Mixed oxides with corundum-type structure obtained from recycling can seals as paint pigments: color stability

• Dienifer F. L. Horsth,
• Julia de O. Primo,
• Nayara Balaba,
• Fauze J. Anaissi and
• Carla Bittencourt

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 467–477, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.37

• purification Formation of sodium chloride (NaCl) during the boehmite synthesis is observed. Therefore, it is necessary to purify the obtained boehmite. Purification was performed by washing the synthesized samples with hot water to remove sodium chloride. After this step, the boehmite was filtered and dried at

Conjugated photothermal materials and structure design for solar steam generation

• Chia-Yang Lin and
• Tsuyoshi Michinobu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 454–466, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.36

• hydrophobicity allows the material to float on water. Microporous structures were obtained by NaCl particulate leaching. The pore sizes could be flexibly controlled by the size of the NaCl template. This method is simple, low-cost, and easy to scale up. The surface structures of the foam were visualized by SEM

Molecular nanoarchitectonics: unification of nanotechnology and molecular/materials science

• Katsuhiko Ariga

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 434–453, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.35

• molecular structures. Kawai et al. reported that local probe chemistry on an ultrathin NaCl film formed on a Cu(111) surface at 4.3 K led to the conversion of 6,13-dibromopentaleno[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dinaphthalene to a single Sondheimer–Wong diyne (Figure 3) [114]. The structures of the precursor, two

• polydiacetylene nanowires at designated locations on a solid surface. Figure 2 was adapted with permission from [112], Copyright 2014 American Chemical Society. This content is not subject to CC-BY-4.0. Local probe chemistry on an ultra-thin NaCl film formed on a Cu(111) surface for the synthesis of 6,13

Polymer nanoparticles from low-energy nanoemulsions for biomedical applications

• Santiago Grijalvo and
• Carlos Rodriguez-Abreu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 339–350, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.29

• biomedical and pharmaceutical industry [36][37]. One of the earliest reports on the preparation of ethyl cellulose nanoparticles from low-energy nanoemulsions is that of Spermath and Magdassi [38]. They prepared a PIC nanoemulsion by addition of a 10 mM NaCl solution to ethyl cellulose dissolved in toluene

• aqueous phase containing 10 mM NaCl. The mixtures were heated above the PIT and then quickly cooled down to obtain O/W nanoemulsions. The obtained nanocapsules showed a diameter between 92 and 113 nm, similar to the droplet sizes of nanoemulsion templates. PIC nanoemulsions have also been used in the

Solvent-induced assembly of mono- and divalent silica nanoparticles

• Bin Liu,
• Etienne Duguet and
• Serge Ravaine

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 52–60, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.6

• a NaCl aqueous solution) was added dropwise under stirring into the THF dispersion of 1-PSN to reach the targeted volume fraction and a total volume of 1 mL. It took about 20 s to add 100 μL. Assembled structures were monitored by collecting 50 µL samples at various incubation times and direct

• -particle size ratio of 1-PSN in different solvent mixtures after 10 days of incubation at room temperature: a) THF/ethanol, b) THF/water, and c) THF/salty water ([NaCl] = 20 mmol/L). Evolution with incubation times in a 7:3 (vol/vol) THF/salty water mixture of the fractions of 1-PSN (light blue squares

Gap-directed chemical lift-off lithographic nanoarchitectonics for arbitrary sub-micrometer patterning

• Chang-Ming Wang,
• Hong-Sheng Chan,
• Chia-Li Liao,
• Che-Wei Chang and
• Wei-Ssu Liao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 34–44, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.4

• Grove, PA, USA). Bovine serum albumin (BSA) and 10× phosphate buffered saline (PBS, contains 1.37 M NaCl, 0.027 M KCl, 0.10 M Na2HPO4, and 0.018 M KH2PO4) were purchased from Bioman Scientific Co., Ltd. (Taipei, Taiwan). Ethanol (99.5 wt %), acetone (99.5 wt %), and isopropanol (99.9 wt %) were

