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Topochemical engineering of composite hybrid fibers using layered double hydroxides and abietic acid

  • Liji Sobhana,
  • Lokesh Kesavan,
  • Jan Gustafsson and
  • Pedro Fardim

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 589–605, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.60

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  • ) spectra were recorded for samples in the range of 400–4000 cm−1 in a Thermo Scientific Nicolet iS50 instrument (Thermo Scientific, Madison, WI, USA) equipped with a diamond crystal and a pressure gauge. A total of 64 scans was recorded and corrected by the Omnic spectral suite software that provided
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Published 28 Feb 2019

Widening of the electroactivity potential range by composite formation – capacitive properties of TiO2/BiVO4/PEDOT:PSS electrodes in contact with an aqueous electrolyte

  • Konrad Trzciński,
  • Mariusz Szkoda,
  • Andrzej P. Nowak,
  • Marcin Łapiński and
  • Anna Lisowska-Oleksiak

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 483–493, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.49

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  • materials characterized by a developed surface area [9], graphene-based [10] and diamond-based materials [11], conductive polymers (CPs) and hybrid materials [12][13], and numerous types of composite materials [14][15]. For many years, conjugated polymers, also known as conductive polymers, e.g., poly(3,4
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Published 15 Feb 2019

Advanced scanning probe lithography using anatase-to-rutile transition to create localized TiO2 nanorods

  • Julian Kalb,
  • Vanessa Knittel and
  • Lukas Schmidt-Mende

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 412–418, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.40

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  • , the breaking line in Figure 3B is marked purple. The breaking line was induced by mechanical stress generated by scratching the sample with a diamond writer manually. The mechanical stress was guided through the sample from the center of the scratch to surrounding regions. The film was removed close
  • full-diamond probes. Furthermore, a slower degradation would preserve the resolution for large writing projects or mass production. A trivial improvement of the writing speed is achieved by special high-speed AFM devices. Simple structures such as line arrays are created much faster by employing
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Published 08 Feb 2019

Removal of toxic heavy metals from river water samples using a porous silica surface modified with a new β-ketoenolic host

  • Said Tighadouini,
  • Smaail Radi,
  • Abderrahman Elidrissi,
  • Khadija Haboubi,
  • Maryse Bacquet,
  • Stéphanie Degoutin,
  • Mustapha Zaghrioui and
  • Yann Garcia

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 262–273, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.25

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  • Perkin Elmer Diamond under a 90:10 oxygen/nitrogen atmosphere at 10 °C·min−1. The specific area was determined by using the BET equation. Nitrogen adsorption–desorption isotherm plots were obtained on a Thermoquest Sorpsomatic 1990 analyzer after the materials had been purged in a stream of dry nitrogen
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Published 23 Jan 2019

Sputtering of silicon nanopowders by an argon cluster ion beam

  • Xiaomei Zeng,
  • Vasiliy Pelenovich,
  • Zhenguo Wang,
  • Wenbin Zuo,
  • Sergey Belykh,
  • Alexander Tolstogouzov,
  • Dejun Fu and
  • Xiangheng Xiao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 135–143, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.13

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  • and diamond) [1][8][9][10][11][12]. In comparison with bombardment by a monomer beam, cluster irradiation increases the sputtering yield Y (estimated as a number of the sputtered target atoms per cluster ion) by one order of magnitude. No remarkable dose effect has been observed, i.e., the sputtering
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Published 10 Jan 2019

A new bioinspired method for pressure and flow sensing based on the underwater air-retaining surface of the backswimmer Notonecta

  • Matthias Mail,
  • Adrian Klein,
  • Horst Bleckmann,
  • Anke Schmitz,
  • Torsten Scherer,
  • Peter T. Rühr,
  • Goran Lovric,
  • Robin Fröhlingsdorf,
  • Stanislav N. Gorb and
  • Wilhelm Barthlott

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 3039–3047, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.282

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  • the membranous part of the hemelytra, both situated at the inner part of the hemelytra, were sectioned. Semi-thin and ultrathin sections were prepared using a histo-diamond-knife (Diatome). Ultrathin sections were contrasted with lead citrate and uranyl acetate and evaluated with a Zeiss EM 109. Semi
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Published 14 Dec 2018

