Nanostructured SnO₂–ZnO composite gas sensors for selective detection of carbon monoxide

• Paul Chesler,
• Cristian Hornoiu,
• Susana Mihaiu,
• Cristina Vladut,
• Jose Maria Calderon Moreno,
• Mihai Anastasescu,
• Carmen Moldovan,
• Bogdan Firtat,
• Costin Brasoveanu,
• George Muscalu,
• Ion Stan and
• Mariuca Gartner

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 2045–2056, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.195

• were analyzed directly (samples were immobilized on a double-sided carbon tape, without coating). AFM measurements were carried in noncontact mode with an XE-100 apparatus from Park Systems (2011), using sharp tips (<8 nm tip radius; PPP-NCHR type from Nanosensors). The XEI (v.1.8.0) image processing

Nanostructured TiO₂-based gas sensors with enhanced sensitivity to reducing gases

• Wojciech Maziarz,
• Anna Kusior and
• Anita Trenczek-Zajac

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1718–1726, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.164

• financially supported by the Polish National Center for Science NCN, grant decision DEC-2011/03/B/ST7/01840. A.T-Z and A.K. are grateful for a financial support of the Statutory Project for Science (Ministry of Science and Higher Education no. 11.11.160.438) at the Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics

Scanning probe microscopy studies on the adsorption of selected molecular dyes on titania

• Jakub S. Prauzner-Bechcicki,
• Lukasz Zajac,
• Piotr Olszowski,
• Res Jöhr,
• Antoine Hinaut,
• Thilo Glatzel,
• Bartosz Such,
• Ernst Meyer and
• Marek Szymonski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1642–1653, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.156

• has been adapted with permission from [33], copyright 2011 AIP Publishing LLC. STM images of 2H-TPP and NiTPP molecules on the TiO2(110)-(1 × 1) surface. (a) and (b) 2H-TPP molecules imaged before the deposition of Ni atoms. (c–e) STM images obtained after the deposition of Ni atoms with Ni/2H-TPP

Nanostructured germanium deposited on heated substrates with enhanced photoelectric properties

• Ionel Stavarache,
• Valentin Adrian Maraloiu,
• Petronela Prepelita and
• Gheorghe Iordache

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1492–1500, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.142

• , Project: PN16-480102 and CNCS-UEFISCDI Contracts No. PNII-PT-PCCA-9/2012 and No. PNII-ID/289-2011.

Functional diversity of resilin in Arthropoda

• Jan Michels,
• Esther Appel and
• Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1241–1259, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.115

Hierarchical coassembly of DNA–triptycene hybrid molecular building blocks and zinc protoporphyrin IX

• Rina Kumari,
• Sumit Singh,
• Mohan Monisha,
• Sourav Bhowmick,
• Anindya Roy,
• Neeladri Das and
• Prolay Das

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 697–707, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.62

• and some computational data. Supporting Information File 34: Characterization of DNA–TPA conjugates. Acknowledgements This work was supported by a grant to P. D. and N. D. from Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Govt. of India, project No. BT/PR3444/NNT/28/560/2011. R. K. and S. B. are thankful to IIT

Gold nanoparticles covalently assembled onto vesicle structures as possible biosensing platform

• M. Fátima Barroso,
• M. Alejandra Luna,
• Juan S. Flores Tabares,
• Cristina Delerue-Matos,
• N. Mariano Correa,
• Fernando Moyano and
• Patricia G. Molina

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 655–663, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.58

• ) and National Funds (FCT-Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia) through UID/QUI/50006/2013 and through grants no. PEst-C/EQB/LA0006/2013 and FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-037285. Fátima Barroso is grateful to FCT by the grant SFRH/BPD/78845/2011, respectively financed by POPH–QREN–Tipologia 4.1–Formação

Novel roles for well-known players: from tobacco mosaic virus pests to enzymatically active assemblies

• Claudia Koch,
• Fabian J. Eber,
• Carlos Azucena,
• Alexander Förste,
• Stefan Walheim,
• Thomas Schimmel,
• Alexander M. Bittner,
• Holger Jeske,
• Hartmut Gliemann,
• Sabine Eiben,
• Fania C. Geiger and
• Christina Wege

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 613–629, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.54

• recent ICTV report from the end of 2011 [13] lists 87 families with 2,284 virus and viroid species and many yet unassigned viruses, which had increased to 3,186 species by end of 2015 [14]: The identification of further viruses is accelerating rapidly due to next generation sequencing techniques

• -directing RNA. After decoration with bioactive molecules, such arrays ensure stable interlinkage of technical surfaces and biological effector molecules. Adapted with permission from [54], copyright (2011) American Chemical Society. B: Engineered TMV-like particles coating the waveguide setup of an optical

Comparison of the interactions of daunorubicin in a free form and attached to single-walled carbon nanotubes with model lipid membranes

• Dorota Matyszewska

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 524–532, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.46

• . Acknowledgements Prof. Jan Biernat is acknowledged for providing CNTs-DNR conjugates. This work was supported by the Foundation for Polish Science with the POMOST/2011-3/6 project co-financed by the European Union, Regional Development Fund.

