Properties of plasmonic arrays produced by pulsed-laser nanostructuring of thin Au films

• Katarzyna Grochowska,
• Katarzyna Siuzdak,
• Peter A. Atanasov,
• Carla Bittencourt,
• Anna Dikovska,
• Nikolay N. Nedyalkov and
• Gerard Śliwiński

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 2102–2112, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.219

• a Drude metal, the absorption cross section of spherical nanoparticles is given by [37]: where ω is the irradiation frequency, c is the speed of light, V is the particle volume and εm, ε1, ε2 are the dielectric constants of the medium, and the real and imaginary parts of the metal dielectric

Current state of laser synthesis of metal and alloy nanoparticles as ligand-free reference materials for nano-toxicological assays

• Christoph Rehbock,
• Jurij Jakobi,
• Lisa Gamrad,
• Selina van der Meer,
• Daniela Tiedemann,
• Ulrike Taylor,
• Wilfried Kues,
• Detlef Rath and
• Stephan Barcikowski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1523–1541, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.165

• extinction cross sections of aggregated structures [73]. This heating process is followed by a rapid cooling upon decay of the laser pulse after 10−6–10−4 s, leading to solidified spherical nanoparticles (Figure 3A) [72]. Based on this mechanism the available particle size may be controlled by the pulse

One pot synthesis of silver nanoparticles using a cyclodextrin containing polymer as reductant and stabilizer

• Arkadius Maciollek and
• Helmut Ritter

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 380–385, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.44

• acting as reductant and steric stabilizer. We have shown that silver nanoparticles can be prepared under mild conditions without using an external environmental and biological risky reducing agent, stabilizer or additionally energy. Spherical nanoparticles with different sizes have been prepared by

Structural, optical and photocatalytic properties of flower-like ZnO nanostructures prepared by a facile wet chemical method

• Sini Kuriakose,
• Neha Bhardwaj,
• Jaspal Singh,
• Biswarup Satpati and
• Satyabrata Mohapatra

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 763–770, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.87

• ) formation of ZnO spherical nanoparticles, (ii) oriented attachment of ZnO nanoparticles resulting in nanosheets, followed by (iii) self-assembly of nanosheets into flower-like ZnO structures. UV–vis absorption spectra showing temporal evolution of photocatalytic degradation of MB upon irradiation with sun

Plasticity of Cu nanoparticles: Dislocation-dendrite-induced strain hardening and a limit for displacive plasticity

• Antti Tolvanen and
• Karsten Albe

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 173–179, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.17

• the metal particle in equilibrium [18], and since during the contraction the interaction is repulsive, the exact functional form of this interaction is irrelevant, and such a simple model captures the essence of the process of a contracting carbon shell. Spherical nanoparticles were formed by cutting

Nanoparticles of novel organotin(IV) complexes bearing phosphoric triamide ligands

• Zahra Shariatinia,
• Ebadullah Asadi,
• Vahid Tavasolinasab and
• Khodayar Gholivand

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 94–102, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.11

• their related phosphoric triamide ligands 5, 6. The spherical nanoparticles of complexes 1–4 were obtained by ultrasonication with particle sizes of about 20–25 nm. Results and Discussion Spectroscopic study In this work, new organotin(IV) complexes 1–4 were synthesized from the reaction of SnClR3 with

• measured in the 1H NMR spectra of complexes 1 and 4. Using ultrasonication, spherical nanoparticles of complexes 1–4 were prepared, and their SEM micrographs indicate that the nanoparticle sizes are about 20–25 nm. The fluorescence spectra illustrate blue shifts for the λ(max) of emission and a decrease in

Manipulation of gold colloidal nanoparticles with atomic force microscopy in dynamic mode: influence of particle–substrate chemistry and morphology, and of operating conditions

• Samer Darwich,
• Karine Mougin,
• Akshata Rao,
• Enrico Gnecco,
• Shrisudersan Jayaraman and
• Hamidou Haidara

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 85–98, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.10

• . Finally, conclusions with discussions and future directions are given in the last paragraph. 1. Influence of size and shape of the particle A. Influence of the size of the spherical Au particle Sizes of gold spherical nanoparticles(NPs) were tuned from 5 nm up to 65 nm according to the synthesis procedure

• radius of the average cluster Rtot (different sizes move at different angles). Moreover, the modeling of the NPs trajectory addresses a relation between the frictional forces acting on spherical nanoparticles, and the trajectories predicted. This model can also be used to interpret the trajectory

Flash laser annealing for controlling size and shape of magnetic alloy nanoparticles

• Damien Alloyeau,
• Christian Ricolleau,
• Cyril Langlois,
• Yann Le Bouar and
• Annick Loiseau

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2010, 1, 55–59, doi:10.3762/bjnano.1.7

• laser irradiation. This technique is then very interesting for magnetic alloy nanoparticles studies and applications because it opens up a new way to fabricate size-controlled spherical nanoparticles with narrow size dispersion. Keywords: magnetic alloy nanoparticles; nanoparticle morphology

Enhanced visible light photocatalysis through fast crystallization of zinc oxide nanorods

• Sunandan Baruah,
• Mohammad Abbas Mahmood,
• Myo Tay Zar Myint,
• Tanujjal Bora and
• Joydeep Dutta

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2010, 1, 14–20, doi:10.3762/bjnano.1.3

• using microwave irradiation. Results and Discussion The ZnO nanoparticles obtained through the sol–gel synthesis (see section Experimental) are shown in Figure 1a and Figure 1b as transmission electron microscopy (TEM) micrographs. The low-resolution TEM micrograph exhibits spherical nanoparticles with