Nonlinear features of the superconductor–ferromagnet–superconductor φ₀ Josephson junction in the ferromagnetic resonance region

• Aliasghar Janalizadeh,
• Ilhom R. Rahmonov,
• Sara A. Abdelmoneim,
• Yury M. Shukrinov and
• Mohammad R. Kolahchi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1155–1166, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.97

• , we present the details of such a transformation from usual to anomalous dependence with variations in the spin–orbit coupling and the Josephson-to-magnetic energy ratio. To investigate the effect of damping, we calculate the maximal amplitude of the magnetization component my taken at each value of

Design of a biomimetic, small-scale artificial leaf surface for the study of environmental interactions

• Miriam Anna Huth,
• Axel Huth,
• Lukas Schreiber and
• Kerstin Koch

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 944–957, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.83

• (Figure 6). Thus, no transformation of substances had taken place and the wax composition was stable. In a previous study, the wax composition of leek wax was also found to be thermally stable [72]. Since the evaporated substances spread uniformly in vacuum from the point source and the samples were

A superconducting adiabatic neuron in a quantum regime

• Marina V. Bastrakova,
• Dmitrii S. Pashin,
• Dmitriy A. Rybin,
• Andrey E. Schegolev,
• Nikolay V. Klenov,
• Igor I. Soloviev,
• Anastasiya A. Gorchavkina and
• Arkady M. Satanin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 653–665, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.57

• transformation of the input magnetic flux (Equation 2). We describe it using the time-dependent Schrödinger equation: Eigenvectors of the system are found by numerical solution of Equation 7 (see details in Appendix 2). Thereafter, from the evolution of average values of the phase and current operators we found

• of allowed energy values is discrete). Moreover, the sigmoidal transformation of the applied magnetic flux into the average output current can be obtained both for single-well and double-well potential energies of the cell. The influence of the initial quantum state of the neuron on the shape of the

• master equation. (a) Sketch of a flexible hybrid system consisting of a classical ANN having its configuration (synaptic weights) dynamically adjusted by a quantum co-processor. (b) Schematic representation of the SQ neuron providing nonlinear magnetic flux transformation. The energy spectrum and

Quantitative dynamic force microscopy with inclined tip oscillation

• Philipp Rahe,
• Daniel Heile,
• Reinhard Olbrich and
• Michael Reichling

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 610–619, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.53

• with pointing in the direction of Assuming an inclination angle of α (with 0 ≤ α ≤ π/2) between and any position on the w-axis can be expressed by the respective position on the ztip-axis by a simple geometrical transformation. This implies that any sensor movement along zp is not in line with the

Sodium doping in brookite TiO₂ enhances its photocatalytic activity

• Boxiang Zhuang,
• Honglong Shi,
• Honglei Zhang and
• Zeqian Zhang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 599–609, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.52

• interplanar spacing values are 3.5092 and 3.4619 Å, respectively. Thus, the orientation relationship between the matrix and twins is // and // The twinning effect in the brookite structure may be the major driven force of the phase transformation from the brookite NaxTi1−xO2 to Na2Ti6O13. Such transformation

• , where the inset illustrates the local atomic structures of brookite. (a) An HRTEM image exhibits the core–shell structure in a brookite crystallite calcinated at 400 °C. (b) The magnified HRTEM image in the dashed box shows an atom-splitting effect. (b1–b2) The Fourier transformation diffractogram of

• the core and the shell. (c) The HRTEM image of a twinning boundary in a brookite crystallite calcinated at 800 °C, (d) the corresponding Fourier transformation diagram of the matrix (red) and the twins (green). Listed are the direct/indirect bandgaps determined from diffuse reflectance spectra, the

Effects of substrate stiffness on the viscoelasticity and migration of prostate cancer cells examined by atomic force microscopy

• Xiaoqiong Tang,
• Yan Zhang,
• Jiangbing Mao,
• Yuhua Wang,
• Zhenghong Zhang,
• Zhengchao Wang and
• Hongqin Yang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 560–569, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.47

• functions have not been well appreciated [16]. In recent years, alterations in the physical properties of cells have been considered as a marker of malignant transformation of cancer cells [17][18][19]. Based on atomic force microscopy (AFM) measurements, our group found that the progression of prostate