Rigid multipodal platforms for metal surfaces

• Michal Valášek,
• Marcin Lindner and
• Marcel Mayor

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 374–405, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.34

Case studies on the formation of chalcogenide self-assembled monolayers on surfaces and dissociative processes

• Yongfeng Tong,
• Tingming Jiang,
• Azzedine Bendounan,
• Makri Nimbegondi Kotresh Harish,
• Angelo Giglia,
• Stefan Kubsky,
• Fausto Sirotti,
• Luca Pasquali,
• Srinivasan Sampath and
• Vladimir A. Esaulov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 263–277, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.24

• adapted with permission from [62], copyright 2011 American Chemical Society. (B) XPS spectra for DH4T [63] on gold for different cases of deposition as indicated for each curve. In this panel, the spectra refer to: a) 15 nm thick layer of DH4T on Au, b) DH4T layer on AlQ3 film on Au, c) a 1 nm DH4T layer

Mismatch detection in DNA monolayers by atomic force microscopy and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

• Maryse D. Nkoua Ngavouka,
• Pietro Capaldo,
• Elena Ambrosetti,
• Giacinto Scoles,
• Loredana Casalis and
• Pietro Parisse

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 220–227, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.20

• experimental data. Acknowledgements This work was supported by a FIRB 2011 grant “Nanotechnological approaches toward tumor theragnostic” (P.P., E.A., M.D.N.N. and L.C.), a grant from the Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC) to L.C. and P.C. (AIRC 5 per mille 2011, no. 12214), and European

Synthesis and applications of carbon nanomaterials for energy generation and storage

• Marco Notarianni,
• Jinzhang Liu,
• Kristy Vernon and
• Nunzio Motta

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 149–196, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.17

Chemiresistive/SERS dual sensor based on densely packed gold nanoparticles

• Sanda Boca,
• Cosmin Leordean,
• Simion Astilean and
• Cosmin Farcau

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 2498–2503, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.259

• : Additional experimental data. Acknowledgements This work was supported by a grant of the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research, CNCS–UEFISCDI, project number PN-II-RU-TE-2011-3-0134. S. Boca acknowledges COST Action Raman4Clinics.

Ultrastructural changes in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus induced by positively charged silver nanoparticles

• Dulce G. Romero-Urbina,
• Humberto H. Lara,
• J. Jesús Velázquez-Salazar,
• M. Josefina Arellano-Jiménez,
• Eduardo Larios,
• Anand Srinivasan,
• Jose L. Lopez-Ribot and
• Miguel José Yacamán

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 2396–2405, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.246

• as described in [56] and as suggested by the CLSI (2011). In brief, single colonies of a microbiological culture were grown in selective chromogenic medium plates (ChromAgar BD Biosciences). The colonies were diluted in saline solution and adjusted to 1.5 × 108 CFU/mL. The bacterial suspensions were

Nanostructured surfaces by supramolecular self-assembly of linear oligosilsesquioxanes with biocompatible side groups

• Maria Nowacka,
• Anna Kowalewska and
• Tomasz Makowski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 2377–2387, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.244

• The authors thank the Polish National Science Centre for the financial support within grant DEC-2011/03/B/ST5/02672 ‘‘Studies on preparation and structurization of new hybrid materials’’. We also acknowledge the assistance of Adam Michalski in recording ATR-FTIR spectra.

