Hierarchical Bi₂WO₆/TiO₂-nanotube composites derived from natural cellulose for visible-light photocatalytic treatment of pollutants

• Zehao Lin,
• Zhan Yang and
• Jianguo Huang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 745–762, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.66

• control is expected to offer a solution [28]. Based on biomimetic synthesis, the morphological control of functional materials is accomplished by combining chemical building blocks and natural substances with unique structures. Natural cellulose products (e.g., filter paper for quantitative analysis

Revealing local structural properties of an atomically thin MoSe₂ surface using optical microscopy

• Lin Pan,
• Peng Miao,
• Anke Horneber,
• Alfred J. Meixner,
• Pierre-Michel Adam and
• Dai Zhang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 572–581, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.49

• can see that SHG intensity, photoluminescence, and Raman enhancement are strongly related to the local structure of the MoSe2 flake. Discussion A quantitative analysis of the enhancement factor of Raman modes of CuPc is shown in Figure 3a. Specifically, the vibrational modes located at 1339, 1449, and

Coordination-assembled myricetin nanoarchitectonics for sustainably scavenging free radicals

• Xiaoyan Ma,
• Haoning Gong,
• Kenji Ogino,
• Xuehai Yan and
• Ruirui Xing

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 284–291, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.23

• use due to precipitation. The freshly prepared MZG nanoparticles were aged for 24 h at room temperature and placed in the dark. As-prepared nanoparticles were concentrated, purified by centrifugation, and used for further experiments. Quantitative analysis of MZG The precipitates of MZG were collected

Alteration of nanomechanical properties of pancreatic cancer cells through anticancer drug treatment revealed by atomic force microscopy

• Xiaoteng Liang,
• Shuai Liu,
• Xiuchao Wang,
• Dan Xia and
• Qiang Li

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1372–1379, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.101

• development of anticancer drugs. The laser confocal fluorescence images of MIA PaCa-2 before and after treating with DOX in different concentrations are shown in Figure 5. The results show that the cell morphologies are not affected significantly by DOX. The quantitative analysis of the average fluorescence

Biocompatibility and cytotoxicity in vitro of surface-functionalized drug-loaded spinel ferrite nanoparticles

• Sadaf Mushtaq,
• Khuram Shahzad,
• Tariq Saeed,
• Anwar Ul-Hamid,
• Bilal Haider Abbasi,
• Nafees Ahmad,
• Waqas Khalid,
• Muhammad Atif,
• Zulqurnain Ali and
• Rashda Abbasi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1339–1364, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.99

Plasmon-enhanced photoluminescence from TiO₂ and TeO₂ thin films doped by Eu³⁺ for optoelectronic applications

• Marcin Łapiński,
• Jakub Czubek,
• Katarzyna Drozdowska,
• Anna Synak,
• Wojciech Sadowski and
• Barbara Kościelska

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1271–1278, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.94

• literature [31][32]. The Eu3+ doublet is characterized by greater intensity and dominates over the Eu2+ lines. For quantitative analysis, integral intensities of europium doublets were compared. The Eu3+/Eu2+ ratio was ca. 90%:10%. Total amount of dopant in a sample was calculated to ca. 5%, on the basis of

In situ transport characterization of magnetic states in Nb/Co superconductor/ferromagnet heterostructures

• Olena M. Kapran,
• Roman Morari,
• Taras Golod,
• Evgenii A. Borodianskyi,
• Vladimir Boian,
• Andrei Prepelita,
• Nikolay Klenov,
• Anatoli S. Sidorenko and
• Vladimir M. Krasnov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 913–923, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.68

• indicates that the ML is in a polydomain state with many close metastable states. For a more quantitative analysis of FORC data, following [34], in Figure 3c we plot the Hr-dependence of the normalized hysteresis area between forward and reverse curves, that is, the integral of the absolute value of the

On the stability of microwave-fabricated SERS substrates – chemical and morphological considerations

• Limin Wang,
• Aisha Adebola Womiloju,
• Christiane Höppener,
• Ulrich S. Schubert and
• Stephanie Hoeppener

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 541–551, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.44

• capabilities of the SERS substrates due to size and nanolensing effects [26][27]. However, this complicates the quantitative analysis of the nanoparticle sizes. In this study, we analyzed the averaged particle size distribution by evaluating the projected area of the particles to determine the particle

Characterization, bio-uptake and toxicity of polymer-coated silver nanoparticles and their interaction with human peripheral blood mononuclear cells

• Sahar Pourhoseini,
• Reilly T. Enos,
• Angela E. Murphy,
• Bo Cai and
• Jamie R. Lead

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 282–294, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.23

• anti-inflammatory cytokines. Despite the increased usage of and the likely increased exposure to AgNPs, there is a lack of quantitative analysis of bio-uptake and potential cytotoxicity in PBMCs after exposure to well-characterized AgNPs. A number of studies have investigated the bioavailability and

