Engineering of oriented carbon nanotubes in composite materials

• Razieh Beigmoradi,
• Abdolreza Samimi and
• Davod Mohebbi-Kalhori

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 415–435, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.41

• based on the fact that X-rays are electromagnetic waves with a wavelength on the order of 5.0 to 2.5 Å. 2D detectors are very helpful to record XRD patterns. Cao et al. have shown that the degree of CNT alignment can be determined by the peak intensities in XRD patterns. Figure 21 shows four samples

Wafer-scale bioactive substrate patterning by chemical lift-off lithography

• Chong-You Chen,
• Chang-Ming Wang,
• Hsiang-Hua Li,
• Hong-Hseng Chan and
• Wei-Ssu Liao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 311–320, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.31

• 106-2622-M-002-002-CC2). The authors would like to thank Prof. Chun-Hsien Chen at National Taiwan University, Profs. Paul S. Weiss and Anne M. Andrews, and Dr. Huan H. Cao at University of California, Los Angeles for instrument support and helpful discussions.

Patterning of supported gold monolayers via chemical lift-off lithography

• Liane S. Slaughter,
• Kevin M. Cheung,
• Sami Kaappa,
• Huan H. Cao,
• Qing Yang,
• Thomas D. Young,
• Andrew C. Serino,
• Sami Malola,
• Jana M. Olson,
• Stephan Link,
• Hannu Häkkinen,
• Anne M. Andrews and
• Paul S. Weiss

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2648–2661, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.265

• Liane S. Slaughter Kevin M. Cheung Sami Kaappa Huan H. Cao Qing Yang Thomas D. Young Andrew C. Serino Sami Malola Jana M. Olson Stephan Link Hannu Hakkinen Anne M. Andrews Paul S. Weiss California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA Department

Laser-assisted fabrication of gold nanoparticle-composed structures embedded in borosilicate glass

• Nikolay Nedyalkov,
• Mihaela Koleva,
• Nadya Stankova,
• Rosen Nikov,
• Mitsuhiro Terakawa,
• Yasutaka Nakajima,
• Lyubomir Aleksandrov and
• Reni Iordanova

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2454–2463, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.244

• % Al2O3, 20% B2O3, 5% CaO, 2% Li2O, 3% MgO, where AuCl3 is added to the initial mixture in an amount ensuring 0.015 wt % of Au in the final glass sample. The mixed material is melted in a Pt crucible and kept at a temperature of 1450 °C for three hours. After cooling, the glass sample is cut into pieces

Fabrication of CeO₂–MO_x (M = Cu, Co, Ni) composite yolk–shell nanospheres with enhanced catalytic properties for CO oxidation

• Ling Liu,
• Jingjing Shi,
• Hongxia Cao,
• Ruiyu Wang and
• Ziwu Liu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2425–2437, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.241

• Ling Liu Jingjing Shi Hongxia Cao Ruiyu Wang Ziwu Liu Low Carbon Energy Institute, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221008, People’s Republic of China Key Laboratory of Coal-Based CO2 Capture and Geological Storage of Jiangsu Province, China University of Mining and Technology

Treatment of fly ash from power plants using thermal plasma

• Sulaiman Al-Mayman,
• Ibrahim AlShunaifi,
• Abdullah Albeladi,
• Imed Ghiloufi and
• Saud Binjuwair

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1043–1048, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.105

• , SO3, V2O5, CaO, P2O5, SrO and MoO3. Table 1 gives the concentration of each element present in the feed measured by ICP-AES. Many elements are not listed in Table 1 because of the very low concentration. These results confirm the XRF analysis. The major constituents (100–1000 mg/kg) in fly ash samples

Scanning probe microscopy studies on the adsorption of selected molecular dyes on titania

• Jakub S. Prauzner-Bechcicki,
• Lukasz Zajac,
• Piotr Olszowski,
• Res Jöhr,
• Antoine Hinaut,
• Thilo Glatzel,
• Bartosz Such,
• Ernst Meyer and
• Marek Szymonski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1642–1653, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.156

• metal complexes. PTCDA molecules Several experimental reports have been devoted to studying PTCDA assemblies on TiO2 surfaces [27][28][29][30][31][32][33]. Komolov et al. [27] and Cao et al. [29][30] investigated very high coverage densities, i.e., multilayer assemblies (up to a few nanometres thick) of

• [27]. More detailed analyses of the electronic structure, molecular orientations, energy level alignment and charge transfer dynamics have been provided by Cao et al. [29][30]. The authors showed that strong coupling between the PTCDA molecules and the TiO2 substrate results in charge transfer time

Transformations of PTCDA structures on rutile TiO₂ induced by thermal annealing and intermolecular forces

• Szymon Godlewski,
• Jakub S. Prauzner-Bechcicki,
• Thilo Glatzel,
• Ernst Meyer and
• Marek Szymoński

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1498–1507, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.155

