Magnetism and magnetoresistance of single Ni–Cu alloy nanowires

• Andreea Costas,
• Camelia Florica,
• Elena Matei,
• Maria Eugenia Toimil-Molares,
• Ionel Stavarache,
• Andrei Kuncser,
• Victor Kuncser and
• Ionut Enculescu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2345–2355, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.219

• electrochemical replication, using as templates chemically etched polycarbonate membranes irradiated with swift heavy ions. Individual Ni–Cu alloy nanowires of different compositions have been contacted on interdigitated metallic electrodes by using electron beam lithography (EBL) and magnetoresistive

Electrical properties of single CdTe nanowires

• Elena Matei,
• Camelia Florica,
• Andreea Costas,
• María Eugenia Toimil-Molares and
• Ionut Enculescu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 444–450, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.45

• copolymer templates, while the filling methods range from electrochemical or electroless deposition, to atomic layer deposition or molten metal injection. The nanoporous polymer ion track membranes are obtained by polymer foil irradiation with swift heavy ions and further chemical etching of the ion tracks

• swift heavy ions from the linear accelerator UNILAC at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI). The ions (Au, Pb or U) were accelerated at a specific kinetic energy of 11.4 MeV/nucleon. When passing through the polymer foil, each ion leaves a cylindrical defect track as a consequence of its

Synthesis of Pt nanoparticles and their burrowing into Si due to synergistic effects of ion beam energy losses

• Pravin Kumar,
• Udai Bhan Singh,
• Kedar Mal,
• Sunil Ojha,
• Indra Sulania,
• Dinakar Kanjilal,
• Dinesh Singh and
• Vidya Nand Singh

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1864–1872, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.197

• . Results and Discussion Using stopping and range of ions in matter (SRIM) calculations [38], the energy losses (both electronic and nuclear) by neon ions in the Pt film as a function of ion energy is shown in Figure 1. Unlike swift, heavy ions (with an energy of approximately hundreds of MeV) that undergo

A study on the consequence of swift heavy ion irradiation of Zn–silica nanocomposite thin films: electronic sputtering

• Compesh Pannu,
• Udai B. Singh,
• Dinesh. C. Agarwal,
• Saif A. Khan,
• Sunil Ojha,
• Ramesh Chandra,
• Hiro Amekura,
• Debdulal Kabiraj and
• Devesh. K. Avasthi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1691–1698, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.179

• . Large sputtering yield of Zn and its dependence on the size of nanoparticles The large magnitude of sputtering yield can be explained on the basis of the inelastic thermal spike model. According to this model, a large amount of incident energy of swift heavy ions is transferred to the electrons of the

Microstructural and plasmonic modifications in Ag–TiO₂ and Au–TiO₂ nanocomposites through ion beam irradiation

• Venkata Sai Kiran Chakravadhanula,
• Yogendra Kumar Mishra,
• Venkata Girish Kotnur,
• Devesh Kumar Avasthi,
• Thomas Strunskus,
• Vladimir Zaporotchenko,
• Dietmar Fink,
• Lorenz Kienle and
• Franz Faupel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1419–1431, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.154

• swift heavy ions. Au–TiO2 and Ag–TiO2 nanocomposite thin films with varying metal volume fractions were deposited by co-sputtering and were subsequently irradiated by 100 MeV Ag8+ ions at various ion fluences. The morphology of these nanocomposite thin films before and after ion beam irradiation has

• ion beam induced growth of nanoparticles and structural modifications in the titania matrix. Keywords: noble metal–titania nanocomposite; surface plasmon resonance; swift heavy ions; Introduction Metal nanoparticles embedded in dielectric matrices in the form of nanocomposites have gained

• very difficult to further modify the plasmonic response of these already synthesized nanocomposites. An additional fabrication experiment with slightly modified parameters might help. In this regards, the use of swift heavy ions (SHI) in order to modify the properties of the prepared nanocomposites in

Routes to rupture and folding of graphene on rough 6H-SiC(0001) and their identification

• M. Temmen,
• O. Ochedowski,
• B. Kleine Bussmann,
• M. Schleberger,
• M. Reichling and
• T. R. J. Bollmann

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 625–631, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.69

• ], which then can be modified in situ to create (twisted) FLG. In comparison to the well known epitaxial growth of graphene on SiC [12][13][14], here we study mechanically exfoliated graphene on 6H-SiC(0001) to produce large sheets of high quality. Defects are first created by swift heavy ions (SHI). The

Radiation-induced nanostructures: Formation processes and applications

• Michael Huth

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 533–534, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.61

• in this Thematic Series. In a somewhat analogous fashion, swift heavy ions can be used as nanopore-forming, seeding probes. When passing through thin polymer foils they leave behind a damage track, which can be further processed to form nanopores or nanochannels to be applied in biochemical analytics

• passing through body tissues. On the other hand, this same observation has led to the rise of charged-particle cancer therapy over the past 20 years. Conceptually speaking, electrons that locally drive molecular dissociations, as well as swift heavy ions that locally cause damage in polymers or living