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Nanocarrier systems loaded with IR780, iron oxide nanoparticles and chlorambucil for cancer theragnostics

  • Phuong-Thao Dang-Luong,
  • Hong-Phuc Nguyen,
  • Loc Le-Tuan,
  • Xuan-Thang Cao,
  • Vy Tran-Anh and
  • Hieu Vu Quang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 180–189, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.17

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  • were performed in both 0.1× PBS (13.7 mM of NaCl, 0.27 mM of KCl, 1 mM of Na2HPO4, and 0.18 mM of KH2PO4, pH 7.4) and animal cell culture media containing DMEM and 10% FBS. Scanning electron microscopy For scanning electron microscopy (SEM) experiments, 10 μL of F127-folate@NP was loaded on the silica
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Published 06 Feb 2024

A graphene quantum dots–glassy carbon electrode-based electrochemical sensor for monitoring malathion

  • Sanju Tanwar,
  • Aditi Sharma and
  • Dhirendra Mathur

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 701–710, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.56

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  • were found to be effective sensing platforms for the electrochemical detection of organophosphate pesticides, particularly malathion. Experimental Materials Glucose (C6H12O6), conc. sulfuric acid (98% H2SO4), potassium hexacyanoferrate(III) (C6FeK3N6), and potassium chloride (KCl) were obtained from
  • on a SP Biologic 150 electrochemical workstation at room temperature. A solution of 0.1 M KCl containing 0.05 M K3[Fe(CN)6] was used as an electrolyte to analyze the oxidation–reduction behavior of the working electrode through cyclic voltammetry. For detection and quantification of pesticides
  • probe ferrocyanide. In EIS spectra, the semicircle component represents the charge transfer resistance (Rct) at the surface of the electrode. The Nyquist plots of the GQDs/GCE and the bare GCE are shown in Figure 6 in 0.1 M KCl solution containing 0.05 M [Fe(CN)6]3−/4−. The bare GCE electrode exhibits a
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Published 09 Jun 2023

Evaluation of electrosynthesized reduced graphene oxide–Ni/Fe/Co-based (oxy)hydroxide catalysts towards the oxygen evolution reaction

  • Karolina Cysewska,
  • Marcin Łapiński,
  • Marcin Zając,
  • Jakub Karczewski,
  • Piotr Jasiński and
  • Sebastian Molin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 420–433, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.34

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  • , the substrates were cleaned ultrasonically in distilled water (5 min) and acetone (5 min). The reference and counter electrodes were Ag/AgCl (4 M KCl) and platinum mesh, respectively. Distilled water was used for the solutions. The measurement temperature was controlled by a thermostat (Julabo F12
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Published 29 Mar 2023

Gap-directed chemical lift-off lithographic nanoarchitectonics for arbitrary sub-micrometer patterning

  • Chang-Ming Wang,
  • Hong-Sheng Chan,
  • Chia-Li Liao,
  • Che-Wei Chang and
  • Wei-Ssu Liao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 34–44, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.4

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  • Grove, PA, USA). Bovine serum albumin (BSA) and 10× phosphate buffered saline (PBS, contains 1.37 M NaCl, 0.027 M KCl, 0.10 M Na2HPO4, and 0.018 M KH2PO4) were purchased from Bioman Scientific Co., Ltd. (Taipei, Taiwan). Ethanol (99.5 wt %), acetone (99.5 wt %), and isopropanol (99.9 wt %) were
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Published 04 Jan 2023

A TiO2@MWCNTs nanocomposite photoanode for solar-driven water splitting

  • Anh Quynh Huu Le,
  • Ngoc Nhu Thi Nguyen,
  • Hai Duy Tran,
  • Van-Huy Nguyen and
  • Le-Hai Tran

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1520–1530, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.125

