Nanotechnology in the real world: Redeveloping the nanomaterial consumer products inventory

• Marina E. Vance,
• Todd Kuiken,
• Eric P. Vejerano,
• Sean P. McGinnis,
• Michael F. Hochella Jr.,
• David Rejeski and
• Matthew S. Hull

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1769–1780, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.181

• International Center for Scholars and the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies created the Nanotechnology Consumer Products Inventory (CPI) in 2005. The objective of this present work is to redevelop the CPI by leading a research effort to increase the usefulness and reliability of this inventory. We created

The Nanomaterial Data Curation Initiative: A collaborative approach to assessing, evaluating, and advancing the state of the field

• Christine Ogilvie Hendren,
• Christina M. Powers,
• Mark D. Hoover and
• Stacey L. Harper

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1752–1762, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.179

• across the community will be critical to enable the type of iterative feedback between disciplines and sectors necessary to meet the important challenges of responsibly commercializing nanotechnologies. By working together from the beginning to tackle difficult data issues including uncertainty

Analyzing collaboration networks and developmental patterns of nano-enabled drug delivery (NEDD) for brain cancer

• Ying Huang,
• Jing Ma,
• Alan L. Porter,
• Seokbeom Kwon and
• Donghua Zhu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1666–1676, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.169

• go well beyond journal impact factors. Results offer useful technical intelligence to help researchers identify potential collaborators and to help inform R&D management and science & innovation policy for such nanotechnologies. Keywords: bibliometrics; brain cancer; collaboration network; nano

Caveolin-1 and CDC42 mediated endocytosis of silica-coated iron oxide nanoparticles in HeLa cells

• Nils Bohmer and
• Andreas Jordan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 167–176, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.16

• Nils Bohmer Andreas Jordan Project Biomedical Nanotechnologies, Charité University Medicine, 13353 Berlin, Germany MagForce Nanotechnologies AG, 12489 Berlin, Germany 10.3762/bjnano.6.16 Abstract Nanomedicine is a rapidly growing field in nanotechnology, which has great potential in the

Nanomanipulation and environmental nanotechnology

• Enrico Gnecco,
• Andre Schirmeisen,
• Carlos M. Pina and
• Udo Becker

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 2079–2080, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.216

• examples in which nanotechnologies are used to study or potentially solve environmental problems. For example, organic pollutants can be successfully removed from wastewater using the unique catalytic properties of pyrite nanoparticles. Adhesion of marine bacteria can be prevented by new coating materials

Carbon-based smart nanomaterials in biomedicine and neuroengineering

• Antonina M. Monaco and
• Michele Giugliano

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1849–1863, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.196

• , particularly in those combining micro- and nanotechnologies in biological and biomedical applications. For example, the field of neuroengineering was established, as a recent new research discipline within the field of neuroscience. Neuroengineering focuses on the development of artificial devices and novel

• field, however, are extremely promising and confirm the start of an important new discipline at the interface between nanotechnologies and neuroscience. Flexible MEA developed by Lin and colleagues. SEM micrographs showing vertically aligned CNTs on Parylene-C (a,b) and a photo of the transparent

Physics, chemistry and biology of functional nanostructures II

• Anatolie S. Sidorenko

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1218–1219, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.134

• Anatolie S. Sidorenko Ghitu Institute of Electronic Engineering and Nanotechnologies of ASM, Chisinau, Moldova 10.3762/bjnano.5.134 Keywords: nanotechnologies; nanomaterials; sensors; Nanotechnology gives to the 21st century the “NANO” logo and covers all domains of human activity ranging from

Preparation of poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone)-stabilized ZnO colloid nanoparticles

• Tatyana Gutul,
• Emil Rusu,
• Nadejda Condur,
• Veaceslav Ursaki,
• Evgenii Goncearenco and
• Paulina Vlazan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 402–406, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.47

• Tatyana Gutul Emil Rusu Nadejda Condur Veaceslav Ursaki Evgenii Goncearenco Paulina Vlazan Institute of Electronic Engineering and Nanotechnologies D. Ghitu, Academy of Sciences of Moldova, 3 Academiei str., Chisinau, MD-2028, Moldova State University of Republic of Moldova, 60 Alexe Mateevici str

