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Stochastic excitation for high-resolution atomic force acoustic microscopy imaging: a system theory approach

  • Edgar Cruz Valeriano,
  • José Juan Gervacio Arciniega,
  • Christian Iván Enriquez Flores,
  • Susana Meraz Dávila,
  • Joel Moreno Palmerin,
  • Martín Adelaido Hernández Landaverde,
  • Yuri Lizbeth Chipatecua Godoy,
  • Aime Margarita Gutiérrez Peralta,
  • Rafael Ramírez Bon and
  • José Martín Yañez Limón

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 703–716, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.58

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  • properties of a material. S-AFAM is implemented and compared with a conventional technique (resonance tracking-atomic force acoustic microscopy, RT-AFAM). A sample of a graphite film on a glass substrate is analyzed. S-AFAM can be implemented in any AFM system due to its reduced instrumentation requirements
  • [1][2]. However, each method has its limitations due to instrumentation capabilities and the geometry of the contact. Also, some of these methods can be destructive or provide only poor resolution because of the nanometric dimensions [1]. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a fundamental tool in
  • though these methods offer reliable measurements, they can only measure one or three resonant vibrational modes with a relative frequency resolution, and in some cases, the involved instrumentation can be very complex [2][10][16][17][19]. This makes the system excitation restricted to purely sinusoidal
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Published 04 May 2020

Silver-decorated gel-shell nanobeads: physicochemical characterization and evaluation of antibacterial properties

  • Marta Bartel,
  • Katarzyna Markowska,
  • Marcin Strawski,
  • Krystyna Wolska and
  • Maciej Mazur

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 620–630, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.49

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  • –Hinton broth (MH; Biocorp Poland). The medium was supplemented with glucose when required (Chempur, Poland). For the analysis of bacterial viability the LIVE/DEAD BacLight bacterial viability kit (Promega) was used. Instrumentation Microscopy Scanning electron microscopy and electron microprobe (EDS
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Published 14 Apr 2020

Current measurements in the intermittent-contact mode of atomic force microscopy using the Fourier method: a feasibility analysis

  • Berkin Uluutku and
  • Santiago D. Solares

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 453–465, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.37

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  • significant instrumentation challenges are anticipated, the modelling results are promising and suggest that Fourier-based higher-harmonics current measurement may enable the development of a reliable intermittent-contact conductive AFM method. Keywords: atomic force microscopy (AFM); conductivity; current
  • the current section. Practical and instrumentation challenges for the proposed methods in the context of real SPM experiments are summarised in the Discussion section, such as data acquisition difficulties when multiple weak signals at high frequencies are measured. Possible solutions are also
  • for frequencies near the nodes in the power spectrum (see Figure 8), and in part due to the fact that recording additional harmonics also requires additional instrumentation (i.e., lock-in amplifiers). Figure 9 illustrates the reconstruction of the current for the intermittent-contact simulation for
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Published 13 Mar 2020

Small protein sequences can induce cellular uptake of complex nanohybrids

  • Jan-Philip Merkl,
  • Malak Safi,
  • Christian Schmidtke,
  • Fadi Aldeek,
  • Johannes Ostermann,
  • Tatiana Domitrovic,
  • Sebastian Gärtner,
  • John E. Johnson,
  • Horst Weller and
  • Hedi Mattoussi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2477–2482, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.238

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  • culture, epifluorescence z-stack, epifluorescence control experiments, flow cytometry, further instrumentation. Supporting Information File 300: Additional experimental data. Acknowledgements This work was supported by the State Excellence Initiative “Nanotechnology in Medicine” from the Free and
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Published 12 Dec 2019

Mobility of charge carriers in self-assembled monolayers

  • Zhihua Fu,
  • Tatjana Ladnorg,
  • Hartmut Gliemann,
  • Alexander Welle,
  • Asif Bashir,
  • Michael Rohwerder,
  • Qiang Zhang,
  • Björn Schüpbach,
  • Andreas Terfort and
  • Christof Wöll

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2449–2458, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.235