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  • performed in 0.1 M KCl solution at a scan rate of 50 mV·s−1 with a three-electrode cell using Ag/AgCl and Pt wire as the reference and counter electrodes, respectively. The prepared TiO2@MWCNTs electrode is used as the working electrode. The measurement is carried out in a lab under 350 ± 10 lux of
  • , MWCNTs, and TiO2@MWCNTs electrodes as working electrodes in 0.1 M KCl electrolyte at a sweep rate of 50 mV/s. In Figure 8a, oxidation and reduction peaks are not observed in the CVs in the scanned potential range from −1.0 to +0.2 V. In the CV of the TiO2 electrode, the current decreases significantly at
  • conductivity of TiO2 [37]. Table 1 shows the EIS parameters obtained from fitting the measured results with equivalent circuits. The R1 values illustrate a low electrical resistance of the 0.1 M KCl solution, while the R2 values show that the TiO2 electrode has the highest resistance among the prepared
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Published 14 Dec 2022

Rapid and sensitive detection of box turtles using an electrochemical DNA biosensor based on a gold/graphene nanocomposite

  • Abu Hashem,
  • M. A. Motalib Hossain,
  • Ab Rahman Marlinda,
  • Mohammad Al Mamun,
  • Khanom Simarani and
  • Mohd Rafie Johan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1458–1472, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.120

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  • different scan rates ranging from 40–150 mV/S with 2.0 K4[Fe(CN)6] in 0.2 M KCl. The initial geometrical surface area of SPCE was 0.11 cm2, which was increased to 0.204 cm2 after modification with Gr and AuNPs. The results indicate that the modification of SPCE with the Gr/AuNPs nanocomposite has
  • ). Electrochemical characterisation of screen-printed carbon electrodes Figure 3b shows the CV behaviour of SPCE and different modified SPCEs with 2 mM of a [Fe(CN)6]3−/4− aqueous solution in 0.2 M KCl at a scan rate of 100 mV/S. Compared with bare SPCE, the peak currents of Gr/SPCE and AuNPs/SPCE considerably
  • using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements. In 2.0 mM [Fe(CN)6]3−/4− containing 0.2 M KCl as the supporting electrolyte, the Nyquist plots of the SPCE, Gr/SPCE, AuNPs/SPCE, and AuNPs/Gr/SPCE are shown in Figure 3d. The inset is the equivalent circuit indicating the charge transfer
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Published 06 Dec 2022

A nonenzymatic reduced graphene oxide-based nanosensor for parathion

  • Sarani Sen,
  • Anurag Roy,
  • Ambarish Sanyal and
  • Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 730–744, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.65

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  • modified electrodes was carried out in 5 mM of [Fe(CN)6]3− and [Fe(CN)6]4− with 0.1 M KCl within the frequency range from 1 MHz to 0.01 Hz, amplitude of 10 mV, at a fixed potential of 0.28 V. The UV–visible absorbance spectra were obtained on a UV–vis–NIR spectrophotometer (SHIMADZU UV-3600). The Raman
  • presence of 1 mM [Fe(CN)6]4−/3− containing 0.1 M KCl. (A) Cyclic voltammograms of PT (10 mM) with bare GCE (a), GO/GCE (b), and ERGO/GCE (c). (B) Electrochemical behavior of PT at ERGO/GCE. (C) Schematic diagram of the proposed electrochemical reaction of parathion at ERGO/GCE. (A) Cyclic voltammograms of
  • : CV of ERGO/GCE at different scan rates (10–300 mV/s) in 1.0 mM K3Fe(CN)6 solution with 1 M KCl. Figure S2: (A) Storage stability of the proposed sensing matrix (ERGO/GCE), (B) SWV of PT (1.5, 2.5, 5 μM) added in groundwater. Figure S3: (A) Absorption spectra of parathion and (B) corresponding
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Published 28 Jul 2022

Influence of thickness and morphology of MoS2 on the performance of counter electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells

  • Lam Thuy Thi Mai,
  • Hai Viet Le,
  • Ngan Kim Thi Nguyen,
  • Van La Tran Pham,
  • Thu Anh Thi Nguyen,
  • Nguyen Thanh Le Huynh and
  • Hoang Thai Nguyen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 528–537, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.44

