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Exploring disorder correlations in superconducting systems: spectroscopic insights and matrix element effects

  • Vyacheslav D. Neverov,
  • Alexander E. Lukyanov,
  • Andrey V. Krasavin,
  • Alexei Vagov,
  • Boris G. Lvov and
  • Mihail D. Croitoru

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 199–206, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.19

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  • profound implications for materials science. Recent studies have shown that spatial correlations of disorder potential can improve superconductivity, prompting a re-evaluation of some theoretical models. This paper explores the influence of disorder correlations on the fundamental properties of
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Published 12 Feb 2024

Ferromagnetic resonance spectra of linear magnetosome chains

  • Elizaveta M. Gubanova and
  • Nikolai A. Usov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 157–167, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.15

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  • strong magnetic dipole interactions between the particles of the chain, as well as the effect of thermal fluctuations of magnetic moments of nanoparticles at a finite temperature. Using this approach, in this paper the FMR spectra of oriented assemblies of linear chains of quasi-spherical magnetosomes
  • field H. In this paper the calculation of the specific absorbed power is carried out using Equation 8 for dilute assemblies of linear chains of magnetosomes with saturation magnetization Ms = 460 emu/cm3 and cubic magnetic anisotropy constant Kc = −1.1 × 105 erg/cm3 [37]. The average diameter of
  • important to study the dependence of the FMR spectra on the specified chain geometric parameters. In this paper, we restrict ourselves to detailed modeling of the FMR spectra of chains of quasi-spherical magnetosomes with diameters in the range D = 20–45 nm. An important geometrical parameter of the chain
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Published 05 Feb 2024

CdSe/ZnS quantum dots as a booster in the active layer of distributed ternary organic photovoltaics

  • Gabriela Lewińska,
  • Piotr Jeleń,
  • Zofia Kucia,
  • Maciej Sitarz,
  • Łukasz Walczak,
  • Bartłomiej Szafraniak,
  • Jerzy Sanetra and
  • Konstanty W. Marszalek

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 144–156, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.14

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  • .15.14 Abstract Organic solar cells are a promising candidate for practical use because of their low material cost and simple production procedures. The challenge is selecting materials with the right properties and how they interrelate in the context of manufacturing the device. This paper presents
  • impact on the layer under consideration, a weight ratio of 1:0.5:0.5 was chosen (donor:acceptor:QDs). The quantum dot designations used in the paper are summarized in Table 1. The numbers next to the abbreviation QD refer to the maximum luminescence suggested by the manufacturer. The size of the
  • refractive index, which decreases with the increasing fluorescence wavelength of the quantum dots studied. The paper by Dement et al. [45] also presents elipsometric studies, however in a narrower scope. Obtaining quantum dots was done by a different method. Nonetheless, they obtained absorption features not
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Published 02 Feb 2024

Enhanced feedback performance in off-resonance AFM modes through pulse train sampling

  • Mustafa Kangül,
  • Navid Asmari,
  • Santiago H. Andany,
  • Marcos Penedo and
  • Georg E. Fantner

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 134–143, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.13

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  • force mode, resulting in a significant drop of the applied lateral force [5]. de Pablo et al. presented jumping mode [6], an off-resonance dynamic mode where they synchronize the acquisition of the force curves with the advancement in the fast scan direction. In a follow-up paper, Ortega-Esteban et al
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Published 01 Feb 2024

New application of bimetallic Ag/Pt nanoplates in a colorimetric biosensor for specific detection of E. coli in water

  • Azam Bagheri Pebdeni,
  • Mohammad N. AL-Baiati and
  • Morteza Hosseini

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 95–103, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.9

