Multilayered hyperbolic Au/TiO₂ nanostructures for enhancing the nonlinear response around the epsilon-near-zero point

• Fernando Arturo Araiza-Sixtos,
• Mauricio Gomez-Robles,
• Rafael Salas-Montiel and
• Raúl Rangel-Rojo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 251–261, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.17

• for the preparation of the samples. Funding The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support by Secretaría de Ciencia, Humanidades, Tecnología e Inovación (SECIHTI) CF-2023-G-179 and the PhD scholarship given to F. A. Araiza-Sixtos (847770). Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur, de la

Micro- and nanoscale effects in biological and bioinspired materials and surfaces

• Thies H. Büscher,
• Rhainer Guillermo Ferreira,
• Manuela Rebora and
• Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 214–217, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.14

• generalizing nanoscale properties and processes in biology to engineer functional surfaces and interfaces across different scales. In May 2023, the Beilstein Nanotechnology Symposium titled “Functional Micro- and Nanostructured Surfaces: from Biology to Biomimetics” brought together a diverse group of

Structure-dependent thermochromism of PAZO thin films: theory and experiment

• Georgi Mateev,
• Dean Dimov,
• Nataliya Berberova-Buhova,
• Nikoleta Kircheva,
• Todor Dudev,
• Ludmila Nikolova,
• Elena Stoykova,
• Keehoon Hong,
• Dimana Nazarova,
• Silvia Angelova and
• Lian Nedelchev

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 186–199, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.12

• N.K. and S.A. acknowledge the provided access to the e-infrastructure of the NCHDC – part of the Bulgarian National Roadmap for RIs, with financial support by Grant No D01−325/1 December 2023. Research equipment of Distributed Research Infrastructure INFRAMAT, part of Bulgarian National Roadmap for

Development and in vitro evaluation of liposomes and immunoliposomes containing 5-fluorouracil and R-phycoerythrin as a potential phototheranostic system for colorectal cancer

• Raissa Rodrigues Camelo,
• Vivianne Cortez Sombra Vandesmet,
• Octavio Vital Baccallini,
• José de Brito Vieira Neto,
• Thais da Silva Moreira,
• Luzia Kalyne Almeida Moreira Leal,
• Claudia Pessoa,
• Daniel Giuliano Cerri,
• Maria Vitória Lopes Badra Bentley,
• Josimar O. Eloy,
• Ivanildo José da Silva Júnior and
• Raquel Petrilli

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 97–121, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.7

• concentration was 20%, the conjugation drastically decreased, indicating that excessive DOPE may compromise the bilayer organization, possibly due to increased instability, thus hindering ligand binding [51]. Moreira et al. (2023) [27] prepared immunoliposomes with DOPE, CHEMS, and DSPE–PEG-PEG to functionalize

Functional surface engineering for cultural heritage protection: the role of superhydrophobic and superoleophobic coatings – a comprehensive review

• Giuseppe Cesare Lama,
• Marino Lavorgna,
• Letizia Verdolotti,
• Federica Recupido,
• Giovanna Giuliana Buonocore and
• Bharat Bhushan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 63–96, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.6

Competitive helical bands and highly efficient diode effect in F/S/TI/S/F hybrid structures

• Tairzhan Karabassov,
• Irina V. Bobkova,
• Pavel M. Marychev,
• Vasiliy S. Stolyarov,
• Vyacheslav M. Silkin and
• Andrey S. Vasenko

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 15–23, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.2

• (a) corresponds to γB1 = γB2 = 0.5, (b) γB1 = γB2 = 0.4, (c) γB1 = γB2 = 0.3, and (d) γB1 = γB2 = 0.2. Funding The analytical calculations were supported by MIPT via the project FSMG-2023-0014. The numerical calculations were supported by the megagrant of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education

Internal 3D temperature mapping in biological systems using ratiometric light-sheet imaging and lipid-coated upconversion nanothermometers

• Dannareli Barron-Ortiz,
• Enric Pérez-Parets,
• Rubén D. Cadena-Nava,
• Emilio J. Gualda,
• Jacob Licea-Rodríguez,
• Juan Hernández-Cordero,
• Pablo Loza-Álvarez and
• Israel Rocha-Mendoza

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 2306–2316, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.159

• figure stand for cylindrical optics (1), sample (2), collection objective (3), and optical filter set (4). Figure 3 was adapted from [40] (© 2023 D. Barron-Ortiz et al., published by MDPI, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, https

Improving magnetic properties of Mn- and Zn-doped core–shell iron oxide nanoparticles by tuning their size

• Dounia Louaguef,
• Ghouti Medjahdi,
• Sébastien Diliberto,
• Klaus M. Seemann,
• Thomas Gries,
• Joelle Bizeau,
• Damien Mertz,
• Eric Gaffet and
• Halima Alem

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 2285–2295, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.157

