Thickness-modulated tungsten–carbon superconducting nanostructures grown by focused ion beam induced deposition for vortex pinning up to high magnetic fields

• Ismael García Serrano,
• Javier Sesé,
• Isabel Guillamón,
• Hermann Suderow,
• Sebastián Vieira,
• Manuel Ricardo Ibarra and
• José María De Teresa

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1698–1708, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.162

• minimum of the resistance at ≈1.5 T to a possible reordering of the vortex lattice or the coexistence of both ordering modes at this magnetic field. Only direct visualization (by STM for example) of the vortex lattice could resolve in this case. After carrying out the assignment of all the experimental

Nanoanalytics for materials science

• Thilo Glatzel and
• Tom Wirtz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1674–1675, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.159

• and reliable understanding and accurate physical models. Furthermore, a reliable and easy way to extract a maximum of information out of the multimodal datasets, efficient data visualization strategies, and methods for analysis, mining and modeling are of utmost importance. This Thematic Series on

Sb₂S₃ grown by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis and its application in a hybrid solar cell

• Erki Kärber,
• Atanas Katerski,
• Ilona Oja Acik,
• Arvo Mere,
• Valdek Mikli and
• Malle Krunks

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1662–1673, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.158

• accelerating voltage of 10 kV. The same SEM system was used for visualization of the morphology of the layers and of the cross-section of the solar cells at an electron beam accelerating voltage of 4 kV. Current–voltage scans of the solar cells were used to obtain the principal characteristics of the solar

False positives and false negatives measure less than 0.001% in labeling ssDNA with osmium tetroxide 2,2’-bipyridine

• Anastassia Kanavarioti

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1434–1446, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.135

• , allowing the visualization of complete osmylation (plateau), as well as of any side reactions (additional peaks) that could be attributed to degradation products. Under these conditions, the reaction is quite fast and all pyrimidines have reacted after about 40 min, as evidenced by the plateau. Moreover

On the pathway of cellular uptake: new insight into the interaction between the cell membrane and very small nanoparticles

• Claudia Messerschmidt,
• Daniel Hofmann,
• Anja Kroeger,
• Katharina Landfester,
• Volker Mailänder and
• Ingo Lieberwirth

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1296–1311, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.121

• identification Since the contrast of the silica particles in bright field imaging was too low for unambiguous identification, we applied inelastic dark field imaging techniques for the visualization of silica nanoparticles. Inelastic dark field imaging was conducted using the image filter/electron energy loss

Functional diversity of resilin in Arthropoda

• Jan Michels,
• Esther Appel and
• Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1241–1259, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.115

• solutions, the excitation maximum is shifted considerably to about 285 nm, and the upper edge of the excitation peak is at about 330–340 nm [38][39]. The pH-induced changes of the excitation properties are reversible and take place rapidly [40]. The described resilin identification and visualization methods

A terahertz-vibration to terahertz-radiation converter based on gold nanoobjects: a feasibility study

• Kamil Moldosanov and
• Andrei Postnikov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 983–989, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.90

• sources is apparent in the areas of application such as early cancer diagnostics, nondestructive inspection of pharmaceutical tablets, visualization of concealed objects. We outline the operation principle and suggest the design of a simple appliance for generating terahertz radiation by a system of

Dielectrophoresis of gold nanoparticles conjugated to DNA origami structures

• Anja Henning-Knechtel,
• Matthew Wiens,
• Mathias Lakatos,
• Andreas Heerwig,
• Frieder Ostermaier,
• Nora Haufe and
• Michael Mertig

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 948–956, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.87

• pipetted into the PDMS ring and an (ac) field applied. Images were taken in the green channel with a frame-transfer intensified CCD camera (Cascade 512:B, Roper Scientific) using the MetaMorph software (Molecular Devices). Finite element method simulations For the two dimensional visualization of the gold

Frog tongue surface microstructures: functional and evolutionary patterns

• Thomas Kleinteich and
• Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 893–903, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.81

• , captured during micro-CT scanning, we reconstructed image stacks of virtual cross-sections through the entire specimen with the software NRecon (Bruker microCT, Kontich, Belgium). These image stacks were then exported as 16 bit TIFF files, which we analyzed and visualized with the 3D visualization software

Direct formation of gold nanorods on surfaces using polymer-immobilised gold seeds

• Majid K. Abyaneh,
• Pietro Parisse and
• Loredana Casalis

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 809–816, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.72

• that gold particles are distributed well at the surface of PMMA with mean particles size of 150 nm for P1-20 and 80 nm for P2-20 nanocomposites. Gwyddion, a multi-platform modular free software [37] for visualization and analysis of data from scanning probe microscopes has been used to process the AFM

Hierarchical coassembly of DNA–triptycene hybrid molecular building blocks and zinc protoporphyrin IX

• Rina Kumari,
• Sumit Singh,
• Mohan Monisha,
• Sourav Bhowmick,
• Anindya Roy,
• Neeladri Das and
• Prolay Das