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  • methods and instrumentation All STM measurements were carried out under ambient conditions, using either a Joel JSPM 4210 microscope or an Agilent STM setup, which had been cross-calibrated by imaging HOPG with atomic resolution. The tips were prepared mechanically by cutting a 0.25 mm Pt0.8Ir0.2 wire
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Published 11 Dec 2019

Self-assembly of a terbium(III) 1D coordination polymer on mica

  • Quentin Evrard,
  • Giuseppe Cucinotta,
  • Felix Houard,
  • Guillaume Calvez,
  • Yan Suffren,
  • Carole Daiguebonne,
  • Olivier Guillou,
  • Andrea Caneschi,
  • Matteo Mannini and
  • Kevin Bernot

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2440–2448, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.234

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  • three preferential directions 60° apart from another. The magnetic properties and the luminescence of the nanochains can be detected without the need of surface-dedicated instrumentation. The intermediate value of the observed luminescence lifetime of the deposits (132 µs) compared to that of the bulk
  • substrate. Accordingly, the very strong magnetic moment and the high brightness of the TbIII ion facilitate observing the magnetic and the luminescent behavior of [Tb(hfac)3·2H2O]n@mica without any particular surface-dedicated instrumentation. In particular, a significant magnetic signal is observed from
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Published 10 Dec 2019

A novel method to remove impulse noise from atomic force microscopy images based on Bayesian compressed sensing

  • Yingxu Zhang,
  • Yingzi Li,
  • Zihang Song,
  • Zhenyu Wang,
  • Jianqiang Qian and
  • Junen Yao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2346–2356, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.225

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  • Yingxu Zhang Yingzi Li Zihang Song Zhenyu Wang Jianqiang Qian Junen Yao School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China Key Laboratory of Micro-nano Measurement-Manipulation and Physics (Ministry of Education), Beihang University, Beijing 100191
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Published 28 Nov 2019

Stationary beam full-field transmission helium ion microscopy using sub-50 keV He+: Projected images and intensity patterns

  • Michael Mousley,
  • Santhana Eswara,
  • Olivier De Castro,
  • Olivier Bouton,
  • Nico Klingner,
  • Christoph T. Koch,
  • Gregor Hlawacek and
  • Tom Wirtz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1648–1657, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.160

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  • Michael Mousley Santhana Eswara Olivier De Castro Olivier Bouton Nico Klingner Christoph T. Koch Gregor Hlawacek Tom Wirtz Advanced Instrumentation for Nano-Analytics (AINA), MRT Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, 41 rue du Brill, L-4422 Belvaux, Luxembourg Institute of
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Published 07 Aug 2019

Subsurface imaging of flexible circuits via contact resonance atomic force microscopy

  • Wenting Wang,
  • Chengfu Ma,
  • Yuhang Chen,
  • Lei Zheng,
  • Huarong Liu and
  • Jiaru Chu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1636–1647, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.159

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  • Wenting Wang Chengfu Ma Yuhang Chen Lei Zheng Huarong Liu Jiaru Chu Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, China The 38th Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, Hefei 230088
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Published 07 Aug 2019

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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  • reduction to 4-AP. Indeed, the [AuNPs]red/silicahex film was found to have a higher catalytic activity with a rate constant of 1.92 × 10−2 min−1 due to the presence of small gold nanoparticles grown within the high quality mesoporous silica structures. Experimental Instrumentation X-ray diffraction (XRD
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Published 05 Jul 2019

Alloyed Pt3M (M = Co, Ni) nanoparticles supported on S- and N-doped carbon nanotubes for the oxygen reduction reaction

  • Stéphane Louisia,
  • Yohann R. J. Thomas,
  • Pierre Lecante,
  • Marie Heitzmann,
  • M. Rosa Axet,
  • Pierre-André Jacques and
  • Philippe Serp

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1251–1269, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.125

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Published 21 Jun 2019

Experimental study of an evanescent-field biosensor based on 1D photonic bandgap structures

