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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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  • to the bandgap of ZnO (Eg = 3.2 eV). Especially, the CuO NPs/ZnO NRs sample exhibits absorption in the visible-light region. Decorating CuO NPs on ZnO NRs allows for more light scattering and absorption because the material’s surface and edges become rougher than the flat surface of pristine ZnO NRs
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Published 13 Oct 2023

Nanoarchitectonics of photothermal materials to enhance the sensitivity of lateral flow assays

  • Elangovan Sarathkumar,
  • Rajasekharan S. Anjana and
  • Ramapurath S. Jayasree

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 988–1003, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.82

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  • are likely to occur, namely (i) the relaxation of electrons from non-Fermi levels to the Fermi level (electron–electron scattering), (ii) the cooling of hot electron gas through electron–phonon scattering, and (iii) the emission of heat to the surrounding (phonon–phonon scattering) (Figure 4A,B). The
  • nanomaterials become larger, they deflect more light than they absorb, resulting in reduced photothermal conversion [53]. This is because the ratio between absorption coefficient (µa) and scattering coefficient (µs) is higher for smaller particles. Compared to the 80 nm gold nanoparticles (µa = 67.88 µm−1), 40
  • -to-scattering ratios of gold nanorods and gold nanoshells are high compared to that of gold nanoparticles and can be further increased by changing the dimensions or the cross-sectional areas [56][57]. Light scattering of nanomaterials should be minimum for an efficient photon-to-heat conversion. The
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Published 04 Oct 2023

Fragmentation of metal(II) bis(acetylacetonate) complexes induced by slow electrons

  • Janina Kopyra and
  • Hassan Abdoul-Carime

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 980–987, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.81

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  • incoming scattering electron is captured by the precursor molecule to form a transient negative ion, TNI or [ML2]#−. If the electron autodetachment time of the TNI is longer than the dissociation time, the transient anion undergoes dissociation into a negative fragment and one or more neutral counterpart(s
  • , but also some small contribution of the dimer of the nucleobase [28]. Thus, we have suggested that the production of the [L]− anion near 0 eV may occur from the scattering of electrons at trimeric complexes for which the formation enthalpies have been calculated to be exothermic [15][16][17][18][19
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Published 26 Sep 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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  • , USA). TEM was carried out on a FEI Osiris microscope (Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA) at an accelerating voltage of 200 kV. Raman scattering of pellets of Si3P4 samples was obtained with an iRamanPlus (BW Tech) portable Raman spectrometer (532 nm laser). The integration time was 10 min, and eight
  • theoretical diffraction pattern of Si3P4; the vertical lines height is scaled to relative intensity of the respective maximum. Raman scattering spectra of (a) SP900, (b) SP670, and (c) SP550. IR spectra of (a) Si, (b) SP900, (c) SP670, and (d) SP400. Tauc plot of the optical absorption of a Si3P4 NPs sample
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Published 26 Sep 2023

Low temperature atomic layer deposition of cobalt using dicobalt hexacarbonyl-1-heptyne as precursor

  • Mathias Franz,
  • Mahnaz Safian Jouzdani,
  • Lysann Kaßner,
  • Marcus Daniel,
  • Frank Stahr and
  • Stefan E. Schulz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 951–963, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.78

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  • resistance to electromigration and lowers the tendency to undergo diffusion, giving a higher stability in environments involving both elevated temperature and high current densities [1][3]. In current technology nodes with device dimensions below 10 nm, electron scattering becomes the dominant factor in
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Published 15 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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  • package. The k2-weighted χ(k) data, to enhance the oscillations at higher k, were Fourier-transformed. The Fourier transformation was calculated using the sine filtering function. EXAFS modelling was carried out using the ARTEMIS software [77]. Theoretical scattering path amplitudes and phase shifts for
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Published 11 Sep 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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  • ) and a biphasic drug release profile with an initial burst release followed by a prolonged phase. The hydrodynamic average diameter and zeta potential of NLC obtained by dynamic light scattering were approximately 150 nm and −13 mV, respectively, while spherical and well-distributed nanoparticles were
  • observed by transmission electron microscopy. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, and small-angle X-ray scattering analyses of the nanoparticles indicated that BNZ might be dispersed in the nanoparticle matrix in an amorphous state. The
  • ] software showed a mean particle size of 150 ± 13 nm. Accordingly, the hydrodynamic diameter of the nanoparticles measured by dynamic light scattering (DLS) was in the 100–200 nm range (≈150 nm), with a moderate distribution of sizes as indicated by a polydispersity index (PdI) of 0.204. The zeta potential
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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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  • [30]; also, it does not require a clean room. The stereolithography (SLA) technique is an additive manufacturing technique in which a photopolymer resin is cured and converted from a liquid to a solid by an ultraviolet laser. The resolution of SLA printers is determined by the radial beam scattering
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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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  • nanocomposite was then centrifuged and washed with distilled water. The purified nanocomposite was stored at 4 °C for further experiments. Characterizations of AgNPs@Lac/Alg nanocomposite The size distribution and stability of the nanocomposites were determined using dynamic light scattering (DLS) and zeta
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Published 04 Jul 2023

