Synthesis and acetone sensing properties of ZnFe₂O₄/rGO gas sensors

• Kaidi Wu,
• Yifan Luo,
• Ying Li and
• Chao Zhang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2516–2526, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.242

• ) planes of the spinel ZnFe2O4 crystals. In addition, the angle of the two is measured as 25.24°, which is consistent with computations of the crystal structure. Moreover, the inserted fast Fourier transform (FFT) image reveals the typical hexagonal diffraction ring of rGO. As shown in Figure 6d, the

Self-assembly of a terbium(III) 1D coordination polymer on mica

• Quentin Evrard,
• Giuseppe Cucinotta,
• Felix Houard,
• Guillaume Calvez,
• Yan Suffren,
• Carole Daiguebonne,
• Olivier Guillou,
• Andrea Caneschi,
• Matteo Mannini and
• Kevin Bernot

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2440–2448, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.234

• hundreds of nanometers and heights of approximately 1.2 nm can be observed. These dimensions are consistent with those expected for [Tb(hfac)3·2H2O]n chains (see below). These objects are aligned along three preferential directions on the (001) mica surface. The two-dimensional fast Fourier transform (2D

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

• thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), dynamic light scattering (DLS), ultraviolet–visible spectrophotometry (UV–vis), laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The DLS results demonstrated that P(AA-co-FA)-functionalized BNNTs

• heated from 30.00 to 600.00 °C at 10 °C/min. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) FTIR spectra were recorded on a NICOLET iS50 FTIR spectrometer (Thermo Scientific, USA), equipped with a iS50 ATR multirange, diamond sampling station. The sample powders were either placed on diamond crystal or

Deterministic placement of ultra-bright near-infrared color centers in arrays of silicon carbide micropillars

• Stefania Castelletto,
• Abdul Salam Al Atem,
• Faraz Ahmed Inam,
• Hans Jürgen von Bardeleben,
• Sophie Hameau,
• Ahmed Fahad Almutairi,
• Gérard Guillot,
• Shin-ichiro Sato,
• Alberto Boretti and
• Jean Marie Bluet

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2383–2395, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.229

• [31]. The maximum optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) signal (|ΔPL/PL|) after off-resonant optical excitation is 0.04. After resonant optical excitation it is close to 100% [32]. By using the V1 line of the VSi, it has been demonstrated that its optical resonances are stable with near-Fourier

• -transform-limited linewidths, allowing for the exploitation of the spin selectivity of the optical transitions for spin–photon entanglement [33]. In addition to millisecond-long spin coherence times originating from the high-purity crystal, high-fidelity optical initialization and coherent spin control

Polyvinylpyrrolidone as additive for perovskite solar cells with water and isopropanol as solvents

• Chen Du,
• Shuo Wang,
• Xu Miao,
• Wenhai Sun,
• Yu Zhu,
• Chengyan Wang and
• Ruixin Ma

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2374–2382, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.228

• monochromator. Infrared (IR) spectroscopy was performed using a Fourier transform IR spectrometer (VERTEX80v, Bruker). Photoluminescence (PL) spectra and the fluorescence decay curves were recorded with a computer controlled, modular spectro- fluorimeter (FLS980, Edinburgh). The active area of the cell was 0.1

Multiwalled carbon nanotube based aromatic volatile organic compound sensor: sensitivity enhancement through 1-hexadecanethiol functionalisation

• Nadra Bohli,
• Meryem Belkilani,
• Juan Casanova-Chafer,
• Eduard Llobet and
• Adnane Abdelghani

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2364–2373, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.227

• temperature toluene and benzene sensor based on multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) decorated with gold nanoparticles and functionalised with a long-chain thiol self-assembled monolayer, 1-hexadecanethiol (HDT). High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and Fourier transform infrared

Nontoxic pyrite iron sulfide nanocrystals as second electron acceptor in PTB7:PC₇₁BM-based organic photovoltaic cells

