Metal oxide nanostructures: preparation, characterization and functional applications as chemical sensors

• Dario Zappa,
• Angela Bertuna,
• Elisabetta Comini,
• Navpreet Kaur,
• Nicola Poli,
• Veronica Sberveglieri and
• Giorgio Sberveglieri

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1205–1217, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.122

• method that may not guarantee the stability and reproducibility required for potential commercial devices. The deposition has been directly performed on the functional substrates, avoiding post-processing transfer techniques that may decrease the adhesion and therefore the mechanical and electrical

Scanning probe microscopy studies on the adsorption of selected molecular dyes on titania

• Jakub S. Prauzner-Bechcicki,
• Lukasz Zajac,
• Piotr Olszowski,
• Res Jöhr,
• Antoine Hinaut,
• Thilo Glatzel,
• Bartosz Such,
• Ernst Meyer and
• Marek Szymonski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1642–1653, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.156

• assemblies induced by incoming light. Here, the charge transfer through the semiconductor–molecule junction is crucially important. Additionally, it is important to determine the feasibility of post-processing the molecular layer, as well as its stability against high temperatures and the ambient environment

The hydraulic mechanism in the hind wing veins of Cybister japonicus Sharp (order: Coleoptera)

• Jiyu Sun,
• Wei Wu,
• Mingze Ling,
• Bharat Bhushan and
• Jin Tong

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 904–913, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.82

• from the entrance. There is a slight fluctuation until the veins are fully expanded, and the entrance flow tends to 0; Figure 8B and Figure 8C show the pressure change with time at q1 and q2, similar to Figure 5 (the actual test curve). Via FLUENT post-processing, we set up monitoring points at q1 and

Efficient electron-induced removal of oxalate ions and formation of copper nanoparticles from copper(II) oxalate precursor layers

• Kai Rückriem,
• Sarah Grotheer,
• Henning Vieker,
• Paul Penner,
• André Beyer,
• Armin Gölzhäuser and
• Petra Swiderek

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 852–861, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.77

• to penetrate deeper in the material than 50 eV electrons [42]. HIM also reveals that degradation of copper(II) oxalate yields a nanoparticulate material with relatively narrow size distribution as compared to similar techniques. The advantage of the process is that no thermal post processing is

Invariance of molecular charge transport upon changes of extended molecule size and several related issues

• Ioan Bâldea

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 418–431, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.37

• easy, because the post-processing step of adding ε-independent self energies (Equation 1) does not require any DFT-code modification. A further advantage is that the diagonalization can be done before performing transport calculations. This fact drastically reduces the computational effort, as

Linear and nonlinear optical properties of hybrid metallic–dielectric plasmonic nanoantennas

• Mario Hentschel,
• Bernd Metzger,
• Bastian Knabe,
• Karsten Buse and
• Harald Giessen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 111–120, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.13

• not be possible to align them in a post-processing step. It is not yet clear if it is possible to accomplish the alignment while depositing the particles. Nevertheless, our results suggest that the χ(2) nonlinearity of lithium niobate might be too small in order to observe a strong SH emission from

Atomic scale interface design and characterisation

• Carla Bittencourt,
• Chris Ewels and
• Arkady V. Krasheninnikov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1708–1711, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.174

• Bittencourt, Chris Ewels and Arkady Krasheninnikov, with the reviews covering key areas of advanced synthesis methods, controlled functionalization and post-processing routes, developments in nanoscale characterization tools as well as theoretical modeling of structure and dynamics, and electronic properties

Simple and efficient way of speeding up transmission calculations with k-point sampling

• Jesper Toft Falkenberg and
• Mads Brandbyge

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1603–1608, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.164

• or phonon transport in the Landauer transport picture. We suggest a simple and computationally “cheap” post-processing scheme to interpolate transmission functions over k-points to get smooth well-converged average transmission functions. This is relevant for data obtained using typical “expensive

• wavefunctions, which tend to be elaborate. In this paper we present a simple and efficient post-processing interpolation scheme which can significantly speed up the convergence with respect to k-points. We illustrate the method by applying it to various graphene-based nano-structures which are prone to bad