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  • catalytic oxidation of TMB by H2O2 on a paper-based device. As a result, it is highly suitable for the generation of novel and portable biosensors [13]. The color shift produced by an enzyme-catalyzed substrate reaction is an appealing option for developing colorimetric-based biosensors to detect targets
  • during long-term storage and can be manufactured using normal oligonucleotide chemical synthesis processes, with minor chemical changes if necessary. Aptamers are thus regarded as a good baroreceptor in a variety of biological applications [27][28]. Colorimetric paper-based biosensors are the most
  • nanobiosensor as well as a paper-based analytical equipment for detecting E. coli. The E. coli could be trapped by the aptamer-NPL to create bacteria–aptamers–Ag/Pt NPL complexes in which the aptamers effectively change on the surface of Ag/Pt NPL. Surprisingly, in the conventional TMB and H2O2 color reaction
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Published 17 Jan 2024

Study of the reusability and stability of nylon nanofibres as an antibody immobilisation surface

  • Inés Peraile,
  • Matilde Gil-García,
  • Laura González-López,
  • Nushin A. Dabbagh-Escalante,
  • Juan C. Cabria-Ramos and
  • Paloma Lorenzo-Lozano

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 83–94, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.8

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  • efficiency. In this paper, we want to deepen the study of other key points, such as the reuse and stability of these nanofibres, in order to assess their profitability. On the one hand, the reusability of nanofibres has been studied using different stripping treatments at different pH values on the nylon
  • immobilisation surfaces in biosensors, it seems necessary to study those characteristics of the immobilisation surface that contribute to their lower cost. In this regard, this paper not only investigates the reuse of NFs, but also whether this immobilisation surface provides a longer life for an immunocapture
  • ” developed in this paper, bovine serum albumin (BSA) was chosen as a surrogate for biotoxins. In contrast, in the “Stability study” carried out in this paper, ricin was used as a representative biotoxin instead of a surrogate because the “Stability study” required less handling than the “Nanofibre
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Published 15 Jan 2024

Curcumin-loaded nanostructured systems for treatment of leishmaniasis: a review

  • Douglas Dourado,
  • Thayse Silva Medeiros,
  • Éverton do Nascimento Alencar,
  • Edijane Matos Sales and
  • Fábio Rocha Formiga

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 37–50, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.4

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  • personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Published 04 Jan 2024

Measurements of dichroic bow-tie antenna arrays with integrated cold-electron bolometers using YBCO oscillators

  • Leonid S. Revin,
  • Dmitry A. Pimanov,
  • Alexander V. Chiginev,
  • Anton V. Blagodatkin,
  • Viktor O. Zbrozhek,
  • Andrey V. Samartsev,
  • Anastasia N. Orlova,
  • Dmitry V. Masterov,
  • Alexey E. Parafin,
  • Victoria Yu. Safonova,
  • Anna V. Gordeeva,
  • Andrey L. Pankratov,
  • Leonid S. Kuzmin,
  • Anatolie S. Sidorenko,
  • Silvia Masi and
  • Paolo de Bernardis

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 26–36, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.3

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  • antennas for frequencies of 210 and 240 GHz with cold-electron bolometers, described in the present paper, is proposed to be suitable for such applications. Two arrays placed on a single silicon chip with 7 mm × 7 mm size can independently detect radiation at two frequencies. Here, in the design of
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Published 04 Jan 2024

Nanotechnological approaches in the treatment of schistosomiasis: an overview

  • Lucas Carvalho,
  • Michelle Sarcinelli and
  • Beatriz Patrício

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 13–25, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.2

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  • to the methodology used in this paper, which included a reference scanning stage, responsible for 25% of the articles found. Moreover, our strategy allowed us to include articles not included in any of the previous reviews, proving that our method is more inclusive. Inorganic and polymeric
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Published 03 Jan 2024

Determination of the radii of coated and uncoated silicon AFM sharp tips using a height calibration standard grating and a nonlinear regression function

  • Perawat Boonpuek and
  • Jonathan R. Felts

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 1200–1207, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.99

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  • do not know the exact values of the AFM tip radius. There are many techniques of in situ measurements for determining the actual AFM tip radius, but they are limited to uncoated tips. This paper presents an alternative and simple method to determine the radii of coated tips and an uncoated tip. Pt
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Published 15 Dec 2023

A multi-resistance wide-range calibration sample for conductive probe atomic force microscopy measurements

