Development of adsorptive membranes by confinement of activated biochar into electrospun nanofibers

• Mehrdad Taheran,
• Mitra Naghdi,
• Satinder K. Brar,
• Emile Knystautas,
• Mausam Verma,
• Rao. Y. Surampalli and
• Jose. R. Valero

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1556–1563, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.149

• reports on embedding adsorbent materials into NFMs to enhance the adsorption capability of the composite membranes. For example, Wu et al. [15], Xu et al. [16] and Wang et al. [17] used SiO2 particles for the fabrication of composite poly(vinyl alcohol), poly(acrylic acid) and PAN NFMs in order to adsorb

Microwave synthesis of high-quality and uniform 4 nm ZnFe₂O₄ nanocrystals for application in energy storage and nanomagnetics

• Christian Suchomski,
• Ben Breitung,
• Ralf Witte,
• Michael Knapp,
• Sondes Bauer,
• Tilo Baumbach,
• Christian Reitz and
• Torsten Brezesinski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1350–1360, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.126

• accomplished by a hydraulic sensor. Electrode processing ZFO nanoparticle electrodes were prepared by casting a water slurry containing 79 wt % ZFO, 11 wt % Super C65 carbon black additive (Timcal) and 10 wt % Selvol 425 poly(vinyl alcohol) (Sekisui) onto Cu foil (Gould Electronics), followed by drying in

Mesoporous hollow carbon spheres for lithium–sulfur batteries: distribution of sulfur and electrochemical performance

• Anika C. Juhl,
• Artur Schneider,
• Boris Ufer,
• Torsten Brezesinski,
• Jürgen Janek and
• Michael Fröba

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1229–1240, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.114

• electrochemical testing A mixture of the carbon/sulfur composite powder (83 wt %), Super C65 (Timcal, 6 wt %), Printex XE2 (Orion, 6 wt %) and poly(vinyl alcohol) Selvol 425 (Sekisui, 5 wt %) in water, isopropanol and 1-methoxy-2-propanol (65:30:5 weight ratio) was prepared to form a homogeneous slurry. The

Synthesis and applications of carbon nanomaterials for energy generation and storage

• Marco Notarianni,
• Jinzhang Liu,
• Kristy Vernon and
• Nunzio Motta

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 149–196, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.17

pH-Triggered release from surface-modified poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles

• Manuel Häuser,
• Klaus Langer and
• Monika Schönhoff

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 2504–2512, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.260

• method, using poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) as a stabilizing agent [6]. A part of the stabilizer remains associated with the nanoparticles even after intensive purification procedures because PVA forms an interconnected network with the polymer at the interface [7][8]. PLGA is well-known for its outstanding

• Materials: Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA, Resomer® RG 502H) was purchased from Evonik Industries AG (Darmstadt, Germany). Resorcinol (analytical grade), ethyl acetate (reagent grade; >99.5%), deuterium oxide (D2O) (99.9% isotope purity), poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) (87–89% hydrolysed; Mw ≈ 67,000 g/mol

• a pH stimulus. Nanoparticle preparation: PLGA nanoparticles were prepared by a modified emulsion diffusion method. The addition of a stabilizing agent is generally favoured due to increased final particle stability. Here, poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) was used for particle preparation since it has

Green and energy-efficient methods for the production of metallic nanoparticles

• Mitra Naghdi,
• Mehrdad Taheran,
• Satinder K. Brar,
• M. Verma,
• R. Y. Surampalli and
• J. R. Valero

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 2354–2376, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.243

Synthesis, characterization and in vitro biocompatibility study of Au/TMC/Fe₃O₄ nanocomposites as a promising, nontoxic system for biomedical applications

• Hanieh Shirazi,
• Maryam Daneshpour,
• Soheila Kashanian and
• Kobra Omidfar

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1677–1689, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.170

• interactions with cells and proteins [12]. Biodegradable polymers that are generally used for coating magnetic nanoparticles include poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), polyethyleneimine (PEI), poly(D,L-lactide), poly(lactic acid), poly(D,L-glycolide), poly(lactide-co-glycolide

Structural, optical, opto-thermal and thermal properties of ZnS–PVA nanofluids synthesized through a radiolytic approach

• Alireza Kharazmi,
• Nastaran Faraji,
• Roslina Mat Hussin,
• Elias Saion,
• W. Mahmood Mat Yunus and
• Kasra Behzad

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 529–536, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.55

• mobilization of the semiconductor nanoparticles [5]. Moreover, the incorporation of inorganic and organic materials enhances and combines the properties of both phases in the final product [6]. Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) is one of the most suitable polymers [7] and has been reported in numerous publications to

• weight of the polymer chain is increased to some extent as a consequence of this process that results in poly(vinyl alcohol-co-vinyl acetate). Therefore, it can be envisaged that the viscosity is increased as well. Generally, the vibrational spectra of PVA exhibits the characteristics of the vinyl

Raman spectroscopy as a tool to investigate the structure and electronic properties of carbon-atom wires

• Alberto Milani,
• Matteo Tommasini,
• Valeria Russo,
• Andrea Li Bassi,
• Andrea Lucotti,
• Franco Cataldo and
• Carlo S. Casari

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 480–491, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.49

• (i.e., poly(vinyl alcohol)) containing polyynes stabilized by Ag nanoparticles [61]. Due to their high stability, polyynes in liquids (up to 14–16 carbon atoms) can now be synthesized even in the form of size-selected samples [5][62][63] and with well-defined end groups [54]. Solid-state samples have