Atomic force microscopy recognition of protein A on Staphylococcus aureus cell surfaces by labelling with IgG–Au conjugates

• Elena B. Tatlybaeva,
• Hike N. Nikiyan,
• Alexey S. Vasilchenko and
• Dmitri G. Deryabin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 743–749, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.84

• - and nanotechnologies of Orenburg State University, Pobedy Ave, 13, 460018, Orenburg, Russia Institute of Cellular and Intracellular Symbiosis, RAS, Pionerskaya str., 11, 460000, Orenburg, Russia All-Russian Research Institute of Beef Cattle, RAA, 9 Yanvarja str, 29, 460000, Orenburg, Russia 10.3762

Large-scale analysis of high-speed atomic force microscopy data sets using adaptive image processing

• Blake W. Erickson,
• Séverine Coquoz,
• Jonathan D. Adams,
• Daniel J. Burns and
• Georg E. Fantner

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 747–758, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.84

• [30][31]. Automated, AFM quality-control check in semiconductors and other nanotechnologies [32][33][34] also creates large data sets, which would also benefit from reliable automated image processing. In order to automate the image processing, it is important to define a metric by which the success

Ordered arrays of nanoporous gold nanoparticles

• Dong Wang,
• Ran Ji,
• Arne Albrecht and
• Peter Schaaf

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 651–657, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.74

• Dong Wang Ran Ji Arne Albrecht Peter Schaaf Chair Materials for Electronics, Institute of Materials Engineering and Institute of Micro- and Nanotechnologies MacroNano®, Ilmenau University of Technology, POB 10 05 65, 98684 Ilmenau, Germany SÜSS MicroTec Lithography GmbH, Schleissheimer Str. 90

• , 85748 Garching, Germany Center for Micro- and Nanotechnologies, Ilmenau University of Technology, POB 10 05 65, 98684 Ilmenau, Germany 10.3762/bjnano.3.74 Abstract A combination of a “top-down” approach (substrate-conformal imprint lithography) and two “bottom-up” approaches (dewetting and dealloying

An NC-AFM and KPFM study of the adsorption of a triphenylene derivative on KBr(001)

• Antoine Hinaut,
• Adeline Pujol,
• Florian Chaumeton,
• David Martrou,
• André Gourdon and
• Sébastien Gauthier

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 221–229, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.25

• . Acknowledgements We thank A. Shluger and C. Barth for useful discussions. This work was supported by the French National Agency (ANR) in the frame of its program in Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies (Nanosens project no. ANR-08-NANO-017) and by the European Commission within the project ARTIST (Contract no. 243421

Enhancement of the critical current density in FeO-coated MgB₂ thin films at high magnetic fields

• Andrei E. Surdu,
• Hussein H. Hamdeh,
• Imad A. Al-Omari,
• David J. Sellmyer,
• Alexei V. Socrovisciuc,
• Andrei A. Prepelita,
• Ezgi T. Koparan,
• Ekrem Yanmaz,
• Valery V. Ryazanov,
• Horst Hahn and
• Anatolie S. Sidorenko

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 809–813, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.89

• Andrei E. Surdu Hussein H. Hamdeh Imad A. Al-Omari David J. Sellmyer Alexei V. Socrovisciuc Andrei A. Prepelita Ezgi T. Koparan Ekrem Yanmaz Valery V. Ryazanov Horst Hahn Anatolie S. Sidorenko Institute of Electronic Engineering and Nanotechnologies “D.Ghitu” ASM, MD2028, Chisinau, Moldova

• . The work was supported by the following grants: Alexander-von-Humboldt Stiftung Institutspartnerschaft Nr. Fokoop-DEU/1009845, and the project 11.836.05.01A of the RM State Program on Nanotechnologies.

Formation of precise 2D Au particle arrays via thermally induced dewetting on pre-patterned substrates

• Dong Wang,
• Ran Ji and
• Peter Schaaf

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 318–326, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.37

• Dong Wang Ran Ji Peter Schaaf Department of Materials for Electronics, Institute of Materials Engineering and Institute of Micro- and Nanotechnologies MacroNano®, Ilmenau University of Technology, POB 10 05 65, 98684 Ilmenau, Germany SUSS MicroTec Lithography GmbH, Schleissheimer Str. 90, 85748