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Long-term stability and scale-up of noncovalently bound gold nanoparticle-siRNA suspensions

  • Anna V. Epanchintseva,
  • Julia E. Poletaeva,
  • Dmitrii V. Pyshnyi,
  • Elena I. Ryabchikova and
  • Inna A. Pyshnaya

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2568–2578, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.248

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  • buffers with different pH values by analyzing the optical absorption spectra in the range of 400–800 nm (Figure 2). We did not observe a wide peak in the range of 650–700 nm, which would indicate nanoparticle aggregation. This peak appeared only in the case of mixing of the AuNP-siRNA suspension with the
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Published 23 Dec 2019

pH-Controlled fluorescence switching in water-dispersed polymer brushes grafted to modified boron nitride nanotubes for cellular imaging

  • Saban Kalay,
  • Yurij Stetsyshyn,
  • Volodymyr Donchak,
  • Khrystyna Harhay,
  • Ostap Lishchynskyi,
  • Halyna Ohar,
  • Yuriy Panchenko,
  • Stanislav Voronov and
  • Mustafa Çulha

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2428–2439, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.233

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  • the excitation and emission wavelengths were selected at 490 nm and 520 nm, respectively, and the fluorescently labeled nanomaterial was viewed. Ultraviolet–visible spectrometry (UV–vis) The optical absorption spectra of the BNNT suspension were registered on a double-beam UV–vis spectrophotometer
  • microscopy. Figure 4a shows the absorption spectra of BNNTs, oligoperoxide-functionalized BNNTs, and P(AA-co-FA)-functionalized BNNTs dispersed in water. P(AA-co-FA)-functionalized BNNTs demonstrate a strong absorption band at λ = 490 nm, which is very close to the maximum adsorption peak of fluorescein
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Published 10 Dec 2019

Design of a nanostructured mucoadhesive system containing curcumin for buccal application: from physicochemical to biological aspects

  • Sabrina Barbosa de Souza Ferreira,
  • Gustavo Braga,
  • Évelin Lemos Oliveira,
  • Jéssica Bassi da Silva,
  • Hélen Cássia Rosseto,
  • Lidiane Vizioli de Castro Hoshino,
  • Mauro Luciano Baesso,
  • Wilker Caetano,
  • Craig Murdoch,
  • Helen Elizabeth Colley and
  • Marcos Luciano Bruschi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2304–2328, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.222

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  • be permeated. The permeation of CUR from polymer blends containing P407 and C974P® were performed in porcine mucosa by photoacoustic spectroscopy and the photoacoustic spectra of the formulations, tissues and permeation of CUR are shown in Figure 11. The optical absorption spectra of CUR and
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Published 25 Nov 2019

Design and facile synthesis of defect-rich C-MoS2/rGO nanosheets for enhanced lithium–sulfur battery performance

  • Chengxiang Tian,
  • Juwei Wu,
  • Zheng Ma,
  • Bo Li,
  • Pengcheng Li,
  • Xiaotao Zu and
  • Xia Xiang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2251–2260, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.217

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  • (3 mL) as the adsorbents. Ultraviolet–visible (UV–vis) absorption spectra of these diluted solutions were collected using a Shimadzu UV 2550 spectrophotometer. Cell assembly and electrochemical measurements The working electrodes were prepared by casting a slurry of 80 wt % active materials (MoS2-S
  • absorption spectra of the four solutions were also investigated to better understand the adsorption capacity. Li2S6 in solution is still not completely absorbed by the C-MoS2/rGO-4 and C-MoS2/rGO-8 composites as shown in Figure S4a (Supporting Information File 1). Consequently, the colorless solution of C
  • of pristine MoS2, and C-MoS2/rGO and C-MoS2/rGO-6 composites. (c) TG curves of MoS2-S, C-MoS2/rGO-S and C-MoS2/rGO-6-S composites; (d) UV–vis absorption spectra of the pure Li2S6 solution and Li2S6 solutions with pristine MoS2, and C-MoS2/rGO and C-MoS2/rGO-6 composites (inset: photos of the Li2S6
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Published 14 Nov 2019

Nontoxic pyrite iron sulfide nanocrystals as second electron acceptor in PTB7:PC71BM-based organic photovoltaic cells

