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Advanced hybrid nanomaterials

  • Andreas Taubert,
  • Fabrice Leroux,
  • Pierre Rabu and
  • Verónica de Zea Bermudez

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2563–2567, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.247

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  • speciation can be targeted. For example, in the work “New micro/mesoporous nanocomposite material from low-cost sources for the efficient removal of aromatic and pathogenic pollutants from water”, a hybrid kaolinite nanocomposite was assembled via Zn cations upon calcination, resulting in a low-cost porous
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Published 20 Dec 2019

A novel all-fiber-based LiFePO4/Li4Ti5O12 battery with self-standing nanofiber membrane electrodes

  • Li-li Chen,
  • Hua Yang,
  • Mao-xiang Jing,
  • Chong Han,
  • Fei Chen,
  • Xin-yu Hu,
  • Wei-yong Yuan,
  • Shan-shan Yao and
  • Xiang-qian Shen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2229–2237, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.215

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  • membrane is obtained after mixing A and B solutions. From the precursor solution a precursor fiber membrane was formed under a voltage of 25 kV, which was followed by a pre-oxidation at 260 °C for 2 h and then calcination at 800 °C for 10 h in N2 atmosphere (Figure 2c,d). Li4Ti5O12: 0.01 mol tetra-n-butyl
  • Li4Ti5O12 nanofiber membrane was obtained after mixing A and B solutions. From the precursor solution a precursor fiber membrane was formed under a voltage of 25 kV, followed by a pre-oxidation at 260 °C for 2 h and then calcination at 800 °C for 5 h in N2 atmosphere. General characterization A Rigaku D
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Published 13 Nov 2019

Targeted therapeutic effect against the breast cancer cell line MCF-7 with a CuFe2O4/silica/cisplatin nanocomposite formulation

  • B. Rabindran Jermy,
  • Vijaya Ravinayagam,
  • Widyan A. Alamoudi,
  • Dana Almohazey,
  • Hatim Dafalla,
  • Lina Hussain Allehaibi,
  • Abdulhadi Baykal,
  • Muhammet S. Toprak and
  • Thirunavukkarasu Somanathan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2217–2228, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.214

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  • (NO3)3·9H2O with 1.4 g of predried support material (HYPS, AlMSU-F and silicalite) using a mortar and pestle for 30 min followed by calcination at 850 °C for 6 h. Cisplatin was functionalized by mixing 30 mg of cisplatin with 600 mg of CuFe2O4/HYPS in normal saline solution (NSS) in an ice-cooled dark
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Ultrathin Ni1−xCoxS2 nanoflakes as high energy density electrode materials for asymmetric supercapacitors

  • Xiaoxiang Wang,
  • Teng Wang,
  • Rusen Zhou,
  • Lijuan Fan,
  • Shengli Zhang,
  • Feng Yu,
  • Tuquabo Tesfamichael,
  • Liwei Su and
  • Hongxia Wang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2207–2216, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.213

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  • structure of the precursor Ni1.7Co1.3O4 (Supporting Information File 1, Figure S2b–d) is maintained through this facile calcination method. Similarly, Ni1.7Co1.3O4 inherits the overall morphology of pristine NiCo-LDHs [19], which proves the microstructure was maintained during the calcination process
  • calcination at 300 °C. The Ni–Co sulfides showed a maximum capacitance of 1066.8 F·g−1 (533 C·g−1) at 0.5 A·g−1 and a retention rate of 63.4% when the current density increases to 20 A·g−1. The detailed CV and GCD plots of the other three groups are shown in Figure S7 (Supporting Information File 1). To
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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

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  • [20]. To the best of our knowledge, S-doped (001)-TiO2 has not yet been investigated. However, the S-doped non-(001)-TiO2 is well reported in literature [12][21][22][23][24][25][26]. Moreover, in previous reports, S-doping was mainly performed using solid-state calcination or hydrothermal methods. The
  • solid-state calcination results in the aggregation of particles. For S-doping via hydrothermal methods, the precursors were placed in an oven or a muffle furnace and heated to induce the reaction. Although some progress has already been made concerning S-doped TiO2, there are many issues that require
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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