Charged particle single nanometre manufacturing

  • Philip D. Prewett,
  • Cornelis W. Hagen,
  • Claudia Lenk,
  • Steve Lenk,
  • Marcus Kaestner,
  • Tzvetan Ivanov,
  • Ahmad Ahmad,
  • Ivo W. Rangelow,
  • Xiaoqing Shi,
  • Stuart A. Boden,
  • Alex P. G. Robinson,
  • Dongxu Yang,
  • Sangeetha Hari,
  • Marijke Scotuzzi and
  • Ejaz Huq

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2855–2882, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.266

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  • exposure to the electron beam resulting in the formation of surface defects. They performed EBIE of ultra nanocrystalline diamond as well as numerical simulations to study this effect and demonstrated that the rate is limited by the number of active sites available for etching. In the field of sub-10 nm
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Published 14 Nov 2018

Magnetic and luminescent coordination networks based on imidazolium salts and lanthanides for sensitive ratiometric thermometry

  • Pierre Farger,
  • Cédric Leuvrey,
  • Mathieu Gallart,
  • Pierre Gilliot,
  • Guillaume Rogez,
  • João Rocha,
  • Duarte Ananias,
  • Pierre Rabu and
  • Emilie Delahaye

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2775–2787, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.259

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  • crystallographic software package WINGX [76]. The structure was drawn using Mercury or Diamond [77][78]. Hydrogen atoms were located on a difference Fourier map and introduced into the calculations as a riding model with isotropic thermal parameters. Crystallographic data for the structures reported have been
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Published 30 Oct 2018

Characterization of the microscopic tribological properties of sandfish (Scincus scincus) scales by atomic force microscopy

  • Weibin Wu,
  • Christian Lutz,
  • Simon Mersch,
  • Richard Thelen,
  • Christian Greiner,
  • Guillaume Gomard and
  • Hendrik Hölscher

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2618–2627, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.243

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  • (National Instruments, Austin, USA) code. The tests were conducted at room temperature and in air with 50% relative humidity. Sample preparation for the non-biological samples relied on grinding with SiC papers of #800 down to #4000 grid. Mechanical polishing was carried out with a 3 µm diamond suspension
  • for 5 min and with a 1 µm diamond suspension for 8 min (DP-suspension M products purchased from Struers, Willich, Germany). This procedure resulted in scratch-free surfaces and a surface roughness of Ra < 0.01 µm, determined by optical profilometry (Sensofar Plµ neox, Barcelona, Spain). The water
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Published 02 Oct 2018

Pattern generation for direct-write three-dimensional nanoscale structures via focused electron beam induced deposition

  • Lukas Keller and
  • Michael Huth

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2581–2598, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.240

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  • correctly at all. 3.4 Deposits with increased complexity As a demonstration of the capability of the pattern file generator for more complex 3D growth, we show in Figure 11 a Co3Fe edge array according to a diamond lattice structure with relevance for studying frustrated magnetic interactions in 3D lattices
  • Co3Fe but the central vertex segment is made of nanogranular Pt(C). In this case, replacing the vertex segment by a non-ferromagnetic material is beneficial for reducing the complexity of the magnetization distribution in diamond-like 3D lattice structures [25]. 3.5 Performance Table 1 gives an overview
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Published 27 Sep 2018

Hydrothermal-derived carbon as a stabilizing matrix for improved cycling performance of silicon-based anodes for lithium-ion full cells

  • Mirco Ruttert,
  • Florian Holtstiege,
  • Jessica Hüsker,
  • Markus Börner,
  • Martin Winter and
  • Tobias Placke

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2381–2395, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.223

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  • synthesis. The XRD patterns of the Si/C composites, the pure carbon matrix and the pure Si-NPs are depicted in Figure 3b. Both Si/C composites exhibit sharp reflections that are characteristic for the diamond structure of crystalline silicon (ICDD-PDF 04-002-0118, space group (no. 227)) at 2θ values of
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Published 05 Sep 2018

The structural and chemical basis of temporary adhesion in the sea star Asterina gibbosa

