Surfactant-free syntheses and pair distribution function analysis of osmium nanoparticles

• Mikkel Juelsholt,
• Jonathan Quinson,
• Emil T. S. Kjær,
• Baiyu Wang,
• Rebecca Pittkowski,
• Susan R. Cooper,
• Tiffany L. Kinnibrugh,
• Søren B. Simonsen,
• Luise Theil Kuhn,
• María Escudero-Escribano and
• Kirsten M. Ø. Jensen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 230–235, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.17

• Mikkel Juelsholt Jonathan Quinson Emil T. S. Kjaer Baiyu Wang Rebecca Pittkowski Susan R. Cooper Tiffany L. Kinnibrugh Soren B. Simonsen Luise Theil Kuhn Maria Escudero-Escribano Kirsten M. O. Jensen Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, 5 Universitetsparken, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark

Impact of device design on the electronic and optoelectronic properties of integrated Ru-terpyridine complexes

• Max Mennicken,
• Sophia Katharina Peter,
• Corinna Kaulen,
• Ulrich Simon and
• Silvia Karthäuser

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 219–229, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.16

• Max Mennicken Sophia Katharina Peter Corinna Kaulen Ulrich Simon Silvia Karthauser Peter Grünberg Institut (PGI-7) and JARA-FIT, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and JARA-FIT, RWTH Aachen University

Engineered titania nanomaterials in advanced clinical applications

• Padmavati Sahare,
• Paulina Govea Alvarez,
• Juan Manual Sanchez Yanez,
• Gabriel Luna-Bárcenas,
• Samik Chakraborty,
• Sujay Paul and
• Miriam Estevez

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 201–218, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.15

• surface chemistry play a significant role in the interaction between proteins and cells and the material surface. It has also been shown that hydroxyapatite and calcium phosphate mimics the chemical composition of natural bone. Thus, with the use of these components in the coating, TiO2 implants have

• demonstrated enhanced osseointegration [58]. Additionally, drug release kinetics and duration from titania nanotubes (TNTs) can be controlled by modifying nanotube dimensions, surface chemistry, or by a polymer coating on the TNT implant surface through dip coating or plasma polymerization. Losic and co

Low-energy electron interaction and focused electron beam-induced deposition of molybdenum hexacarbonyl (Mo(CO)₆)

• Po-Yuan Shih,
• Maicol Cipriani,
• Christian Felix Hermanns,
• Jens Oster,
• Klaus Edinger,
• Armin Gölzhäuser and
• Oddur Ingólfsson

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 182–191, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.13

• Po-Yuan Shih Maicol Cipriani Christian Felix Hermanns Jens Oster Klaus Edinger Armin Golzhauser Oddur Ingolfsson Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH, Industriestraße 1, 64380 Roßdorf, Germany Faculty of Physics, Bielefeld University, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany Science Institute and Department of Chemistry

• , which correspond to the doubly charged molybdenum carbide and the doubly charged molybdenum carbide with one and two CO groups attached, respectively. All these contributions agree well with the spectra reported at the NIST Chemistry WebBook [54]. Noticeably, the relative intensity of [Mo(CO)5]+ and [Mo

• discussions on organometallic chemistry.

A comprehensive review on electrospun nanohybrid membranes for wastewater treatment

• Senuri Kumarage,
• Imalka Munaweera and
• Nilwala Kottegoda

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 137–159, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.10

• Senuri Kumarage Imalka Munaweera Nilwala Kottegoda Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka Instrument Center, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka Centre

A photonic crystal material for the online detection of nonpolar hydrocarbon vapors

• Evgenii S. Bolshakov,
• Aleksander V. Ivanov,
• Andrei A. Kozlov,
• Anton S. Aksenov,
• Elena V. Isanbaeva,
• Sergei E. Kushnir,
• Aleksei D. Yapryntsev,
• Aleksander E. Baranchikov and
• Yury A. Zolotov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 127–136, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.9

• Evgenii S. Bolshakov Aleksander V. Ivanov Andrei A. Kozlov Anton S. Aksenov Elena V. Isanbaeva Sergei E. Kushnir Aleksei D. Yapryntsev Aleksander E. Baranchikov Yury A. Zolotov Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia Kurnakov Institute of General and

• Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia Institute of Fine Chemical Technologies, Russian Technological University Moscow, 119454, Russia Department of Materials Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia 10.3762/bjnano.13.9 Abstract A modern level of

• crystal structures for chemical sensing of organic solvents. Funding A part of this work was performed under a state assignment on basic scientific research for the Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russia) using the equipment of the Joint

Tin dioxide nanomaterial-based photocatalysts for nitrogen oxide oxidation: a review

• Viet Van Pham,
• Hong-Huy Tran,
• Thao Kim Truong and
• Thi Minh Cao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 96–113, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.7