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 697–707, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.62

• ) in suitable dialysis buffer to exclude small molecule impurities. Denaturing PAGE (20%) was used for visualization and purification of the DNA–TPA conjugates. The desired bands were excised from the PAGE and the DNA–TPA conjugates were purified using extraction buffer and ethanol washing. These

• AFM imaging was employed for the direct visualization of the self-assembled (S1)3–TPA and (S2)3–TPA hybrid conjugates. AFM images show the formation of extended nanofibers through the self-assembly into hierarchically organized structures of DNA–TPA units, when hybridized in the presence of Zn PpIX

Hemolysin coregulated protein 1 as a molecular gluing unit for the assembly of nanoparticle hybrid structures

• Tuan Anh Pham,
• Andreas Schreiber,
• Elena V. Sturm (née Rosseeva),
• Stefan Schiller and
• Helmut Cölfen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 351–363, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.32

• elongation of the NPs assembly structures. The decrease in the absorbance between 17 h and 22 h is due to the slight precipitation of large Au Hcp1_cys3 structures. For better visualization of the different Au NP architectures, a cryo-TEM investigation was conducted for 3 samples at 7.5 h, 17 h and 22 h, as

• analysis of the HRTEM images were realized by means of the Digital Micrograph (Gatan, USA) and JEMS (version: 3.5930U2010) software. Visualization of the magnetite crystal models was performed with the VESTA 3 software. The magnetic measurement was accomplished with a SQUID magnetometer, type MPMS XL5 from

Surface coating affects behavior of metallic nanoparticles in a biological environment

• Darija Domazet Jurašin,
• Marija Ćurlin,
• Ivona Capjak,
• Tea Crnković,
• Marija Lovrić,
• Michal Babič,
• Daniel Horák,
• Ivana Vinković Vrček and
• Srećko Gajović

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 246–262, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.23

• ]. Analytical methods As described in [49], the size and charge of NPs were measured by dynamic (DLS) and electrophoretic light scattering (ELS), respectively, using Zetasizer Nano ZS (Malvern, UK). Visualization of NPs were done using a transmission electron microscope (TEM, Zeiss 902A). Total silver

Plasticity-mediated collapse and recrystallization in hollow copper nanowires: a molecular dynamics simulation

• Amlan Dutta,
• Arup Kumar Raychaudhuri and
• Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 228–235, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.21

• implemented in the large-scale atomic/molecular massively parallel simulator (LAMMPS) developed at the Sandia National Laboratory [23], while the OVITO [24] visualization tool is employed to view the atomic configuration of the nanowire. Results and Discussion Morphological evolution We start with the

Effects of electronic coupling and electrostatic potential on charge transport in carbon-based molecular electronic junctions

• Richard L. McCreery

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 32–46, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.4

• experimental results where possible. Experimental Common DFT procedures were used, in part to maximize availability to potential users. Gaussian09 version 9.5 (revision D.01 Windows 64 bit) and Gaussview 5.0.9 software packages were used for all calculations and visualization of molecular structures and

• of Gaussian09 for Windows. Orbital visualization with Gaussview used the default isovalue of 0.02, which is commonly used to represent the majority of the electron density. Predictions of charge transfer within model molecules used the Mulliken charges calculated during the DFT analysis. There is

Controlled graphene oxide assembly on silver nanocube monolayers for SERS detection: dependence on nanocube packing procedure

• Martina Banchelli,
• Bruno Tiribilli,
• Roberto Pini,
• Luigi Dei,
• Paolo Matteini and
• Gabriella Caminati

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 9–21, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.2

• rendering was performed using Gwyddion 2.30 SPM data visualization tool (http://gwyddion.net/). UV–vis measurements. UV–vis spectra of the nanocube suspension in ethanol and of monolayers deposited on quartz substrates were recorded using a Jasco V-6 UV–vis–NIR spectrophotometer with 1 nm slit and 200 nm

Plasma fluorination of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes: functionalization and thermal stability

• Claudia Struzzi,
• Mattia Scardamaglia,
• Axel Hemberg,
• Luca Petaccia,
• Jean-François Colomer,
• Rony Snyders and
• Carla Bittencourt

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 2263–2271, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.232

• grafted species, we first analyze the C 1s, F 1s and O 1s core levels in the XPS spectra acquired after fluorination (labeled RT in the figure). Once the Shirley-type background was subtracted, the C 1s intensities in Figure 1a were normalized to the maximum value, allowing a direct visualization of the

• . Temperature-dependent XPS analysis of functionalized vCNTs. (a) C 1s spectra acquired as a function of heating temperature. The C 1s spectrum recorded just after the fluorination is labelled RT, the pristine spectrum is the bottom curve. The spectra were normalized and stacked for better visualization of

Virtual reality visual feedback for hand-controlled scanning probe microscopy manipulation of single molecules

