Gas-sensing features of nanostructured tellurium thin films

• Dumitru Tsiulyanu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1010–1018, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.85

• galvanic displacement of sacrificial cobalt nanowires were employed [15]. Lastly, to grow one-dimensional nanostructures, either template-free electrodeposition of Te, from an ionic liquid binary mixture [16], or thermal evaporation in a furnace under argon gas flow [17] were strategies utilized. The

Ultrathin hydrophobic films based on the metal organic framework UiO-66-COOH(Zr)

• Miguel A. Andrés,
• Clemence Sicard,
• Christian Serre,
• Olivier Roubeau and
• Ignacio Gascón

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 654–665, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.65

• binary mixture (MOF + 10 wt % ODP) and the components alone (MOF or ODP) were prepared for comparison. The experiments were conducted at 303 K and a total pressure of 100 kPa, according to the procedure described in the experimental section. Mass changes were calculated from frequency changes using the

Induced smectic phase in binary mixtures of twist-bend nematogens

• Anamarija Knežević,
• Irena Dokli,
• Marin Sapunar,
• Suzana Šegota,
• Ute Baumeister and
• Andreja Lesac

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1297–1307, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.122

• recent discovery of the twist-bend nematic phase (NTB) has sparked great interest in the scientific community, not only from a fundamental viewpoint, but also due to its potential for innovative applications. Here we report on the unexpected phase behaviour of a binary mixture of twist-bend nematogens. A

• in controlling the self-organizing processes. Keywords: binary mixture; liquid crystals; smectic phase induction; temperature-dependent FTIR; twist-bend nematogen; Introduction Nowadays liquid crystal (LC) substances possess a wide range of uses. However, it is rather rare that a single organic

• interactions, dipole-induced dipole interactions, and excluded volume effects [14][15]. In this study, we report on the unusual behaviour of a binary mixture between two twist-bend nematogens. Previously we reported on the mesomorphic behaviour of various imino-linked dimers that displayed both uniaxial

Magnetic field induced orientational transitions in liquid crystals doped with carbon nanotubes

• Danil A. Petrov,
• Pavel K. Skokov and
• Alexander N. Zakhlevnykh

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2807–2817, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.280

• Landau–de Gennes theory [26][27][28][29] and mean-field theory [30][31]. In these papers, the phase state of the binary mixture of CNTs in LC as a function of the concentration of CNTs, the coupling energy of subsystems and temperature in the absence of external fields were studied. In the present paper

Prediction of the mechanical properties of zeolite pellets for aerospace molecular decontamination applications

• Guillaume Rioland,
• Patrick Dutournié,
• Delphine Faye,
• T. Jean Daou and
• Joël Patarin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1761–1771, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.169

• new empirical model able to predict the mechanical properties (ultimate compressive strength) of a binary mixture pellet based on the volume fraction of HZSM-5 (MFI) zeolite in the binary pellet, the hold time and elastic rebound [26]. In this paper, we propose two other models able to predict 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

Sensing surface PEGylation with microcantilevers

• Natalija Backmann,
• Natascha Kappeler,
• Thomas Braun,
• François Huber,
• Hans-Peter Lang,
• Christoph Gerber and
• Roderick Y. H. Lim

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2010, 1, 3–13, doi:10.3762/bjnano.1.2

• (phosphate-buffered saline buffer, PBS) and poor solvent conditions (a binary mixture of 20% 2-propanol in PBS), we observe a marked response that is characteristic of a reversible collapse in the PEG layer. Results PEGylation of Au-coated microcantilevers. In our study we applied a direct “grafting to

• measurements were performed in either PBS buffer or in a binary mixture of 20% 2-propanol in PBS (termed 20% 2-propanol) at room temperature using a Multimode-Nanoscope IIIA controller (Veeco, Santa Barbara, CA) equipped with a 120 μm J-scanner and a standard liquid cell. The Au-coated microcantilever arrays