Carboxylic acids and light interact to affect nanoceria stability and dissolution in acidic aqueous environments

  • Matthew L. Hancock,
  • Eric A. Grulke and
  • Robert A. Yokel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 762–780, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.63

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  • carboxylic acid dispersions Color change In the presence of light, the majority of the nanoceria dispersions changed color from light yellow to colorless (attributed to Ce4+ reduction to Ce3+) [47]. Nanoceria stored in the dark did not change color and remained light yellow. Dynamic light scattering (DLS
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Published 27 Jun 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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  • of freedom, assuming that the quantization levels of the rotational motion fall below the working temperature. Rotation only happens via inelastic electron tunneling. Importantly, each single electron scattering event must obey fundamental conservation laws. Therefore, the principles outlined in this
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Published 12 Jun 2023

The microstrain-accompanied structural phase transition from h-MoO3 to α-MoO3 investigated by in situ X-ray diffraction

  • Zeqian Zhang,
  • Honglong Shi,
  • Boxiang Zhuang,
  • Minting Luo and
  • Zhenfei Hu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 692–700, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.55

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  • initial structural models. One model (MoO3·H2O) contains six water molecules, that is, the oxygen atom sites at (0 0 0.25) in the MoO6 octahedra tunnel (note that H atoms of the H2O molecules in the model were disregarded because of the low X-ray scattering ability). The other model (MoO3) does not
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Published 07 Jun 2023

Investigations on the optical forces from three mainstream optical resonances in all-dielectric nanostructure arrays

  • Guangdong Wang and
  • Zhanghua Han

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 674–682, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.53

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  • supported, which are verified by the multipole decomposition analysis of the scattering power spectrum. Our numerical results show that the quasi-BIC resonance can produce a larger optical gradient force, which is about three orders of magnitude higher than those generated from the other two resonances. The
  • two components (i.e., scattering force and gradient force [1]) and the motion of tiny particles within an optical field is determined by both of them. The scattering force originates from the photon momentum transferred to the particle caused by the scattering and absorption of photons. As a result
  • , the scattering force is along the direction of light propagation, which is not conducive for object capturing. The gradient force is along the gradient direction of the non-uniform distribution of the light intensity in space, and is well-known for its application in optical tweezers [2]. Therein a
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Published 02 Jun 2023

Thermal transport in kinked nanowires through simulation

  • Alexander N. Robillard,
  • Graham W. Gibson and
  • Ralf Meyer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 586–602, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.49

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  • additional scattering of phonons at boundaries and cause interesting effects due to phonon reflections [12][13][14]. These effects are typically not seen at the macroscopic scale, but instead reflect the sophisticated nature of transport and finite sizes at the nano- and mesoscales. Recently, there have been
  • distances without scattering off a surface. With a small ratio, we must take into account the nature of phonon scattering and reflection into our model of heat transport. This idea ties in to the familiar Knudsen number, Kn = λ/L, with λ being some transport mean free path and L being a measurement of the
  • ratio of the radius to the system length. It is common in low-dimensional systems to find unimpeded ballistic heat transport being suppressed in systems with small radii or long lengths. In such scenarios, few ballistic transit paths make it through without scattering against a system boundary; the
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Published 15 May 2023

ZnO-decorated SiC@C hybrids with strong electromagnetic absorption

  • Liqun Duan,
  • Zhiqian Yang,
  • Yilu Xia,
  • Xiaoqing Dai,
  • Jian’an Wu and
  • Minqian Sun

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 565–573, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.47