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  • with its unsaturated analog trilinolein, represent the most prevalent triglycerides in oils. The introduction of mesopores by post-synthetic treatment with hydrogen peroxide and a subsequent calcination step results in the generation of an additional active surface with Brønsted basic sites becoming
  • literature data of 1.36 nm [38]. Impact of H2O2 treatment on crystallinity, textural characteristics, surface chemistry and pore interconnectivity of ETS-10 titanosilicates The XRD data of treated samples in Figure 7A demonstrate that the treatment of titanosilicates with H2O2 and subsequent calcination does
  • not notably affect the crystallinity, which is fully restored after the calcination (see Table S10 of Supporting Information File 1). However, partial removal of the framework has led to the appearance of crack-looking defects on the surface of ETS-10, less noticeable on the crystals treated for 30
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The influence of porosity on nanoparticle formation in hierarchical aluminophosphates

  • Matthew E. Potter,
  • Lauren N. Riley,
  • Alice E. Oakley,
  • Panashe M. Mhembere,
  • June Callison and
  • Robert Raja

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1952–1957, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.191

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  • complete reduction of the Au species, during the activation (calcination/reduction) process. We have thus shown that pore blockage can be minimised by immobilising metal nanoparticles onto hierarchical systems, allowing tailored zeotype catalysts to act as hosts through the inclusion of mesopores, with
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Novel hollow titanium dioxide nanospheres with antimicrobial activity against resistant bacteria

  • Carol López de Dicastillo,
  • Cristian Patiño,
  • María José Galotto,
  • Yesseny Vásquez-Martínez,
  • Claudia Torrent,
  • Daniela Alburquenque,
  • Alejandro Pereira and
  • Juan Escrig

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1716–1725, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.167

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  • and titanium dioxide, and after a calcination process, hollow nanospheres were obtained with a radius of approximately 345 nm and shell thickness of 17 nm. The structural characterization was performed using electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction and small-angle X-ray diffraction evidenced an
  • anatase titanium dioxide crystalline structure. Thermogravimetric analysis and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy studies demonstrated the absence of polymer residue after the calcination process. The antimicrobial properties of the developed CSTiO2 hollow nanospheres were evaluated against different
  • (alumina) was necessary with the role of fixing the SPVP particles to avoid their detachment during the TiO2 ALD step. Finally, the calcination process, carried out at 600 °C under an air atmosphere, was applied to remove the PVP polymer from the structures, resulting in hollow titanium dioxide nanospheres
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Selective gas detection using Mn3O4/WO3 composites as a sensing layer

  • Yongjiao Sun,
  • Zhichao Yu,
  • Wenda Wang,
  • Pengwei Li,
  • Gang Li,
  • Wendong Zhang,
  • Lin Chen,
  • Serge Zhuivkov and
  • Jie Hu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1423–1433, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.140

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  • material for selective detection of gases [12]. Herein, we prepared pure WO3 and Mn3O4/WO3 composites with different concentrations of Mn (1 atom %, 3 atom % and 5 atom % Mn) by a facile hydrothermal method followed by calcination. The gas sensing performance under different temperatures to H2S, NH3 and CO
  • gas sensing performance. Actually, the precursors before calcination are nanowire-like (Supporting Information File 1, Figure S1), but they present nanoparticles or nanorods after calcination treatment. The process could be explained by the re-crystallization of WO3 when annealing in air atmosphere
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BiOCl/TiO2/diatomite composites with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity for the degradation of rhodamine B

  • Minlin Ao,
  • Kun Liu,
  • Xuekun Tang,
  • Zishun Li,
  • Qian Peng and
  • Jing Huang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1412–1422, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.139

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  • Abstract A BiOCl/TiO2/diatomite (BTD) composite was synthesized via a modified sol–gel method and precipitation/calcination method for application as a photocatalyst and shows promise for degradation of organic pollutants in wastewater upon visible-light irradiation. In the composite, diatomite was used as
  • alone. When the molar ratio of BiOCl to TiO2 is 1:1 and the calcination temperature is 400 °C, the composite was found to exhibit the best catalytic effect. Through the study of the photocatalytic mechanism, it is shown that the strong visible-light photocatalytic activity of the BTD composite results
  • average crystal size of TiO2 is 25.5 nm, which is calculated by the Scherrer equation [30]. The XRD pattern of BTD shows sharp BiOCl and TiO2 diffraction peaks, indicating a high degree of crystallization of BTD. In addition, when the calcination temperature is higher than 500 °C, BiOCl will gradually
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Gas sensing properties of individual SnO2 nanowires and SnO2 sol–gel nanocomposites

  • Alexey V. Shaposhnik,
  • Dmitry A. Shaposhnik,
  • Sergey Yu. Turishchev,
  • Olga A. Chuvenkova,
  • Stanislav V. Ryabtsev,
  • Alexey A. Vasiliev,
  • Xavier Vilanova,
  • Francisco Hernandez-Ramirez and
  • Joan R. Morante

