Insights into the electronic and atomic structures of cerium oxide-based ultrathin films and nanostructures using high-brilliance light sources

• Paola Luches and
• Federico Boscherini

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 860–871, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.65

• pressure. (d) Reference spectra measured for CeO2 and Ce2O3. Reprinted with permission from [58], Copyright 2024 American Chemical Society. This content is not subject to CC BY 4.0. Left: Ce N4,5 XAS absorption spectra measured in transmission mode for the CeO2 film with embedded Ag NPs (solid black line

Synthesis of a multicomponent cellulose-based adsorbent for tetracycline removal from aquaculture water

• Uyen Bao Tran,
• Ngoc Thanh Vo-Tran,
• Khai The Truong,
• Dat Anh Nguyen,
• Quang Nhat Tran,
• Huu-Quang Nguyen,
• Jaebeom Lee and
• Hai Son Truong-Lam

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 728–739, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.56

• funded by the Korea government (MSIT) number RS-2023-00219710 and RS-2024-00333541. This research is funded by the University of Science, VNU-HCM, under grant number T2024-112.

A formulation containing Cymbopogon flexuosus essential oil: improvement of biochemical parameters and oxidative stress in diabetic rats

• Ailton Santos Sena-Júnior,
• Cleverton Nascimento Santana Andrade,
• Pedro Henrique Macedo Moura,
• Jocsã Hémany Cândido dos Santos,
• Cauãn Torres Trancoso,
• Eloia Emanuelly Dias Silva,
• Deise Maria Rego Rodrigues Silva,
• Ênio Pereira Telles,
• Luiz André Santos Silva,
• Isabella Lima Dantas Teles,
• Sara Fernanda Mota de Almeida,
• Daniel Alves de Souza,
• Jileno Ferreira Santos,
• Felipe José Aidar Martins,
• Ana Mara de Oliveira e Silva,
• Sandra Lauton-Santos,
• Guilherme Rodolfo Souza de Araujo,
• Cristiane Bani Correa,
• Rogéria De Souza Nunes,
• Lysandro Pinto Borges and
• Ana Amélia Moreira Lira

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 617–636, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.48

Feasibility analysis of carbon nanofiber synthesis and morphology control using a LPG premixed flame

• Iftikhar Rahman Bishal,
• Muhammad Hilmi Ibrahim,
• Norikhwan Hamzah,
• Mohd Zamri Mohd Yusop,
• Faizuan Bin Abdullah,
• I Putu Tedy Indrayana and
• Mohd Fairus Mohd Yasin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 581–590, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.45

• Malaysia (UTM) through UTM Fundamental Research (UTMFR: PY/2024/01611) grant with cost center number Q.J130000.3824.23H94. This research was also supported by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) through Prototype Development Fund (PDF Cycle 2: PY/2024/00430) grant with cost center number

Nanomaterials in targeting amyloid-β oligomers: current advances and future directions for Alzheimer's disease diagnosis and therapy

• Shiwani Randhawa,
• Trilok Chand Saini,
• Manik Bathla,
• Rahul Bhardwaj,
• Rubina Dhiman and
• Amitabha Acharya

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 561–580, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.44

Retrieval of B1 phase from high-pressure B2 phase for CdO nanoparticles by electronic excitations in Cd_xZn_1−xO composite thin films

• Arkaprava Das,
• Marcin Zając and
• Carla Bittencourt

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 551–560, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.43

• . Kandasami and C. Bittencourt, "Stabilization of the high-pressure phase of CdO by nanoparticle formation in CdxZn1−xO thin films", article no. 119744, Copyright (2024), with permission from Elsevier. This content is not subject to CC BY 4.0 (b) XRD pattern for CZ900_Pris, CZ900_113O, CZ900_313O, CZ900_113Ag

Quantification of lead through rod-shaped silver-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles using an electrochemical approach

• Ravinder Lamba,
• Gaurav Bhanjana,
• Neeraj Dilbaghi,
• Vivek Gupta and
• Sandeep Kumar

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 422–434, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.33

• providing a research initiation grant (No. PEC/DSR&IC/54 dated 10-04-2024) and the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India for the DST-PURSE grant (No. SR/PURSE/2024/350 dated 14-10-2024).

