Frontiers of nanoelectronics: intrinsic Josephson effect and prospects of superconducting spintronics

• Anatolie S. Sidorenko,
• Horst Hahn and
• Vladimir Krasnov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 79–82, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.9

• energy for cryogenic cooling of superconducting circuits is considered [9][10][11][12]. Important and promising applications of the Josephson effect are its implementation in superconducting high-frequency electronics, spintronics, and nanostructures for supercomputers. In the last decade, a very rapid

• (ANN) is a recent important development. The main goal of this thematic issue is to highlight new research done in the field of hybrid nanostructures, including various elements using the Josephson effect and their applications in quantum electronics, spintronics, and high-frequency electronics. The

• nanostructures for superconducting spintronics, quantum electronics, and novel base elements for superconducting supercomputers became the core of this volume. The editors are convinced that this thematic issue will attract the attention of scientists, technologists, engineers, and IT experts, and will be useful

Upper critical magnetic field in NbRe and NbReN micrometric strips

• Zahra Makhdoumi Kakhaki,
• Antonio Leo,
• Federico Chianese,
• Loredana Parlato,
• Giovanni Piero Pepe,
• Angela Nigro,
• Carla Cirillo and
• Carmine Attanasio

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 45–51, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.5

• case of NbReN. Keywords: non-centrosymmetric superconductors; Pauli and orbital contribution; upper critical fields; Werthamer–Helfand–Hohenberg theory; Introduction Superconducting films of NbRe and NbReN have recently received great attention in the field of low-temperature electronics as suitable

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

• -off lithography; gap; self-assembled monolayer; sub-micrometer; surface patterning; Introduction The development of lithographic techniques is crucial to the advancement of the electronics and semiconductor industry, the backbones of modern technology. Advances in photolithography have pushed the

From a free electron gas to confined states: A mixed island of PTCDA and copper phthalocyanine on Ag(111)

• Alfred J. Weymouth,
• Emily Roche and
• Franz J. Giessibl

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1572–1577, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.131

• of the sample preparation is available in Supporting Information File 1. A qPlus AFM/STM sensor [21] with an etched W-tip was used. Tunneling spectoscopy data (dI/dV data) were acquired with a lock-in amplifier included in the control electronics (Nanonis from SPECS GmbH). The AC signal had a

Single-step extraction of small-diameter single-walled carbon nanotubes in the presence of riboflavin

• Polina M. Kalachikova,
• Anastasia E. Goldt,
• Eldar M. Khabushev,
• Timofei V. Eremin,
• Timofei S. Zatsepin,
• Elena D. Obraztsova,
• Konstantin V. Larionov,
• Liubov Yu. Antipina,
• Pavel B. Sorokin and
• Albert G. Nasibulin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1564–1571, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.130

• exclusive gel chromatography; SWCNT extraction; Introduction The unique physical and chemical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) promise multiple high-end applications varying from biomedicine to photonics and electronics [1][2][3]. Rapid technology development and growing demand for

• properties [3][4][5]. Moreover, as-synthesized SWCNTs typically possess a wide range of diameters and chiralities, leading to an inhomogeneous distribution of optical and electronic properties [5]. Nevertheless, most SWCNT applications, including thin-film electronics, require individual constituent parts

Role of titanium and organic precursors in molecular layer deposition of “titanicone” hybrid materials

• Arbresha Muriqi and
• Michael Nolan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1240–1255, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.103

• organic–inorganic hybrid films for applications in several technological application areas, including packaging/encapsulation, electronics, batteries and biomedical applications [1][2][3][4]. MLD is very similar to the widely used atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique, which involves the fabrication of

• inorganic films used extensively in photovoltaics, (nano)electronics, energy storage and catalysis [5][6][7][8]. Similarly to ALD, MLD is based on sequential self-limiting reactions of readily vaporized inorganic precursors but the second reactant is a highly volatile organic species. Thus, in contrast to

• higher temperature were also more stable in atmosphere compared to films deposited at low temperatures [44]. Because of the similarity with TiO2 ALD films, titanicone films are promising for electronics and solar applications [45] and may be used for biological implants as well. As TiO2 films have