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1380–1390, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.136

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  • calcination as follows: Figure 2 shows a TEM image of the obtained material. The particle diameter derived from this measurement was found to be 4–6 nm. X-ray spectroscopy of the materials In the present study, we used the non-destructive techniques, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray absorption
  • forms of amorphous carbon are formed during material calcination. Figure 6 represents core Sn 3d5/2 (left) and O 1s (right) lines of the samples. The binding energy for the 3d5/2 tin and oxygen 1s lines in the SnO2 reference occurred at 487.1 eV and 531.1 eV, respectively. In the powder sample (SnO2 pwd
  • , powder particles may contain noticeable amounts of oxygen vacancies in their volume. This assumption moves the electronic structure of SnO2 powder particles close to the bulk (core) of natural SnO2-x oxides as confirmed by the XANES Sn M4,5 results (see Figure 7). After calcination, followed by
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Highly ordered mesoporous silica film nanocomposites containing gold nanoparticles for the catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol

  • Mohamad Azani Jalani,
  • Leny Yuliati,
  • Siew Ling Lee and
  • Hendrik O. Lintang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1368–1379, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.135

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  • treatment at 210 °C. In contrast, when the material was subjected to calcination as a heat treatment from 190 to 450 °C, the thin film nanocomposites showed an intense d100 X-ray diffraction peak. Moreover, gold nanoparticles inside the thin film nanocomposites were confirmed by the presence of the d111
  • by a calcination method at high temperature in the presence of air [1][14][15][16][17]. However, this process can also lead to structural damage due to the removal of organic components from the template at high temperature [18]. Since the high quality of mesoporous silica nanomaterials can increase
  • ]. In our previous works, high purity [Au3Pz3]C10TEG [30] was used to fabricate [Au3Pz3]C10TEG/silicahex for synthesizing AuNPs in the nanocomposites via calcination ([AuNPs]cal/silicahex) [31] and thermal hydrogen reduction methods ([AuNPs]red/silicahex) [32]. However, the resulting quality of the
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A highly efficient porous rod-like Ce-doped ZnO photocatalyst for the degradation of dye contaminants in water

  • Binjing Hu,
  • Qiang Sun,
  • Chengyi Zuo,
  • Yunxin Pei,
  • Siwei Yang,
  • Hui Zheng and
  • Fangming Liu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1157–1165, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.115

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  • into the solution of Zn(OAc)2·2H2O. After stirring at room temperature for 12 h, the white precipitate (ZIF-8) was centrifuged and washed thoroughly with MeOH and dried at 60 °C for 1 h [40]. After calcination at 500 °C for 3 h, the zinc oxide micro–nanomaterial was obtained. Synthesis of CZO For the
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Photoactive nanoarchitectures based on clays incorporating TiO2 and ZnO nanoparticles

  • Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky,
  • Pilar Aranda,
  • Marwa Akkari,
  • Nithima Khaorapapong and
  • Makoto Ogawa

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1140–1156, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.114

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  • NPs grew from 6 to 18 nm during calcination at 500–700 °C with a phase transition from anatase to rutile taking place at ca. 650 °C [96]. Layered silicates, such as kaolinite and montmorillonite, also stabilize the formation of ZnO NPs (Figure 2A) from zinc cyclohexanebutyrate hydrolyzed in dimethyl
  • nanoarchitectures have been prepared by in situ generation of ZnO NPs using Zn acetylacetonate precursor in isopropanol under reflux in the presence of the organoclays, leading to intermediate ZnO@clay organo-heterostructures. After calcination, the organic matter (alkyl groups from the organoclay) is eliminated and
  • compounds that after calcination (c) finally yield the nanoarchitecture containing the photoactive semiconductor. TEM Images (on the right) of A: ZnO@smectite from Gafsa, where ZnO NPs were previously prepared from Zn acetate [118], and B: TEM of TiO2@sepiolite, where TiO2 NPs were prepared from titanium
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Co-doped MnFe2O4 nanoparticles: magnetic anisotropy and interparticle interactions

  • Bagher Aslibeiki,
  • Parviz Kameli,
  • Hadi Salamati,
  • Giorgio Concas,
  • Maria Salvador Fernandez,
  • Alessandro Talone,
  • Giuseppe Muscas and
  • Davide Peddis

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 856–865, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.86

