In situ magnesiothermic reduction synthesis of a Ge@C composite for high-performance lithium-ion batterie anodes

• Ha Tran Huu,
• Ngoc Phi Nguyen,
• Vuong Hoang Ngo,
• Huy Hoang Luc,
• Minh Kha Le,
• Minh Thu Nguyen,
• My Loan Phung Le,
• Hye Rim Kim,
• In Young Kim,
• Sung Jin Kim,
• Van Man Tran and
• Vien Vo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 751–761, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.62

• Ge@C composite is similar to that of the samples prepared through other direct coupling methods (Ge/C-HT180 and Ge/C-SS750), except for the emergence of two bands at 1354 and 1608 cm−1, D band and G band, respectively, which signify disordered and graphitic phases of carbon-based materials [45][46

Metal-organic framework-based nanomaterials as opto-electrochemical sensors for the detection of antibiotics and hormones: A review

• Akeem Adeyemi Oladipo,
• Saba Derakhshan Oskouei and
• Mustafa Gazi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 631–673, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.52

• transfer [46]. In order to measure the hormone 17β-estradiol in complex sample matrices (milk, urine, or environmental water), Zhang et al. [43] developed a practical FRET-based turn-on fluorescence aptasensor with high selectivity, a low detection limit of 0.35 nM, and an efficient recovery rate of 92.4

• , where the fluorescence lifetime changes, the fluorescence lifetime in the IFE remains constant both before and after the addition of an analyte to the fluorophore (independent of the fluorescent intensity) [46][47][48][49][50][51]. The IFE is further categorised into primary and secondary types. The

• fluorophore by a spacer, PCT sensors typically feature an integrated receptor and fluorophore [46]. Intramolecular charge transfer (ICT): When the fluorophore contains both electron-withdrawing and electron-donating groups, ICT, an electron transfer process, takes place. In contrast to PET, the electronic

Titania nanoparticles for photocatalytic degradation of ethanol under simulated solar light

• Evghenii Goncearenco,
• Iuliana P. Morjan,
• Claudiu Teodor Fleaca,
• Florian Dumitrache,
• Elena Dutu,
• Monica Scarisoreanu,
• Valentin Serban Teodorescu,
• Alexandra Sandulescu,
• Crina Anastasescu and
• Ioan Balint

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 616–630, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.51

• doublets centered at 459.4 and 464.5 eV correspond to Ti4+–O bonds in TiO2 [44][45][46][47]. The binding energy difference between Ti4+ 2p1/2 and Ti4+ 2p3/2 is 5.8 eV, which is similar to the values reported in previous studies [48][49]. The O 1s spectra of pure P25, TO-250-a, and TO-850-b nanoparticles

Suspension feeding in Copepoda (Crustacea) – a numerical model of setae acting in concert

• Alexander E. Filippov,
• Wencke Krings and
• Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 603–615, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.50

• chose the copepod Centropages hamatus (Lilljeborg, 1853). This species belongs to the Calanoida, where filter feeding is the derived condition [19][20][29][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54]. For this species (Figure 1), previous confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) studies on the

Thermal transport in kinked nanowires through simulation

• Alexander N. Robillard,
• Graham W. Gibson and
• Ralf Meyer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 586–602, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.49

• kink effects below room temperature. Methodology Molecular dynamics For this work, a Lennard-Jones potential [43][44][45][46] was used to simulate a solid with a face-centred cubic lattice in the well-known LAMMPS simulation framework [47]. The Lennard-Jones parameters σ and ε, effectively the length

Transferability of interatomic potentials for silicene

• Marcin Maździarz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 574–585, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.48

• calculations show that all silicene phases have hexagonal symmetry. The symmetry characteristics of a structure determine the symmetry of its physical properties (cf. Neumann’s Principle and Curie laws) [30][46]. For 2D linear hyperelastic materials, there are four classes of symmetry [25], and hexagonal