• Olivia Amargós-Reyes,
• José-Luis Maldonado,
• Omar Martínez-Alvarez,
• María-Elena Nicho,
• José Santos-Cruz,
• Juan Nicasio-Collazo,
• Irving Caballero-Quintana and
• Concepción Arenas-Arrocena

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2238–2250, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.216

• harvesting due to the low amount added to the PTB7:PC71BM active layer [18]. Yet, the difference in the absorption of the active layers could arise from slight differences in the sheet thicknesses, and some light dispersion is most likely due to the modified optical quality. Figure 5b shows the Fourier

• transform infrared (FTIR) spectra of the PTB7:PC71BM blend at different concentrations of FeS2. The band at 1727 cm−1, corresponding to the C=O stretching mode in PTB7:PC71BM [52], becomes ≈15 cm−1 wider upon the incorporation of FeS2. Specifically at 1 wt % of FeS2, the band at 1736 cm−1 becomes larger

Targeted therapeutic effect against the breast cancer cell line MCF-7 with a CuFe₂O₄/silica/cisplatin nanocomposite formulation

• B. Rabindran Jermy,
• Vijaya Ravinayagam,
• Widyan A. Alamoudi,
• Dana Almohazey,
• Hatim Dafalla,
• Lina Hussain Allehaibi,
• Abdulhadi Baykal,
• Muhammet S. Toprak and
• Thirunavukkarasu Somanathan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2217–2228, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.214

• saline solution. The presence of cubic spinel CuFe2O4 on HYPS was confirmed through powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and diffuse reflectance UV–vis spectroscopy (DR UV–vis) analysis. The HYPS particles showed a surface area of 170 m2/g, pore size of 8.3 nm

Use of data processing for rapid detection of the prostate-specific antigen biomarker using immunomagnetic sandwich-type sensors

• Camila A. Proença,
• Tayane A. Freitas,
• Thaísa A. Baldo,
• Elsa M. Materón,
• Flávio M. Shimizu,
• Gabriella R. Ferreira,
• Frederico L. F. Soares,
• Ronaldo C. Faria and
• Osvaldo N. Oliveira Jr.

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2171–2181, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.210

• immunoassays for the detection of PSA. Supporting Information Supporting Information features detailed information on the synthesis of magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles, electrode fabrication, and sample preparation. Also, the characterization of MNPs and electrode surfaces by using Fourier-transform infrared

Nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond for nanoscale magnetic resonance imaging applications

• Alberto Boretti,
• Lorenzo Rosa,
• Jonathan Blackledge and
• Stefania Castelletto

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2128–2151, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.207

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

• probed by Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy (Vertex 80/Hyperion2000, Bruker, Germany). The Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) specific surface areas were calculated based on the N2 adsorption–desorption isotherms measured at 77 K using a gas adsorption apparatus (Autosorb-iQ, Quantachrome

Green and scalable synthesis of nanocrystalline kuramite

• Andrea Giaccherini,
• Giuseppe Cucinotta,
• Stefano Martinuzzi,
• Enrico Berretti,
• Werner Oberhauser,
• Alessandro Lavacchi,
• Giovanni Orazio Lepore,
• Giordano Montegrossi,
• Maurizio Romanelli,
• Antonio De Luca,
• Massimo Innocenti,
• Vanni Moggi Cecchi,
• Matteo Mannini,
• Antonella Buccianti and
• Francesco Di Benedetto

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2073–2083, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.202

• (EXAFS) signal. EXAFS spectra were fitted through the use of ARTEMIS, FEFF8 and ATOMS software in the Fourier transform (FT) space [58][60][61]. Results Scanning electron microscopy Typical SEM images are presented in Figure 1 where no appreciable differences among the tens of observations performed on

• successfully fitted by adding a second Sn–O path that took into account a partial oxidation of the samples, clearly visible as a shoulder on the I shell peak in the Fourier transform space. However, a small residual signal was still visible, corresponding to the small bump at ≈3.7 Å in the Fourier transform

