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

• Research Infrastructures, supported by Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science was used in this investigation. Funding The experimental work was supported by the Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (No. 2019-0

Subdigital integumentary microstructure in Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkota): do those lineages with incipiently expressed toepads exclusively exhibit adhesive setae?

• Philipp Ginal,
• Yannick Ecker,
• Timothy Higham,
• L. Lee Grismer,
• Benjamin Wipfler,
• Dennis Rödder,
• Anthony Russell and
• Jendrian Riedel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 38–56, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.4

• pulchellus group) as well as the generalist C. cardamomensis Murdoch et al., 2019 [56] showed tendencies towards lamella-like scales. The remaining seta-bearing species showed no clear tendencies towards lamella-like scales (Figure 2, Table 2, [43]). Ancestral state reconstruction (ASR) Microstructure types

• species C. cardamomensis and the terrestrial species C. thylacodactylus Murdoch et al., 2019 [56], both belonging to the intermedius-group, radiated into different habitats but still retained setae, their ancestral microstructure. Most of the arboreal species (four out of five) we analysed possess setae

• phylogenetic groups that are represented by more than a single species in our dataset show the same subdigital microstructure type within their groups: khasiensis group (C. mombergi Grismer et al. 2019 [98], C. chrysopylos, C. brevidactylus brevidactylus; prongs), sworderi group (C. quadrivirgatus, C

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

Beyond the shell: exploring polymer–lipid interfaces in core–shell nanofibers to carry hyaluronic acid and β-caryophyllene

• Aline Tavares da Silva Barreto,
• Francisco Alexandrino-Júnior,
• Bráulio Soares Arcanjo,
• Paulo Henrique de Souza Picciani and
• Kattya Gyselle de Holanda e Silva

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 2015–2033, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.139

• ]. As reported by da Silva et al. (2019), inadequate flow rates during the production of coaxial nanofibers can lead to incomplete core incorporation, resulting in monolithic fibers that are identifiable by their spectral signatures [61]. To evaluate the surface composition of nanofiber membranes, ATR

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

• oil presented CL50 of 86.52 µg/mL and CL90 of 134.81 µg/mL after 24 hours, and CL50 of 82.81 µg/mL and CL90 of 128.39 µg/mL after 48 hours. It is noteworthy that the formulation was not tested in non-target organisms. Kaur et al. (2019) developed an optimized nanoemulsion containing Eucalyptus

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

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

• , significantly improved blood indicators compared to paclitaxel injection (p < 0.01), extended circulation, improved targeting to tumor sites, and reduced toxic side effects [65]. CN109846857 (2019) describes the development of a natural photosensitizer derived from chlorophyllin e6 (Ce6). Self-assembled

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

The role of biochar in combating microplastic pollution: a bibliometric analysis in environmental contexts

• Tuan Minh Truong Dang,
• Thao Thu Thi Huynh,
• Guo-Ping Chang-Chien and
• Ha Manh Bui

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1401–1416, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.102

• 26.74 million tons of plastic waste in 2019, with projections indicating an increase to 34.82 million tons by 2035 [2]. Within Europe, Ireland has the highest per capita plastic packaging waste generation, approximately 67 kg/year [3]. Despite efforts to recycle plastic, only 9% of virgin plastic was

• Publication trends: The annual number of publications and the geographical distribution of the authors publishing research on BC and MPs across the globe are illustrated in Figure 2. Research in this field began with one publication per year in 2017 and 2018, increasing to two publications in 2019, followed

Enhancing the therapeutical potential of metalloantibiotics using nano-based delivery systems

• Alejandro Llamedo,
• Marina Cano,
• Raquel G. Soengas and
• Francisco J. García-Alonso

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1350–1366, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.98

• a study by Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators, AMR was associated with 4.95 million deaths globally in 2019, highlighting its immense impact on public health. Without immediate and sustained efforts to improve treatment of infections, it is estimated that, by 2050, antimicrobial resistance could

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

Hydrogels and nanogels: effectiveness in dermal applications

• Jéssica da Cruz Ludwig,
• Diana Fortkamp Grigoletto,
• Daniele Fernanda Renzi,
• Wolf-Rainer Abraham,
• Daniel de Paula and
• Najeh Maissar Khalil

