Heat-induced morphological changes in silver nanowires deposited on a patterned silicon substrate

• Elyad Damerchi,
• Sven Oras,
• Edgars Butanovs,
• Allar Liivlaid,
• Mikk Antsov,
• Boris Polyakov,
• Annamarija Trausa,
• Veronika Zadin,
• Andreas Kyritsakis,
• Loïc Vidal,
• Karine Mougin,
• Siim Pikker and
• Sergei Vlassov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 435–446, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.39

• NWs used in the present study have a five-fold twinned crystal structure resulting in a pentagonal cross-section. Since pentagonal symmetry is a “forbidden” symmetry in crystallography, five-fold twinned crystals unavoidably have inner strains [44]. This could potentially be one of the driving forces

Isolation of cubic Si₃P₄ in the form of nanocrystals

• Polina K. Nikiforova,
• Sergei S. Bubenov,
• Vadim B. Platonov,
• Andrey S. Kumskov,
• Nikolay N. Kononov,
• Tatyana A. Kuznetsova and
• Sergey G. Dorofeev

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 971–979, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.80

• Polina K. Nikiforova Sergei S. Bubenov Vadim B. Platonov Andrey S. Kumskov Nikolay N. Kononov Tatyana A. Kuznetsova Sergey G. Dorofeev Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1-3 Leninskie Gory, Moscow, Russia Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Federal Scientific Research

• Centre «Crystallography and Photonics», Russian Academy of Sciences, 59 Leninskiy prospekt, Moscow, Russia Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov Str., Moscow, Russia 10.3762/bjnano.14.80 Abstract This article describes an approach for synthesizing silicon phosphide

• spectrometer and a Frontier FTIR spectrometer. The authors are grateful to Dr. V.Yu. Verchenko for the fruitful discussions of the XRD data analysis. Funding This work was performed within the State assignment of Federal Scientific Research Center «Crystallography and Photonics» of the Russian Academy of

Liquid phase exfoliation of talc: effect of the medium on flake size and shape

• Samuel M. Sousa,
• Helane L. O. Morais,
• Joyce C. C. Santos,
• Ana Paula M. Barboza,
• Bernardo R. A. Neves,
• Elisângela S. Pinto and
• Mariana C. Prado

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 68–78, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.8

• Crystallography Laboratory (LabCri – Physics Department – UFMG – Brazil) for the X-ray diffraction experiments and Professor Ananias B. Alencar (UFVJM – Brazil) for the talc structure schematic representation Figure 1. The authors are thankful to Mr. Antônio Pinto G. L. Neto for the mineral sample. Funding We

Induced electric conductivity in organic polymers

• Konstantin Y. Arutyunov,
• Anatoli S. Gurski,
• Vladimir V. Artemov,
• Alexander L. Vasiliev,
• Azat R. Yusupov,
• Danfis D. Karamov and
• Alexei N. Lachinov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1551–1557, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.128

• research center “Crystallography and photonics” RAS, 119333, Moscow, Russia National research center “Kurchatov institute”, 123182, Moscow, Russia Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), MIPT, 141701 Moscow Region, Russia Bashkir State Pedagogical University n.a. M. Akmulla, 450008

• Center FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics” RAS, and were partly supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation within the State assignment FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics” RAS in the part of SEM and TEM measurements. Funding The work was supported by the Mirror

Interfacial nanoarchitectonics for ZIF-8 membranes with enhanced gas separation

• Season S. Chen,
• Zhen-Jie Yang,
• Chia-Hao Chang,
• Hoong-Uei Koh,
• Sameerah I. Al-Saeedi,
• Kuo-Lun Tung and
• Kevin C.-W. Wu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 313–324, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.26

• synthesis method. Figure 1a shows that the XRD patterns of the as-synthesized free-standing ZIF-8 thin film was identical to that of a ZIF-8 crystal simulated with data from Crystallography Open Database (Mercury, version 3.6), indicating the success of the synthesis of ZIF-8 crystals by interfacial

Is the Ne operation of the helium ion microscope suitable for electron backscatter diffraction sample preparation?

