Radiosensitizing properties of dual-functionalized carbon nanostructures loaded with temozolomide

• Radmila Milenkovska,
• Nikola Geskovski,
• Dushko Shalabalija,
• Ljubica Mihailova,
• Petre Makreski,
• Dushko Lukarski,
• Igor Stojkovski,
• Maja Simonoska Crcarevska and
• Kristina Mladenovska

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 229–251, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.18

Recent advances in photothermal nanomaterials for ophthalmic applications

• Jiayuan Zhuang,
• Linhui Jia,
• Chenghao Li,
• Rui Yang,
• Jiapeng Wang,
• Wen-an Wang,
• Heng Zhou and
• Xiangxia Luo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 195–215, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.16

• nanometals can be swiftly heated to temperatures around 100 °C using low-energy laser pulses of specific wavelength. This rapid heating effectively evaporates a limited amount of water in the adjacent nanoscale region, forming vapor nanobubbles (VNBs) (see below in Figure 2c) [50]. The swift expansion and

• via non-radiative relaxation, resulting in localized lattice heating [76][77]. Therefore, semiconductors with narrow bandgaps typically show broad absorption spectra and high efficiency in photon trapping. In contrast, wide-bandgap semiconductors have a more limited range of light absorption and less

• to construct IOL edge photothermal rings, showing promising results in inhibiting PCO. The fixed heating removal area of the IOL edge photothermal ring, however, did not effectively inhibit LEC growth beyond the ring’s immediate vicinity. Employing black phosphorus (BP) as an IOL edge photothermal

Clays enhanced with niobium: potential in wastewater treatment and reuse as pigment with antibacterial activity

• Silvia Jaerger,
• Patricia Appelt,
• Mario Antônio Alves da Cunha,
• Fabián Ccahuana Ayma,
• Ricardo Schneider,
• Carla Bittencourt and
• Fauze Jacó Anaissi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 141–154, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.13

• clay/Nb suspension was continuously stirred for 72 h at 65 °C. The color of the bentonite modified with niobium changes to light yellow (Figure 1b,c). Finally, after being cooled to room temperature, the suspensions were subjected to thermal treatment at 500 °C, with a heating rate of 5 °C/min. These

TiO₂ immobilized on 2D mordenite: effect of hydrolysis conditions on structural, textural, and optical characteristics of the nanocomposites

• Marina G. Shelyapina,
• Rosario Isidro Yocupicio-Gaxiola,
• Gleb A. Valkovsky and
• Vitalii Petranovskii

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 128–140, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.12

• strongly distorted shells. These amorphous nanoparticles are responsible for the formation of single-phase nanocrystalline anatase upon heating [30]. This is exactly what we observe. Figure 1c shows that, after calcination, additional large peaks appear in all samples, which can be attributed to anatase

• the mBET method. Thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) was carried out using a Netzsch STA 449 F1 Jupiter instrument in the temperature range of 40–990 °C at a heating rate of 10 °C/min in an Ar flow of 90 mL/min. 27Al MAS NMR spectra were recorded using a Bruker Avance IIIWB 400 MHz solid-state NMR

Precursor sticking coefficient determination from indented deposits fabricated by electron beam induced deposition

• Alexander Kuprava and
• Michael Huth

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 35–43, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.4

• , 15, 30, 35 and 40 °C using a self-made cryo-stage made from copper and equipped with a heater. The stage was cooled via a thick strand of copper wires connected to a Meissner trap cooled with liquid nitrogen. The temperature was controlled via a heating element inserted as an interface layer between

Orientation-dependent photonic bandgaps in gold-dust weevil scales and their titania bioreplicates

• Norma Salvadores Farran,
• Limin Wang,
• Primoz Pirih and
• Bodo D. Wilts

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1–10, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.1

• . The scale template was removed by acid etching, using drops of a 3:1 mixture of concentrated nitric and hydrochloric acids, followed by heating at 130 °C for 15 min. The replicas were then cleaned using deionized water. Titanium(IV) ethanolate (33–35% TiO2), tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS 98%), and

Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles derived from algae and their larvicidal properties to control Aedes aegypti

• Matheus Alves Siqueira de Assunção,
• Douglas Dourado,
• Daiane Rodrigues dos Santos,
• Gabriel Bezerra Faierstein,
• Mara Elga Medeiros Braga,
• Severino Alves Junior,
• Rosângela Maria Rodrigues Barbosa,
• Herminio José Cipriano de Sousa and
• Fábio Rocha Formiga

