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

• inorganic additive can be integrated into an organic polymer membrane simply by mixing the inorganic particles with a membrane solution of the specific polymer. This composite solution is then cast to obtain the membrane. However, the general limitation of most inorganic filler-based MMMs is the

• new additive materials more compatible with organic polymer membranes. In this search, MOFs were shown to be promising candidates. The first report on MOF-integrated MMMs was by Yehia et al. in 2004 [85]. In this pioneering work, the authors incorporated the MOF copper(II) biphenyl dicarboxylate

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

• under ambient conditions with humidity levels of 35–40%. Here, 3,4-dihydroxyphenethylamine hydrochloride (3,4-DpACl) was used as an additive during perovskite fabrication. Despite significant research efforts, there are stability issues when working under critical environmental conditions, which is an

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

• quasi-ordered and disordered structures [19][20], by employing pigments [34], by randomization of orientations of photonic structures [21][35], or by a combination of these mechanisms [36]. It seems that the additive pointillistic mixing of ordered domains observed in the gold-dust weevil and other

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

• tasteless [11][21]. Its chemical composition and special physical properties allow many applications of mucilage, for example, as thickening and structuring (gel-forming) agent, emulsifier or stabiliser for food products, scaffold for tissue regeneration, additive in formation of medicinal tablets, and for

• hispanica after rehydration fully preserved its adhesive potential and macroscopic structure. This property makes chia mucilage a possible additive ingredient in food production [136]. Adhesion of the hydrated mucilage dried in contact Strong permanent adhesion of some plant parts is a well-known phenomenon

• ). Basil mucilage comprises thick cellulose fibrils [7]. Cellulose in the form of CNFs is very often used as an additive in the production of, for example, paper and biofilms [41][147][148] because CFNs have many unique properties, such as high mechanical strength (higher than that of steel and alloys, <2

AI-assisted models to predict chemotherapy drugs modified with C₆₀ fullerene derivatives

• Jonathan-Siu-Loong Robles-Hernández,
• Dora Iliana Medina,
• Katerin Aguirre-Hurtado,
• Marlene Bosquez,
• Roberto Salcedo and
• Alan Miralrio

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1170–1188, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.95

• , quantities such as the molecular weight or number of rings were shifted to the correspondent values for the drug–fullerene complexes since these modifications are only additive constants. Molecules interacting with C60 were studied in this subsection and those modified with the fullerene derivative are the

Effects of cutting tool geometry on material removal of a gradient nanograined CoCrNi medium entropy alloy

• Yu-Sheng Lu,
• Yu-Xuan Hung,
• Thi-Xuyen Bui and
• Te-Hua Fang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 925–940, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.76

• attention and research [1][2]. Among them, the ternary medium-entropy alloy (MEA) CoCrNi and its derived five-element CoCrFeMnNi HEA [3][4] have been found to exhibit high strength and ductility. Weng et al. used laser-aided additive manufacturing to fabricate a CoCrNi MEA with a perfect combination of

Identification of structural features of surface modifiers in engineered nanostructured metal oxides regarding cell uptake through ML-based classification

• Indrasis Dasgupta,
• Totan Das,
• Biplab Das and
• Shovanlal Gayen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 909–924, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.75

• ML based classification models According to OECD Principle 5 on the validation of QSAR models, it is very important to give a mechanistic interpretation of the descriptors that have a significant contribution to the model output [49]. In the current study, SHapley Additive exPlanation (SHAP) analysis

Laser synthesis of nanoparticles in organic solvents – products, reactions, and perspectives

• Theo Fromme,
• Sven Reichenberger,
• Katharine M. Tibbetts and
• Stephan Barcikowski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 638–663, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.54

• added different additives. In the case of gaseous additives (nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and argon), they saturated the solution by bubbling. Further additives were 0.3 vol % hydrogen peroxide and 0.2 vol % water (for ethanol only). Depending on the chosen additive, they found a different degree of

• efficiency and gas formation. Scaramuzza et al. found varying ablation rates and cavitation bubble sizes depending on the used additive–solvent combination [20], and Zhang et al. found higher yields of gases when working in ethanol–water mixtures [44]. This enhanced gas production can be used to alter the

Exfoliation of titanium nitride using a non-thermal plasma process

• Priscila Jussiane Zambiazi,
• Dolores Ribeiro Ricci Lazar,
• Larissa Otubo,
• Rodrigo Fernando Brambilla de Souza,
• Almir Oliveira Neto and
• Cecilia Chaves Guedes-Silva

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 631–637, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.53

• conductivity [10][11][12]. On the nanoscale, TiN finds applications as additive in titanium alloys, as catalyst support material, as supercapacitor component, and as nanocoating for medical implants [13][14][15][16]. Furthermore, ultra-small TiN nanodots have been successfully obtained through liquid

