Cholesterol nanoarchaeosomes for alendronate targeted delivery as an anti-endothelial dysfunction agent

• Horacio Emanuel Jerez,
• Yamila Roxana Simioni,
• Kajal Ghosal,
• Maria Jose Morilla and
• Eder Lilia Romero

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 517–534, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.46

• reports [46]. Both IL-6 and IL-8 produced by HUVECs diffused downwards. In the basal compartment, the IL-8 level rose from ca. 2000 to 5500 pg/mL in response to apical LPS. Macrophages, in addition to expressing prominent levels of IL-8 receptors [47][48] are the main inducers of IL-8 in the immune system

Electron-induced deposition using Fe(CO)₄MA and Fe(CO)₅ – effect of MA ligand and process conditions

• Hannah Boeckers,
• Atul Chaudhary,
• Petra Martinović,
• Amy V. Walker,
• Lisa McElwee-White and
• Petra Swiderek

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 500–516, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.45

• [44][45][46][47]. In the case of Fe precursors, the use of Fe2(CO)9 and Fe3(CO)12, for instance, is motivated by the idea that their higher inherent Fe content as compared to Fe(CO)5 should translate into a higher metal content of the deposits. However, this is not the case [43] unless conditions are

Aero-ZnS prepared by physical vapor transport on three-dimensional networks of sacrificial ZnO microtetrapods

• Veaceslav Ursaki,
• Tudor Braniste,
• Victor Zalamai,
• Emil Rusu,
• Vladimir Ciobanu,
• Vadim Morari,
• Daniel Podgornii,
• Pier Carlo Ricci,
• Rainer Adelung and
• Ion Tiginyanu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 490–499, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.44

• quartz ampoule through physical vapor transport. The sacrificial network of ZnO microtetrapods with an arm length of 10–30 µm was prepared at Kiel University in Germany by a simple flame transport approach, which is described in [46]. The produced powder was pressed in an inox chamber with dimensions of

Superconducting spin valve effect in Co/Pb/Co heterostructures with insulating interlayers

• Andrey A. Kamashev,
• Nadir N. Garif’yanov,
• Aidar A. Validov,
• Vladislav Kataev,
• Alexander S. Osin,
• Yakov V. Fominov and
• Ilgiz A. Garifullin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 457–464, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.41

• to the literature, the formation of an oxide on the surface of the Pb film requires significantly higher temperatures and pressures, and much longer exposition times [45][46][47]. Finally, all samples were covered with a protective Si3N4 layer. The deposition rates were as follows: 0.5 Å/s for Co1

Heat-induced morphological changes in silver nanowires deposited on a patterned silicon substrate

• Elyad Damerchi,
• Sven Oras,
• Edgars Butanovs,
• Allar Liivlaid,
• Mikk Antsov,
• Boris Polyakov,
• Annamarija Trausa,
• Veronika Zadin,
• Andreas Kyritsakis,
• Loïc Vidal,
• Karine Mougin,
• Siim Pikker and
• Sergei Vlassov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 435–446, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.39

• shown above (Figure 3), heat-induced splitting tends to first occur at regions that have significant structural defects, which is also discussed in more detail by Mayoral et al. [46] and Sun et al. [47]. According to the latter, atoms in a NW tend to diffuse away from the regions of critical defects

• ). Some NWs may completely disappear in this process, being absorbed by the neighbors, as also described by Mayoral et al. [46]. In this work we focused on individual NWs; therefore, detailed analysis of the NW bundles lies outside the scope of the present study. Conclusion In this work, we investigated

Unveiling the nature of atomic defects in graphene on a metal surface

• Karl Rothe,
• Nicolas Néel and
• Jörg Kröger

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 416–425, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.37

• increased tip–graphene hybridization compared to the far tunneling range, which may entail a modification of the graphene electronic structure or enhance the contribution of substrate states to the junction current [46]. The mounds and adjacent valleys of the moiré superstructure are characterized by

Classification and application of metal-based nanoantioxidants in medicine and healthcare

