite, which forms a complex with glutaraldehyde, thus, terminating the crosslinking process [23]. The complex, unreacted material, and excess poloxamer 188 were removed by purification via tangential flow filtration (Minimate TFF capsule, 300 kDa, Pall Corporation, Port Washington

• , New York, USA). The remaining poloxamer amount was determined with a colorimetric method [24]. After six purification cycles, all free poloxamer had been removed. For the preparation of FITC-dextran-loaded GNPs, respective amounts of a 5 mg/mL FITC-dextran 70 kDa, 5 mg/mL FITC-dextran 150 kDa, or

• lysozyme stock solution was added to 20 mg gelatin dissolved in Milli-Q® water giving a final concentration of 20 mg gelatin per milliliter containing 1, 2, or 3 mg drug per milliliter. All following preparation, purification, and characterization steps were performed as described for blank gelatin

Recent advances in nanoarchitectures of monocrystalline coordination polymers through confined assembly

• Lingling Xia,
• Qinyue Wang and
• Ming Hu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 763–777, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.67

• attractive for purification of seawater contaminated by 137Cs [112]. Networks can capture discrete molecules or nanoparticles. When networks are encapsulated into single crystals, the captured molecules or nanoparticles can be co-encapsulated to provide additional functions to single crystals [39][40][41

Antibacterial activity of a berberine nanoformulation

• Hue Thi Nguyen,
• Tuyet Nhung Pham,
• Anh-Tuan Le,
• Nguyen Thanh Thuy,
• Tran Quang Huy and
• Thuy Thi Thu Nguyen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 641–652, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.56

• from Titan Biotech, India. Bi-distilled water from a Milli-Q system (18.2 MΩ·cm at 25 °C) was used. All other chemicals were of analytical grade and used without further purification. Two bacterial strains isolated from clinical samples, namely, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and

Sodium doping in brookite TiO₂ enhances its photocatalytic activity

• Boxiang Zhuang,
• Honglong Shi,
• Honglei Zhang and
• Zeqian Zhang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 599–609, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.52

• ; Introduction Titanium dioxide (TiO2) has been extensively studied for many potential applications in the environmental and energy fields, such as treatment of polluted water [1][2], air purification [3][4], and water splitting [5][6]. In recent years, the interest in the brookite phase of TiO2 has been

• and solvents were used without further purification. Hydrothermal synthesis of the Na-doping brookite In a typical synthesis procedure, 1.27 g of oxalic acid dihydrate was dissolved into 50 mL of N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) solvent to obtain a colorless and transparent solution under vigorous stirring

Stimuli-responsive polypeptide nanogels for trypsin inhibition

• Petr Šálek,
• Jana Dvořáková,
• Sviatoslav Hladysh,
• Diana Oleshchuk,
• Ewa Pavlova,
• Jan Kučka and
• Vladimír Proks

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 538–548, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.45

• trioleate (TWEEN 85), sodium methoxide, sorbitan monooleate (SPAN 80), triphosgene, and tyramine were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (Prague, Czech Republic) and were used without purification. γ-Benzyl-ʟ-glutamate (BLG) 99% was purchased from Emmenar Bio-Tech (Sanathnagar, India) and was recrystallized from

Influence of thickness and morphology of MoS₂ on the performance of counter electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells

• Lam Thuy Thi Mai,
• Hai Viet Le,
• Ngan Kim Thi Nguyen,
• Van La Tran Pham,
• Thu Anh Thi Nguyen,
• Nguyen Thanh Le Huynh and
• Hoang Thai Nguyen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 528–537, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.44

• commercial chemicals were of analytical grade and were used as supplied without further purification. Electrodeposition of MoS2 thin films Thin films of MoS2 with different morphologies were electrodeposited onto FTO substrates by the CV method. MoS2 electrodeposition was carried out using an Autolab 302 N

Design and characterization of polymeric microneedles containing extracts of Brazilian green propolis

• Camila Felix Vecchi,
• Rafaela Said dos Santos,
• Jéssica Bassi da Silva and
• Marcos Luciano Bruschi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 503–516, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.42

• , MI, USA). Purified water was obtained from a water purification system (Evoqua Water Technologies, Pittsburgh, PA, USA). Absolute ethanol was purchased from Anidrol (Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil). Preparation and characterization of PRP extracts Brazilian green propolis (PRP) was obtained from an apiary of

Alcohol-perturbed self-assembly of the tobacco mosaic virus coat protein

• Ismael Abu-Baker and
• Amy Szuchmacher Blum

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 355–362, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.30

• solution conditions and alcohol content. Supporting Information Supporting Information features information on protein expression, purification, and characterization, as well as additional TEM images and DLS data. Supporting Information File 8: Additional experimental data. Funding This work was

Interfacial nanoarchitectonics for ZIF-8 membranes with enhanced gas separation

• Season S. Chen,
• Zhen-Jie Yang,
• Chia-Hao Chang,
• Hoong-Uei Koh,
• Sameerah I. Al-Saeedi,
• Kuo-Lun Tung and
• Kevin C.-W. Wu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 313–324, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.26

• mL) for 11 h for further purification. The beaker covered with parafilm was then placed in an oven at 45 °C for at least 12 h to dry the ZIF-8 membrane in saturated methanol vapor environment. Finally, the dried membrane was stored in a lyophilizer. Synthesis of ZIF-8 membranes via a counter