A super-oscillatory step-zoom metalens for visible light

• Yi Zhou,
• Chao Yan,
• Peng Tian,
• Zhu Li,
• Yu He,
• Bin Fan,
• Zhiyong Wang,
• Yao Deng and
• Dongliang Tang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1220–1227, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.101

• , China Sichuan Jiuzhou Electric Group Co., Ltd, Mianyang 621000, China School of Mechanical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610065, China State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies for Micro-fabrication, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu

• , Sichuan 610209, China The Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Optoelectronic Devices of Ministry of Education & Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Structural Physics and Devices, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China 10.3762/bjnano.13.101 Abstract In recent

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

• . 105630, Copyright Elsevier (2021). This content is not subject to CC BY 4.0. (f) SEM image of high porosity TiO2 nanowire network. Figure 4f was reproduced from [54], Shen, D. et al., “Self-Powered Wearable Electronics Based on Moisture Enabled Electricity Generation”, Adv. Mater., with permission from

• flexible, printable and portable electronics” by Y. Liang et al., Energy Environ. Sci., vol. 11, issue 7, © 2018); permission conveyed through Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. This content is not subject to CC BY 4.0. (b) Schematic diagram of the structure of vertically oriented asymmetric graphene. (c

• Clearance Center, Inc. This content is not subject to CC BY 4.0. (e) Touch sensor. (f) Breath detection sensor, different breathing modes yield different output voltages. Figure 10e,f were reproduced from [54], Shen, D. et al., “Self-Powered Wearable Electronics Based on Moisture Enabled Electricity

Nonlinear features of the superconductor–ferromagnet–superconductor φ₀ Josephson junction in the ferromagnetic resonance region

• Aliasghar Janalizadeh,
• Ilhom R. Rahmonov,
• Sara A. Abdelmoneim,
• Yury M. Shukrinov and
• Mohammad R. Kolahchi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1155–1166, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.97

• effect in the –V curve. We believe that experimentally measured I–V characteristics of φ0 junctions with the manifestations discussed in detail here, would allow for close investigations of its nonlinear features important for superconductor electronics and spintronics. Schematic view of a SFS φ0

Spindle-like MIL101(Fe) decorated with Bi₂O₃ nanoparticles for enhanced degradation of chlortetracycline under visible-light irradiation

• Chen-chen Hao,
• Fang-yan Chen,
• Kun Bian,
• Yu-bin Tang and
• Wei-long Shi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1038–1050, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.91

• , FEI-quanta 200, Japan Electronics, Japan), transmission electron microscopy (TEM, FEI-Tecnai F20, USA) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM, JEOL 2100F, Japan). The element valence and chemical composition was investigated using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS, Axis ultra

Theoretical investigations of oxygen vacancy effects in nickel-doped zirconia from ab initio XANES spectroscopy at the oxygen K-edge

• Dick Hartmann Douma,
• Lodvert Tchibota Poaty,
• Alessio Lamperti,
• Stéphane Kenmoe,
• Abdulrafiu Tunde Raji,
• Alberto Debernardi and
• Bernard M’Passi-Mabiala

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 975–985, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.85

• which is being currently employed in ultra-scaled electronics for its high dielectric constant [24][25] have received significant attention because of its practical applications. Thus, recently, exploiting first principles simulations and X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy (XANES) in high magnetic

Self-assembly of C₆₀ on a ZnTPP/Fe(001)–p(1 × 1)O substrate: observation of a quasi-freestanding C₆₀ monolayer

• Guglielmo Albani,
• Michele Capra,
• Alessandro Lodesani,
• Alberto Calloni,
• Gianlorenzo Bussetti,
• Marco Finazzi,
• Franco Ciccacci,
• Alberto Brambilla,
• Lamberto Duò and
• Andrea Picone

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 857–864, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.76

• applications in new emerging fields, such as nanoscale catalysis [4][5], organic electronics [6][7], and spintronics [8][9], to name just a few. From a fundamental point of view, well-defined organic/inorganic heterostructures represent an interesting benchmark for the investigation of the boundary between

