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Batch preparation of nanofibers containing nanoparticles by an electrospinning device with multiple air inlets

  • Dong Wei,
  • Chengwei Ye,
  • Adnan Ahmed and
  • Lan Xu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 141–150, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.15

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  • force (Ph) caused by the fluctuation height of spinning solution, surface tension (Ps) of the spinning solution, and electric field force (PE) produced by the applied voltage. These forces determine whether a jet could be formed at point A. The polymer fluid surface tension would make the liquid surface
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Published 23 Jan 2023

Antimicrobial and mechanical properties of functionalized textile by nanoarchitectured photoinduced Ag@polymer coating

  • Jessica Plé,
  • Marine Dabert,
  • Helene Lecoq,
  • Sophie Hellé,
  • Lydie Ploux and
  • Lavinia Balan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 95–109, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.11

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  • composed of 0.1 M KH2PO4, 20 wt % (NH4)2SO4, 0.1 wt % FeSO4, 20 wt % MgSO4, 6 M KOH, 0.05 wt % vitamin B1 and 10 wt % glucose; pH adjusted at 6.8; all products purchased by Sigma-Aldrich) were prepared [41], before undergoing an overnight incubation at 30 °C and 37 °C, respectively. The as-prepared pre
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Published 12 Jan 2023

Solvent-induced assembly of mono- and divalent silica nanoparticles

  • Bin Liu,
  • Etienne Duguet and
  • Serge Ravaine

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 52–60, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.6

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  • open air at room temperature and the grids were placed in a box protected from dust. Statistics from image analysis were performed over at least 300 multipods or 200 chains. The ζ potential value of 1-PSN aqueous dispersions (pH ≈5.7) was measured using the Malvern Zetasizer 3000 HS setup (Malvern
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Published 06 Jan 2023

Photoelectrochemical water oxidation over TiO2 nanotubes modified with MoS2 and g-C3N4

  • Phuong Hoang Nguyen,
  • Thi Minh Cao,
  • Tho Truong Nguyen,
  • Hien Duy Tong and
  • Viet Van Pham

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1541–1550, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.127

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  • electrodes were a Pt counter electrode, a Ag/AgCl 3 M reference electrode, and a MoS2/TNAs or g-C3N4/TNAs working electrode in a 1 M Na2SO4 (pH 7.4) electrolyte solution. The light source used in this study was a 150 W Xe lamp (ABET Instruments) with a calibrated luminous intensity of 100 mW·cm−2 and a UV
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Non-stoichiometric magnetite as catalyst for the photocatalytic degradation of phenol and 2,6-dibromo-4-methylphenol – a new approach in water treatment

  • Joanna Kisała,
  • Anna Tomaszewska and
  • Przemysław Kolek

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1531–1540, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.126

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  • the adsorption of organic compounds onto the surface of the catalyst. The sorption power depends largely on the properties of the organic molecule in question, as well as on the properties of the catalyst’s surface. The test reactions were carried out in aqueous solution at pH 8 (due to the hydrolytic
  • stability of the catalysts). Under acidic conditions, magnetite dissolves according to Equation 2: At pH > 7, however, the effect of hydrolysis is expected to be negligible [27]. The molar fractions of the ionic forms of organic compounds present in the solution at pH 8 were calculated using the software
  • is strongly affected by the surface charge. The point of zero charge (PZC) is defined as the pH value at which the catalyst exhibits a net zero surface charge. At pH values below the PZC, the surface of the catalyst is protonated and has a positive net surface charge. In turn, the net surface charge
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Published 15 Dec 2022

In search of cytotoxic selectivity on cancer cells with biogenically synthesized Ag/AgCl nanoparticles

  • Mitzi J. Ramírez-Hernández,
  • Mario Valera-Zaragoza,
  • Omar Viñas-Bravo,
  • Ariana A. Huerta-Heredia,
  • Miguel A. Peña-Rico,
  • Erick A. Juarez-Arellano,
  • David Paniagua-Vega,
  • Eduardo Ramírez-Vargas and
  • Saúl Sánchez-Valdes

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1505–1519, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.124

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  • antibacterial abilities of AgNPs synthesized from pineapple peel. They demonstrated the formation of spherical AgNPs with an average size of 14–20 nm by monitoring the pH values of the reaction and the concentration ratio between the precursor and the extract. Baran et al. [16] investigated the antibacterial
  • Memorial Institute medium at pH 7.4, supplemented with 10% of fetal bovine serum, 100 U/mL of penicillin, 100 μg/mL of streptomycin, and 2 mM of ʟ-glutamine. All reagents were purchased from Biowest, Riverside, USA. PBMCs were kept at 37 ºC with saturated humidity and 5% CO2. All procedures performed
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Hydroxyapatite–bioglass nanocomposites: Structural, mechanical, and biological aspects