• Philipp Leinen,
• Matthew F. B. Green,
• Taner Esat,
• Christian Wagner,
• F. Stefan Tautz and
• Ruslan Temirov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 2148–2153, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.220

• the analysis of manipulation trajectory data much simpler. It would also help to transfer knowledge between different users and/or experiments, thus facilitating systematic learning during which manipulation protocols are refined and corrected in multiple steps. Visualization of the manipulation

Near-field visualization of plasmonic lenses: an overall analysis of characterization errors

• Jing Wang,
• Yongqi Fu,
• Zongwei Xu and
• Fengzhou Fang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 2069–2077, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.211

• University, 300072, P. R. China 10.3762/bjnano.6.211 Abstract Many factors influence the near-field visualization of plasmonic structures that are based on perforated elliptical slits. Here, characterization errors are experimentally analyzed in detail from both fabrication and measurement points of view

Simulation of thermal stress and buckling instability in Si/Ge and Ge/Si core/shell nanowires

• Suvankar Das,
• Amitava Moitra,
• Mishreyee Bhattacharya and
• Amlan Dutta

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1970–1977, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.201

• ++ [28] have been employed for performing the simulations. Wherever required, the crystal structure was viewed using the OVITO [29] visualization tool. Measurement of thermal stress As mentioned in the previous section, CSNWs with different core diameters have been simulated for a fixed outer diameter of

Nanocuration workflows: Establishing best practices for identifying, inputting, and sharing data to inform decisions on nanomaterials

• Christina M. Powers,
• Karmann A. Mills,
• Stephanie A. Morris,
• Fred Klaessig,
• Sharon Gaheen,
• Nastassja Lewinski and
• Christine Ogilvie Hendren

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1860–1871, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.189

• hold and organize large quantities of data has increased data availability to scientists, engineers, and others in the scientific community. Greater access to data repositories, data sharing platforms, and data visualization tools creates opportunities to compare and integrate information across a

Imaging of carbon nanomembranes with helium ion microscopy

• André Beyer,
• Henning Vieker,
• Robin Klett,
• Hanno Meyer zu Theenhausen,
• Polina Angelova and
• Armin Gölzhäuser

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1712–1720, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.175

• range of magnification of a HIM allows for the visualization of TEM grids by recording a single HIM image. The effects of charging as well as background features were discussed. We demonstrated that the sample holder under the CNM surface can induce image artefacts, which are avoidable by mounting the

Analysis of soil bacteria susceptibility to manufactured nanoparticles via data visualization

• Rong Liu,
• Yuan Ge,
• Patricia A. Holden and
• Yoram Cohen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1635–1651, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.166

• manufactured nanoparticles (MNPs) on soil bacterial communities for different exposure periods and MNP doses was explored via data visualization techniques. Interrelationships between MNP treatments and responses of bacterial taxa were illustrated by bipartite graphs, allowing fast identification of important

• communities exposed to MNPs and thus evaluate the potential for environmental impacts. Keywords: environmental impact; manufactured nanoparticles; nanoinformatics; soil bacteria; visualization; Introduction Manufactured nanoparticles (MNPs) are now routinely used in numerous products and applications due to

• datasets of high dimensionality (e.g., over 105 soil DNA sequences extracted for a treatment) [18][19]. Therefore, advanced data exploration/visualization approaches are required to allow researchers to design subsequent confirmatory experiments and/or perform detailed statistical analyses. Graphical

The eNanoMapper database for nanomaterial safety information

• Nina Jeliazkova,
• Charalampos Chomenidis,
• Philip Doganis,
• Bengt Fadeel,
• Roland Grafström,
• Barry Hardy,
• Janna Hastings,
• Markus Hegi,
• Vedrin Jeliazkov,
• Nikolay Kochev,
• Pekka Kohonen,
• Cristian R. Munteanu,
• Haralambos Sarimveis,
• Bart Smeets,
• Pantelis Sopasakis,
• Georgia Tsiliki,
• David Vorgrimmler and
• Egon Willighagen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1609–1634, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.165

How decision analysis can further nanoinformatics

• Matthew E. Bates,
• Sabrina Larkin,
• Jeffrey M. Keisler and
• Igor Linkov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1594–1600, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.162

• techniques of multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA), value of information (VOI), weight of evidence (WOE), and portfolio decision analysis (PDA) can bridge the gap from current data collection and visualization efforts to present information relevant to specific decision needs. Decision analytic and

• way of supplementing data intensive visualization methods for the goals of risk management [5][13][14]. For a successful nanoinformatics enterprise, top-down decision analytic tools and bottom-up data management methods need to be integrated. Decision analytic tools are able to bridge the gap between

• , sorting, and visualization of data, but the top-down identification of decision-relevant information. The four tools described here can accomplish both facets of that goal, and overall, provide capability to expand the reach of current nanoinformatics tools. Part of this expansion should be accomplished