Structural optical and electrical properties of a transparent conductive ITO/Al–Ag/ITO multilayer contact

• Aliyu Kabiru Isiyaku,
• Ahmad Hadi Ali and
• Nafarizal Nayan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 695–702, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.57

• Science, Kaduna State University, P.M.B 2339, Kaduna State, Nigeria Microelectronic and Nanotechnology Shamsuddin Research Centre (MiNT-SRC), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400 Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia 10.3762/bjnano.11.57 Abstract Indium tin oxide (ITO) is a widely used material

Effect of substitutional defects on resonant tunneling diodes based on armchair graphene and boron nitride nanoribbons lateral heterojunctions

• Majid Sanaeepur

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 688–694, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.56

• Majid Sanaeepur Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Arak University, Arak, 3815688349, Iran Institute of Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, Arak University, Arak, Iran 10.3762/bjnano.11.56 Abstract A nanometer-scaled resonant tunneling diode based on lateral

Electromigration-induced directional steps towards the formation of single atomic Ag contacts

• Atasi Chatterjee,
• Christoph Tegenkamp and
• Herbert Pfnür

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 680–687, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.55

• financial support by the Hannover School of Nanotechnology (HSN).

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

• wavelength [7], and low cost [8]. CDs have been considered as a group of important nanomaterials with potential applications in nanotechnology [9], electrocatalysis [10], metal-ion detection [2], thermal sensing [11], drug delivery [12], and biosensing and bioimaging [1]. Several methods are available for

Identification of physicochemical properties that modulate nanoparticle aggregation in blood

• Ludovica Soddu,
• Duong N. Trinh,
• Eimear Dunne,
• Dermot Kenny,
• Giorgia Bernardini,
• Ida Kokalari,
• Arianna Marucco,
• Marco P. Monopoli and
• Ivana Fenoglio

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 550–567, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.44

• ; size; surface chemistry; Introduction Nanomedicine is one of the most exciting fields of research in the branch of nanotechnology as it has the potential to generate practical and effective solutions to tackle chronic diseases and to solve unmet clinical challenges. However, a tremendous gap exists

Correction: Photocatalytic antibacterial performance of TiO₂ and Ag-doped TiO₂ against S. aureus. P. aeruginosa and E. coli

• Kiran Gupta,
• R. P. Singh,
• Ashutosh Pandey and
• Anjana Pandey

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 547–549, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.43

• Kiran Gupta R. P. Singh Ashutosh Pandey Anjana Pandey Department of Chemistry, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, Prayagraj, 211004, U.P., India Nanotechnology & Molecular Biology Lab, Centre of Biotechnology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Prayagraj, 211002, U.P

Multilayer capsules made of weak polyelectrolytes: a review on the preparation, functionalization and applications in drug delivery

• Varsha Sharma and
• Anandhakumar Sundaramurthy

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 508–532, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.41

• Nanotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu 603203, India 10.3762/bjnano.11.41 Abstract Multilayer capsules have been of great interest for scientists and medical communities in multidisciplinary fields of research, such as drug delivery, sensing, biomedicine

Evolution of Ag nanostructures created from thin films: UV–vis absorption and its theoretical predictions

• Robert Kozioł,
• Marcin Łapiński,
• Paweł Syty,
• Damian Koszelow,
• Wojciech Sadowski,
• Józef E. Sienkiewicz and
• Barbara Kościelska

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 494–507, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.40

• Evolution 220 spectrophotometer in transmission mode, in a range of 200–1100 nm. For these measurements films were deposited on glass substrates. The quality of the obtained nanostructures and the valence states of Ag were measured using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS, Omicron NanoTechnology

Nanoarchitectonics: bottom-up creation of functional materials and systems

• Katsuhiko Ariga

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 450–452, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.36

• synthesis; nanoarchitectonics; nanotechnology; self-assembly; supramolecular; Given the significant and time-critical problems of energy shortage, environmental protection, and biomedical issues, the creation of new functional materials and systems for efficient energy production and storage [1][2

• high efficiency and specificity in their functions. For this general demand, the bottom-up creation of functional materials and systems from nanometer-scale and molecular units using nanotechnology principles is necessary. This can be accomplished by the conceptual fusion of nanotechnology with the

Poly(1-vinylimidazole) polyplexes as novel therapeutic gene carriers for lung cancer therapy

• Gayathri Kandasamy,
• Elena N. Danilovtseva,
• Vadim V. Annenkov and
• Uma Maheswari Krishnan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 354–369, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.26

• Gayathri Kandasamy Elena N. Danilovtseva Vadim V. Annenkov Uma Maheswari Krishnan Centre for Nanotechnology & Advanced Biomaterials (CeNTAB), School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur – 613401, Tamil Nadu, India Limnological Institute of the Siberian Branch of the