• original data. In the three cases we obtain speed-ups of approximately 5, 6, and 8, for the pristine graphene sheet, the graphene nano-constriction, and the kinked graphene sheet, respectively. Thus, we have demonstrated that by applying a simple post-processing interpolation scheme we can speed up

Transformations of PTCDA structures on rutile TiO₂ induced by thermal annealing and intermolecular forces

• Szymon Godlewski,
• Jakub S. Prauzner-Bechcicki,
• Thilo Glatzel,
• Ernst Meyer and
• Marek Szymoński

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1498–1507, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.155

• for proposing a means of control over that spontaneous process or for suggesting further post-processing methodology in the search of desired material. Among many different substrates that are used as templates for molecular growth, metal oxides are currently regarded as very promising supports. For

Tunable magnetism on the lateral mesoscale by post-processing of Co/Pt heterostructures

• Oleksandr V. Dobrovolskiy,
• Maksym Kompaniiets,
• Roland Sachser,
• Fabrizio Porrati,
• Christian Gspan,
• Harald Plank and
• Michael Huth

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1082–1090, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.109

• heterostructures on the lateral mesoscale. By means of in situ post-processing of Pt- and Co-based nano-stripes prepared by focused electron beam induced deposition (FEBID) we are able to locally tune their coercive field and remanent magnetization. Whereas single Co-FEBID nano-stripes show no hysteresis, we find

• . Still, owing to the sensitivity of the matrix to post-processing treatments, the compositional, structural, and, hence, electrical [27][28] and magnetic [29][30] properties of metal-based layers fabricated by FEBID can be substantially modified either in situ or ex situ. Exemplary purification

• the formation of the CoPt L10 phase with strongly increased magnetic anisotropy compared to pure Co. Here, we employ direct writing of Pt and Co layers by FEBID and demonstrate by means of in situ post-processing how to locally tune the coercive field and the remanent magnetization of layered Co/Pt

Microwave assisted synthesis and characterisation of a zinc oxide/tobacco mosaic virus hybrid material. An active hybrid semiconductor in a field-effect transistor device

• Shawn Sanctis,
• Rudolf C. Hoffmann,
• Sabine Eiben and
• Jörg J. Schneider

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 785–791, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.81

• nature of the deposited ZnO film along the c-axis. FET devices fabricated using the zinc oxide mineralized virus template material demonstrates an operational transistor performance which was achieved without any high-temperature post-processing steps. Moreover, a further improvement in FET performance

• semiconducting material based on a microwave assisted ZnO mineralization of the TMV [17]. The resultant TMV/ZnO nanoscale hybrid material exhibits functional transistor behaviour with a reasonable performance without any post-processing at higher temperature. Experimental section All reagents were purchased from

• exhibit functional transistor properties without any post-processing treatment. As a reference we had measured the electrical characteristics of microwave processed bare nanoscale ZnO without TMV, obtained again from the molecular zinc oximato precursor complex under similar conditions. These results

The effect of surface charge on nonspecific uptake and cytotoxicity of CdSe/ZnS core/shell quantum dots

• Vladimir V. Breus,
• Anna Pietuch,
• Marco Tarantola,
• Thomas Basché and
• Andreas Janshoff

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 281–292, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.26

• averaging (for cells), post-processing algorithms to a 20-frame image sequence obtained during each measurement. Composite images of QD fluorescence (red) and cell autofluorescence (green) together with corresponding transmission micrographs. Fluorescence signals from QDs and cells are extracted from the

• overall fluorescent signal by applying standard deviation (for QDs) and averaging (for cells), post-processing algorithms to a 20-frame image sequence obtained during each measurement. CPZ: chlorpromazine (inhibitior of clathrin-mediated endocytosis), DMA: dimethylamyloride hydrochloride (inhibitor of

A reproducible number-based sizing method for pigment-grade titanium dioxide

• Ralf Theissmann,
• Manfred Kluwig and
• Thomas Koch

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1815–1822, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.192