Scanning transmission helium ion microscopy on carbon nanomembranes

• Daniel Emmrich,
• Annalena Wolff,
• Nikolaus Meyerbröker,
• Jörg K. N. Lindner,
• André Beyer and
• Armin Gölzhäuser

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 222–231, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.18

• hole diameters by employing Equation 1. For quantitative analysis of the STIM signal, a proper alignment of the sample is crucial. A beam shift needs to be avoided to ensure a perpendicular beam on the sample and the imaging area must be centered above the hole in the conversion plate. In order to

Effect of different silica coatings on the toxicity of upconversion nanoparticles on RAW 264.7 macrophage cells

• Cynthia Kembuan,
• Helena Oliveira and
• Christina Graf

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 35–48, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.3

• , it can be assumed that the lanthanide ions will also bind to these mentioned compounds. Therefore, a quantitative analysis of ion release was not performed in DMEM. Table 2 shows the percentages of filtered ions detected by ICP-OES after 24 h of redispersion in water. Supporting Information File 1

Scanning transmission imaging in the helium ion microscope using a microchannel plate with a delay line detector

• Eduardo Serralta,
• Nico Klingner,
• Olivier De Castro,
• Michael Mousley,
• Santhana Eswara,
• Serge Duarte Pinto,
• Tom Wirtz and
• Gregor Hlawacek

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1854–1864, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.167

• thickness of the material can be noticed in these images. Quantitative analysis Figure 3a is a bright-field image of a multilayer sample used to study STIM contrast using combinations of light and heavy elements. In the BF image (Figure 3a BF angles: 0 to 4.5°), we can clearly differentiate all four regions

• experimental contrast match qualitatively. A quantitative analysis shows relevant differences in the intensity levels of the regions. The relative intensity level of the area with the layer of silicon dioxide on top of the silicon nitride differs considerably in experiment and simulation. The signal in the

Application of contact-resonance AFM methods to polymer samples

• Sebastian Friedrich and
• Brunero Cappella

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1714–1727, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.154

• theoretical understanding of force–distance curves has been developed over the years, which enables a quantitative analysis of the elastic moduli for many kinds of systems [1][2][3]. The major drawback of force–distance curves is their long acquisition time. A force volume, which consists of a large number of

• method does not offer any advantages. Like measurements through force–distance curves, such a quantitative analysis presupposes the knowledge of the tip radius and, of course, of the spring constant of the cantilever. Yet, a further parameter is needed with CR methods, namely the relative tip position γ

• the calibration sample. These requirements have prompted several alternative theoretical approaches [17][18][19], in some cases based on finite element analysis [13][20][21], as well as modifications of the measurement procedure [22]. In addition to the aforementioned critical points in quantitative

Cardiomyocyte uptake mechanism of a hydroxyapatite nanoparticle mediated gene delivery system

• Hiroaki Komuro,
• Masahiro Yamazoe,
• Kosuke Nozaki,
• Akiko Nagai and
• Tetsuo Sasano

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1685–1692, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.150

•  5a, more red spots corresponding to TMR–dextran fluorescence signals were observed in HAp-treated cells in comparison to non-treated cells. Quantitative analysis revealed that the increase in macropinocytosis activity depends on the pretreatment time: The macropinocytosis activity following a 4 h-HAp

Superconductor–insulator transition in capacitively coupled superconducting nanowires

• Alex Latyshev,
• Andrew G. Semenov and
• Andrei D. Zaikin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1402–1408, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.124

• approximation of the nearest neighbor interaction appears to be well justified in the limit Cm ≪ C. For stronger interactions with Cm ≈ C this approximation most likely becomes insufficient for a quantitative analysis. However, on a qualitative level our key observations should hold also in this case: A

Hybridization vs decoupling: influence of an h-BN interlayer on the physical properties of a lander-type molecule on Ni(111)

• Maximilian Schaal,
• Takumi Aihara,
• Marco Gruenewald,
• Felix Otto,
• Jari Domke,
• Roman Forker,
• Hiroyuki Yoshida and
• Torsten Fritz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1168–1177, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.101

• al. [32]. The distinct LEED pattern of the highly ordered DBP layer makes it possible to apply a quantitative analysis by means of a LEED simulation that is numerically fitted to the diffraction pattern. The resulting simulation is shown in Figure 3 as yellow circles overlaid with the LEED image. The

Interfacial charge transfer processes in 2D and 3D semiconducting hybrid perovskites: azobenzene as photoswitchable ligand

• Nicole Fillafer,
• Tobias Seewald,
• Lukas Schmidt-Mende and
• Sebastian Polarz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 466–479, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.38

