Surface functionalization of aluminosilicate nanotubes with organic molecules

• Wei Ma,
• Weng On Yah,
• Hideyuki Otsuka and
• Atsushi Takahara

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 82–100, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.10

• with alkyl silanes adsorbed on silicon oxide or with thiols adsorbed on noble metals [1][12][13]. A different class of self-assembling agents, namely phosphonic and phosphoric acids, has gained more and more attention due to their ability to bind to a wide range of metal-oxide surfaces [14

Direct-write polymer nanolithography in ultra-high vacuum

• Woo-Kyung Lee,
• Minchul Yang,
• Arnaldo R. Laracuente,
• William P. King,
• Lloyd J. Whitman and
• Paul E. Sheehan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 52–56, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.6

• enabled the control over the number of monolayers of the polymer ink deposited on the surface from a single to tens of monolayers, with higher writing speeds generating thinner polymer nanostructures. Deposition onto silicon oxide-terminated substrates led to polymer chains standing upright on the surface

• observation was more rigorously examined by creating a sample that mimicked the DPN tip surface chemistry: A silicon oxide on a silicon chip that was coated by holding it over ODT in a scintillation vial heated to 65 °C, for 30 min. This procedure produced an ODT film that was 20 nm thick (measured by

Fabrication of multi-parametric platforms based on nanocone arrays for determination of cellular response

• Lindarti Purwaningsih,
• Tobias Schoen,
• Tobias Wolfram,
• Claudia Pacholski and
• Joachim P. Spatz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 545–551, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.58

• silicon oxide underneath. Finally, the last row (g–i) displays cross-sectional SEM images. Scanning electron microscopy analysis (45° tilt) of adhering SHSY5Y human neuroblastoma cells. The figure shows a clear adhesion of cellular protrusions to the Au-tipped nanocones. Images were taken at different

Plasmonic nanostructures fabricated using nanosphere-lithography, soft-lithography and plasma etching

• Manuel R. Gonçalves,
• Taron Makaryan,
• Fabian Enderle,
• Stefan Wiedemann,
• Alfred Plettl,
• Othmar Marti and
• Paul Ziemann

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 448–458, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.49

• casting polymers. Indeed, cured epoxy resin cast directly onto etched quartz could not be removed. One might expect that aliphatic silane molecules would bond covalently to silicon oxide, forming a hydrophobic surface. However, no significant change was observed after dipping the sample in silane solution

A collisional model for AFM manipulation of rigid nanoparticles

• Enrico Gnecco

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2010, 1, 158–162, doi:10.3762/bjnano.1.19

• other hand, when b is small enough, the angular velocity dΦ/dN becomes negligible: Rather than rotating, the islands simply ‘wobble’ like the nanorods. Discussion The predictions of the collisional model have been experimentally verified with gold nanospheres and nanorods manipulated on silicon oxide