Effect of Ag loading position on the photocatalytic performance of TiO₂ nanocolumn arrays

• Jinghan Xu,
• Yanqi Liu and
• Yan Zhao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 717–728, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.59

• , chromic acid (H2CrO4), and methylene blue (MB) were purchased from Alfa Aesar. Alcohol, perchloric acid (HClO4), and sulfuric acid (H2SO4) were purchased from Beijing Chemical Works. All the chemicals used in the experiments were of analytical grade and used without further purification. Method Anodized

• alcohol. The anodized electrolyte solution was 0.2 M H2SO4, the oxidation voltage was 20 V, the ambient temperature was maintained at 0 °C, and the oxidation time was 6 h. After the oxidation was completed, the aluminum sheet was immersed in 1.8 wt % H2CrO4 to remove the first oxide layer. The sample was

Exfoliation in a low boiling point solvent and electrochemical applications of MoO₃

• Matangi Sricharan,
• Bikesh Gupta,
• Sreejesh Moolayadukkam and
• H. S. S. Ramakrishna Matte

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 662–670, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.52

• boiling point, such as isopropyl alcohol (IPA) [5]. Alternative approaches for obtaining MoO3 dispersions in low boiling point solvents have also been reported. For instance, Alsaif et al. have exfoliated MoO3 in mixtures of water and alcohols (methanol, ethanol, IPA) [12]. In these dispersions molybdenum

Electrochemically derived functionalized graphene for bulk production of hydrogen peroxide

• Munaiah Yeddala,
• Pallavi Thakur,
• Anugraha A and
• Tharangattu N. Narayanan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 432–442, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.34

• dispersing 10 mg of functionalized graphene in 375 µL of the solvent mixture consisting of isopropyl alcohol (IPA, 275 µL), water (50 µL), and N,N-dimethyl formamide (DMF, 50 µL). 3 µL and 5 µL of the above-prepared ink was drop cast over the well-polished GCE and RRDE (GCE disk having 4 mm diameter

Synthesis and enhanced photocatalytic performance of 0D/2D CuO/tourmaline composite photocatalysts

• Changqiang Yu,
• Min Wen,
• Zhen Tong,
• Shuhua Li,
• Yanhong Yin,
• Xianbin Liu,
• Yesheng Li,
• Tongxiang Liang,
• Ziping Wu and
• Dionysios D. Dionysiou

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 407–416, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.31

• , AR), sodium hydroxide (NaOH, AR), sodium sulfite (Na2SO3, AR), sodium sulfide (Na2S, AR), 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline N-oxide (DMPO, AR), disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA, AR), tert-butyl alcohol (TBA, AR), 1,4-benzoquinone (BQ, AR), and Nafion were purchased from Aladdin Chemistry Co., Ltd

Gold and silver dichroic nanocomposite in the quest for 3D printing the Lycurgus cup

• Lars Kool,
• Floris Dekker,
• Anton Bunschoten,
• Glen J. Smales,
• Brian R. Pauw,
• Aldrik H. Velders and
• Vittorio Saggiomo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 16–23, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.2

• hoped dichroic effect, and the nanoparticles precipitated out of solution as a black solid. A low amount of reducing agent in the presence of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as stabiliser agent, which would be the 3D printable material, also did not suffice to keep the nanoparticles in solution. After multiple

Advanced hybrid nanomaterials

• Andreas Taubert,
• Fabrice Leroux,
• Pierre Rabu and
• Verónica de Zea Bermudez

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2563–2567, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.247

• is the focus of an article reporting the performance of functionalized gold clusters deposited on ZrO2 nanoparticles for benzyl alcohol oxidation in [39]. Interestingly, the defunctionalized gold nanoclusters exhibit full catalytic conversion. Overall, this thematic issue clearly highlights not only

Evaluation of click chemistry microarrays for immunosensing of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)

• Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Dadfar,
• Sylwia Sekula-Neuner,
• Vanessa Trouillet,
• Hui-Yu Liu,
• Ravi Kumar,
• Annie K. Powell and
• Michael Hirtz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2505–2515, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.241

• September 2018 estimated about 840,000 new cases and 780,000 deaths of liver cancer in 2018 for both sexes and all ages [1]. Cirrhosis of the liver, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections, heavy alcohol consumption, ingestion of aflatoxin and certain diseases like hemochromatosis

Label-free highly sensitive probe detection with novel hierarchical SERS substrates fabricated by nanoindentation and chemical reaction methods