  • Birgit Lengerer,
  • Marie Bonneel,
  • Mathilde Lefevre,
  • Elise Hennebert,
  • Philippe Leclère,
  • Emmanuel Gosselin,
  • Peter Ladurner and
  • Patrick Flammang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2071–2086, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.196

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  • solution of methylene blue in 1% sodium tetraborate and 1% aqueous solution of azur II. Ultrathin sections (80 nm) were cut with a Leica Ultracut UCT ultramicrotome equipped with a diamond knife. They were contrasted with uranyl acetate and lead citrate and observed with a Zeiss LEO 906E transmission
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Published 30 Jul 2018

Electrical characterization of single nanometer-wide Si fins in dense arrays

  • Steven Folkersma,
  • Janusz Bogdanowicz,
  • Andreas Schulze,
  • Paola Favia,
  • Dirch H. Petersen,
  • Ole Hansen,
  • Henrik H. Henrichsen,
  • Peter F. Nielsen,
  • Lior Shiv and
  • Wilfried Vandervorst

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1863–1867, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.178

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  • (diamond) fins using high (red) and low (blue) punch-through currents. (b) Relative standard deviation of the measured values of Rfin of Figure 2a as a function of the fin pitch. When using a low punch-through current (blue), the relative standard deviation remains stable (≤3%) regardless of fin pitch
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Published 25 Jun 2018

Direct AFM-based nanoscale mapping and tomography of open-circuit voltages for photovoltaics

  • Katherine Atamanuk,
  • Justin Luria and
  • Bryan D. Huey

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1802–1808, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.171

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  • sun. A conducting (B-doped) diamond-coated silicon AFM probe (Nanoworld CDT-NCHR, Soquel, CA, USA), along with a picoampere-resolution current detector (Asylum Research Orca, model 058, 5 V/nA, 1–10 kHz bandwidth), enable either the short-circuit current to be measured or the open-circuit voltage to
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Published 14 Jun 2018

A visible-light-controlled platform for prolonged drug release based on Ag-doped TiO2 nanotubes with a hydrophobic layer

  • Caihong Liang,
  • Jiang Wen and
  • Xiaoming Liao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1793–1801, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.170

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  • diamond-dot line), NDM-Zn-Ag-TNTs without illumination (gray circle-dot line). (b) The amount of drug (Zn2+) release of the different samples at given time intervals measured with ICP-AES. The voltage anodization scheme of the in situ voltage up-anodization process to produce pear-like titania nanotubes
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Published 14 Jun 2018

Preparation of micro/nanopatterned gelatins crosslinked with genipin for biocompatible dental implants

  • Reika Makita,
  • Tsukasa Akasaka,
  • Seiichi Tamagawa,
  • Yasuhiro Yoshida,
  • Saori Miyata,
  • Hirofumi Miyaji and
  • Tsutomu Sugaya

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1735–1754, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.165

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Published 11 Jun 2018

Friction force microscopy of tribochemistry and interfacial ageing for the SiOx/Si/Au system

  • Christiane Petzold,
  • Marcus Koch and
  • Roland Bennewitz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1647–1658, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.157

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  • passivating Si(100), as we did not find any wear debris on the tips or on the surfaces. Wear rates of sharp AFM tips after sliding distances of up to 1 μm against diamond have been calculated earlier [24]. The wear volumes and sliding distances were much smaller than in our experiments but the wear rates of
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Published 05 Jun 2018

Interaction-tailored organization of large-area colloidal assemblies

  • Silvia Rizzato,
  • Elisabetta Primiceri,
  • Anna Grazia Monteduro,
  • Adriano Colombelli,
  • Angelo Leo,
  • Maria Grazia Manera,
  • Roberto Rella and
  • Giuseppe Maruccio

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1582–1593, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.150

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  • (diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDDA, MW 200000–350000), poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) (PSS, MW 70000) and poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH, MW 50000) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. Methods The substrates were cut with a diamond tip into squares with an area of about 1 cm2 and cleaned in acetone and
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Published 29 May 2018

Correlative electrochemical strain and scanning electron microscopy for local characterization of the solid state electrolyte Li1.3Al0.3Ti1.7(PO4)3