  • Olivia Amargós-Reyes,
  • José-Luis Maldonado,
  • Omar Martínez-Alvarez,
  • María-Elena Nicho,
  • José Santos-Cruz,
  • Juan Nicasio-Collazo,
  • Irving Caballero-Quintana and
  • Concepción Arenas-Arrocena

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2238–2250, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.216

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  • characteristics could facilitate exciton dissociation, charge transport and collection processes, and thus increase the overall PCE value. Figure 5a shows the UV–vis absorption spectra of the OPV active layer at different concentrations of FeS2 as well as that of the pure FeS2 film. The spectrum of the PTB7
  • :PC71BM active layer presents a broad absorption in the visible range (300 to 750 nm). In all absorption spectra, PTB7 peaks appeared at 630 and 700 nm and PC71BM peaks were observed at 375 and 480 nm, as reported elsewhere [51]. The FeS2 NCs do not contribute to the absorption spectra and the light
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Published 14 Nov 2019

Nonlinear absorption and scattering of a single plasmonic nanostructure characterized by x-scan technique

  • Tushar C. Jagadale,
  • Dhanya S. Murali and
  • Shi-Wei Chu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2182–2191, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.211

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  • precisely the scattering and absorption spectra, of metallic nanostructures can be completely different from their bulk counterparts. Plasmonic nanostructures, in general, are characterized by strong scattering, great photo-stability, high brightness and exceptional localization precision. In addition, SPR
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Published 06 Nov 2019

Porous silver-coated pNIPAM-co-AAc hydrogel nanocapsules

  • William W. Bryan,
  • Riddhiman Medhi,
  • Maria D. Marquez,
  • Supparesk Rittikulsittichai,
  • Michael Tran and
  • T. Randall Lee

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1973–1982, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.194

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  • of pDADMAC on the hydrogel particle surface, we analyzed the particles with Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Figure 1f shows the absorption spectra of pure pDADMAC and the modified hydrogel particles. The existence of stretching associated with the CH3 components at ≈1465 cm−1 and
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Published 04 Oct 2019

Magnetic properties of biofunctionalized iron oxide nanoparticles as magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents

  • Natalia E. Gervits,
  • Andrey A. Gippius,
  • Alexey V. Tkachev,
  • Evgeniy I. Demikhov,
  • Sergey S. Starchikov,
  • Igor S. Lyubutin,
  • Alexander L. Vasiliev,
  • Vladimir P. Chekhonin,
  • Maxim A. Abakumov,
  • Alevtina S. Semkina and
  • Alexander G. Mazhuga

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1964–1972, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.193

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  • ]. Experimental methods TEM of pure and HSA-coated MNPs was performed using a Titan 80-300 TEM/STEM (ThermoFisher Scientific, USA) operated at 300 kV. XRD spectroscopy was carried out with a Rigaku MiniFlex diffractometer using Cu Kα radiation. The Mössbauer absorption spectra of 57Fe nuclei were recorded in the
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Published 02 Oct 2019

Pulsed laser synthesis of highly active Ag–Rh and Ag–Pt antenna–reactor-type plasmonic catalysts

  • Kenneth A. Kane and
  • Massimo F. Bertino

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1958–1963, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.192

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  • were found to only adsorb to concavities. The 1:1 Ag–Pt system formed similar heterostructures. A series of HR-TEM images confirming the atomic makeup of the heterostructures is reported in Figure S3 (Supporting Information File 1). UV–vis absorption spectra of the monometallic and mixed colloids are
  • suspensions generated via pulsed laser ablation. Rh nanoparticle groupings were observed to only adsorb to Ag nanostructure concavities. Similar Ag–Pt heterostructures formed in the mixtures of colloidal Ag and Pt suspensions. UV–vis absorption spectra of the monometallic Ag, Pt, Rh, and the colloidal Ag–Rh
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Published 26 Sep 2019

Charge-transfer interactions between fullerenes and a mesoporous tetrathiafulvalene-based metal–organic framework

  • Manuel Souto,
  • Joaquín Calbo,
  • Samuel Mañas-Valero,
  • Aron Walsh and
  • Guillermo Mínguez Espallargas

