Therapeutic effect of F127-folate@PLGA/CHL/IR780 nanoparticles on folate receptor-expressing cancer cells

• Thi Ngoc Han Pham,
• Phuong-Thao Dang-Luong,
• Hong-Phuc Nguyen,
• Loc Le-Tuan,
• Xuan Thang Cao,
• Thanh-Danh Nguyen,
• Vy Tran Anh and
• Hieu Vu_Quang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 954–964, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.78

• Thi Ngoc Han Pham Phuong-Thao Dang-Luong Hong-Phuc Nguyen Loc Le-Tuan Xuan Thang Cao Thanh-Danh Nguyen Vy Tran Anh Hieu Vu_Quang NTT Hi-tech institute, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, 700000, Vietnam Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi

Potential of a deep eutectic solvent in silver nanoparticle fabrication for antibiotic residue detection

• Le Hong Tho,
• Bui Xuan Khuyen,
• Ngoc Xuan Dat Mai and
• Nhu Hoa Thi Tran

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 426–434, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.38

• , CaO, and MgO) were manufactured by ISOLAB Laborgeräte GmbH, Eschau, Germany. Fabrication of DES and Ag NPs-DES The most ubiquitous DES studied vastly in recent years is reline, composed of urea and choline chloride in a 2:1 molar ratio [24]. However, this substance is not appropriate for Ag NPs

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

• was obtained from Cao et al. [26], where the zeta potential of MeOx NPs was measured in a cell culture of 20% fetal bovine complete medium. Dataset II was taken from Toropova et al. [27], where cell damage measurement was performed based on the uptake of propidium iodide (PI). The dataset is related

• differ, the work involves correlating the zeta potential data (experimental or computed) with the cell damage model as a descriptor. Cao et al. [26] also used zeta potential as one of the determinants for the modeled endpoint. The zeta potential of all data points was determined in the same solvent, and

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

• Phuong-Thao Dang-Luong Hong-Phuc Nguyen Loc Le-Tuan Xuan-Thang Cao Vy Tran-Anh Hieu Vu Quang NTT Hi-tech institute, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, 700000, Vietnam Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, 700000, Vietnam Institute

Modification of graphene oxide and its effect on properties of natural rubber/graphene oxide nanocomposites

• Nghiem Thi Thuong,
• Le Dinh Quang,
• Vu Quoc Cuong,
• Cao Hong Ha,
• Nguyen Ba Lam and
• Seiichi Kawahara

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 168–179, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.16

• Nghiem Thi Thuong Le Dinh Quang Vu Quoc Cuong Cao Hong Ha Nguyen Ba Lam Seiichi Kawahara School of Chemical Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, No 1 Dai co Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam Faculty of Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, 1603-1, Kamitomioka-machi, Nagaoka

ZnO-decorated SiC@C hybrids with strong electromagnetic absorption

• Liqun Duan,
• Zhiqian Yang,
• Yilu Xia,
• Xiaoqing Dai,
• Jian’an Wu and
• Minqian Sun

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 565–573, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.47

• provide locations for the deposition of Zn2+ via electrostatic interactions. Cao et al. [26] have reported the growth of ZnO particles on MWCNTs through a similar mechanism. However, in their case, the functional groups on the MWCNTs were obtained by ultrasonic treatment in concentrated nitric acid. Four

A novel approach to pulsed laser deposition of platinum catalyst on carbon particles for use in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

• Bogusław Budner,
• Wojciech Tokarz,
• Sławomir Dyjak,
• Andrzej Czerwiński,
• Bartosz Bartosewicz and
• Bartłomiej Jankiewicz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 190–204, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.19

• (absolute) pressure in an argon atmosphere. After thermal ignition, a mixture of magnesium and calcium formate powders (mixed with a 6:1 molar ratio) reacted vigorously in a self-propagating high-temperature regime, giving rise to MgO/CaO and carbon as the main solid-state products. After the reaction, a

• dark-grey powder was collected from the crucible and purified by stirring in an aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid (20 wt %) at boiling point (to remove MgO, CaO, and other byproducts of the combustion soluble in acids). After acid treatment, the black powder was filtered, washed with distilled

Photoelectrochemical water oxidation over TiO₂ nanotubes modified with MoS₂ and g-C₃N₄

• Phuong Hoang Nguyen,
• Thi Minh Cao,
• Tho Truong Nguyen,
• Hien Duy Tong and
• Viet Van Pham

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1541–1550, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.127

• Phuong Hoang Nguyen Thi Minh Cao Tho Truong Nguyen Hien Duy Tong Viet Van Pham HUTECH University, 475A Dien Bien Phu Street, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, 700000, Vietnam Faculty of Engineering, Vietnamese-German University (VGU), Le Lai Street, Hoa Phu Ward, Thu Dau Mot City, Binh Duong

Hydroxyapatite–bioglass nanocomposites: Structural, mechanical, and biological aspects