On the additive artificial intelligence-based discovery of nanoparticle neurodegenerative disease drug delivery systems

• Shan He,
• Julen Segura Abarrategi,
• Harbil Bediaga,
• Sonia Arrasate and
• Humberto González-Díaz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 535–555, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.47

• data to be explored. As a result, N2D3S development by the additive approach requires an AI/ML technique to achieve multioutput and multilabel classification [21][22][23][24]. In addition, the AI/ML technique includes a pre-processing step to perform information fusion (IF) of the preclinical NDD assay

• . Experimentally, the IFPTML-LDA method predicted with high probability p(N2D3Sin)cdj.cnj > 0.81 all examples reported in Table 5. The results support our initial premise that the IFPTML additive approach is able to carry out an appropriate recognition of N2D3Ss involving additive and synergic cases. Conclusion

Comparative electron microscopy particle sizing of TiO₂ pigments: sample preparation and measurement

• Ralf Theissmann,
• Christopher Drury,
• Markus Rohe,
• Thomas Koch,
• Jochen Winkler and
• Petr Pikal

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 317–332, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.29

• of the pigment to preferentially scatter longer wavelengths of the visible spectrum. The higher the CIE b* value is, the more red and green light is scattered from the paste relative to blue light. Since in an additive colour mix, red and green light together result in yellow light, a large CIE b

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

• expressed in a pairwise additive manner: The potential Up−NP depends on the distance di between the centers of mass of the NP and each AA in the protein. This distance is determined by the protein’s orientation with respect to the NP’s surface, which is defined by two rotational angles (ϕ, θ) relative to

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

• method for nanofabrication such as FIB, which also happens to cover the low-energy interaction regime. The method is widely available as a complement to scanning electron microscopes. Focused ion beams allow for both subtractive and additive nanoscale manufacturing [31] and can also be used for chemical

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

• establishing the QD’s role as an acceptor, the QD additive is considered the first donor (with a higher LUMO level), and P3HT would be the second. The HOMO offsets [63] are 0.7 eV for QD480, 0.9 eV for QD520, 0.7 eV for QD580, 0.1 eV for QD600, and 1.7 eV for QD640. Based on the energy level system, it can be

Fluorescent bioinspired albumin/polydopamine nanoparticles and their interactions with Escherichia coli cells

• Eloïse Equy,
• Jordana Hirtzel,
• Sophie Hellé,
• Béatrice Heurtault,
• Eric Mathieu,
• Morgane Rabineau,
• Vincent Ball and
• Lydie Ploux

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 1208–1224, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.100

• additive plays a crucial role in the control of the NP size. Specifically, Bergtold et al. demonstrated that a protein (e.g. chromofungin) containing a diad of lysine (K) and glutamate (E) (Figure 1a,b) in its sequence allows for the control of the formation of PDA NPs, in contrast to an additive without a

Dual-heterodyne Kelvin probe force microscopy

• Benjamin Grévin,
• Fatima Husainy,
• Dmitry Aldakov and
• Cyril Aumaître

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 1068–1084, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.88

• to display finely intermixed networks of the donor and acceptor species at the scale of a few tens of nanometres. This was achieved by using diiodooctane as a solvent additive [21], following an identical processing protocol than the one described in our former report [11]. The topographic nc-AFM

• additive [4][11]. However, it is important to note that, in contrast to the present case, these earlier series of samples exhibited an overall negative SPV. This shows that although all of these samples are “nanophase segregated”, the morphology of the donor and acceptor subnetworks can show significant

• variation from batch to batch. In fact, the decay time constant dynamics we observed here are reminiscent of the SPV dynamics we previously observed in PTB7-enriched regions of blends processed without solvent additive [4]. The comparison seems even more pertinent when one considers that these PTB7-enriched

Prediction of cytotoxicity of heavy metals adsorbed on nano-TiO₂ with periodic table descriptors using machine learning approaches

• Joyita Roy,
• Souvik Pore and
• Kunal Roy

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 939–950, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.77

• more strong and more precise predictions. The workflow of the ML algorithm is represented in Figure 2. Tuning can be done using the grid search method. SHAP analysis The feature importance in the model was determined using the Shapley Additive exPlanation (SHAP) method, using SHAP version 0.41.0. The

Industrial perspectives for personalized microneedles

• Remmi Danae Baker-Sediako,
• Benjamin Richter,
• Matthias Blaicher,
• Michael Thiel and
• Martin Hermatschweiler

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 857–864, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.70

• medical devices for painless transdermal drug delivery. New and improved additive manufacturing methods enable novel microneedle designs to be realized for preclinical and clinical trial assessments. However, current literature reviews suggest that industrial manufacturers and researchers have focused

