A facile method for the preparation of bifunctional Mn:ZnS/ZnS/Fe₃O₄ magnetic and fluorescent nanocrystals

• Houcine Labiadh,
• Tahar Ben Chaabane,
• Romain Sibille,
• Lavinia Balan and
• Raphaël Schneider

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1743–1751, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.178

• their large surface-to-volume ratio and from confinement phenomena resulting in an atomic-like electronic structure with discrete energy levels. Thus, QDs have been widely studied for their fundamental properties and applications, mostly employed as emitters for biolabelling [3][5], light emitting

Atomic scale interface design and characterisation

• Carla Bittencourt,
• Chris Ewels and
• Arkady V. Krasheninnikov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1708–1711, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.174

• atomic force microscopy (AFM) images, the microscopy knowledge about the local electronic structure of the system is extremely important. Full understanding of the electronic structure and properties of a large number of solids can be credited to first principles simulations, and more specifically

• surface adsorbates [28], and nanosystems structured from misfit layer compounds [29]. Planar and bended misfit structures, such as tubes, scrolls or nanoparticles, with intriguing electronic and magnetic characteristics have been synthesized, while calculations explained their electronic structure and

Possibilities and limitations of advanced transmission electron microscopy for carbon-based nanomaterials

• Xiaoxing Ke,
• Carla Bittencourt and
• Gustaaf Van Tendeloo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1541–1557, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.158

• which attributes the deformation to lattice mismatch [79]. Whichever the driving force is, the geometric distortions in the graphitic lattice have been clearly evidenced by 3D TEM, indicating a significant difference in the electronic structure at the metal–CNT contact. The consequent resistance change

• moving it from the nanometer scale [85] toward the atomic scale. 3.2 Advanced spectroscopy of carbon-based materials In contrast to structural imaging which uses elastically scattered electrons, chemical and electronic structure information can be obtained simultaneously using inelastically scattered

Current–voltage characteristics of manganite–titanite perovskite junctions

• Benedikt Ifland,
• Patrick Peretzki,
• Birte Kressdorf,
• Philipp Saring,
• Andreas Kelling,
• Michael Seibt and
• Christian Jooss

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1467–1484, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.152

• semiconductor 1 and 2, named Vbi,1 and Vbi,2 A model for the electronic structure of the interface has been developed by Anderson et al., assuming a sharp junction with band discontinuities [30]. For the derivation of the J–V curve, it is assumed that the transport mechanism is governed by injection over the

• dependence of these parameters gives additional information about the electronic structure of the p–n interface and the transport mechanism across the interface. In inorganic junctions, the temperature dependence of the open circuit voltage is given by for JS << JSC. For a heterojunction, the low temperature

• current. This can be discussed according to Figure 10, where the expected simplified band diagram of the manganite–titanate junction is shown for electro-chemical equilibrium and with applied voltage in both forward and reverse directions. We disregard here all changes of the electronic structure of the

Electron and heat transport in porphyrin-based single-molecule transistors with electro-burnt graphene electrodes

• Hatef Sadeghi,
• Sara Sangtarash and
• Colin J. Lambert

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1413–1420, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.146

• electronic structure of the prophyrin molecule. Then we study the electro-burnt graphene electrodes and finally the two-terminal device in which the anchor groups of the porphyrin molecule bind to the graphene electrodes by p-orbital overlap. We then discuss the contribution of each part of the molecule to

• interactions. The central porphyrin is also connected to two side groups, which stabilize the molecule within the junction. We first use density functional theory (DFT) to study the electronic structure of the PM. To characterize the gas phase molecule, the isolated PM shown in Figure 1a is relaxed to reach

• , the edges of the EBG are likely terminated by oxygen, especially close to the junction. Therefore, before studying the transport properties of the PM, we focus on the transport properties of the EBG electrodes with oxygen-terminated edges. Figure 3 shows the molecular and electronic structure of the

Can molecular projected density of states (PDOS) be systematically used in electronic conductance analysis?