• Annalena Wolff

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 965–983, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.73

Molecular dynamics modeling of the influence forming process parameters on the structure and morphology of a superconducting spin valve

• Alexander Vakhrushev,
• Aleksey Fedotov,
• Vladimir Boian,
• Roman Morari and
• Anatolie Sidorenko

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1776–1788, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.160

• crystallography reflects the number of nearby equally distant atoms of the same type in the crystal lattice. The number of nearest neighbors determines the material packing density. For different types of crystal lattices, the coordination number will be different. The cubic volume-centered lattice

Magnetic properties of biofunctionalized iron oxide nanoparticles as magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents

• Natalia E. Gervits,
• Andrey A. Gippius,
• Alexey V. Tkachev,
• Evgeniy I. Demikhov,
• Sergey S. Starchikov,
• Igor S. Lyubutin,
• Alexander L. Vasiliev,
• Vladimir P. Chekhonin,
• Maxim A. Abakumov,
• Alevtina S. Semkina and
• Alexander G. Mazhuga

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1964–1972, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.193

• Natalia E. Gervits Andrey A. Gippius Alexey V. Tkachev Evgeniy I. Demikhov Sergey S. Starchikov Igor S. Lyubutin Alexander L. Vasiliev Vladimir P. Chekhonin Maxim A. Abakumov Alevtina S. Semkina Alexander G. Mazhuga Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics” RAS

• MiniFlex equipment of the Shared Research Center FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics” RAS. Cu Kα radiation (λ = 0.154 nm) was used. The Raman spectra were recorded at room temperature with a 671 nm laser as the excitation source. A Princeton Instruments Acton SP2500 monochromator/spectrograph equipped with

• Mössbauer and the Raman spectroscopy, measurements and analysis, by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation within the State assignment FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics” RAS concerning the TEM. Powder X-ray diffraction measurements were partly performed using the equipment

Precise local control of liquid crystal pretilt on polymer layers by focused ion beam nanopatterning

• Maxim V. Gorkunov,
• Irina V. Kasyanova,
• Vladimir V. Artemov,
• Alena V. Mamonova and
• Serguei P. Palto

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1691–1697, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.164

• Maxim V. Gorkunov Irina V. Kasyanova Vladimir V. Artemov Alena V. Mamonova Serguei P. Palto Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics”, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333 Moscow, Russia National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics

• Ministry of Science and Higher Education within the State assignment FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics” RAS. The work was performed using the equipment of Shared Research Center of FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics” RAS supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

Kelvin probe force microscopy work function characterization of transition metal oxide crystals under ongoing reduction and oxidation

• Dominik Wrana,
• Karol Cieślik,
• Wojciech Belza,
• Christian Rodenbücher,
• Krzysztof Szot and
• Franciszek Krok

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1596–1607, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.155

• show the properties of a bulk-like crystalline rock-salt TiO phase, unlike previous studies on the crystallography and electronic structure of TiO, which were based on defective thin films formed on various surfaces, e.g., TiC(100) [23] or TiO2(110) [24]. γ-TiO is the high-temperature phase with a NaCl

Polymorphic self-assembly of pyrazine-based tectons at the solution–solid interface

• Achintya Jana,
• Puneet Mishra and
• Neeladri Das

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 494–499, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.50

• Supporting Information File 1. The two-dimensional self-assembly of 1 was studied at the 1-phenyloctane–HOPG interface using an ambient scanning tunneling microscope (STM). This technique allows us to investigate the surface crystallography with unprecedented spatial resolution providing information such as

Formation and development of nanometer-sized cybotactic clusters in bent-core nematic liquid crystalline compounds

• Yuri P. Panarin,
• Sithara P. Sreenilayam,
• Jagdish K. Vij,
• Anne Lehmann and
• Carsten Tschierske

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1288–1296, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.121

• had previously been studied by XRD [40]. This allows us to compare our results with XRD. The latter technique is regarded as the most appropriate technique in crystallography. Figure 2a shows the dielectric loss spectra of BCN66 as a function of frequency and temperature in a planar cell of cell

Facile phase transfer of gold nanorods and nanospheres stabilized with block copolymers

• Yaroslav I. Derikov,
• Georgiy A. Shandryuk,
• Raisa V. Talroze,
• Alexander A. Ezhov and
• Yaroslav V. Kudryavtsev

