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Structural properties and thermal stability of cobalt- and chromium-doped α-MnO2 nanorods

  • Romana Cerc Korošec,
  • Polona Umek,
  • Alexandre Gloter,
  • Jana Padežnik Gomilšek and
  • Peter Bukovec

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1032–1042, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.104

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  • at higher temperatures. This behavior was expected due to the low content of incorporated dopant ions. The main difference between the samples is in the content of adsorbed water, which is released between room temperature and around 250 °C together with the solvent (methanol). The water content
  • samples prepared at 170 °C is always by more then one percent lower than in the samples prepared at 90 °C because these nanorods no longer form secondary structures. Methanol is released from 100 to 250 °C in the form of CO2 (m/z 44; Figure 8b). A step at around 250 °C corresponds to the loss of water
  • did they destabilize the structure (in this case thermal decomposition would occur at lower temperatures for the doped samples). On heating from room temperature to around 250 °C, adsorbed water is released together with methanol. Water molecules inside the channels are topotactically released at
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Published 10 May 2017

Recombinant DNA technology and click chemistry: a powerful combination for generating a hybrid elastin-like-statherin hydrogel to control calcium phosphate mineralization

  • Mohamed Hamed Misbah,
  • Mercedes Santos,
  • Luis Quintanilla,
  • Christina Günter,
  • Matilde Alonso,
  • Andreas Taubert and
  • José Carlos Rodríguez-Cabello

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 772–783, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.80

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  • saturated Na2CO3 solution. This organic TA solution was used without further purification. Amine-Azide interconversion: The ELR was dissolved in ultrapure (Millipore) water at 85 mg/mL and 4 °C. Aqueous Na2CO3 (1.5 equiv) and CuSO4 (0.01 equiv) solutions were added. Methanol (2 mL) was added to act as a
  • , 36.14, 37.89, and 50.28° 2θ can be assigned to β-TCP phase (JCPDS 01-070-2065). β-TCP is normally synthesized at high temperature, although there are a few examples of β-TCP formation under milder conditions. For example, β-TCP can be synthesized at room temperature in methanol from CaHPO4 and ACP
  • formation of neuron-like morphology of ACP phase at the soluble state [13]. The approach used in this work, which avoids the need for substances that may harm the human body (methanol, ethylene glycol, surfactants) [54][55][56], shows the merit of controlling the generation of hybrid materials for potential
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First examples of organosilica-based ionogels: synthesis and electrochemical behavior

  • Andreas Taubert,
  • Ruben Löbbicke,
  • Barbara Kirchner and
  • Fabrice Leroux

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 736–751, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.77

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  • was always 16.5 mmol (from TMOS or MTMS and BTMSPA combined; note that BTMSPA contributes two moles of silicon for every mole of silane). The amount of water was 82.5 mmol (1.485 mL) and the amount of acetone or methanol used as solvents was 200 mmol (10.8 mL or 6.4 mL, respectively). In a typical
  • h for further condensation. The resulting material was washed extensively by Soxhlet extraction with methanol and was stored in methanol until further use. When acetone was used as solvent, opaque monoliths were obtained whereas transparent monoliths were obtained when using methanol during
  • synthesis. Sample nomenclature. Organosilicas made from TMOS and BTMSPA are denoted TBMxx and TBAxx, where xx (fraction of silicon provided by monosilane precursor, not from BTMSPA) = 20, 40, 50, 60. “A” denotes samples made in acetone and “M” denotes samples made in methanol. Samples made from MTMS and
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Published 29 Mar 2017

Synthesis of graphene–transition metal oxide hybrid nanoparticles and their application in various fields

  • Arpita Jana,
  • Elke Scheer and
  • Sebastian Polarz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 688–714, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.74

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Nanostructured carbon materials decorated with organophosphorus moieties: synthesis and application

  • Giacomo Biagiotti,
  • Vittoria Langè,
  • Cristina Ligi,
  • Stefano Caporali,
  • Maurizio Muniz-Miranda,
  • Anna Flis,
  • K. Michał Pietrusiewicz,
  • Giacomo Ghini,
  • Alberto Brandi and
  • Stefano Cicchi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 485–493, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.52