Non-stoichiometric magnetite as catalyst for the photocatalytic degradation of phenol and 2,6-dibromo-4-methylphenol – a new approach in water treatment

• Joanna Kisała,
• Anna Tomaszewska and
• Przemysław Kolek

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1531–1540, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.126

• becomes negative at pH values above the PZC. As expected, the curves of the final pH as a function of the initial pH of the catalysts in 0.1 mol·L−1 NaCl show an intersection with the line y = x, which corresponds to the PZC of the sample (Figure 4). The measurement of the PZC exhibits a higher pHPZC

• purification. Characterization of the photocatalysts The PZC of catalysts was measured according to Kocharova and co-workers [41]. For the determination of pHPZC, eleven vials were filled with 0.1 mol·L−1 NaCl solution. The pH of each vial was adjusted with NaOH and HCl solutions to pH 2–12. Next, 10 mg of

In search of cytotoxic selectivity on cancer cells with biogenically synthesized Ag/AgCl nanoparticles

• Mitzi J. Ramírez-Hernández,
• Mario Valera-Zaragoza,
• Omar Viñas-Bravo,
• Ariana A. Huerta-Heredia,
• Miguel A. Peña-Rico,
• Erick A. Juarez-Arellano,
• David Paniagua-Vega,
• Eduardo Ramírez-Vargas and
• Saúl Sánchez-Valdes

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1505–1519, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.124

• letter number 56540 (Inorganic Crystal Structure Database, ICSD). This pattern corresponds to the crystallographic planes (111), (200), (220), (311), and (222) of the NaCl-type face-centered cubic crystal structure. According to the results, the pineapple peel extract (PPeel extract) is amorphous (i.e

Application of nanoarchitectonics in moist-electric generation

• Jia-Cheng Feng and
• Hong Xia

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1185–1200, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.99

• to interact with the nanochannel. The resulting voltage and current values were increased by 2.5 times and 19 times, respectively, to 0.69 V and 7.55 mA using NaCl solution. Such high current outputs are rarely reported in transient output devices. Therefore, this work deserves continuous attention

• permission from [43], Copyright 2007 American Chemical Society. This content is not subject to CC BY 4.0. (a) Schematic diagrams of the single-layer graphene device and wave energy harvesting. (b) The voltage signal produced by inserting and withdrawing the sample at v = 3.1 cm/s in 0.6 M NaCl (3.5 wt

• John Wiley and Sons. Copyright © 2018 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This content is not subject to CC BY 4.0. (g) Measured VOC and ISC values from the MXenes TEPG (transpiration-driven electrokinetic power generators) with NaCl solutions of various concentrations. Figure 4g was reproduced

A cantilever-based, ultrahigh-vacuum, low-temperature scanning probe instrument for multidimensional scanning force microscopy

• Hao Liu,
• Zuned Ahmed,
• Sasa Vranjkovic,
• Manfred Parschau,
• Andrada-Oana Mandru and
• Hans J. Hug

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1120–1140, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.95

• . Clearly, the deflection sensor noise does no longer limit the minimally detectable force derivative for bandwidths up to and beyond 1 kHz. Such high measurement bandwidths can for example, be used to measure with high speed a large-scale image showing atomic steps of the Au(111) surface with thin NaCl

Detection and imaging of Hg(II) in vivo using glutathione-functionalized gold nanoparticles

• Gufeng Li,
• Shaoqing Li,
• Rui Wang,
• Min Yang,
• Lizhu Zhang,
• Yanli Zhang,
• Wenrong Yang and
• Hongbin Wang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 549–559, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.46

• fluorescence in the temperature range of 25–45 °C. In addition, we also investigated the effect of the electrolyte solution (taking NaCl solution as an example) on the stability of GNPs-GSH-Rh6G2. As shown in Figure 4d, the fluorescence intensity of GNPs-GSH-Rh6G2 remained relatively stable when the