• techniques and therefore did not provide any information on sub- and monolayer ordering. The influence of dispersion forces on supramolecular ordering was described by Godlewski et al. [36]. The properties of the multilayer of PTCDA molecules on the (110) face were addressed by Cao et al. [37]. Later, the

From lithium to sodium: cell chemistry of room temperature sodium–air and sodium–sulfur batteries

• Philipp Adelhelm,
• Pascal Hartmann,
• Conrad L. Bender,
• Martin Busche,
• Christine Eufinger and
• Juergen Janek

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1016–1055, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.105

Modification of a single-molecule AFM probe with highly defined surface functionality

• Fei Long,
• Bin Cao,
• Ashok Khanal,
• Shiyue Fang and
• Reza Shahbazian-Yassar

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 2122–2128, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.221

• Fei Long Bin Cao Ashok Khanal Shiyue Fang Reza Shahbazian-Yassar Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, Michigan, USA Department of Chemistry, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton

Highly NO₂ sensitive caesium doped graphene oxide conductometric sensors

• Carlo Piloto,
• Marco Notarianni,
• Mahnaz Shafiei,
• Elena Taran,
• Dilini Galpaya,
• Cheng Yan and
• Nunzio Motta

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1073–1081, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.120

• NO2, ranging from 0.090 to 12.2 ppm. Both sensors exhibited a reduction in resistivity upon exposure to the gas, in agreement with the theory developed by Tang and Cao [14]: a negative charge is transferred to the NO2 molecules, mostly in correspondence of oxygen functional group, resulting in a p

Scale effects of nanomechanical properties and deformation behavior of Au nanoparticle and thin film using depth sensing nanoindentation

• Dave Maharaj and
• Bharat Bhushan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 822–836, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.94

• , found that a decreasing indentation depth resulted in higher hardness of Ag and Si surfaces, respectively. In both cases the hardness of the nano-objects was higher than that of the bulk material. Other studies revealed the relationship between film thickness and hardness. Cao et al. [15] and Dietiker

Effects of the preparation method on the structure and the visible-light photocatalytic activity of Ag₂CrO₄

• Difa Xu,
• Shaowen Cao,
• Jinfeng Zhang,
• Bei Cheng and
• Jiaguo Yu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 658–666, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.77

• Difa Xu Shaowen Cao Jinfeng Zhang Bei Cheng Jiaguo Yu State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Changsha University, Changsha 410022, P.R. China

Enhanced photocatalytic activity of Ag–ZnO hybrid plasmonic nanostructures prepared by a facile wet chemical method

• Sini Kuriakose,
• Vandana Choudhary,
• Biswarup Satpati and
• Satyabrata Mohapatra

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 639–650, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.75

• -like structures, even at room temperature. Cao et al. [35] have studied the effects of citrate on the morphology of the ZnO nanostructures. It has been shown that citrate ions bind to the ZnO(0001) surface through the –COOH and –OH groups and suppress the growth along the <0001> direction. Thus, growth

Dye-sensitized Pt@TiO₂ core–shell nanostructures for the efficient photocatalytic generation of hydrogen

• Jun Fang,
• Lisha Yin,
• Shaowen Cao,
• Yusen Liao and
• Can Xue

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 360–364, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.41

• Jun Fang Lisha Yin Shaowen Cao Yusen Liao Can Xue Solar Fuels Laboratory, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore 10.3762/bjnano.5.41 Abstract Pt@TiO2 core–shell nanostructures were prepared through a

Synthesis of boron nitride nanotubes from unprocessed colemanite

• Saban Kalay,
• Zehra Yilmaz and
• Mustafa Çulha

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 843–851, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.95

• (Figure 4d). Peaks were observed at 2θ angles of 26.8° and 41.8° belonging to hexagonal BN. There are not any crystalline phase peaks originating from CaO, SiO2, Al2O3, MgO, SrO or Na2O in colemanite and the Fe2O3 catalyst. UV–vis, FTIR and Raman analysis of BNNTs The BNNTs were analyzed with UV–vis

Nanoglasses: a new kind of noncrystalline materials

• Herbert Gleiter

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 517–533, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.61

• result in enhanced plasticity. The work hardening of nanoglasses noted in the experiments mentioned above [43] seems also to be related to the numerous intersecting shear bands. This interpretation agrees with the observations of Cao et al. [48]. In fact, enhanced plasticity, work hardening and high

Low-temperature solution growth of ZnO nanotube arrays

• Ki-Woong Chae,
• Qifeng Zhang,
• Jeong Seog Kim,
• Yoon-Ha Jeong and
• Guozhong Cao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2010, 1, 128–134, doi:10.3762/bjnano.1.15

• Ki-Woong Chae Qifeng Zhang Jeong Seog Kim Yoon-Ha Jeong Guozhong Cao Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA Department of Materials Engineering, Hoseo University, Asan, South Korea BK21 Graduate School, Hoseo University, Asan, South Korea