Biomimetics and bioinspired surfaces: from nature to theory and applications

• Rhainer Guillermo Ferreira,
• Thies H. Büscher,
• Manuela Rebora,
• Poramate Manoonpong,
• Zhendong Dai and
• Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 418–421, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.32

• applications have been published with his participation. Sadly, the biomimetic community lost this major personality on the 5th of September, 2024, who passed away at the age of 90 years old. We dedicate this thematic issue on biomimetic surfaces to commemorate his achievements and motivation. Werner

Synthesis and the impact of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles on the viability and activity of rhizobacteria

• Bedah Rupaedah,
• Indrika Novella,
• Atiek Rostika Noviyanti,
• Diana Rakhmawaty Eddy,
• Anna Safarrida,
• Abdul Hapid,
• Zhafira Amila Haqqa,
• Suryana Suryana,
• Irwan Kurnia and
• Fathiyah Inayatirrahmi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 216–228, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.17

• rhizobacteria. Acknowledgements This research received funding through RP ORNM BRIN (National Research and Innovation Agency) 2024 under contract number B-1484/III.10/TK.01.00/2/2024 and also RIIM Batch 4 2024 under contract number 37/II.7/HK/2023. The research was also supported by the facilities and

• , University of Indonesia. Funding This research received funding through RP ORNM BRIN (National Research and Innovation Agency) 2024 under contract number B-1484/III.10/TK.01.00/2/2024 and also RIIM Batch 4 2024 under contract number 37/II.7/HK/2023.

A review of metal-organic frameworks and polymers in mixed matrix membranes for CO₂ capture

• Charlotte Skjold Qvist Christensen,
• Nicholas Hansen,
• Mahboubeh Motadayen,
• Nina Lock,
• Martin Lahn Henriksen and
• Jonathan Quinson

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 155–186, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.14

Comparison of organic and inorganic hole transport layers in double perovskite material-based solar cell

• Deepika K and
• Arjun Singh

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 119–127, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.11

• 25.44% with VOC = 1.1027 V, JSC = 27.89 mA/cm2, and FF = 82.69%, suggesting the suitability of La2NiMnO6. In 2024, Singh et al. proposed a planar DPSC with La2NiMnO6 as absorber layer, Cu2O as HTL, and WS2 as ETL, and several parameters of the absorber layer including thickness, defect density, series

• are given in Table 1. Experimental Verification In 2024, a lead-free DPSC was both designed and fabricated. The included LNMO material was synthesized using the sol–gel method. The experimental and simulated J–V curves showed PCEs of 4.5 % and 10%, respectively. For the simulation, TiO2 was used as

Characterization of ZnO nanoparticles synthesized using probiotic Lactiplantibacillus plantarum GP258

• Prashantkumar Siddappa Chakra,
• Aishwarya Banakar,
• Shriram Narayan Puranik,
• Vishwas Kaveeshwar,
• C. R. Ravikumar and
• Devaraja Gayathri

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 78–89, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.8

• abstract was created in BioRender. Hasan, S. (2024) https://BioRender.com/s21n461. Funding The authors gratefully acknowledge the generous financial support provided by 'KSTePS, DST, Govt. of Karnataka' (Karnataka Science and Technology Promotion Society, Department of Science and Technology) Vision Group

Instance maps as an organising concept for complex experimental workflows as demonstrated for (nano)material safety research

• Benjamin Punz,
• Maja Brajnik,
• Joh Dokler,
• Jaleesia D. Amos,
• Litty Johnson,
• Katie Reilly,
• Anastasios G. Papadiamantis,
• Amaia Green Etxabe,
• Lee Walker,
• Diego S. T. Martinez,
• Steffi Friedrichs,
• Klaus M. Weltring,
• Nazende Günday-Türeli,
• Claus Svendsen,
• Christine Ogilvie Hendren,
• Mark R. Wiesner,
• Martin Himly,
• Iseult Lynch and
• Thomas E. Exner

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 57–77, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.7

Advanced atomic force microscopy techniques V

• Philipp Rahe,
• Ilko Bald,
• Nadine Hauptmann,
• Regina Hoffmann-Vogel,
• Harry Mönig and
• Michael Reichling

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 54–56, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.6

• , Nijmegen, and Münster, December 2024

Orientation-dependent photonic bandgaps in gold-dust weevil scales and their titania bioreplicates

• Norma Salvadores Farran,
• Limin Wang,
• Primoz Pirih and
• Bodo D. Wilts

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1–10, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.1

• -dimensional finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method, using Ansys Lumerical 2024 R1 (Ansys Inc., Canonsburg, PA, USA). The diamond nanostructures were approximated via an idealized single diamond network approximated by triply periodic minimal surface model from its level-set equation [52]. Diamond

Mechanistic insights into endosomal escape by sodium oleate-modified liposomes

• Ebrahim Sadaqa,
• Satrialdi,
• Fransiska Kurniawan and
• Diky Mudhakir

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1667–1685, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.131

Attempts to preserve and visualize protein corona on the surface of biological nanoparticles in blood serum using photomodification

• Julia E. Poletaeva,
• Anastasiya V. Tupitsyna,
• Alina E. Grigor’eva,
• Ilya S. Dovydenko and
• Elena I. Ryabchikova

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1654–1666, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.130

Fabrication of hafnium-based nanoparticles and nanostructures using picosecond laser ablation