Piezoelectric nanogenerator for bio-mechanical strain measurement

• Zafar Javed,
• Lybah Rafiq,
• Muhammad Anwaar Nazeer,
• Saqib Siddiqui,
• Muhammad Babar Ramzan,
• Muhammad Qamar Khan and
• Muhammad Salman Naeem

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 192–200, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.14

• (DMF) and acetone from Sigma-Aldrich were used as solvents without any further purification. A conductive tape was used to make electrodes. Knitted fabric was used for the integration of the nanofibrous mesh for human body angle measurement. Fabrication of the nanofibrous mesh and its characterization

A comprehensive review on electrospun nanohybrid membranes for wastewater treatment

• Senuri Kumarage,
• Imalka Munaweera and
• Nilwala Kottegoda

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 137–159, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.10

• discussed. Finally, an outlook on the future research pathways to fill the gaps existing in water remediation have been suggested. Keywords: electrospinning; environmental remediation; membrane technologies; nanohybrids; water purification; Review 1 Introduction Nanotechnology is a technique that exploits

• years for water purification and treatment. The basics of electrospinning, the limiting factors affecting electrospinning and the advantages of the ENH membranes in water treatment/purification over conventional membranes are highlighted. The application of ENHs in removing major pollutants and their

• purification and treatment. The electrospun membranes have shown potential to overcome the bottlenecks of conventional membranes used in water purification, fabricated by techniques such as phase inversion, sintering, stretching, and track-etching. For instance, sintering and stretching, which are commonly

Sputtering onto liquids: a critical review

• Anastasiya Sergievskaya,
• Adrien Chauvin and
• Stephanos Konstantinidis

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 10–53, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.2

• are suitable for the upscaled production due to poor reproducibility or difficult purification processes [4][5]. Indeed, some applications require the usage of components with specific purity. Purifying the colloidal solutions from the by-products is an additional, time-consuming, and expensive step

• in the production chain that might cause detrimental issues, for example, NP aggregation. In this respect, low-pressure plasma-based sputtering onto liquids (SoL) is a relatively new synthetic approach in which the purification step can be avoided. This technique is based on the sputtering of

• presence of undesired contaminants, such as fragments of biological materials, which require complicated, expensive, and time-consuming purification procedures. Bio-assisted methods can be divided into three categories according to the system used: (i) microorganisms, (ii) biomolecules, and (iii) plant

Biocompatibility and cytotoxicity in vitro of surface-functionalized drug-loaded spinel ferrite nanoparticles

• Sadaf Mushtaq,
• Khuram Shahzad,
• Tariq Saeed,
• Anwar Ul-Hamid,
• Bilal Haider Abbasi,
• Nafees Ahmad,
• Waqas Khalid,
• Muhammad Atif,
• Zulqurnain Ali and
• Rashda Abbasi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1339–1364, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.99

• ZS (Malvern Instruments, 69 UK) and the uniform size distribution by gel electrophoresis (GE BIORAD). Drug attachment and drug release analyses were performed by using UV–vis spectroscopy (Thermo Scientific Evo 220). Phase transfer, polymer coating, and purification of MFe2O4 (M = Fe, Co, Ni, Zn) NPs

Electrical, electrochemical and structural studies of a chlorine-derived ionic liquid-based polymer gel electrolyte

• Ashish Gupta,
• Amrita Jain,
• Manju Kumari and
• Santosh K. Tripathi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1252–1261, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.92

• (ACN) was obtained from Merck. All the chemicals were used without further purification. Preparation of IL-polymer gel electrolyte membranes The electrolyte films were synthesized by using the standard solution casting technique. Details can be seen in our previous articles [10][11]. Briefly, different

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

• irradiation and replenishment phases in step 4 using the experiment-related input parameters. Additional post-growth processing that enables purification of the deposited structures is simulated in step 5. All these steps are described in greater detail below. Step 1. System components: precursor and

Self-assembly of amino acids toward functional biomaterials

• Huan Ren,
• Lifang Wu,
• Lina Tan,
• Yanni Bao,
• Yuchen Ma,
• Yong Jin and
• Qianli Zou

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1140–1150, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.85

• . However, the self-assembly of proteins and peptides has disadvantages, such as difficulty in obtaining high quantities of materials, high cost, polydispersity, and purification limitations. The difficulties in using proteins and peptides as functional materials make it more complicate to arrange assembled

• function due to the collective behavior of aggregates [24]. However, protein and peptide assemblies exhibit disadvantages, such as difficulty in obtaining high quantities of materials, corresponding high costs, and in some cases polydispersity and purification limitations. When using proteins and peptides

Revealing the formation mechanism and band gap tuning of Sb₂S₃ nanoparticles

• Maximilian Joschko,
• Franck Yvan Fotue Wafo,
• Christina Malsi,
• Danilo Kisić,
• Ivana Validžić and
• Christina Graf

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1021–1033, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.76

• KGaA, and 1,2-dichlorobenzene (>98%) from Fisher Scientific. All chemicals were used without further purification. Synthesis Undoped Sb2S3 nanoparticles All reaction steps were performed under an argon atmosphere. Prior to the reaction, two precursor solutions were freshly prepared. First, the sulfur

The role of deep eutectic solvents and carrageenan in synthesizing biocompatible anisotropic metal nanoparticles

• Nabojit Das,
• Akash Kumar and
• Raja Gopal Rayavarapu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 924–938, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.69

• during preparation, and require no further purification, which gives them properties of a green solvent [25]. However, DESs share remarkable features with RTILs such as low vapor pressure, high tolerance to humidity, and high thermostability. The term “deep eutectic solvent” was first coined by Abbott in