  • Olga Shikimaka,
  • Mihaela Bivol,
  • Bogdan A. Sava,
  • Marius Dumitru,
  • Christu Tardei,
  • Beatrice G. Sbarcea,
  • Daria Grabco,
  • Constantin Pyrtsac,
  • Daria Topal,
  • Andrian Prisacaru,
  • Vitalie Cobzac and
  • Viorel Nacu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1490–1504, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.123

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  • to the reaction Raw materials obtained from Merck and Fluka of analytical purity were dosed corresponding to the stoichiometry of Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2, for which the Ca/P ratio is r = 1.67. The mixture was homogenized for 2 h at a temperature of 40–60 °C and pH 8–9, kept for 24 h at room temperature
  • (mm2) [40]. The surface of the samples was then investigated by SEM to estimate their apatite-forming ability. The pH value of SBF was measured before and after the insertion of the sintered sample using a Multi-parameter analyzer Consort C1010, version 2.0, which has the possibility to measure pH
  • , voltage (mV), and temperature (°C). The precision of the pH measurement was 10−2. MTT assay The MTT assay was performed on mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) previously isolated from six-months-old Wistar rat bone marrow, cultured in HiMesoXL™ mesenchymal stem cell expansion medium (HiMedia, India) and stored
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Rapid and sensitive detection of box turtles using an electrochemical DNA biosensor based on a gold/graphene nanocomposite

  • Abu Hashem,
  • M. A. Motalib Hossain,
  • Ab Rahman Marlinda,
  • Mohammad Al Mamun,
  • Khanom Simarani and
  • Mohd Rafie Johan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1458–1472, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.120

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  • , Benvidi et al. [60] reported 35 °C as the hybridisation temperature, whereas Kusnin et al. [57] and Hartati et al. [61] reported 40 °C and room temperature as the hybridisation temperature, respectively. These results are similar to and corroborate our findings. The pH value is also an important parameter
  • for hybridisation efficiency. In the drop-casting method, there is little scope to conduct experiments at variable pH values due to the use of the microlitre scale solution. Usually, DNA hybridisation efficiency peaks between pH 7.5 and 8.5 due to good accessibility and binding affinity [62]. For this
  • experiment, pH 7.4 was chosen, which is close to physiological pH, and a similar pH value was reported by Kusnin et al. [57] in hybridisation biosensing experiments. Selectivity of the electrochemical biosensor Electrodes with hybridised DNA were incubated in MB for 30 min, washed with deionised water, and
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Coherent amplification of radiation from two phase-locked Josephson junction arrays

  • Mikhail A. Galin,
  • Vladimir M. Krasnov,
  • Ilya A. Shereshevsky,
  • Nadezhda K. Vdovicheva and
  • Vladislav V. Kurin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1445–1457, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.119

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  • (Figure 2, Figure 5b,c). The inductances are equal to 100 pH while the internal resistance of the power supplies has the value of 90 Ω. The latter allows for measurements of IVCs close to the regime of constant bias current. However, the electromotive force of the power supply is, in fact, the primary
  • containing 100 JJs. The dimensions of the substrate (x × y × z) are 2.0 × 0.6 × 0.3 mm, and its dielectric permittivity is ε = 12. The inductances have the value 100 pH while the internal resistance of the power supplies is 90 Ω. The junctions are described in the RSJ model [20] with parameters Ic = 2.5 mA
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Facile preparation of Au- and BODIPY-grafted lipid nanoparticles for synergized photothermal therapy

  • Yuran Wang,
  • Xudong Li,
  • Haijun Chen and
  • Yu Gao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1432–1444, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.118

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  • release properties were evaluated in PBS with different pH values (pH 7.4 and 5.5). AB-LNPs dispersion (2 mL) in a dialysis bag was placed in 20 mL release medium. After 2 h and after 6 h, the sample was irradiated with a 680 nm laser (0.5 W/cm2, 60 s). At predetermined time points, 1 mL of solution was
  • AB-LNPs could respond to laser irradiation and release the drug from LNPs, in vitro release studies of AB-LNPs were performed in PBS (pH 7.4 or 5.4) at 37 °C with or without 680 nm laser irradiation (0.5 W/cm2, 1 min). Two laser irradiations were carried out at 2 and 6 h for easier observation of the
  • accelerated release. The laser irradiation accelerated the release of BDP from AB-LNPs. The accumulated released amount of AB-LNPs in pH 7.4 with laser irradiation was almost 65.7% at 36 h while the accumulated released amount of AB-LNPs without laser irradiation was only 50% (Figure 3c). The results can be
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Orally administered docetaxel-loaded chitosan-decorated cationic PLGA nanoparticles for intestinal tumors: formulation, comprehensive in vitro characterization, and release kinetics

