The cement of the tube-dwelling polychaete Sabellaria alveolata: a complex composite adhesive material

• Emilie Duthoo,
• Aurélie Lambert,
• Pierre Becker,
• Carla Pugliese,
• Jean-Marc Baele,
• Arnaud Delfairière,
• Matthew J. Harrington and
• Patrick Flammang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1998–2014, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.138

• blue in 1% sodium tetraborate and 1% aqueous solution of azur II. Ultrathin sections, 70 nm thick, were then obtained using a Leica Ultracut UCT ultramicrotome fitted with a diamond knife. These sections were contrasted with uranyl acetate and lead citrate and observed using a Zeiss LEO 906E

Laser ablation in liquids for shape-tailored synthesis of nanomaterials: status and challenges

• Natalie Tarasenka

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1963–1997, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.137

• relatively short periods of time, produces spherical NPs that act as seeds during the growth of nonspherical nanostructures. Such approach has been demonstrated in [26] for the production of PbO nanosheets with thickness less than 15 nm by laser ablation of a lead target in water. After the initial stage

Quantum circuits with SINIS structures

• Mikhail Tarasov,
• Mikhail Fominskii,
• Aleksandra Gunbina,
• Artem Krasilnikov,
• Maria Mansfeld,
• Dmitrii Kukushkin,
• Andrei Maruhno,
• Valeria Ievleva,
• Mikhail Strelkov,
• Daniil Zhogov,
• Konstantin Arutyunov,
• Vyacheslav Vdovin,
• Vladislav Stolyarov and
• Valerian Edelman

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1931–1941, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.134

• tunnel junction In tunnel structures, the barrier is a dielectric layer between two metal films (often the oxide layer on the surface of the first metal layer is used as a dielectric). The first experimental study of a tunnel junction was carried out in 1960 [21] for an aluminum–aluminum oxide–lead

PEGylated lipids in lipid nanoparticle delivery dynamics and therapeutic innovation

• Peiyang Gao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1914–1930, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.133

• challenges; for instance, it can lead to faster immune clearance upon repeated dosing [5]. These characteristics highlight the critical role of PEG lipids in achieving a balance between stability and functionality in LNP formulations [6]. To overcome persistent challenges and extend the utility of PEGylation

Low-temperature AFM with a microwave cavity optomechanical transducer

• Ermes Scarano,
• Elisabet K. Arvidsson,
• August K. Roos,
• Erik Holmgren,
• Riccardo Borgani,
• Mats O. Tholén and
• David B. Haviland

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1873–1882, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.130

• of roughly 67 s/line. The choice of the integral gain is crucial for optimal surface tracking. Too large values of integral gain result in an overly responsive feedback that introduces noise on the topographic image and feedback oscillations. Too low values can lead to instability or loss of surface

Current status of using adsorbent nanomaterials for removing microplastics from water supply systems: a mini review

• Nguyen Thi Nhan and
• Tran Le Luu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1837–1850, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.127

• (MPs) related to public health and environmental risks have gained significant attention [1]. Because of their small size, high surface area, and hydrophobic properties, MPs can act as vectors for toxic chemicals, including heavy metals (lead, cadmium, or mercury) and persistent organic pollutants like

• nanomaterials. Numerous adverse health effects, such as inflammation, gastrointestinal disorders, cellular toxicity, and genetic damage, are linked to nanomaterial accumulation, as shown in many studies [115]. Furthermore, the application of biosolids containing nanomaterials to agricultural soils can lead to

Piezoelectricity of layered double hydroxides: perspectives regarding piezocatalysis and nanogenerators

• Evgeniy S. Seliverstov,
• Evgeniya A. Tarasenko and
• Olga E. Lebedeva

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1812–1817, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.124

• ceramics are lead-based, which can cause serious environmental damage if such compounds are widely used [2]. Among the new alternatives found in recent years is a group of layered double hydroxides (LDHs), whose piezoelectric properties were not previously known and systematically studied. Natural and