SERS performance of GaN/Ag substrates fabricated by Ag coating of GaN platforms

• Magdalena A. Zając,
• Bogusław Budner,
• Malwina Liszewska,
• Bartosz Bartosewicz,
• Łukasz Gutowski,
• Jan L. Weyher and
• Bartłomiej J. Jankiewicz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 552–564, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.46

Carbon nanotube-cellulose ink for rapid solvent identification

• Tiago Amarante,
• Thiago H. R. Cunha,
• Claudio Laudares,
• Ana P. M. Barboza,
• Ana Carolina dos Santos,
• Cíntia L. Pereira,
• Vinicius Ornelas,
• Bernardo R. A. Neves,
• André S. Ferlauto and
• Rodrigo G. Lacerda

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 535–543, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.44

• and other 1D/2D materials have been employed as ink components with great potential for a broad range of applications, for example, in flexible electronics, photoconductors, transparent conductors, and gas sensors [44][45][46][47]. Carbon nanotube ink films have been reported as field-effect

• contact mode. AC160TS silicon cantilevers from Olympus with a typical spring constant of k ≈ 46 N/m, a nominal radius of curvature of r ≈ 7 nm, and a resonant frequency of ω0 ≈ 300 kHz were employed. Heat flow and weight changes of selected solvents were determined by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA

The origin of black and white coloration of the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)

• Manuela Rebora,
• Gianandrea Salerno,
• Silvana Piersanti,
• Alexander Kovalev and
• Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 496–508, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.41

• , which was placed 46 mm away from the sample and was mounted on an optical fiber (200 μm diameter), similarly to [18]. The optical fiber was connected to a spectrometer (Ocean Optics Inc, Dunedin, Florida, USA). The spectra were recorded with the software Spectral Suite (Ocean Optics Inc, Dunedin

Conjugated photothermal materials and structure design for solar steam generation

• Chia-Yang Lin and
• Tsuyoshi Michinobu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 454–466, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.36

• broad light absorption, high photothermal conversion efficiency, biocompatibility, and hydrophilicity. The resulting polymer is highly conjugated due to the aromatization of the ethylamine moiety via cyclization and, accordingly, PDA is widely used as a PTM for SSG applications [43][44][45][46][47][48

Molecular nanoarchitectonics: unification of nanotechnology and molecular/materials science

• Katsuhiko Ariga

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 434–453, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.35

• ], which can be considered a post-nanotechnology concept [46], can play this role. Just as Richard Feynman proposed nanotechnology in the 20th century [47][48], nanoarchitectonics was proposed by Masakazu Aono in the early 21st century [49][50]. Nanoarchitectonics is a methodology for creating functional

Evaluation of electrosynthesized reduced graphene oxide–Ni/Fe/Co-based (oxy)hydroxide catalysts towards the oxygen evolution reaction

• Karolina Cysewska,
• Marcin Łapiński,
• Marcin Zając,
• Jakub Karczewski,
• Piotr Jasiński and
• Sebastian Molin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 420–433, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.34

• addition of cobalt. A different situation was observed in the case of the NiFe and CoNiFe catalysts after the addition of GO. The ratio of Fe2+/Fe3+ increased from Fe2+(45%)/Fe3+(55%) to Fe2+(57%)/Fe3+(43%) for NiFe, and from Fe2+(39%)/Fe3+(61%) to Fe2+(46%)/Fe3+(54%) for CoNiFe. The same type of cobalt

• indicates that the same OER catalytic mechanism was in action. The addition of GO to NiFe resulted in a slight increase of the slope from 41 to 46 mV·dec−1, while the presence of GO in CoNiFe led to a decrease in Tafel slope down to 33 mV·dec−1. Figure 5d and Figure 5e present a linear approximation of the

• depending on the type of the catalyst, that is, it was 57%/43% for NiFe-GO and 46%/54% for CoNiFe-GO. The species in the oxidation state 3+ can be related to the presence of the (oxy)hydroxide form of the deposited catalysts, desirable for the OER process. The presence of a nickel (oxy)hydroxide LDH

Plasmonic nanotechnology for photothermal applications – an evaluation

• A. R. Indhu,
• L. Keerthana and
• Gnanaprakash Dharmalingam

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 380–419, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.33