• . Supporting Information Supporting Information File 8: Additional figures and table. Acknowledgements This work is based on the Thesis of Dounia Louaguef defended on July 5th 2023 entitled “Développement de nanoparticules intelligentes type cœur/coquille capables d’encapsuler un médicament pour la thérapie

Visualizing nanostructures in supramolecular hydrogels: a correlative study using confocal and cryogenic scanning electron microscopy

• Shaun M. Smith,
• Ferdinando Malagreca,
• Jacqueline Hicks,
• Giuseppe Mantovani,
• David B. Amabilino,
• Christopher Parmenter and
• Lluïsa Pérez-García

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 2274–2284, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.156

• This manuscript is partially based on Shaun M. Smith’s doctoral thesis (“Preparation and Characterisation of Photoactive Supramolecular Soft Materials”, University of Nottingham, 2023). Funding We are grateful to the University of Nottingham through the Propulsion Futures Beacon of Excellence, we thank

• the MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 for the "Severo Ochoa" program for Centre of Excellence CEX2023-001263-S as well as projects PID2021-123873NB-I00 and PID-2023-146658NB-C32, and the Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR), Grant 2021SGR01085. All authors thank the EPSRC through

Geometry-controlled engineering of the low-temperature proximity effect in normal metal–superconductor junctions

• Munisa A. Tomayeva,
• Vyacheslav D. Neverov,
• Andrey V. Krasavin,
• Alexei Vagov and
• Mihail D. Croitoru

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 2265–2273, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.155

• supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation under state task project no. FSWU-2023-0031.

Chiral plasmonic nanostructures fabricated with circularly polarized light

• Tian Qiao and
• Ming Lee Tang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 2245–2264, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.154

Optical bio/chemical sensors for vitamin B₁₂ analysis in food and pharmaceuticals: state of the art, challenges, and future outlooks

• Seyed Mohammad Taghi Gharibzahedi and
• Zeynep Altintas

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 2207–2244, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.153

Missing links in nanomaterials research impacting productivity and perceptions

• Santosh K. Tiwari and
• Nannan Wang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 2168–2176, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.149

• conventional bulk materials toward advanced nanoscale innovations. Acknowledgements SKT gratefully acknowledges that the conception of this paper was inspired during the Indian Conference on Carbon Materials-2023 (ICCM-2023), held at BARC, Mumbai, where he had the privilege of serving as an invited speaker

Laser ablation in liquids for shape-tailored synthesis of nanomaterials: status and challenges

• Natalie Tarasenka

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1963–1997, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.137

Targeting the vector of arboviruses Aedes aegypti with nanoemulsions based on essential oils: a review with focus on larvicidal and repellent properties

• Laryssa Ferreira do Nascimento Silva,
• Douglas Dourado,
• Thayse Silva Medeiros,
• Mariana Alice Gonzaga Gabú,
• Maria Cecilia Queiroga dos Santos,
• Daiane Rodrigues dos Santos,
• Mylena Lemos dos Santos,
• Gabriel Bezerra Faierstein,
• Rosângela Maria Rodrigues Barbosa and
• Fabio Rocha Formiga

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1894–1913, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.132

• performance and significantly improve the physical, chemical, and biological properties of essential oils, phytocompounds, and other insecticidal materials [102]. Wei et al. (2023) demonstrated the larvicidal potential of fenpropathrin NEs against Helicoverpa armigera larvae at the L3 stage, reporting

• Pyriproxyfen) were used as controls. It should be noted that the study did not perform comparisons with the free essential oil nor did it evaluate the formulation in non-target species [111][112]. Machado et al. (2023) developed an oil-in-water nanoemulsion containing 5% of surfactants and 5% of the essential

• µg/mL at 144 hours. The toxicity of NE in Apis mellifera was evaluated, proving that the formulated nanoemulsion did not present toxicity for this non-target species. Viana et al. (2023) explored the larvicidal activity of a nanoemulsion formulated with an essential oil extracted from the leaves of

Current status of using adsorbent nanomaterials for removing microplastics from water supply systems: a mini review

• Nguyen Thi Nhan and
• Tran Le Luu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1837–1850, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.127

• recyclability for microplastics removal in water”, Article No. 146130, Copyright (2023), with permission from Elsevier. This content is not subject to CC BY 4.0. Adverse effects of residual nanomaterials. An overview of the presence of MPs in the water supply system. The effectiveness of various nanomaterials

Advances of aptamers in esophageal cancer diagnosis, treatment and drug delivery

• Yang Fei,
• Hui Xu,
• Chunwei Zhang,
• Jingjing Wang and
• Yong Jin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1734–1750, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.121

• clinical therapeutic agent, was approved by FDA for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration, which pioneered the use of aptamer drugs in clinical treatment. In August 2023, another aptamer therapeutic agent, Avacincaptad pegol [64], was approved by the FDA for the treatment of geographic atrophy

Beyond the bilayer: multilayered hygroscopic actuation in pine cone scales

• Kim Ulrich,
• Max David Mylo,
• Tom Masselter,
• Fabian Scheckenbach,
• Sophia Fischerbauer,
• Martin Nopens,
• Silja Flenner,
• Imke Greving,
• Linnea Hesse and
• Thomas Speck