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1216–1233, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.90

• method was performed, followed by ultrasound for 5 minutes at 25 °C [95]. Xu et al. (2019) dissolved PVA in water at 90 °C, with separate addition of sodium alginate and glucomannan polysaccharide [140]. The freeze/thaw process was repeated three times. The cross-linking was done with saturated solutions

• phenytoin showed drug release improvement, skin adherence, and increased content of both collagen fibers and fibroblasts in the wound tissue during the healing process in rats [40]. Liang et al., (2019) developed hydrogels composed of gelatin-grafted dopamine/chitosan/polydopamine-coated carbon nanotubes

• antimetabolite used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, were obtained by Sadarani et al. (2019). First, methotrexate was encapsulated in deformable liposomes followed by incorporation in the hydroxyethylcellulose gel. The nanogel-MTX presented a small particle size of 110 ± 20 nm and a drug encapsulation rate of 42

Crystalline and amorphous structure selectivity of ignoble high-entropy alloy nanoparticles during laser ablation in organic liquids is set by pulse duration

• Robert Stuckert,
• Felix Pohl,
• Oleg Prymak,
• Ulrich Schürmann,
• Christoph Rehbock,
• Lorenz Kienle and
• Stephan Barcikowski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1141–1159, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.84

• example in magnetron sputtering techniques. Colloidal HEA NPs by LSPC were first reported in 2019 by Waag et al. [35], where CrMnFeCoNi NPs were produced in ethanol, using a picosecond-pulsed laser for ablation (ps-LAL), yielding colloids of HEA NPs with a mean diameter below 10 nm and productivities of 3

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

Multifunctional properties of bio-poly(butylene succinate) reinforced with multiwalled carbon nanotubes

• Volodymyr Krasinskyi,
• Krzysztof Bajer,
• Ludmila Dulebova,
• Nickolas Polychronopoulos,
• Oksana Krasinska and
• Daniel Kaczor

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1014–1024, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.76

• at maximum stress (δm), and strain at break (δb) were determined according to PN-EN ISO 527-3:2019-01 “Plastics – Determination of Tensile Properties – Part 3: Test Conditions for Films and Plates”. The tests were conducted at an extension rate of 1 mm·min−1 for tensile modulus measurements and 100

Time-resolved probing of laser-induced nanostructuring processes in liquids

• Maximilian Spellauge,
• David Redka,
• Mianzhen Mo,
• Changyong Song,
• Heinz Paul Huber and
• Anton Plech

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 968–1002, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.74

Insights into the electronic and atomic structures of cerium oxide-based ultrathin films and nanostructures using high-brilliance light sources

• Paola Luches and
• Federico Boscherini

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 860–871, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.65

• model catalyst”, pages 8-13, Copyright (2019), with permission from Elsevier. This content is not subject to CC BY 4.0. (a) Ce–O interatomic distances for 2 ML and 10 ML CeO2 films evaluated by fitting Ce L3-edge EXAFS with the electric field parallel (dCe−O PAR) and perpendicular (dCe−O PER) to the

Nanostructured materials characterized by scanning photoelectron spectromicroscopy

• Matteo Amati,
• Alexey S. Shkvarin,
• Alexander I. Merentsov,
• Alexander N. Titov,
• María Taeño,
• David Maestre,
• Sarah R. McKibbin,
• Zygmunt Milosz,
• Ana Cremades,
• Rainer Timm and
• Luca Gregoratti

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 700–710, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.54

• conditions and without applied bias (yellow), as indicated. Figure 2 was adapted from [18], S. R. McKibbin et al., “Operando Surface Characterization of InP Nanowire p–n Junctions”, Nano Letters, © 2019 American Chemical Society, distributed under the Standard ACS AuthorChoice/Editors’ Choice Usage Agreement

Polyurethane/silk fibroin-based electrospun membranes for wound healing and skin substitute applications

• Iqra Zainab,
• Zohra Naseem,
• Syeda Rubab Batool,
• Muhammad Waqas,
• Ahsan Nazir and
• Muhammad Anwaar Nazeer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 591–612, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.46

