Metal-organic framework-based nanomaterials for CO₂ storage: A review

• Ha Huu Do,
• Iqra Rabani and
• Hai Bang Truong

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 964–970, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.79

• gas storage. For instance, Zhang et al. used ethylenediamine to functionalize ZIF-8, resulting in enhanced CO2 adsorption and selectivity [36]. A benefit of this approach is that the surface area was improved (nearly 40%), while ED-ZIF-8 yielded a two-fold higher amount of adsorbed CO2 than pure ZIF-8

Structural, optical, and bioimaging characterization of carbon quantum dots solvothermally synthesized from o-phenylenediamine

• Zoran M. Marković,
• Milica D. Budimir,
• Martin Danko,
• Dušan D. Milivojević,
• Pavel Kubat,
• Danica Z. Zmejkoski,
• Vladimir B. Pavlović,
• Marija M. Mojsin,
• Milena J. Stevanović and
• Biljana M. Todorović Marković

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 165–174, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.17

• amines such as 2-ethylenediamine, poly(ethyleneamine), or trimethylamine, enhances the affinity of CQDs to biological structures whereas incorporation of nitrogen atoms in the honeycomb structure of CQDs contributes to a reduction of photobleaching [7]. Tepliakov et al. reported that CQDs can be treated

Recent advances in green carbon dots (2015–2022): synthesis, metal ion sensing, and biological applications

• Aisha Kanwal,
• Naheed Bibi,
• Sajjad Hyder,
• Arif Muhammad,
• Hao Ren,
• Jiangtao Liu and
• Zhongli Lei

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1068–1107, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.93

• heteroatom doping, according to current research. Xie et al. used ethylenediamine (EDA) as a surface-passivating agent to obtain hydrophilic N-CDs via a facile hydrothermal method from highland barley. The reaction was maintained at 200 °C for 24 h. A high QY of 14.4% was obtained by using an optimal amount

• for the bright blue fluorescence of CDs synthesized using citric acid and EDA. It has been established that the CDs are a mixture of IPCA, polymers, and carbon cores [132]. Essner and co-workers carried out the synthesis of CDs using citric acid (paired with urea or ethylenediamine as a nitrogen

An overview of microneedle applications, materials, and fabrication methods

• Zahra Faraji Rad,
• Philip D. Prewett and
• Graham J. Davies

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1034–1046, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.77

• mask which must be compensated for in the pattern design. Anisotropic etching uses either EDP (ethylenediamine pyrocatechol), hydrazine-based solutions or, most commonly, potassium hydroxide solution. Deep reactive ion etching of silicon is an increasingly common process, performed in a low-pressure

Comprehensive review on ultrasound-responsive theranostic nanomaterials: mechanisms, structures and medical applications

• Sepand Tehrani Fateh,
• Lida Moradi,
• Elmira Kohan,
• Michael R. Hamblin and
• Amin Shiralizadeh Dezfuli

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 808–862, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.64

Processing nanoporous organic polymers in liquid amines

• Jeehye Byun,
• Damien Thirion and
• Cafer T. Yavuz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1844–1850, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.179

• processing. These reactive sites could be unreacted aldehyde or carboxylic acid generated by disproportionation of aldehyde units [21], which can quickly react with amines to form imine or amide bonds, respectively. When ethylenediamine (EDA) was added to COP-100 under elevated temperatures, the short amine

Deposition of metal particles onto semiconductor nanorods using an ionic liquid

• Michael D. Ballentine,
• Elizabeth G. Embry,
• Marco A. Garcia and
• Lawrence J. Hill

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 718–724, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.71

• liquids using trioctylphosphine oxide and ethylenediamine for particle formation and stabilization [25]. However, to our knowledge, no one has explored metal deposition onto these nanorods and there are no examples using ionic liquids for metal deposition onto chalcogenide nanorods with uniform lengths

Colloidal chemistry with patchy silica nanoparticles

• Pierre-Etienne Rouet,
• Cyril Chomette,
• Laurent Adumeau,
• Etienne Duguet and
• Serge Ravaine

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2989–2998, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.278