  • Sedat Ünal,
  • Osman Doğan and
  • Yeşim Aktaş

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1393–1407, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.115

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  • . However, the occurrence of colon carcinomas in the most distant region of the gastrointestinal tract makes the development of oral formulations for colon carcinomas more difficult than that of other formulations [10]. Considering multiple factors such as the variable pH of the gastrointestinal tract
  • charged mucin, decreased pH value, and increased temperature, may provide design clues for mucoadhesive polymeric nanoparticles that have a potential to exhibit higher drug release or help to alleviate colorectal tumor in colon region [11][19][20]. PLGA is a physiologically biocompatible and biodegradable
  • results proved the positive effect of CS on EE and DL by showing consistency with results of previous studies. In vitro release studies of DCX from nanoparticles In order to mimic the GIT with regard to both pH and retention time, in vitro release studies for each formulation were carried out in three
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LED-light-activated photocatalytic performance of metal-free carbon-modified hexagonal boron nitride towards degradation of methylene blue and phenol

  • Nirmalendu S. Mishra and
  • Pichiah Saravanan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1380–1392, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.114

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  • charge is an important parameter which governs the adsorption of the pollutant moiety over the photocatalyst. Thus, it becomes very important to study the variation of surface charge of the MBN-80. The variation of surface charge over MBN-80 in terms of pH value and isoelectric point of the solution was
  • studied through zeta potential analysis (depicted in Figure 4b). It was observed that the surface of MBN-80 is positively charged at lower pH values which gradually increases with the increase in pH range. The isoelectric point was determined to be at pH 5.08. The MBN-80 was found to be negatively charged
  • with a zeta potential of −20 mV at a neutral pH. This implies that the surface of MBN-80 is negatively charged above pH 5.08 which results in better adsorptive ability towards positively charged pollutant moieties and vice-versa. Optical studies The UV–vis light harvesting characteristics (absorbance
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Supramolecular assembly of pentamidine and polymeric cyclodextrin bimetallic core–shell nanoarchitectures

  • Alexandru-Milentie Hada,
  • Nina Burduja,
  • Marco Abbate,
  • Claudio Stagno,
  • Guy Caljon,
  • Louis Maes,
  • Nicola Micale,
  • Massimiliano Cordaro,
  • Angela Scala,
  • Antonino Mazzaglia and
  • Anna Piperno

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1361–1369, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.112

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  • the release of Pent within 24 h. This is the time of the in vitro biological test and the activity of Pent included into the CD cavity should be better evaluated in vivo according to the literature [27]. To clarify this point, release experiments of PolyCD@Pent have been carried out in PBS (pH 7.4) at
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Recent trends in Bi-based nanomaterials: challenges, fabrication, enhancement techniques, and environmental applications

  • Vishal Dutta,
  • Ankush Chauhan,
  • Ritesh Verma,
  • C. Gopalkrishnan and
  • Van-Huy Nguyen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1316–1336, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.109

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  • surfactant-free hydrothermal technique [55]. According to the results, the pH value has a significant impact on shape, surface area, particle size, and V–O bond length. The grain size was reduced when the pH value was raised, and the crystal structure became more closely stacked. Under visible-light
  • irradiation, the RhB photodegradation efficiency of the coralloid particles produced at pH 7 was about four times greater than that of the sample synthesized at pH 0.5. The increased photocatalytic activity was caused by several factors, such as a synergistic effect of highly exposed (010) grain facets, an
  • simple hydrothermal synthesis for preparing 2D BiOCl nanosheets [83]. This was accomplished by altering the pH value of the precursor solution and using of dulcitol (C6H14O6) as surfactant. The pH value substantially influenced the thickness of the nanosheets and the fraction of exposed (001) facets. The
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Studies of probe tip materials by atomic force microscopy: a review

  • Ke Xu and
  • Yuzhe Liu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1256–1267, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.104

