Precise quantification of silica and ceria nanoparticle uptake revealed by 3D fluorescence microscopy

• Adriano A. Torrano and
• Christoph Bräuchle

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1616–1624, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.173

• of nanoparticles designed for medical applications. Experimental Nanoparticle characterization Nanoparticle size was determined by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). TEM micrographs were acquired by a JEM 2011 (JEOL, Japan) transmission electron microscope. The nanoparticle dispersion was

Growth evolution and phase transition from chalcocite to digenite in nanocrystalline copper sulfide: Morphological, optical and electrical properties

• Priscilla Vasthi Quintana-Ramirez,
• Ma. Concepción Arenas-Arrocena,
• José Santos-Cruz,
• Marina Vega-González,
• Omar Martínez-Alvarez,
• Víctor Manuel Castaño-Meneses,
• Laura Susana Acosta-Torres and
• Javier de la Fuente-Hernández

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1542–1552, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.166

• Avanzada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 76230, Querétaro, México Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad León, UNAM, Boulevard UNAM No. 2011 Predio el Saucillo y el Potrero, 36969, León Guanajuato, México Facultad de Química, Materiales Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, 76010, Querétaro

In vitro interaction of colloidal nanoparticles with mammalian cells: What have we learned thus far?

• Moritz Nazarenus,
• Qian Zhang,
• Mahmoud G. Soliman,
• Pablo del Pino,
• Beatriz Pelaz,
• Susana Carregal-Romero,
• Joanna Rejman,
• Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser,
• Martin J. D. Clift,
• Reinhard Zellner,
• G. Ulrich Nienhaus,
• James B. Delehanty,
• Igor L. Medintz and
• Wolfgang J. Parak

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• their composition, functionality, and fields of application. Reproduced with permission from [11]. Copyright (2011) American Chemical Society. Hybrid nature of typical NPs, comprising different structural compartments. Reproduced with permission from [13]. Copyright (2013) American Chemical Society

• . Scheme depicting the different mechanisms of cellular endocytosis. Reproduced with permission from [41]. Copyright (2011) Elsevier. Fluorescence microscopy image showing the granular structure of internalized NPs inside A549 lung cancer cells (two types of iron oxide NPs with different surface chemistry

Magnesium batteries: Current state of the art, issues and future perspectives

• Rana Mohtadi and
• Fuminori Mizuno

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1291–1311, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.143

Sublattice asymmetry of impurity doping in graphene: A review

• James A. Lawlor and
• Mauro S. Ferreira

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1210–1217, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.133

• properties. The electron wavefunctions in such a system are shown to mainly exist on the sublattice without dopants and can travel almost unhindered [36][37], which is very promising for overcoming the scattering problem. It was not until 2011 that a viable experimental approach was found by Zhao et al. [38

Model systems for studying cell adhesion and biomimetic actin networks

• Dorothea Brüggemann,
• Johannes P. Frohnmayer and
• Joachim P. Spatz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1193–1202, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.131

• represent 10 μm. (Adapted with permission from [72]. Copyright (2011) American Chemical Society.) Transformed liposomes observed by dark-field microscopy in the presence of talin. Liposomes used were prepared from phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol (1:1, mol:mol). (A) Closed spherical

Organic and inorganic–organic thin film structures by molecular layer deposition: A review

• Pia Sundberg and
• Maarit Karppinen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1104–1136, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.123

The study of surface wetting, nanobubbles and boundary slip with an applied voltage: A review

• Yunlu Pan,
• Bharat Bhushan and
• Xuezeng Zhao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1042–1065, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.117

Functionalized nanostructures for enhanced photocatalytic performance under solar light

• Liejin Guo,
• Dengwei Jing,
• Maochang Liu,
• Yubin Chen,
• Shaohua Shen,
• Jinwen Shi and
• Kai Zhang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 994–1004, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.113

• controlled NiS/Cd0.5Zn0.5S photocatalyst. Reprinted from with permission from [29]. Copyright (2010) Elsevier. CdS nanoparticle enwrapped by the surrounding TNTs showed a significant enhancement of charge separation and therefore a high activity. Reproduced with permission from [33]. Copyright (2011) The

Antimicrobial nanospheres thin coatings prepared by advanced pulsed laser technique

• Alina Maria Holban,
• Valentina Grumezescu,
• Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu,
• Bogdan Ştefan Vasile,
• Roxana Truşcă,
• Rodica Cristescu,
• Gabriel Socol and
• Florin Iordache

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• Resources Development, financed from the European Social Fund, and by the Romanian Government under the contract number ID 132397 (ExcelDOC). Also, by the Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research, CNCS-UEFISCDI, projects no. PCCA 153/02.07.2012 and PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0888 (209/5.10.2011).

Manipulation of isolated brain nerve terminals by an external magnetic field using D-mannose-coated γ-Fe₂O₃ nano-sized particles and assessment of their effects on glutamate transport

• Tatiana Borisova,
• Natalia Krisanova,
• Arsenii Borуsov,
• Roman Sivko,
• Ludmila Ostapchenko,
• Michal Babic and
• Daniel Horak

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 778–788, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.90

• decapitated. Experimental protocols were approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee of the Palladin Institute of Biochemistry (Protocol from 19/09-2011). Isolation of rat brain nerve terminals (synaptosomes) Synaptosomes were prepared from rat brain as described in [30]. Cerebral hemispheres of decapitated

Energy dissipation in multifrequency atomic force microscopy

• Valentina Pukhova,
• Francesco Banfi and
• Gabriele Ferrini

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 494–500, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.57

• from the oscillator parameters (mc/4). Acknowledgements This work has been partially supported by the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore through D.2.2 grants and the Fondazione Cariplo through grant ID 2011-0387 Controlled Nanostructures.