• Nguyen Nhat Nam,
• Nguyen Khoi Song Tran,
• Tan Tai Nguyen,
• Nguyen Ngoc Trai,
• Nguyen Phuong Thuy,
• Hoang Dang Khoa Do,
• Nhu Hoa Thi Tran and
• Kieu The Loan Trinh

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 396–415, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.36

• . Subsequently, V−OH recovers to V=O by reacting with another H2O2 in the presence of GSH [43][44][45]. Recently, Liu et at. constructed a trimetallic alloy nanozyme of gold, copper, and platinum, which exhibits multiple enzyme activities including that of GPx [46]. In this nanocomposite, platinum and copper

Insect attachment on waxy plant surfaces: the effect of pad contamination by different waxes

• Elena V. Gorb and
• Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 385–395, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.35

• wax coverage were collected near Jagotyn (Kyiv District, Ukraine; 50° 15′ 25″ N, 31° 46′ 54″ E) and used fresh in the force tests. Insect The leaf beetle C. fastuosa served as a model insect species in this study because it has been used in previous relevant experimental studies on insect attachment

• out using a load cell force sensor FORT-10 (10 g capacity; World Precision Instruments Inc., Sarasota, FL, USA) connected to a force transducer MP 100 (Biopac Systems Ltd., Santa Barbara, CA, USA) [24][46]. First, in order to make a test beetle incapable of flying, its elytra were glued together with

On the mechanism of piezoresistance in nanocrystalline graphite

• Sandeep Kumar,
• Simone Dehm and
• Ralph Krupke

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 376–384, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.34

• PET substrate. After that, the substrate was left in air for drying. Next, a drop of PMMA was dripped on top of the film and allowed to spread and dry. This has been shown to be helpful in removing wrinkles formed during the transfer process [46]. The NCG film on the PET substrate was then patterned

Controllable physicochemical properties of WO_x thin films grown under glancing angle

• Rupam Mandal,
• Aparajita Mandal,
• Alapan Dutta,
• Rengasamy Sivakumar,
• Sanjeev Kumar Srivastava and
• Tapobrata Som

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 350–359, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.31

• nature of the as-deposited film, which transforms into a polycrystalline monoclinic structure after vacuum annealing. A similar observation is reported in literature where the as-deposited amorphous WOx films transformed into monoclinic structures after annealing at or above 673 K [2][12][46]. It is to

Nanomedicines against Chagas disease: a critical review

• Maria Jose Morilla,
• Kajal Ghosal and
• Eder Lilia Romero

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 333–349, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.30

• nanomedicines capable of increasing the solubility of BNZ (Table 2). Trypomastigotes are known to display high resistance to the trypanocidal effect of BNZ [46][47]; replicative epimastigote and amastigote forms of the parasite, instead, would be sensitive to cumulative doses of BNZ. Arguing that a reduction in

Exploring the relationships between physiochemical properties of nanoparticles and cell damage to combat cancer growth using simple periodic table-based descriptors

• Joyita Roy and
• Kunal Roy

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 297–309, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.27

• tot_metal_alpha value (13.6) and the highest zeta potential (46 mV); in contrast, SnO2 NPs with a descriptor value of 2.88 have a zeta potential value of −20.5 mV. QSPR model for cell damage Model 2 (PLS) Model 2 utilizes eight descriptors to evaluate crucial attributes that can impact cell damage. Equation 2

• microenvironment (TME) prone to hypoxic conditions [46]. Insufficient oxygen reduces ROS generation, which decreases the efficacy of oxygen-dependent therapies, such as photodynamic therapy (PDT), chemodynamic therapy (CDT), and radiation therapy. The information derived from the positive contribution of the

Determining by Raman spectroscopy the average thickness and N-layer-specific surface coverages of MoS₂ thin films with domains much smaller than the laser spot size

• Felipe Wasem Klein,
• Jean-Roch Huntzinger,
• Vincent Astié,
• Damien Voiry,
• Romain Parret,
• Houssine Makhlouf,
• Sandrine Juillaguet,
• Jean-Manuel Decams,
• Sylvie Contreras,
• Périne Landois,
• Ahmed-Azmi Zahab,
• Jean-Louis Sauvajol and
• Matthieu Paillet

