PEG/PEI-functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes as delivery carriers for doxorubicin: synthesis, characterization, and in vitro evaluation

• Shuoye Yang,
• Zhenwei Wang,
• Yahong Ping,
• Yuying Miao,
• Yongmei Xiao,
• Lingbo Qu,
• Lu Zhang,
• Yuansen Hu and
• Jinshui Wang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1728–1741, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.155

•  8B). This is attributed to the fact that PEGylation and amino functionalization could be significant in facilitating the dispersion of nanotubes and decreasing their aggregation, which protects the CNT carriers from interaction with plasma protein components. This enhanced stability will favor

Template-controlled mineralization: Determining film granularity and structure by surface functionality patterns

• Nina J. Blumenstein,
• Jonathan Berson,
• Stefan Walheim,
• Petia Atanasova,
• Johannes Baier,
• Joachim Bill and
• Thomas Schimmel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1763–1768, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.180

• topographically flat (<1 nm roughness), but chemically patterned surface as a template, it was possible to guide the deposition – mainly by means of surface polarity. While deposition took place at sites with amino functionalization, no deposition was observed at locations with a fluorinated surface functionality

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

• from Thermo Scientific. All other chemicals including isopropanol are of reagent grade from Sigma-Aldrich. AFM experiments were carried out on a Bruker Dimension ICON AFM system. Preparation of AFM probes Amino-functionalization of Si probes: Si probes were functionalized with amino groups according to

• nitrogen for 3 h (step a in Figure S1, Supporting Information File 1). Finally, the probes were treated on a plate at 100 °C in air for 10 min. Amino-functionalization of Au-coated probes: The amino-functionalized Au-coated probes were prepared by incubating in a 2 mM solution of 2-aminoethanethiol in EtOH

Selective surface modification of lithographic silicon oxide nanostructures by organofunctional silanes

• Thomas Baumgärtel,
• Christian von Borczyskowski and
• Harald Graaf

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 218–226, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.22

• coverage of the dye molecules on length scale that is not accessible by standard AFM measurements. Keywords: AFM lithography; amino-functionalization; local anodic oxidation; octadecyl-trichlorosilane; silicon oxide nanostructures; Introduction Local anodic oxidation (LAO) nanolithography is a reliable

• two steps, as depicted schematically in Figure 1. First, the functional silane aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) is bound to the LAO oxide, which leads to an amino-functionalization of the structure. In a second step, FITC is bound to the amino group on the structure through its N=C=S group. The