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1566–1575, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.123

• extract filtrate with 90 mL of AgNO3 (1 mM). To increase the yield of silver nanoparticles, the sample was placed under magnetic stirring varying the heating temperatures (37–80 °C). The formation of NPs was verified from the color change in the solution to reddish brown. The possible chemical compounds

• /100 mL of purified water) by heating the mixture for 5 min and decanting for 1 h. After this process, the mixture was filtered and stored for 5 days at 15 °C. Finally, the filtered solution was treated with an aqueous solution of AgNO3 (1 mM) and incubated at room temperature. The chemical compounds

Ultrablack color in velvet ant cuticle

• Vinicius Marques Lopez,
• Wencke Krings,
• Juliana Reis Machado,
• Stanislav Gorb and
• Rhainer Guillermo-Ferreira

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1554–1565, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.122

• ]. For the thermal images, a velvet ant specimen was carefully positioned on a polystyrene plate, serving as a thermal insulator, and covered with a layer of sand measuring 2 cm in thickness. Using a Fluke TiS75+ Thermal Camera, thermal images were captured before, during, and after a controlled heating

• process induced by a thermal lamp positioned 10 cm away. Prior to initiating the experiment, the female specimen was photographed, and subsequent images were taken at 1 min and 2 min intervals during the heating process. Throughout the experiment, the ambient temperature was meticulously maintained at a

• female Traumatomutilla bifurca (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). (A) Visible spectrum image, (B) thermal image of the animal before heating, (C) thermal image after 1 min of heating, and (D) thermal image after 2 min of heating. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 28: Spectrum obtained from

Investigation of Hf/Ti bilayers for the development of transition-edge sensor microcalorimeters

• Victoria Y. Safonova,
• Anna V. Gordeeva,
• Anton V. Blagodatkin,
• Dmitry A. Pimanov,
• Anton A. Yablokov and
• Andrey L. Pankratov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1353–1361, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.108

• width of the superconducting transition, can be used to fabricate a TES microcalorimeter. Sample Fabrication The most typical geometry of a TES is a square, which is advantageous over the elongated shapes for its compactness, leading to more uniform heating during signal readout, and for reduced

• in different transition temperatures at heating and cooling. The presumed reason is the heating of the film sample C1 through the measuring pogo pin contacts made of gold-coated brass and the contact resistance between the contacts and the film. Samples A1–A4 and B1 were measured through the same

• clamp contacts as sample C1, but the measured area was further away from the contact points. This way, the current first flows through the superconducting electrodes with low thermal conductivity in the superconducting state, and only then goes to the bridge. Nevertheless, non-equilibrium heating

Interaction of graphene oxide with tannic acid: computational modeling and toxicity mitigation in C. elegans

• Romana Petry,
• James M. de Almeida,
• Francine Côa,
• Felipe Crasto de Lima,
• Diego Stéfani T. Martinez and
• Adalberto Fazzio

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1297–1311, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.105

• mechanisms against pathogens, heating stress, and oxidative stress, which may increase the resistance against the hazardous effects of GO. TA upregulates natural protective pathways against oxidative stress, increasing the expression of antioxidant systems such as reduced glutathione, superoxide dismutase

Mn-doped ZnO nanopowders prepared by sol–gel and microwave-assisted sol–gel methods and their photocatalytic properties

• Cristina Maria Vlăduț,
• Crina Anastasescu,
• Silviu Preda,
• Oana Catalina Mocioiu,
• Simona Petrescu,
• Jeanina Pandele-Cusu,
• Dana Culita,
• Veronica Bratan,
• Ioan Balint and
• Maria Zaharescu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1283–1296, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.104

• -efficient than conventional heating methods [12][13][14]. This approach is particularly advantageous in technology applications, as it significantly reduces reaction times from days to mere hours or minutes and enables the production of nanocrystalline oxides in the form of powders and films on various

• substrates [3][15][16]. While traditional heating methods cause inhomogeneities by slowly distributing the heat from the surface to the core of the material or within the entire volume of the solution, microwaves allow for quick and uniform heating because they can penetrate to a depth depending on the

