Nanoantenna structures for the detection of phonons in nanocrystals

• Alexander G. Milekhin,
• Sergei A. Kuznetsov,
• Ilya A. Milekhin,
• Larisa L. Sveshnikova,
• Tatyana A. Duda,
• Ekaterina E. Rodyakina,
• Alexander V. Latyshev,
• Volodymyr M. Dzhagan and
• Dietrich R. T. Zahn

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2646–2656, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.246

• wavelength – appearing in the visible spectral range and of interest for optical spectroscopy [16]. It was shown that regular linear nanoantennas fabricated by nanolithography demonstrate enhancement of the SEIRA signal from vibrational modes in organic molecules such as octadecanethiol (ODT) [17] and 4,4

• '-bis(N-carbazolyl)-1,1'-biphenyl (CBP) by a factor of 105 [18]. The highest SEIRA response was obtained by adjusting the LSPR energy of the nanoantennas to the energy of the vibrational modes [17]. The high sensitivity of SEIRA to vibrational modes allowed the detection of organic and biological

Surface energy of nanoparticles – influence of particle size and structure

• Dieter Vollath,
• Franz Dieter Fischer and
• David Holec

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2265–2276, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.211

• of vibrational modes, resulting in an inverse proportionality between thermodynamic quantities and particle size. The considerations above assume implicitly that the bonding energy in between the atoms of the particle and at the surface is independent of the particle size. This assumption is not

Sheet-on-belt branched TiO₂(B)/rGO powders with enhanced photocatalytic activity

• Huan Xing,
• Wei Wen and
• Jin-Ming Wu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1550–1557, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.146

• vibrational modes of the TiO2(B) phase [28], which is in agreement with the XRD and HRTEM results. A weak Raman peak located at 1657 cm−1 can be discerned in the TGN sample, which corresponds to the G band (graphitized carbon), confirming the existence of graphene in the powders [31]. The peak intensity

Cyclodextrin inhibits zinc corrosion by destabilizing point defect formation in the oxide layer

• Abdulrahman Altin,
• Maciej Krzywiecki,
• Adnan Sarfraz,
• Cigdem Toparli,
• Claudius Laska,
• Philipp Kerger,
• Aleksandar Zeradjanin,
• Karl J. J. Mayrhofer,
• Michael Rohwerder and
• Andreas Erbe

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 936–944, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.86

• ). On the other hand, ex situ Raman spectra (Supporting Information File 1, Figure S5) recorded after exposure do show the presence of β-CD on the surface, by the presence of several of the characteristic vibrational modes in the spectrum. The dissolution product Zn2+ is a reactant in follow-up chemical

Synthesis and characterization of two new TiO₂-containing benzothiazole-based imine composites for organic device applications

• Anna Różycka,
• Agnieszka Iwan,
• Krzysztof Artur Bogdanowicz,
• Michal Filapek,
• Natalia Górska,
• Damian Pociecha,
• Marek Malinowski,
• Patryk Fryń,
• Agnieszka Hreniak,
• Jakub Rysz,
• Paweł Dąbczyński and
• Monika Marzec

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 721–739, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.67

• . As it can be seen in Figure 3a, apart from the low-intensity bands, the region above 3000 cm−1 can be related to the stretching modes ν(CH)ar within aromatic rings. At room temperature, in the regions near 2920 and 2847 cm−1 appear for the characteristic intensive stretching vibrational modes, νas

Anchoring Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles in a reduced graphene oxide aerogel matrix via polydopamine coating

• Błażej Scheibe,
• Radosław Mrówczyński,
• Natalia Michalak,
• Karol Załęski,
• Michał Matczak,
• Mateusz Kempiński,
• Zuzanna Pietralik,
• Mikołaj Lewandowski,
• Stefan Jurga and
• Feliks Stobiecki

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 591–601, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.55

• nanoparticles are present in agglomerated form. The vibrational properties of the prepared aerogel samples were analyzed by Raman spectroscopy. The typical rGO spectrum is featured by the presence of four main vibrational modes, namely: D, G, 2D and D+G (D+D’) [43]. In graphite-like materials, the G mode is

Facile synthesis of ZnFe₂O₄ photocatalysts for decolourization of organic dyes under solar irradiation

• Arjun Behera,
• Debasmita Kandi,
• Sanjit Manohar Majhi,
• Satyabadi Martha and
• Kulamani Parida

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 436–446, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.42