  • François Piquemal,
  • Khaled Kaja,
  • Pascal Chrétien,
  • José Morán-Meza,
  • Frédéric Houzé,
  • Christian Ulysse and
  • Abdelmounaim Harouri

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 1141–1148, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.94

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  • personalized custom approaches have been adopted that are restricted to specific setups or experiments [20][45]. In this paper, we propose a multi-resistance reference sample covering a wide range of values from 100 Ω to 100 GΩ, enabling a universal calibration approach to quantitative measurements in C-AFM
  • with those measured for each resistor, Ri,meas, at the rectangular pads using probe station measurements with the combined uncertainties. All uncertainties in the paper are given at one standard deviation corresponding to a 68% confidence level in the case of a normal distribution [46]. All measured
  • core. Thus, the photovoltage effect observed in our paper is solely related to the tip apex and does not depend on the measured sample. We were able to confirm this aspect by running I–V curves using new probes with intact apexes, which showed no shift around zero even with the AFM laser on. This
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Published 22 Nov 2023

Sulfur nanocomposites with insecticidal effect for the control of Bactericera cockerelli

  • Lany S. Araujo-Yépez,
  • Juan O. Tigrero-Salas,
  • Vicente A. Delgado-Rodríguez,
  • Vladimir A. Aguirre-Yela and
  • Josué N. Villota-Méndez

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 1106–1115, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.91

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  • setup was a 250 mL polypropylene jar containing ten nymphs of the insect placed on a potato leaf on absorbent paper moistened with distilled water. A polyester mosquito net with a mesh size of 256 was used to cover the jar opening, allowing for air circulation, and preventing other organisms from
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Published 17 Nov 2023

Density functional theory study of Au-fcc/Ge and Au-hcp/Ge interfaces

  • Olga Sikora,
  • Małgorzata Sternik,
  • Benedykt R. Jany,
  • Franciszek Krok,
  • Przemysław Piekarz and
  • Andrzej M. Oleś

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 1093–1105, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.90

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  • separation (adhesion) were used. We applied first principles methods based on density functional theory (DFT) to study Au/Ge heterostructures with different interfacial plane orientations. The remainder of the paper is organized as follows. In the Methodology section the calculation details are given, and
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Published 15 Nov 2023

Properties of tin oxide films grown by atomic layer deposition from tin tetraiodide and ozone

  • Kristjan Kalam,
  • Peeter Ritslaid,
  • Tanel Käämbre,
  • Aile Tamm and
  • Kaupo Kukli

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 1085–1092, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.89

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  • [10][11][12][13][14] and achieving the maximum GPC of about 0.12 nm/cycle around 600 °C [13][14]. To date, a process using SnI4 and O3 has not been published. The present paper shows that using O3 instead of O2, the deposition temperature can be brought down to 225 °C and the GPC can be enhanced. The
  • -propoxide)Sn as the Sn precursor and either H2O plasma or O2 plasma as the oxygen source [23]. Refractive index values between 2.0 and 2.1, comparable to those measured in the present study, have been obtained in a paper reporting the results of thermal ALD of SnO2 from tetrakis(dimethylamino)tin as the Sn
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Published 13 Nov 2023

A visible-light photodetector based on heterojunctions between CuO nanoparticles and ZnO nanorods

  • Doan Nhat Giang,
  • Nhat Minh Nguyen,
  • Duc Anh Ngo,
  • Thanh Trang Tran,
  • Le Thai Duy,
  • Cong Khanh Tran,
  • Thi Thanh Van Tran,
  • Phan Phuong Ha La and
  • Vinh Quang Dang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 1018–1027, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.84

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  • process of the ZnO NRs was presented in a previous paper [63]. At the beginning, ZnO NPs (5% dispersion in ethanol) were spin-coated onto cleaned glass substrates at 3000 rpm for 30 s. Then, the sample was heat-treated at 90 °C. ZnO NRs were grown by a hydrothermal method from Zn(NO3)2·6H2O and HMTA (1:1
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Published 13 Oct 2023

Exploring internal structures and properties of terpolymer fibers via real-space characterizations