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1883–1893, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.183

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  • photoinduced CT process of C60@MUV-2. Figure 8 displays the simulated absorption spectra predicted for the cluster C60@TTFTB system in the most stable arrangement B, the TTFTB ligand, and the fullerene guest (the triplet excitation energies are indicated). The high-energy region (below 400 nm) of the
  • ). Raman spectra were acquired with a micro-Raman (model XploRA ONE from Horiba, Kyoto, Japan) with a grating of 1200 gr/mm and a wavelength of 785 nm. UV–vis absorption spectra were recorded on a Jasco V-670 spectrophotometer in baseline mode from 400 to 800 nm range. The absorption spectra were measured
  • ). Blue and yellow regions indicate charge depletion and accumulation, respectively. a) TDDFT absorption spectra calculated at the CAM-B3LYP/6-31G** level for host–guest C60@TTFTB (including vertical excitation energies), TTFTB ligand, and fullerene C60 (singlets and triplet energies). b) Monoelectronic
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Biocatalytic oligomerization-induced self-assembly of crystalline cellulose oligomers into nanoribbon networks assisted by organic solvents

  • Yuuki Hata,
  • Yuka Fukaya,
  • Toshiki Sawada,
  • Masahito Nishiura and
  • Takeshi Serizawa

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1778–1788, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.173

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  • , and 22.1° (Figure 7), which corresponded to 110, and 020 of the cellulose II allomorph, respectively [30]. In addition, the ATR-FTIR absorption spectra showed two characteristic peaks for the intrachain hydrogen-bonded hydroxyl groups in the cellulose II allomorph [51] at approximately 3441 and 3490
  • for cellulose II are shown above the peaks. ATR-FTIR absorption spectra of the products with organic solvents. The numbers above the peaks denote the wavenumber. SEM images of the xerogels prepared from the gels synthesized with (a,b) 10 vol % DMSO, (c,d) 20 vol % DMSO, and (e,f) 10 vol % EtOH
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Published 26 Aug 2019

High-temperature resistive gas sensors based on ZnO/SiC nanocomposites

  • Vadim B. Platonov,
  • Marina N. Rumyantseva,
  • Alexander S. Frolov,
  • Alexey D. Yapryntsev and
  • Alexander M. Gaskov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1537–1547, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.151

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  • the SiC peaks naturally increases with increasing silicon carbide content in the nanocomposites. The study of the surface composition of the synthesized materials was carried out using FTIR and XPS methods. Figure 4 shows the IR absorption spectra of ZnO, SiC, and ZnO/SiC nanocomposites. The spectrum
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Published 26 Jul 2019

BiOCl/TiO2/diatomite composites with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity for the degradation of rhodamine B

  • Minlin Ao,
  • Kun Liu,
  • Xuekun Tang,
  • Zishun Li,
  • Qian Peng and
  • Jing Huang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1412–1422, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.139

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  • ), and BTD prepared with different calcination temperatures (c and f). UV–vis absorption spectra (a) and band gap energy (b) of various samples. Mott–Schottky plots of BiOCl (a) and TiO2/diatomite (b). Photoluminescence spectra (a), transient photocurrent spectra (b) and electrochemical impedance spectra
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Published 16 Jul 2019

Highly ordered mesoporous silica film nanocomposites containing gold nanoparticles for the catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol

  • Mohamad Azani Jalani,
  • Leny Yuliati,
  • Siew Ling Lee and
  • Hendrik O. Lintang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1368–1379, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.135

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  • corresponding FFT patterns (top) and auto-correlation images (bottom). Absorption spectra of a) [AuNPs]cal/silicahex and b) [AuNPs]red/silicahex films at (a) 190, (b) 210, (c) 230, (d) 250 and (e) 450 °C. The insets show representative photography images for the as-synthesized films after both heat treatments
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Published 05 Jul 2019

Construction of a 0D/1D composite based on Au nanoparticles/CuBi2O4 microrods for efficient visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity

  • Weilong Shi,
  • Mingyang Li,
  • Hongji Ren,
  • Feng Guo,
  • Xiliu Huang,
  • Yu Shi and
  • Yubin Tang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1360–1367, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.134