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  • and Na2S in KCl electrolyte solution. To study the redox behavior of the solution, the CV curves for each component and the mixture solutions were recorded in the potential range from −1.5 V to 1.0 V (Figure 1). The blank KCl electrolyte exhibits a straight line around zero current, while the
  • , 99.99%), potassium chloride (KCl, 99%), acetonitrile (ACN, CH3CN, 99%), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO, (CH3)2SO, 99.5%), ethanol (EtOH, CH3CH2OH, 99.8%), guanidinium thiocyanate (NH2C(=NH)NH2·HSCN, 99%), iodine (I2, 99.8%), 1-methyl-3-propylimidazolium iodide (C7H13IN2, 98%), 4-tert-butylpyridine (C9H13N, 98
  • )6Mo7O24 (x mM) and Na2S (y g·L−1) in distilled water, the pH of the solution was adjusted to 6.0 using a 20% (v/v) H2SO4 solution, KCl (0.1 M) was used as the supporting electrolyte. The concentration ratio between (NH4)2Mo7O24 and Na2S was kept constant (x/y = 1:6) with different concentration levels
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Published 17 Jun 2022

Uniform arrays of gold nanoelectrodes with tuneable recess depth

  • Elena O. Gordeeva,
  • Ilya V. Roslyakov,
  • Alexey P. Leontiev,
  • Alexey A. Klimenko and
  • Kirill S. Napolskii

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 957–964, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.72

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  • served as counter electrode. A saturated (KCl) Ag/AgCl electrode was used as a reference electrode (EAg/AgCl − ESHE = 0.197 V). All potentials hereinafter are given versus Ag/AgCl reference electrode. The length of the segments was controlled coulometrically. The Cu segments were electrodeposited using
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Published 30 Aug 2021

Reconstruction of a 2D layer of KBr on Ir(111) and electromechanical alteration by graphene

  • Zhao Liu,
  • Antoine Hinaut,
  • Stefan Peeters,
  • Sebastian Scherb,
  • Ernst Meyer,
  • Maria Clelia Righi and
  • Thilo Glatzel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 432–439, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.35

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  • densities corresponding to the registry of the NaCl layer in respect to the substrate [26][27]. But also the formation of a weak structural deformation observed as superstructure has been reported for (100) oriented surfaces, for example, for KCl and NaCl on Ag(100) [28][29] or KBr on Cu(100) [30]. In
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Published 11 May 2021

The nanomorphology of cell surfaces of adhered osteoblasts

  • Christian Voelkner,
  • Mirco Wendt,
  • Regina Lange,
  • Max Ulbrich,
  • Martina Gruening,
  • Susanne Staehlke,
  • Barbara Nebe,
  • Ingo Barke and
  • Sylvia Speller

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 242–256, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.20

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  • using the SurPASS™ system (Anton Paar, Ostfildern, Germany) to determine the surface potential. Au- and PPAAm-modified titanium substrates were placed in pairs in the measuring chamber with a gap height of 100 μm. The streaming potential was measured at pH 6.5 to 8.0, at 150 mbar in a 1 mM KCl solution
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Extended iron phthalocyanine islands self-assembled on a Ge(001):H surface

  • Rafal Zuzak,
  • Marek Szymonski and
  • Szymon Godlewski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 232–241, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.19

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  • molecules or molecular nanoarchitectures from the metallic substrate and, thus, helps to retain the originally designed properties. Different insulating films have already been applied, ranging from ionic salts such as NaCl [8][9], KCl [10][11], or KBr [12], through oxide [13] or nitride [14] layers to
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Atomic layer deposited films of Al2O3 on fluorine-doped tin oxide electrodes: stability and barrier properties

  • Hana Krýsová,
  • Michael Neumann-Spallart,
  • Hana Tarábková,
  • Pavel Janda,
  • Ladislav Kavan and
  • Josef Krýsa

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 24–34, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.2