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  • (x = 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1) were synthesized following a simple method based on solid-state ball milling and calcination of nitrate precursors and citric acid, discussed previously to prepare pure MnFe2O4 [22]. Manganese nitrate (Mn(NO3)2·4H2O, Merck, 99%), iron nitrate (Fe(NO3)3·9H2O, Merck, 99
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Synthesis of MnO2–CuO–Fe2O3/CNTs catalysts: low-temperature SCR activity and formation mechanism

  • Yanbing Zhang,
  • Lihua Liu,
  • Yingzan Chen,
  • Xianglong Cheng,
  • Chengjian Song,
  • Mingjie Ding and
  • Haipeng Zhao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 848–855, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.85

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  • °C. A series of Cu-based [12][13] and (Mn + Fe)-based [14][15] catalysts have been applied in the SCR reaction and presented good catalytic activity. Nevertheless, the preparation procedures of the catalysts always need high-temperature calcination or high-pressure hydrothermal reactions, which are
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On the transformation of “zincone”-like into porous ZnO thin films from sub-saturated plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition

  • Alberto Perrotta,
  • Julian Pilz,
  • Stefan Pachmajer,
  • Antonella Milella and
  • Anna Maria Coclite

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 746–759, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.74

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  • doses below self-limiting values. Nanoporous ZnO thin films were subsequently obtained by calcination of the zincone-like layers between 100–600 °C. Spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were adopted in situ during calcination to investigate the removal of carbon impurities
  • . Moreover, the crystallinity and crystallite orientation could be tuned, ranging from a powder-like to a (100) preferential growth in the out-of-plane direction, as measured by synchrotron-radiation grazing incidence XRD. Calcination temperature ranges were identified in which pore formation and subsequent
  • crystal growth occurred, giving insights in the manufacturing of nanoporous ZnO from Zn-based hybrid materials. Keywords: calcination; PE-ALD; porosity; thin films; ZnO; Introduction Atomic layer deposition (ALD) and molecular layer deposition (MLD) are sequential self-limiting vapor-phase deposition
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Published 21 Mar 2019

Site-specific growth of oriented ZnO nanocrystal arrays

  • Rekha Bai,
  • Dinesh K. Pandya,
  • Sujeet Chaudhary,
  • Veer Dhaka,
  • Vladislav Khayrudinov,
  • Jori Lemettinen,
  • Christoffer Kauppinen and
  • Harri Lipsanen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 274–280, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.26

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  • twinned ZnO NCs. Now we compare our growth method and quality of twinned ZnO NCs with similar structures reported previously. Greer et al. [15] have employed gelatin as the structure-directing agent to fabricate twinned ZnO NCs. The removal of embedded gelatin in NCs requires calcination at 600 °C, which
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Thermal control of the defunctionalization of supported Au25(glutathione)18 catalysts for benzyl alcohol oxidation

  • Zahraa Shahin,
  • Hyewon Ji,
  • Rodica Chiriac,
  • Nadine Essayem,
  • Franck Rataboul and
  • Aude Demessence

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 228–237, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.21

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  • des Multimatériaux et Interfaces (LMI), Villeurbanne, France 10.3762/bjnano.10.21 Abstract Au25(SG)18 (SG – glutathione) clusters deposited on ZrO2 nanoparticles have been used as a catalyst for benzyl alcohol oxidation. Calcination was performed at different temperatures to study the ligand and
  • has been shown that the presence or absence of the thiolate ligand affects the catalytic activity and selectivity of gold thiolate clusters [17][18]. For example, high activity in the aerobic epoxidation of trans-stilbene was observed using non-calcined Au25(SPhNH2)17@SBA-15, whereas upon calcination
  • hydroperoxide or by calcination at 300 °C and showed, in both cases, incomplete conversion of the alcohol (46%) under 5 bar of O2, at 30 °C and in the presence of a base [32]. Another heterogeneous catalyst, Au25(dodecanethiolate)18 deposited on porous carbon nanosheets, has been thermally treated at 500 °C for
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pH-mediated control over the mesostructure of ordered mesoporous materials templated by polyion complex micelles

  • Emilie Molina,
  • Mélody Mathonnat,
  • Jason Richard,
  • Patrick Lacroix-Desmazes,
  • Martin In,
  • Philippe Dieudonné,
  • Thomas Cacciaguerra,
  • Corine Gérardin and
  • Nathalie Marcotte

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 144–156, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.14

