Structural studies and selected physical investigations of LiCoO₂ obtained by combustion synthesis

• Monika Michalska,
• Paweł Ławniczak,
• Tomasz Strachowski,
• Adam Ostrowski and
• Waldemar Bednarski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1473–1482, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.121

• conductivity and comparison of electrical properties of LCO powders) by using impedance spectroscopy (IS). Our studies provide important information on the mechanism of formation, particle growth, size, shape, and the control of these parameters during synthesis. Materials and Methods Synthesis of LiCoO2

Role of titanium and organic precursors in molecular layer deposition of “titanicone” hybrid materials

• Arbresha Muriqi and
• Michael Nolan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1240–1255, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.103

• . In this study we investigate the molecular mechanism of formation of titanicone films on anatase TiO2, rutile TiO2 and Al2O3 surfaces using TiCl4 or Ti(DMA)4 as Ti source and EG or GL as organic components. Calculated energetics suggest a higher reactivity of Ti(DMA)4 towards the selected surfaces

Formation of metal/semiconductor Cu–Si composite nanostructures

• Natalya V. Yumozhapova,
• Andrey V. Nomoev,
• Vyacheslav V. Syzrantsev and
• Erzhena C. Khartaeva

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2497–2504, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.240

• rapid heating and evaporation of both materials and the possibility of rapid controlled cooling of the resulting vapour mixture, the formation of nanoparticles with a complex structure is possible. In [18][19][20][21], the mechanism of formation of core–shell and Janus-like nanoparticles based on the

Toxicity and safety study of silver and gold nanoparticles functionalized with cysteine and glutathione

• Barbara Pem,
• Igor M. Pongrac,
• Lea Ulm,
• Ivan Pavičić,
• Valerije Vrček,
• Darija Domazet Jurašin,
• Marija Ljubojević,
• Adela Krivohlavek and
• Ivana Vinković Vrček

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1802–1817, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.175

• were related to studies on the nano–bio interface between biothiols and AgNPs or AuNPs (Figure S1 in Supporting Information File 1). To gain further insight into the effect of biothiols on safety or toxicity of bioactive metallic NPs, this study aims to comprehensively investigate the mechanism of

• formation of AgNPs and AuNPs in the presence of CYS and GSH and their subsequent toxicity effects. Murine fibroblast L929 cells were selected as the in vitro model to study mammalian toxicity due to their properties. This cell line is non-cancerous, spontaneously immortalized, and one of the oldest

pH-mediated control over the mesostructure of ordered mesoporous materials templated by polyion complex micelles

• Emilie Molina,
• Mélody Mathonnat,
• Jason Richard,
• Patrick Lacroix-Desmazes,
• Martin In,
• Philippe Dieudonné,
• Thomas Cacciaguerra,
• Corine Gérardin and
• Nathalie Marcotte

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 144–156, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.14

• volume. The EO/Si decrease reflects the weaker hydrogen bond interactions between EO and silica species, which are expected due to the pH-dependence of the charge density of silica species [40]. This decreased EO/SiOH interaction with pH is in good accordance with the well-admitted mechanism of formation

Au nanostructure fabrication by pulsed laser deposition in open air: Influence of the deposition geometry

• Rumen G. Nikov,
• Anna Og. Dikovska,
• Nikolay N. Nedyalkov,
• Georgi V. Avdeev and
• Petar A. Atanasov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2438–2445, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.242

• the laser beam or by the relative movement of the substrate with respect to the target. To clarify the mechanism of formation of the nanostructures obtained under the conditions presented above, deposition at shorter times was performed. A TEM image of the material ablated in open air is presented in

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

• easier to reduce Au(III) on the nuclei of the formed gold nanoparticles than on the bare carbon substrate [19]. Moreover, using I–t transient current curves (Figure S1, Supporting Information File 1), it was proved that the mechanism of formation of gold nanoparticles is consistent with a nucleation

Effects of swift heavy ion irradiation on structural, optical and photocatalytic properties of ZnO–CuO nanocomposites prepared by carbothermal evaporation method

• Sini Kuriakose,
• D. K. Avasthi and
• Satyabrata Mohapatra

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 928–937, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.96

• ] have earlier reported the mechanism of formation of ZnO nanowires mediated by Cu–Zn alloys. The mechanism underlying the growth of ZnO nanosheets and nanorods prepared by carbothermal evaporation of ZnO and Cu followed by annealing can be understood as follows: The carbothermal evaporation of ZnO and

Structure and mechanism of the formation of core–shell nanoparticles obtained through a one-step gas-phase synthesis by electron beam evaporation

• Andrey V. Nomoev,
• Sergey P. Bardakhanov,
• Makoto Schreiber,
• Dashima G. Bazarova,
• Nikolai A. Romanov,
• Boris B. Baldanov,
• Bair R. Radnaev and
• Viacheslav V. Syzrantsev

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 874–880, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.89

• differences in the vapour concentration of the two components. Keywords: core–shell; electron beam evaporation; gas phase; mechanism of formation; one-step; Introduction Core–shell type nanoparticles are a type of biphasic materials which have an inner core structure and an outer shell made of different

• -step synthesis of core–shell materials from elemental gas phase precursors has, to the authors’ knowledge, never been performed before, the mechanism of formation and the factors influencing the synthesis are unknown. Thus, the current work attempts to use data from the two synthesized Ag@Si and Cu

• the surface energy of the particles by coating Cu with Si is likely to be the main driving force for making the Si–Cu vapour condense into Cu@silica particles. A mechanism of formation of Cu@silica particles can be proposed considering that both the melting and boiling temperatures of Si are higher

Structural, optical and photocatalytic properties of flower-like ZnO nanostructures prepared by a facile wet chemical method

• Sini Kuriakose,
• Neha Bhardwaj,
• Jaspal Singh,
• Biswarup Satpati and
• Satyabrata Mohapatra

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 763–770, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.87

• nanosheets. These nanosheets were found to consist of nanoparticles and display a porous morphology. In addition to these flower-like structures, a large number of nanoparticles can also be seen. Mechanism of formation of flower-like ZnO structures On the basis of the FESEM results and earlier works on the

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

• quantum conductance values [11]. In order to effectively control the behavior of an electrochemically controlled atomic-scale transistor a detailed understanding of the mechanism of formation of the contacts bridging the nanoscale gap is necessary. The conductance of nanocontacts strongly depends both on