• Jingran Zhang,
• Tianqi Jia,
• Yongda Yan,
• Li Wang,
• Peng Miao,
• Yimin Han,
• Xinming Zhang,
• Guangfeng Shi,
• Yanquan Geng,
• Zhankun Weng,
• Daniel Laipple and
• Zuobin Wang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2483–2496, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.239

• ° and a radius of 200 nm. The normal force for the fabrication of the micro/nanostructures is 10 mN, the feed in the x-direction ranges from 2 to 10 μm, and the feed in the y- direction ranges from 1 to 10 μm. The structured copper surface was cleaned with an excess of alcohol followed by acetone. A 10

Mobility of charge carriers in self-assembled monolayers

• Zhihua Fu,
• Tatjana Ladnorg,
• Hartmut Gliemann,
• Alexander Welle,
• Asif Bashir,
• Michael Rohwerder,
• Qiang Zhang,
• Björn Schüpbach,
• Andreas Terfort and
• Christof Wöll

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2449–2458, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.235

• (CDCl3, 400 MHz) δ 8.23 (s, 2H, H-10, H-9), 8.05 (s, 1H, H-1), 7.87–7.81 (m, 2H, H-5, H-8), 7.79 (d, 1H, H-4), 7.35–7.28 (m, 3H, H-3, H-6, H-7), 3.04 (s, 1H, CH) ppm. 4-(Anthracen-2-ylethynyl)benzyl alcohol A mixture of 1.7 g of 4-iodobenzyl alcohol (7.3 mmol), 1.5 g 2-ethynylanthracene (7.4 mmol), 0.282

• added maintaining a temperature of 0 °C. This mixture was added dropwise to a solution of 0.15 g of 4-(anthracen-2-ylethynyl)benzyl alcohol (0.49 mmol) and 0.3 mL of thioacetic acid (4.2 mmol) in 10 mL of THF. The reaction was allowed to proceed for 3 h, before the volatiles were removed in vacuo. The

pH-Controlled fluorescence switching in water-dispersed polymer brushes grafted to modified boron nitride nanotubes for cellular imaging

• Saban Kalay,
• Yurij Stetsyshyn,
• Volodymyr Donchak,
• Khrystyna Harhay,
• Ostap Lishchynskyi,
• Halyna Ohar,
• Yuriy Panchenko,
• Stanislav Voronov and
• Mustafa Çulha

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2428–2439, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.233

• -dependent fluorescence properties. Third, acrylic groups in P(AA-co-FA) can be easy modified for drugs and/or targeting agents similar to that reported in [61]. It is well known that the carboxyl group of acrylic acid can react with ammonia to form acrylamide, or with an alcohol to form an acrylate ester

Coating of upconversion nanoparticles with silica nanoshells of 5–250 nm thickness

• Cynthia Kembuan,
• Maysoon Saleh,
• Bastian Rühle,
• Ute Resch-Genger and
• Christina Graf

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2410–2421, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.231

• microemulsion method. The Stöber method refers to the process of preparing silica via the hydrolysis and condensation of tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) within an alcohol–ammonia–water system [25]. Related methods are widely used for coating NPs that are dispersible in polar media [26][27]. Modified Stöber

Microfluidics as tool to prepare size-tunable PLGA nanoparticles with high curcumin encapsulation for efficient mucus penetration

• Nashrawan Lababidi,
• Valentin Sigal,
• Aljoscha Koenneke,
• Konrad Schwarzkopf,
• Andreas Manz and
• Marc Schneider

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2280–2293, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.220

• fluorescence dye (2) is activated with DCC in water-free DCM and reacts with the terminal alcohol group of PLGA (1) under DMAP catalysis to the functionalized polymer (3). Properties and miscibility of organic solvents with water according to the Hildebrand solubility parameter. Overview of the concentration

Mannosylated brush copolymers based on poly(ethylene glycol) and poly(ε-caprolactone) as multivalent lectin-binding nanomaterials

• Stefania Ordanini,
• Wanda Celentano,
• Anna Bernardi and
• Francesco Cellesi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2192–2206, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.212

• examined. Results and Discussion Synthesis of the PCL-based macromonomer Propargyl-poly(ε-caprolactone)-methacrylate (Pg-PCL-MA) was prepared in two steps starting from ε-caprolactone, through a bulk ROP initiated by propargyl alcohol and catalyzed by tin(II) 2-ethylhexanoate [25] (Scheme 1, step a

• -poly(ε-caprolactone) (Pg-PCL). Pg-PCL was synthesized as reported in a previous work [25]. Briefly, ε-caprolactone (20 g, 0.175 mol, 5 equiv) was added in a round flask and heated up to 130 °C. A second yellowish solution containing propargyl alcohol (2.04 mL, 0.035 mol, 1 equiv) and tin(II) 2