• removal efficacy and NO2 conversion efficacy (d). Figure 7 is from [69] and was reprinted by permission from Springer Nature from the journal Environmental Chemistry Letters (“High photocatalytic removal of NO gas over SnO2 nanoparticles under solar light” by T. H. Huy; B. D. Phat; C. M. Thi; P. V. Viet

• of ZHS, SnO2/ZHS, NCDs/ZHS and SnO2/NCDs/ZHS samples, and (d) PL spectra (inset: transient fluorescence decay spectra). Figure 11 was republished with permission of The Royal Society of Chemistry from [76] (“Constructing Z-scheme SnO2/N-doped carbon quantum dots/ZnSn(OH)6 nanohybrids with high redox

• Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, the CM Thi Laboratory, and Mr. Sang T. Truong for support. The authors would also like to thank Elsevier, the American Chemical Society, the American Physical Society, and the Royal Society of Chemistry for allowing us to reuse some of the materials in this work.

Theranostic potential of self-luminescent branched polyethyleneimine-coated superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles

• Rouhollah Khodadust,
• Ozlem Unal and
• Havva Yagci Acar

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 82–95, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.6

• Rouhollah Khodadust Ozlem Unal Havva Yagci Acar Koc University, Department of Chemistry, Surface Science and Technology Center (KUYTAM), Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey University of Health Science, Health Science Institute, Department of Biotechnology Selimiye Mahallesi, Tıbbiye

• Polyethyleneimine‐Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles”, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, with permission from John Wiley and Sons. Copyright © 2018 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This content is not subject to CC BY 4.0. a) Gel electrophoresis showing the binding of PIC to SPION@bPEI (the

Sputtering onto liquids: a critical review

• Anastasiya Sergievskaya,
• Adrien Chauvin and
• Stephanos Konstantinidis

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 10–53, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.2

• Anastasiya Sergievskaya Adrien Chauvin Stephanos Konstantinidis Plasma-Surface Interaction Chemistry (ChIPS), University of Mons, 23 Place du Parc, B-7000 Mons, Belgium Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 5, 121 16 Praha 2

• energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (S(T)EM-EDS). Typical examples of the formation of compositional gradients on coated surfaces can be found, for example, in [54][55]. Further control on film chemistry is obtained through reactive (magnetron) sputtering. In this case, the metallic target is sputtered

• by a plasma generated in a mixture of argon with a molecular gas, by using dedicated mass flow controllers (MFC). Oxygen, nitrogen, methane, or hydrogen sulfide can be added to deposit metal oxides, nitrides, carbides, or sulfides, respectively. One example of such tailoring of the film chemistry is

Measurement of polarization effects in dual-phase ceria-based oxygen permeation membranes using Kelvin probe force microscopy

• Kerstin Neuhaus,
• Christina Schmidt,
• Liudmila Fischer,
• Wilhelm Albert Meulenberg,
• Ke Ran,
• Joachim Mayer and
• Stefan Baumann

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1380–1391, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.102

• indicator for local changes of the defect chemistry, as it is directly related to the local Fermi level [20]. The defect chemistry of acceptor-doped ceria and the oxide ion/electronic transport within ceria single-phase materials and also for ceria-based dual-phase materials is well understood at

• % FeCo2O4 (CSO-FC2O) as electron-conductive phase in order to, first, locally change the defect chemistry of the material and, then, study the relaxation to the original surface potential state during uptake/release of oxygen from/to the surrounding air. By using an AFM tip as an electron-conductive

Alteration of nanomechanical properties of pancreatic cancer cells through anticancer drug treatment revealed by atomic force microscopy

• Xiaoteng Liang,
• Shuai Liu,
• Xiuchao Wang,
• Dan Xia and
• Qiang Li

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1372–1379, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.101

• Chemistry of Ministry of Education, And School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, Shandong, China Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital, Tianjin, 300060, China 10.3762/bjnano.12.101 Abstract The mechanical properties of cells are key to the

Biocompatibility and cytotoxicity in vitro of surface-functionalized drug-loaded spinel ferrite nanoparticles

• Sadaf Mushtaq,
• Khuram Shahzad,
• Tariq Saeed,
• Anwar Ul-Hamid,
• Bilal Haider Abbasi,
• Nafees Ahmad,
• Waqas Khalid,
• Muhammad Atif,
• Zulqurnain Ali and
• Rashda Abbasi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1339–1364, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.99

• chemistry of NPs, thereby affecting their physiochemical and biological properties [11][20]. In the present work, we synthesized a variety of MFe2O4 (M = Co, Ni, and Zn) NPs using the sonochemical technique. Particle agglomeration was prevented by using oleic acid as the surfactant [21]. Phase change of

• functionalized with anticancer drugs, such as doxorubicin (DOX) and methotrexate (MTX) via 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide (EDC) chemistry. The samples were stored at room temperature for further experiments. Our aim was to compare the biocompatibility, colloidal stability, and in vitro