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 279–296, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.26

• exfoliated MoS2, because the A1g and E12g frequencies, and thus the value of ΔωA−E, can be affected by different factors such as stacking order, strain, doping, and defects which can be present in MoS2 flakes prepared by other ways [44][46][47][48][49]. To evaluate the number of layers, we can also use

• tension. Other factors such as doping, defects, or stacking were shown to lead to large changes of ΔωA−E [44][46][49]. In summary, the value of ΔωA−E is clearly and significantly sample-dependent. Consequently, ΔωA−E cannot be considered as a definitive criterion to derive the number of layers in any of

Vinorelbine-loaded multifunctional magnetic nanoparticles as anticancer drug delivery systems: synthesis, characterization, and in vitro release study

• Zeynep Özcan and
• Afife Binnaz Hazar Yoruç

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 256–269, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.24

• the Fe3O4 NPs [45]. Various factors such as the crystal structure of the material, dimensions, morphology, and density of crystal defects significantly affect the magnetic properties [46]. The saturation magnetization (Ms) values of NPs measured at 298 K using a VSM are given in Figure 2c. The values

• min of laser irradiation. All drug-loaded nanostructures reached a heating temperature of 40 °C after 3 min and did not exceed a maximum temperature of 46 °C. These findings indicate a promising potential for applying these nanostructures in photothermal therapy. Figure 5c presents the results of the

Multiscale modelling of biomolecular corona formation on metallic surfaces

• Parinaz Mosaddeghi Amini,
• Ian Rouse,
• Julia Subbotina and
• Vladimir Lobaskin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 215–229, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.21

• decomposition, generating PMFs via traditional or machine-learning approaches, and constructing a coarse-grained representation for input to UA. To simplify this procedure for more complex molecules, we have developed a Python script (MolToFragments.py) employing RDKit [46] to automate splitting larger

Ion beam processing of DNA origami nanostructures

• Leo Sala,
• Agnes Zerolová,
• Violaine Vizcaino,
• Alain Mery,
• Alicja Domaracka,
• Hermann Rothard,
• Philippe Boduch,
• Dominik Pinkas and
• Jaroslav Kocišek

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 207–214, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.20

• the surface organized on the DNA origami pattern can be used as an alternative technique to already existing DNA-based methods for metallic nanostructure preparations [46]. DNA origami can be loaded with various metal ions [11][47][48]. Additionally, nanostructures modified by metal coverage [49] or

Exploring disorder correlations in superconducting systems: spectroscopic insights and matrix element effects

• Vyacheslav D. Neverov,
• Alexander E. Lukyanov,
• Andrey V. Krasavin,
• Alexei Vagov,
• Boris G. Lvov and
• Mihail D. Croitoru

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 199–206, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.19

• of disordered systems [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41], including Bose–Einstein condensates [42][43][44][45][46] and superconductors [38][47][48]. For example, experimental work [47] has observed scale-invariant patterns in La2CuO4+y using a new

Nanocarrier systems loaded with IR780, iron oxide nanoparticles and chlorambucil for cancer theragnostics

• Phuong-Thao Dang-Luong,
• Hong-Phuc Nguyen,
• Loc Le-Tuan,
• Xuan-Thang Cao,
• Vy Tran-Anh and
• Hieu Vu Quang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 180–189, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.17

• shows the similarity in size and highly homogeneity among the NPs (Table 1). The zeta potential values of the nanoparticles were: PVA@NP: −46 ± 0.7 mV; F127-folate@NP: −67.4 ± 2.3 mV, and F127@NP: −81.13 ± 2.4 mV (Table 1). It was also showed that when the NPs were in cell culture media, their values of

CdSe/ZnS quantum dots as a booster in the active layer of distributed ternary organic photovoltaics

• Gabriela Lewińska,
• Piotr Jeleń,
• Zofia Kucia,
• Maciej Sitarz,
• Łukasz Walczak,
• Bartłomiej Szafraniak,
• Jerzy Sanetra and
• Konstanty W. Marszalek

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 144–156, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.14

