Femtosecond laser-assisted fabrication of chalcopyrite micro-concentrator photovoltaics

• Franziska Ringleb,
• Stefan Andree,
• Berit Heidmann,
• Jörn Bonse,
• Katharina Eylers,
• Owen Ernst,
• Torsten Boeck,
• Martina Schmid and
• Jörg Krüger

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 3025–3038, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.281

• . B. Heidmann and M. Schmid are grateful to the Helmholtz Association for support from the Initiative and Networking Fund for the Young Investigator Group VH-NG-928. The authors would like to thank M. Kirsch for ZnO sputtering and grid deposition.

Electrostatic force microscopy for the accurate characterization of interphases in nanocomposites

• Diana El Khoury,
• Richard Arinero,
• Jean-Charles Laurentie,
• Mikhaël Bechelany,
• Michel Ramonda and
• Jérôme Castellon

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2999–3012, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.279

• (error = 0.3%). Acknowledgements This work was supported by the French Ministry of Education and Research and the Doctoral School “Information, Structures, Systèmes” (I2S) of the University of Montpellier, France (studentship to D. EK).

Colloidal chemistry with patchy silica nanoparticles

• Pierre-Etienne Rouet,
• Cyril Chomette,
• Laurent Adumeau,
• Etienne Duguet and
• Serge Ravaine

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2989–2998, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.278

• in this study and their geometrical features. Acknowledgements This work was supported by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ENLARgER project, ANR-15-CE09-0010), the LabEx AMADEus (ANR-10-LABX-42) and IdEx Bordeaux (ANR-10-IDEX-03-02), i.e., the Investissements d’Avenir programme of the French

Hybrid Au@alendronate nanoparticles as dual chemo-photothermal agent for combined cancer treatment

• Anouchka Plan Sangnier,
• Romain Aufaure,
• Laurence Motte,
• Claire Wilhelm,
• Erwann Guenin and
• Yoann Lalatonne

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2947–2952, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.273

• supported by the French National Research Agency (ANR-10-INSB-04, «Investments fit the future». This research was also sponsored by the European Union, the Région Haut de France, the Ecole Supérieur de Chimie Organique et Minérale (ESCOM) and Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC) through FEDER

Graphene-enhanced metal oxide gas sensors at room temperature: a review

• Dongjin Sun,
• Yifan Luo,
• Marc Debliquy and
• Chao Zhang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2832–2844, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.264

• China under Grant No. 51402255 and 51872254, Six Talent Peaks Project in Jiangsu Province under Grant No. JXQC-031, Yangzhou Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars under Grant No. YZ2017096 and Marine Science and Technology Project of Jiangsu Province under Grant No. HY2017-10.

Magnetic and luminescent coordination networks based on imidazolium salts and lanthanides for sensitive ratiometric thermometry

• Pierre Farger,
• Cédric Leuvrey,
• Mathieu Gallart,
• Pierre Gilliot,
• Guillaume Rogez,
• João Rocha,
• Duarte Ananias,
• Pierre Rabu and
• Emilie Delahaye

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2775–2787, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.259

• Strasbourg (Idex), the Labex NIE (ANR-11-LABX-0058_NIE within the Investissement d’Avenir program ANR-10-IDEX-0002-02), the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR contract no. ANR-15-CE08-0020-01) and the icFRC (http://www.icfrc.fr) for funding. Part of the present work comes from the thesis of Pierre Farger

Accurate control of the covalent functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes for the electro-enzymatically controlled oxidation of biomolecules

• Naoual Allali,
• Veronika Urbanova,
• Mathieu Etienne,
• Xavier Devaux,
• Martine Mallet,
• Brigitte Vigolo,
• Jean-Joseph Adjizian,
• Chris P. Ewels,
• Sven Oberg,
• Alexander V. Soldatov,
• Edward McRae,
• Yves Fort,
• Manuel Dossot and
• Victor Mamane

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2750–2762, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.257

• electrochemical data. Supporting Information File 164: Additional experimental data. Acknowledgements This work has been supported by the French National Research Agency (ANR), project ANR-10-BLAN-0819-01-SPRINT. Aurélien Renard is acknowledged for XPS data collection. We thank Maxime Noël for help in acquiring

Silicene, germanene and other group IV 2D materials

• Patrick Vogt

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2665–2667, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.248

• constituting elements because of the related stronger spin–orbit interaction. Topological properties are expected to enable entirely new concepts in electronic devices. These characteristics make the young class of buckled 2D elemental materials a new progressing research field with anticipated outstanding

Nanotribology

• Enrico Gnecco,
• Susan Perkin,
• Andrea Vanossi and
• Ernst Meyer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2330–2331, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.217