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 616–627, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.58

• ) for assistance in TEM and SAED measurements, Dr. V.V. Artemov (Federal Scientific Research Centre “Crystallography and Photonics”, Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences) for assistance in SEM measurements and Prof. M.A. Osipov (University of Strathclyde, UK) for useful

Periodic structures on liquid-phase smectic A, nematic and isotropic free surfaces

• Anna N. Bagdinova,
• Evgeny I. Demikhov,
• Nataliya G. Borisenko,
• Sergei M. Tolokonnikov,
• Gennadii V. Mishakov and
• Andrei V. Sharkov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 342–352, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.34

• Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 53 Leninskiy Prospekt, Moscow, 119991, Russia Federal scientific research centre “Crystallography and photonics” of Russian Academy of Sciences, 59 Leninskiy Prospekt, Moscow, 119333, Russia Division of Quantum Radiophysics, P.N. Lebedev Physical

Nematic liquid crystal alignment on subwavelength metal gratings

• Irina V. Kasyanova,
• Artur R. Geivandov,
• Vladimir V. Artemov,
• Maxim V. Gorkunov and
• Serguei P. Palto

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 42–47, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.6

• Irina V. Kasyanova Artur R. Geivandov Vladimir V. Artemov Maxim V. Gorkunov Serguei P. Palto Liquid crystals laboratory, Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of Federal Scientific Research Centre “Crystallography and Photonics” of Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333 Leninsky Ave. 59, Moscow

• performed using the equipment of the Shared Research Center FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics” RAS supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.

Study of the vertically aligned in-plane switching liquid crystal mode in microscale periodic electric fields

• Artur R. Geivandov,
• Mikhail I. Barnik,
• Irina V. Kasyanova and
• Serguei P. Palto

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 11–19, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.2

• Artur R. Geivandov Mikhail I. Barnik Irina V. Kasyanova Serguei P. Palto Liquid crystals laboratory, Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of Federal Scientific Research Centre “Crystallography and Photonics” of Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333 Leninsky pr-t 59, Moscow, Russia 10.3762/bjnano

• length Δt = 5 ms, w/g = 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0. Acknowledgements This publication is made with support of Russian Science Foundation (project No. 14-12-00553) and in frame of State research plans of FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics” of Russian Academy of Sciences.

The rational design of a Au(I) precursor for focused electron beam induced deposition

• Ali Marashdeh,
• Thiadrik Tiesma,
• Niels J. C. van Velzen,
• Sjoerd Harder,
• Remco W. A. Havenith,
• Jeff T. M. De Hosson and
• Willem F. van Dorp

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2753–2765, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.274

• interactions, making it volatile. It is stable enough to act as a volatile source for Au deposition, being stabilized by 6.5 kcal/mol. Finally, MeAuCO is likely to dissociate in a single step to pure Au. Keywords: crystallography; focused electron beam induced processing; gold chemistry; precursor design

Deposition of exchange-coupled dinickel complexes on gold substrates utilizing ambidentate mercapto-carboxylato ligands

• Martin Börner,
• Laura Blömer,
• Marcus Kischel,
• Peter Richter,
• Georgeta Salvan,
• Dietrich R. T. Zahn,
• Pablo F. Siles,
• Maria E. N. Fuentes,
• Carlos C. B. Bufon,
• Daniel Grimm,
• Oliver G. Schmidt,
• Daniel Breite,
• Bernd Abel and
• Berthold Kersting

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1375–1387, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.139

• HS(C6H4)2CO2− (8)), and their ability to adsorb on gold surfaces is reported. Besides elemental analysis, IR spectroscopy, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESIMS), UV–vis spectroscopy, and X-ray crystallography (for 6 and 7), the compounds were also studied by temperature-dependent magnetic

• synthesis of [Ni2L(O2C(CH2)5SH)](ClO4) (6), [Ni2L(O2C(CH2)10SH)](ClO4) (7), and [Ni2L(O2C(C6H4)2SH)](ClO4) (8) was successfully realized. The coligands act invariably in a bridging mode as established by IR and UV–vis spectroscopy, ESIMS, and X-ray crystallography (for 6 and 7). The structures of the

