Bending and punching characteristics of aluminum sheets using the quasi-continuum method

• Man-Ping Chang,
• Shang-Jui Lin and
• Te-Hua Fang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1303–1315, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.108

• investigating the nano-punching processing was the quasi-continuum (QC) method, which has been extensively studied in recent decades [45][46][47][48][49][50]. Wu et al. used the QC method to simulate the fracture and cracking of metallic bilayer materials and found that those materials have lower mechanical

Growing up in a rough world: scaling of frictional adhesion and morphology of the Tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)

• Anthony J. Cobos and
• Timothy E. Higham

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1292–1302, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.107

• isometry or sometimes negative allometry within certain clades. A key question is how larger organisms that use adhesion will support their body weight when climbing vertical surfaces. The scaling of adhesive components has been addressed by Webster et al. [38] and, to a lesser extent, by Delannoy [46]. In

Enhanced electronic transport properties of Te roll-like nanostructures

• E. R. Viana,
• N. Cifuentes and
• J. C. González

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1284–1291, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.106

• range. At low temperatures, the electronic conduction in t-Te bulk material [45][46] and NWs [44] has been associated with variable-range hopping (VRH). VRH conduction of Mott (σM ~ exp(TM/T)1/4) and Efros–Shklovskii (σES ~ exp(TES/T)1/2) types has also been reported in chalcogenide semiconducting

Studies of probe tip materials by atomic force microscopy: a review

• Ke Xu and
• Yuzhe Liu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1256–1267, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.104

• and conductive materials at the nanoscale. Slattery et al. [46] describe the use of Pt/Ir conductive tips modified with single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), a type of tip suitable for use in conductive imaging mode with high-sensitivity current acquisition AFM, which can also be applied to worn

Role of titanium and organic precursors in molecular layer deposition of “titanicone” hybrid materials

• Arbresha Muriqi and
• Michael Nolan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1240–1255, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.103

• catalytic and photocatalytic properties [46] porous TiO2 frameworks formed by the annealing of titanicone films may serve as catalytic supports [47]. Titanicone films can also be pyrolyzed under Ar to yield conducting TiO2/carbon composite films with important electrochemical applications as electrodes for

Design of surface nanostructures for chirality sensing based on quartz crystal microbalance

• Yinglin Ma,
• Xiangyun Xiao and
• Qingmin Ji

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1201–1219, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.100

• coefficient of ʟ/ᴅ-tryptophan on the MIP film could be as high as 7.23. The proposed MIP–QCM sensor was also successfully applied to determine the amount of tryptophan in real sample analysis for food and urine samples with an excellent recovery of 97–104% [46]. Cao et al. fabricated methacrylic acid- (MAA

Application of nanoarchitectonics in moist-electric generation

• Jia-Cheng Feng and
• Hong Xia

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1185–1200, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.99

• deposition (Figure 3a). Zhou Jun's group used this kind of carbon nanoscale network to absorb the evaporation energy of water vapor and have a stable electrical output of 1 V, 100 nA in 2017 [9][37][46]. The carbon nanoparticles are easy to obtain, and a large number of carbon nanoparticles can be collected

• of water evaporation and induced water flow in CB. (d) After annealing and air plasma cleaning, changes in hydrophilicity and functional groups of the porous carbon film. (e) Voltage between the two electrodes at different wind velocities. Figure 3c, 3d, and 3e are from [46] and were reprinted by

Microneedle-based ocular drug delivery systems – recent advances and challenges

• Piotr Gadziński,
• Anna Froelich,
• Monika Wojtyłko,
• Antoni Białek,
• Julia Krysztofiak and
• Tomasz Osmałek

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1167–1184, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.98

• movement of the eyeball and eyelids, and irrigation with tear fluid [45][46]. For these reasons, in addition to the search for new active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), novel technologically advanced ophthalmic drug delivery systems are being developed each year [38][47][48]. Among the ophthalmic