• Tonatiuh Rangel,
• Gian-Marco Rignanese and
• Valerio Olevano

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1247–1259, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.128

• quantum transport is needed in order to fully understand the behavior of the molecular junction as an electronic device. Thus, it is important to establish a relationship between the conductance and the electronic structure, for example, by determining the main constituents influencing the absolute value

• . ΓL/R(ε) is the left/right-lead injection rate. is the retarded/advanced Green function for the central region. The quantities and ΓL/R(ε) can be obtained from the DFT electronic structure (i.e., the energies εn and wavefunctions ) of the central region containing an “extended molecule” and of the

• reason, it is believed that the molecule itself and its electronic structure has a deep influence on the conductance. The interpretation of the conductance profile, , or of the zero-bias conductance, , is often carried out by referring to the projected density of states onto molecular orbitals (see next

Charge carrier mobility and electronic properties of Al(Op)₃: impact of excimer formation

• Andrea Magri,
• Pascal Friederich,
• Bernhard Schäfer,
• Valeria Fattori,
• Xiangnan Sun,
• Timo Strunk,
• Velimir Meded,
• Luis E. Hueso,
• Wolfgang Wenzel and
• Mario Ruben

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1107–1115, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.112

• electronic structure and microscopic properties between these two materials. The simulation of the charge mobility requires coupling of macroscopic system properties, such as the intrinsic bulk mobility, temperature, applied bias voltage, etc., with the microscopic (often local) properties, such as energy

Electrocatalysis on the nm scale

• R. Jürgen Behm

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1008–1009, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.103

• developed to a stage where a reliable description of complex surface structures and surface processes (at the solid–gas interface) is possible based on first-principles electronic structure theory (in particular, (periodic) density functional theory (DFT)), but it is also increasingly developing new

Graphene on SiC(0001) inspected by dynamic atomic force microscopy at room temperature

• Mykola Telychko,
• Jan Berger,
• Zsolt Majzik,
• Pavel Jelínek and
• Martin Švec

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 901–906, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.93

• systems. Alternatively, graphene on SiC(0001) is a more promising candidate for applications [4][5]. But its electronic behaviour is still strongly affected by intrinsic properties of the substrate and the morphology of the interface [6]. Understanding the interplay between atomic and electronic structure

• . For the first time we bring experimental data, that can distinguish the topographic landscape from the local electronic structure of SLG on a 6H-SiC(0001) substrate. At room temperature we employed a combined STM and dynamic atomic force microscopy (dAFM) based on the Q-plus sensor working under UHV

Statistics of work and orthogonality catastrophe in discrete level systems: an application to fullerene molecules and ultra-cold trapped Fermi gases

• Antonello Sindona,
• Michele Pisarra,
• Mario Gravina,
• Cristian Vacacela Gomez,
• Pierfrancesco Riccardi,
• Giovanni Falcone and
• Francesco Plastina

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 755–766, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.78

• some work on the cluster by core-ionizing one of its atoms to form a molecular cation. The valence electrons are then thrown out of equilibrium, tending to dynamically relax and compensate for the presence of a positive charge. To depict the rearrangement of the valence electronic structure, we use a

• causes for this discrepancy are discussed in [18]. The valence states are of the form and , where and are the valence-eigenvectors of coefficients for C60 and , respectively. As shown in Figure 1, the valence electronic structure of the neutral and ionized clusters is made of discrete energy levels

• Hamiltonians We have seen that the key ingredients of the work distribution (Equation 2) are the many-body states of the unperturbed and perturbed Fermi systems. In the following we will take the different physical situations set forth above. Specifically, we will first investigate the valence electronic

Overview of nanoscale NEXAFS performed with soft X-ray microscopes

• Peter Guttmann and
• Carla Bittencourt

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 595–604, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.61

• electronic structure of materials; however they probe typically areas of larger than 50 × 50 µm2. By applying them for nanostructures or nanoparticles the electronic structure information will be averaged over different individual nanostructures. To investigate the electronic structure of isolated

• affordable [21]. In the past, spectroscopic methods with high spatial resolution in the nanometer range were restricted to EELS microscopy [22][23] or scanning transmissions X-ray microscopes (STXM) [3][24]. These methods are well adapted to study the electronic structure of isolated nanostructures as their

• capability to investigate cryogenic samples in the HZB-TXM, the electronic structure of individual hybrid colloid particles in their hydrated environment were analysed [63]. Here, the structural homogeneity of nanoparticles in the hybrid particle was examined. Nanoscale valence changes in resistive switching

Chains of carbon atoms: A vision or a new nanomaterial?

• Florian Banhart

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 559–569, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.58

• characteristics in alkynes, in particular acetylene, the structure of sp1-hybridized carbon is addressed in many textbooks of chemistry although carbyne is not a standard phase of carbon like graphite or diamond. Two extreme cases for the electronic structure can be imagined, namely cumulene with double bonds

• a voltage of 1 V, currents of typically less than 10 nA were measured. As mentioned above, Peierls distortion is an important effect that favours the electronic structure of polyyne. If tensile strain is induced by an external force, it is clear that the weaker single bonds will stretch by a larger

Silica micro/nanospheres for theranostics: from bimodal MRI and fluorescent imaging probes to cancer therapy

• Shanka Walia and
• Amitabha Acharya

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 546–558, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.57