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  • was removed. The solid was washed by cycle of dispersion in fresh methanol and centrifugation (six times). The product was recovered and dried (12.5 mg). ICP-AES analysis: phosphorus 0.275%, 0.087 mmol/g. Synthesis of ox-MWCNTs-nitrene-PO (8) To a 50 mL flask were added CNTs (10 mg) and 20 mL of 1,2
  • cycle with isopropanol to remove the reaction solvent, three cycles with 1 M aqueous sodium hydroxide, three cycles with aqueous hydrogen chloride 0.1 M, three cycles with methanol and three cycles with isopropyl ether. The reduction was checked by XPS spectroscopy. General procedure for the Staudinger
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Published 22 Feb 2017

Association of aescin with β- and γ-cyclodextrins studied by DFT calculations and spectroscopic methods

  • Ana I. Ramos,
  • Pedro D. Vaz,
  • Susana S. Braga and
  • Artur M. S. Silva

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 348–357, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.37

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  • -cyclodextrin·methanol·n·H2O (refcode NUNRIX [37]), in which the glucopyranose units already feature a high symmetry due to the presence of the methanol guest. The geometry of γ-CD after further optimisation is depicted in Figure 10. The initial geometry of aescin Ib was taken from its single-crystal diffraction data (refcode
  • . Partial 2D ROESY spectrum of a water/methanol solution containing equimolar amounts of γ-CD and aescin. Carbon (and corresponding proton) numbering of aescin. Optimised structures of the theoretical 2β-CD·aescin complex β1 (a) and complex β2 (b). Optimised geometries for three different hypothetical
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Published 03 Feb 2017

Functionalized TiO2 nanoparticles by single-step hydrothermal synthesis: the role of the silane coupling agents

  • Antoine R. M. Dalod,
  • Lars Henriksen,
  • Tor Grande and
  • Mari-Ann Einarsrud

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 304–312, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.33

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  • materials. The resulting hydrophobic properties of the nanoparticles depend on organic chain length and surface coverage [17], and are comparable to results reported by Iijima and co-workers on TiO2 nanoparticles post-modified with decyltrimethoxysilane and APTMS in mixed solutions of toluene and methanol
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Published 31 Jan 2017

Template-controlled piezoactivity of ZnO thin films grown via a bioinspired approach

  • Nina J. Blumenstein,
  • Fabian Streb,
  • Stefan Walheim,
  • Thomas Schimmel,
  • Zaklina Burghard and
  • Joachim Bill

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 296–303, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.32

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  • indicates that the sulfonate functionality leads to a highly polar surface of the template, whereas the carboxylate is less negatively charged. However, it has to be taken into account that the deposition experiments take place in methanol. The solvent influences the effective surface charge of the
  • substrate and particles in the solution and therefore, the interaction between both is affected. For example it was found that silica shows a decreasing surface potential if methanol is added to an aqueous electrolyte solution [41][42]. This can be explained by the lower ability of methanol to stabilize
  • ions as can be seen from the pKa values reported by Rived et al. [43]. Therefore, it is probable that the surface charge of the used templates is lower in methanol than it could be expected from zeta potential measurements in water. Nevertheless, the polarity of the two templates is high enough to
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Published 30 Jan 2017

Colorimetric gas detection by the varying thickness of a thin film of ultrasmall PTSA-coated TiO2 nanoparticles on a Si substrate

  • Urmas Joost,
  • Andris Šutka,
  • Meeri Visnapuu,
  • Aile Tamm,
  • Meeri Lembinen,
  • Mikk Antsov,
  • Kathriin Utt,
  • Krisjanis Smits,
  • Ergo Nõmmiste and
  • Vambola Kisand

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 229–236, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.25

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  • under reflux conditions. The nanoparticles were washed twice with methanol using centrifugation at 12000g for 1 h. The synthesis was optimized to obtain ultrasmall nanoparticles (roughly 3 nm in diameter) to attain a high sample surface area. Our modified synthesis protocol had a NP yield more than 50
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Published 24 Jan 2017