• linewidth is controlled solely by surface scattering in such nanoparticles [45]. For free electron metals, the frequency of electron scattering (γ) is equal to the width of the plasmon resonance (Γ) [46]: In order to account for surface scattering, the linewidth needs to be modified as, where νF is the

Quercetin- and caffeic acid-functionalized chitosan-capped colloidal silver nanoparticles: one-pot synthesis, characterization, and anticancer and antibacterial activities

• Akif Hakan Kurt,
• Elif Berna Olutas,
• Fatma Avcioglu,
• Hamza Karakuş,
• Mehmet Ali Sungur,
• Cansu Kara Oztabag and
• Muhammet Yıldırım

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 362–376, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.31

• –silver [46][47], chitosan–quercetin [48][49], and silver–quercetin nanoparticles [50][51], are well known. For instance, chitosan–silver nanocomposites, which have been synthesized through bio-inspired and photosynthesis, exhibited significant antioxidant, photocatalytic, and antibacterial activities, in

• contrast to pure silver nanoparticles [46][52][53][54][55]. To the best of our knowledge, there is no scientific study on the ternary synthesis of quercetin and caffeic acid-functionalized chitosan-capped colloidal silver nanoparticles (Ch/Q- and Ch/CA-Ag NPs) in a one-pot manner. Here, we report for the

Polymer nanoparticles from low-energy nanoemulsions for biomedical applications

• Santiago Grijalvo and
• Carlos Rodriguez-Abreu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 339–350, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.29

• nonionic surfactant. Nanoemulsions prepared from the water/(ricinoleamidopropyltrimonium methosulfate/sorbitan monooleate = 1:1)/(6 wt % EC10 in ethyl acetate) system at 25 °C [46] were less stable than those prepared from Kolliphor® EL and showed larger droplet sizes (between 230 and 300 nm) but still

Bismuth-based nanostructured photocatalysts for the remediation of antibiotics and organic dyes

• Akeem Adeyemi Oladipo and
• Faisal Suleiman Mustafa

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 291–321, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.26

• . Different materials based on bismuth have been developed and used for a range of environmental remediation applications. For instance, Mu et al. [46] synthesised a Bi2S3/Bi4O7 heterostructure via an in situ sulfidation approach and utilised it for the degradation of rhodamine B dye under visible-light

• consumed by humans alone increased by 36% globally, demonstrating the ongoing problem of antibiotics pollution [51]. According to a recent study by Browne et al. [52], which covered 204 nations from 2000 to 2018, the rate of antibiotic consumption worldwide grew by 46% during the last 20 years. The report

Recent progress in cancer cell membrane-based nanoparticles for biomedical applications

• Qixiong Lin,
• Yueyou Peng,
• Yanyan Wen,
• Xiaoqiong Li,
• Donglian Du,
• Weibin Dai,
• Wei Tian and
• Yanfeng Meng

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 262–279, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.24

• antitumor immunity through relevant antigens on the surface of biomimetic NPs [46]. Moreover, the tumor antigens associated with biomimetic NPs show promise in inducing long-term immunological memory, which could prevent cancer recurrence [47]. 2.3 Other functions In addition to the above functions, cancer

• source cells [46]. The DC membrane showing tumor-associated antigenic epitopes was used to encapsulate PLGA NPs to prepare the new biomimetic nanoformulations. After entering the blood circulation, it can directly cross-prime T cells to produce a strong antitumor response [46]. Nanovaccine-based

Nanotechnology – a robust tool for fighting the challenges of drug resistance in non-small cell lung cancer

• Filip Gorachinov,
• Fatima Mraiche,
• Diala Alhaj Moustafa,
• Ola Hishari,
• Yomna Ismail,
• Jensa Joseph,
• Maja Simonoska Crcarevska,
• Marija Glavas Dodov,
• Nikola Geskovski and
• Katerina Goracinova

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 240–261, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.23

• , this combined therapeutic approach has been characterized by an increased incidence of adverse reactions of grades 3–5 [41][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53]. Nanomedicines can be used as tools for improved localization of combination therapy at the site of action, improving the outcome and decreasing