• : nanotribology; nanoadhesion; nanofriction; Nanotribology is a young and dynamic field of research which aims to investigate friction, wear and adhesion phenomena down to the nanometer scale. Since these phenomena occur in all natural, artificial or conceptual situations involving two surfaces (at least) in

Optimization of the optical coupling in nanowire-based integrated photonic platforms by FDTD simulation

• Nan Guan,
• Andrey Babichev,
• Martin Foldyna,
• Dmitry Denisov,
• François H. Julien and
• Maria Tchernycheva

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2248–2254, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.209

• French national Labex GaNex (ANR-11-LABX-2014). A. Babichev acknowledges the support of the President of the Russian Federation grant (grant no. МК-5418.2018.8) and the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 18-72-00157).

A differential Hall effect measurement method with sub-nanometre resolution for active dopant concentration profiling in ultrathin doped Si_1−xGe_x and Si layers

• Richard Daubriac,
• Emmanuel Scheid,
• Hiba Rizk,
• Richard Monflier,
• Sylvain Joblot,
• Rémi Beneyton,
• Pablo Acosta Alba,
• Sébastien Kerdilès and
• Filadelfo Cristiano

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1926–1939, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.184

• Information Supporting Information File 220: Additional experimental data. Acknowledgements This work is partly funded by the French public authorities through the NANO 2017 program. This work has been carried out thanks to French RENATECH network and to the micro and nanotechnologies platform of LAAS-CNRS.

Synthesis of hafnium nanoparticles and hafnium nanoparticle films by gas condensation and energetic deposition

• Irini Michelakaki,
• Nikos Boukos,
• Dimitrios A. Dragatogiannis,
• Spyros Stathopoulos,
• Costas A. Charitidis and
• Dimitris Tsoukalas

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1868–1880, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.179

• properties of the NTFs were profoundly improved. We have estimated that Young modulus and hardness increases from 33.6 to 65.8 GPa and from 0.45 to 9.1 GPa, respectively, when the substrate bias is increased from 0 to 4.5 kV. Correspondingly , the porosity of the films changed from 32% to 12%. Furthermore

Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes coated with zinc oxide nanoparticles as sulfur encapsulator for high-performance lithium/sulfur batteries

• Yan Zhao,
• Zhengjun Liu,
• Liancheng Sun,
• Yongguang Zhang,
• Yuting Feng,
• Xin Wang,
• Indira Kurmanbayeva and
• Zhumabay Bakenov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1677–1685, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.159

• (Grant No. CG2015003002) and the Program for the Outstanding Young Talents of Hebei Province.

Colorimetric detection of Cu²⁺ based on the formation of peptide–copper complexes on silver nanoparticle surfaces

• Gajanan Sampatrao Ghodake,
• Surendra Krishna Shinde,
• Rijuta Ganesh Saratale,
• Avinash Ashok Kadam,
• Ganesh Dattatraya Saratale,
• Asad Syed,
• Fuad Ameen and
• Dae-Young Kim

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1414–1422, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.134

• Gajanan Sampatrao Ghodake Surendra Krishna Shinde Rijuta Ganesh Saratale Avinash Ashok Kadam Ganesh Dattatraya Saratale Asad Syed Fuad Ameen Dae-Young Kim Department of Biological and Environmental Science, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dongguk University-Seoul, Ilsandong-gu, 10326

Facile synthesis of a ZnO–BiOI p–n nano-heterojunction with excellent visible-light photocatalytic activity

• Mengyuan Zhang,
• Jiaqian Qin,
• Pengfei Yu,
• Bing Zhang,
• Mingzhen Ma,
• Xinyu Zhang and
• Riping Liu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 789–800, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.72

• Information File 22: Additional experimental information. Acknowledgements This research is financially supported by the Thailand Research Fund (RSA6080017). We also gratefully acknowledge the NSFC (grant 51421091), and National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars for Hebei Province of China

Perovskite-structured CaTiO₃ coupled with g-C₃N₄ as a heterojunction photocatalyst for organic pollutant degradation

• Ashish Kumar,
• Christian Schuerings,
• Suneel Kumar,
• Ajay Kumar and
• Venkata Krishnan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 671–685, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.62

• Krishnan acknowledges financial support from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), India under Young Scientist Scheme (YSS/2014/000456). Suneel Kumar is thankful to UGC, India for his senior research fellowship. Ajay Kumar acknowledges a scholarship from MHRD, India.