• spectra for the samples a) S1, b) S2 and c) S3. Cu (a,b) and Sn (c,d) K-edge EXAFS (a,c) and Fourier transform (b,c) of the studied samples. The experimental data are reported as black lines and the red lines represent the fits. Molar amounts of precursors dissolved in 50 mL of ethylene glycol (EG

Synthesis of highly active ETS-10-based titanosilicate for heterogeneously catalyzed transesterification of triglycerides

• Muhammad A. Zaheer,
• David Poppitz,
• Khavar Feyzullayeva,
• Marianne Wenzel,
• Jörg Matysik,
• Radomir Ljupkovic,
• Aleksandra Zarubica,
• Alexander A. Karavaev,
• Andreas Pöppl,
• Roger Gläser and
• Muslim Dvoyashkin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2039–2061, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.200

• this temperature range for P-ETS-10/60 might be due to the partial removal of the cations (decrease of the Na wt % from 9 to 7 after treatment with H2O2, see Table 2 (last column)) and of the H-bridged surface hydroxyl groups, as is also evident from the diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform

Optimization and performance of nitrogen-doped carbon dots as a color conversion layer for white-LED applications

• Tugrul Guner,
• Hurriyet Yuce,
• Didem Tascioglu,
• Eren Simsek,
• Umut Savaci,
• Aziz Genc,
• Servet Turan and
• Mustafa M. Demir

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2004–2013, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.197

• -Alpha XPS spectrometer. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR; Spectrum 100, PerkinElmer, Shelton, CT, USA) was used to characterize the kinetic behavior of the chemical bonds. Photoluminescence (PL) and absorbance were measured using an integrating sphere (ISP-50-80-R, Ocean Optics Inc

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

• of pDADMAC on the hydrogel particle surface, we analyzed the particles with Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Figure 1f shows the absorption spectra of pure pDADMAC and the modified hydrogel particles. The existence of stretching associated with the CH3 components at ≈1465 cm−1 and

• hydrogel particles (low magnification), (d) THPC gold seeds on hydrogel particles (high magnification, ≈850 nm in diameter), (e) close packing of THPC gold-seeded hydrogel particles; and (f) Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra of pure pDADMAC and pDADMAC-modified p(NIPAm-co-AAc) hydrogel particles

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

• shown in Figure 3. Roughly 70% of the particles are of 5–8 nm in diameter (half maximum of the size distribution) and all of them exhibit an equiaxed morphology. The analysis of the electron diffraction pattern along with the fast Fourier transform (FFT) patterns (see insets in Figure 2a and Figure 2b

The influence of porosity on nanoparticle formation in hierarchical aluminophosphates

• Matthew E. Potter,
• Lauren N. Riley,
• Alice E. Oakley,
• Panashe M. Mhembere,
• June Callison and
• Robert Raja

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1952–1957, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.191

• the k3-weighted Fourier transform for the XAS data of the Au-deposited microporous MP-SAPO-5 (A) and hierarchical HP-SAPO-5 (B) compared to the Au foil. Associated scattering paths, with a single Au–Au feature are included. Stacked XPS data for Au-doped microporous MP-SAPO-5 (A) and hierarchical HP

High-tolerance crystalline hydrogels formed from self-assembling cyclic dipeptide

• Yongcai You,
• Ruirui Xing,
• Qianli Zou,
• Feng Shi and
• Xuehai Yan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1894–1901, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.184

• ) (Figure 1A). The hydrogen bonding interactions between the C-WY molecules were investigated by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Compared with the peak of amide N–H stretching located at 3344 cm−1 of the unimolecular C-WY, the hydrogel has a red-shifted amide N–H stretching band located at

Long-term entrapment and temperature-controlled-release of SF₆ gas in metal–organic frameworks (MOFs)

