Liquid fuel cells

• Grigorii L. Soloveichik

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1399–1418, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.153

• -poisoning the Pt/C cathode [121]. L-Ascorbic acid (AA, also known as vitamin C) has been proposed as a fuel for liquid-fed fuel cells because it is benign, renewable, inexpensive, and highly soluble in water (330 g/L) [123]. PGM catalysts are not necessary for the anodic oxidation of AA, e.g., a polyaniline

Biocalcite, a multifunctional inorganic polymer: Building block for calcareous sponge spicules and bioseed for the synthesis of calcium phosphate-based bone

• Xiaohong Wang,
• Heinz C. Schröder and
• Werner E. G. Müller

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 610–621, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.72

• surfaces, compared to the controls. Of course, the prerequisite has to be fulfilled that simultaneously with bicarbonate the cells have to be treated with the mineralization activation cocktail (MAC), composed of β-glycerophosphate, ascorbic acid and dexamethasone. One plausible explanation that emerged

• a staining procedure with alizarin red S [7]. The MAC supplement (ascorbic acid, β-glycerophosphate and dexamethasone) stimulates cellular differentiation processes. Importantly, it had been measured that this process is paralleled by an enhanced expression of the CA-II gene, suggesting its

In vitro toxicity and bioimaging studies of gold nanorods formulations coated with biofunctional thiol-PEG molecules and Pluronic block copolymers

• Tianxun Gong,
• Douglas Goh,
• Malini Olivo and
• Ken-Tye Yong

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 546–553, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.64

• have minimal cytotoxicity and they can be used for long term in vitro and in vivo imaging study. Experimental Materials: Hydrogen tetrachloroaurate(III) trihyrate (HAuCl4·3H2O), cetylmethylammonium bromide (CTAB), sodium borohydride (NaBH4), silver nitrate (AgNO3), L-ascorbic acid, trisodium citrate

• 200 mM CTAB and stirred. 350 μL of 4 mM AgNO3 was then added. 70 μL of 78.8 mM of L-ascorbic acid was added, and a colorless solution was formed. 18 µL of the seed solution was injected into the growth solution and left to form AuNRs for an hour at room temperature. The AuNRs solution was centrifuged

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

• water, followed by the addition of 0.09 mL solution of H2PtCl6 (0.2 M) and 0.5 mL of a solution containing 1% sodium citrate and 1.25% L-ascorbic acid. The solution was kept under stirring and heated to boil. After 30 min, the solution was cooled down to the room temperature and used as the 16 nm Pt

• seed solution for further growth into 30 nm Pt nanoparticles. In a typical run, 4 mL of the 16 nm Pt particle solution was mixed with 26 mL DI water. Then 0.09 mL solution of H2PtCl6 (0.2 M) was added, followed by addition of 0.5 mL solution containing 1% trisodium citrate and 1.25% L-ascorbic acid

A catechol biosensor based on electrospun carbon nanofibers

• Dawei Li,
• Zengyuan Pang,
• Xiaodong Chen,
• Lei Luo,
• Yibing Cai and
• Qufu Wei

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 346–354, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.39

• /CNFs showed excellent electrocatalytic activities towards dopamine (DA), uric acid (UA) and ascorbic acid (AA) [26]. NiCF-paste (NiCFP) electrodes displayed excellent electrocatalytic capacity for the oxidation of glucose [27]. These works indicate that electrospun CNFs (ECNFs) harbor excellent

Structural, optical and photocatalytic properties of flower-like ZnO nanostructures prepared by a facile wet chemical method

• Sini Kuriakose,
• Neha Bhardwaj,
• Jaspal Singh,
• Biswarup Satpati and
• Satyabrata Mohapatra

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 763–770, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.87

• ], gas sensors [29][30], clean energy applications [31] and UV detection [32]. Xia et al. [12] synthesized nanostructured ZnO flowers made up of bundled nanochains that could detect dopamine in the presence of L-ascorbic acid with high sensitivity and selectivity. Flower-shaped ZnO nanostructures were