Molecular architectonics of DNA for functional nanoarchitectures

• Debasis Ghosh,
• Lakshmi P. Datta and
• Thimmaiah Govindaraju

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 124–140, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.11

• inspired the creation of numerous functional patterns and architectures through noncovalent conventional and unconventional base pairings as well as through mutual templating-interactions with small organic molecules and metal ions. The recent advancements in structural DNA nanotechnology allowed

• molecular architectonics enabled the creation of novel DNA nanoarchitectures with potential applications, which has been termed as templated DNA nanotechnology or functional DNA nanoarchitectonics. This review highlights the molecular architectonics-guided design principles and applications of the derived

• DNA nanoarchitectures. The advantages and ability of functional DNA nanoarchitectonics to overcome the trivial drawbacks of classical DNA nanotechnology to fulfill realistic and practical applications are highlighted, and an outlook on future developments is presented. Keywords: DNA nanotechnology

Advanced hybrid nanomaterials

• Andreas Taubert,
• Fabrice Leroux,
• Pierre Rabu and
• Verónica de Zea Bermudez

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2563–2567, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.247

• find this thematic issue a source of inspiration for their own future research. It was an immense pleasure for us to edit this thematic issue of Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology devoted to “Advanced hybrid nanomaterials”. Verónica de Zea Bermudez, Fabrice Leroux, Pierre Rabu, Andréas Taubert Vila

Frontiers in pharmaceutical nanotechnology

• Matthias G. Wacker

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2538–2540, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.244

• Matthias G. Wacker National University of Singapore, Faculty of Science, Department of Pharmacy, 6 Science Drive 2, 117546 Singapore 10.3762/bjnano.10.244 Keywords: drug delivery; nanocarriers; nanomedicines; nanotheranostics; pharmaceutical nanotechnology; Today, pharmaceutical nanotechnology

• way into the market. Although nanotechnology has gained significant attention in the scientific community, this is one of very few examples where targeted delivery was successfully developed to the stage of clinical translation. Today, a fierce competition between different technologies decides on

• commercial success, and consequently, the number of new therapies [7]. Nanotechnology comes in a thousand varieties and there is a rising number of “engineered nanomaterials” under development [1][8]. In this dedicated issue, we present some of the latest trends ranging from the synthesis of new materials [9

Evaluation of click chemistry microarrays for immunosensing of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)

• Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Dadfar,
• Sylwia Sekula-Neuner,
• Vanessa Trouillet,
• Hui-Yu Liu,
• Ravi Kumar,
• Annie K. Powell and
• Michael Hirtz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2505–2515, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.241

• Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Dadfar Sylwia Sekula-Neuner Vanessa Trouillet Hui-Yu Liu Ravi Kumar Annie K. Powell Michael Hirtz Institute of Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein Leopoldshafen, Germany Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility

Small protein sequences can induce cellular uptake of complex nanohybrids

• Jan-Philip Merkl,
• Malak Safi,
• Christian Schmidtke,
• Fadi Aldeek,
• Johannes Ostermann,
• Tatiana Domitrovic,
• Sebastian Gärtner,
• John E. Johnson,
• Horst Weller and
• Hedi Mattoussi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2477–2482, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.238

• Altria Center for Research and Technology, 601 E Jackson Street, Richmond, VA, 23219, United States Center for Applied Nanotechnology (CAN) GmbH, Grindelallee 117, 20146 Hamburg, Germany Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Goes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 310. Lab I014, 21941-902, Rio de

• culture, epifluorescence z-stack, epifluorescence control experiments, flow cytometry, further instrumentation. Supporting Information File 300: Additional experimental data. Acknowledgements This work was supported by the State Excellence Initiative “Nanotechnology in Medicine” from the Free and

Air oxidation of sulfur mustard gas simulants using a pyrene-based metal–organic framework photocatalyst

• Ghada Ayoub,
• Mihails Arhangelskis,
• Xuan Zhang,
• Florencia Son,
• Timur Islamoglu,
• Tomislav Friščić and
• Omar K. Farha

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2422–2427, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.232

• Ghada Ayoub Mihails Arhangelskis Xuan Zhang Florencia Son Timur Islamoglu Tomislav Friscic Omar K. Farha Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0B8, Canada International Institute of Nanotechnology, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Rd

A novel method to remove impulse noise from atomic force microscopy images based on Bayesian compressed sensing

• Yingxu Zhang,
• Yingzi Li,
• Zihang Song,
• Zhenyu Wang,
• Jianqiang Qian and
• Junen Yao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2346–2356, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.225

• nanoscience and nanotechnology, because it can be used to acquire high-resolution images of all kinds of samples in various environments. Nowadays, AFM is also used to acquire information about the physical properties of the samples [1]. The quality of the images is of fundamental importance for acquiring

Microfluidics as tool to prepare size-tunable PLGA nanoparticles with high curcumin encapsulation for efficient mucus penetration