Tunable superconducting neurons for networks based on radial basis functions

• Andrey E. Schegolev,
• Nikolay V. Klenov,
• Sergey V. Bakurskiy,
• Igor I. Soloviev,
• Mikhail Yu. Kupriyanov,
• Maxim V. Tereshonok and
• Anatoli S. Sidorenko

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 444–454, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.37

• For neural networks based on the considered G-neurons, tunable elements with linear current-to-flux transformation (linear inductors) and memory properties are extremely important [50][51]. Tunability of the inductance l in Figure 1b allows for an in situ switching between operating modes directly on

The role of sulfonate groups and hydrogen bonding in the proton conductivity of two coordination networks

• Ali Javed,
• Felix Steinke,
• Stephan Wöhlbrandt,
• Hana Bunzen,
• Norbert Stock and
• Michael Tiemann

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 437–443, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.36

• h in dry air. This process is supposed to remove surface-adsorbed water, such as residues from the synthesis process or from exposure to humid conditions. Powder X-ray diffraction confirmed that this process does not affect the crystallinity of the two materials, and no phase transformation was

A chemiresistive sensor array based on polyaniline nanocomposites and machine learning classification

• Jiri Kroutil,
• Alexandr Laposa,
• Ali Ahmad,
• Jan Voves,
• Vojtech Povolny,
• Ladislav Klimsa,
• Marina Davydova and
• Miroslav Husak

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 411–423, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.34

• , and GPC were used to achieve the highest classification rate. This paragraph and the following paragraph about PCA and LDA follow closely the corresponding content in [27]. PCA is a linear transformation that preserves as much data variance as possible. PCA chooses a matrix T that minimizes the mean

• provides a linear projection of the data with (c – 1) dimensions, by considering the scatter of data within each class and across classes. Projection directions are those that maximize the inter-class separation of the projected data. The LDA transformation matrix is given by where SW and ΛW are

Tin dioxide nanomaterial-based photocatalysts for nitrogen oxide oxidation: a review

• Viet Van Pham,
• Hong-Huy Tran,
• Thao Kim Truong and
• Thi Minh Cao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 96–113, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.7

• of Sn at the surface of SnO2 plays a role in the reversible transformation of the surface composition from Sn4+ cations to Sn2+, which leads to active centers in the surface chemical process [48]. Moreover, the OVs in SnO2 often appear when it is synthesized by chemical methods such as sol–gel

Measurement of polarization effects in dual-phase ceria-based oxygen permeation membranes using Kelvin probe force microscopy

• Kerstin Neuhaus,
• Christina Schmidt,
• Liudmila Fischer,
• Wilhelm Albert Meulenberg,
• Ke Ran,
• Joachim Mayer and
• Stefan Baumann

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1380–1391, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.102

• occur along the entire length of the grain boundary and is instead localized in one area. Neither for the positive nor for the negative polarization experiments, a change of the local sample topography was observed, which would hint at a local phase transformation. As the surface potential also relaxes

Alteration of nanomechanical properties of pancreatic cancer cells through anticancer drug treatment revealed by atomic force microscopy

• Xiaoteng Liang,
• Shuai Liu,
• Xiuchao Wang,
• Dan Xia and
• Qiang Li

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1372–1379, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.101

• ]. Recently, changes of the physical properties of cells are considered to be signs of malignant transformation to cancer cells [5][6]. Measuring the difference in mechanical properties between cancer and normal cells is of great help to understand the changes related to cancer, and may provide the

Identifying diverse metal oxide nanomaterials with lethal effects on embryonic zebrafish using machine learning

• Richard Liam Marchese Robinson,
• Haralambos Sarimveis,
• Philip Doganis,
• Xiaodong Jia,
• Marianna Kotzabasaki,
• Christiana Gousiadou,
• Stacey Lynn Harper and
• Terry Wilkins

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1297–1325, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.97

Impact of electron–phonon coupling on electron transport through T-shaped arrangements of quantum dots in the Kondo regime

• Patryk Florków and
• Stanisław Lipiński

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1209–1225, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.89