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1695–1710, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.119

Ambient pressure XPS at MAX IV

• Mattia Scardamaglia,
• Ulrike Küst,
• Alexander Klyushin,
• Rosemary Jones,
• Jan Knudsen,
• Robert Temperton,
• Andrey Shavorskiy and
• Esko Kokkonen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1677–1694, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.118

• external light sources, beamline, and analyzer nozzle in the analysis chamber with AP cell at the SPECIES beamline at MAX IV Laboratory. Figure 9 was reproduced from [44] (© 2023 A. Klyushin et al., published by the International Union of Crystallography distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons

Prospects of nanotechnology and natural products for cancer and immunotherapy

• Jan Filipe Andrade Santos,
• Marcela Bernardes Brasileiro,
• Pamela Danielle Cavalcante Barreto,
• Ligiane Aranha Rocha and
• José Adão Carvalho Nascimento Júnior

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1644–1667, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.116

• recovery is evident in 2022 and 2023, with five patents published each year, suggesting a resumption of research efforts and innovation following the pandemic-induced slowdown. In 2024, the number of patents dropped again to one, although it is important to consider that data for this year may be

• tumor inhibition rate of 75.9% in 15 days, significantly higher than ursolic acid and sorafenib alone [66]. Patent CN117064865 (2023) claims a nano bionic CRISPR/Cas9 drug co-assembly system to treat liver cancer. The technology is composed of ursolic acid as an API, a Cas9 ribonucleoprotein (RNP

• after 24 h [68]. Similarly, patent CN426774477 (2023) developed an immune checkpoint inhibitor nano-delivery system using natural polyphenols. The formulation contained sulfhydrylated hyaluronic acid (HA-SH), which acts as an adjuvant carrier, and epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) as an API to form HA

Laser processing in liquids: insights into nanocolloid generation and thin film integration for energy, photonic, and sensing applications

• Akshana Parameswaran Sreekala,
• Pooja Raveendran Nair,
• Jithin Kundalam Kadavath,
• Bindu Krishnan,
• David Avellaneda Avellaneda,
• M. R. Anantharaman and
• Sadasivan Shaji

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1428–1498, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.104

• usually observed to be single crystalline [51]. A review article by Ishikawa et al., published in the year 2023, provides a comprehensive overview of the historical background, different materials, mechanisms, parameters and applications of PLML [52]. In a study where small germanium (Ge) NPs (≈80 nm

Better together: biomimetic nanomedicines for high performance tumor therapy

• Imran Shair Mohammad,
• Gizem Kursunluoglu,
• Anup Kumar Patel,
• Hafiz Muhammad Ishaq,
• Cansu Umran Tunc,
• Dilek Kanarya,
• Mubashar Rehman,
• Omer Aydin and
• Yin Lifang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1246–1276, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.92

Investigation of the solubility of protoporphyrin IX in aqueous and hydroalcoholic solvent systems

• Michelly de Sá Matsuoka,
• Giovanna Carla Cadini Ruiz,
• Marcos Luciano Bruschi and
• Jéssica Bassi da Silva

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1209–1215, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.89

• lag time (tlag). Funding The authors are thankful to the Brazilian funding agency CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico /National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development of Brazil; Processes no. 307695/2020-4 and 442096/2023-2).

Chitosan nanocomposite containing rotenoids: an alternative bioinsecticidal approach for the management of Aedes aegypti

• Maria A. A. Bertonceli,
• Vitor D. C. Cristo,
• Ivo J. Vieira,
• Francisco J. A. Lemos,
• Arnoldo R. Façanha,
• Raimundo Braz-Filho,
• Gustavo V. T. Batista,
• Luis G. M. Basso,
• Sérgio H. Seabra,
• Thalya S. R. Nogueira,
• Felipe F. Moreira,
• Arícia L. E. M. Assis,
• Antônia E. A. Oliveira and
• Kátia V. S. Fernandes

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1197–1208, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.88

• by global warming, including rising temperatures, heavy rainfalls, and high humidity, have accelerated mosquito reproduction and expanded its geographic spread. In 2023, dengue reached a record 5 million cases in 80 countries, including historically non-endemic regions such as the United States

• in 2023. These figures include 5,696 deaths from dengue and 188 deaths from chikungunya. Additionally, while no Zika cases were reported in 2023, 6,348 cases were recorded in 2024 [2]. All these alarming numbers underscore the urgent need for sustainable and innovative strategies to manage Ae

• investment of 16.9 million Brazilian reais in 2023 [4], the development of resistance by this vector to regularly used larvicides, which impact other organisms beneficial to the environment while presenting risks of poisoning to humans who handle them, is rampant. The adoption of new biotechnological tools

Soft materials nanoarchitectonics: liquid crystals, polymers, gels, biomaterials, and others

• Katsuhiko Ariga

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1025–1067, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.77