Selective porous gates made from colloidal silica nanoparticles

• Roberto Nisticò,
• Paola Avetta,
• Paola Calza,
• Debora Fabbri,
• Giuliana Magnacca and
• Dominique Scalarone

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 2105–2112, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.215

• . Acknowledgements Compagnia di San Paolo and University of Torino are gratefully acknowledged for funding Project ORTO114XNH through “Bando per il finanziamento di progetti di ricerca di Ateneo – anno 2011”. The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange project funded by the European Commission

The role of low-energy electrons in focused electron beam induced deposition: four case studies of representative precursors

• Rachel M. Thorman,
• Ragesh Kumar T. P.,
• D. Howard Fairbrother and
• Oddur Ingólfsson

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• exposure, and electron irradiation of deposits formed with Co2(CO)8 was found to result in compact, carbon and oxygen free Co layers [84]. In a 2011 gas phase study, Engmann et al. [24] published absolute cross section values for DEA to Co(CO)3NO. These were the first absolute cross section values

Metal hydrides: an innovative and challenging conversion reaction anode for lithium-ion batteries

• Luc Aymard,
• Yassine Oumellal and
• Jean-Pierre Bonnet

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1821–1839, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.186

Nanotechnology in the real world: Redeveloping the nanomaterial consumer products inventory

• Marina E. Vance,
• Todd Kuiken,
• Eric P. Vejerano,
• Sean P. McGinnis,
• Michael F. Hochella Jr.,
• David Rejeski and
• Matthew S. Hull

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1769–1780, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.181

• in Standardization (ANEC), joined efforts to develop an inventory of “consumer products with nano-claims” available to consumers in Europe [10]. A new inventory was generated annually from 2009 to 2012, but the 2011 and 2012 versions focused exclusively on products containing silver nanoparticles

• inventory during this project (referred here as CPI 2.0). Finally, we present an overview of the current data present in the CPI after the completion of this project. Results and Discussion CPI growth over time Table 1 lists the growth of the CPI since 2005. In 2011, before this current project, the CPI

The Nanomaterial Data Curation Initiative: A collaborative approach to assessing, evaluating, and advancing the state of the field

• Christine Ogilvie Hendren,
• Christina M. Powers,
• Mark D. Hoover and
• Stacey L. Harper

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1752–1762, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.179

• 2011 and periodically updated. In addition, the group recently developed and published data-exchange standards along with tools to enable the use of these standards (ISA-TAB-Nano; ASTM International E2909-13) [6]. To build on these efforts, the NCIP NanoWG is now developing a shared vision for curation

Possibilities and limitations of advanced transmission electron microscopy for carbon-based nanomaterials

• Xiaoxing Ke,
• Carla Bittencourt and
• Gustaaf Van Tendeloo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1541–1557, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.158

DNA–melamine hybrid molecules: from self-assembly to nanostructures

• Rina Kumari,
• Shib Shankar Banerjee,
• Anil K. Bhowmick and
• Prolay Das

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1432–1438, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.148

• experimental methods, RP-HPLC chromatograms, ESI and MALDI mass spectrometry data and spectra, AFM images, and CD spectra. Acknowledgements This work was supported by a grant to P. D. from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, Project No. BT/PR3444/NNT/28/560/2011. All the authors thank

The Kirkendall effect and nanoscience: hollow nanospheres and nanotubes

• Abdel-Aziz El Mel,
• Ryusuke Nakamura and
• Carla Bittencourt

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1348–1361, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.139

• (≈250 nm in diameter) and (c) thin (≈140 nm) nickel nanowires after thermal oxidation for 5 min at 500 °C in ambient air. Schematic showing the type of voids formed during oxidation of a nickel nanowire with a thick (b) and a thin (d) diameter. Figure adapted with permission from [67], copyright 2011

From lithium to sodium: cell chemistry of room temperature sodium–air and sodium–sulfur batteries

• Philipp Adelhelm,
• Pascal Hartmann,
• Conrad L. Bender,
• Martin Busche,
• Christine Eufinger and
• Juergen Janek

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1016–1055, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.105

• been proposed [9][31][35][36][37][38] as well as noble metals [39][40][41]. In 2011, McCloskey et al. attentively figured out that catalysts such as Pt, MnO2 or Au also promote the decomposition of the aprotic electrolyte rather than the oxygen evolution reaction (see also Figure 5) [42]. Although both

• expectations. A new and promising concept is to add soluble and redox-active molecules to the liquid electrolyte. In 2011 Liox Power Inc. filed a patent application on such “soluble oxygen evolving catalysts for rechargeable metal–air batteries” [96]. Those often called redox mediators (RM) molecules possess a

• occurred at about 3 V. As we will see in the following, the overall cycling behavior of this cell is very different from cells operating with a solid sodium anode at room temperature. In 2011, Sun et al. showed first results on an aprotic, room temperature sodium oxygen cell (Figure 10a) [101]. In contrast