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering of self-assembled thiol monolayers and supported lipid membranes on thin anodic porous alumina

  • Marco Salerno,
  • Amirreza Shayganpour,
  • Barbara Salis and
  • Silvia Dante

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 74–81, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.8

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  • , to let the sulfur of the –SH group bind covalently to the Au surface (chemisorption). The substrates were then gently washed with their aqueous solutions and dried under nitrogen flow. All the lipids were dissolved in chloroform/methanol 2:1 vol/vol, dried under a gentle nitrogen flux in a test tube
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Published 09 Jan 2017

From iron coordination compounds to metal oxide nanoparticles

  • Mihail Iacob,
  • Carmen Racles,
  • Codrin Tugui,
  • George Stiubianu,
  • Adrian Bele,
  • Liviu Sacarescu,
  • Daniel Timpu and
  • Maria Cazacu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 2074–2087, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.198

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  • (vs), 1450 (vs), 1589 (vs), 1688 (s), 2545 (vw), 2636 (vw), 3413 (s). Iron furoate [Fe3O(C4H3OCOO)6(CH3OH)3]NO3∙2CH3OH (FeF) was obtained as reddish single crystals following the procedure described by Melnic et. al. [35] from a mixture of Cu2(C4H3OCOO)4∙4H2O, Fe(NO3)3∙9H2O and methanol. The structure
  • )3∙9H2O (0.5 g) in 5 mL methanol. The process took place at 60 °C for 5 h, with heating and cooling rates of 0.1 °C/min. Dark brown reddish single crystals were observed directly in the autoclave at the end of the process. The structure of the compound was confirmed by FTIR, EDX and single crystal
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Published 28 Dec 2016

A dioxaborine cyanine dye as a photoluminescence probe for sensing carbon nanotubes

  • Mohammed Al Araimi,
  • Petro Lutsyk,
  • Anatoly Verbitsky,
  • Yuri Piryatinski,
  • Mykola Shandura and
  • Aleksey Rozhin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1991–1999, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.190

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  • product was dissolved in 80% aqueous ethanol and then the solution of sodium acetate (0.2 g) in ethanol was added. The precipitate was filtered out and purified via chromatography on a silica column (7:3 v/v acetone/methanol as an eluent) to yield 300 mg (20%) of product as a green powder. 1H NMR (300 MHz
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Published 14 Dec 2016

Organoclay hybrid materials as precursors of porous ZnO/silica-clay heterostructures for photocatalytic applications

  • Marwa Akkari,
  • Pilar Aranda,
  • Abdessalem Ben Haj Amara and
  • Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1971–1982, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.188

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  • in the preparation of the CTA-clay derivatives. Ultra-pure deionized water (18.2 MΩ·cm) was produced in an Elga Maxima Ultra-Pure Water system). Methanol and 2-propanol (Fluka, p.a.) were used as solvents or reactants. Zinc(II) acetate dihydrate (CH3COO)2Zn·2H2O and KOH were purchased from Merck
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Published 12 Dec 2016

Chitosan-based nanoparticles for improved anticancer efficacy and bioavailability of mifepristone

  • Huijuan Zhang,
  • Fuqiang Wu,
  • Yazhen Li,
  • Xiping Yang,
  • Jiamei Huang,
  • Tingting Lv,
  • Yingying Zhang,
  • Jianzhong Chen,
  • Haijun Chen,
  • Yu Gao,
  • Guannan Liu and
  • Lee Jia

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1861–1870, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.178

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  • 100 μL of methanol–water solution (50:50 v/v) followed by vortex-mixing for 3 min and then centrifuged at 15,000 rpm for 10 min. Afterwards, a 4 μL aliquot of the supernatant was injected into the chromatographic systems for analysis. Quantification The MIF concentration in plasma was determined using
  • LC-MS/MS analysis according to the method reported earlier by Chen et al. [37] with slight modifications. Liquid chromatography was performed on an ACQUITY UPLC system using a BEH C18 column (50 mm × 2.1 mm, 1.7 μm, Waters Corporation, USA). The mobile phase solution was composed of methanol (A) and
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Published 28 Nov 2016