• photoluminescence (PL) emission spectra were investigated by a JASCO-FP-8300 fluorescence spectrometer with an excitation wavelength of 330 nm. The chemical composition and vibrational modes of the ZFO samples were analysed by JASCO FTIR-4600. A ZEISS SUPRA 55 was used for FESEM analysis. Morphology and

Electron interaction with copper(II) carboxylate compounds

• Michal Lacko,
• Peter Papp,
• Iwona B. Szymańska,
• Edward Szłyk and
• Štefan Matejčík

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 384–398, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.38

• result of the carbon dioxide dissociation from O2CC2F5−. In addition a slight shift of resonance maxima can be observed, which can represent a second resonance and/or a significant contribution of higher vibrational modes for an effective dissociation. In the case of [Cu2(µ-O2CC2F5)4], the contribution

Response under low-energy electron irradiation of a thin film of a potential copper precursor for focused electron beam induced deposition (FEBID)

• Leo Sala,
• Iwona B. Szymańska,
• Céline Dablemont,
• Anne Lafosse and
• Lionel Amiaud

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 57–65, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.8

• by HREELS. The assignments of the main vibrational modes are listed in Table 1. The comparison between these signatures shows that the complexes, stable at atmospheric pressure in cold and dry environment, evolve when exposed to vacuum and when annealed under vacuum. The decomposition under heating

Inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy of difurylethene-based photochromic single-molecule junctions

• Youngsang Kim,
• Safa G. Bahoosh,
• Dmytro Sysoiev,
• Thomas Huhn,
• Fabian Pauly and
• Elke Scheer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2606–2614, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.261

• vibrational modes and the EV coupling constants were evaluated using DFT [40]. Inelastic charge transport is then determined in the experimentally relevant limit of weak EV coupling, as described in [40] and [41], by treating inelastic interactions due to the EV coupling at the level of the so-called lowest

• finite lifetime of the vibrational modes. Furthermore, we broaden the spectra by the experimental AC excitation of 8 mV. The computed IET spectra for both forms are presented in Figure 3d, and they are seen to be distinct in both forms. We note that typically several vibrational modes contribute to a

• peak in the IET signals, and an approximate character is assigned to those vibrational modes that are responsible for the peaks in the spectra, as shown in Table 1. The most pronounced difference between the IET spectra is predicted at around 365 mV, where the intensity of the C–H stretching mode (mode

Refractive index sensing and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy using silver–gold layered bimetallic plasmonic crystals

• Somi Kang,
• Sean E. Lehman,
• Matthew V. Schulmerich,
• An-Phong Le,
• Tae-woo Lee,
• Stephen K. Gray,
• Rohit Bhargava and
• Ralph G. Nuzzo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2492–2503, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.249

• ≈2.3 times higher than that of a comparable Au-coated PCs (shown in Figure 4). The major Raman active vibrational modes of benzenethiol are located at 1073 cm−1 and 1574 cm−1 (which correspond to Raman shift peaks relative to the 785 nm laser excitation at 857 nm and 896 nm, respectively) [64]. Past

Adsorbate-driven cooling of carbene-based molecular junctions

• Giuseppe Foti and
• Héctor Vázquez

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2060–2068, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.206

• . We use first-principles methods of inelastic tunneling transport based on density functional theory and non-equilibrium Green’s functions to calculate the rates of emission and absorbtion of vibrations by tunneling electrons, the population of vibrational modes and the energy stored in them. We find

• “clean” junction formed by the NHC only. Here, in turn, we extend this study and compare the current-induced heating of vibrational modes for two junctions: i) a “clean” metal/NHC/metal junction and ii) an asymmetric metal + NH2/NHC/metal junction where a NH2 group is adsorbed on one of the leads. We use

• of NHC vibrational modes through i) electrostatic gating of molecular levels and ii) quenching of carbene density of states (DOS) as a function of the applied bias. We illustrate the connection between the gating of NHC states and the heating of the junction by comparing vibron populations as a

Fluorination of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes: from CF₄ plasma chemistry to surface functionalization

• Claudia Struzzi,
• Mattia Scardamaglia,
• Jean-François Colomer,
• Alberto Verdini,
• Luca Floreano,
• Rony Snyders and
• Carla Bittencourt

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1723–1733, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.173

• and COF2 vibrational modes intensities testifying the fragmentation of the parent molecule. The absorbance intensity of the COF2 vibrational mode precisely follows the ion signal corresponding to the ionized COF2 (Figure 2a): it increases until the plasma power reaches approximately 110 W, and then it