• Abhishek Das,
• Mangababu Akkanaboina,
• Jagannath Rathod,
• R. Sai Prasad Goud,
• Kanaka Ravi Kumar,
• Raghu C. Reddy,
• Ratheesh Ravendran,
• Katia Vutova,
• S. V. S. Nageswara Rao and
• Venugopal Rao Soma

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1639–1653, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.129

Heterogeneous reactions in a HFCVD reactor: simulation using a 2D model

• Xochitl Aleyda Morán Martínez,
• José Alberto Luna López,
• Zaira Jocelyn Hernández Simón,
• Gabriel Omar Mendoza Conde,
• José Álvaro David Hernández de Luz and
• Godofredo García Salgado

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1627–1638, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.128

• 00335-PV/2024 and CONAHCYT scholarship CVU:461337. Acknowledgements The authors thankfully acknowledge computer resources, technical advice, and support provided by Laboratorio Nacional de Supercómputo del sureste de México (LNS), member of the CONAHCYT National Laboratories Group, under project no

Biomimetic nanocarriers: integrating natural functions for advanced therapeutic applications

• Hugo Felix Perini,
• Beatriz Sodré Matos,
• Carlo José Freire de Oliveira and
• Marcos Vinicius da Silva

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1619–1626, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.127

• (B), characteristics of cell membranes (C), and biomimetic nanocarriers (D). Created in BioRender. Sodré, B. (2024) https://BioRender.com/n85g617. This content is not subject to CC BY 4.0. Action of biomimetic nanocarriers. Inorganic and organic nanoparticles with transport function (A); target with

• potential binding sites for drug delivery; (B) and coated nanocarriers improve functional activity and carrier efficiency (C). Created in BioRender. Sodré, B. (2024) https://BioRender.com/c20d446. This content is not subject to CC BY 4.0. Acknowledgements The authors are grateful to the Fundação

• Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), and the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG). The graphical abstract was created in BioRender. Sodré, B. (2024) https://BioRender.com

Natural nanofibers embedded in the seed mucilage envelope: composite hydrogels with specific adhesive and frictional properties

• Agnieszka Kreitschitz and
• Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1603–1618, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.126

Liver-targeting iron oxide nanoparticles and their complexes with plant extracts for biocompatibility

• Shushanik A. Kazaryan,
• Seda A. Oganian,
• Gayane S. Vardanyan,
• Anatolie S. Sidorenko and
• Ashkhen A. Hovhannisyan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1593–1602, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.125

• and toxicity effects; as of May 2024, the website clinicaltrials.gov listed data on the development of 51 clinical protocols involving iron oxides NPs [25][26][27]. Surface chemistry and delivery route of MNPs affect their biodistribution patterns and circulation time in the body [28]. It is known

Facile synthesis of size-tunable L-carnosine-capped silver nanoparticles and their role in metal ion sensing and catalytic degradation of p-nitrophenol

• Akash Kumar,
• Ridhima Chadha,
• Abhishek Das,
• Nandita Maiti and
• Rayavarapu Raja Gopal

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1576–1592, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.124

Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles derived from algae and their larvicidal properties to control Aedes aegypti

• Matheus Alves Siqueira de Assunção,
• Douglas Dourado,
• Daiane Rodrigues dos Santos,
• Gabriel Bezerra Faierstein,
• Mara Elga Medeiros Braga,
• Severino Alves Junior,
• Rosângela Maria Rodrigues Barbosa,
• Herminio José Cipriano de Sousa and
• Fábio Rocha Formiga

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1566–1575, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.123

• to be elucidated to obtain a better understanding of their efficacy and safety. “Top-down” and “Bottom-up” approaches for synthesis of silver nanoparticles. Created in BioRender. Rocha Formiga, F. (2024) https://BioRender.com/a60t035. This content is not subject to CC BY 4.0. Green synthesis of

• silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) by seaweeds extracts. Created in BioRender. Rocha Formiga, F. (2024) https://BioRender.com/q62f029. This content is not subject to CC BY 4.0. Potential of silver nanoparticles to be used in vector control against Aedes aegypti, according to [63]. Created in BioRender. Rocha

• Formiga, F. (2024) https://BioRender.com/y89s911. This content is not subject to CC BY 4.0. Data from studies on the green synthesis of silver nanoparticles. Larvicidal activity of silver nanoparticles synthesized from seaweed against Aedes aegypti. Funding This work was financially supported by the

Ultrablack color in velvet ant cuticle

• Vinicius Marques Lopez,
• Wencke Krings,
• Juliana Reis Machado,
• Stanislav Gorb and
• Rhainer Guillermo-Ferreira

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1554–1565, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.122

• permission to use their photographs in this manuscript. This work is based on the doctoral thesis of the first author (V. M. Lopez, “Evolutionary ecology of antipredator coloration in velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae),” University of São Paulo, 2024). Funding This study was supported by the National