• concentration of electrolyte solution was increased. The GNPs-GSH-Rh6G2 have a lower fluorescence baseline in 0.10 M NaCl solution, which is important for the application in living organisms. Detection of Hg(II) We investigated the optical sensing properties of GNPs-GSH-Rh6G2 using fluorescence spectroscopy. To

• ) temperature, and (d) NaCl concentration. (a) Fluorescence spectra of GNPs-GSH-Rh6G2 with different ions (Hg2+, Na+, Cu2+, Zn2+, Mn2+, Mg2+, Ca2+, K+, Co2+, Ag+, Pb2+, Fe3+, and Al3+, concentration: 0.75 mM) in HEPES/CH3OH buffer (1:1 (v/v), 50 mM, pH 7); (b) fluorescence intensity at 560 nm of GNPs-GSH-Rh6G2

A non-enzymatic electrochemical hydrogen peroxide sensor based on copper oxide nanostructures

• Irena Mihailova,
• Vjaceslavs Gerbreders,
• Marina Krasovska,
• Eriks Sledevskis,
• Valdis Mizers,
• Andrejs Bulanovs and
• Andrejs Ogurcovs

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 424–436, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.35

• interfering substances, that is, ascorbic acid, uric acid, dopamine, NaCl, glucose, and acetaminophen, do not affect the electrochemical response. The real milk sample test showed a high recovery rate (more than 95%). According to the obtained results, this sensor is suitable for practical use for the

• ), uric acid (C5H4N4O3, CAS number: 69-93-2), dopamine hydrochloride ((HO)2C6H3CH2CH2NH2HCl, CAS number: 62-31-7), glucose (C6H12O6, CAS number: 50-99-7), acetaminophen (CH3CONHC6H4OH, CAS number: 103-90-2), and sodium chloride (NaCl, CAS number: 7647-14-5) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. All reagents

• NaOH was used. The experiment was started at 0 µM concentration of H2O2, then every 60 s either H2O2 or an interfering substance at a concentration of 100 µM was added to the solution, in the following order: H2O2, ascorbic acid, uric acid, dopamine, NaCl, glucose, and acetaminophen. Then, the whole

Relationship between corrosion and nanoscale friction on a metallic glass

• Haoran Ma and
• Roland Bennewitz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 236–244, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.18

• electrochemical methods, often combined with surface analytical techniques [13][14][15]. Wang et al. [13] reported that the passive oxide films are grown as a double layer structure on MGs with a corrosion product layer underlying an inner barrier layer in NaCl and Na2SO4 solutions. Since most metals and alloys

• , nanotribological in situ experiments are implemented to reveal microscopic corrosion processes. Results and Discussion Potentiodynamic polarisation tests Phosphate buffer and NaCl solution were selected as test solutions because of their differences in corrosion of ZrNiTi MGs. Figure 1a shows potentiodynamic

• polarization curves of ZrNiTi MGs in NaCl solution and phosphate buffer recorded in an electrochemical AFM cell. In NaCl solution, no passivity is observed during anodic polarization. The current density increases rapidly even at a low applied potential (approx. 0 V). In contrast, the ZrNiTi MG in phosphate

A comprehensive review on electrospun nanohybrid membranes for wastewater treatment

• Senuri Kumarage,
• Imalka Munaweera and
• Nilwala Kottegoda

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 137–159, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.10

• . Therefore, the presence of more charges in the fluid jet stretches the polymer into thin nanoscale fibers. Angammana and Jayaram have studied the influence of conductivity on the electrospinning process by adding NaCl salt to the electrospinning PEO/water system [40]. They have detected that the fiber

• work, a mildly hydrolyzed PAN membrane has been modified by fusing bovine serum albumin (BSA) obtained from laboratory wastes, and it has shown a maximum dye removal capacity of 434.78 mg/g, at pH 12 for TBO. The membrane has the ability to be regenerated by eluting the dye completely with 1 M NaCl or