• Olga Shikimaka,
• Mihaela Bivol,
• Bogdan A. Sava,
• Marius Dumitru,
• Christu Tardei,
• Beatrice G. Sbarcea,
• Daria Grabco,
• Constantin Pyrtsac,
• Daria Topal,
• Andrian Prisacaru,
• Vitalie Cobzac and
• Viorel Nacu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1490–1504, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.123

• ][55] and can be explained by the formation of CaO-P2O5 or other calcium deficient phases. At the later stages of biomineralization, that is, after longer soaking times, the precipitate undergoes structural and chemical transformation resulting in the formation of carbonate-hydroxyapatite (CHA). The

Recent trends in Bi-based nanomaterials: challenges, fabrication, enhancement techniques, and environmental applications

• Vishal Dutta,
• Ankush Chauhan,
• Ritesh Verma,
• C. Gopalkrishnan and
• Van-Huy Nguyen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1316–1336, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.109

• photocatalysts in such a way as to change the processes involved in photocatalytic reaction kinetics. For example, Cao et al. reported the fabrication of a bismuth-based Bi/Bi2MoO6/TiO2 nanocomposite photocatalytic material using a facile one-step solvothermal technique [114]. To reduce metal Bi on the surface

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

• permission from Springer Nature from the journal Nature Nanotechnology (“Water-evaporation-induced electricity with nanostructured carbon materials“ by G. Xue; Y. Xu; T. Ding; J. Li; J. Yin; W. Fei; Y. Cao; J. Yu; L. Yuan; L. Gong; J. Chen; S. Deng; J. Zhou; W. Guo), Copyright 2017 Springer Nature. This

Tin dioxide nanomaterial-based photocatalysts for nitrogen oxide oxidation: a review

• Viet Van Pham,
• Hong-Huy Tran,
• Thao Kim Truong and
• Thi Minh Cao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 96–113, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.7

• Viet Van Pham Hong-Huy Tran Thao Kim Truong Thi Minh Cao Photocatalysis Research Group (PRG), Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, University of Science, VNU–HCM, 227 Nguyen Van Cu Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, 700000, Viet Nam HUTECH University, 475A Dien Bien Phu Street, Binh

• electrons and holes, respectively. Figure 10 was reprinted from [71], Environmental Pollution, vol. 286, by Van Pham, V.; Mai, D.-Q.; Bui, D.-P.; Van Man, T.; Zhu, B.; Zhang, L.; Sangkaworn, J.; Tantirungrotechai, J.; Reutrakul, V.; Cao, T. M. “Emerging 2D/0D g-C3N4/SnO2 S-scheme photocatalyst: New

Influence of magnetic domain walls on all-optical magnetic toggle switching in a ferrimagnetic GdFe film

• Rahil Hosseinifar,
• Evangelos Golias,
• Ivar Kumberg,
• Quentin Guillet,
• Karl Frischmuth,
• Sangeeta Thakur,
• Mario Fix,
• Manfred Albrecht,
• Florian Kronast and
• Wolfgang Kuch

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 74–81, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.5

• higher temperature shortly after the laser pulse, or by creep motion of the domain wall at longer times after the pulse. Such a creep motion of sharp domain ends has been studied in detail by Cao et al. in Co/Gd stacks sandwiched by Pt or Ta [22]. To further investigate the effect of magnetic domain

Progress and innovation of nanostructured sulfur cathodes and metal-free anodes for room-temperature Na–S batteries

• Marina Tabuyo-Martínez,
• Bernd Wicklein and
• Pilar Aranda

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 995–1020, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.75

Comprehensive review on ultrasound-responsive theranostic nanomaterials: mechanisms, structures and medical applications

• Sepand Tehrani Fateh,
• Lida Moradi,
• Elmira Kohan,
• Michael R. Hamblin and
• Amin Shiralizadeh Dezfuli

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 808–862, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.64

Fabrication of nano/microstructures for SERS substrates using an electrochemical method

• Jingran Zhang,
• Tianqi Jia,
• Xiaoping Li,
• Junjie Yang,
• Zhengkai Li,
• Guangfeng Shi,
• Xinming Zhang and
• Zuobin Wang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1568–1576, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.139

• ] obtained nanodot array structures fabricated with Au films of different thickness. The Au were 13, 20, and 40 nm thick. The results show that a 13 nm thick Au film conferred the best enhancement effect. Therefore, the use of a thinner Au film can improve the Raman intensity of probe molecules. Cao et al

Facile biogenic fabrication of hydroxyapatite nanorods using cuttlefish bone and their bactericidal and biocompatibility study

• Satheeshkumar Balu,
• Manisha Vidyavathy Sundaradoss,
• Swetha Andra and
• Jaison Jeevanandam

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 285–295, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.21

• loading capacity and slow drug release in drug delivery systems for progressive advancement in osteoporosis and bone tumor treatments [17]. Various studies have reported the synthesis procedure of Hap nanoparticles from annealed cuttlefish bone using a hydrothermal method, which yields calcium oxide (CaO

Plasmonic nanosensor based on multiple independently tunable Fano resonances

• Lin Cheng,
• Zelong Wang,
• Xiaodong He and
• Pengfei Cao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2527–2537, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.243