  • Jad Sabek,
  • Francisco Javier Díaz-Fernández,
  • Luis Torrijos-Morán,
  • Zeneida Díaz-Betancor,
  • Ángel Maquieira,
  • María-José Bañuls,
  • Elena Pinilla-Cienfuegos and
  • Jaime García-Rupérez

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 967–974, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.97

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  • , western blot or PCR tests, which typically are time-consuming, require several sample preparation steps (including labeling), have a high cost per assay, and need bulky lab-centralized instrumentation. Integrated photonics is one of the technologies with a high potential for the development of LOC devices
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Published 26 Apr 2019

Novel reversibly switchable wettability of superhydrophobic–superhydrophilic surfaces induced by charge injection and heating

  • Xiangdong Ye,
  • Junwen Hou and
  • Dongbao Cai

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 840–847, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.84

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  • Materials and instrumentation Alcohol (99.7%, AR) and hydrophobic silica (16–25 nm diameter) was provided by Evonik Degussa Co. Ltd. (Germany). The varnish (Voep-1) was from Shijiazhuang Paint Company. All reagents were used as received without further purification. A high-voltage power supply (Tianjin
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Published 10 Apr 2019

Review of time-resolved non-contact electrostatic force microscopy techniques with applications to ionic transport measurements

  • Aaron Mascaro,
  • Yoichi Miyahara,
  • Tyler Enright,
  • Omur E. Dagdeviren and
  • Peter Grütter

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 617–633, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.62

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  • using careful instrumentation and signal analysis. The basic concept is to detect (using a slow detector) the change in average response of the sample due to a change in the frequency (or, e.g., repetition rate or delay time) of an excitation signal. This is also the basis for pump–probe spectroscopy
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Published 01 Mar 2019

Biomimetic synthesis of Ag-coated glasswing butterfly arrays as ultra-sensitive SERS substrates for efficient trace detection of pesticides

  • Guochao Shi,
  • Mingli Wang,
  • Yanying Zhu,
  • Yuhong Wang,
  • Xiaoya Yan,
  • Xin Sun,
  • Haijun Xu and
  • Wanli Ma

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 578–588, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.59

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  • substrates with low consumption and high EF. However, these synthesis methods are either difficult to control, have a low yield or require harsh experimental conditions as well as sophisticated instrumentation. Hence, a controllable and convenient way to fabricate high-performance SERS substrates would be
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Published 28 Feb 2019

Pull-off and friction forces of micropatterned elastomers on soft substrates: the effects of pattern length scale and stiffness

  • Peter van Assenbergh,
  • Marike Fokker,
  • Julian Langowski,
  • Jan van Esch,
  • Marleen Kamperman and
  • Dimitra Dodou

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 79–94, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.8

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  • this method is that it requires complex instrumentation [28]. Akerboom et al. recently demonstrated a fast and cost-effective alternative method to fabricate micropatterns, in which a colloidal monolayer acts as a three-dimensional template to shape a curable resin [29][30], resulting in arrays of sub
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Published 08 Jan 2019

Surface plasmon resonance enhancement of photoluminescence intensity and bioimaging application of gold nanorod@CdSe/ZnS quantum dots

  • Siyi Hu,
  • Yu Ren,
  • Yue Wang,
  • Jinhua Li,
  • Junle Qu,
  • Liwei Liu,
  • Hanbin Ma and
  • Yuguo Tang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 22–31, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.3

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  • and biophotonics applications. Experimental Materials and instrumentation Hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB, >98.0%), L-ascorbic acid (BioUltra, ≥99.5%), silver nitrate (AgNO3, >99%), gold(III) chloride trihydrate (HAuCl4·3H2O, 99%), 3-mercaptopropionic acid (MPA, ≥99%), N-ethyl-N'-(3
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Published 03 Jan 2019

Biomimetic surface structures in steel fabricated with femtosecond laser pulses: influence of laser rescanning on morphology and wettability