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  • indexed to the (111) and (200) planes of Au, respectively, suggesting the Au/CBO composite photocatalyst was successfully prepared [24]. The UV–vis absorption spectra were recorded to discuss the optical properties of the photocatalysts (Figure 2b). Evidently, the absorption edge of pure CBO extended to
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Janus-micromotor-based on–off luminescence sensor for active TNT detection

  • Ye Yuan,
  • Changyong Gao,
  • Daolin Wang,
  • Chang Zhou,
  • Baohua Zhu and
  • Qiang He

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1324–1331, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.131

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  • observed using a Hitachi H-7650 microscope. UV−vis absorption spectra were recorded using a Hitachi U-4100 spectrophotometer. FTIR spectra were collected in the wavelength range from 4000 to 500 cm−1 by a Thermo Fisher 4700 Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer with the KBr method. Upconversion
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Published 28 Jun 2019

Revisiting semicontinuous silver films as surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy substrates

  • Malwina Liszewska,
  • Bogusław Budner,
  • Małgorzata Norek,
  • Bartłomiej J. Jankiewicz and
  • Piotr Nyga

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1048–1055, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.105

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  • have a different scan area than the other samples. Transmittance, reflectance and absorption spectra of A– I SSF films. SERS spectra of 4-ATP molecules on A–I SSFs. SERS signal of 1080 cm−1 band measured on SSFs A–I (Raw) and normalized by their metal coverage (Normalized). The AFM-determined
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Structural and optical properties of penicillamine-protected gold nanocluster fractions separated by sequential size-selective fractionation

  • Xiupei Yang,
  • Zhengli Yang,
  • Fenglin Tang,
  • Jing Xu,
  • Maoxue Zhang and
  • Martin M. F. Choi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 955–966, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.96

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  • source at 1253.6 eV (10 kV, 20 mA). Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) measurements were conducted with a Perkin-Elmer TGA 6 thermogravimetric analyzer (Waltham, MA, USA). In addition, the UV–vis absorption spectra of the crude AuNC product and the AuNC fractions were recorded on a Cary 100 Scan UV–vis
  • absorption and photoluminescence properties UV–vis absorption spectra of the AuNC crude product and the fractions are displayed in Figure 9. In order to eliminate the effect of concentration changes on the comparison of spectral shape and band position, these spectra are normalized at 250 nm. The smaller
  • AuNCs possess a sharper decrease in absorbance than that of larger ones, from shorter to longer wavelengths, as could be observed in previous work [38][39]. In essence, the large AuNCs produce absorption spectra that have higher absorption than that of the small core nanoclusters. The difference in the
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Nanoscale optical and structural characterisation of silk

  • Meguya Ryu,
  • Reo Honda,
  • Adrian Cernescu,
  • Arturas Vailionis,
  • Armandas Balčytis,
  • Jitraporn Vongsvivut,
  • Jing-Liang Li,
  • Denver P. Linklater,
  • Elena P. Ivanova,
  • Vygantas Mizeikis,
  • Mark J. Tobin,
  • Junko Morikawa and
  • Saulius Juodkazis

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 922–929, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.93

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  • -FTIR absorption and reflectivity spectra, shown in Figure 5. The amide-I and amide-II bands were well reproduced in the absorption spectra collected from four different single points. However, only spectra from two measurement points are displayed in Figure 5 for a better clarity of presentation
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Published 23 Apr 2019

The systemic effect of PEG-nGO-induced oxidative stress in vivo in a rodent model

  • Qura Tul Ain,
  • Samina Hyder Haq,
  • Abeer Alshammari,
  • Moudhi Abdullah Al-Mutlaq and
  • Muhammad Naeem Anjum

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 901–911, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.91

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  • vibrational stretching at 1240 cm−1 and 1060 cm−1 is from aromatic esters and primary alcohols (–CH2OH), respectively. Moreover, an increase in the aromatic bending is observed [43]. Ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy The UV–vis absorption spectra of nGO and PEG-nGO are shown in Figure 3. The absorption spectra
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An iridescent film of porous anodic aluminum oxide with alternatingly electrodeposited Cu and SiO2 nanoparticles