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  • , F:SnO2 on glass). The resistance to dissolution in aqueous solutions of various pH values was tested as well as the blocking capability of electron transport as criteria for the presence or change of Al2O3 on the surface. Experimental K3[Fe(CN)6], K4[Fe(CN)6], KCl, NaOH, and H2SO4 were of analytical
  • M KCl) and a platinum rod was used as the counter electrode. The blocking properties of the deposited layers were evaluated by cyclic voltammetry (CV) in an aqueous electrolyte composed of 0.5 mM K3[Fe(CN)6] and 0.5 mM K4[Fe(CN)6] in 0.5 M KCl (pH 2.5, adjusted with HCl) or in phosphate buffer (pH
  • thickness on FTO substrates in an electrolyte containing 0.5 mM K3[Fe(CN)6] and 0.5 mM K4[Fe(CN)6] in 0.5 M KCl. This redox couple produces a reversible wave in CV. The magnitude of the voltammetric current was taken as an indicator of the blocking quality of the coating layer: the lower the value, the
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Published 05 Jan 2021

The influence of an interfacial hBN layer on the fluorescence of an organic molecule

  • Christine Brülke,
  • Oliver Bauer and
  • Moritz M. Sokolowski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1663–1684, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.149

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  • yet understood. As mentioned before, the significance of the RB mode has been reported for PTCDA/Ag(111) [53]. The energy of this mode increases for PTCDA on different substrates, going from KCl films on Ag(100) (1,288 cm−1, derived from FL spectra) [54], to Ag(111) (1,298 cm−1) [53], hBN/Cu(111
  • ][57]. However, in some way it reflects the change in the distortion motif of the PTCDA molecule. On KCl/Ag(100), the PTCDA molecule is bend like an arch with all of the oxygen atoms pulled towards the surface [57]. On Ag(111), the molecule is saddle-shaped with only the carboxylic oxygen atoms pulled
  • surmised that the PTCDA molecule is bonded to the Ag(111) surface (and the KCl surface [57]) via the carboxylic oxygen atoms, while on Cu(111), the bonding proceeds primarily via the perylene core [58]. We hence suggest that the bonding via the perylene core on Cu(111) leads to a reduced flexibility of the
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Published 03 Nov 2020

PTCDA adsorption on CaF2 thin films

  • Philipp Rahe

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1615–1622, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.144

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  • in the present experiments. On the CaF1 interface layer, a double-lobe feature (see also Figure 1b) is the prevalently observed shape of PTCDA, similar to the coffee bean-like shape measured by STM on KCl(001)/Ag(001) [21] or on KBr(001)/InSb(001) [23] thin films. A similar pattern was also observed
  • observed double-lobe feature on KCl(001)/Ag(001) [21]. The experiments are in agreement with these findings as the substructure between the two double lobes (see Figure 2b) was only apparent in very few cases; most data only reveal two bright lobes. Molecules were often manipulated and tip changes occurred
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Published 26 Oct 2020

Fabrication of nano/microstructures for SERS substrates using an electrochemical method

  • Jingran Zhang,
  • Tianqi Jia,
  • Xiaoping Li,
  • Junjie Yang,
  • Zhengkai Li,
  • Guangfeng Shi,
  • Xinming Zhang and
  • Zuobin Wang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1568–1576, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.139

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  • a KCl-saturated Ag/AgCl rod are used as the working, counter, and reference electrodes, respectively. Using this approach, Au/TiO2 nanocomposites formed on Pt substrates yielded a SERS enhancement factor of 1.8 × 108 for R6G molecules [34]. Chang et al. [35] fabricated different Ag nanostructures on
  • Pt substrates using a sonoelectrochemical ORC method with different ratios between the time periods of deposition and dissolution. The detection level of R6G molecules was 2 × 10−13 mol·L−1 and the highest enhancement factor achieved was 2.3 × 108. Yang et al. [36] used ORC treatments in KCl solution
  • in KCl solution. In this study, the Raman intensity of R6G (2 × 10−6 mol·L−1) on the Ag substrate was larger with subsequent drying treatment than without. Anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) has been used as a mask to fabricate nanodot SERS substrates [40][41][42][43]. Using an AAO mask, Han et al. [41
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Published 16 Oct 2020