• Nashrawan Lababidi,
• Valentin Sigal,
• Aljoscha Koenneke,
• Konrad Schwarzkopf,
• Andreas Manz and
• Marc Schneider

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2280–2293, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.220

• applications. Keywords: curcumin; human pulmonary mucus; microfluidics; muco-penetrating nanoparticles; nanomedicine; permeability; PLGA nanoparticles; Introduction In the last decades, the application of nanotechnology in medicine has gained significant attention, especially in the biomedical field for

Four self-made free surface electrospinning devices for high-throughput preparation of high-quality nanofibers

• Yue Fang and
• Lan Xu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2261–2274, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.218

• ]. However, with the advancement of nanotechnology and the increasing performance requirements of nanomaterials, the fatal shortcoming of the traditional ES process, its low yield [8][9], has also received more attention. Many studies have focused on improving the production efficiency of the ES technique

Targeted therapeutic effect against the breast cancer cell line MCF-7 with a CuFe₂O₄/silica/cisplatin nanocomposite formulation

• B. Rabindran Jermy,
• Vijaya Ravinayagam,
• Widyan A. Alamoudi,
• Dana Almohazey,
• Hatim Dafalla,
• Lina Hussain Allehaibi,
• Abdulhadi Baykal,
• Muhammet S. Toprak and
• Thirunavukkarasu Somanathan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2217–2228, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.214

• tumor imaging guide and drug delivery system. Keywords: anticancer; cisplatin; copper ferrite; drug delivery; multifunctional; nanomedicine; nanotherapeutics; spherical silica; tumour therapy; Introduction Due to the continuous advancements in the field of nanotechnology, the therapeutic prospects

Use of data processing for rapid detection of the prostate-specific antigen biomarker using immunomagnetic sandwich-type sensors

• Camila A. Proença,
• Tayane A. Freitas,
• Thaísa A. Baldo,
• Elsa M. Materón,
• Flávio M. Shimizu,
• Gabriella R. Ferreira,
• Frederico L. F. Soares,
• Ronaldo C. Faria and
• Osvaldo N. Oliveira Jr.

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2171–2181, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.210

• of Physics, University of São Paulo, CP 369, São Carlos 13560-970, São Paulo, Brazil Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas 13083-970, São Paulo, Brazil Carlos Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, São

Liquid crystal tunable claddings for polymer integrated optical waveguides

• José M. Otón,
• Manuel Caño-García,
• Fernando Gordo,
• Eva Otón,
• Morten A. Geday and
• Xabier Quintana

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2163–2170, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.209

• Jose M. Oton Manuel Cano-Garcia Fernando Gordo Eva Oton Morten A. Geday Xabier Quintana CEMDATIC, ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Av. Complutense 30, 28040 Madrid, Spain INL International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Av. Mestre José Veiga s/n, 4715-330 Braga

BergaCare SmartLipids: commercial lipophilic active concentrates for improved performance of dermal products

• Florence Olechowski,
• Rainer H. Müller and
• Sung Min Pyo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2152–2162, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.208

• Florence Olechowski Rainer H. Muller Sung Min Pyo Berg + Schmidt GmbH & Co. KG, An der Alster 81, 20099 Hamburg, Germany Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology & NutriCosmetics, Kelchstr. 31, Berlin 12169, Germany 10.3762/bjnano.10.208

The importance of design in nanoarchitectonics: multifractality in MACE silicon nanowires

• Stefania Carapezzi and
• Anna Cavallini

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2094–2102, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.204

• study and the technological exploitation of materials endowed with new properties deriving from their nanoscale features. In this respect, the field of nanoarchitectonics [1][2] has attracted attention as one of the most promising paradigmatic changes in nanotechnology. In general, the concept of

• . Especially semiconductor NWs offer the unique promise to boost the performance of semiconductor devices by quantum effects. In this respect, silicon NWs [4][5][6][7] are key elements in the field of nanotechnology, given that they can be integrated in the microelectronic industry, which is mainly Si-based

Review of advanced sensor devices employing nanoarchitectonics concepts

• Katsuhiko Ariga,
• Tatsuyuki Makita,
• Masato Ito,
• Taizo Mori,
• Shun Watanabe and
• Jun Takeya

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2014–2030, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.198

• , which is a novel conceptual methodology to engineer functional materials and systems from nanoscale units through the fusion of nanotechnology with other research fields, including organic chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, materials science and biology. In this review article, we discuss recent

• science [44][45][46]. Therefore, further developments in sensors can be made by the combined efforts in nanotechnology and other research fields including supramolecular chemistry, organic synthesis, and materials sciences. In case of biosensors, contributions from biology play important roles [47][48][49

• nanotechnology with other research fields, including organic chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, materials science and biology. It can thus be said that the future developments of sensors can be supported by the field of nanoarchitectonics [53] (Figure 1). The nanoarchitectonics concept was originally proposed