Magnetic-Fe/Fe₃O₄-nanoparticle-bound SN38 as carboxylesterase-cleavable prodrug for the delivery to tumors within monocytes/macrophages

• Hongwang Wang,
• Tej B. Shrestha,
• Matthew T. Basel,
• Raj K. Dani,
• Gwi-Moon Seo,
• Sivasai Balivada,
• Marla M. Pyle,
• Heidy Prock,
• Olga B. Koper,
• Prem S. Thapa,
• David Moore,
• Ping Li,
• Viktor Chikan,
• Deryl L. Troyer and
• Stefan H. Bossmann

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 444–455, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.51

• serum (FBS), neocuproine, ascorbic acid, ammonium acetate, and concentrated hydrochloric acid (HCl) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO). RAW264.7 mouse monocyte/macrophage (Mo/Ma) cells were purchased from ATCC (Manassas, VA). RPMI, Geneticin (G418), hygromycin and penicillin-streptomycin

• . MNP-SN38 were also suspended in 2 mL of distilled water for comparison purposes. HCl (0.5 mL; 1.5 M) and 0.20 mL of ascorbic acid (2.0 M) were added to each sample and incubated at 70 °C for 1 h. The ferrozine reagent solution was prepared as follows: 6.5 mM ferrozine, 13.1 mM neocuproine, 2.0 mM

• ascorbic acid and 5.0 M ammonium acetate in distilled water. After the incubation period, 0.20 mL of ferrozine reagent solution was added. The complexation of iron(II) was complete within 30 min at room temperature, as indicated by UV–vis absorption spectrometry. The absorbance was recorded at 562 nm. Iron

Glassy carbon electrodes modified with multiwalled carbon nanotubes for the determination of ascorbic acid by square-wave voltammetry

• Sushil Kumar and
• Victoria Vicente-Beckett

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 388–396, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.45

• carbon nanotubes were used to modify the surface of a glassy carbon electrode to enhance its electroactivity. Nafion served to immobilise the carbon nanotubes on the electrode surface. The modified electrode was used to develop an analytical method for the analysis of ascorbic acid (AA) by square-wave

• voltammetry (SWV). The oxidation of ascorbic acid at the modified glassy carbon electrode showed a peak potential at 315 mV, about 80 mV lower than that observed at the bare (unmodified) electrode. The peak current was about threefold higher than the response at the bare electrode. Replicate measurements of

• peak currents showed good precision (3% rsd). Peak currents increased with increasing ascorbic acid concentration (dynamic range = 0.0047–5.0 mmol/L) and displayed good linearity (R2 = 0.994). The limit of detection was 1.4 μmol/L AA, while the limit of quantitation was 4.7 μmol/L AA. The modified

Surface functionalization of aluminosilicate nanotubes with organic molecules

• Wei Ma,
• Weng On Yah,
• Hideyuki Otsuka and
• Atsushi Takahara

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 82–100, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.10

• thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) [40]. The subsequent ARGET ATRP was carried out by using ascorbic acid (AA) as the reducing agent and anisole as the solvent. Ascorbic acid is insoluble in anisole, hence, the reduction of the Cu(II) complex takes place at the surface of solid ascorbic acid. The slow reaction rate

Electrochemical behavior of dye-linked L-proline dehydrogenase on glassy carbon electrodes modified by multi-walled carbon nanotubes

• Haitao Zheng,
• Leyi Lin,
• Yosuke Okezaki,
• Ryushi Kawakami,
• Haruhiko Sakuraba,
• Toshihisa Ohshima,
• Keiichi Takagi and
• Shin-ichiro Suye

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2010, 1, 135–141, doi:10.3762/bjnano.1.16

• mechanical and electrochemical properties [13][14], CNTs can mediate the electron transfer between an electrode and a number of electroactive substances such as hydrogen peroxide, ascorbic acid and dopamine, and accelerate surface electrochemical reactions [15]. Direct electron transfer between the active