• water, SDS), tin tetrachloride (SnCl4, Sigma-Aldrich, >99%), hydrochloric acid (37%, Sigma-Aldrich), ethylenediamine (Fluka, 99.5%), gold(III) chloride trihydrate (HAuCl4·3H2O, Sigma-Aldrich), trisodium citrate dihydrate (NaCit) (Na3C6H5O7·2H2O, Sigma-Aldrich, 99%), O-[2-(3-mercaptopropionylamino)ethyl

• redispersion in 20 mL DMF. We performed the amination stage by using 1013 chloromethylated patchy particles in DMF and 3 mL ethylenediamine, i.e., in large excess for minimizing cross-linking. We set the temperature at 90 °C and let the system react overnight under stirring. We washed the nanoparticles by two

Nanocellulose: Recent advances and its prospects in environmental remediation

• Katrina Pui Yee Shak,
• Yean Ling Pang and
• Shee Keat Mah

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2479–2498, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.232

• properties in nanocomposites such as Fe3O4@SiO2@cellulose nanocomposite and amino-functionalized magnetic cellulose nanocomposite grafted with glycidyl methacrylate followed by reaction with ethylenediamine [89]. Furthermore, a 7 wt % NaOH/12 wt % urea aqueous solvent was found useful for regenerating Cr(VI

Lead-free hybrid perovskites for photovoltaics

• Oleksandr Stroyuk

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2209–2235, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.207

• ) induced by the introduction of trimethylamine as a morphology-directing agent [77]. The quality of MASnI3 films as components of solar cells can be ameliorated by introducing ethylenediamine (en) acting simultaneously as an additional organic cation in the HP lattice and as a morphology-directing agent

Facile synthesis of a ZnO–BiOI p–n nano-heterojunction with excellent visible-light photocatalytic activity

• Mengyuan Zhang,
• Jiaqian Qin,
• Pengfei Yu,
• Bing Zhang,
• Mingzhen Ma,
• Xinyu Zhang and
• Riping Liu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 789–800, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.72

• ), ammonium hydrogen carbonate (NH4HCO3), rhodamine B (RhB), benzoquinone (BQ), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and ethylenediamine teraacetic acid sodium (EDTA sodium) were directly used without any further purification. Synthesis of ZnO–BiOI nanocomposites Generally, 0.05 mol NH4HCO3 were added into 50 mL DI

Anchoring Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles in a reduced graphene oxide aerogel matrix via polydopamine coating

• Błażej Scheibe,
• Radosław Mrówczyński,
• Natalia Michalak,
• Karol Załęski,
• Michał Matczak,
• Mateusz Kempiński,
• Zuzanna Pietralik,
• Mikołaj Lewandowski,
• Stefan Jurga and
• Feliks Stobiecki

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 591–601, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.55

• ≥99.5%, dopamine hydrochloride and ethylenediamine were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich. Hydrochloric acid 35–38%, sulfuric acid 95%, ethanol 99.8%, ethanol 96% and hydrogen peroxide solution 30% were purchased from POCH. Ammonia solution 25% and potassium permanganate were obtained from Chempur and J.T

• of ultrasound dispersed GO (2 mg/mL), GO (2 mg/mL) with Fe3O4 (1 mg/mL) and GO (2 mg/mL) with PDA@Fe3O4 (1 mg/mL) were prepared in 10 mL glass beakers. Then 60 μL of ethylenediamine were added as a reduction agent to each beaker. Next, the beakers were placed in a Teflon-metal covered autoclave and

Systematic control of α-Fe₂O₃ crystal growth direction for improved electrochemical performance of lithium-ion battery anodes

• Nan Shen,
• Miriam Keppeler,
• Barbara Stiaszny,
• Holger Hain,
• Filippo Maglia and
• Madhavi Srinivasan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2032–2044, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.204

• to 5.7. The electrochemical performance was evaluated by cyclic voltammetry and charge–discharge measurements. A SCA test series, including ethylenediamine, 1,2-diaminopropane, 2,3-diaminobutane, and N-methylethylenediamine, was implemented in terms of the impact on the nanorod aspect ratio. Varied