• , similarly, for the coupling with interacting dots and with for l = 2 and for l = 3. The diagonalization [6] is exact if t = t’ = 0 or λO = λI = ∞. This transformation shifts the dots to the new equilibrium positions and in general changes the phonon vacuum. In the following we restrict in the expansion

• of up to the terms λ2. In this sense, the results for stronger coupling should be viewed with caution, treating them only as a quantitative, preliminary insight into the problem. Higher commutator approximations improve accuracy of canonical transformation, but introduce numerical difficulties [68

• ). Using the form of new fermion operators obtained in Lang–Firsov transformation it is easy to show that the electron Green's function of the dot can be decoupled as [73][74]: where , , and or . The renormalization factor due to e–ph interaction is evaluated as [67]: where For the zero-temperature case

Irradiation-driven molecular dynamics simulation of the FEBID process for Pt(PF₃)₄

• Alexey Prosvetov,
• Alexey V. Verkhovtsev,
• Gennady Sushko and
• Andrey V. Solov’yov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1151–1172, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.86

• for quantum and chemical transformation of surface-adsorbed molecular systems under focused electron beam irradiation [13][14][15][16]. Within the IDMD framework various quantum processes occurring in an irradiated system (e.g., ionization, bond dissociation via electron attachment, or charge transfer

Self-assembly of amino acids toward functional biomaterials

• Huan Ren,
• Lifang Wu,
• Lina Tan,
• Yanni Bao,
• Yuchen Ma,
• Yong Jin and
• Qianli Zou

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1140–1150, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.85

• promising natural antitumor drug, which can inhibit the transformation, proliferation, and migration of tumor cells through various ways, and has anti-angiogenic activity and good biocompatibility [72]. However, the poor water solubility and low bioavailability of curcumin hinder its direct application [73

First-principles study of the structural, optoelectronic and thermophysical properties of the π-SnSe for thermoelectric applications

• Muhammad Atif Sattar,
• Najwa Al Bouzieh,
• Maamar Benkraouda and
• Noureddine Amrane

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1101–1114, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.82

• conduction bands, respectively. The relation ħωcv = Eck – Evk shows the transition energy from valence to conduction bands. This absorptive imaginary ε2(ω) part of the dielectric function leads to the real part ε1(ω) through the Kramers–Kronig transformation and can be obtained from the following relation

Progress and innovation of nanostructured sulfur cathodes and metal-free anodes for room-temperature Na–S batteries

• Marina Tabuyo-Martínez,
• Bernd Wicklein and
• Pilar Aranda

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 995–1020, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.75

• intermediate reactions [15], that is, (1) the transformation of sulfur into long-chain polysulfides: 4Na + S8 ⇌ 2Na2Sn (4 < n ≤ 8), (2) the transformation of long-chain into short-chain polysulfides: 2Na + Na2S4 ⇌ 2Na2Sm (2 ≤ m < 4), and (3) the transformation of short-chain polysulfides into sodium sulfide

• undergo a sodiation process to form Na2S2. Then, the Na2S2 intermediate is converted to Na2S. Another remarkable electrocatalyst are gold nanodots, as reported by Wang et al. [49]. The in situ synchrotron XRD results show that gold can effectively catalyze the transformation of Na2S4 into Na2S in the

Is the Ne operation of the helium ion microscope suitable for electron backscatter diffraction sample preparation?

• Annalena Wolff

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 965–983, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.73

• alterations and, in some instances, phase transformation of Cu to Cu3Ga occurred when polishing with Ga ions. Polishing with high-energy Ne ions at a glancing angle maintains the crystal structure and significantly improves indexing in EBSD measurements. By milling down to a depth equaling the depth of the

• grains is 25% when using this lower ion dose and would be sufficiently large to allow the formation of the Cu3Ga phase. To evaluate if a significant phase transformation and sample alteration occur at a lower ion dose than previously reported, the two different ion doses (2247 ions/nm2 and 3371 ions/nm2

• . Faster milling grains, however, do not reach this critical concentration and phase transformations. In addition, significant crystal structure changes could not be observed in the EBSD measurements for those grains. The measurements suggest that the damage and occurring phase transformation are linked to

In situ transport characterization of magnetic states in Nb/Co superconductor/ferromagnet heterostructures