• , Inc.) in TBE buffer [66]. Finally, the gel-extracted NPs were concentrated by using centrifugal filters and resuspended in SBB (pH 9.0). Preparation of drug-loaded nanoparticles The purified PMA-coated MFe2O4 (M = Fe, Co, Zn, Ni) NPs were further modified with DOX and MTX via EDC chemistry. The NPs

Polarity in cuticular ridge development and insect attachment on leaf surfaces of Schismatoglottis calyptrata (Araceae)

• Venkata A. Surapaneni,
• Tobias Aust,
• Thomas Speck and
• Marc Thielen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1326–1338, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.98

• ][6]. The cuticular structures together with the epidermal cell shape and the cuticle chemistry provide the leaf surface with multiple functions [7]. In particular, cuticular ridges on some leaf surfaces have been found to reduce the frictional forces of insects during walking and may increase the

Identifying diverse metal oxide nanomaterials with lethal effects on embryonic zebrafish using machine learning

• Richard Liam Marchese Robinson,
• Haralambos Sarimveis,
• Philip Doganis,
• Xiaodong Jia,
• Marianna Kotzabasaki,
• Christiana Gousiadou,
• Stacey Lynn Harper and
• Terry Wilkins

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1297–1325, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.97

• earlier analyses. Previous analyses of NBI Knowledgebase data have suggested that, whilst primary particle size may not be irrelevant to observed biological effects, no consistent trends could be observed with primary particle size and/or that surface chemistry was a more significant factor driving

Electrical, electrochemical and structural studies of a chlorine-derived ionic liquid-based polymer gel electrolyte

• Ashish Gupta,
• Amrita Jain,
• Manju Kumari and
• Santosh K. Tripathi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1252–1261, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.92

• . We are also grateful to Dr. J.K. Bera, Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur for providing FTIR facilities, Dr. Kamlesh Pandey, NCEMP, Allahabad for providing SEM facilities, Dr. Ajay Gupta and Dr. Mukul Gupta, UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore-centre for providing the XRD facility and

A review on slip boundary conditions at the nanoscale: recent development and applications

• Ruifei Wang,
• Jin Chai,
• Bobo Luo,
• Xiong Liu,
• Jianting Zhang,
• Min Wu,
• Mingdan Wei and
• Zhuanyue Ma

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1237–1251, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.91

• the superhydrophobic state [44][88][89][90][91]. 2.4 Surface chemistry effects A substantial number of studies have demonstrated that complex surfaces decorated with a sophisticated surface chemistry can dramatically affect the effective slip length for nanoscale flow systems. The surface textures we

Two dynamic modes to streamline challenging atomic force microscopy measurements

• Alexei G. Temiryazev,
• Andrey V. Krayev and
• Marina P. Temiryazeva

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1226–1236, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.90

• ; Introduction More than 30 years have passed since the introduction of atomic force microscopy (AFM) [1]. This technique has established itself as an indispensable tool for characterization not only in physics and chemistry, but also in related fields of research including medicine, biology, and materials

Morphology-driven gas sensing by fabricated fractals: A review

• Vishal Kamathe and
• Rupali Nagar

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1187–1208, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.88

The effect of cobalt on morphology, structure, and ORR activity of electrospun carbon fibre mats in aqueous alkaline environments

• Markus Gehring,
• Tobias Kutsch,
• Osmane Camara,
• Alexandre Merlen,
• Hermann Tempel,
• Hans Kungl and
• Rüdiger-A. Eichel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1173–1186, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.87

• , Institute of Physical Chemistry, 52056 Aachen, Germany IM2NP, CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, Toulon, France 10.3762/bjnano.12.87 Abstract An innovative approach for the design of air electrodes for metal–air batteries are free-standing scaffolds made of electrospun polyacrylonitrile

• , especially the lithium and silicon systems, on account of their different mechanism involving the cathode as an explicit reaction site of the metal redox chemistry [7][8][9]. From a scientific point of view, in aqueous systems, an air electrode needs to allow gas to diffuse in appropriate amounts towards the

• temperature to gain a more detailed understanding of the interactions of the cobalt additive and the carbon framework, as well as the formation and location of cobalt–nitrogen species. The changes in graphitisation, fibre chemistry, and electrochemical ORR performance are studied in depth using scanning

Irradiation-driven molecular dynamics simulation of the FEBID process for Pt(PF₃)₄

• Alexey Prosvetov,
• Alexey V. Verkhovtsev,
• Gennady Sushko and
• Andrey V. Solov’yov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1151–1172, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.86

• deposition; irradiation-driven molecular dynamics; irradiation-induced chemistry; platinum nanostructures; reactive force fields; Introduction The controllable fabrication of nanostructures with nanoscale resolution remains a considerable scientific and technological challenge [1]. To address this challenge

