A combined gas-phase dissociative ionization, dissociative electron attachment and deposition study on the potential FEBID precursor [Au(CH₃)₂Cl]₂

• Elif Bilgilisoy,
• Ali Kamali,
• Thomas Xaver Gentner,
• Gerd Ballmann,
• Sjoerd Harder,
• Hans-Peter Steinrück,
• Hubertus Marbach and
• Oddur Ingólfsson

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 1178–1199, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.98

Nanostructured and oriented metal–organic framework films enabling extreme surface wetting properties

• Andre Mähringer,
• Julian M. Rotter and
• Dana D. Medina

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1994–2003, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.196

• chlorinated oils such as dichloromethane on M-CAT-1 pellets (see Figure S3.3, Supporting Information File 1). This further illustrates the amphiphilic nature of the M-CATs, showing hydrophilic as well as superoleophilic behavior towards several different oils. Interestingly, the underwater oil contact angle

• ). To establish these MOF films as superoleophobic surfaces applicable to a wide range of oils, we examined the interactions of other high-density oils with the oriented and nanostructured MOF surfaces. For this purpose, we determined the underwater OCA for different chlorinated liquids, such as

• -cleaning ability of these films was demonstrated by depositing an oil droplet on a substrate tilted at a shallow angle of 1.4°. The effective underwater oil-repelling properties of the M-CAT-1 films were confirmed by employing a variety of different chlorinated oily liquids. Under ambient atmosphere, 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

• angle was performed for each sample prior to scan acquisition and values were between 0.08° and 0.10°. CO2 adsorption was measured using a homemade QCM-based system [21][26] to investigate the effect of ODP on the adsorption capacity of the sMPs. Briefly, the setup consists of two chlorinated polyvinyl

Improving control of carbide-derived carbon microstructure by immobilization of a transition-metal catalyst within the shell of carbide/carbon core–shell structures

• Teguh Ariyanto,
• Jan Glaesel,
• Andreas Kern,
• Gui-Rong Zhang and
• Bastian J. M. Etzold

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 419–427, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.41

• mapping (Figure S2 in Supporting Information File 1). Influence of nickel loading on the microstructure of the final carbon material The porous-carbon-on-carbide-core material (CDC-shell) was impregnated with different amounts of nickel chloride hexahydrate (Figure 1, middle) and further chlorinated at

• final carbide-derived carbon The Ni/CDC-shell was further chlorinated at 1200 °C to complete the conversion of the carbide to the carbon. This reactive extraction was carried out using a horizontal chlorination setup as described in [4]. The reaction conditions were set to 3 cm·s−1 superficial velocity

• -metal graphitization catalyst on CDC/carbide core–shell precursors. (a) TEM analysis of partially chlorinated carbide (CDC-shell) showing transparent CDC covering the carbide core; (b) N2-sorption isotherm of the CDC-shell and inset of its QSDFT pore size distribution. (a) XRD pattern and (b) the

Accurate control of the covalent functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes for the electro-enzymatically controlled oxidation of biomolecules

• Naoual Allali,
• Veronika Urbanova,
• Mathieu Etienne,
• Xavier Devaux,
• Martine Mallet,
• Brigitte Vigolo,
• Jean-Joseph Adjizian,
• Chris P. Ewels,
• Sven Oberg,
• Alexander V. Soldatov,
• Edward McRae,
• Yves Fort,
• Manuel Dossot and
• Victor Mamane

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2750–2762, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.257

• conventional concentrated HNO3 solution (65% w/w) and a rather diluted H2SO4 solution (2.5 mol·L−1). The latter medium is greener and safer than a concentrated HNO3 solution. Reaction with SOCl2 was further realized and then ferrocene moieties coupled to linkers were added to the chlorinated CNTs for

Nanotopographical control of surfaces using chemical vapor deposition processes

• Meike Koenig and
• Joerg Lahann

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1250–1256, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.126

• , transition metals, as well as their salts or complexes, were found to inhibit the polymer growth on the surface. PPX-n and chlorinated PPX did not grow on metal and metal oxide surfaces. This was likely due to deactivation of the adsorbed bi-radical form, which results in quenching of the chain growth [20

Modeling adsorption of brominated, chlorinated and mixed bromo/chloro-dibenzo-p-dioxins on C₆₀ fullerene using Nano-QSPR

• Piotr Urbaszek,
• Agnieszka Gajewicz,
• Celina Sikorska,
• Maciej Haranczyk and
• Tomasz Puzyn

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 752–761, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.78

• (AhR) toxicity mechanism. Therefore, the effectiveness of fullerenes as sorbent agents may be underestimated as sorption could be less effective for toxic congeners than previously believed. Keywords: brominated; chlorinated; dioxins; fullerenes; QSPR; sorption; Introduction Dioxin congeners are