Transient coating of γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles with glutamate for its delivery to and removal from brain nerve terminals

  • Konstantin Paliienko,
  • Artem Pastukhov,
  • Michal Babič,
  • Daniel Horák,
  • Olga Vasylchenko and
  • Tatiana Borisova

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1381–1393, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.122

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  • an oxygenated standard salt solution (NaCl 126 mM, KCl 10 mM, MgCl2 2.0 mM, NaH2PO4 1.0 mM, HEPES 20 mM, pH 7.4; and ᴅ-glucose 10 mM) at 37 °C for 8 min. γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles were added to the synaptosomal suspension and further incubated for 10 min. The uptake of the neurotransmitter was started by
  • nanoparticles was measured in the standard salt solution and in its separate components, that is, KCl (10 mM), NaH2PO4 (1 mM), HEPES (20 mM), and also in albumin (0.125 mg/mL) and blood plasma. An amount of 1.5 µL of ʟ-[14C]glutamate (500 nM, 238 mCi/mmol) and non-radiolabeled glutamate at definite
  • synaptosomal incubation medium, for instance, chelating agents from the buffer solution, can prevent glutamate biocoating of the nanoparticles. The components of the standard salt solution (10 mM KCl, 20 mM HEPES and 1 mM NaH2PO4) were tested whether they prevent the formation of the glutamate/ʟ-[14C]glutamate
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Growth of a self-assembled monolayer decoupled from the substrate: nucleation on-command using buffer layers

  • Robby Reynaerts,
  • Kunal S. Mali and
  • Steven De Feyter

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1291–1302, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.113

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  • . Alkane buffer layers have been employed as efficient electronic decoupling platforms for studying the intrinsic electronic properties of graphene and fullerenes [38]. Apart from alkane derivatives, inorganic systems such as chemisorbed iodine layers [34][35][36][37], and ultrathin layers of KCl [39
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Nickel nanoparticles supported on a covalent triazine framework as electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction and oxygen reduction reactions

  • Secil Öztürk,
  • Yu-Xuan Xiao,
  • Dennis Dietrich,
  • Beatriz Giesen,
  • Juri Barthel,
  • Jie Ying,
  • Xiao-Yu Yang and
  • Christoph Janiak

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 770–781, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.62

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  • Autolab working station from Metrohm, Switzerland. Typically, a Ag/AgCl electrode (with saturated KCl solution) was used as a reference electrode, a carbon rod was used as a counter electrode, and a glassy-carbon rotating disk electrode (RDE, diameter: 5 mm, area: 0.196 cm2) was used as the working
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Brome mosaic virus-like particles as siRNA nanocarriers for biomedical purposes

  • Alfredo Nuñez-Rivera,
  • Pierrick G. J. Fournier,
  • Danna L. Arellano,
  • Ana G. Rodriguez-Hernandez,
  • Rafael Vazquez-Duhalt and
  • Ruben D. Cadena-Nava

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 372–382, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.28

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  • ′-GACAAGGACGGGCACAUUAUU-3′. BMV VLPs with siRNA were synthetized as described previously [22] using a mass ratio of 1:6 (siRNA/capsid protein). The disassembled BMV capsid protein and siRNA were mixed and dialyzed overnight in an assembly buffer (50 mM NaCl, 10 mM KCl, 5 mM MgCl2, 1 mM DTT, 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.2
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Published 20 Feb 2020

Adsorption and desorption of self-assembled L-cysteine monolayers on nanoporous gold monitored by in situ resistometry

  • Elisabeth Hengge,
  • Eva-Maria Steyskal,
  • Rupert Bachler,
  • Alexander Dennig,
  • Bernd Nidetzky and
  • Roland Würschum

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2275–2279, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.219

