Ultralow-energy amorphization of contaminated silicon samples investigated by molecular dynamics

• Grégoire R. N. Defoort-Levkov,
• Alan Bahm and
• Patrick Philipp

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 834–849, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.68

• Gregoire R. N. Defoort-Levkov Alan Bahm Patrick Philipp Advanced Instrumentation for Nano-Analytics (AINA), Materials Research and Technology Department (MRT), Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 4422 Belvaux, Luxembourg University of Luxembourg, 4365 Esch-sur-Alzette

Nanostructured lipid carriers containing benznidazole: physicochemical, biopharmaceutical and cellular in vitro studies

• Giuliana Muraca,
• María Esperanza Ruiz,
• Rocío C. Gambaro,
• Sebastián Scioli-Montoto,
• María Laura Sbaraglini,
• Gisel Padula,
• José Sebastián Cisneros,
• Cecilia Yamil Chain,
• Vera A. Álvarez,
• Cristián Huck-Iriart,
• Guillermo R. Castro,
• María Belén Piñero,
• Matias Ildebrando Marchetto,
• Catalina Alba Soto,
• Germán A. Islan and
• Alan Talevi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 804–818, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.66

• polydispersion index Nano ZS Zetasizer (Malvern Instruments Corp, Worcestershire, UK) was used to measure particle size distribution and mean diameter by DLS at 25 °C in polystyrene cuvettes with a thickness of 10 mm. The zeta potential was determined by Doppler anemometry using the previously described

Cross-sectional Kelvin probe force microscopy on III–V epitaxial multilayer stacks: challenges and perspectives

• Mattia da Lisca,
• José Alvarez,
• James P. Connolly,
• Nicolas Vaissiere,
• Karim Mekhazni,
• Jean Decobert and
• Jean-Paul Kleider

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 725–737, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.59

• considered. In particular, contamination of the tip is likely to occur due to pollutants (e.g., nano- and/or micrometre-size dust grains), which may be present on the sample surface leading to a variation of the tip surface potential. The tip-averaging effect represents an important aspect of KPFM under

Investigations on the optical forces from three mainstream optical resonances in all-dielectric nanostructure arrays

• Guangdong Wang and
• Zhanghua Han

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 674–682, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.53

• when one designs nano-optical tweezers system to capture nanoscale particles. The low absorption losses, high laser power damage threshold as well as the large optical force that can be achieved with lossless all-dielectric nanostructures provide a better choice compared to the metallic counterpart in

Metal-organic framework-based nanomaterials as opto-electrochemical sensors for the detection of antibiotics and hormones: A review

• Akeem Adeyemi Oladipo,
• Saba Derakhshan Oskouei and
• Mustafa Gazi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 631–673, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.52

• state (Sn, n = 1, 2, ...) occurs in femtoseconds [39]. Depending on the wavelength of the absorbed photon, the excited state of the electron may result in the electron occupying any one of a number of possible vibrational levels. In a rapid (nano- to microseconds) transition from the lowest excited

Suspension feeding in Copepoda (Crustacea) – a numerical model of setae acting in concert

• Alexander E. Filippov,
• Wencke Krings and
• Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 603–615, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.50

• adhesive forces to retain particles. In contrast to organisms, which collect particles at the nano- to millimeter scale, most industrial cross-flow filtration systems can capture material only in more limited size ranges, highlighting the necessity to investigate particle retention in biological systems

Thermal transport in kinked nanowires through simulation

• Alexander N. Robillard,
• Graham W. Gibson and
• Ralf Meyer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 586–602, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.49

• additional scattering of phonons at boundaries and cause interesting effects due to phonon reflections [12][13][14]. These effects are typically not seen at the macroscopic scale, but instead reflect the sophisticated nature of transport and finite sizes at the nano- and mesoscales. Recently, there have been

Carbon nanotube-cellulose ink for rapid solvent identification

• Tiago Amarante,
• Thiago H. R. Cunha,
• Claudio Laudares,
• Ana P. M. Barboza,
• Ana Carolina dos Santos,
• Cíntia L. Pereira,
• Vinicius Ornelas,
• Bernardo R. A. Neves,
• André S. Ferlauto and
• Rodrigo G. Lacerda

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 535–543, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.44

• are thankful to LabNano, Laboratório de Cristalografia (LabCri), CT-NANO-UFMG, and SISNANO/LCPNano at UFMG. We also would like to acknowledge Vinicius Castro and Dra. Glaura Silva at CTNANO for providing the functionalized carbon nanotubes materials. We also would like to acknowledge Douglas Miquita

Molecular nanoarchitectonics: unification of nanotechnology and molecular/materials science