  • Nino Schön,
  • Deniz Cihan Gunduz,
  • Shicheng Yu,
  • Hermann Tempel,
  • Roland Schierholz and
  • Florian Hausen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1564–1572, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.148

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  • ground for 10 to 15 minutes at 150 rpm. This was followed by polishing the samples for 4 to 8 minutes at 300 rpm in four steps. In the first two steps, a diamond suspension with 3 µm and 2 µm particles was used. Finally, two finishing steps were performed with a 0.2 µm silica suspension and a 0.05 µm
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Published 28 May 2018

Formation mechanisms of boron oxide films fabricated by large-area electron beam-induced deposition of trimethyl borate

  • Aiden A. Martin and
  • Philip J. Depond

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1282–1287, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.120

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  • structural properties similar to those of tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS, Si(C2H5O)4), which has been well characterized as a precursor for EBID of silica films [14]. TMB has previously been used for boron doping of SiO2 [15] and diamond [16], and the deposition of BCN fibres [17], BN nanotubes [18] and BN
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Published 24 Apr 2018

Room-temperature single-photon emitters in titanium dioxide optical defects

  • Kelvin Chung,
  • Yu H. Leung,
  • Chap H. To,
  • Aleksandra B. Djurišić and
  • Snjezana Tomljenovic-Hanic

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1085–1094, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.100

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  • types of single-photon emitters that include molecules [3], trapped atoms [4], quantum dots [5] and defects in diamond [6]. More recently point defects of wide-bandgap semiconductors, such as zinc oxide (ZnO) [7][8][9] and silicon carbide [10], were shown to exhibit room-temperature single-photon
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Published 04 Apr 2018

Review on nanoparticles and nanostructured materials: history, sources, toxicity and regulations

  • Jaison Jeevanandam,
  • Ahmed Barhoum,
  • Yen S. Chan,
  • Alain Dufresne and
  • Michael K. Danquah

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1050–1074, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.98

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  • during space missions and meteorite collections determined that the vast assortment of carbide, oxide, nitride, silicate, carbon, and organic-based NMs are the main components of stardust [44]. Diamond, of a few nanometers in diameter, has been observed in the Murchison meteorite, which is a perfect
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Published 03 Apr 2018

Cyclodextrin inhibits zinc corrosion by destabilizing point defect formation in the oxide layer

  • Abdulrahman Altin,
  • Maciej Krzywiecki,
  • Adnan Sarfraz,
  • Cigdem Toparli,
  • Claudius Laska,
  • Philipp Kerger,
  • Aleksandar Zeradjanin,
  • Karl J. J. Mayrhofer,
  • Michael Rohwerder and
  • Andreas Erbe

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 936–944, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.86

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  • microscope. The samples were irradiated with an excitation wavelength of 532.1 nm/2.33 eV through a microscope objective of 100× magnification and with a numerical aperture of 0.75. In situ spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE) was performed on Zn samples polished down to a 1 μm diamond suspension. Experiments
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Published 20 Mar 2018

Heavy-metal detectors based on modified ferrite nanoparticles

  • Urszula Klekotka,
  • Ewelina Wińska,
  • Elżbieta Zambrzycka-Szelewa,
  • Dariusz Satuła and
  • Beata Kalska-Szostko

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 762–770, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.69

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  • Nicolet 6700 spectrometer working in transmission mode as a series of 32 repetitive runs. Here, a small amount of powder was directly placed and squeezed into a diamond window for measurement. Mössbauer spectra (MS) were obtained in constant acceleration mode with a 57Co in Cr matrix source. The spectra
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Published 28 Feb 2018

Tuning adhesion forces between functionalized gold colloidal nanoparticles and silicon AFM tips: role of ligands and capillary forces

  • Sven Oras,
  • Sergei Vlassov,
  • Marta Berholts,
  • Rünno Lõhmus and
  • Karine Mougin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 660–670, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.61

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  • (blue). a) Adhesion values between silicon tip and functionalized Au NPs measured with Peakforce QNM AFM as a function of Au NPs diameter and functionalization: orange triangle –SH, blue circle –NH2, red circle –OCH3, green triangle –OH, black diamond –CH3, brown triangle –COOH end-groups; b) zoom in on
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Published 20 Feb 2018
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