• , 51.15; H, 7.32; N, 8.13; found: C, 50.78; H, 7.26; N, 8.05. This compound was additionally characterized by X-ray crystallography. Preparation of [Ni2L(µ-O2C(CH2)10SH)]ClO4 (7) A solution of 1 (200 mg, 0.217 mmol), 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid (62 mg, 0.285 mmol), and NEt3 (28 mg, 40 µL, 0.282 mmol) was

Annealing-induced recovery of indents in thin Au(Fe) bilayer films

• Anna Kosinova,
• Ruth Schwaiger,
• Leonid Klinger and
• Eugen Rabkin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 2088–2099, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.199

• for several indents. It should be noted that the arrangement of the dislocations shown does not represent the crystallography of the sample, but rather symbolizes the high dislocation density accounting for mass conservation and that is typical of indentation. The envisioned process should occur for

3D printing of mineral–polymer bone substitutes based on sodium alginate and calcium phosphate

• Aleksey A. Egorov,
• Alexander Yu. Fedotov,
• Anton V. Mironov,
• Vladimir S. Komlev,
• Vladimir K. Popov and
• Yury V. Zobkov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1794–1799, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.172

• Research Centre "Crystallography and Photonics", Russian Academy of Sciences, 2 Pionerskaya St., 142092 Troitsk, Moscow, Russia 10.3762/bjnano.7.172 Abstract We demonstrate a relatively simple route for three-dimensional (3D) printing of complex-shaped biocompatible structures based on sodium alginate and

Phenalenyl-based mononuclear dysprosium complexes

• Yanhua Lan,
• Andrea Magri,
• Olaf Fuhr and
• Mario Ruben

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 995–1009, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.92

• single crystal X-ray crystallography. The magnetic properties of complexes 1–3 were studied in detail suggesting that these complexes are SMMs with fast zero-field quantum tunneling of the magnetization. The presence of co-ligands reduces the three-fold symmetry of the molecules so that non-negligible

• temperature for diluted (2.0 × 10−6 M) DMSO (spectrophotometric grade) solutions on a Cary Eclipse Fluorescence spectrophotometer using a 1 cm quartz cell. X-ray crystallography Single crystal X-ray diffraction data were collected on a STOE IPDS II diffractometer with graphite monochromated Mo Kα radiation (λ

Single pyrimidine discrimination during voltage-driven translocation of osmylated oligodeoxynucleotides via the α-hemolysin nanopore

• Yun Ding and
• Anastassia Kanavarioti

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 91–101, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.11

• Nanopore technology has seen great advancements following a rather slow start as a global analytical tool for anything from cells to single molecules [1][2]. Progress in X-ray crystallography to deduce structural details of protein pores [3][4][5], and progress in manufacturing of nanometer-sized holes in

Overview of nanoscale NEXAFS performed with soft X-ray microscopes

• Peter Guttmann and
• Carla Bittencourt

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 595–604, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.61

• energy range. Therefore, with the availability of synchrotron radiation sources several techniques could be developed having smaller spot sizes which allows studies of the properties of small samples or details of larger materials. Protein crystallography is one of the widely used techniques becoming

Nanoparticle shapes by using Wulff constructions and first-principles calculations

• Georgios D. Barmparis,
• Zbigniew Lodziana,
• Nuria Lopez and
• Ioannis N. Remediakis

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 361–368, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.35

• [5][6]. Theoretical simulations based on the Wulff construction hold the key to understand the shapes of nanoparticles. The Wulff construction revolutionized geology and crystallography especially at the beginning of the twentieth century, as it provided a systematic way to classify characteristic

Synthesis, characterization, monolayer assembly and 2D lanthanide coordination of a linear terphenyl-di(propiolonitrile) linker on Ag(111)

• Zhi Chen,
• Svetlana Klyatskaya,
• José I. Urgel,
• David Écija,
• Olaf Fuhr,
• Willi Auwärter,
• Johannes V. Barth and
• Mario Ruben

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 327–335, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.31

• ) onto the sample held at ≈300 K. X-ray crystallography Crystals suitable for single crystal X-ray diffraction were obtained by slow diffusion of hexane into a 1,4-dioxane solution of 2 and by slow diffusion of hexane into a solution of 3 in the dichloromethane. Crystals were then selected in