• tremendous attention among the researchers in the field of rare-earth-doped NPs for multicolor phosphor applications. The extraordinary enhancement in the luminescent property (ca. 5–6 times of the initial value) of these nanoscale materials was associated with the hybridization of the electronic structure

Raman spectroscopy as a tool to investigate the structure and electronic properties of carbon-atom wires

• Alberto Milani,
• Matteo Tommasini,
• Valeria Russo,
• Andrea Li Bassi,
• Andrea Lucotti,
• Franco Cataldo and
• Carlo S. Casari

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 480–491, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.49

• electronic structure from alternating to equalized bonds. Keywords: carbon nanostructures; cumulenes; polyynes; Raman spectroscopy; sp-hybridized carbon systems; Review Introduction Over the last decades carbon nanostructures have been widely investigated for their unique properties and for their potential

• information on the structure of CAWs including length, stability behavior and electronic structure changes induced by charge transfer effects. In particular, for different CAWs, the results of a combined standard Raman spectroscopy and surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy investigation at different excitation

• Peierls distortion effects [73]. Examples of the extreme sensitivity of Raman spectroscopy to the carbon hybridization state, electronic structure and local order, are shown in Figure 3, where different carbon systems are characterized by well-defined Raman scattering features. In contrast to the other

Nanoparticle shapes by using Wulff constructions and first-principles calculations

• Georgios D. Barmparis,
• Zbigniew Lodziana,
• Nuria Lopez and
• Ioannis N. Remediakis

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 361–368, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.35

• then, Wulff shapes have been observed in a variety of microscopy experiments with nanoparticles. Some characteristic examples include Ru [24], Pt [25], Au [26][27][28][29][30], Ni [31] and Si [32] nanoparticles. The increase of computational power and the emergence of smart codes for the electronic

• structure of materials allowed for calculations of interface tensions from first principles. These data were often used in Wulff constructions for the prediction of the shape of nanoparticles in a variety of environments. Some characteristic examples include supported Au [33][34], diamond [35], TiO2 [36

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of graphitic carbon nanomaterials doped with heteroatoms

• Toma Susi,
• Thomas Pichler and
• Paola Ayala

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 177–192, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.17

• the electronic structure of the system is relaxed in its presence. The core level binding energy is then computed from the total energy difference between a calculation with the core hole and a ground state calculation. More advanced methods aimed at directly simulating the dynamical screening of the

• originally thought to be fundamentally unstable. When it was experimentally isolated by Geim and Novoselov in 2004 [6], an unprecedented amount of ongoing research activity was launched [8]. The interest was largely due to the unique electronic structure of graphene, whereby the charge carriers behave as

Synthesis of boron nitride nanotubes and their applications

• Saban Kalay,
• Zehra Yilmaz,
• Ozlem Sen,
• Melis Emanet,
• Emine Kazanc and
• Mustafa Çulha

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 84–102, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.9

• showed that the nature of the electronic structure of boron and nitrogen atoms, as well as the diameter and dimensions of the BNNT walls have an impact on their hydrogen adsorption capacity. Although there are limited numbers of reports, the studies show that BNNTs are possibly valuable materials for

Spectroscopic mapping and selective electronic tuning of molecular orbitals in phosphorescent organometallic complexes – a new strategy for OLED materials

• Pascal R. Ewen,
• Jan Sanning,
• Tobias Koch,
• Nikos L. Doltsinis,
• Cristian A. Strassert and
• Daniel Wegner

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 2248–2258, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.234

• fundamental mechanisms of external and intramolecular interactions that determine the electronic structure of the complexes, especially the HOMO and LUMO levels as well as the HOMO–LUMO gap. The results open a path toward the tailored design of triplet emitters for improving the performance of future OLED

• order to investigate their influence on the adsorption as well as the electronic structure. Topography analysis of a monolayer of C1 (a,b) and C2 (c–f) on Au(111). C1 grows in only one close-packed structure probably due to steric packing. C2 shows three different ordered structures, indicating the

Electrical contacts to individual SWCNTs: A review

• Wei Liu,
• Christofer Hierold and
• Miroslav Haluska

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 2202–2215, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.229

• challenges for widespread application of CNFETs are additionally discussed. Keywords: charge carrier transport; CNFET; electrical contact; metal–SWCNT interface; SWCNT; Review Introduction The unique crystalline and electronic structure of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) afford extraordinary

Two-dimensional and tubular structures of misfit compounds: Structural and electronic properties

• Tommy Lorenz,
• Jan-Ole Joswig and
• Gotthard Seifert

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 2171–2178, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.226