• for 10 min at 60 °C, 200 W power and a frequency of 2.45 GHz. Gelation took place at room temperature. All resulting gels were dried at 100 °C for 24 h and then thermally treated at 350 °C for 1 h with a heating speed of 1 °C/min followed by a treatment at 500 °C for 1 h with a heating speed of 5 °C

The role of a tantalum interlayer in enhancing the properties of Fe₃O₄ thin films

• Hai Dang Ngo,
• Vo Doan Thanh Truong,
• Van Qui Le,
• Hoai Phuong Pham and
• Thi Kim Hang Pham

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1253–1259, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.101

• ) substrates were prepared by immersing them in a methanol bath at a temperature of 60 °C and drying them in N2 gas flow. Subsequently, the purified substrates were moved into an ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) chamber and underwent a pre-heating process at 600 °C for 30 min in order to eliminate any remaining

Dual-functionalized architecture enables stable and tumor cell-specific SiO₂NPs in complex biological fluids

• Iris Renata Sousa Ribeiro,
• Raquel Frenedoso da Silva,
• Romênia Ramos Domingues,
• Adriana Franco Paes Leme and
• Mateus Borba Cardoso

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1238–1252, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.100

• solution (without purification) was transferred to a flask kept in a bath at 80 °C. Then, 26.0 mg of ZW, previously solubilized in 2.0 mL of water, was added. The solution was stirred and heated for 4 h. Subsequently, the heating was removed and 0.98 µL of APTES was added. The reaction was stirred for 24 h

• ) and was repeated four times. Then, Laemmli buffer (1610737, Bio-Rad) containing 50 mM of dithiothreitol (DTT, 1610611, Bio-Rad) was added to the final precipitate, followed by heating at 95 °C for 5 min, and 10 μL of this suspension was applied in a 12% SDS-PAGE gel. The gel was run at a voltage of

Enhanced catalytic reduction through in situ synthesized gold nanoparticles embedded in glucosamine/alginate nanocomposites

• Chi-Hien Dang,
• Le-Kim-Thuy Nguyen,
• Minh-Trong Tran,
• Van-Dung Le,
• Nguyen Minh Ty,
• T. Ngoc Han Pham,
• Hieu Vu-Quang,
• Tran Thi Kim Chi,
• Tran Thi Huong Giang,
• Nguyen Thi Thanh Tu and
• Thanh-Danh Nguyen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1227–1237, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.99

• g·mL−1). The reduction process was initiated through heating the mixture and visually confirmed by a change in color of the reaction mixture indicating the formation of AuNPs on the GluN/Alg composite. UV–vis spectroscopy within the range of 300 to 600 nm was employed to monitor this process

• ) using a nanoPartica Horiba SZ-100 instrument. Thermal analysis through thermogravimetry (TGA) was performed using a LabSys evo S60/58988 Thermoanalyzer (Setaram, France). The oven-dried powder of both blank nanocomposite GluN/Alg and synthesized composite AuNPs@GluN/Alg underwent heating from 30 to 800

•  2E,F demonstrates the profound effect of the reaction time on AuNP formation under heating at 70 °C. The SPR band of the AuNPs only becomes evident after 40 min of heating, with the absorbance values peaking at 100 min, and the λmax values stabilize after this duration. Thus, the optimal conditions

A low-kiloelectronvolt focused ion beam strategy for processing low-thermal-conductance materials with nanoampere currents

• Annalena Wolff,
• Nico Klingner,
• William Thompson,
• Yinghong Zhou,
• Jinying Lin and
• Yin Xiao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1197–1207, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.97

• heating effects that lead to noticeable changes in nanostructure deposition geometry during FEBID processes have recently been published [19]. These approaches, a thorough understanding of the parameters that govern the beam-induced heat damage as well as open source software, would also be beneficial for

• working at cryogenic sample temperatures, [16], short beam dwell times [16], as well as employing different scan strategies [16]. This work builds on previously reported experiments [17] and looks at the effect of the ion energy on the ion beam-induced sample heating to maintain nanoampere beam currents

• 160 ps, just before the arrival of the next ion in a 1 nA beam, the central region below the impact point of that ion, has cooled down to 80 °C. Figure 2 shows the contour plots of the mid-plane collagen sample temperature at t = 160 ps for a 5 keV ion. The ion cascade cumulative and adjacent heating