  • Camilo Florian Baron,
  • Alexandros Mimidis,
  • Daniel Puerto,
  • Evangelos Skoulas,
  • Emmanuel Stratakis,
  • Javier Solis and
  • Jan Siegel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2802–2812, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.262

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  • ). The instrumentation used to measure the contact angle (CA) was an OCA 15EC system that allows mechanical deposition of 4 µL deionized water droplets on the areas of interest. The system has a homogeneous illumination source and imaging optics that project the image of the droplet onto a CCD camera
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Published 05 Nov 2018

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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Published 20 Sep 2018

High-throughput synthesis of modified Fresnel zone plate arrays via ion beam lithography

  • Kahraman Keskinbora,
  • Umut Tunca Sanli,
  • Margarita Baluktsian,
  • Corinne Grévent,
  • Markus Weigand and
  • Gisela Schütz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2049–2056, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.194

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  • , FZPs can achieve diffraction-limited focusing and imaging performance. The fabrication requirements of nanofocusing FZPs are stringent [1]. Usually, state-of-the-art electron beam lithography instrumentation is chosen to comply with these strict requirements [11][12][13][14]. Recently, a few
  • realization demonstrates the capabilities of modern focused ion beam instrumentation for direct-write lithography. Soft X-ray microscopy tests using the FZP The imaging resolution and the DE of the FZP were tested using a scanning transmission X-ray microscope (STXM) [43] as described earlier [28]. The
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Published 25 Jul 2018

Defect formation in multiwalled carbon nanotubes under low-energy He and Ne ion irradiation

  • Santhana Eswara,
  • Jean-Nicolas Audinot,
  • Brahime El Adib,
  • Maël Guennou,
  • Tom Wirtz and
  • Patrick Philipp

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1951–1963, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.186

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  • Santhana Eswara Jean-Nicolas Audinot Brahime El Adib Mael Guennou Tom Wirtz Patrick Philipp Advanced Instrumentation for Ion Nano-Analytics (AINA), MRT Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 41 rue du Brill, L-4422 Belvaux, Luxembourg Materials Research and Technology
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Published 09 Jul 2018

Formation mechanisms of boron oxide films fabricated by large-area electron beam-induced deposition of trimethyl borate

  • Aiden A. Martin and
  • Philip J. Depond

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1282–1287, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.120

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  • capabilities of EBID for material fabrication that can be applied to conventional precursor systems. The EBID process and instrumentation. (a) Gaseous TMB precursor is admitted into the vacuum chamber where it adsorbs to the silicon substrate surface. (b) An electron beam dissociates adsorbed precursor
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Published 24 Apr 2018

Electron interaction with copper(II) carboxylate compounds

  • Michal Lacko,
  • Peter Papp,
  • Iwona B. Szymańska,
  • Edward Szłyk and
  • Štefan Matejčík

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 384–398, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.38

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  • Aldrich. All reagents were used as received. Instrumentation for complexes characteristics The first mass spectra were detected with a Finnigan MAT 95 mass spectrometer, using electron ionization (EI) method over the temperature range 30–350 °C. IR spectra were measured with a PerkinElmer Spectrum 2000
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Published 01 Feb 2018

A robust AFM-based method for locally measuring the elasticity of samples

  • Alexandre Bubendorf,
  • Stefan Walheim,
  • Thomas Schimmel and
  • Ernst Meyer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1–10, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.1

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  • ]. In physics, the band gap size of nanocrystals and the presence of planar defects on nanotubes are a function of the Young’s modulus [2][3]. Probing local elasticity requires an instrumentation capable of operating with high resolution and under different conditions, such as variable temperature
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Published 02 Jan 2018

Material discrimination and mixture ratio estimation in nanocomposites via harmonic atomic force microscopy

  • Weijie Zhang,
  • Yuhang Chen,
  • Xicheng Xia and
  • Jiaru Chu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2771–2780, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.276

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  • Weijie Zhang Yuhang Chen Xicheng Xia Jiaru Chu Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China 10.3762/bjnano.8.276 Abstract Harmonic atomic force microscopy (AFM) was employed to discriminate between different
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