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  • commercial Ag/AgCl reference electrode (saturated KCl with a 3 M KNO3 salt bridge), relative to which all potentials will be stated in the following. Whenever the cell electrolyte was changed, the setup was immersed in distilled water for several hours for rinsing. Dealloying was performed in 0.1 M HClO4
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Published 18 Nov 2019

Toxicity and safety study of silver and gold nanoparticles functionalized with cysteine and glutathione

  • Barbara Pem,
  • Igor M. Pongrac,
  • Lea Ulm,
  • Ivan Pavičić,
  • Valerije Vrček,
  • Darija Domazet Jurašin,
  • Marija Ljubojević,
  • Adela Krivohlavek and
  • Ivana Vinković Vrček

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1802–1817, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.175

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  • clone MBP996 was purchased as Toxkit Ephippia (MicroBio-Tests Inc., Mariakerke, Belgium). Dormant eggs (ephippia) were incubated in standard culture media (SCM) prepared as reconstituted hard water with the addition of CaCl2·2H2O (294 mg L−1), MgSO4·7H2O (123.25 mg L−1), NaHCO3 (64.75 mg L−1), and KCl
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Flexible freestanding MoS2-based composite paper for energy conversion and storage

  • Florian Zoller,
  • Jan Luxa,
  • Thomas Bein,
  • Dina Fattakhova-Rohlfing,
  • Daniel Bouša and
  • Zdeněk Sofer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1488–1496, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.147

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  • paper for applications in supercapacitors (SCs). The capacitance was measured by a chronoamperometry technique in KCl solution (1 M) using different charging–discharging current densities (1–5 mA·cm−2) in a potential range determined by cyclic voltammetry (CV) shown in Supporting Information File 1
  • calomel reference electrode was used as the reference electrode and the measurements were performed in 1 M KCl solution. The exposed area was a disk with 0.94 mm diameter. In order to measure the charge–discharge curves, several charging–discharging currents (1–5 mA·cm−2) were used to charge the material
  • MoS2-based composite paper obtained by chronoamperometry in 1M KCl solution using different current densities. Electrochemical analysis of the freestanding MoS2-based composite paper. (a) CV curves at a scan rate of 0.1 V·s−1, (b) discharge/charge voltage profiles at 0.2 A·g−1, (c) reversible
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Published 24 Jul 2019

BiOCl/TiO2/diatomite composites with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity for the degradation of rhodamine B

  • Minlin Ao,
  • Kun Liu,
  • Xuekun Tang,
  • Zishun Li,
  • Qian Peng and
  • Jing Huang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1412–1422, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.139

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  • ), potassium chloride (KCl), mannitol and rhodamine B were purchased from the Chemical Reagents Co., Ltd. of the Sinopharm. All reagents were analytical grade and could be used directly without any purification. Deionized water was used throughout the experiment. In addition, diatomite was purchased from
  • obtained by dissolving 0.12 g of KCl in 5 mL distilled water was dripped into the above mixed mannitol solution under stirring, and the resulting mixed solution was filtered to obtain a solid. After washing, drying and calcining at 400 °C for 2 h, the BiOCl/TiO2/diatomite (BTD) composites were prepared
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Published 16 Jul 2019

A biomimetic nanofluidic diode based on surface-modified polymeric carbon nitride nanotubes

  • Kai Xiao,
  • Baris Kumru,
  • Lu Chen,
  • Lei Jiang,
  • Bernhard V. K. J. Schmidt and
  • Markus Antonietti

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1316–1323, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.130

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  • with electron-rich –NH terminal groups. The negative surface charge is a crucial factor in ion transport. To confirm that confinement effects as well as the surface charge control the ion-transport properties [36][37][38], we measured the conductance of KCl electrolyte both in bulk solution and across
  • the carbon nitride nanotubes (Figure S4, Supporting Information File 1). Figure 3 showed the conductance as a function of salt concentration (KCl) both in bulk solution and across the CNNM. The conductivity of the bulk solution is proportional to the concentration of KCl, while the ionic conductance
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Published 27 Jun 2019
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