Near-field effects and energy transfer in hybrid metal-oxide nanostructures

• Ulrich Herr,
• Barat Achinuq,
• Cahit Benel,
• Giorgos Papageorgiou,
• Manuel Goncalves,
• Johannes Boneberg,
• Paul Leiderer,
• Paul Ziemann,
• Peter Marek and
• Horst Hahn

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 306–317, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.34

• optical techniques, and also modeled by appropriate computer simulations. In a second step, these structures have been combined with oxide nanoparticles that are doped by rare-earth ions, such as Eu3+. Materials of this kind are used for light conversion, e.g., in fluorescent lighting and white LEDs

Influence of the solvent on the stability of bis(terpyridine) structures on graphite

• Daniela Künzel and
• Axel Groß

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 269–277, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.29

• various network structures as a function of the chemical potential is derived yielding a sequence in agreement with the experiment. Keywords: computer simulations; energy related; force-field calculations; nanomaterials; solvation; Introduction The controlled formation of structured surfaces by the

Surface induced self-organization of comb-like macromolecules

• Konstantin I. Popov,
• Vladimir V. Palyulin,
• Martin Möller,
• Alexei R. Khokhlov and
• Igor I. Potemkin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 569–584, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.61

• solvent strength was also predicted for combs with one type of side chain through scaling [56], self-consistent field theories [57] and computer simulations [58]. Such a structure was shown to be stable for intermediate and small values of grafting density. Janus cylinders were experimentally obtained in

• molecular motor by analogy with the directional movement of diblock copolymers [120]. Computer simulations demonstrated that diblock copolymer adsorbed on a striped surface can shift preferentially in one direction if one of the blocks undergoes periodic collapse and readsorption [120]. In the case of combs

Self-organizing bioinspired oligothiophene–oligopeptide hybrids

• Alexey K. Shaytan,
• Eva-Kathrin Schillinger,
• Elena Mena-Osteritz,
• Sylvia Schmid,
• Pavel G. Khalatur,
• Peter Bäuerle and
• Alexei R. Khokhlov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 525–544, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.57

• extended into the dynamic domain. Since microcrystals usually only provide the structures of the basic aggregation units, different arrangements of these units into the protofilaments and then fibers may be probed in computer simulations. However, when no initial 3-D structural data is available, the

• application of computer simulations may be less straightforward. In this case, it is necessary to predict or suggest various trial arrangements, construct the aggregates, and then test their characteristics against available experimental data. The latter approach has a much wider applicability in terms of

• studied compounds and potential applications for the rational computer-aided design of new macromolecular systems with specific properties. In this minireview, we discuss the recent progress in the design, synthesis and in computer simulations of new oligothiophene–oligopeptide conjugates that can self

Effect of large mechanical stress on the magnetic properties of embedded Fe nanoparticles

• Srinivasa Saranu,
• Sören Selve,
• Ute Kaiser,
• Luyang Han,
• Ulf Wiedwald,
• Paul Ziemann and
• Ulrich Herr

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 268–275, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.31

• 3%. The actual stress generated in the films depends on the transfer of the elastic strain in the substrate to the particle embedding film. This transfer depends crucially on the interface properties and is also limited by the onset of plastic deformation. Previous computer simulations of Co