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  • materials possess a large number of three-dimensional gaps, which are generated by the stacked one-dimensional SiC nanowires and the ZnO particles. These gaps can lead to reflection or scattering losses when the microwaves enter (Figure 7a). Second, conductivity losses can occur in the carbon shell on the
  • at 12.1 GHz. They attributed the good performance to the synergy of several mechanisms, including multiple reflection and scattering losses generated by the porous structure and dielectric losses (such as interfacial polarization between ZnO and carbon or between Co and carbon, as well as between
  • synergy of dielectric losses (including conductive loss and polarization relaxations) and multiple reflection or scattering losses, enabling a promising EM absorbing nanomaterial. XRD diffractograms of all samples. TEM images of all samples. (a) SCZ4; (b–f) SCZ3; (c–f) HRTEM images with corresponding FFT
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Published 04 May 2023

SERS performance of GaN/Ag substrates fabricated by Ag coating of GaN platforms

  • Magdalena A. Zając,
  • Bogusław Budner,
  • Malwina Liszewska,
  • Bartosz Bartosewicz,
  • Łukasz Gutowski,
  • Jan L. Weyher and
  • Bartłomiej J. Jankiewicz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 552–564, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.46

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  • increases significantly from 4.8 × 105 for PLD_1_RT to 6.6 × 105 for PLD_4_RT. The PLD_2_RT substrate is characterized by the highest EF (16.0 × 105) in the entire series of the discussed substrates, which may result from Raman scattering enhancement on the pillars and spiky structures on the surface of the
  • ), these structures are covered by a thicker layer of Ag and become lower and less visible. As a result, their contribution to the Raman scattering signal enhancement is smaller. A comparison of signal standard deviations of the SERS spectra obtained for PLD-fabricated substrates made at room temperature
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Published 03 May 2023

Observation of multiple bulk bound states in the continuum modes in a photonic crystal cavity

  • Rui Chen,
  • Yi Zheng,
  • Xingyu Huang,
  • Qiaoling Lin,
  • Chaochao Ye,
  • Meng Xiong,
  • Martijn Wubs,
  • Yungui Ma,
  • Minhao Pu and
  • Sanshui Xiao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 544–551, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.45

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  • carried out to compensate for deviations between fabricated and designed values. To obtain devices with larger Q factors and higher scattering power, cavities with larger Na = 30 and Nb = 10 were fabricated. Optical and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images are given in Figure 3a. A microscope was
  • refitted to test the scattering spectrum of the sample, as illustrated in Figure 3b. The yellow and red lines represent the imaging and measurement optical paths in the microscope. The imaging light path was utilized to adjust the illuminating position on the sample. In the measurement light path, a
  • polarization-dependent beam splitter (PBS) is added, not only to combine incident and reflection light, but also to filter out the co-polarization component with the incident light. Only the scattering light possessing both polarization components can partially pass the PBS and be detected by the spectrometer
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Published 27 Apr 2023

On the use of Raman spectroscopy to characterize mass-produced graphene nanoplatelets

  • Keith R. Paton,
  • Konstantinos Despotelis,
  • Naresh Kumar,
  • Piers Turner and
  • Andrew J. Pollard

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 509–521, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.42

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  • application areas as an in-line process analysis and control method [9][10][11][12]. Raman spectroscopy is particularly suited to the analysis of graphitic materials because of the large scattering cross section of graphitic materials and the large amount of information obtainable from a single measurement
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Published 24 Apr 2023

The origin of black and white coloration of the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)

  • Manuela Rebora,
  • Gianandrea Salerno,
  • Silvana Piersanti,
  • Alexander Kovalev and
  • Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 496–508, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.41

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  • , diffraction and scattering, that cause the selective reflection of light [3]. Quite often, structural colors are present together with pigment colors, to increase or to reduce the brightness and to produce particular effects [4]. Insect exoskeletons with their multilayered internal organisation and the
  • illumination (Figure 6). Enhanced reflection at 30° detection and distal illumination (compared with proximal illumination) (Figure 6a,b) should be related to the tilt angle of the individual scales (Figure 3a). There is also relative strong light scattering on the thin scale surface structure (Figure 3c–e
  • weakest at perpendicular illumination. In UV spectral range, the light scattering has no specific trends (corresponding to, e.g., Rayleigh scattering), though absorption by molecules with aromatic groups might modulate the reflection. There are no pigments in the white scales (Figure 5d), so interference
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Published 17 Apr 2023

Conjugated photothermal materials and structure design for solar steam generation

  • Chia-Yang Lin and
  • Tsuyoshi Michinobu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 454–466, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.36