Cyclodextrins as eminent constituents in nanoarchitectonics for drug delivery systems

• Makoto Komiyama

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 218–232, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.21

• example, hydrogels and nanoparticles [38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46]. More recently, however, precisely designed CyD-based nanoarchitectures are primarily considered since more sophisticated and complicated functions are designable and accomplishable (Figure 1). The construction of sophisticated

Structural, optical, and bioimaging characterization of carbon quantum dots solvothermally synthesized from o-phenylenediamine

• Zoran M. Marković,
• Milica D. Budimir,
• Martin Danko,
• Dušan D. Milivojević,
• Pavel Kubat,
• Danica Z. Zmejkoski,
• Vladimir B. Pavlović,
• Marija M. Mojsin,
• Milena J. Stevanović and
• Biljana M. Todorović Marković

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 165–174, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.17

• factor (HGF), express α-smooth muscle actin, and are used to study the regulation of HGF production and the pathogenesis of tissue fibrosis [46][47][48][49]. Figure 5 presents cell viability measurements of individual samples with different extract concentrations. The results are presented as percentage

A distributed active patch antenna model of a Josephson oscillator

• Vladimir M. Krasnov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 151–164, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.16

• = b/2. The position x of the stack affects the effective input resistance of the antenna and provides another adjustable parameter for patch antenna operation, along with the shape of the top electrode [35][36][46]. The FFO input resistance, Equation 33, is not relevant for JPOs, because it describes

Formation of nanoflowers: Au and Ni silicide cores surrounded by SiO_x branches

• Feitao Li,
• Siyao Wan,
• Dong Wang and
• Peter Schaaf

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 133–140, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.14

• plateau of Ni in EDS results of line structures. A number of works about self-assembled epitaxial Ni silicide have been published [41][42][43][44][45][46], and some works pointed out that the Ni2Si phase formed first, followed by NiSi and NiSi2 after annealing [47][48][49]. Generally, NiSi2 forms above

• interdiffusion of Au, Ni, and Si. Au/Si phase separation occurs during cooling [3][55], and Ni silicide may remain stable down to room temperature [41][42][43][44][45][46], finally forming particles with two contrasts. Besides, Ni may also diffuse into the Si substrate, leading to the formation of the Ni

Antimicrobial and mechanical properties of functionalized textile by nanoarchitectured photoinduced Ag@polymer coating

• Jessica Plé,
• Marine Dabert,
• Helene Lecoq,
• Sophie Hellé,
• Lydie Ploux and
• Lavinia Balan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 95–109, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.11

• forces, which ultimately extends the lifetime of the functionalized textile. The antimicrobial properties of MNP-polymer composites have been extensively investigated [42][43][44] and research has gone into functionalizing textile fibers with the nanocomposites in situ [45][46]. Few studies seem to have

Combining physical vapor deposition structuration with dealloying for the creation of a highly efficient SERS platform

• Adrien Chauvin,
• Walter Puglisi,
• Damien Thiry,
• Cristina Satriano,
• Rony Snyders and
• Carla Bittencourt

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 83–94, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.10

• on a metal surface induces hydrophobicity which can also affect the bonding with RhB molecules [30]. The carbon observed on the surface of the different samples is the result of the contamination of the substrate during wet etching and by the environment during storage [46]. Overall, the good

Upper critical magnetic field in NbRe and NbReN micrometric strips

• Zahra Makhdoumi Kakhaki,
• Antonio Leo,
• Federico Chianese,
• Loredana Parlato,
• Giovanni Piero Pepe,
• Angela Nigro,
• Carla Cirillo and
• Carmine Attanasio

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 45–51, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.5

• Hc2⟂. We have not observed a positive curvature of Hc2⟂(T) near Tc as it was in the case of two-band superconductivity [44] or proximity-coupled superconducting systems [45][46]. Experimental NbRe and NbReN films were sputtered on oxidized Si substrates in a UHV dc magnetron system with base pressure