Rapid fabrication of MgO@g-C₃N₄ heterojunctions for photocatalytic nitric oxide removal

• Minh-Thuan Pham,
• Duyen P. H. Tran,
• Xuan-Thanh Bui and
• Sheng-Jie You

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1141–1154, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.96

• plants [46]. MgO generates the lowest amount of NO2 and by-products due to the lowest photocatalytic NO removal efficiency (16.8%). 3% MgO@g-C3N4 has the lowest NO2 (21.9%) and highest by-product (53.5%) generation. In addition, the NO2 generation of g-C3N4 is almost equal to that of 1% MgO@g-C3N4. This

• , and O KLL levels are observed at 46, 304, 555, and 978 eV, respectively [58][59]. The HR-XPS of the C 1s level are shown in Figure 8b. The peak at 283 eV was assigned to the C–C coordination in MgO, and the peak at 287 eV was assigned to N–C=N bonds of g-C3N4. The latter peak only appears in g-C3N4

A cantilever-based, ultrahigh-vacuum, low-temperature scanning probe instrument for multidimensional scanning force microscopy

• Hao Liu,
• Zuned Ahmed,
• Sasa Vranjkovic,
• Manfred Parschau,
• Andrada-Oana Mandru and
• Hans J. Hug

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1120–1140, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.95

• oscillation amplitude, without the need of a complicated calibration [43][44][45]. Fiber-optical sensors can obtain sensitivities up to about 1 fm/ using Fabry–Pérot interferometry [46][47]. To date, however, we only implemented a simpler form of the interferometer composed of a cleaved and uncoated fiber end

• measurement sensitivities of better than 1 fm/ [46][47], a sensitivity not achieved here for our interferometer, which still employs an uncoated fiber end. The sensitivities that could be obtained with such improved interferometer setups are displayed in Figure 9f–h for measurement bandwidths up to 2 kHz

Recent advances in green carbon dots (2015–2022): synthesis, metal ion sensing, and biological applications

• Aisha Kanwal,
• Naheed Bibi,
• Sajjad Hyder,
• Arif Muhammad,
• Hao Ren,
• Jiangtao Liu and
• Zhongli Lei

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1068–1107, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.93

• applications [46]. A study on recent advancements in the synthesis of CDs from natural resources and their applications in biomedicine and multisensing platforms was also published by Bag and co-workers [47]. The review presented here is focused on the latest progress in the field since 2015. It describes the

Biomimetic chitosan with biocomposite nanomaterials for bone tissue repair and regeneration

• Se-Kwon Kim,
• Sesha Subramanian Murugan,
• Pandurang Appana Dalavi,
• Sebanti Gupta,
• Sukumaran Anil,
• Gi Hun Seong and
• Jayachandran Venkatesan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1051–1067, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.92

• deacetylation in the chitosan, the positive charge density increases, which results in high electrostatic interaction which electrically stimulate the osteoblasts to proliferative and differentiate [46][47][48]. Chitosan biomaterials containing graphene oxides were used as substrates for the generation of

Spindle-like MIL101(Fe) decorated with Bi₂O₃ nanoparticles for enhanced degradation of chlortetracycline under visible-light irradiation

• Chen-chen Hao,
• Fang-yan Chen,
• Kun Bian,
• Yu-bin Tang and
• Wei-long Shi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1038–1050, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.91

• construct Bi2O3-based heterojunctions has attracted extensive interest. A large number of Bi2O3-based heterojunctions, such as Bi2O3/g-C3N4 [46], WO3/g-C3N4/Bi2O3 [47], Bi2O3/BiOCl [48], Bi2O3/ZnO [49], and Bi2O3/BiVO4 [50] have been synthesized. However, to the best of our knowledge, there is no report

Influence of water contamination on the sputtering of silicon with low-energy argon ions investigated by molecular dynamics simulations