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  • obtained materials by carefully screening the 4–7.9 pH domain, whereas the 1.9 wt % concentration was used at only two strategic pH values (pH 4.5 and 6.5, see thereafter) with the aim of confirming the general effects observed at 3.9 wt %. After calcination (8 h at 550 °C), the materials synthesized under
  • decreases from about 700 to 380 nm in the considered pH range. When the material synthesis was performed at a lower mass concentration (1.9 wt % of DHBC) and at pH 6.5, the material presented a well-defined lamellar mesostructure, which survived the removal of the SDA by calcination, as revealed by the TEM
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New micro/mesoporous nanocomposite material from low-cost sources for the efficient removal of aromatic and pathogenic pollutants from water

  • Emmanuel I. Unuabonah,
  • Robert Nöske,
  • Jens Weber,
  • Christina Günter and
  • Andreas Taubert

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 119–131, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.11

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  • Science), Theodor-Körner-Allee 16, 02763 Zittau, Germany Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany 10.3762/bjnano.10.11 Abstract A new micro/mesoporous hybrid clay nanocomposite prepared from kaolinite clay, Carica papaya seeds, and ZnCl2 via calcination
  • interesting both from stability and surface area aspects. Pollutant removal from aqueous solutions Removal of 4-nitrophenol We have previously reported that a first-generation HYCA material prepared via a low-temperature calcination process in air very efficiently adsorbs cationic pollutants such as Pb2+, Cd2
  • the HYCA materials prepared at 500 °C. (B) BET surface area of the 2Z-HYCA materials vs calcination temperature. (C) Pore volumes of the 2Z-HYCA nanocomposite materials vs calcination temperature. (A) Yield vs reaction temperature. (B) Chemical composition data from elemental analysis (EA) and energy
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Wet chemistry route for the decoration of carbon nanotubes with iron oxide nanoparticles for gas sensing

  • Hussam M. Elnabawy,
  • Juan Casanova-Chafer,
  • Badawi Anis,
  • Mostafa Fedawy,
  • Mattia Scardamaglia,
  • Carla Bittencourt,
  • Ahmed S. G. Khalil,
  • Eduard Llobet and
  • Xavier Vilanova

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 105–118, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.10

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  • a new, inexpensive approach based on wet chemistry. The effect of process parameters such as the solvent used, the amount of iron salt or the calcination time on the morphology, decoration density and nanocluster size were studied. With the proposed approach, the decoration density can be adjusted
  • by selecting the appropriate ratio of carbon nanotubes/iron salt, while nanoparticle size can be modulated by controlling the calcination period. Pristine and iron-decorated carbon nanotubes were deposited on silicon substrates to investigate their gas sensing properties. It was found that loading
  • absorbed acetic acid [28]. Finally, the powder was calcined at 450 °C during either 15 or 30 minutes. In this way the effect of the calcination time on the decoration process was also evaluated. The chemical composition of the decorated CNTs were measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) using a
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Impact of the anodization time on the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 nanotubes

  • Jesús A. Díaz-Real,
  • Geyla C. Dubed-Bandomo,
  • Juan Galindo-de-la-Rosa,
  • Luis G. Arriaga,
  • Janet Ledesma-García and
  • Nicolas Alonso-Vante

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2628–2643, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.244

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  • the as-prepared TiO2 materials usually report the use of wet-chemical routes, ion implantation, and calcination under reducing atmospheres, among others approaches [4][24][25]. However, some of these methods have shown detrimental effects on the opto-electronic properties of TiO2. Su et al. [26
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Improved catalytic combustion of methane using CuO nanobelts with predominantly (001) surfaces

  • Qingquan Kong,
  • Yichun Yin,
  • Bing Xue,
  • Yonggang Jin,
  • Wei Feng,
  • Zhi-Gang Chen,
  • Shi Su and
  • Chenghua Sun

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2526–2532, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.235

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  • volume and weight when assembled on the reactor. The aggregation of catalyst nanoparticles upon high-temperature calcination is a typical issue for CH4 oxidation, which was also observed in our experiments. All three CuO catalysts demonstrated poor thermal stability leading to significantly deteriorated
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Enhanced antineoplastic/therapeutic efficacy using 5-fluorouracil-loaded calcium phosphate nanoparticles

  • Shanid Mohiyuddin,
  • Saba Naqvi and
  • Gopinath Packirisamy

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2499–2515, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.233

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  • the bulk. Thus metal-based NPs applied to biomedical applications could contradict the success of disease prognosis and treatment. Upon synthesis via solvent-extraction or calcination procedures, mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) were found to inhibit cellular respiration [10] in the in vivo
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