Bacterial safety study of the production process of hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers

• Axel Steffen,
• Yu Xiong,
• Radostina Georgieva,
• Ulrich Kalus and
• Hans Bäumler

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 114–126, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.8

• , Bernburg, Germany; aqua ad iniectabilia (Ampuwa) from Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH, Bad Homburg, Germany, and sodium chloride (NaCl) from B. Braun Melsungen AG, Melsungen, Germany. Human serum albumin, 200 g/L, Baxalta was obtained from Takeda Pharma Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin, Germany. EDTA, PBS

• packed red blood cells (RBC) were washed at least three times with sterile 0.9% NaCl and lysed overnight with four to five volumes of a low osmotic sodium chloride solution (100 mOsmol/kg). The lysate was centrifuged at 5500g at 2–8 °C for 4 h and the supernatant was processed by means of tangential flow

• by centrifugation and washed three times with 0.9% NaCl. The particles were resuspended in a 0.02% GA solution and incubated for 1 h at room temperature on a shaker (cross-linking). After another centrifugation, the excess GA was quenched with 0.1 M of glycine. A solution of 0.2 M of EDTA pH 7.4 was

Topographic signatures and manipulations of Fe atoms, CO molecules and NaCl islands on superconducting Pb(111)

• Carl Drechsel,
• Philipp D’Astolfo,
• Jung-Ching Liu,
• Thilo Glatzel,
• Rémy Pawlak and
• Ernst Meyer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1–9, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.1

• with functionalized tips. We report on the topographic signatures observed by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) of carbon monoxide (CO) molecules, iron (Fe) atoms and sodium chloride (NaCl) islands deposited on superconducting Pb(111). For the CO adsorption a comparison with the Pb(110) substrate is

• demonstrated. We show a general propensity of these adsorbates to diffuse at low temperature under gentle scanning conditions. Our findings provide new insights into high-resolution probe microscopy imaging with terminated tips, decoupling atoms and molecules by NaCl islands or tip-induced lateral manipulation

• of iron atoms on top of the prototypical Pb(111) superconducting surface. Keywords: carbon monoxide (CO); lateral manipulation; NaCl; scanning tunneling microscopy; superconductivity; Introduction The most exciting manifestation of topological superconductivity [1][2][3] is the Majorana zero mode

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

A review on slip boundary conditions at the nanoscale: recent development and applications

• Ruifei Wang,
• Jin Chai,
• Bobo Luo,
• Xiong Liu,
• Jianting Zhang,
• Min Wu,
• Mingdan Wei and
• Zhuanyue Ma

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1237–1251, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.91

• ]. Furthermore, Rezaei et al. performed MD simulations to study the electro-osmotic flow of an aqueous NaCl solution on a charged silicon surface [23], and similar conclusions as the ones proposed by Joly et al. were drawn in terms of the relationship between slip length and surface charge density. On the other

Molecular assemblies on surfaces: towards physical and electronic decoupling of organic molecules

• Sabine Maier and
• Meike Stöhr

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 950–956, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.71

• . Among others, ultrathin dielectric layers of either alkali halides (e.g., NaCl [17]) or metal oxides (e.g., MgO [18], Al2O3 [19], and CuO [20]), or nitrides (CuN [21]) have been shown to be beneficial for successfully reducing or even completely switching off the unwanted interaction between the metal

• sufficient to truly electronically insulate molecular structures. For this, the usage of either thicker insulating films (mostly alkali halides) or bulk insulators is required. For studying molecules on bulk insulators, ionic crystals (e.g., KBr, NaCl, CaF2, and calcite) have mostly served as model systems

Silver nanoparticles nucleated in NaOH-treated halloysite: a potential antimicrobial material

• Yuri B. Matos,
• Rodrigo S. Romanus,
• Mattheus Torquato,
• Edgar H. de Souza,
• Rodrigo L. Villanova,
• Marlene Soares and
• Emilson R. Viana