Nanostructured TiO2-based gas sensors with enhanced sensitivity to reducing gases

  • Wojciech Maziarz,
  • Anna Kusior and
  • Anita Trenczek-Zajac

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1718–1726, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.164

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  • as H2 [7], NO2 [8], NOx [9], CO [10], NH3 [11], H2S [12], and VOCs (i.e., methanol, ethanol, propanol [13], and acetone [14]). The influence of effective surface area on the gas sensing properties of TiO2 thin films is also frequently observed and investigated [15]. TiO2 is a wide-band gap
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Published 15 Nov 2016

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

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  • films whereas films prepared from non-aqueous solvents have been reported as polycrystalline [22][24]. So far, we have shown that for growing Sb2S3 by pneumatic CSP the use of SbCl3 and thiourea (tu) precursors with an SbCl3/tu molar ratio of 1:3 dissolved in methanol and sprayed on substrate at a
  • glove box with controlled humidity (less than 14 ppm). The solution contained SbCl3 (with Sb3+ concentration of 15 mmol/L) and SC(NH2)2 precursors at a molar ratio of 1:x (x = 2, 3, 6, 9) in methanol as the solvent. SbCl3 was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (≥99.0%, p.a.) and SC(NH2)2 from Merck (≥99.0
  • ) form the Sb(tu)2Cl3 complex compound in methanol and undergo thermal decomposition slightly above 200 °C according to a TG-DTA study [69]. This is characteristic for different metal chloride–thiourea complexes such as In(tu)3Cl3 [25][70], Sn(tu)2Cl2 [28] and CuCl–tu complexes with different
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Published 10 Nov 2016

Influence of hydrothermal synthesis parameters on the properties of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles

  • Sylwia Kuśnieruk,
  • Jacek Wojnarowicz,
  • Agnieszka Chodara,
  • Tadeusz Chudoba,
  • Stanislaw Gierlotka and
  • Witold Lojkowski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1586–1601, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.153

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  • electron microscopy (TEM) (JEM2000EX; JEOL, Tokyo, Japan). The TEM, high-resolution TEM, and selected area electron diffraction tests were conducted at 200 kV. The samples for the TEM observations were prepared by dropping the methanol particle dispersion, created by an ultrasonic technique, on a carbon
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Published 04 Nov 2016

Development of adsorptive membranes by confinement of activated biochar into electrospun nanofibers

  • Mehrdad Taheran,
  • Mitra Naghdi,
  • Satinder K. Brar,
  • Emile Knystautas,
  • Mausam Verma,
  • Rao. Y. Surampalli and
  • Jose. R. Valero

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1556–1563, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.149

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  • electrospinning continued for 12 h and the deposited mats were soaked in methanol for 60 min to remove residual solvents. The soaked mats were washed with distilled water several times and dried for 10 h at 50 ± 1 °C. To determine the amount of residual solvent, samples for thermogravimetric analysis were not
  • subjected to methanol and heat treatment. Characterization of fabricated NFMs The surface morphology of the fabricated membranes was examined using a JSM-840A (JEOL, Japan) scanning electron microscope (SEM) at an acceleration voltage of 10 kV. For this analysis, small amounts of the samples were coated
  • . Also the entrapment of biochar particles among fibers was perfect since after washing several times with methanol, no leaching was observed visually. The distribution of the fiber diameter was analyzed using Image-J software with Diameter-J module and the average diameters are listed in Table 1
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Published 01 Nov 2016

Dealloying of gold–copper alloy nanowires: From hillocks to ring-shaped nanopores

  • Adrien Chauvin,
  • Cyril Delacôte,
  • Mohammed Boujtita,
  • Benoit Angleraud,
  • Junjun Ding,
  • Chang-Hwan Choi,
  • Pierre-Yves Tessier and
  • Abdel-Aziz El Mel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1361–1367, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.127

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  • electrolytic solution, dipped in distilled water and then rinsed with methanol. Characterization The SEM images were recorded using a JEOL JSM 7600 F microscope operating at 5 kV. The AFM images were recorded using a NanoWizard 3 from JPK instruments. TEM imaging was performed on a Hitachi H9000-NAR microscope
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Published 29 Sep 2016