• outside the core of the discharge, where the vibrational modes can not be measured with the IR beam. This mechanism is confirmed by the detection of a low intensity signal in the mass spectrum in correspondence to CF and CF2: being highly reactive species, they are likely to react with other radicals in

• the discharge before reaching the mass spectrometer apparatus which is located around 30 cm away from the coil. No vibrational modes are observed in correspondence of COF (expected at 633 cm−1), this result confirms that the COF fragment is produced by dissociative ionization in the mass spectrum as

Group-13 and group-15 doping of germanane

• Nicholas D. Cultrara,
• Maxx Q. Arguilla,
• Shishi Jiang,
• Chuanchuan Sun,
• Michael R. Scudder,
• R. Dominic Ross and
• Joshua E. Goldberger

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1642–1648, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.164

• Bruker D8 powder X-ray diffractometer. XRD was performed using with finely ground powders packed in capillaries. Raman spectroscopy was used to confirm vibrational modes using a Renishaw InVia Raman equipped with a CCD detector exciting with a 633 nm He–Ne laser. The relative elemental composition was

Comprehensive Raman study of epitaxial silicene-related phases on Ag(111)

• Dmytro Solonenko,
• Ovidiu D. Gordan,
• Guy Le Lay,
• Dietrich R. T. Zahn and
• Patrick Vogt

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1357–1365, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.137

• bands at 521 and 900 cm−1, interpreted as a graphene-like behaviour [24]. The in situ Raman results of epitaxial (3×3)/(4×4) silicene at one monolayer coverage from Zhuang et al. [25] show bands at 230 and 530 cm−1, while in the work of Diaz Alvarez et al. [26] vibrational modes of the same structure

• to the selection rules of the six-fold symmetry, the depolarized (degenerate) modes are measured in both parallel and crossed geometries, while the polarized vibrational modes can solely be detected in the parallel configuration. One notices that only A modes at 175 and 216 cm−1 are missing in the

• vibrational A modes at 175 and 216 cm−1 and an E mode at 514 cm−1. At higher temperatures an increasing mixture of domains and around 250 °C also of a “” structure are formed. All these structures show similar vibrational modes in the Raman spectra. Only the “” structure shows the additional characteristic

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy of cell lysates mixed with silver nanoparticles for tumor classification

• Mohamed Hassoun,
• Iwan W.Schie,
• Tatiana Tolstik,
• Sarmiza E. Stanca,
• Christoph Krafft and
• Juergen Popp

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1183–1190, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.120

• of 1000–1100 cm−1. The bands at 1289 cm−1 and 1660 cm−1 can be assigned to the amide III and amide I vibrational modes of peptide bonds in proteins, respectively [18][26][28]. The band at 1450 cm−1 arises from CH2 deformation vibrations of all biomolecules. The bands at 2923 and 2952 cm−1 can be

Nanoantenna-assisted plasmonic enhancement of IR absorption of vibrational modes of organic molecules

• Alexander G. Milekhin,
• Olga Cherkasova,
• Sergei A. Kuznetsov,
• Ilya A. Milekhin,
• Ekatherina E. Rodyakina,
• Alexander V. Latyshev,
• Sreetama Banerjee,
• Georgeta Salvan and
• Dietrich R. T. Zahn

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 975–981, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.99

• /bjnano.8.99 Abstract Nanoantenna-assisted plasmonic enhancement of IR absorption and Raman scattering was employed for studying the vibrational modes in organic molecules. Ultrathin cobalt phthalocyanine films (3 nm) were deposited on Au nanoantenna arrays with specified structural parameters. The

• deposited organic films reveal the enhancement of both Raman scattering and IR absorption vibrational modes. To extend the possibility of implementing surface-enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA) for biological applications, the detection and analysis of the steroid hormone cortisol was demonstrated

• conditions of plasmonic enhancement, a magnetic material can be employed for a wide range of applications [11]. A relatively low optical signal from the vibrational modes of organic molecules using conventional spectroscopic techniques such as infrared (IR) and Raman spectroscopy restricts their detection

Triptycene-terminated thiolate and selenolate monolayers on Au(111)

• Jinxuan Liu,
• Martin Kind,
• Björn Schüpbach,
• Daniel Käfer,
• Stefanie Winkler,
• Wenhua Zhang,
• Andreas Terfort and
• Christof Wöll

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 892–905, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.91

• (lower panel) are shown. The most intense bands in these spectra are numbered and their wavenumber positions and assignments are listed in Table 1. The calculated spectra can be used to assign the experimentally found bands to vibrational modes. All calculated spectra are in good agreement with the

