A simple approach to the synthesis of Cu_1.8S dendrites with thiamine hydrochloride as a sulfur source and structure-directing agent

• Xiaoliang Yan,
• Sha Li,
• Yun-xiang Pan,
• Zhi Yang and
• Xuguang Liu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 881–885, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.90

• Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, P. R. China College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, P. R. China 10.3762/bjnano.6.90 Abstract A facile, green and environmental-friendly method for preparing Cu1.8S dendrites was developed. Copper

Morphological and structural characterization of single-crystal ZnO nanorod arrays on flexible and non-flexible substrates

• Omar F. Farhat,
• Mohd M. Halim,
• Mat J. Abdullah,
• Mohammed K. M. Ali and
• Nageh K. Allam

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 720–725, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.73

• Omar F. Farhat Mohd M. Halim Mat J. Abdullah Mohammed K. M. Ali Nageh K. Allam Nano-Optoelectronics Research and Technology Laboratory, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia Energy Materials Laboratory (EML), Physics Department, School of Sciences and Engineering

Observation of a photoinduced, resonant tunneling effect in a carbon nanotube–silicon heterojunction

• Carla Aramo,
• Antonio Ambrosio,
• Michelangelo Ambrosio,
• Maurizio Boscardin,
• Paola Castrucci,
• Michele Crivellari,
• Marco Cilmo,
• Maurizio De Crescenzi,
• Francesco De Nicola,
• Emanuele Fiandrini,
• Valentina Grossi,
• Pasqualino Maddalena,
• Maurizio Passacantando,
• Sandro Santucci,
• Manuela Scarselli and
• Antonio Valentini

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 704–710, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.71

• still under investigation, suggest the potential use of the device for optoelectronics applications. (a) Schematic front view and (b) side view of the Si substrate produced by Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) in Povo, Trento (Italy). (a) Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image of MWCNT samples grown on

Structural, optical, opto-thermal and thermal properties of ZnS–PVA nanofluids synthesized through a radiolytic approach

• Alireza Kharazmi,
• Nastaran Faraji,
• Roslina Mat Hussin,
• Elias Saion,
• W. Mahmood Mat Yunus and
• Kasra Behzad

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 529–536, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.55

• optoelectronics [2], lasers [3] and solar cells [4]. During the fabrication of devices that utilize semiconductor nanoparticles (NPs), such as ZnS NPs, the tendency of particles to agglomerate needs to be taken into consideration. The use of organic polymers as a host can help to prevent agglomeration and

Electrical properties of single CdTe nanowires

• Elena Matei,
• Camelia Florica,
• Andreea Costas,
• María Eugenia Toimil-Molares and
• Ionut Enculescu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 444–450, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.45

• semiconductor for optoelectronics and this approach to CdTe nanowire fabrication gives the opportunity to measure electrical properties of individual nanostructures and to better understand them in correlation with the preparation methods. Experimental Polycarbonate foils of 30 μm thickness were irradiated with

Silicon and germanium nanocrystals: properties and characterization

• Ivana Capan,
• Alexandra Carvalho and
• José Coutinho

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1787–1794, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.189

• all-Si optoelectronics. In this respect, theoretical modeling has provided many insights. Besides the size and shape effect to the energy and rate of optical transitions, the chemical nature of the surface, shell or host where the NC is embedded play a critical role [51]. For instance, Guerra and

Characterization and photocatalytic study of tantalum oxide nanoparticles prepared by the hydrolysis of tantalum oxo-ethoxide Ta₈(μ₃-O)₂(μ-O)₈(μ-OEt)₆(OEt)₁₄

• Subia Ambreen,
• N D Pandey,
• Peter Mayer and
• Ashutosh Pandey

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1082–1090, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.121

• is also supported by the DSC graph. Band-gap determination of the Ta2O5 nanoparticles The band gap energy (Eg) is a key feature of semiconductors that determines their applications in optoelectronics. The nanoparticles were pressed into thick pellets and subject to diffuse reflectance measurement

DNA origami deposition on native and passivated molybdenum disulfide substrates

• Xiaoning Zhang,
• Masudur Rahman,
• David Neff and
• Michael L. Norton

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 501–506, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.58

• this method will be helpful in the development of future applications for the DNA origami/MoS2 hybrid system in nanoelectronics, optoelectronics and sensing. Results and Discussion Cross-like DNA origami structures were first constructed by using the protocols of Liu [19]. A schematic representation of

Deformation-induced grain growth and twinning in nanocrystalline palladium thin films

• Aaron Kobler,
• Jochen Lohmiller,
• Jonathan Schäfer,
• Michael Kerber,
• Anna Castrup,
• Ankush Kashiwar,
• Patric A. Gruber,
• Karsten Albe,
• Horst Hahn and
• Christian Kübel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 554–566, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.64

• laser extensometer (P-50, Fiedler Optoelectronics) to read paper marks applied to the backside of the polyimide substrate. The individual samples were pulled to maximum elongations of 1%, 2%, 3.5%, 5% and 10.0% engineering strain and relaxed for post-mortem TEM and CXRD analysis. Specimens for post

Structural and electronic properties of oligo- and polythiophenes modified by substituents

• Simon P. Rittmeyer and
• Axel Groß

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 909–919, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.101

• ]. Furthermore, especially in the case of PTp, the doping processes causing the high conductivity of polymers are highly reversible [9]. This offers the opportunity to switch between conducting and insulating properties very easily and opens a broad field of application in the area of micro- and optoelectronics

Dense lying self-organized GaAsSb quantum dots on GaAs for efficient lasers

• Thomas H. Loeber,
• Dirk Hoffmann and
• Henning Fouckhardt

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 333–338, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.39

• Thomas H. Loeber Dirk Hoffmann Henning Fouckhardt Optoelectronics and Microoptics Research Group, Physics Department, Kaiserslautern University of Technology, P.O. Box 3049, D-67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany 10.3762/bjnano.2.39 Abstract GaAsSb quantum dots (QDs) were grown on GaAs in the Stranski

Room temperature synthesis of indium tin oxide nanotubes with high precision wall thickness by electroless deposition

• Mario Boehme,
• Emanuel Ionescu,
• Ganhua Fu and
• Wolfgang Ensinger

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 119–126, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.14

• development of applications in optoelectronics, sensors and biomedical sciences [4][5][6]. Miscellaneous methods for the fabrication of ITO nanostructures, such as the post calcination method [7], alkaline hydrolysis [8] or pulsed laser ablation [9] have been developed and used. For fabricating metal