Encapsulation of nanoparticles into single-crystal ZnO nanorods and microrods

• Jinzhang Liu,
• Marco Notarianni,
• Llew Rintoul and
• Nunzio Motta

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• . Acknowledgements We thank the QUT Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellowship and financial support of the ARC through the Discovery project DP130102120, and of the Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme Fellowship (PIRSES-GA-2011-295216) within the 7th European Community Framework Programme. Y. Wei is

The softening of human bladder cancer cells happens at an early stage of the malignancy process

• Jorge R. Ramos,
• Joanna Pabijan,
• Ricardo Garcia and
• Malgorzata Lekka

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• statistical analysis. This work was supported by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Consolider Force-For-Future, CSD2010-00024, MAT2009-08650), the project NCN DEC-2011/01/M/ST3/00711 (Poland), and the Cost Action TD1002.

Design criteria for stable Pt/C fuel cell catalysts

• Josef C. Meier,
• Carolina Galeano,
• Ioannis Katsounaros,
• Jonathon Witte,
• Hans J. Bongard,
• Angel A. Topalov,
• Claudio Baldizzone,
• Stefano Mezzavilla,
• Ferdi Schüth and
• Karl J. J. Mayrhofer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 44–67, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.5

Synthesis of indium oxi-sulfide films by atomic layer deposition: The essential role of plasma enhancement

• Cathy Bugot,
• Nathanaëlle Schneider,
• Daniel Lincot and
• Frédérique Donsanti

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 750–757, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.85

• tuned. Keywords: atomic layer deposition; buffer layer; indium oxi-sulfide; plasma enhancement; thin film solar cells; Introduction Chalcopyrite-type thin film solar cells that are based on a Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) absorber have reached high efficiencies, up to 20.3% [1] in 2011 and 20.4% [2] on flexible

A nano-graphite cold cathode for an energy-efficient cathodoluminescent light source

• Alexander N. Obraztsov,
• Victor I. Kleshch and
• Elena A. Smolnikova

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• (Grant PIRSES-GA-2011-295241).

Novel composite Zr/PBI-O-PhT membranes for HT-PEFC applications

• Mikhail S. Kondratenko,
• Igor I. Ponomarev,
• Marat O. Gallyamov,
• Dmitry Y. Razorenov,
• Yulia A. Volkova,
• Elena P. Kharitonova and
• Alexei R. Khokhlov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 481–492, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.57

• 2011-1.2.1-212-022-001) and by the Russian Academy of Sciences within the Basic Research Program of the Presidium No 7. M.S.K., M.O.G., and A.R.Kh. gratefully acknowledge support of the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (project RUS 09/036). The authors express their sincere appreciation to

Digging gold: keV He⁺ ion interaction with Au

• Vasilisa Veligura,
• Gregor Hlawacek,
• Robin P. Berkelaar,
• Raoul van Gastel,
• Harold J. W. Zandvliet and
• Bene Poelsema

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 453–460, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.53

• it is backscattered, and some diffuses into the bulk or out of the material. SRIM-2011 [40] has been used to assess the percentage of backscattered helium. A gold slab with a thickness of 200 nm and 105 ions have been used in the calculations. According to these simulations 16% of the incident helium

A highly pH-sensitive nanowire field-effect transistor based on silicon on insulator

• Denis E. Presnov,
• Sergey V. Amitonov,
• Pavel A. Krutitskii,
• Valentina V. Kolybasova,
• Igor A. Devyatov,
• Vladimir A. Krupenin and
• Igor I. Soloviev

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 330–335, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.38

• is partly sponsored by grants from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (11-02-12122-ofi-m-2011, 11-07-00748) and Ministry of education and science of Russia (GK 16.513.11.3063).

Grating-assisted coupling to nanophotonic circuits in microcrystalline diamond thin films

• Patrik Rath,
• Svetlana Khasminskaya,
• Christoph Nebel,
• Christoph Wild and
• Wolfram H.P. Pernice

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 300–305, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.33

• collected with a second fibre at the output coupling port, the transmitted signal is recorded with a low-noise photoreceiver (New Focus 2011). The device is aligned against the fibre array using a computer-controlled motorized three-axis piezo stage. Typical spectra recorded from devices as shown in Figure

Functionalization of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes

• Eloise Van Hooijdonk,
• Carla Bittencourt,
• Rony Snyders and
• Jean-François Colomer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 129–152, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.14

• surface treatment of non-aligned carbon nanotubes by different plasma technologies was published by Ruelle et al. [22] in 2011. The present review is focused on the different methods available to functionalize vertically aligned carbon nanotubes, including plasma functionalization, wet chemical

Plasmonic oligomers in cylindrical vector light beams

• Mario Hentschel,
• Jens Dorfmüller,
• Harald Giessen,
• Sebastian Jäger,
• Andreas M. Kern,
• Kai Braun,
• Dai Zhang and
• Alfred J. Meixner

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 57–65, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.6

• of complex plasmonic oligomers with tailorable optical properties. Adapted with permission from [21]. Copyright (2011) American Chemical Society. (b) Scanning-electron micrographs of oligomers clusters, demonstrating the unique capability of electron-beam lithography to create many of the different

Characterization and properties of micro- and nanowires of controlled size, composition, and geometry fabricated by electrodeposition and ion-track technology

• Maria Eugenia Toimil-Molares

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 860–883, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.97

Effect of spherical Au nanoparticles on nanofriction and wear reduction in dry and liquid environments

• Dave Maharaj and
• Bharat Bhushan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 759–772, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.85

• ], copyright 2011. (b) Showing the process of oil detection with nanoparticles. The carbon-black nanoparticles are coated with an oil-detecting agent. After injection into the ground, the agent is released on contact with hydrocarbons and this is used as an indication of the presence of oil on recovery and