• injuries [7]. An estimated two million hospital-based workers suffer from work-related needle injuries, adding burdensome financial cost and infection risks to healthcare systems [8][9]. With the advent of advanced additive manufacturing techniques, we can miniaturize needles (microneedles) to overcome

Nanostructured lipid carriers containing benznidazole: physicochemical, biopharmaceutical and cellular in vitro studies

• Giuliana Muraca,
• María Esperanza Ruiz,
• Rocío C. Gambaro,
• Sebastián Scioli-Montoto,
• María Laura Sbaraglini,
• Gisel Padula,
• José Sebastián Cisneros,
• Cecilia Yamil Chain,
• Vera A. Álvarez,
• Cristián Huck-Iriart,
• Guillermo R. Castro,
• María Belén Piñero,
• Matias Ildebrando Marchetto,
• Catalina Alba Soto,
• Germán A. Islan and
• Alan Talevi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 804–818, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.66

• explain why our formulations exhibited increased performance against T. cruzi compared with other previously reported BNZ-loaded NLC. It would be interesting to study the effect of other lipids on the parasite to optimize the efficacy of the formulations based on a potential additive or synergistic effect

Silver-based SERS substrates fabricated using a 3D printed microfluidic device

• Phommachith Sonexai,
• Minh Van Nguyen,
• Bui The Huy and
• Yong-Ill Lee

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 793–803, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.65

• [30]; also, it does not require a clean room. The stereolithography (SLA) technique is an additive manufacturing technique in which a photopolymer resin is cured and converted from a liquid to a solid by an ultraviolet laser. The resolution of SLA printers is determined by the radial beam scattering

• with the analyte solution (30 µL) and air-dried at room temperature. SERS signals were then collected from random locations. Results and Discussion Fabrication of droplet-based microfluidic device using 3D printing SLA 3D printing is an additive manufacturing technology that employs a laser to

Control of morphology and crystallinity of CNTs in flame synthesis with one-dimensional reaction zone

• Muhammad Hilmi Ibrahim,
• Norikhwan Hamzah,
• Mohd Zamri Mohd Yusop,
• Ni Luh Wulan Septiani and
• Mohd Fairus Mohd Yasin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 741–750, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.61

• multi-walled CNTs (MWCNTs) with carboxyl functionalization [3]. The aerospace industry utilizes CNTs with high thermal, chemical, mechanical, and electrical performance as a nanocomposite additive to overcome problems in aircraft coatings, such as corrosion, ice accretion, lightning strike, and erosion

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

• prevention of side effects, is the theoretical rationale behind the use of designed nanoparticles (NPs) [26][27][28]. Advances in the therapeutic approaches used for overcoming NSCLC resistance Combinatorial treatments are designed with the goal of exerting additive or synergistic inhibitory effects on the

• several clinical trials. The synergistic effects of combination therapy depend on the status and the type of genetic alteration; as such, the most potent will be the one showing synergistic or additive effects on oncogene pathways essential for cell survival. Conventional cytotoxic agents with signaling

• additive antitumor activity via downregulation of the c-MYC–HIF-1α–VEGF signaling pathway in mutated NSCLC with exon 19 deletions (Figure 1) [32][33][34]. Several randomized clinical studies have also reported on the increased effectiveness of combined chemotherapy/EGFR TKI treatments in patients with

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

• models of the tip–cantilever system, which consider the additive contributions of the end of the tip (sphere or apex), the cone contribution, and the lever contribution (some including corrections for tilt of the cantilever with respect to the sample surface) are prevalent in the literature [16][98][99

Fabrication and testing of polymer microneedles for transdermal drug delivery

• Vahid Ebrahiminejad,
• Zahra Faraji Rad,
• Philip D. Prewett and
• Graham J. Davies

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 629–640, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.55

• printing and TPP techniques [9][10][11]. Although additive manufacturing (AM) techniques are usually viewed as time-consuming processes, modifications and optimizations of printing parameters within the codes and algorithms of AMs can lead to significant reductions in production time [11]. MN arrays are

• MN array The MN array fabrication process uses the commercial Nanoscribe Photonic Professional GT 3D printer (Nanoscribe GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany), providing a TPP process to make a master MN array by additive manufacturing. The 9 × 9 MN array with an overall height of 1100 µm, 250 µm base diameter

Approaching microwave photon sensitivity with Al Josephson junctions

• Andrey L. Pankratov,
• Anna V. Gordeeva,
• Leonid S. Revin,
• Dmitry A. Ladeynov,
• Anton A. Yablokov and
• Leonid S. Kuzmin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 582–589, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.50

• ) model with additive noise [29]. It is important to use the RCSJ model in the temperature range in which it is valid, that is, above the crossover temperature in the quantum regime. The lifetime (dark count time) measurements are organized as follows. The current through the junction is quasi