• Katsuhiko Ariga

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 434–453, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.35

• ordering by external fields or forces, nano/microfabrication, and material modification using biological phenomena are selected and combined. These processes include both equilibrium and nonequilibrium processes. The structures created by combining these processes or by working on them step by step are

Plasmonic nanotechnology for photothermal applications – an evaluation

• A. R. Indhu,
• L. Keerthana and
• Gnanaprakash Dharmalingam

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 380–419, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.33

New trends in nanobiotechnology

• Pau-Loke Show,
• Kit Wayne Chew,
• Wee-Jun Ong,
• Sunita Varjani and
• Joon Ching Juan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 377–379, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.32

• Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459 Singapore School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Selangor, 43900, Malaysia Center of Excellence for NaNo Energy & Catalysis Technology (CONNECT), Xiamen University Malaysia, Selangor Darul Ehsan

• such as nanomaterials applied in biotechnology; nanoparticles used in environmental science and technology; nanosensors used in biosystems; nanomedicine in the context of biochemical engineering; micro- and nanofluidics; micro- and nano-electromechanical systems; nanoscience and nanotoxicology

Quercetin- and caffeic acid-functionalized chitosan-capped colloidal silver nanoparticles: one-pot synthesis, characterization, and anticancer and antibacterial activities

• Akif Hakan Kurt,
• Elif Berna Olutas,
• Fatma Avcioglu,
• Hamza Karakuş,
• Mehmet Ali Sungur,
• Cansu Kara Oztabag and
• Muhammet Yıldırım

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 362–376, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.31

• potential measurements were carried out using a Malvern Zetasizer Nano–Z instrument at 25 ± 0.1 °C. The data was taken as the average of three independent measurements of 10 runs. Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) measurements were carried out using Perkin Elmer Avio 220 Max

The steep road to nonviral nanomedicines: Frequent challenges and culprits in designing nanoparticles for gene therapy

• Yao Yao,
• Yeongun Ko,
• Grant Grasman,
• Jeffery E. Raymond and
• Joerg Lahann

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 351–361, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.30

• characterizations suitable to the specific type of investigation [11]. Among these recommendations, “MIRIBEL” (Minimum Information Reporting in Bio-Nano Experimental Literature) was proposed in 2018 for the community to adopt a “reporting standard” to enhance the quality and reproducibility of published research [6

Biocatalytic synthesis and ordered self-assembly of silica nanoparticles via a silica-binding peptide

• Mustafa Gungormus

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 280–290, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.25

• ., Waltham, MA, USA) was used for the quantitative analysis of GC–MS data. The reaction rate of TEOS hydrolysis was calculated according to first-order reaction kinetics [43]. Particle size and zeta potential measurements Measurements were performed using a Zetasizer Nano ZS90 (Malvern Panalytical Ltd

Concentration-dependent photothermal conversion efficiency of gold nanoparticles under near-infrared laser and broadband irradiation

• Vikas,
• Raj Kumar and
• Sanjeev Soni

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 205–217, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.20

• Vikas Raj Kumar Sanjeev Soni Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India Biomedical Applications Group, CSIR ­ Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, Sector-30C, Chandigarh-160030, India Micro and Nano Optics Centre, CSIR ­ Central Scientific Instruments

A novel approach to pulsed laser deposition of platinum catalyst on carbon particles for use in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

• Bogusław Budner,
• Wojciech Tokarz,
• Sławomir Dyjak,
• Andrzej Czerwiński,
• Bartosz Bartosewicz and
• Bartłomiej Jankiewicz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 190–204, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.19

• supports in the form of nano- and microparticles. Herein, we report on the deposition of platinum on carbon particles using PLD to fabricate cost-efficient catalysts for PEMFCs with good performance. The research aimed to develop an effective physical method of PtNP deposition on carbon supports directly

Characterisation of a micrometer-scale active plasmonic element by means of complementary computational and experimental methods

• Ciarán Barron,
• Giulia Di Fazio,
• Samuel Kenny,
• Silas O’Toole,
• Robin O’Reilly and
• Dominic Zerulla

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 110–122, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.12

• fundamental physical phenomena at the nano- and mesoscales [9][10][11][12][13][14][15], as well as more practical applications in Raman spectroscopy in the form of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) [16] and other spectroscopic techniques [17][18]. SPPs also find uses in fields such as ultrasensitive

• understood that heating affects the electrical permittivity of metals [25][26][27][28] and dielectrics [29][30]. This, in conjunction with Joule heating, is used to generate the desired effects. The active plasmonic element proposed (Figure 1) consists of a nano- or mesoscale constriction in a 48 nm thick