Electrical, photocatalytic, and sensory properties of graphene oxide and polyimide implanted with low- and medium-energy silver ions

• Josef Novák,
• Eva Štěpanovská,
• Petr Malinský,
• Vlastimil Mazánek,
• Jan Luxa,
• Ulrich Kentsch and
• Zdeněk Sofer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1794–1811, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.123

• chemical changes occurring during ion implantation. In reality, Ag+ implantation into GO and PI induces carbonization, changes in local density, and possible diffusion or agglomeration of Ag atoms, which can lead to a redistribution of silver compared to the initial ballistic projection. Moreover, surface

• the ID/IG ratio reaching values of 1.06, which is higher than in the previous case. Ag ion irradiation causes more defects in GO when 1.5 MeV energy ions were used. By comparing of the Figure 7a and Figure 7b, we can see that both ion fluences lead to a narrowing of the D and G bands with respect to

• to deeper ion penetration. While higher fluences also distort the surface, the resulting densification or redistribution of defects may lead to a decrease in roughness at the highest fluence. The findings for PI suggest that the application of low-energy 20 keV Ag (Figure 10) ion implantation results

Advances of aptamers in esophageal cancer diagnosis, treatment and drug delivery

• Yang Fei,
• Hui Xu,
• Chunwei Zhang,
• Jingjing Wang and
• Yong Jin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1734–1750, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.121

• drugs from clearance, improve their accumulation at tumor sites, and potentially lead to more positive clinical feedback. Paclitaxel (PTX) was approved by the FDA in 1992 for the treatment of a variety of solid tumors. Poor water solubility is a major obstacle limiting its anticancer activity. PTX

Multifunctional anionic nanoemulsion with linseed oil and lecithin: a preliminary approach for dry eye disease

• Niédja Fittipaldi Vasconcelos,
• Almerinda Agrelli,
• Rayane Cristine Santos da Silva,
• Carina Lucena Mendes-Marques,
• Isabel Renata de Souza Arruda,
• Priscilla Stela Santana de Oliveira,
• Mércia Liane de Oliveira and
• Giovanna Machado

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1711–1733, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.120

Beyond the bilayer: multilayered hygroscopic actuation in pine cone scales

• Kim Ulrich,
• Max David Mylo,
• Tom Masselter,
• Fabian Scheckenbach,
• Sophia Fischerbauer,
• Martin Nopens,
• Silja Flenner,
• Imke Greving,
• Linnea Hesse and
• Thomas Speck

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1695–1710, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.119

• arrangement impact the bending motion, can therefore benefit the development and improvement of novel bioinspired technical applications. At present, some characteristics of pine cones have been described that help to explain how their individual tissues can deform under desiccation/hydration and thus lead to

Ambient pressure XPS at MAX IV

• Mattia Scardamaglia,
• Ulrike Küst,
• Alexander Klyushin,
• Rosemary Jones,
• Jan Knudsen,
• Robert Temperton,
• Andrey Shavorskiy and
• Esko Kokkonen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1677–1694, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.118

• , is where solid–electrolyte interphases (SEIs) form. Having stable SEIs formation is critical for the performance of a battery. A stable SEI stops the electrode from degrading, but uncontrolled growth can, in the extreme case, lead to short-circuit conditions inside the cell. Dip-and-pull XPS has been

Energy spectrum and quantum phase transition of the coupled single spin and an infinitely coordinated Ising chain

• Seidali Seidov,
• Natalia Pugach and
• Anatolie Sidorenko

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1668–1676, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.117

• projectors on states via projectors on . Up to the second order in : The Hamiltonians now can be written as: One can see that the leading order is expressed via projectors on the eigenstates of . The extra terms, when substituted in the effective Hamiltonian, will lead to higher order corrections and will

Prospects of nanotechnology and natural products for cancer and immunotherapy

• Jan Filipe Andrade Santos,
• Marcela Bernardes Brasileiro,
• Pamela Danielle Cavalcante Barreto,
• Ligiane Aranha Rocha and
• José Adão Carvalho Nascimento Júnior