Graphene–polymer coating for the realization of strain sensors

• Carmela Bonavolontà,
• Carla Aramo,
• Massimo Valentino,
• Giampiero Pepe,
• Sergio De Nicola,
• Gianfranco Carotenuto,
• Angela Longo,
• Mariano Palomba,
• Simone Boccardi and
• Carosena Meola

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 21–27, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.3

• = 0 N) and load (F = 6.9 N). Schematic view of strain induced degenerate vibrational modes E2g shown on the left. The uniaxial strain is directed along the x axis. The graphene lattice is turned with respect to the x axis at angle φS. On the right, the Raman spectrum of the PMMA/graphene sample is

Controlled supramolecular structure of guanosine monophosphate in the interlayer space of layered double hydroxide

• Gyeong-Hyeon Gwak,
• Istvan Kocsis,
• Yves-Marie Legrand,
• Mihail Barboiu and
• Jae-Min Oh

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1928–1935, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.184

• ) shows typical vibrational modes at 1695, 1605, 1535, and 1365 cm−1, which were attributed to C=O, C=N, pyrimidine/imidazole and imidazole vibration, respectively. Two bands at 1080 and 980 cm−1 resulted from PO32− antisymmetric stretching and PO32− symmetric stretching [19]. Both GL-S (Figure 6a, line c

Reasons and remedies for the agglomeration of multilayered graphene and carbon nanotubes in polymers

• Rasheed Atif and
• Fawad Inam

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1174–1196, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.109

A terahertz-vibration to terahertz-radiation converter based on gold nanoobjects: a feasibility study

• Kamil Moldosanov and
• Andrei Postnikov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 983–989, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.90

• borrowed from bordering technologies, invariably attracts the attention of the THz community. Alternating electric fields of the THz frequency range are well known to exist in solids: such are the fields created by longitudinal acoustic vibrational modes (LAVMs). How can one “extract” them from a solid and

Free vibration of functionally graded carbon-nanotube-reinforced composite plates with cutout

• Mostafa Mirzaei and
• Yaser Kiani

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 511–523, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.45

• hole size increases from c/a = 0.1 to 0.3 and 0.5. The results presented in Tables 8–11 contain both the flexural and extensional as well as coupled (in FG-V type) vibrational modes. As seen from Table 10, the fourth and fifth frequencies of SSSS plates without a cutout or with a cutout size of c/a

Bacteriorhodopsin–ZnO hybrid as a potential sensing element for low-temperature detection of ethanol vapour

• Saurav Kumar,
• Sudeshna Bagchi,
• Senthil Prasad,
• Anupma Sharma,
• Ritesh Kumar,
• Rishemjit Kaur,
• Jagvir Singh and
• Amol P. Bhondekar

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 501–510, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.44

• of bR protein at 1528 cm−1 (C=C stretching) and fairly strong fingerprint spectra in the range of 1150–1220 cm−1 (C–C stretching) [61]. However, there is a small shift in the characteristic vibrational modes of bR, which may be due to the electrostatic interaction between the ZnO and bR protein [62

• the possibility of a confinement effect. The characteristic vibrational modes of bR were also observed in the hybrid structures with a small red shift. Dynamic response of the ethanol vapour sensing tests at 70 °C for 50, 100 and 200 ppm concentrations for (a) ZnO-TF/bR and (b) ZnO-NR/bR structures

Charge and heat transport in soft nanosystems in the presence of time-dependent perturbations

• Alberto Nocera,
• Carmine Antonio Perroni,
• Vincenzo Marigliano Ramaglia and
• Vittorio Cataudella

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 439–464, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.39

• Sant’Angelo, Via Cintia, I-80126 Napoli, Italy 10.3762/bjnano.7.39 Abstract Background: Soft nanosystems are electronic nanodevices, such as suspended carbon nanotubes or molecular junctions, whose transport properties are modulated by soft internal degrees of freedom, for example slow vibrational modes

• vibrational modes and the electronic degrees of freedom affects the thermoelectric properties within the linear response regime finding out that the phonon thermal conductance provides an important contribution to the figure of merit at room temperature. Our work has been stimulated by recent experimental

• review has been to discuss common features of different soft nanosystems under external drive. The most interesting effects induced by time-dependent perturbations are obtained when the external forcing is nearly resonant with the slow vibrational modes. Indeed, not only the external forcing can enhance