• present and dangerous Studies on chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) as representatives of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) [1] are an important area of the environmental sciences and scientific research [2][3][4][5]. PCDDs are usually represented by 2,3,7,8-tetrachloro dibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD

• ), considered as one of the most dangerous and toxic for living organisms upon long-term exposure [6]. Previous studies have shown that other PXDDs (halogenated-brominated and/or chlorinated dioxins, where X = Br or Cl) can also cause toxic effects [7] and induce diverse enzymes and receptors such as aryl

Functionalized TiO₂ nanoparticles by single-step hydrothermal synthesis: the role of the silane coupling agents

• Antoine R. M. Dalod,
• Lars Henriksen,
• Tor Grande and
• Mari-Ann Einarsrud

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 304–312, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.33

• a dark red powder was obtained for 4-tert-butylcatechol and dopamine surface functionalized samples, respectively. More recently, Gao and Cui reported a sol–gel method in which TiO2 nanoparticles functionalized with chlorinated alcohols through hydrogen bonding were produced [21]. However, sol–gel

A composite structure based on reduced graphene oxide and metal oxide nanomaterials for chemical sensors

• Vardan Galstyan,
• Elisabetta Comini,
• Iskandar Kholmanov,
• Andrea Ponzoni,
• Veronica Sberveglieri,
• Nicola Poli,
• Guido Faglia and
• Giorgio Sberveglieri

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1421–1427, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.133

• 250 °C) on SiO2/Si wafers. Acknowledgements The research leading to these results has received funding from the following projects: “New approaches and methodologies for bioremediation of water contaminated by chlorinated aliphatic solvents (SUSBIOREM)” (funded by the National Research Council (CNR

Natural and artificial binders of polyriboadenylic acid and their effect on RNA structure

• Giovanni N. Roviello,
• Domenica Musumeci,
• Valentina Roviello,
• Marina Pirtskhalava,
• Alexander Egoyan and
• Merab Mirtskhulava

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1338–1347, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.138

• Craig and Isenberg [67] evidenced similar binding results, concerning the ability of polycyclic hydrocarbons to bind double-stranded poly(rA) structures. Haloacetonitriles are chlorinated pollutants present in drinking water and swimming pools formed as disinfection by-products, whose oncogenic effect

Silicon and germanium nanocrystals: properties and characterization

• Ivana Capan,
• Alexandra Carvalho and
• José Coutinho

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1787–1794, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.189

• -covered nanocrystals with the same size. Like the hydrogenated Si NCs, chlorinated Si NCs doped with phosphorus or boron require a high activation energy to transfer an electron or hole, respectively, to undoped Si NCs. The electronic levels of surface dangling bonds are similar for both types of surface

• passivation, although in the chlorinated Si NCs some fall off the narrower gap. Functionalisation with chlorine, nitrogen and fluorine was also found to be an effective way to control the bandgap of nanodiamonds [68]. Nanocrystals functionalized with organic groups have so far only been considered in a

Non-covalent and reversible functionalization of carbon nanotubes

• Antonello Di Crescenzo,
• Valeria Ettorre and
• Antonella Fontana

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1675–1690, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.178

• detect their sidewall oxygenated defects. A simple CH3CN washing of the composite allows the complete desorption of the adsorbed complexes [84]. A similar result was obtained by adding CH3CN to CNTs dispersed in chlorinated solvents by using foldamers (i.e., synthetic and designable oligomers) [85]. In

• this case, CH3CN did not act as a simple “washing” solvent but rather induced a variation of the conformation of the foldamers due to the solvophobic effect associated to the increase of solvent polarity on passing from chlorinated solvents to CH3CN. A recent and interesting way to get a reversible

Nano-rings with a handle – Synthesis of substituted cycloparaphenylenes

• Anne-Florence Tran-Van and
• Hermann A. Wegner

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1320–1333, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.145

• ring strain and led to a complex mixture of partially dehydrogenated and chlorinated products. A clear evidence for the formation of [3]CHBC was not obtained. DFT calculations showed that the molecule is C3-symmetric with a twisted CPP core and a diameter of 12.2 Å in the gas phase. In the calculated

• macrocyclic dimer 24 in 17% yield. Aromatization of this CPP precursor was achieved by sodium bisulfate in 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene to give the desired [12,2]CPPyr 25. Notably, the resulting pyrene product was soluble only in chlorinated solvents in contrast to the generally easily soluble CPPs. The UV–vis

Twofold role of calcined hydrotalcites in the degradation of methyl parathion pesticide

• Alvaro Sampieri,
• Geolar Fetter,
• María Elena Villafuerte-Castrejon,
• Adriana Tejeda-Cruz and
• Pedro Bosch

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 99–103, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.11

• degradation; mixed oxide; organophosphate; pesticide; water pollution; Introduction MP, an organophosphate, has been extensively used as pesticide since the 1970’s instead of chlorinated hydrocarbons (e.g., DDT). This pesticide is persistent and very toxic to humans and animals [1], even at low