• as tubes, scrolls or nanoparticles, have been synthesized and interesting magnetic and physical properties have been observed as a result of their special structures. Based on these observations, we present an overview of such misfit systems and summarize and discuss their electronic structure as

• and nanoparticles containing sublayers with different lattices were produced [5][6][25][26], which can have the same structural parameters (stacking order, number and orientation of sublayers, etc.) as tubes and planar misfit compounds. Electronic structure and interlayer bonding Meerschaut [4

• addition to theoretical considerations, the electronic structure is discernible by spectroscopy as Ohno [12][35] presented in 1991. By performing X-ray photoelectron and absorption spectroscopy (XPS, XAS) and reflection electron energy loss spectroscopy (REELS), it was revealed that the electronic

Cathode lens spectromicroscopy: methodology and applications

• T. O. Menteş,
• G. Zamborlini,
• A. Sala and
• A. Locatelli

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1873–1886, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.198

• particular, we highlight the recent work on graphene/Ir(100). Here, SPELEEM was employed to monitor the changes in the electronic structure that occur for different film morphologies and during the intercalation of Au. The Au monolayer, which creeps under graphene from the film edges, efficiently decouples

• , synchrotron sources greatly extend the application field of XPEEM instruments, which can achieve chemical, magnetic and electronic structure contrast through the implementation of the most popular photoelectron spectroscopies such as X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and

• an inverse Å. The lateral resolution is comparable to that of the normal XPEEM operation, well below the micrometer scale. Therefore, dark-field XPEEM makes it possible to probe the electronic structure of small features, which cannot be distinguished in the μ-ARPES mode. The SPELEEM at Elettra

Carbon-based smart nanomaterials in biomedicine and neuroengineering

• Antonina M. Monaco and
• Michele Giugliano

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1849–1863, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.196

• electronic structure bestows graphene uncommon and astonishing electronic properties, such as the quantum Hall effect, which can be observed even at room temperature [25], a very high electron mobility [26], the ambipolar electric field effect, the ballistic conduction of electronic charge carriers [27], as

Electronic and electrochemical doping of graphene by surface adsorbates

• Hugo Pinto and
• Alexander Markevich

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1842–1848, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.195

• for boron, Bs, and nitrogen, Ns, substitutional atoms and leads to p- and n-type conductivity, respectively [15][16]. However, the incorporation of foreign atoms into the graphene lattice can result in a significant modification of the electronic structure of graphene. For instance, Ns-doped graphene

• acid (TPA) or tetracyanoethylene (TCNE) [37][38], shown in Figure 6a and Figure 6b, respectively. After the deposition of TPA, Raman spectroscopic studies showed upshifts of both Raman G and 2D frequencies compared to single layer graphene indicating p-type doping [37]. Electronic structure

Silicon and germanium nanocrystals: properties and characterization

• Ivana Capan,
• Alexandra Carvalho and
• José Coutinho

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1787–1794, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.189

• films. Here, significant progress has been made in free-standing Si NC films [22], but much more effort is needed, for instance by using different electrical characterization techniques, to understand the electrical properties of doped and embedded NCs. III Electronic structure models Effective mass

• understand the trends found by experimental and atomistic modeling studies. More recently, significant understanding of the relationships between structure, chemistry and electronic structure has been obtained from first-principles calculations based on density functional theory. From a theoretical

• Si such transitions are rather unlikely to take place as the large k-space mismatch between conduction band minimum and valence band maximum states implies the involvement of phonons. On the other hand, the dispersionless and tunable nature of the electronic structure of Si NCs holds many promises in

Quasi-1D physics in metal-organic frameworks: MIL-47(V) from first principles

• Danny E. P. Vanpoucke,
• Jan W. Jaeken,
• Stijn De Baerdemacker,
• Kurt Lejaeghere and
• Veronique Van Speybroeck

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1738–1748, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.184

• Danny E. P. Vanpoucke Jan W. Jaeken Stijn De Baerdemacker Kurt Lejaeghere Veronique Van Speybroeck Center for Molecular Modeling, Ghent University, Technologiepark 903, Zwijnaarde 9052, Belgium 10.3762/bjnano.5.184 Abstract The geometric and electronic structure of the MIL-47(V) metal-organic

• electronic structure of the different spin configurations is investigated and it shows that the band gap position varies strongly with the spin configuration. The valence and conduction bands show a clear V d-character. In addition, these bands are flat in directions orthogonal to VO6 chains, while showing

• on the geometric and electronic structure is investigated: equilibrium structure, energy, bulk modulus and band structure. Also the transition pressure for the large-pore-to-narrow-pore phase transition is estimated, and inter- and intra-chain coupling constants are calculated. Computational details