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 798–807, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.63

• solution (8.5 mg/mL of NaCl). The two suspensions were then homogenized in a vortex mixer, and subsequently had their concentration adjusted to 108 colony forming units (CFU) per millilitre, as recommended by [29]. The two bacterial suspensions were then further diluted, with liquid Mueller–Hinton broth

Silver nanoparticles induce the cardiomyogenic differentiation of bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells via telomere length extension

• Khosro Adibkia,
• Ali Ehsani,
• Asma Jodaei,
• Ezzatollah Fathi,
• Raheleh Farahzadi and
• Mohammad Barzegar-Jalali

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 786–797, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.62

• added to the immersion medium and dissolution curves were measured [35]. When no oxygen was present, only a very small fraction of Ag was dissolved. In the present of oxidizing agents, such as H2O2, the dissolution rate was clearly increased. The presence of dissolved NaCl, either in pure form or as PBS

Reducing molecular simulation time for AFM images based on super-resolution methods

• Zhipeng Dou,
• Jianqiang Qian,
• Yingzi Li,
• Rui Lin,
• Jianhai Wang,
• Peng Cheng and
• Zeyu Xu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 775–785, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.61

• are key tools for nanoscale imaging and characterization with unparalleled resolution [1]. The first atomic-resolution image by AFM of the (001) surface of NaCl was reported in ultrahigh vacuum [2]. Later, in noncontact mode, the reconstructed silicon (111)-(7×7) surface was imaged with 6 Å lateral

Fate and transformation of silver nanoparticles in different biological conditions

• Barbara Pem,
• Marija Ćurlin,
• Darija Domazet Jurašin,
• Valerije Vrček,
• Rinea Barbir,
• Vedran Micek,
• Raluca M. Fratila,
• Jesus M. de la Fuente and
• Ivana Vinković Vrček

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 665–679, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.53

• -dense cubic or spherical structures were not found in the liver of control animals, meaning that they originate from the accumulation and biotransformation of AgNPs. Indeed, Prucek et al. [43] reported rapid crystallization of primary AgNPs to a one-order larger crystals in NaCl-rich media, in which a

Reconstruction of a 2D layer of KBr on Ir(111) and electromechanical alteration by graphene

• Zhao Liu,
• Antoine Hinaut,
• Stefan Peeters,
• Sebastian Scherb,
• Ernst Meyer,
• Maria Clelia Righi and
• Thilo Glatzel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 432–439, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.35

• ]. Compared to the adsorption energy, the ionic interaction within the layer is typically stronger such that structural deformations are weak [25]. However, it was demonstrated that a NaCl adlayer on Ag(100), besides strongly reducing the overall work function, can create clearly modulated dipole moment

• densities corresponding to the registry of the NaCl layer in respect to the substrate [26][27]. But also the formation of a weak structural deformation observed as superstructure has been reported for (100) oriented surfaces, for example, for KCl and NaCl on Ag(100) [28][29] or KBr on Cu(100) [30]. In

• contrast, on hexagonal (111) oriented metal surfaces, alkali halides were reported to arrange in cubic islands [31][32][33]. Sometimes, they exhibit a moiré pattern, for example, as a result of the incommensurate growth in the system of NaCl/Cu(111) [34]. Furthermore, considering the interface of alkali

Doxorubicin-loaded gold nanorods: a multifunctional chemo-photothermal nanoplatform for cancer management

• Uzma Azeem Awan,
• Abida Raza,
• Shaukat Ali,
• Rida Fatima Saeed and
• Nosheen Akhtar

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 295–303, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.24

• deionized water. GNR solution was added drop-wise to 2 mL of PSS (2 mg/mL in 8 mM NaCl). For maximum adsorption, the solution was kept under stirring at room temperature for 2 h. Excess polymer (supernatant fraction) was removed by centrifugation (12,000g for 10 min). The PSS-stabilized GNRs were re