• , obtaining 20 g of final product Pg-PCL as a colorless viscous oil. Conversionε-CL = 99%; conversionpropargyl alcohol = 96%; yield = 92%; Mn,NMR = 716 g·mol−1; Mn,GPC = 1345 g·mol−1; PDI = 1.19 (relative to linear polystyrene). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 4.65 (d, J = 2.4 Hz, 2H, -CH2-CCH), 4.03 (t, J = 6.6 Hz

BergaCare SmartLipids: commercial lipophilic active concentrates for improved performance of dermal products

• Florence Olechowski,
• Rainer H. Müller and
• Sung Min Pyo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2152–2162, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.208

• pure lipids and three natural lipid mixtures (cetearyl alcohol, cetearyl glucoside, octyldodecanol, carnauba wax, candelilla wax, and beeswax). Different from the SmartLipids principle are, e.g., NLCs made from a relatively uniform solid lipid, e.g., tristearin (mainly C18 triglyceride) blended with

Improved adsorption and degradation performance by S-doping of (001)-TiO₂

• Xiao-Yu Sun,
• Xian Zhang,
• Xiao Sun,
• Ni-Xian Qian,
• Min Wang and
• Yong-Qing Ma

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2116–2127, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.206

• -pyrroline-N-oxide (DMPO) were determined on a Bruker EMX plus 10/12 (equipped with Oxford ESR910 Liquid Helium cryostat). For detection of the superoxide radicals (•O2−) and hydroxyl radicals (•OH), 2.5 mg of the photocatalyst was dispersed in 1 mL DMPO/methyl alcohol solution or DMPO/H2O solution. The

Incorporation of doxorubicin in different polymer nanoparticles and their anticancer activity

• Sebastian Pieper,
• Hannah Onafuye,
• Dennis Mulac,
• Jindrich Cinatl Jr.,
• Mark N. Wass,
• Martin Michaelis and
• Klaus Langer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2062–2072, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.201

• (vinyl alcohol) (PVA, 30,000–70,000 Da), bovine serum albumin (BSA), HSA, and glutaraldehyde were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich Chemie GmbH (Karlsruhe, Germany). Dulbecco's Phosphate buffered saline (PBS) was purchased from Biochrom GmbH (Berlin, Germany). Doxorubicin was obtained from LGC Standards GmbH

Porous silver-coated pNIPAM-co-AAc hydrogel nanocapsules

• William W. Bryan,
• Riddhiman Medhi,
• Maria D. Marquez,
• Supparesk Rittikulsittichai,
• Michael Tran and
• T. Randall Lee

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1973–1982, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.194

• glassware and equipment used were first cleaned using aqua regia (3:1, HCl/HNO3), then cleaned in a base bath (saturated KOH in isopropyl alcohol) and lastly, rinsed with Milli-Q water prior to use. Preparation of pNIPAM-co-AAc hydrogel particles. Colloidal pNIPAM-co-AAc hydrogel particles were prepared

Magnetic properties of biofunctionalized iron oxide nanoparticles as magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents

• Natalia E. Gervits,
• Andrey A. Gippius,
• Alexey V. Tkachev,
• Evgeniy I. Demikhov,
• Sergey S. Starchikov,
• Igor S. Lyubutin,
• Alexander L. Vasiliev,
• Vladimir P. Chekhonin,
• Maxim A. Abakumov,
• Alevtina S. Semkina and
• Alexander G. Mazhuga

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1964–1972, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.193

• (III) acetylacetonate. Briefly, the solution of iron(III) acetylacetonate (2 g) in anhydrous benzyl alcohol (40 mL) was heated to 110 °С for 1 h. Afterwards, the solution was heated to reflux under nitrogen atmosphere and kept for 30 min under reflux. Subsequently, the solution was cooled down, and the

Facile synthesis of carbon nanotube-supported NiO//Fe₂O₃ for all-solid-state supercapacitors

• Shengming Zhang,
• Xuhui Wang,
• Yan Li,
• Xuemei Mu,
• Yaxiong Zhang,
• Jingwei Du,
• Guo Liu,
• Xiaohui Hua,
• Yingzhuo Sheng,
• Erqing Xie and
• Zhenxing Zhang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1923–1932, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.188

• . All-solid-state asymmetric supercapacitor An all-solid-state asymmetric supercapacitor (ASC) was constructed with CC-CNT@Fe2O3 as the negative electrode, CC-CNT@NiO as the positive electrode, potassium hydroxide/polyvinyl alcohol gel (KOH/PVA, 1:1 mass ratio) as the electrolyte, and a cellulose