• Hana Bunzen,
• Andreas Kalytta-Mewes,
• Leo van Wüllen and
• Dirk Volkmer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1851–1859, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.180

• included powder X-ray diffraction measurements, thermogravimetric analysis, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, 19F nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and computational simulations. In addition, the possibility to release the gas guest by applying elevated

• this work we selected sulfur hexafluoride (kinetic diameter: 5.50 Å) [14] as a guest, which has a much larger kinetic diameter than the previously reported entrapment of xenon gas (kinetic diameter: 3.96 Å) [14]. Additionally, its presence inside the pores can be easily followed by Fourier-transform

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

• discussed further below. The crystal structure of the representative products was analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements and attenuated total reflection Fourier-transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) absorption spectroscopy. The XRD profiles showed three peaks at 2θ (θ is the Bragg angle) of 12.2, 19.9

The impact of crystal size and temperature on the adsorption-induced flexibility of the Zr-based metal–organic framework DUT-98

• Simon Krause,
• Volodymyr Bon,
• Hongchu Du,
• Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski,
• Ulrich Stoeck,
• Irena Senkovska and
• Stefan Kaskel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1737–1744, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.169

• ]. The diffuse reflectance Fourier transform (DRIFT) spectroscopy results show typical vibrations corresponding to the linker and OH groups of the MOFs in all materials (Supporting Information File 1, Figure S12). To analyze whether adsorption of water can promote contraction in small crystals of DUT

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

• after 12 hours. Hence, the TiO2/GO-coated separator effectively adsorbed and blocked the transportation of Li2S6. Raman and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis was carried out to understand the interaction between TiO2/GO and polysulfides (Figure 10). The TiO2/GO composite was

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

• anatase titanium dioxide crystalline structure. Thermogravimetric analysis and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy studies demonstrated the absence of polymer residue after the calcination process. The antimicrobial properties of the developed CSTiO2 hollow nanospheres were evaluated against different

• chemical composition was also performed by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) in order to study the main functional groups of the sample (data found in Supporting Information File 1). Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) curves representing the mass loss with respect to temperature of SPVP, coated

• /mL of CSTiO2 and TiO2 NPs as a function of irradiation time is given. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 202: The study of structures through Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy is described. Acknowledgements The authors acknowledge the financial support of CONICYT through the

Layered double hydroxide/sepiolite hybrid nanoarchitectures for the controlled release of herbicides

• Ediana Paula Rebitski,
• Margarita Darder and
• Pilar Aranda

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1679–1690, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.163

• using a Cu Kα source, with a 2θ scan step of 2°·min−1 between 2 and 70°. The amount of the MCPA herbicide incorporated into the MCPA-LDH intercalation compounds and the MCPA-LDH/Sep hybrid nanoarchitectures was determined by CHN elemental chemical analysis using a LECO-CHNS-932 analyzer. Fourier

• transform infrared spectra (FTIR) were recorded from 4000 to 400 cm−1 with 2 cm−1 resolution in a Bruker IFS 66V-S spectrometer. Samples were prepared as pellets diluted in KBr or as pure samples pressed to form a tablet. 29Si solid-state MAS spectroscopy at 79.49 MHz was carried out on a BRUKER AV-400-W

Chiral nanostructures self-assembled from nitrocinnamic amide amphiphiles: substituent and solvent effects

• Hejin Jiang,
• Huahua Fan,
• Yuqian Jiang,
• Li Zhang and
• Minghua Liu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1608–1617, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.156

• result indicates that the NCLG assemblies might form a bilayer structure with high interdigitation of the alkyl chains, where the bilayer structure experiences a large tilt. Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectra In order to elucidate the formation mechanism of the helicity and nanostructures of the

• /Max-2500 X-ray diffractometer (Japan) with Cu Kα radiation (λ =1.5406 Å). The operating voltage was 40 kV and a current of 200 mA was used. The samples were cast on silicon substrates and dried in air for XRD measurements. Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy was recorded with a Bruker