Polymer blend lithography for metal films: large-area patterning with over 1 billion holes/inch²

• Cheng Huang,
• Alexander Förste,
• Stefan Walheim and
• Thomas Schimmel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1205–1211, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.123

• Cheng Huang Alexander Forste Stefan Walheim Thomas Schimmel Institute of Applied Physics and Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany Institute of Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76021 Karlsruhe

• plotted as blue line graphs. The representative AFM topography (tapping mode) of the samples is shown in c) and d). Acknowledgements This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) within the Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN) and by the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung within the

• Network of Excellence “Functional Nanostructures”.

The capillary adhesion technique: a versatile method for determining the liquid adhesion force and sample stiffness

• Daniel Gandyra,
• Stefan Walheim,
• Stanislav Gorb,
• Wilhelm Barthlott and
• Thomas Schimmel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 11–18, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.2

• Daniel Gandyra Stefan Walheim Stanislav Gorb Wilhelm Barthlott Thomas Schimmel Institute of Applied Physics and Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany Zoological Institute, University of Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany Nees Institute

Nanoparticle interactions with live cells: Quantitative fluorescence microscopy of nanoparticle size effects

• Li Shang,
• Karin Nienhaus,
• Xiue Jiang,
• Linxiao Yang,
• Katharina Landfester,
• Volker Mailänder,
• Thomas Simmet and
• G. Ulrich Nienhaus

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 2388–2397, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.248

• uptakea. Excitation and emission wavelengths used in the imaging studies. Acknowledgements Financial support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) through the Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN) and the Priority Program SPP1313 (grant NI291/8) is gratefully acknowledged. This manuscript

Effects of surface functionalization on the adsorption of human serum albumin onto nanoparticles – a fluorescence correlation spectroscopy study

• Pauline Maffre,
• Stefan Brandholt,
• Karin Nienhaus,
• Li Shang,
• Wolfgang J. Parak and
• G. Ulrich Nienhaus

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 2036–2047, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.212

• Pauline Maffre Stefan Brandholt Karin Nienhaus Li Shang Wolfgang J. Parak G. Ulrich Nienhaus Institute of Applied Physics and Center for Functional Nanostructures, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Wolfgang-Gaede-Strasse 1, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany Department of Physics, Philipps University

• surface coatings. Acknowledgements This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) through the Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN) and Schwerpunktprogramm (SPP) 1313, grants NI291/7, PA794/4.

Near-field photochemical and radiation-induced chemical fabrication of nanopatterns of a self-assembled silane monolayer

• Ulrich C. Fischer,
• Carsten Hentschel,
• Florian Fontein,
• Linda Stegemann,
• Christiane Hoeppener,
• Harald Fuchs and
• Stefanie Hoeppener

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1441–1449, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.156

• photochemical reactions through UV radiation or visible light. In this way we intend to create additional means for a more flexible formation of chemically functional nanostructures with the potential for a high spatial resolution in the range of 10 nm. Three fabrication processes are demonstrated. In process 1

Self-organization of mesoscopic silver wires by electrochemical deposition

• Sheng Zhong,
• Thomas Koch,
• Stefan Walheim,
• Harald Rösner,
• Eberhard Nold,
• Aaron Kobler,
• Torsten Scherer,
• Di Wang,
• Christian Kübel,
• Mu Wang,
• Horst Hahn and
• Thomas Schimmel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1285–1290, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.142

• Sheng Zhong Thomas Koch Stefan Walheim Harald Rosner Eberhard Nold Aaron Kobler Torsten Scherer Di Wang Christian Kubel Mu Wang Horst Hahn Thomas Schimmel Institute of Applied Physics and Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany

• for Functional Nanostructures (CFN) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and by the Baden-Wuerttemberg Foundation within the Network of Excellence "Functional Nanostructures".