Direct electron beam writing of silver using a β-diketonate precursor: first insights

• Katja Höflich,
• Krzysztof Maćkosz,
• Chinmai S. Jureddy,
• Aleksei Tsarapkin and
• Ivo Utke

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1117–1124, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.90

• , a good deposition rate was observed. After several hours, condensation became visible, which could be avoided by heating the substrate to a temperature of 60 °C. At this substrate temperature, the spatial selectivity of the direct writing was maintained with only a very weak contribution of purely

• for experiments to roughly 2 h since the evaporated precursor would start to crystallize at the crucible cap. Heating of the sample was realized with a Kleindiek MHS (Micro Heating Stage), which allowed us to keep the substrate temperature constant at 60 °C throughout the whole experiment. The

• energy for migration. The difference between planar and spot deposit is the thickness of the deposit itself. While the silicon substrate suppresses beam-induced heating because of its high thermal conductivity, the deposit itself is most probably a bad heat conductor [39]. Consequently, a temperature

Unveiling the potential of alginate-based nanomaterials in sensing technology and smart delivery applications

• Shakhzodjon Uzokboev,
• Khojimukhammad Akhmadbekov,
• Ra’no Nuritdinova,
• Salah M. Tawfik and
• Yong-Ill Lee

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1077–1104, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.88

• a plasmonic nanoparticle lattice regulates wrinkling by plasmonic heating [119]. Another study compared the humidity sensing capabilities of ZnO nanoparticles and nanotetrapods and found that the nanotetrapods were five times more sensitive to humidity than the nanoparticles [120]. The humidity

Effect of wavelength and liquid on formation of Ag, Au, Ag/Au nanoparticles via picosecond laser ablation and SERS-based detection of DMMP

• Sree Satya Bharati Moram,
• Chandu Byram and
• Venugopal Rao Soma

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1054–1069, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.86

• size and composition, making it a preferred choice for nanomaterials synthesis [2][3][4][5]. The process involves laser plasma interacting with a metal in a liquid; it excites electrons, which then generates atomic vibrations within a few picoseconds, causing rapid heating, melting, and explosive

Atomistic insights into the morphological dynamics of gold and platinum nanoparticles: MD simulations in vacuum and aqueous media

• Evangelos Voyiatzis,
• Eugenia Valsami-Jones and
• Antreas Afantitis

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 995–1009, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.81

• spectrum of possible applications, NPs have the potential to profoundly influence society [14]. Despite the numerous studies and advances [15][16][17][18][19][20], the rational design of NPs, especially the prediction of their structural modifications in industrial processes, such as rapid heating or

• (2100 K), that is, the melting point of bulk Au (Pt), in the isothermal-isobaric (NPT) ensemble at 101.3 kPa with a constant heating rate of 10 K/ns. The Langevin thermostat and the Nosè–Hoover barostat [61] are employed with coupling times of 0.1 and 1.0 ps, respectively. When the heating stage is

• high heating and cooling rates compared to the experimental ones, it has been shown to yield representative structures that are in good agreement with the ones observed via X-ray diffraction for a number of nanomaterials such as CuO NPs [62], TiO2 NPs [63], as well as carbon [64] and Ag [65

Synthesis of silver–palladium Janus nanoparticles using co-sputtering of independent sources: experimental and theorical study

• Maria J. Martínez-Carreón,
• Francisco Solís-Pomar,
• Abel Fundora,
• Claudio D. Gutiérrez-Lazos,
• Sergio Mejía-Rosales,
• Hector N. Fernández-Escamilla,
• Jonathan Guerrero-Sánchez,
• Manuel F. Meléndrez and
• Eduardo Pérez-Tijerina

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 808–816, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.67

• nanoparticles, by the wet reduction method using palladium and silver hydroxide colloids as precursors, to study hydrogen absorption; the size of these BNPs was 6–7 nm. However, inhomogeneous nanoparticles were obtained because Ag fractions were found on the surface, which were increased by heating the samples

Effect of repeating hydrothermal growth processes and rapid thermal annealing on CuO thin film properties

• Monika Ozga,
• Eunika Zielony,
• Aleksandra Wierzbicka,
• Anna Wolska,
• Marcin Klepka,
• Marek Godlewski,
• Bogdan J. Kowalski and
• Bartłomiej S. Witkowski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 743–754, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.62

