Curcumin-loaded nanostructured systems for treatment of leishmaniasis: a review

• Douglas Dourado,
• Thayse Silva Medeiros,
• Éverton do Nascimento Alencar,
• Edijane Matos Sales and
• Fábio Rocha Formiga

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 37–50, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.4

• observe a general decrease in IC50 when compared to free curc, which was mainly attributed to the cell uptake of these structures. Indeed, studies that functionalized nanostructures with mannose for an increase in macrophage phagocytosis evidenced that functionalized nanoparticles decreased IC50 when

• compared to non-functionalized nanostructures and the free drug. These results take us in the direction of avoiding furtive conditions when developing further nanostructures for leishmaniasis. Hence, based on the biological potential of curcumin and known safety/tolerability, and based on the existing

Soybean-derived blue photoluminescent carbon dots

• Shanshan Wang,
• Wei Sun,
• Dong-sheng Yang and
• Fuqian Yang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 606–619, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.48

• nm from soy milk also at 180 °C. Laser ablation in liquid (LAL) has been used to produce nanomaterials with special morphologies, microstructures, and phases and with various functionalized nanostructures [23][24][25]. For example, carbon-based nanoparticles with fewer side-products have been

Evaluation of gas-sensing properties of ZnO nanostructures electrochemically doped with Au nanophases

• Elena Dilonardo,
• Michele Penza,
• Marco Alvisi,
• Cinzia Di Franco,
• Francesco Palmisano,
• Luisa Torsi and
• Nicola Cioffi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 22–31, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.3

• sensing; and (2) the annealing temperatures influence not only the morphology but also the surface chemistry, especially of the Au-functionalized nanostructures, having a larger effect, as a consequence, on the sensing response of the nanostructures. Conclusion This manuscript reports the successful

Properties of plasmonic arrays produced by pulsed-laser nanostructuring of thin Au films

• Katarzyna Grochowska,
• Katarzyna Siuzdak,
• Peter A. Atanasov,
• Carla Bittencourt,
• Anna Dikovska,
• Nikolay N. Nedyalkov and
• Gerard Śliwiński

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 2102–2112, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.219

• light harvesting, spintronics and catalysis. The reproducibly functionalized nanostructures are documented by numerous experimental data and the scaling-up potential of this technique is an additional advantage from the perspective of possible applications [6][7][8]. The self-organization of structures

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

• micrograph of 1.4 nm negatively charged nanoparticles site-selectively bound to triangular shaped APTES-functionalized nanostructures reproduced the detailed lateral structure of the applied mask. (d) Topography image of the same fluorescein stained sample as shown in (b). Acknowledgements U.C.F., H.F. and

Functionalized nanostructures for enhanced photocatalytic performance under solar light

• Liejin Guo,
• Dengwei Jing,
• Maochang Liu,
• Yubin Chen,
• Shaohua Shen,
• Jinwen Shi and
• Kai Zhang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 994–1004, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.113

• production from water has been considered to be one of the most promising solar-to-hydrogen conversion technologies. In the last decade, various functionalized nanostructures were designed to address the primary requirements for an efficient photocatalytic generation of hydrogen by using solar energy

• nanoscale, i.e., materials with the same compositions but different phases with certain band alignment. We conclude this review with perspectives on nanostructure design that might direct future research of this technology. Keywords: functionalized nanostructures; hydrogen; photocatalysis; photocatalytic

• with well-tailored band alignment provides a powerful means to the improvement of the photocatalytic activity. In the process of our study, we have also paid special attention on the nanoscale control of the material morphology and construction of functionalized nanostructures to promote charge

Selective surface modification of lithographic silicon oxide nanostructures by organofunctional silanes

• Thomas Baumgärtel,
• Christian von Borczyskowski and
• Harald Graaf

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 218–226, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.22

• OH-terminated silica surfaces. Amino-functionalized nanostructures have been successfully modified by the covalent binding of functional fluorescein dye molecules. Upon excitation, the dye-functionalized structures show only weak fluorescence, which may be an indication of a relatively low surface

• of such systems may also be influenced by many other factors, such as tip–sample interactions and the formation of water layers, that strongly depend on the chemical nature of the surface. FITC functionalized nanostructures have been investigated using fluorescence microscopy, which further confirms