Physics, chemistry and biology of functional nanostructures II

• Anatolie S. Sidorenko

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1218–1219, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.134

• September 2013 in Chisinau, Moldova (NANO-2013). A variety of technological approaches for the assembly of functional nanostructures and nanomaterials with tailored properties was presented at this conference. We would like to thank all colleagues who developed new ideas, novel approaches and devices, and

Nanoscale patterning of a self-assembled monolayer by modification of the molecule–substrate bond

• Cai Shen and
• Manfred Buck

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 258–267, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.28

• magnetic metals deposited at both underpotential and overpotential, or to semiconductors makes the present scheme interesting for the generation of functional nanostructures. Furthermore, a deposition in the overpotential range at the defects offers the possibility to generate well-defined arrays of metal

Charge and spin transport in mesoscopic superconductors

• M. J. Wolf,
• F. Hübler,
• S. Kolenda and
• D. Beckmann

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 180–185, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.18

• [17][18], lines are fits explained in the text. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 48: Details of the theoretical model. Acknowledgements We acknowledge financial support by DFG grant BE-4422/1-1 and the competence network “Functional Nanostructures” of the Baden-Württemberg-Stiftung

Cyclic photochemical re-growth of gold nanoparticles: Overcoming the mask-erosion limit during reactive ion etching on the nanoscale

• Burcin Özdemir,
• Axel Seidenstücker,
• Alfred Plettl and
• Paul Ziemann

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 886–894, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.100

• for complementary investigations of RIE processes for silica. Financial support by the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 569 as well as by Baden-Württemberg Stiftung within the Network “Functional Nanostructures” is gratefully acknowledged.

Grating-assisted coupling to nanophotonic circuits in microcrystalline diamond thin films

• Patrik Rath,
• Svetlana Khasminskaya,
• Christoph Nebel,
• Christoph Wild and
• Wolfram H.P. Pernice

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 300–305, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.33

• grant PE 1832/1-1. We also acknowledge support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the State of Baden-Württemberg through the DFG-Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN) within subproject A6.04. The authors further wish to thank Silvia Diewald for assistance in device fabrication.

Catalytic activity of nanostructured Au: Scale effects versus bimetallic/bifunctional effects in low-temperature CO oxidation on nanoporous Au

• Lu-Cun Wang,
• Yi Zhong,
• Haijun Jin,
• Daniel Widmann,
• Jörg Weissmüller and
• R. Jürgen Behm

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 111–128, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.13

Physics, chemistry and biology of functional nanostructures

• Paul Ziemann and
• Thomas Schimmel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 843–845, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.94

• such network with focus on “Functional Nanostructures” has been successfully active for almost ten years in Baden-Württemberg (Germany) [1]. Recent results from this network form the nucleus of the present Thematic Series “Physics, chemistry and biology of functional nanostructures” in the Beilstein

• building blocks such as polythiophenes. These molecules are especially interesting for organic solar cells [11] and have been analyzed also by STS [12]. Of course, the contributions to this Thematic Series form just a snapshot of the current activities focused on functional nanostructures. We hope, however

Reversible mechano-electrochemical writing of metallic nanostructures with the tip of an atomic force microscope

• Christian Obermair,
• Marina Kress,
• Andreas Wagner and
• Thomas Schimmel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 824–830, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.92

• Christian Obermair Marina Kress Andreas Wagner Thomas Schimmel Institute of Applied Physics and Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany, Institute of Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76021 Karlsruhe

• ) 9 µm × 9 µm, (c) 4 µm × 4 µm, (d) 9 µm × 9 µm. Acknowledgements This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft within the DFG-Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN) and by the Baden-Wuerttemberg Foundation within the Research Network of Excellence “Functional Nanostructures”.

Controlled positioning of nanoparticles on a micrometer scale

• Fabian Enderle,
• Oliver Dubbers,
• Alfred Plettl and
• Paul Ziemann

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 773–777, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.86

• ) within SFB 569 as well as by the BW Foundation within the Network of Competence “Functional Nanostructures” is gratefully acknowledged.

Revealing thermal effects in the electronic transport through irradiated atomic metal point contacts

• Bastian Kopp,
• Zhiwei Yi,
• Daniel Benner,
• Fang-Qing Xie,
• Christian Obermair,
• Thomas Schimmel,
• Johannes Boneberg,
• Paul Leiderer and
• Elke Scheer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 703–711, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.80

• Bastian Kopp Zhiwei Yi Daniel Benner Fang-Qing Xie Christian Obermair Thomas Schimmel Johannes Boneberg Paul Leiderer Elke Scheer Department of Physics, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, 78464 Konstanz, Germany Institute of Applied Physics and DFG-Center for Functional Nanostructures

• the State of Baden-Württemberg, by the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung within the Network of Excellence “Functional Nanostructures”, by the DFG through a German-Japanese Strategic Programme on Nanoelectronics, within the Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN), Volkswagen-Stiftung, and by the Alfried