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1644–1667, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.116

• , durability, and innate immune responses [149][150]. In addition, gold nanoparticles lead to more selective oncological treatments with biocompatibility and low toxicity and their use in association with natural products is promising [151][152]. The patent KR20220169108 (2022) claims that gold nanoparticles

Nanotechnology-based approaches for the removal of microplastics from wastewater: a comprehensive review

• Nayanathara O Sanjeev,
• Manjunath Singanodi Vallabha and
• Rebekah Rubidha Lisha Rabi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1607–1632, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.114

• biotechnology have further enabled the development of genetically modified organisms to enhance MP degradation. However, a significant concern with microbial biodegradation is the potential ecological impact of introducing these organisms into non-native environments, which may lead to unforeseen consequences

Bioinspired polypropylene-based functionally graded materials and metamaterials modeling the mistletoe–host interface

• Lina M. Rojas González,
• Naeim Ghavidelnia,
• Christoph Eberl and
• Max D. Mylo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1592–1606, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.113

• showed that both Young’s modulus (by 38%) and ultimate tensile strength (by 62%) could be increased by introducing V-shaped interfaces. Digital image correlation analysis and the fracture images showed that the positioning of the area with the highest glass fiber content can lead to spatial control over

• fiber–matrix interface [51], particularly in areas of imperfect fabrication, which can quickly become overcritical for crack initiation and, thus, lead to failure of the specimen at reduced stresses. Similar to the trend for the Young’s modulus, the mean strength values for the linearly graded V-shaped

Few-photon microwave fields for superconducting transmon-based qudit control

• Irina A. Solovykh,
• Andrey V. Pashchenko,
• Natalya A. Maleeva,
• Nikolay V. Klenov,
• Olga V. Tikhonova and
• Igor I. Soloviev

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1580–1591, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.112

• be large enough to lead to some overlapping and interference patterns in the distribution (see Figure 3a,b). Physically, these lateral peaks occur in other settings when not only the desired state is involved in the excitation, but also some other neighbors. In this case, the average interaction

Photocatalytic degradation of ofloxacin in water assisted by TiO₂ nanowires on carbon cloth: contributions of H₂O₂ addition and substrate absorbability

• Iram Hussain,
• Lisha Zhang,
• Zhizhen Ye and
• Jin-Ming Wu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1567–1579, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.111

• concentration of 200 ppm, suggesting the high adsorption capacity and probably a deep mineralization capacity of the thin film photocatalyst developed in the current investigation. This work represents a new promising strategy to tackle emerging contaminants and could lead to the advancement of cutting-edge

Modeling magnetic properties of cobalt nanofilms used as a component of spin hybrid superconductor–ferromagnetic structures

• Aleksey Fedotov,
• Olesya Severyukhina,
• Anastasia Salomatina and
• Anatolie Sidorenko

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1557–1566, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.110

• characterized by smaller fluctuations of magnetic energy and magnetization modulus. The steps dt = 0.1 fs and dt = 1.0 fs lead to changes in the instantaneous values of the magnetic parameters near the average values of E = −4.5936 eV and |M| = 0.8747, respectively. Comparison of the average normalized magnetic

Transient electronics for sustainability: Emerging technologies and future directions

• Jae-Young Bae,
• Myung-Kyun Choi and
• Seung-Kyun Kang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1545–1556, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.109

• silicon, while amorphous silicon exhibits the highest degradation rate among them [45]. Interestingly, doping can lead to a retardation of degradation [42], resembling the etch-stop phenomenon in the potassium hydroxide process. This newfound understanding of biodegradability of electronic-grade silicon

• that protects the device from external environmental factors, particularly moisture. Encapsulation plays a pivotal role in the design of bioresorbable electronic devices. As these devices naturally degrade during operation, changes in material thickness and structural integrity can lead to shifts in