Biocatalytic oligomerization-induced self-assembly of crystalline cellulose oligomers into nanoribbon networks assisted by organic solvents

• Yuuki Hata,
• Yuka Fukaya,
• Toshiki Sawada,
• Masahito Nishiura and
• Takeshi Serizawa

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1778–1788, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.173

• , 60, 70, 80 and 90 vol % EtOH, EtOH, EtOH/tert-butyl alcohol (1:1, v/v) and then tert-butyl alcohol by immersion. The obtained organogels were freeze-fractured using liquid nitrogen and a razor blade and then lyophilized. The obtained xerogels were mounted on substrates using Dotite and then coated

Growth dynamics and light scattering of gold nanoparticles in situ synthesized at high concentration in thin polymer films

• Corentin Guyot,
• Philippe Vandestrick,
• Ingrid Marenne,
• Olivier Deparis and
• Michel Voué

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1768–1777, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.172

• components as a reducing agent for the metal salt. We therefore need a matrix that plays the role of reducing agent but also contributes to the stabilization of the NPs. Polymers like poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) or polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) are good candidates for this purpose. The self-stabilization process

• refractive index. Our observation that the in situ synthesis of NPs produces some roughness at the film surface and hence backscattering, is of importance for the integration of such Au nanocomposite films in Q-switched fiber lasers. Experimental Chemicals HAuCl4 and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA, 87–89

TiO₂/GO-coated functional separator to suppress polysulfide migration in lithium–sulfur batteries

• Ning Liu,
• Lu Wang,
• Taizhe Tan,
• Yan Zhao and
• Yongguang Zhang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1726–1736, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.168

• (DI) water (18.2 MΩ cm) and ethyl alcohol. Then, the powder was vacuum dried (−0.08 MPa) for 8 h. To synthesize the TiO2/GO composites, 1 g of nanoporous TiO2 (≈40 nm) and 100 mL of graphene oxide (GO) solution were dispersed into 100 mL of deionized water and ultrasonically mixed for 2 h, followed by

Novel hollow titanium dioxide nanospheres with antimicrobial activity against resistant bacteria

• Carol López de Dicastillo,
• Cristian Patiño,
• María José Galotto,
• Yesseny Vásquez-Martínez,
• Claudia Torrent,
• Daniela Alburquenque,
• Alejandro Pereira and
• Juan Escrig

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1716–1725, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.167

• were (0.16 ± 0.02)% and (23.41 ± 0.47)% with respect to the polymer weight, respectively. The deposition of titania, when compared to our previous work, confirmed that the deposition onto the PVP polymer and polyvinyl alcohol presented a similar rate and it was mainly dependent on the number of cycles

Materials nanoarchitectonics at two-dimensional liquid interfaces

• Katsuhiko Ariga,
• Michio Matsumoto,
• Taizo Mori and
• Lok Kumar Shrestha

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1559–1587, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.153

• at the liquid–liquid interface. For example, C60 rods or needles can be obtained at the interface between a saturated solution of C60 in toluene and isopropyl alcohol as poor solvent. 4.2 One-dimensional fullerene assembly materials Shrestha and co-workers have extended the research on dimensionally

• -dimensional C60 crystals prepared through liquid–liquid interfacial precipitation between m-xylene and isopropyl alcohol for visible-spectrum photodetectors [248]. Additional materials or two metal contacts are not necessary in the fabricated photodetectors. These devices made solely from carbon can be used

• prepared two-dimensional C60 hexagonal nanosheets with hierarchic pore structures of macropores and mesopores just by changing the solvent combination (Figure 18) [250]. Liquid–liquid interfacial precipitation processes with isopropyl alcohol/benzene and isopropyl alcohol/carbon tetrachloride provided one

Synthesis of P- and N-doped carbon catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction via controlled phosphoric acid treatment of folic acid

• Rieko Kobayashi,
• Takafumi Ishii,
• Yasuo Imashiro and
• Jun-ichi Ozaki

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1497–1510, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.148

• exhibited higher ORR activity than N-doped (HH-series) carbon materials. As N-free P-doped carbon materials could not be prepared from FA, a P-doped carbon material was prepared from poly(furyl alcohol) (PFA) to examine the effects of P-only doping on the ORR activity. The ORR activity of P-doped PFA

• specimens, respectively (T = treatment temperature). Moreover, carbon materials were also prepared by directly heating FA or PA-FA mixtures to 1000 °C (H-1000 and P-1000 samples, respectively). To study the influence of P-only doping, the above carbonization procedure was applied to poly(furfuryl alcohol