Ultrafast signatures of magnetic inhomogeneity in Pd_1−xFe_x (x ≤ 0.08) epitaxial thin films

• Andrey V. Petrov,
• Sergey I. Nikitin,
• Lenar R. Tagirov,
• Amir I. Gumarov,
• Igor V. Yanilkin and
• Roman V. Yusupov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 836–844, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.74

• ]. Superconducting spintronics is a branch of superconducting electronics, the key components of which are thin-film magnetic Josephson junctions (MJJs), which include layers of superconductors (S), ferromagnets (F) and insulators (I) [1][2][3][14][15]. The use of MJJs considerably reduces the energy consumption

Temperature and chemical effects on the interfacial energy between a Ga–In–Sn eutectic liquid alloy and nanoscopic asperities

• Yujin Han,
• Pierre-Marie Thebault,
• Corentin Audes,
• Xuelin Wang,
• Haiwoong Park,
• Jian-Zhong Jiang and
• Arnaud Caron

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 817–827, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.72

• spectroscopy to determine the interfacial energy between eutectic Ga–In–Sn liquid alloy and single nanoscopic asperities of SiOx, Au, and PtSi in the temperature range between room temperature and 90 °C. The choice of the asperity materials was motivated by their relevance in electronics and micro

Nanoarchitectonics of the cathode to improve the reversibility of Li–O₂ batteries

• Hien Thi Thu Pham,
• Jonghyeok Yun,
• So Yeun Kim,
• Sang A Han,
• Jung Ho Kim,
• Jong-Won Lee and
• Min-Sik Park

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 689–698, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.61

• Hien Thi Thu Pham Jonghyeok Yun So Yeun Kim Sang A Han Jung Ho Kim Jong-Won Lee Min-Sik Park Department of Advanced Materials Engineering for Information and Electronics, Integrated Education Institute for Frontier Science & Technology (BK21 Four), Kyung Hee University, 1732 Deogyeong-daero

Comparative molecular dynamics simulations of thermal conductivities of aqueous and hydrocarbon nanofluids

• Adil Loya,
• Antash Najib,
• Fahad Aziz,
• Asif Khan,
• Guogang Ren and
• Kun Luo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 620–628, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.54

• nuclear reactors [7] and for thermal management of electronics [8][9]. As mentioned above, nanofluids have also proved to be very effective as working fluids [10][11] in solar thermal systems and for enhancing the thermal characteristics of phase-change materials (PCM) that are used for latent thermal

Approaching microwave photon sensitivity with Al Josephson junctions

• Andrey L. Pankratov,
• Anna V. Gordeeva,
• Leonid S. Revin,
• Dmitry A. Ladeynov,
• Anton A. Yablokov and
• Leonid S. Kuzmin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 582–589, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.50

• junction, we have thermally anchored the sample to the mixing chamber of a He3/He4 dilution refrigerator Triton 200 from Oxford Instruments. A block diagram of the experimental setup, including filtering and room-temperature electronics, is shown in Figure 1a. The sample (Figure 1b) was mounted in an RF

• conclude that the optimal critical current range, allowing for improvement of both sensitivity and dark count time, is about hundreds of nanoamperes as predicted in [6]. Such junctions are currently being measured. (a) Scheme of the measurement electronics with thermal anchoring and various filtering

Zinc oxide nanostructures for fluorescence and Raman signal enhancement: a review

• Ioana Marica,
• Fran Nekvapil,
• Maria Ștefan,
• Cosmin Farcău and
• Alexandra Falamaș

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 472–490, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.40

• , due to the energy and electron transfer from plasmon-resonant metal surfaces to the adjacent semiconductor. Such hybrid materials have been proposed for medical and pharmaceutical applications, catalysis, and electronics [88]. The photoluminescence emission of ZnO nanoparticles has been exploited in

Tunable superconducting neurons for networks based on radial basis functions

• Andrey E. Schegolev,
• Nikolay V. Klenov,
• Sergey V. Bakurskiy,
• Igor I. Soloviev,
• Mikhail Yu. Kupriyanov,
• Maxim V. Tereshonok and
• Anatoli S. Sidorenko