• Grégoire R. N. Defoort-Levkov,
• Alan Bahm and
• Patrick Philipp

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 986–1003, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.86

• curvature of the potential at its origin, in inverted length units [39]. The DFT data has been obtained using the VASP [40][41][42][43] package. The Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof generalized gradient approximation (GGA-PPE) [44] is selected together with the projector augmented wave (PAW) [45][46] method for the

Theoretical investigations of oxygen vacancy effects in nickel-doped zirconia from ab initio XANES spectroscopy at the oxygen K-edge

• Dick Hartmann Douma,
• Lodvert Tchibota Poaty,
• Alessio Lamperti,
• Stéphane Kenmoe,
• Abdulrafiu Tunde Raji,
• Alberto Debernardi and
• Bernard M’Passi-Mabiala

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 975–985, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.85

• with an electron configuration according to ligand field theory [46][47][48] (cf. Figure 2). This is because the two orbitals e and t2 participate together to the transitions occurring in the pre-edge region (Figure 4a). The atom Ni2 has similar site symmetry and electronic configurations with low

Interaction between honeybee mandibles and propolis

• Leonie Saccardi,
• Franz Brümmer,
• Jonas Schiebl,
• Oliver Schwarz,
• Alexander Kovalev and
• Stanislav Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 958–974, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.84

• cuticle of insects often contains pore canals that transport lipid-containing secretions [45]. Cuticular lipids such as alkanes, alkenes, and fatty acids are present on the head and other body parts of honeybees [46]. Their functions include nestmate recognition and protection against desiccation [46

Design of a biomimetic, small-scale artificial leaf surface for the study of environmental interactions

• Miriam Anna Huth,
• Axel Huth,
• Lukas Schreiber and
• Kerstin Koch

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 944–957, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.83

• ]. Different methods of recrystallization have been developed and used in previous studies [17][20][21][43][44][45][46]. A fast method, for example, is recrystallization from a solution. However, this process has the disadvantage that it can lead to a heterogeneous distribution of the wax mass and to a variety

• ][46][58][59][60]. In the present work, a homogeneous coating was also achieved with this method, as can be seen in the photograph (Figure 4) and in the SEM micrograph (Figure 3). The latter showed that the wax recrystallized to granular structures with single plates between the granular network

• Dunn test). Goniometer photographs of water droplets. (a) On a turgescent wheat leaf (CA = 144°), (b) on a wax-coated artificial surface (1400 µg, CA = 155°), and (c) on clean non-treated glass (CA = 46°); all mentioned CAs are the individual CAs of the water droplets shown in the images. Wetting

Comparing the performance of single and multifrequency Kelvin probe force microscopy techniques in air and water

• Jason I. Kilpatrick,
• Emrullah Kargin and
• Brian J. Rodriguez

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 922–943, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.82

• paper, including pump-probe KPFM [13][20][43], time-resolved KPFM [11][12][44][45][46][47], fast free force recovery KPFM (G-Mode) [14][48][49][50], intermodulation electrostatic force microscopy (EFM) [42][51], and PeakForce tapping KPFM [52]. The fundamental detection sensitivity to electrostatic

Bioselectivity of silk protein-based materials and their bio-inspired applications

• Hendrik Bargel,
• Vanessa T. Trossmann,
• Christoph Sommer and
• Thomas Scheibel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 902–921, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.81

• peptides to promote cellular interactions with biomaterials are the pentapeptides IKVAV (Ile–Lys–Val–Ala–Val) and YIGSR (Tyr–Ile–Gly–Ser–Arg), which are naturally present in laminin and are used for increasing bioadhesiveness and cellular interactions with biomaterials [23][33][34][35][41][46][47][48

Solar-light-driven LaFe_xNi_1−xO₃ perovskite oxides for photocatalytic Fenton-like reaction to degrade organic pollutants