Antimicrobial and mechanical properties of functionalized textile by nanoarchitectured photoinduced Ag@polymer coating

• Jessica Plé,
• Marine Dabert,
• Helene Lecoq,
• Sophie Hellé,
• Lydie Ploux and
• Lavinia Balan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 95–109, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.11

• antimicrobial activity due to the increased amount of available silver. Conclusion The innovative photoinduced approach led to the successful functionalization of nano-architectured Ag@polymer composites onto textile substrates. Two different biocompatible polymer matrixes were compared in terms of AgNP growth

Combining physical vapor deposition structuration with dealloying for the creation of a highly efficient SERS platform

• Adrien Chauvin,
• Walter Puglisi,
• Damien Thiry,
• Cristina Satriano,
• Rony Snyders and
• Carla Bittencourt

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 83–94, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.10

• Avenue F.D. Roosevelt, 1050 Brussels, Belgium Nano Hybrid BioInterfaces Lab (NHBIL), Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, viale Andrea Doria, 6, 95125 Catania, Italy Materia Nova Research Center, 3 avenue Nicolas Copernic, 7000 Mons, Belgium 10.3762/bjnano.14.10 Abstract

Frontiers of nanoelectronics: intrinsic Josephson effect and prospects of superconducting spintronics

• Anatolie S. Sidorenko,
• Horst Hahn and
• Vladimir Krasnov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 79–82, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.9

• scattering times has been carried out [27]. In addition, the volume also highlights some other interesting effects in S/F functional nanostructures, which may be implemented in future spintronics devices. The concept of this thematic issue was developed during the International SPINTECH Conference “NANO-2021

Gap-directed chemical lift-off lithographic nanoarchitectonics for arbitrary sub-micrometer patterning

• Chang-Ming Wang,
• Hong-Sheng Chan,
• Chia-Li Liao,
• Che-Wei Chang and
• Wei-Ssu Liao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 34–44, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.4

• force microscopy (Dimension Fastscan, Bruker Nano Surfaces, Hsinchu, Taiwan). Results and Discussion The results of selective SAM removal are visualized by backfilling biotinylated alkanethiol (BAT) molecules into the post lift-off regions followed by conjugating streptavidin and FITC-labeled anti

Two-step single-reactor synthesis of oleic acid- or undecylenic acid-stabilized magnetic nanoparticles by thermal decomposition

• Mykhailo Nahorniak,
• Pamela Pasetto,
• Jean-Marc Greneche,
• Volodymyr Samaryk,
• Sandy Auguste,
• Anthony Rousseau,
• Nataliya Nosova and
• Serhii Varvarenko

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 11–22, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.2

• diameter, X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and dynamic light scattering (Malvern Zetasizer Nano S, Palaiseau, France) were used. Transmission electron microscopy observations were conducted using a JEOL JEM 2100 HR microscope (Croissy Sur Seine, France) equipped with a LaB6 source, and

Atmospheric water harvesting using functionalized carbon nanocones

• Fernanda R. Leivas and
• Marcia C. Barbosa

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 1–10, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.1

• ), which use hierarchical nano/microstructures to collect water. Some examples are the Trifolium pratense plant, the Cotula fallax cactus, and the Uloborus walckenaerius spider [14][15][16]. Usually, these biomimetic designs have an asymmetrical shape that energetically drives the directional transport of

Non-stoichiometric magnetite as catalyst for the photocatalytic degradation of phenol and 2,6-dibromo-4-methylphenol – a new approach in water treatment

• Joanna Kisała,
• Anna Tomaszewska and
• Przemysław Kolek

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1531–1540, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.126

• micro-powder (M1, particle size under 5 µm, d = 4.8–5.1 g·cm−3, 95% purity estimated from trace metal analysis); Fe3O4 nano-powder (M2, particle size under 50 nm, d = 3.9 g·cm−3, >98% purity estimated from trace metal analysis). All chemicals were of analytical grade and were used without prior

Hydroxyapatite–bioglass nanocomposites: Structural, mechanical, and biological aspects

• Olga Shikimaka,
• Mihaela Bivol,
• Bogdan A. Sava,
• Marius Dumitru,
• Christu Tardei,
• Beatrice G. Sbarcea,
• Daria Grabco,
• Constantin Pyrtsac,
• Daria Topal,
• Andrian Prisacaru,
• Vitalie Cobzac and
• Viorel Nacu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1490–1504, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.123

• refinement to obtain a mirror-like surface. The depth-sensing MI was carried out on a PMT-3NI-02 instrumented nano/microindentation device using a Vickers diamond tetrahedral pyramid as an indenter. For the calculation of microhardness (H), the Oliver–Pharr method was applied [39]. The range of used loads