Dimer/tetramer motifs determine amphiphilic hydrazine fibril structures on graphite

• Loji K. Thomas,
• Nadine Diek,
• Uwe Beginn and
• Michael Reichling

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 658–666, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.75

• are one-dimensional structures with only a few nanometres in diameter. The control of supramolecular self-assembly to achieve functional nanostructures depends on careful design at the molecular level, and elucidation of their internal structure is important in aiding the design and to increase the

Polymer blend lithography: A versatile method to fabricate nanopatterned self-assembled monolayers

• Cheng Huang,
• Markus Moosmann,
• Jiehong Jin,
• Tobias Heiler,
• Stefan Walheim and
• Thomas Schimmel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 620–628, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.71

• Cheng Huang Markus Moosmann Jiehong Jin Tobias Heiler Stefan Walheim Thomas Schimmel Institute of Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany Institute of Applied Physics and Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) within the Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN) and by the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung within the Network of Excellence “Functional Nanostructures”.

Focused electron beam induced deposition: A perspective

• Michael Huth,
• Fabrizio Porrati,
• Christian Schwalb,
• Marcel Winhold,
• Roland Sachser,
• Maja Dukic,
• Jonathan Adams and
• Georg Fantner

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 597–619, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.70

• the case of the parallel use of Co2(CO)8 and Me3Pt(IV)CpMe. Binary FEBID structures The parallel use of two (or more) precursors in FEBID provides access to a whole new class of functional nanostructures. FEBID structures with tailored cooperative ground states, such as superconductivity and magnetism

Molecular-resolution imaging of pentacene on KCl(001)

• Julia L. Neff,
• Jan Götzen,
• Enhui Li,
• Michael Marz and
• Regina Hoffmann-Vogel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 186–191, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.20

• Julia L. Neff Jan Gotzen Enhui Li Michael Marz Regina Hoffmann-Vogel Physikalisches Institut and DFG-Center for Functional Nanostructures, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Wolfgang-Gaede-Str. 1, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University, CT 06511, USA

Lifetime analysis of individual-atom contacts and crossover to geometric-shell structures in unstrained silver nanowires

• Christian Obermair,
• Holger Kuhn and
• Thomas Schimmel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 740–745, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.81

• Christian Obermair Holger Kuhn Thomas Schimmel Institute of Applied Physics and Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN), University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany Institute of Nanotechnology, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Institute of

• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft within the DFG-Center for Functional Nanostructures and by the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung and the Ministry of Research and the Arts, Baden-Württemberg within the Network of Excellence “Functional Nanostructures”.

The atomic force microscope as a mechano–electrochemical pen

• Christian Obermair,
• Andreas Wagner and
• Thomas Schimmel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 659–664, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.70

• Christian Obermair Andreas Wagner Thomas Schimmel Institute of Applied Physics and Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN), South Campus, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany Institute of Nanotechnology, North Campus, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76128

• activated by the AFM tip during deposition. Scan size: a) 2.5 µm × 2.5 µm, b) 6 µm × 6 µm. Acknowledgements This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft within the DFG-Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN).

Characterization of protein adsorption onto FePt nanoparticles using dual-focus fluorescence correlation spectroscopy

• Pauline Maffre,
• Karin Nienhaus,
• Faheem Amin,
• Wolfgang J. Parak and
• G. Ulrich Nienhaus

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 374–383, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.43

• Pauline Maffre Karin Nienhaus Faheem Amin Wolfgang J. Parak G. Ulrich Nienhaus Institute of Applied Physics and Center for Functional Nanostructures, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Wolfgang-Gaede-Straße 1, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany Department of Physics, Philipps University Marburg

• Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) through the Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN) and Schwerpunktprogramm (SPP) 1313, grants NI291/7, NI291/8 and PA794/4.

Effect of large mechanical stress on the magnetic properties of embedded Fe nanoparticles

• Srinivasa Saranu,
• Sören Selve,
• Ute Kaiser,
• Luyang Han,
• Ulf Wiedwald,
• Paul Ziemann and
• Ulrich Herr

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 268–275, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.31

• been normalized to the saturation magnetization Ms at 10 K. Acknowledgements Financial support by the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung in the framework of the “Functional Nanostructures” program is gratefully acknowledged.