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 444–454, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.37

• , ferromagnetic, and normal layers. Keywords: networks on radial basis functions; Josephson circuits; radial basis functions (RBFs); spintronics; superconducting electronics; superconducting neural network; Introduction For modern telecommunications, probabilistic identification of various sources in a

Electrostatic pull-in application in flexible devices: A review

• Teng Cai,
• Yuming Fang,
• Yingli Fang,
• Ruozhou Li,
• Ying Yu and
• Mingyang Huang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 390–403, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.32

• more and more difficult for traditional electronic devices made of rigid substrates to meet the needs of flexible and low-cost applications in complex environments. Flexible electronics have great potential for applications such as portable displays, electronic skin, and wearable healthcare. With the

Selected properties of Al_xZn_yO thin films prepared by reactive pulsed magnetron sputtering using a two-element Zn/Al target

• Witold Posadowski,
• Artur Wiatrowski,
• Jarosław Domaradzki and
• Michał Mazur

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 344–354, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.29

• Witold Posadowski Artur Wiatrowski Jaroslaw Domaradzki Michal Mazur Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Electronics, Photonics and Microsystems, Janiszewskiego 11/17, 50-372 Wrocław, Poland 10.3762/bjnano.13.29 Abstract AlxZnyO thin films were obtained by reactive pulsed

• : aluminium zinc oxide; magnetron sputtering; thin film; transparent conducting oxide; transparent electronics; Introduction Aluminium-doped zinc oxide (AZO) is a potential alternative to indium tin oxide (ITO) for transparent conducting oxide (TCO) electrodes in transparent electronic and photovoltaic

• TCO thin films for the purpose of transparent electronics is the transparency in the visible part of the optical spectrum. Figure 5a shows the light transmission (T) characteristics of the prepared thin films measured in the spectral range from 300 to 1000 nm as a function of the distance from the

Investigation of a memory effect in a Au/(Ti–Cu)Ox-gradient thin film/TiAlV structure

• Damian Wojcieszak,
• Jarosław Domaradzki,
• Michał Mazur,
• Tomasz Kotwica and
• Danuta Kaczmarek

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 265–273, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.21

• Damian Wojcieszak Jaroslaw Domaradzki Michal Mazur Tomasz Kotwica Danuta Kaczmarek Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Electronics, Photonics and Microsystems, Janiszewskiego 11/17, 50-372 Wroclaw, Poland 10.3762/bjnano.13.21 Abstract This paper presents the results of the

• ] and chaotic systems [4][5], textile electronics [6], and even quantum systems [7]. Resistive switching devices have already found their place in the field of memory applications, especially in non-volatile memory such as resistive random access memory (RRAM) [8][9][10][11][12] or conducting bridge

Piezoelectric nanogenerator for bio-mechanical strain measurement

• Zafar Javed,
• Lybah Rafiq,
• Muhammad Anwaar Nazeer,
• Saqib Siddiqui,
• Muhammad Babar Ramzan,
• Muhammad Qamar Khan and
• Muhammad Salman Naeem

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 192–200, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.14

• are obtaining by combining conventional textile techniques, such as knitting or weaving, with different technologies of electronics [2]. The world is moving towards intelligent or smart textiles. In 2012, the size of the smart textile market was almost $289.5 million and surged to $1,500 million in

Sputtering onto liquids: a critical review

• Anastasiya Sergievskaya,
• Adrien Chauvin and
• Stephanos Konstantinidis

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 10–53, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.2

• properties to fit the targeted application in fields such as mechanics, optics, electronics, and biomaterials. Various types of coatings can be produced, from pure metals to metal oxides, nitrides, carbides, oxynitrides to metal alloys, or chemically more complex combinations such as high-entropy alloys [24

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

• temperature in the preparation chamber. Low-temperature scanning tunneling microscope The experiments were performed using a low-temperature STM/AFM microscope (T = 4.8 K) from Omicron GmbH in UHV (p ≈ 1 × 10−10 mbar) operated with Nanonis RC5 electronics. The sensor is a tuning fork sensor in a qPlus design