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  • multilayer PPy nanosheets, and this results in internal light scattering between the layers (Figure 6d). These multilayer nanosheets promote a broadband and wide-angle light absorption across the entire solar spectrum, thus increasing the solar thermal conversion efficiency to 95.33%. Polyaniline
  • scattering. After crosslinking PANI, the porous hydrogel sample exhibited a broader and stronger absorption (98.5%) than the pure PEGDA sample, especially in the visible and near-infrared regions. Polydopamine: Polydopamine (PDA) has shown great potential in the field of solar-driven desalination due to its
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Published 04 Apr 2023

Plasmonic nanotechnology for photothermal applications – an evaluation

  • A. R. Indhu,
  • L. Keerthana and
  • Gnanaprakash Dharmalingam

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 380–419, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.33

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  • effective localization of the incident photon energy, and the decay of this oscillation (through phenomena such as electron–electron, electron–phonon, and electron–surface scattering) releases the absorbed energy into the lattice as heat (or as photons), often making them efficient tunable PT energy
  • materials [24][25]. Interaction of electromagnetic radiation with a material can lead to absorption, transmission, or scattering. Regarding scattering, elastic and inelastic scattering are the major classifications. Elastic scattering means conservation of the photon energy, in inelastic scattering, there
  • are processes other than complete absorption through which photon energy can be transferred to a material. Elastic scattering is not relevant for PT applications as there is no transfer of energy into the material for heating. Absorption/inelastic scattering of electromagnetic radiation can lead to
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Published 27 Mar 2023

The steep road to nonviral nanomedicines: Frequent challenges and culprits in designing nanoparticles for gene therapy

  • Yao Yao,
  • Yeongun Ko,
  • Grant Grasman,
  • Jeffery E. Raymond and
  • Joerg Lahann

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 351–361, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.30

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  • may arise from strong associations between carrier and payload [57]. Without careful deconvolution, the scattering signal from a particulate analyte can readily result in a high bias that compromises UV–vis-based analyses. Ambiguity can further be enhanced in fluorescence assays because of the
  • determination of particle potency (NAT per NP). Other multiexperiment options, though time-consuming, may allow for the proper level of NP characterization. For example, the use of multi-angle light scattering [63], gravimetric analysis, and particle counting, if used in a concerted approach, can provide size
  • , specifically for dose/particle calculations. Lastly, a volume or mass distribution should be presented. Dynamic light scattering (DLS) is often be used for the inspection of aqueous suspensions with results bedeviled by the normal constraints of DLS and ensemble detection [64]. Both disc centrifugation and
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Published 17 Mar 2023

Polymer nanoparticles from low-energy nanoemulsions for biomedical applications

  • Santiago Grijalvo and
  • Carlos Rodriguez-Abreu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 339–350, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.29

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  • diameter dE = 50 ± 12 nm (estimated by cryo-TEM), whereas the diameter of the derived PLGA nanoparticles (dP) was 25 ± 7 nm as estimated from TEM [24], which gives a dP/dE ratio of 0.5. Higher dP/dE ratios were found by dynamic light scattering, especially at low polymer concentrations (note that the
  • decreased with O/S ratio. The hydrodynamic diameter of the nanoemulsion droplets as measured by dynamic light scattering (DLS) was ca. 200 nm. It should be pointed out that ethyl acetate is a polar oil, and that the ethyl acetate/water interfacial tension is low (6.8 mN/m [41]). Usually, the excess
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Published 13 Mar 2023

Bismuth-based nanostructured photocatalysts for the remediation of antibiotics and organic dyes

  • Akeem Adeyemi Oladipo and
  • Faisal Suleiman Mustafa

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 291–321, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.26

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  • photocatalysts has no further effect on the degradation efficiency. More active sites are provided in the effluent solution with the addition of more photocatalysts to the treatment reactor, which favours the production of more photoinduced carriers. The turbidity of the solution as well as the light scattering
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Published 03 Mar 2023

Biocatalytic synthesis and ordered self-assembly of silica nanoparticles via a silica-binding peptide

  • Mustafa Gungormus

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 280–290, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.25

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  • scattering (DLS). The efficiency of the self-assembly was evaluated with scanning electron microscopy (SEM), UV–vis spectroscopy, and qualitative visual demonstration. Results and Discussion SiBP alone as catalyst Reaction kinetics were studied via OD measurements of the particles and GC analysis of
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