Carbon-based smart nanomaterials in biomedicine and neuroengineering

• Antonina M. Monaco and
• Michele Giugliano

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1849–1863, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.196

• allotropes, the most widely known are carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and fullerenes, graphite and graphene (sp2), and diamond (sp3). From these distinct hybridisations, different properties are inherent to these allotropes. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs): CNTs, first reported by Iijima in 1991 [1], are hollow cylinders

Neutral and charged boron-doped fullerenes for CO₂ adsorption

• Suchitra W. de Silva,
• Aijun Du,
• Wijitha Senadeera and
• Yuantong Gu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 413–418, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.49

• fullerenes are one of the most structurally stable heterofullerenes [9]. Guo et al. synthesized B-doped C60 fullerenes for the first time, in microscopic amounts by laser vaporisation [13]. Zou et al. [14] demonstrated the synthesis of B-doped C60 fullerene by using radio frequency plasma-assisted vapour

• site). Adsorption of CO2 on uncharged BC59 fullerenes According to our simulation results, the CO2 molecules can only form weak interactions with BC59 cage in its neutral state. The physisorption energy is a weak −2.04 kcal/mol (−4.1 kcal/mol for B97D/6-31G(d) calculations) and the weak interactions

Fullerenes as adhesive layers for mechanical peeling of metallic, molecular and polymer thin films

• Maria B. Wieland,
• Anna G. Slater,
• Barry Mangham,
• Neil R. Champness and
• Peter H. Beton

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 394–401, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.46

Topological edge properties of C_60+12n fullerenes

• A. Mottaghi and
• Ali R. Ashrafi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 400–405, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.47

• vertices equidistant from u and v. In [11], some mathematical properties of this new graph invariant have been investigated. The aim of this paper is to compute PI, edge Szeged and edge revised Szeged indices of an infinite class Fn of fullerenes with exactly 60 + 12n carbon atoms (Figure 1). We encourage

• calculated. By these tables and a case-by-case investigation on the molecular graph of Fn led to the following observation: The PI, edge Szeged and edge revised Szeged indices of C60+12n fullerenes can be computed by the following formulae: It is possible to find a proof for this observation by a tedious

• calculation on the molecular graph of Fn. Conclusion In this paper a computational method for computing PI, edge Szeged and edge revised Szeged indices of fullerene graphs is presented. In [18][19], the authors considered the topological properties of fullerenes given by vertex contributions of its molecular

Plasticity of Cu nanoparticles: Dislocation-dendrite-induced strain hardening and a limit for displacive plasticity

• Antti Tolvanen and
• Karsten Albe

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 173–179, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.17

• carbon atoms as in fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and graphene [8][9]. These nano-onions contract by electron-irradiation-induced defect formation and can exert forces in the gigapascal range on the encapsulated system. A hole punctured during the pressurisation allows the material to flow out after a

Low-temperature synthesis of carbon nanotubes on indium tin oxide electrodes for organic solar cells

• Andrea Capasso,
• Luigi Salamandra,
• Aldo Di Carlo,
• John M. Bell and
• Nunzio Motta

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 524–532, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.60

• the fullerene derivative acts as an electron acceptor [6]. The holes move in the polymeric phase towards the anode, while the electrons hop along the fullerenes and eventually reach the cathode. Since the diffusion length of the exciton in the polymers is very low, recombination is highly probable

• , such as thermal [8] and solvent annealing [9], or the use of additives in the blend preparation [10]. Along with fullerenes, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have also been suggested as promising materials to boost solar cell PCE, thanks to their excellent electrical properties and to a favorable aspect ratio

• [11]. In fact, CNTs were initially suggested as a replacement for fullerene [12], because of their ability to create percolation paths through the heterostructure, while providing electron–hole dissociation sites. Being that the electron mobility in fullerenes is rather low [13][14][15], the initial

Nanostructures for sensors, electronics, energy and environment

• Nunzio Motta

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 351–352, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.40

• nanoscale, such as fullerenes, nanotubes, graphene [4] and other carbon structures, or new organic–inorganic mixtures with unexpected properties, discussed also in the series “Organic–inorganic nanosystems” edited by Paul Ziemann [5]. Last but not least, we need to acknowledge that the ability to study