• ; ethylenediamine; lithium-ion battery; shape-controlled synthesis; Introduction Since conventional transportation is seen as problematic in terms of fossil fuel consumption and human-induced greenhouse gas emissions [1], battery electric vehicles (BEVs) have moved into the focus of the automotive industry. As

• electrochemical performance in LIBs [17]. Also, ethylenediamine is used in the hydrothermal synthesis of α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles, leading to a shuttle-like nanorod morphology [27]. Diamines increase the pH of the reaction mixture, supporting the phase transformation of FeOOH to α-Fe2O3. In addition, diamines form

Synthesis of graphene–transition metal oxide hybrid nanoparticles and their application in various fields

• Arpita Jana,
• Elke Scheer and
• Sebastian Polarz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 688–714, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.74

• nanocomposite hydrogel (TGH) was prepared by Zhang et al. by a facile one-pot hydrothermal approach where the spherical nanostructured TiO2 NPs were densely decorated onto the GS [89]. A 2D graphene–TiO2 sandwich structure was prepared by using ethylenediamine/H2O solvent in a reduction–hydrolysis technique

Formation and shape-control of hierarchical cobalt nanostructures using quaternary ammonium salts in aqueous media

• Ruchi Deshmukh,
• Anurag Mehra and
• Rochish Thaokar

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 494–505, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.53

• ethylenediamine in a solvothermal approach. The synthesis strategies mentioned above are specific to a certain dimensionality of the nanostructures, with a limited possibility for its variation from zero-dimensional spheres to hierarchical nanostructures. In this context, the present study contributes in several

Facile fabrication of luminescent organic dots by thermolysis of citric acid in urea melt, and their use for cell staining and polyelectrolyte microcapsule labelling

• Nadezhda M. Zholobak,
• Anton L. Popov,
• Alexander B. Shcherbakov,
• Nelly R. Popova,
• Mykhailo M. Guzyk,
• Valeriy P. Antonovich,
• Alla V. Yegorova,
• Yuliya V. Scrypynets,
• Inna I. Leonenko,
• Alexander Ye. Baranchikov and
• Vladimir K. Ivanov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1905–1917, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.182

• combining fluorophores formed via the condensation of the molecules of citric acid and amines [38][39][40]. According to the suggested reaction mechanism, ethylenediamine and citric acid form a salt at elevated temperatures, before reacting to a large network, due to the multiple functional groups of both

• precursor molecules. It was found that, aside from the polymerization reaction, a salt of citric acid and ethylenediamine forms the fluorescent molecule 5-oxo-1,2,3,5-tetrahydroimidazo[1,2-α]pyridine-77-carboxylic acid (IPCA) in a second simultaneous intramolecular reaction. The subsequent rise in

Effect of tetramethylammonium hydroxide/isopropyl alcohol wet etching on geometry and surface roughness of silicon nanowires fabricated by AFM lithography

• Siti Noorhaniah Yusoh and
• Khatijah Aisha Yaacob

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1461–1470, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.138

• uniformly in the vertical direction only. Anisotropic wet etching is mostly used to fabricate simple microstructures and nanostructures on a single crystal SOI wafer [8]. Tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) [9][10][11], potassium hydroxide (KOH) [12], sodium hydroxide (NaOH) [13], ethylenediamine

Influence of synthesis conditions on microstructure and phase transformations of annealed Sr₂FeMoO_6−x nanopowders formed by the citrate–gel method

• Marta Yarmolich,
• Nikolai Kalanda,
• Sergey Demyanov,
• Herman Terryn,
• Jon Ustarroz,
• Maksim Silibin and
• Gennadii Gorokh

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1202–1207, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.111

• (NH4)6Mo7O24 solution was added to the prepared aqueous Mo/Fe. By adding into three parts of this solution of ethylenediamine (EDA) the pH of the solutions were adjusted to values of 4, 6, and 9. Finally, the resulting solutions were continuously stirred at 350 K until the light green gels were formed

Application of biclustering of gene expression data and gene set enrichment analysis methods to identify potentially disease causing nanomaterials