• is using a porous matrix in which fibroblasts fill the silk framework before keratinocytes are placed inside and allowed to mature [106]. In 2019, Sofregen Medical, Inc. gained FDA clearance for Silk Voice®, a scaffold composed of renewed or solubilized silk protein. SF offers fundamental qualities

Synthetic-polymer-assisted antisense oligonucleotide delivery: targeted approaches for precision disease treatment

• Ana Cubillo Alvarez,
• Dylan Maguire and
• Ruairí P. Brannigan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 435–463, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.34

• patient-personalised therapies [41][42]. In 2019, Kim et al. pioneered the development of milasen, a ssASO drug tailored to a single patient affected by a rare form of Batten’s disease, and its clinical efficiency was successfully proven [43]. Despite significant progress in the discovery of novel

Quantification of lead through rod-shaped silver-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles using an electrochemical approach

• Ravinder Lamba,
• Gaurav Bhanjana,
• Neeraj Dilbaghi,
• Vivek Gupta and
• Sandeep Kumar

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 422–434, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.33

• . (2025) https://BioRender.com/g83x775. Afterwards it was adapted with PowerPoint. This content is not subject to CC BY 4.0. Funding The authors thank the MoE, Government of India, for a research grant vide letter No. SPARC/2019-2020/P2065/SL, dated 28-07-2023. Mr. Ravinder Lamba is thankful to UGC, Govt

• . of India for providing SRF vide letter number 1399/(CSIR-UGC NET JUNE 2019) dated 16 December 2019. Dr. Gaurav Bhanjana is thankful to CSIR, Govt. of India for providing CSIR-SRA (No. B-12998 dated 31 March 2023). Sandeep Kumar thanks the Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University) for

Enhancing mechanical properties of chitosan/PVA electrospun nanofibers: a comprehensive review

• Nur Areisman Mohd Salleh,
• Amalina Muhammad Afifi,
• Fathiah Mohamed Zuki and
• Hanna Sofia SalehHudin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 286–307, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.22

Emerging strategies in the sustainable removal of antibiotics using semiconductor-based photocatalysts

• Yunus Ahmed,
• Keya Rani Dutta,
• Parul Akhtar,
• Md. Arif Hossen,
• Md. Jahangir Alam,
• Obaid A. Alharbi,
• Hamad AlMohamadi and
• Abdul Wahab Mohammad

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 264–285, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.21

• , and livestock feed [1]. Their global use has increased significantly, reaching an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 tonnes between 2010 and 2019 [2], with approximately half designated for animal feed, projected to escalate to 105,596 tonnes by 2030 [3][4]. The widespread and often excessive use of

A review of metal-organic frameworks and polymers in mixed matrix membranes for CO₂ capture

• Charlotte Skjold Qvist Christensen,
• Nicholas Hansen,
• Mahboubeh Motadayen,
• Nina Lock,
• Martin Lahn Henriksen and
• Jonathan Quinson

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 155–186, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.14

Clays enhanced with niobium: potential in wastewater treatment and reuse as pigment with antibacterial activity

• Silvia Jaerger,
• Patricia Appelt,
• Mario Antônio Alves da Cunha,
• Fabián Ccahuana Ayma,
• Ricardo Schneider,
• Carla Bittencourt and
• Fauze Jacó Anaissi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 141–154, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.13

• polyhydroxyniobium. Another fact that can explain this result is the slight shifts of the montmorillonite characteristic diffraction peak (6.17° 2θ) to lower 2θ angles as observed in Figure 2a,b, suggesting increased interlayer space of the clay. The studies of Qiu et al. (2019) [14] and Gallo et al. (2006) [15

• and Nb2O5 compounds (3.13 and 3.2 eV, respectively). The calculated bandgap is coherent with the literature, Nakhaei et al. (2019) [22] obtained a value of 3.6 eV for bentonite clay, and for the niobium compounds Ücker et al. 2018 obtained the values of a bandgap equal to 3.0 eV [23]. The bentonite

• clay samples modified with niobium (BEOx and BEPh) remained with bandgap values lower compared with the clay, 3.07 and 3.13 eV, respectively. These values are consistent with the results of the study by Ascencios et al. 2019 [8] in which obtained bandgap values to clay/Nb were around 3.0 and 3.38 eV