• a problem. The section finally analysed can therefore be reasonably assumed to be representative. The high area density of the pigment in all images ensures that constant conditions for the automated post-processing and detection procedure are assured. Measurement, pigment detection and size

• structures is used for calibration of the instrument. The size of the structures is certified by the PTB under Serial No. IMS-HR 08 3641-01 490 and the calibration mark 44049 11 PTB. An automated protocol (macro) for image post-processing and particle detection was developed. The procedure was realised with

• the pigments varies greatly, depending on viewing direction. Moreover, they illustrate the difficulty with particle detection in projection images in the event of overlapping particles. Imaging conditions and image post-processing for pigment sizing for a rutile pigment; a) original image superimposed

Current state of laser synthesis of metal and alloy nanoparticles as ligand-free reference materials for nano-toxicological assays

• Christoph Rehbock,
• Jurij Jakobi,
• Lisa Gamrad,
• Selina van der Meer,
• Daniela Tiedemann,
• Ulrike Taylor,
• Wilfried Kues,
• Detlef Rath and
• Stephan Barcikowski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1523–1541, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.165

• the laser parameters during synthesis alone are not suitable for the size control during ablation of bulk solids in liquid. The next possible strategy for size control may be ligand-free post-processing of the laser-fabricated nanoparticles. To this end a rather simple but nonetheless feasible

Apertureless scanning near-field optical microscopy of sparsely labeled tobacco mosaic viruses and the intermediate filament desmin

• Alexander Harder,
• Mareike Dieding,
• Volker Walhorn,
• Sven Degenhard,
• Andreas Brodehl,
• Christina Wege,
• Hendrik Milting and
• Dario Anselmetti

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 510–516, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.60

• is moved through the focal detection volume which has a characteristic radius of approx. 300 nm, the fluorescence emission is only enhanced at dye–tip distances lower than approx. 10 nm. Consequently, the raw near-field data exposes stray far-field fluorescence. During post-processing the far-field

Near-field effects and energy transfer in hybrid metal-oxide nanostructures

• Ulrich Herr,
• Balati Kuerbanjiang,
• Cahit Benel,
• Giorgos Papageorgiou,
• Manuel Goncalves,
• Johannes Boneberg,
• Paul Leiderer,
• Paul Ziemann,
• Peter Marek and
• Horst Hahn

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 306–317, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.34

• structure of the TiO2:Eu core due to the perfect lattice matching possible in the homoepitaxial case. In order to investigate the possibility for generation of such coatings, TiO2:Eu nanoparticles were subjected to a post-processing step in an atomic layer deposition (ALD) chamber supplied with trimethyl

• using organic surfactants. Results of the ALD post-processing of TiO2:Eu nanoparticles are shown in Figure 7 and Figure 8. Figure 7 shows a STEM image of TiO2:Eu nanoparticles coated with 3 nm of Al2O3. In addition, a thin layer of TiO2 was added at the end of the process in order to test the

• post-processing. However, it has also become obvious that already existing agglomerates will be coated as a whole, therefore not leading to a separate protection of the surface of individual particle. This may be avoided by coating of the particles while they are still being carried in the gas flow of

Towards 4-dimensional atomic force spectroscopy using the spectral inversion method

• Jeffrey C. Williams and
• Santiago D. Solares

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 87–93, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.10

• and in order to filter out the effect of flexural–torsional cross-talk [8][11][12]. Upon completion of the scan and post-processing of the data [11], the user will have acquired for every (x,y) pixel on the surface (see Figure 1, expanded representation), which is equivalent to the 4D representation

• , even without explicitly acquiring velocity information, provided that the force curve inversion is accurate (a detailed analysis of parameter recovery from force curves for the SLS model can be found in [17]). Experimental feasibility The additional post-processing demands required to extend the

• spectral inversion method from three to four dimensions are relatively minor, since the tip position data is already recorded. Furthermore, all Fourier analysis is carried out during a post-processing step and the calculation of the velocity does not represent an excessive computational burden. Thus, the