• Andrew Williams and
• Sabina Halappanavar

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 2438–2448, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.252

• chromatin binding (Arid4b, Atrx, Cnot6, Ezh2, Glmn, Hif1a, Ncl, Npm1, Ofd1, Sdccag1, Ssb, Tfrc, Tpp2, Ttc3, Zfp386) (FDR p-value = 0.019). This bicluster contained lung disease models associated with chemical exposure to known lung carcinogens (NAPD, N-1-naphthyl)ethylenediamine dihydrochloride (NEDD), 2,3

Optimized design of a nanostructured SPCE-based multipurpose biosensing platform formed by ferrocene-tethered electrochemically-deposited cauliflower-shaped gold nanoparticles

• Wicem Argoubi,
• Maroua Saadaoui,
• Sami Ben Aoun and
• Noureddine Raouafi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1840–1852, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.187

• through a ethylenediamine spacer was prepared by Fan et al. and used as an efficient electron transfer (ET) shuttle to build a sensor for H2O2 [16]. Also, a nanocomposite formed with ferrocene-branched silica material reduced graphene oxide and glucose oxidase entrapped in chitosan matrix and was used for

Using natural language processing techniques to inform research on nanotechnology

• Nastassja A. Lewinski and
• Bridget T. McInnes

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1439–1449, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.149

• branched molecules from a central core ethylenediamine molecule. Each doubling of the number of amine surface groups constitutes a new shell or generation. The NanoSifter algorithm contains two steps. The first to identify possible mentions of the entities associated with PAMAM, and the second to associate

Heterometal nanoparticles from Ru-based molecular clusters covalently anchored onto functionalized carbon nanotubes and nanofibers

• Deborah Vidick,
• Xiaoxing Ke,
• Michel Devillers,
• Claude Poleunis,
• Arnaud Delcorte,
• Pietro Moggi,
• Gustaaf Van Tendeloo and
• Sophie Hermans

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1287–1297, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.133

• [51]. Briefly, the number of oxygenated surface functional groups is increased first by HNO3 oxidation and quantified by XPS and elemental analysis. Then, the carboxylic acid groups are reacted with SOCl2, before coupling with ethylenediamine. Finally, the pendant amine functions are transformed into

A simple approach to the synthesis of Cu_1.8S dendrites with thiamine hydrochloride as a sulfur source and structure-directing agent

• Xiaoliang Yan,
• Sha Li,
• Yun-xiang Pan,
• Zhi Yang and
• Xuguang Liu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 881–885, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.90

• shapes from sulfur powder [6]. Lim et al. found that copper sulfide dendritic structures could be obtained at high ethylenediamine and low tributylphosphite concentrations by using a copper(I) thiobenzoate (CuTB) precursor [7]. In general, sulfur, Na2S2O3, mercaptan and thiourea are used as sulfur

Protein corona – from molecular adsorption to physiological complexity

• Lennart Treuel,
• Dominic Docter,
• Michael Maskos and
• Roland H. Stauber

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 857–873, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.88

• the HSA molecule from (−10.5 ± 1.3) mV for native HSA to (−19 ± 4) mV for HSAsuc (both in PBS at pH 7.4). For comparison, they also altered the carboxyl groups of the native HSA molecule by reacting them with ethylenediamine, thus, converting them into positively charged amino groups, creating an

Tailoring the ligand shell for the control of cellular uptake and optical properties of nanocrystals

• Johannes Ostermann,
• Christian Schmidtke,
• Christopher Wolter,
• Jan-Philip Merkl,
• Hauke Kloust and
• Horst Weller

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 232–242, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.22

• -bromopropyl)-2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-1-aza-2,5-disilacyclopentane, THF; (d) 1 M HCl, THF; (e) HCl, THF; (f) propargyl bromide, THF; (g) epibromohydrin, THF; (h) methyl iodide, THF; (i) CH3COOH, THF; (j) CDI, DABCO, CH2Cl2; (k) ethylenediamine, DABCO, CHCl3; (l) tris(2-aminoethyl)amine, CHCl3; (m) propargylamine