Tuning adhesion forces between functionalized gold colloidal nanoparticles and silicon AFM tips: role of ligands and capillary forces

• Sven Oras,
• Sergei Vlassov,
• Marta Berholts,
• Rünno Lõhmus and
• Karine Mougin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 660–670, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.61

• software). Supporting Information Supporting Information File 126: PeakForce QNM (Quantitative NanoMechanics). Acknowledgements The work is supported by The Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) of France, and the French Emabssy Program. The authors are also grateful for partial support by

Sensing behavior of flower-shaped MoS₂ nanoflakes: case study with methanol and xylene

• Maryam Barzegar,
• Masoud Berahman and
• Azam Iraji zad

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 608–615, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.57

• Iran and Iranian National Science Foundation (INSF) for their financial support of the thesis and the research project.

Engineering of oriented carbon nanotubes in composite materials

• Razieh Beigmoradi,
• Abdolreza Samimi and
• Davod Mohebbi-Kalhori

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 415–435, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.41

• ]. For example, Park et al. described how better alignment and mechanical and actuating performance of CNT/PVDF ES nanofibers was achieved by changing the drum collector parameters [51]. Their results indicated that the mechanical properties were improved up to 300% in the arranged direction. A standard

The nanofluidic confinement apparatus: studying confinement-dependent nanoparticle behavior and diffusion

• Stefan Fringes,
• Felix Holzner and
• Armin W. Knoll

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 301–310, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.30

• thickness 550 μm). Therefore also the radius of curvature of the droplet is increased, resulting in a reduced Young–Laplace pressure and a high stability of the system. A water reservoir next to the the central droplet (Figure 1c) reduces the evaporation of the droplet in the slit and ensures system

• in the Young–Laplace pressure, which bends the cover glass such that the motion of the piezo and the cover glass are not in 1:1 correspondence. Therefore, we use the interference of the light between the sample and the cover glass as a measurement of the gap distance. For this measurement, we have to

Synthesis and characterization of electrospun molybdenum dioxide–carbon nanofibers as sulfur matrix additives for rechargeable lithium–sulfur battery applications

• Ruiyuan Zhuang,
• Shanshan Yao,
• Maoxiang Jing,
• Xiangqian Shen,
• Jun Xiang,
• Tianbao Li,
• Kesong Xiao and
• Shibiao Qin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 262–270, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.28

• rotating drum collector covered by aluminum foil served as the counter electrode. The distance between the needle tips and drum collector was set to 18 cm and the flow rate of the solution to 0.5 mL h−1. The as-prepared electrospun nanofibers were preoxidized at 260 °C for 2 h in air and calcined at

Humidity-dependent wound sealing in succulent leaves of Delosperma cooperi – An adaptation to seasonal drought stress

• Olga Speck,
• Mark Schlechtendahl,
• Florian Borm,
• Tim Kampowski and
• Thomas Speck

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 175–186, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.20

• patterns evolved independently within the families Aizoaceae, Cactaceae and Portulacaceae [8][12]. Wide-band tracheids are often found in seedlings and young plants. They are typically replaced by tracheid types with scalariform and reticulate thickenings, which are more rigid in bending, compression and

Transition from silicene monolayer to thin Si films on Ag(111): comparison between experimental data and Monte Carlo simulation

• Alberto Curcella,
• Romain Bernard,
• Yves Borensztein,
• Silvia Pandolfi and
• Geoffroy Prévot

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 48–56, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.7

• the Auger signals, and comparison with calculated IMFP [40]. Parameters of the Monte Carlo simulation corresponding to the fit of the AES data shown in Figure 3a–e. Acknowledgements This work was supported by French state funds managed by the ANR within the Investissements d’Avenir program under

Patterning of supported gold monolayers via chemical lift-off lithography

• Liane S. Slaughter,
• Kevin M. Cheung,
• Sami Kaappa,
• Huan H. Cao,
• Qing Yang,
• Thomas D. Young,
• Andrew C. Serino,
• Sami Malola,
• Jana M. Olson,
• Stephan Link,
• Hannu Häkkinen,
• Anne M. Andrews and
• Paul S. Weiss

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2648–2661, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.265

• Liane S. Slaughter Kevin M. Cheung Sami Kaappa Huan H. Cao Qing Yang Thomas D. Young Andrew C. Serino Sami Malola Jana M. Olson Stephan Link Hannu Hakkinen Anne M. Andrews Paul S. Weiss California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA Department

Interface conditions of roughness-induced superoleophilic and superoleophobic surfaces immersed in hexadecane and ethylene glycol

• Yifan Li,
• Yunlu Pan and
• Xuezeng Zhao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2504–2514, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.250

• and RMS roughness, and CA and CAH of the superoleophilic and superoleophobic surfaces. Acknowledgements This research was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (grants no. 51505108 and no. 51475118) and the Young Teachers Training Program of Shanghai, China (no. ZZsl15025).