• quantitative analysis of the DOI, 1H NMR spectra of the dissolved particles were obtained. In Figure 5C, the 1H NMR spectra of the dissolved particles before (top) and after irradiation at 313 nm (bottom) are shown. Signals at 7.9 and 7.6–7.5 ppm belong to the trans-isomer and are less strong after 600 s of

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

• should be oriented almost perpendicular to the substrate surface and the phenyl groups are tilted to the substrate surface. The quantitative analysis of near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) data (Supporting Information File 1, Figure S4) reveals that the anthracene units within the SAMs

BergaCare SmartLipids: commercial lipophilic active concentrates for improved performance of dermal products

• Florence Olechowski,
• Rainer H. Müller and
• Sung Min Pyo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2152–2162, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.208

• quantitative stability of the carriers is desirable. Especially, quantitative stability is required in case of pharmaceutical formulations. Quantitative analysis of, e.g., liposomes in final products is relatively difficult, but required in some countries from regulatory authorities. The difficulty of such

Ion mobility and material transport on KBr in air as a function of the relative humidity

• Dominik J. Kirpal,
• Korbinian Pürckhauer,
• Alfred J. Weymouth and
• Franz J. Giessibl

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2084–2093, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.203

• t = 1050 s = 17.5 min per frame, shown in Figure 8. Each measurement point was assigned to a certain atom layer and represents an area of 1 nm2. For a quantitative analysis of the material movement, the topographic images of this experiment were converted from the continuous height scale into a

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

• to the expected surface dehydroxylation resulting from the high-temperature treatment. The obtained surface basic site density and corresponding intrinsic adsorption capacity are presented in Table 2. Surface characterization of the ETS-10-based titanosilicates by 29Si MAS NMR For quantitative

• analysis of the surface groups present in the titanosilicates before and after treatment, 29Si MAS NMR was used. Figure 13A demonstrates the measured high-power decoupled (HPDEC) spectra of the ETS-10-based samples. The spectrum of the Na,K-ETS-10 exhibits three distinguishable peaks at −95.1 ppm (A2

Engineered superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) for dual-modality imaging of intracranial glioblastoma via EGFRvIII targeting

• Xianping Liu,
• Chengjuan Du,
• Haichun Li,
• Ting Jiang,
• Zimiao Luo,
• Zhiqing Pang,
• Daoying Geng and
• Jun Zhang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1860–1872, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.181

• qualitative examination of EGFRvIII expression on U87MG and U87MG-EGFRvIII cells was performed where the cells were stained with DAPI (1 µg/mL) for 5 min followed by imaging under the confocal microscope (ZEISS, 710, LSM, Germany). Then a quantitative analysis of the EGFRvIII expression on U87MG and U87MG

• temperature. Then the cells were stained with DAPI (1 µg/mL) for 5 min at room temperature followed by imaging with a confocal microscope (same as mentioned above). For the quantitative analysis of PEPHC1 peptide binding with U87MG and U87MG-EGFRvIII cells, the cells were digested, harvested and

• ) FACS assay (left) and quantitative analysis of EGFRvIII expression in U87MG and U87MG-EGFRvIII cells. (c) Fluorescence images of U87MG and U87MG-EGFRvIII cells after incubation with 5-FAM-labeled PEPHC1 peptide. The nuclei were stained in blue and PEPHC1 in green. (d) FACS assay (left) and quantitative

The impact of crystal size and temperature on the adsorption-induced flexibility of the Zr-based metal–organic framework DUT-98

• Simon Krause,
• Volodymyr Bon,
• Hongchu Du,
• Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski,
• Ulrich Stoeck,
• Irena Senkovska and
• Stefan Kaskel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1737–1744, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.169

• were analyzed by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), illustrating the phase purity of the desired DUT-98op (open pore) phase (Figure 4). A significant peak broadening is observed for samples 3 and 4, which is indicative of the presence of nanometer-sized crystals. Quantitative analysis of the mean crystal

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

• the buried circuit patterns was exhibited. Our work shows that CR-AFM can be used to detect embedded micrometer- and nanometer-scale circuits and their defects, and quantitative analysis of contact stiffness contrast can be achieved. Methods Sample preparation We fabricated a set of samples having a

• surface traction vanishes at the edge of contact zone. Here, the apparent contact modulus Mapp is defined as the modulus supposing that the tip is infinitely rigid. More detailed calculation procedures can be found in the references [34][36]. A similar, quantitative analysis method has also been employed

Materials nanoarchitectonics at two-dimensional liquid interfaces

• Katsuhiko Ariga,
• Michio Matsumoto,
• Taizo Mori and
• Lok Kumar Shrestha

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1559–1587, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.153

• nontrivial fundamental challenges, which are actively studied using the quantitative analysis of self-assembly processes proposed by Hiraoka [76] and the temporal control of supramolecular polymerization by Dhiman and George [77]. Shimizu summarized various parameters regulating the self-assembly of lipid