  • Michael R. Roenbeck and
  • Kenneth E. Strawhecker

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 1004–1017, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.83

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  • . Kevlar® K29 fibers were provided by DuPont™. The authors acknowledge Mehdi Afshari, Jim Singletary, Emil Sandoz-Rosado, Eric Wetzel, and Steve Lustig for helpful discussions. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Merchant Marine
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Published 05 Oct 2023

Isolation of cubic Si3P4 in the form of nanocrystals

  • Polina K. Nikiforova,
  • Sergei S. Bubenov,
  • Vadim B. Platonov,
  • Andrey S. Kumskov,
  • Nikolay N. Kononov,
  • Tatyana A. Kuznetsova and
  • Sergey G. Dorofeev

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 971–979, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.80

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  • microcircuits through the introduction of P donors by diffusion doping of wafers with an efficiency comparable to monolayer doping [18] or ion implantation [19]. This paper outlines the successful formation of the cubic Si3P4 phase under mild conditions. The technique developed for this investigation requires
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Published 26 Sep 2023

Upscaling the urea method synthesis of CoAl layered double hydroxides

  • Camilo Jaramillo-Hernández,
  • Víctor Oestreicher,
  • Martín Mizrahi and
  • Gonzalo Abellán

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 927–938, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.76

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  • prepared by paint spraying on carbon paper. The optimum amount of material for the measurements was calculated by the program “Hephaestus”, which is part of the Demeter package [77]. A Si(111) double-crystal monochromator was used to obtain a monochromatic incident beam, and the intensities of incident and
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Published 11 Sep 2023

Biomimetics on the micro- and nanoscale – The 25th anniversary of the lotus effect

  • Matthias Mail,
  • Kerstin Koch,
  • Thomas Speck,
  • William M. Megill and
  • Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 850–856, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.69

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  • Zoology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Am Botanischen Garten 1–9, D-24118 Kiel, Germany 10.3762/bjnano.14.69 Keywords: biomimetic surfaces; hydrophobicity; lotus effect; Salvinia effect; superhydrophobicity; wettability; In 1997, Wilhelm Barthlott and Christoph Neinhuis published the paper
  • “Purity of the sacred lotus” [1] in which they described the superhydrophobic surfaces and the self-cleaning ability of some plants (the so-called “lotus effect”, see Figure 1). This paper led to a paradigm shift in surface sciences. It generated a lot of interest at the time and continues today to
  • approaches, and finally by establishing biomimetics as its own field of science. In this thematic issue, we have gathered 15 publications from several fields of interest, showing the huge diversity of biomimetic approaches. Surapaneni et al. [5] present in the paper “Polarity in cuticular ridge development
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Published 03 Aug 2023

Ultralow-energy amorphization of contaminated silicon samples investigated by molecular dynamics

  • Grégoire R. N. Defoort-Levkov,
  • Alan Bahm and
  • Patrick Philipp

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 834–849, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.68

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  • depths. Yet, low-energy ion beams come with a variety of challenges. When such low energies are used, the residual gas molecules in the instrument chamber can adsorb on the sample surface and impact the ion beam processes. In this paper we pursue an investigation on the effects of the most common
  • and carbonated components that can be found in the atmosphere [22][23][24], and residuals from past experiments in the chamber, which can include silicon, carbon, or any type of particles that were sputtered previously and adsorbed on the walls of the sample chamber [24][25]. The work in this paper
  • will be based on methodologies developed in a previous paper [26], which focused on a silicon sample contaminated with a water layer, and in which we showed the influence of the contamination layer on the sputtering process. In the presence of water on the sample surface, we showed that while the
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A wearable nanoscale heart sound sensor based on P(VDF-TrFE)/ZnO/GR and its application in cardiac disease detection

  • Yi Luo,
  • Jian Liu,
  • Jiachang Zhang,
  • Yu Xiao,
  • Ying Wu and
  • Zhidong Zhao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 819–833, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.67