• Olena M. Kapran,
• Roman Morari,
• Taras Golod,
• Evgenii A. Borodianskyi,
• Vladimir Boian,
• Andrei Prepelita,
• Nikolay Klenov,
• Anatoli S. Sidorenko and
• Vladimir M. Krasnov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 913–923, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.68

• . Therefore, variation of MR reflects the transformation of magnetic states in the multilayer. In Figure 2e we replot low-field parts of the downward curves from Figure 2a and Figure 2c. It is seen that they coincide after proper scaling, that is, they represent a temperature-independent part of MR, which

• middle of the Rxx maximum. The reversal curve is clearly different from curve-5, revealing yet another initial state. With a further increase of Hr towards the negative saturation field, the hysteresis changes gradually until reaching the saturated state, shown in Figure 3a. Such a gradual transformation

Modification of a SERS-active Ag surface to promote adsorption of charged analytes: effect of Cu²⁺ ions

• Bahdan V. Ranishenka,
• Andrei Yu. Panarin,
• Irina A. Chelnokova,
• Sergei N. Terekhov,
• Peter Mojzes and
• Vadim V. Shmanai

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 902–912, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.67

• ]. For this purpose, copper cations were selected since they are already present in the structure of both analyte molecules and, thus, their chemical transformation can be excluded. Treatment of the NP surfaces with Cu2+ ions resulted in an about twofold increase of the CuTMpyP4 SERS intensity. Under the

Electromigration-induced formation of percolating adsorbate islands during condensation from the gaseous phase: a computational study

• Alina V. Dvornichenko,
• Vasyl O. Kharchenko and
• Dmitrii O. Kharchenko

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 694–703, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.55

• morphological transformation from separated adsorbate islands on the substrate towards separated holes inside the adsorbate matrix at α = αm. An increase in the rate of adatoms transference between layers, k∥, acts oppositely. In Figure 5 we show dependencies of the total amount of adsorbate clusters Ntot and

Fate and transformation of silver nanoparticles in different biological conditions

• Barbara Pem,
• Marija Ćurlin,
• Darija Domazet Jurašin,
• Valerije Vrček,
• Rinea Barbir,
• Vedran Micek,
• Raluca M. Fratila,
• Jesus M. de la Fuente and
• Ivana Vinković Vrček

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 665–679, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.53

• transformation, dissolution, and degradation behaviour of different types of AgNPs were evaluated in systems modelled to represent biological environments relevant for oral administration, as well as in cell culture media and tissue compartments obtained from animal models. A multimethod approach was employed by

• nanoparticulate, ionic, metallic, and complex salts forms [9][10][11][12][13][14]. Despite many scientific and medical evidences for (bio)chemical transformation patterns of AgNPs [15], questions about their final fate in the body are still open. Irreversible skin discoloration or argyria was described in

• significantly affect AgNPs and determine their colloidal stability and cellular interactions as evidenced earlier [27][31][32][33]. In the acidic medium of the stomach, AgNPs both agglomerate and dissolve [15][26][34]. The transformation will likely be incomplete due to protein corona formation and short

On the stability of microwave-fabricated SERS substrates – chemical and morphological considerations

• Limin Wang,
• Aisha Adebola Womiloju,
• Christiane Höppener,
• Ulrich S. Schubert and
• Stephanie Hoeppener

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 541–551, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.44

• can be found in Supporting Information File 1, Table S1. The observed band structure clearly identifies bands at 1394, 1440, and 1580 cm−1 which are indicative of 4,4’-dimercaptoazobenzene (DMAB), which is formed by an oxidative transformation of 4-ATP on Ag nanoparticle surfaces at higher laser power

A review on nanostructured silver as a basic ingredient in medicine: physicochemical parameters and characterization

• Gabriel M. Misirli,
• Kishore Sridharan and
• Shirley M. P. Abrantes

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 440–461, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.36

• effect of light irradiation on AgNPs with spherical and cubic morphologies under ambient conditions. They confirmed that light wavelengths below 495 nm, corresponding to the UV/blue part of the electromagnetic spectrum, were mainly responsible for their photo-transformation [52]. In both the cases, the