• Lin Cheng Zelong Wang Xiaodong He Pengfei Cao Institute of Optoelectronics & Electromagnetic Information, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China 10.3762/bjnano.10.243 Abstract A novel refractive index nanosensor with compound structures is proposed in this paper. It consists of three different

Atomic force acoustic microscopy reveals the influence of substrate stiffness and topography on cell behavior

• Yan Liu,
• Li Li,
• Xing Chen,
• Ying Wang,
• Meng-Nan Liu,
• Jin Yan,
• Liang Cao,
• Lu Wang and
• Zuo-Bin Wang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2329–2337, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.223

• Yan Liu Li Li Xing Chen Ying Wang Meng-Nan Liu Jin Yan Liang Cao Lu Wang Zuo-Bin Wang Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Cross-Scale Micro and Nano Manufacturing, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China International Research Centre for Nano Handling and

Improved adsorption and degradation performance by S-doping of (001)-TiO₂

• Xiao-Yu Sun,
• Xian Zhang,
• Xiao Sun,
• Ni-Xian Qian,
• Min Wang and
• Yong-Qing Ma

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2116–2127, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.206

• and B-doped (001)-TiO2 via a solvothermal method in order to improve the visible-light photocatalytic activity [15]. Cao et al. used first-principles simulations to study the electronic and optical properties of (001)-TiO2 and MoS2 composites. Their results suggested that the effective

Synthesis of highly active ETS-10-based titanosilicate for heterogeneously catalyzed transesterification of triglycerides

• Muhammad A. Zaheer,
• David Poppitz,
• Khavar Feyzullayeva,
• Marianne Wenzel,
• Jörg Matysik,
• Radomir Ljupkovic,
• Aleksandra Zarubica,
• Alexander A. Karavaev,
• Andreas Pöppl,
• Roger Gläser and
• Muslim Dvoyashkin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2039–2061, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.200

• accessible for triolein and enhancing the rate of transesterification. The resulting catalyst exhibits a comparable triolein conversion (≈73%) after 4 h of reaction to CaO (≈76%), which is reportedly known to be highly active in the transesterification of triglycerides. In addition, while CaO showed a

• maximum conversion of 83% after 24 h, the ETS-10-based catalyst reached 100% after 8 h, revealing its higher stability compared to CaO. The following characteristics of the catalysts were experimentally addressed – crystal structure (X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy), crystal shape and

• impact of the post-synthetic treatment applied to the ETS-10 titanosilicate with respect to the catalytic activity in the heterogeneously catalyzed transesterification of triglycerides. Keywords: CaO; diffusion; ETS-10; nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR); transesterification; Introduction One of the

Improvement of the thermoelectric properties of a MoO₃ monolayer through oxygen vacancies

• Wenwen Zheng,
• Wei Cao,
• Ziyu Wang,
• Huixiong Deng,
• Jing Shi and
• Rui Xiong

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2031–2038, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.199

• Wenwen Zheng Wei Cao Ziyu Wang Huixiong Deng Jing Shi Rui Xiong Hubei Key Laboratory of Optical Information and Pattern Recognition, School of Mathematics and Physics, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-Structures of Ministry of

Directional light beams by design from electrically driven elliptical slit antennas

• Shuiyan Cao,
• Eric Le Moal,
• Quanbo Jiang,
• Aurélien Drezet,
• Serge Huant,
• Jean-Paul Hugonin,
• Gérald Dujardin and
• Elizabeth Boer-Duchemin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2361–2371, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.221

• Shuiyan Cao Eric Le Moal Quanbo Jiang Aurelien Drezet Serge Huant Jean-Paul Hugonin Gerald Dujardin Elizabeth Boer-Duchemin Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay (ISMO), CNRS, Univ Paris Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91405 Orsay, France Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut NEEL, F-38000

• Information File 188: Additional experimental data. Acknowledgements Shuiyan Cao acknowledges the financial support of the China Scholarship Council (CSC) (No. 201304910386). The authors thank Jean-Jacques Greffet for fruitful discussions and Jean-François Motte and Gwénaëlle Julie at the NanoFab facility

Understanding the performance and mechanism of Mg-containing oxides as support catalysts in the thermal dry reforming of methane

• Nor Fazila Khairudin,
• Mohd Farid Fahmi Sukri,
• Mehrnoush Khavarian and
• Abdul Rahman Mohamed

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1162–1183, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.108

• MgO to the Ni catalysts supported on nanocrystalline Al2O3 decreased the surface area of the catalysts. MgO has the most beneficial effect for catalytic activity and suppressed the carbon formation in comparison with other alkaline earth promoters such as CaO and BaO investigated in this work. In fact

• high ratio of Mg could improve the performance of Ni metal and enhance the catalytic activity and stability. Alipour et al. [122] successfully investigated the effect of alkaline earth metals, such as MgO, CaO, and BaO, as support modifiers for a Ni/Al2O3 catalyst. The addition of basic support