• (Chempur) with a concentration of Cu(II) ions of 1 mM was prepared. The mixture was then precipitated by adding NaOH until a pH of 6.5 was attained. Subsequently, the so-prepared solution along with the substrate was placed in a reaction vessel and uniformly heated utilizing an induction cooker (heating

• , AccuThermo AW610, Allwin21) at 450 °C for 5 min. The heating rate was 45 °C/s. This thermal processing took place in an O2/N2 atmosphere at a 1:1 ratio. The complete sequence of the hydrothermal growth process and rapid thermal annealing steps is referred to as the HT+RTA cycle. Samples that underwent this

Gold nanomakura: nanoarchitectonics and their photothermal response in association with carrageenan hydrogels

• Nabojit Das,
• Vikas,
• Akash Kumar,
• Sanjeev Soni and
• Raja Gopal Rayavarapu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 678–693, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.56

• hydrogels) is shown in Figure 8. The net temperature rise of the gold nanomakura suspension and deionized water during visible broadband irradiation ON (heating) and OFF (cooling) for 1200 seconds each, measured using a “K-type” thermocouple is shown in Figure 8. Figure 8a shows the heating and cooling of

• gold nanoparticle suspensions of CTAB-AuNM, MTAB-AuNM, and DTAB-AuNM, respectively, whereas Figure 8b shows heating and cooling of DTAB-AuNR and CTAB-AuNR, respectively. From Figure 8a, it was observed that the temperature of deionized water reached up to ≈3 °C under irradiation with a light source

• Figure 8b. Further, in the OFF case (cooling), the exponential decay of the temperature in the nanoparticle suspension was observed. The rise in temperature of the powdered nanoparticles and of nanoparticles incorporated in hydrogel beads during visible broadband irradiation in the ON case (heating) for

Laser synthesis of nanoparticles in organic solvents – products, reactions, and perspectives

• Theo Fromme,
• Sven Reichenberger,
• Katharine M. Tibbetts and
• Stephan Barcikowski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 638–663, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.54

Radiofrequency enhances drug release from responsive nanoflowers for hepatocellular carcinoma therapy

• Yanyan Wen,
• Ningning Song,
• Yueyou Peng,
• Weiwei Wu,
• Qixiong Lin,
• Minjie Cui,
• Rongrong Li,
• Qiufeng Yu,
• Sixue Wu,
• Yongkang Liang,
• Wei Tian and
• Yanfeng Meng

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 569–579, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.49

• was used to characterize the CUR-Fe@MnO2 NFs, which appeared flower-like with a size of 96.27 nm. The in vitro experimental data showed that RF enhanced the degradation of CUR-Fe@MnO2 NFs to release Mn2+ and CUR. The cytotoxicity test results indicated that after RF heating, the CUR-Fe@MnO2 NFs

• degrading MnO2 to release Mn2+ and lysing the CUR layer to release CUR. Mn2+ was completely released under the simulated TME condition by RF heating to 41 ± 1 °C for 20 min (Figure 4b). Up to 80% of the Mn2+ was released without RF heating. Additionally, only 7.3% of the Mn2+ was released at pH 7.4, but

• this percentage increased to 42% at pH 5.0 (Figure 4a). These results indicate that RF heating enhances degradation of NFs. Due to their structure, CUR-Fe@MnO2 NFs efficiently increased the drug loading efficiency (DLE) of CUR and improved its stability. The drug encapsulation efficiency (DEE) and DLE

Electron-induced deposition using Fe(CO)₄MA and Fe(CO)₅ – effect of MA ligand and process conditions

• Hannah Boeckers,
• Atul Chaudhary,
• Petra Martinović,
• Amy V. Walker,
• Lisa McElwee-White and
• Petra Swiderek

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 500–516, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.45

• with more than 90 atom % Fe were obtained [19], presumably related to electron beam heating effects. However, attempts to purify deposits with initial Fe contents of only 40 atom % by annealing up to 700 °C led to phase segregation into a highly pure and crystalline Fe phase and a carbonaceous material

• applied that enable beam-induced heating of the deposit and, thus, enhance additional thermal reactions [19]. Furthermore, the somewhat better performance of Fe2(CO)9 [19] is obtained at the cost of a significantly lower volatility as compared to Fe(CO)5 [48]. A strategy that has not been explored so far