• Chao-Wei Huang,
• Shu-Yu Hsu,
• Jun-Han Lin,
• Yun Jhou,
• Wei-Yu Chen,
• Kun-Yi Andrew Lin,
• Yu-Tang Lin and
• Van-Huy Nguyen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 882–895, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.79

• pristine LaNiO3 was black, it exhibited the total absorption in the ultraviolet–visible light spectrum, consistent with the literature comparison [46]. For comparison, LaFeO3 revealed an apparent absorption shoulder between 500 and 600 nm in Figure 5a, similar to the previous study [47]. To enhance the

DNA aptamer selection and construction of an aptasensor based on graphene FETs for Zika virus NS1 protein detection

• Nathalie B. F. Almeida,
• Thiago A. S. L. Sousa,
• Viviane C. F. Santos,
• Camila M. S. Lacerda,
• Thais G. Silva,
• Rafaella F. Q. Grenfell,
• Flavio Plentz and
• Antero S. R. Andrade

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 873–881, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.78

• replication [4]. The glycoprotein NS1 is a 352-amino-acid polypeptide, which has a molecular weight of 46–55 kDa (depending on its glycosylation status), and is essential in viral replication contributing to different stages of the virus life cycle. The NS1 protein is found at high levels in the blood of

Self-assembly of C₆₀ on a ZnTPP/Fe(001)–p(1 × 1)O substrate: observation of a quasi-freestanding C₆₀ monolayer

• Guglielmo Albani,
• Michele Capra,
• Alessandro Lodesani,
• Alberto Calloni,
• Gianlorenzo Bussetti,
• Marco Finazzi,
• Franco Ciccacci,
• Alberto Brambilla,
• Lamberto Duò and
• Andrea Picone

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 857–864, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.76

• hollow sites of the Fe(001) surface [39][40][41]. The deposition of a single layer of ZnTPP on Fe(001)–p(1 × 1)O leads to the stabilization of a well-ordered organic film, forming a (5 × 5) superstructure with respect to the substrate [42][43][44][45][46]. It is important to notice that the deposition of

• with previous results [46]. This order extends over large domains (hundreds of square nanometers wide) and tends to disappear as soon as additional molecules are deposited on top of the wetting layer. The formation of a well-ordered ZnTPP film with (5 × 5) periodicity is confirmed by the STM image

Micro-structures, nanomechanical properties and flight performance of three beetles with different folding ratios

• Jiyu Sun,
• Pengpeng Li,
• Yongwei Yan,
• Fa Song,
• Nuo Xu and
• Zhijun Zhang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 845–856, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.75

• correlation between aerodynamic forces and aspect ratio. Increasing the aspect ratio increases the average aerodynamic loads, and a smaller aspect ratio prevents the airflow from separating at the top and bottom [46]. Using butterfly wings as a prototype to design bionic wings with different aspect ratios and

Ultrafast signatures of magnetic inhomogeneity in Pd_1−xFe_x (x ≤ 0.08) epitaxial thin films

• Andrey V. Petrov,
• Sergey I. Nikitin,
• Lenar R. Tagirov,
• Amir I. Gumarov,
• Igor V. Yanilkin and
• Roman V. Yusupov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 836–844, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.74

• of 10 ps can be estimated as 10−9 m/10−11 s = 100 m/s. For the conventional spin diffusion, the spin memory length is where is the diffusion coefficient, τs is the Elliott–Yafet spin-relaxation time [46][47], τ is the charge transport relaxation time, and vF is the Fermi velocity. For the purpose

Hierachical epicuticular wax coverage on leaves of Deschampsia antarctica as a possible adaptation to severe environmental conditions

• Elena V. Gorb,
• Iryna A. Kozeretska and
• Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 807–816, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.71

• /friction on the nanoscale rough surface is rather low [46][47]. Conclusion A cryo-SEM examination of the vegetative (leaf blade and ligule) and generative (pedicel and outer glume) organs in D. antarctica revealed a prominent epicuticular wax coverage on surfaces of both vegetative organs studied. Whereas