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  • nanoclusters to establish a rapid detection method for glyphosate, dimethoate, ethion, methylphosphine and carbaryl. A novel fluorescent "on-off-on" probe was constructed to detect the organophosphorus pesticide glyphosate. Under strongly alkaline conditions (pH is approximately 12), the P–S bonds of ethion
  • particles were homogeneous; the maximum absorption wavelength was 518 nm with narrow peak width in the UV spectrophotometer 400–700 nm scan; the purified HBsAg Mab concentration was 65 mg/mL; the optimal protein protection amount was 32.5 μg per mL of colloidal gold at pH 8.2; the quality of the probe was
  • development of the colloidal gold probe. The preparation of a high-quality colloidal gold probe was a prerequisite for the detection of Lm, in which the pH value and the amount of labeled scFv were two critical influencing factors. Therefore, the study was optimized for both factors. Also, the colloidal gold
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Design of surface nanostructures for chirality sensing based on quartz crystal microbalance

  • Yinglin Ma,
  • Xiangyun Xiao and
  • Qingmin Ji

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1201–1219, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.100

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  • enantiomer. As the intermolecular interactions with the analyte also play a role in chiral recognition, the group also studied the influence of pH values. The highest recognition efficiency was shown at pH 10 since basic conditions may promote the formation of stronger hydrogen bonding between the carboxyl
  • cavity of native β-CD ranges from 0.60 to 0.65 nm and matches well with biphenyl or naphthalene groups, but not with methyl lactate, ethyl lactate, or 2-octanol. Conversely, β-CD with phenylcarbamate (Ph-β-CD) and 4-methoxyphenylcarbamate groups (MP-β-CD) possess smaller cavities and more rigid
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Published 27 Oct 2022

Recent advances in green carbon dots (2015–2022): synthesis, metal ion sensing, and biological applications

  • Aisha Kanwal,
  • Naheed Bibi,
  • Sajjad Hyder,
  • Arif Muhammad,
  • Hao Ren,
  • Jiangtao Liu and
  • Zhongli Lei

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1068–1107, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.93

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  • pH stability. Animal extract Dehvari et al. converted seafood waste into valuable materials by using crab shell as a natural precursor to form highly fluorescent N-CDs by a sono-chemical approach. A N-CDs/folic acid nanoprobe was synthesized by conjugating N-CDs with folic acid, which could be used
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Biomimetic chitosan with biocomposite nanomaterials for bone tissue repair and regeneration

  • Se-Kwon Kim,
  • Sesha Subramanian Murugan,
  • Pandurang Appana Dalavi,
  • Sebanti Gupta,
  • Sukumaran Anil,
  • Gi Hun Seong and
  • Jayachandran Venkatesan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1051–1067, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.92

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  • . Figure 3 was reproduced from [107], (© 2017 J. C. Forero et al., published by MDPI, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0). The ciprofloxacin release rate (%) from several composite films at pH 7.4. Figure 4
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Published 29 Sep 2022

Electrocatalytic oxygen reduction activity of AgCoCu oxides on reduced graphene oxide in alkaline media

  • Iyyappan Madakannu,
  • Indrajit Patil,
  • Bhalchandra Kakade and
  • Kasibhatta Kumara Ramanatha Datta

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1020–1029, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.89

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  • the overall performance of the reaction [3][4]. There is an increasing use of platinum catalysts with diverse morphologies and the combination with noble and non-noble metal-based alloy/multimetallic nanoparticles (NPs) as potential electrocatalysts under extreme pH values [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12
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Solar-light-driven LaFexNi1−xO3 perovskite oxides for photocatalytic Fenton-like reaction to degrade organic pollutants

  • Chao-Wei Huang,
  • Shu-Yu Hsu,
  • Jun-Han Lin,
  • Yun Jhou,
  • Wei-Yu Chen,
  • Kun-Yi Andrew Lin,
  • Yu-Tang Lin and
  • Van-Huy Nguyen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 882–895, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.79

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  • ), Chengalpattu district, Kelambakkam, Tamil Nadu, 603103, India 10.3762/bjnano.13.79 Abstract LaFexNi1−xO3 perovskite oxides were prepared by the sol–gel method under various conditions, including different pH values (pH 0 and pH 7) and different calcination temperatures (500–800 °C) as well as different Fe/Ni
  • decompose the methylene blue molecules. Accordingly, the synthesis condition of pH 0, calcination temperature at 700 °C, and Fe/Ni ratio = 7/3 could form LaFe0.7Ni0.3O3 perovskite oxides as highly efficient photocatalysts. Moreover, various conditions during the photocatalytic degradation were verified
  • , such as pH value, catalyst dosage, and the additional amount of H2O2. LaFe0.7Ni0.3O3 perovskite oxides could operate efficiently under pH 3.5, catalyst dosage of 50 mg/150 mL, and H2O2 concentration of 133 ppm to decompose the MB dye in the 1st order kinetic rate constant of 0.0506 s−1. Keywords
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DNA aptamer selection and construction of an aptasensor based on graphene FETs for Zika virus NS1 protein detection