  • Menglei Chang,
  • Huawen Hu,
  • Haiyan Quan,
  • Hongyang Wei,
  • Zhangyi Xiong,
  • Jiacong Lu,
  • Pin Luo,
  • Yaoheng Liang,
  • Jianzhen Ou and
  • Dongchu Chen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 735–745, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.73

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  • (progressing from top to bottom); the leftmost images correspond to the mapping images of full elements. UV–vis–NIR absorption spectra of the various prepared samples. XRD patterns of the various prepared samples. Electric polarization curve for the various prepared samples. Nyquist diagram of the prepared
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Published 19 Mar 2019

Outstanding chain-extension effect and high UV resistance of polybutylene succinate containing amino-acid-modified layered double hydroxides

  • Adam A. Marek,
  • Vincent Verney,
  • Christine Taviot-Gueho,
  • Grazia Totaro,
  • Laura Sisti,
  • Annamaria Celli and
  • Fabrice Leroux

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 684–695, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.68

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  • PC spectrophotometer. Kubelka–Munk theory was applied to the LDH filler data to transform the diffuse reflectance spectra into absorption spectra. The fluorescence spectra of PBS–LDH nanocomposites were recorded with a Perkin-Elmer LS-55 luminescence spectrophotometer equipped with a front surface
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Ultrasonication-assisted synthesis of CsPbBr3 and Cs4PbBr6 perovskite nanocrystals and their reversible transformation

  • Longshi Rao,
  • Xinrui Ding,
  • Xuewei Du,
  • Guanwei Liang,
  • Yong Tang,
  • Kairui Tang and
  • Jin Z. Zhang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 666–676, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.66

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  • properties of colloidal CsPbBr3 PNCs, UV–vis absorption spectra and PL emission spectra were recorded. As shown in Figure 1e, the first excitonic absorption peak was located at 510 nm and the strong PL emission band centered at 516 nm was observed with a narrow full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 18 nm
  • properties of CsPbBr3 PNCs. To avoid breaking the bottle, the immersion height of the vibrating spear and radiation time are 4/5 and 30 min, respectively. Figure 2a shows the change of UV–vis absorption spectra and PL spectra of the CsPbBr3 PNCs that were synthesized at 90, 120, 150, 180, and 210 W of
  • intensity of CsPbBr3 PNCs slowly decrease, while new strong absorption features in the UV region (ca. 315 nm) emerge, which have been confirmed to result from the formation of Cs4PbBr6 PNCs [25]. When adding equal amounts of OAm and OA, there are no other peaks in the UV–vis absorption spectra except for
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Published 06 Mar 2019

Reduced graphene oxide supported C3N4 nanoflakes and quantum dots as metal-free catalysts for visible light assisted CO2 reduction

  • Md Rakibuddin and
  • Haekyoung Kim

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 448–458, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.44

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  • File 1, Figure S6). The UV–visible absorption spectra of the product used for the determination of HCHO in the presence of different GCN hybrids are shown in Figure 10. It is observed from the UV spectra that with increasing irradiation time, the peak of the DDL complex also increased due to effective
  • ) after acid treatment of g-C3N4, c) CN-5 quantum dots, d) CN-10 nanoflakes, e) CN-20 nanoflakes and f) the GCN-5 material. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy images of the GCN-5 quantum dots. UV–vis absorption spectra of the photogenerated HCHO with Nash reagent (a–c), and (d) production
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Published 13 Feb 2019

Surface plasmon resonance enhancement of photoluminescence intensity and bioimaging application of gold nanorod@CdSe/ZnS quantum dots

  • Siyi Hu,
  • Yu Ren,
  • Yue Wang,
  • Jinhua Li,
  • Junle Qu,
  • Liwei Liu,
  • Hanbin Ma and
  • Yuguo Tang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 22–31, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.3

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  • . Characterization The PL emission spectrum of the QDs was measured with a Cary Eclipse fluorescence spectrophotometer (Agilent, CA, USA) at an excitation wavelength of 430 nm. UV–visible absorption spectra were collected using a Cary 5000 spectrophotometer (Agilent, CA, USA). The lifetime of the nanoparticles was
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