• results due to dot doping align with the results presented in the work of Cha et al. [46], Lewińska et al. [47], and Ohring [48]. By design, quantum dots are supposed to play a different role as transport enhancers with their properties. Raman spectroscopy Raman measurements for P3HT and PCBM were

Assessing phytotoxicity and tolerance levels of ZnO nanoparticles on Raphanus sativus: implications for widespread adoptions

• Pathirannahalage Sahan Samuditha,
• Nadeesh Madusanka Adassooriya and
• Nazeera Salim

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 115–125, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.11

• seedlings The normal Zn level required for healthy plant growth is 0.015–0.02 mg Zn g−1 DW [45]. Hence, the Zn internalization by R. sativus at 10,000 mg/L was way beyond (340%) the healthy level (<0.4 mg Zn g−1 DW) [46]. Remarkably, R. sativus demonstrated the ability to grow at 1000 mg/L of ZnO NPs in

Development and characterization of potential larvicidal nanoemulsions against Aedes aegypti

• Jonatas L. Duarte,
• Leonardo Delello Di Filippo,
• Anna Eliza Maciel de Faria Mota Oliveira,
• Rafael Miguel Sábio,
• Gabriel Davi Marena,
• Tais Maria Bauab,
• Cristiane Duque,
• Vincent Corbel and
• Marlus Chorilli

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 104–114, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.10

• evaluation of the biocompatibility in human cells is an important step in the development and commercialization of any drug [46]. Here, the toxicity of the terpene-based formulations was evaluated in the HaCAT cell line (Table 6). The results show that the IC50 values of the free terpenes were lower those of

Berberine-loaded polylactic acid nanofiber scaffold as a drug delivery system: The relationship between chemical characteristics, drug-release behavior, and antibacterial efficiency

• Le Thi Le,
• Hue Thi Nguyen,
• Liem Thanh Nguyen,
• Huy Quang Tran and
• Thuy Thi Thu Nguyen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 71–82, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.7

• [46]. In our study, the concentration of BBR released from BBR NPs/PLA nanofiber scaffolds after 6, 12, and 24 h was 87.8, 106.0, and 150.5 mg/L, respectively, which are in the BBR concentration range, leading to an inhibitory effect against MRSA similarly to the aforementioned studies. Cytotoxicity

Influence of conductive carbon and MnCo₂O₄ on morphological and electrical properties of hydrogels for electrochemical energy conversion

• Sylwia Pawłowska,
• Karolina Cysewska,
• Yasamin Ziai,
• Jakub Karczewski,
• Piotr Jasiński and
• Sebastian Molin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 57–70, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.6

• the hydrogel contributes to the improvement of the electronic conductivity of weakly conductive electrocatalysts, such as metal oxides, ultimately affecting their catalytic efficiency and thus reducing the overpotential of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) process [46]. In this work, we suspended

• (Figure 2c,f, and i). The average diameter of the used commercial MnCo2O4 particles after 0.5 h in an ultrasound bath was 204.5 ± 92.9 nm [46]. Also, their arrangement seems to be much more homogeneous than that in the case of composites with a lower concentration of cCB particles. The dispersion of the

Curcumin-loaded nanostructured systems for treatment of leishmaniasis: a review

• Douglas Dourado,
• Thayse Silva Medeiros,
• Éverton do Nascimento Alencar,
• Edijane Matos Sales and
• Fábio Rocha Formiga

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 37–50, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.4

• infantum [46], Leishmania major [46][47], and Leishmania tropica [46][48]. Although proposed mechanisms of action are not fully elucidated, curc has been shown to have antileishmanial effects through its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties [42][47][49][50]. Figure 2 reveals the possible mechanisms

Nanotechnological approaches in the treatment of schistosomiasis: an overview

• Lucas Carvalho,
• Michelle Sarcinelli and
• Beatriz Patrício

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 13–25, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.2

• treatment of schistosomiasis Praziquantel It is not surprising that praziquantel is the most encapsulated drug. It remains the only effective frontline medicine to treat the disease, and is currently characterized by its exclusive and extensive use as an important antischistosomal drug [46]. However, PZQ