  • Nathalie B. F. Almeida,
  • Thiago A. S. L. Sousa,
  • Viviane C. F. Santos,
  • Camila M. S. Lacerda,
  • Thais G. Silva,
  • Rafaella F. Q. Grenfell,
  • Flavio Plentz and
  • Antero S. R. Andrade

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 873–881, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.78

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  • solution dispersed in 1 mM PBS (phosphate-buffered saline: 0.0001 M phosphate buffer, 0.000027 M potassium chloride, and 0.00137 M sodium chloride), pH 7.4. After incubation, the graphene devices were rinsed with 1 mM PBS, followed by sequential rinsing with deionized water and drying in a nitrogen flow
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Self-assembly of C60 on a ZnTPP/Fe(001)–p(1 × 1)O substrate: observation of a quasi-freestanding C60 monolayer

  • Guglielmo Albani,
  • Michele Capra,
  • Alessandro Lodesani,
  • Alberto Calloni,
  • Gianlorenzo Bussetti,
  • Marco Finazzi,
  • Franco Ciccacci,
  • Alberto Brambilla,
  • Lamberto Duò and
  • Andrea Picone

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 857–864, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.76

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  • ZnTPP spectrum in Figure 3, the UPS peaks related to the main molecule ring and to the phenyl groups are labeled “R” and “Ph” [52][53], respectively, according to theoretical simulations performed on metal tetraphenyl porphyrins and metal porphyrins [54]. When an additional single layer of C60 is added
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Gelatin nanoparticles with tunable mechanical properties: effect of crosslinking time and loading

  • Agnes-Valencia Weiss,
  • Daniel Schorr,
  • Julia K. Metz,
  • Metin Yildirim,
  • Saeed Ahmad Khan and
  • Marc Schneider

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 778–787, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.68

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  • macromolecules, such as proteins [12] and peptides [13], or in the field of gene delivery [14]. The surface charge of gelatin nanoparticles at physiological pH can be easily influenced by the choice of gelatin type [15]. Crosslinking of gelatin nanoparticles is still inevitable to obtain particles that are
  • polydispersity index (PdI) from 0.075 to 0.115, indicating a narrow size distribution. Crosslinking for 15 min did not result in stable particles with uniform colloidal properties. The surface charge of gelatin nanoparticles is clearly pH-dependent. At a pH value of 7.5 ± 0.1, the zeta potential values ranged
  • pH (−36.0 ± 1.18 mV). The achieved entrapment efficiency was comparable to the loading determined in a previous study in our lab [12]. Crosslinking degree and Young’s moduli Regarding the mechanical properties of the gelatin nanoparticles, a clear dependency of Young’s moduli on the crosslinking time
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Recent advances in nanoarchitectures of monocrystalline coordination polymers through confined assembly

  • Lingling Xia,
  • Qinyue Wang and
  • Ming Hu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 763–777, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.67

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  • coordination polymers as envelopes for the bio-entities. On the basis of the sensitive coordination bonds, the stored bio-entities may be released from solution triggered by pH value or other factors. In 2015, Falcaro et al. demonstrated that monocrystalline ZIF-8 can take up proteins, enzymes, and DNA [104
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Published 12 Aug 2022

Hierarchical Bi2WO6/TiO2-nanotube composites derived from natural cellulose for visible-light photocatalytic treatment of pollutants

  • Zehao Lin,
  • Zhan Yang and
  • Jianguo Huang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 745–762, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.66

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  • corresponding Cr(VI) pollutant solution. In addition, the pH values (2, 3, 4, and 5) of the initial Cr(VI) pollutant solution were adjusted using the H2SO4 (0.1 M) aqueous solution. In order to obtain the photocatalytic performances of the samples, the removal percentage of Cr(VI) and degradation percentage of
  • hierarchical Bi2WO6/TiO2-NT nanocomposites. It is reported that the pH value of the Cr(VI) pollutant solution has an important influence in the photocatalytic reduction of Cr(VI) [53]. In order to investigate the photocatalytic reduction activities of the samples toward Cr(VI), the 70%−Bi2WO6/TiO2-NT
  • nanocomposite was set as the representative photocatalyst for the exploration of optimal pH values of the Cr(VI) pollutant solution under visible-light irradiation. It was demonstrated that the reduction efficiency of Cr(VI) under the alkaline condition was poor because the newly formed Cr(OH)3 precipitates
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