Ammonia gas sensors based on In2O3/PANI hetero-nanofibers operating at room temperature

  • Qingxin Nie,
  • Zengyuan Pang,
  • Hangyi Lu,
  • Yibing Cai and
  • Qufu Wei

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1312–1321, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.122

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  • selectivity of In2O3/PANI-2 nanofibers sensor. Figure 8 shows the dynamic response of In2O3/PANI-2 nanofibers sensor to methanol, ethanol, acetone and ammonia at a concentration of 1000 ppm. It is obvious that the In2O3/PANI-2 nanofibers sensor was almost insensitive to methanol, ethanol and acetone vapors
  • to NH3 vapor at room temperature, and this sensor was further investigated for its selectivity by interfering with methanol, ethanol and acetone vapors. The results indicated that the In2O3/PANI-2 nanofiber sensor had excellent selectivity, good repeatability and reversibility. The enhancement of gas
  • methanol, ethanol, acetone and ammonia. Sensing repeatability and reversibility of In2O3/PANI-2 nanofibers sensor to 1000 ppm NH3 vapor. Schematic of p–n junction of In2O3/PANI nanofibers and its potential energy barrier change when exposed to NH3.
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Published 19 Sep 2016

Preparation of alginate–chitosan–cyclodextrin micro- and nanoparticles loaded with anti-tuberculosis compounds

  • Albert Ivancic,
  • Fliur Macaev,
  • Fatma Aksakal,
  • Veaceslav Boldescu,
  • Serghei Pogrebnoi and
  • Gheorghe Duca

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1208–1218, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.112

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  • -(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-[(2,6-dichlorophenyl)methoxy]ethyl]-1H-imidazole mononitrate, Figure 1, compound 2) is a white to light yellow powder soluble in methanol, dimethyl sulfoxide, slightly soluble in ethanol and hardly soluble in water. ISN has antifungal activity and is used to treat dermatophytosis
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Published 24 Aug 2016

The influence of phthalocyanine aggregation in complexes with CdSe/ZnS quantum dots on the photophysical properties of the complexes

  • Irina V. Martynenko,
  • Anna O. Orlova,
  • Vladimir G. Maslov,
  • Anatoly V. Fedorov,
  • Kevin Berwick and
  • Alexander V. Baranov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1018–1027, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.94

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  • aqueous solution PcSz is a mixture of phthalocyanine molecules with a different number of negative charges. Paper chromatography was used in order to obtain phthalocyanine mixtures enriched in either tetrasulfopthalocyanine (PcS4) or disulfopthalocyanine (PcS2) [43]. Toluene, methanol, trioctylphosphine
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Published 13 Jul 2016

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

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  • 30 min and the supernatant carefully removed. The remaining pellet was resuspended in a mixture of 100 µL of 2.5 mM BSPP and 100 µL of methanol. The solution was once more spun down to dissolve the pellet in 2.5 mM BSPP. The gold nanoparticles were further modified with oligonucleotides that included
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Large-scale fabrication of achiral plasmonic metamaterials with giant chiroptical response

  • Morten Slyngborg,
  • Yao-Chung Tsao and
  • Peter Fojan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 914–925, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.83

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  • -etching system. Al foils (99.98%, Advent Research Materials Ltd. AL103310) were used as substrates after cleaning in an ultrasonic bath with a sequence of acetone, deionized water and methanol for 1 min each. In total three types of molds were prepared with different interpore distances: 300, 430 and 600
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Published 24 Jun 2016

Reconstitution of the membrane protein OmpF into biomimetic block copolymer–phospholipid hybrid membranes

  • Matthias Bieligmeyer,
  • Franjo Artukovic,
  • Stephan Nussberger,
  • Thomas Hirth,
  • Thomas Schiestel and
  • Michaela Müller

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 881–892, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.80

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  • . After 3 h, the desired volume of purified ethylene oxide at −110 °C is distilled to the reaction mixture and polymerization of the second block is carried out at room temperature over night. Active chains are deactivated by adding a degassed 1:1 mixture of acetic acid and methanol via a syringe. After
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