• (SE) created in large numbers when a high-energy PE beam impinges on a substrate. Secondary electrons are emitted from the substrate and the deposit, substantially complicating the electron-induced chemistry that governs FEBID. As a result, the precise control of size, shape, and chemical composition

• of the fabricated nanostructures is still a technological challenge [7], mainly originating from the lack of molecular-level understanding of the irradiation-driven chemistry (IDC) underlying formation and growth of nanostructures. Further advances in FEBID-based nanofabrication require a deeper

Progress and innovation of nanostructured sulfur cathodes and metal-free anodes for room-temperature Na–S batteries

• Marina Tabuyo-Martínez,
• Bernd Wicklein and
• Pilar Aranda

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 995–1020, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.75

• compared with transition-metal compounds in lithium-ion batteries [11]. Consequently, sodium–sulfur (Na–S) batteries have attracted renewed attention over the last decade due to their low cost and comparable chemistry with Li–S and LiB batteries, which would facilitate the large-scale production of Na–S

• in the presence of graphene [55]. One advantage of this method over vapor impregnation routes is that it can yield very high sulfur loads of up to 90 wt % resulting in a high cathode capacity of 555 mAh·g−1 at 5C [55]. Wet chemistry synthesis routes can also produce nanostructured sulfur. Lu et al

Uniform arrays of gold nanoelectrodes with tuneable recess depth

• Elena O. Gordeeva,
• Ilya V. Roslyakov,
• Alexey P. Leontiev,
• Alexey A. Klimenko and
• Kirill S. Napolskii

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 957–964, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.72

• Elena O. Gordeeva Ilya V. Roslyakov Alexey P. Leontiev Alexey A. Klimenko Kirill S. Napolskii Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow 199991, Russia Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry RAS, Leninsky av., Moscow 119991, Russia Institute of Nanotechnology of

• Microelectronics RAS, Leninsky av., Moscow 115487, Russia Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institutskiy per., Dolgoprudny 141701, Russia 10.3762/bjnano.12.72 Abstract Nanoelectrode arrays are much in demand in electroanalytical chemistry, electrocatalysis, and bioelectrochemistry. One of the promising

• times [1][2][3][4][5]. Nowadays, Pt and Au NEAs find a wide range of applications in electroanalytical chemistry, electrocatalysis, bioelectrochemistry, and kinetic measurements [6][7][8][9][10]. Several strategies have been applied for the fabrication of NEAs. Modern instrumental techniques (such as

Molecular assemblies on surfaces: towards physical and electronic decoupling of organic molecules

• Sabine Maier and
• Meike Stöhr

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 950–956, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.71

• molecules, offering unique opportunities for the bottom-up assembly of novel carbon-based materials using on-surface chemistry [48][49]. However, the significantly reduced catalytic activity on non-metallic substrates requires exploring alternative reaction mechanisms beyond thermal activation, for example

The role of deep eutectic solvents and carrageenan in synthesizing biocompatible anisotropic metal nanoparticles

• Nabojit Das,
• Akash Kumar and
• Raja Gopal Rayavarapu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 924–938, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.69

• the principles of green chemistry. Despite extensive studies for more than a decade, DESs as solvents for nanomaterial synthesis yet awaits exploration regarding biological applications. In an interesting recently published work, a natural deep eutectic solvent (NADES) has been used to extract metal

• increasingly popular between 1999 and 2003 and a laborious three-step seed-mediated synthesis via a wet chemical route was developed [36]. The emergence of seed-mediated synthesis provided chemists, for the first time, with a versatile and convenient wet chemistry of synthesizing nanorods and several other

• nanoparticles are reported in the literature tabulated in Table 1. The cytotoxicity of nanoparticles is depicted based on several factors such as morphology, size and surface chemistry as shown in Table 1 and Figure 2. In vitro cytotoxicity of anisotropic nanoparticles The use of anisotropic metal nanoparticles

Modification of a SERS-active Ag surface to promote adsorption of charged analytes: effect of Cu²⁺ ions

• Bahdan V. Ranishenka,
• Andrei Yu. Panarin,
• Irina A. Chelnokova,
• Sergei N. Terekhov,
• Peter Mojzes and
• Vadim V. Shmanai

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 902–912, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.67

• Bahdan V. Ranishenka Andrei Yu. Panarin Irina A. Chelnokova Sergei N. Terekhov Peter Mojzes Vadim V. Shmanai Institute of Physical Organic Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 13 Surganova Str., Minsk, 220072, Belarus B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences

• agreement with electron microscopy and literature [30]. Immobilization of Ag NPs on a glass surface Utilizing glass slides for the preparation of SERS substrates permitted us to use siloxane chemistry to modify the surface and to control the immobilization process via the absorption spectra. Glass also