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  • University, Hangzhou 310018, China School of Cyberspace Security, Hangzhou DIANZI University, Hangzhou 310018, China 10.3762/bjnano.14.67 Abstract This paper describes a method for preparing flexible composite piezoelectric nanofilms of P(VDF-TrFE)/ZnO/graphene using a high-voltage electrospinning method
  • system designed in this paper can collect heart sound signals in real time and predict whether the heart sounds are normal or abnormal, providing a new solution for the diagnosis of heart diseases. Keywords: composite piezoelectric nanofilm; electrospinning; heart sound classification algorithm; heart
  • neural network, and hidden Markov model-based and clustering-based methods. For example, Zheng et al. successfully implemented computer-aided diagnosis of chronic heart failure using a least squares SVM [17]. In this paper, to enable real-time monitoring and early detection of cardiovascular diseases, a
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Published 31 Jul 2023

Nanostructured lipid carriers containing benznidazole: physicochemical, biopharmaceutical and cellular in vitro studies

  • Giuliana Muraca,
  • María Esperanza Ruiz,
  • Rocío C. Gambaro,
  • Sebastián Scioli-Montoto,
  • María Laura Sbaraglini,
  • Gisel Padula,
  • José Sebastián Cisneros,
  • Cecilia Yamil Chain,
  • Vera A. Álvarez,
  • Cristián Huck-Iriart,
  • Guillermo R. Castro,
  • María Belén Piñero,
  • Matias Ildebrando Marchetto,
  • Catalina Alba Soto,
  • Germán A. Islan and
  • Alan Talevi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 804–818, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.66

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  • were captured using a Jeol-1200 EX II-TEM microscope (Jeol, MA, USA). A drop (10 µL) of the nanoparticle dispersion previously diluted (1:10) with ultrapure water was spread onto a collodion-coated Cu grid (400 mesh). Excess liquid was drained with filter paper. A drop of phosphotungstic acid was added
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Published 28 Jul 2023

Silver-based SERS substrates fabricated using a 3D printed microfluidic device

  • Phommachith Sonexai,
  • Minh Van Nguyen,
  • Bui The Huy and
  • Yong-Ill Lee

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 793–803, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.65

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  • and the type of resin [31]. With particular resins, SLA can fabricate features with lateral dimensions of 100 µm and a mold-printed resolution of 50 µm. Over the past decade, numerous SERS substrates based on various materials, including paper [32][33], polymers [34][35], fibers [36], dielectrics [37
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Published 21 Jul 2023

Silver nanoparticles loaded on lactose/alginate: in situ synthesis, catalytic degradation, and pH-dependent antibacterial activity

  • Nguyen Thi Thanh Tu,
  • T. Lan-Anh Vo,
  • T. Thu-Trang Ho,
  • Kim-Phuong T. Dang,
  • Van-Dung Le,
  • Phan Nhat Minh,
  • Chi-Hien Dang,
  • Vinh-Thien Tran,
  • Van-Su Dang,
  • Tran Thi Kim Chi,
  • Hieu Vu-Quang,
  • Radek Fajgar,
  • Thi-Lan-Huong Nguyen,
  • Van-Dat Doan and
  • Thanh-Danh Nguyen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 781–792, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.64

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  • (20 μL) was placed on paper disks with a diameter of 5.5 mm. These disks were then placed on agar plates that were previously inoculated with bacterial cultures (1.0 mL, 106 CFU/mL). The antibiotic ampicillin (0.01 mg/mL) and Luria Bertani broth were utilized as positive and negative controls
  • , respectively. The same protocol was applied to evaluate media with the corresponding pH values and without the nanocomposite. The inhibition zone diameter including the paper disk, was measured to determine the activity. Schematic illustration for route study on AgNPs@Lac/Alg. UV–vis spectra of AgNPs@Lac/Alg
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Published 04 Jul 2023

Current-induced mechanical torque in chiral molecular rotors

  • Richard Korytár and
  • Ferdinand Evers

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 711–721, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.57

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  • has been great endeavor to engineer molecular rotors operated by an electrical current. A frequently met operation principle is the transfer of angular momentum taken from the incident flux. In this paper, we present an alternative driving agent that works also in situations where angular momentum of
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