Cross-reactivities in conjugation reactions involving iron oxide nanoparticles

• Shoronia N. Cross,
• Katalin V. Korpany,
• Hanine Zakaria and
• Amy Szuchmacher Blum

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1504–1521, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.106

• . Through the judicious use of controls, we demonstrate significant cross-reactivities of amines, thiols, maleimides, and common disulfide reducing agents with surface Fe of IONPs and show how these unwanted interactions can produce false positive results. Without proper controls, these can lead to

• report the controls performed to determine if the loading of functional molecules onto IONPs is due to the proposed coupling reaction(s) employed, or some other unknown interaction with the IONP surface. We demonstrate here that a failure to account for these cross-reactivities can lead to erroneous

Laser processing in liquids: insights into nanocolloid generation and thin film integration for energy, photonic, and sensing applications

• Akshana Parameswaran Sreekala,
• Pooja Raveendran Nair,
• Jithin Kundalam Kadavath,
• Bindu Krishnan,
• David Avellaneda Avellaneda,
• M. R. Anantharaman and
• Sadasivan Shaji

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1428–1498, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.104

• potential in applications like catalysis. This technique has become a valuable addition to the toolbox of nanoparticle synthesis, offering enhanced precision and scalability for advanced materials and applications [6][29][30]. The synthesis of lead telluride (PbTe) NPs was successfully performed through

• influencing the particle size [61]. Figure 5b,c depicts this dependency studies of laser fluence required to melt a single particle of Au, Fe3O4, and Fe2O3 using different wavelengths of laser (355 and 532 nm). Longer laser irradiation times lead to larger particle sizes, with initially inhomogeneous

• rapidly heat target liquid regions, triggering various physical and chemical processes that lead to the formation and stabilization of desired defect structures. These processes can include thermal decomposition, phase transformations, chemical reactions, and the introduction of impurities or dopants [86

Synthesis and antibacterial properties of nanosilver-modified cellulose triacetate membranes for seawater desalination

• Lei Wang,
• Shizhe Li,
• Kexin Xu,
• Wenjun Li,
• Ying Li and
• Gang Liu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1380–1391, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.100

• potential presence of oxidizing agents in brackish water can lead to the breakdown of the PDA matrix. The cross-sectional SEM image shows that the PDA layer remains present on the surface of the Ag@PCTA membrane, with a relatively dense structure (Figure 4h). High-magnification views clearly depict the PDA

Ferroptosis induction by engineered liposomes for enhanced tumor therapy

• Alireza Ghasempour,
• Mohammad Amin Tokallou,
• Mohammad Reza Naderi Allaf,
• Mohsen Moradi,
• Hamideh Dehghan,
• Mahsa Sedighi,
• Mohammad-Ali Shahbazi and
• Fahimeh Lavi Arab

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1325–1349, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.97

• is defined by irregularities in the processes that control cell division, leading to the survival and rapid spread of cancerous cells. Despite significant advances in medical science and technology, cancer is still a disease with limited therapeutic options. Metastasis and recurrence of cancer lead

• independently of GSH deficiency (or GSH depletion). Hemin initiates this reaction as an iron catalyst to respond to the excess H2O2 [29]. Another way of triggering ferroptosis is the oxidation of unsaturated lipids by an iron redox couple, which can also lead to ferroptosis. This process of inducing ferroptosis

• structural and functional changes in proteins and nucleotide acids lead to toxic effects in the cell and initiate the ferroptosis cascade [37][38]. Due to the instability of lipid peroxides, it is not easy to detect them. Nevertheless, the secondary products of lipid peroxidation, such as malondialdehyde

Deep-learning recognition and tracking of individual nanotubes in low-contrast microscopy videos

• Vladimir Pimonov,
• Said Tahir and
• Vincent Jourdain

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1316–1324, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.96

• the performance comparable to the current state-of-the-art models [28]. Expanding the dataset to include more diverse video quality and nanotube localization can lead to more stable models [29]. Moreover, replacing computationally demanding models like Mask-RCNN with smaller models could enhance