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Co-reductive fabrication of carbon nanodots with high quantum yield for bioimaging of bacteria

  • Jiajun Wang,
  • Xia Liu,
  • Gesmi Milcovich,
  • Tzu-Yu Chen,
  • Edel Durack,
  • Sarah Mallen,
  • Yongming Ruan,
  • Xuexiang Weng and
  • Sarah P. Hudson

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 137–145, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.16

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  • , leading to high quantum yield C-dots. The obtained C-dots are well-dispersed with a uniform size and a graphite-like structure. A synergistic reduction mechanism was investigated using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The findings show that using both thiourea
  • have additional –NH3+ and sulphur-containing groups, such as S–H and C–S. The weak peak at 1665 cm−1 of Sb indicates an effective reduction of C=O groups. The chemical composition of the C-dots was further characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) (Figure 4). The C 1s spectra can be
  • was focused to a spot approximately 2 μm in diameter with a 50× microscope objective; the accumulation time was 10 s. Raman spectra were collected from several randomly selected positions on the substrate. Further evidence of the product composition was inferred by means of X-ray photoelectron
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Published 12 Jan 2018

Dry adhesives from carbon nanofibers grown in an open ethanol flame

  • Christian Lutz,
  • Julia Syurik,
  • C. N. Shyam Kumar,
  • Christian Kübel,
  • Michael Bruns and
  • Hendrik Hölscher

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2719–2728, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.271

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  • substrate directly on carbon-coated copper grids (Quantifoil). Raman spectroscopy was performed with an excitation wavelength of 532 nm (Renishaw inVia Raman microscope). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurements were performed using a K-Alpha+ XPS instrument (Thermo Fisher Scientific, East
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Published 15 Dec 2017

L-Lysine-grafted graphene oxide as an effective adsorbent for the removal of methylene blue and metal ions

  • Yan Yan,
  • Jie Li,
  • Fangbei Kong,
  • Kuankuan Jia,
  • Shiyu He and
  • Baorong Wang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2680–2688, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.268

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  • properties of Lys-GO were characterized using infrared spectrometry, scanning electronic microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The as-prepared Lys-GO material was systematically investigated in a series of batch adsorption experiments for the removal of methylene blue (MB) and copper ions (Cu2
  • Sinopharm Chemical Reagent Co. Ltd. (Shanghai China). The deionized (DI) water used throughout all experiments was purified to 18.2 MΩ·cm with the Millipore system. Lys-GO was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM, AJEOL JSM-6510LV, JAPAN) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS, Kratos XSAM
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Published 13 Dec 2017

One-step chemical vapor deposition synthesis and supercapacitor performance of nitrogen-doped porous carbon–carbon nanotube hybrids

  • Egor V. Lobiak,
  • Lyubov G. Bulusheva,
  • Ekaterina O. Fedorovskaya,
  • Yury V. Shubin,
  • Pavel E. Plyusnin,
  • Pierre Lonchambon,
  • Boris V. Senkovskiy,
  • Zinfer R. Ismagilov,
  • Emmanuel Flahaut and
  • Alexander V. Okotrub

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2669–2679, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.267

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  • the nanotube growth in a carbon-containing gas environment. An analysis of the obtained products by means of transmission electron microscopy, thermogravimetry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy methods revealed that the catalyst's composition influences the nanotube/porous carbon ratio and
  • was studied by means of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) at the facility of the Russian-German beamline at the Berliner Elektronenspeicherring für Synchrotronstrahlung (BESSY II) station. XPS spectra were measured at an energy of
  • synthesized using Co/Mo (a), Ni/Mo (b) and Fe/Mo (c) catalysts. The curves have been fitted by three components, assigned to different carbon species. X-ray diffraction patterns of CNx materials synthesized using Co/Mo, Ni/Mo and Fe/Mo catalysts. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) N 1s spectra (a) and
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Published 12 Dec 2017

Patterning of supported gold monolayers via chemical lift-off lithography

  • Liane S. Slaughter,
  • Kevin M. Cheung,
  • Sami Kaappa,
  • Huan H. Cao,
  • Qing Yang,
  • Thomas D. Young,
  • Andrew C. Serino,
  • Sami Malola,
  • Jana M. Olson,
  • Stephan Link,
  • Hannu Häkkinen,
  • Anne M. Andrews and
  • Paul S. Weiss

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2648–2661, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.265

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  • useful properties [14][15][16][17][18]. Here, we have investigated Au–alkanethiolate layers on PDMS that were produced during CLL specifically for their 2D material properties. The existence of Au on the PDMS stamp following lift-off was initially discovered using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS
  • on the Au-on-Si substrate, from which Au complexes were removed, appeared as recessed circles, demonstrating that lift-off occurred in a chemically selective manner. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) spectra of patterned PDMS illustrated the presence of Au in the regions predominantly
  • under dry or aqueous conditions. Deionized water drops were pipetted onto the PDMS side of glass substrates to cover the ultrathin Au patterns for imaging under aqueous conditions. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy The XPS spectra were acquired on an AXIS Ultra DLD instrument (Kratos Analytical Inc
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Published 08 Dec 2017

Amplified cross-linking efficiency of self-assembled monolayers through targeted dissociative electron attachment for the production of carbon nanomembranes

  • Sascha Koch,
  • Christopher D. Kaiser,
  • Paul Penner,
  • Michael Barclay,
  • Lena Frommeyer,
  • Daniel Emmrich,
  • Patrick Stohmann,
  • Tarek Abu-Husein,
  • Andreas Terfort,
  • D. Howard Fairbrother,
  • Oddur Ingólfsson and
  • Armin Gölzhäuser

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2562–2571, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.256

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  • nanomembrane; dissociative electron attachment; dissociative ionization; helium ion microscopy; self-assembled monolayers; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; Introduction Carbon nanomembranes (CNMs) are two-dimensional molecular sheets with a thickness of one to a few nanometers, high mechanical strength, and
  • 50 eV. Cross-linking of the molecular layers and the formation of mechanically stable carbon nanomembranes (CNMs) was then monitored through X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) during the irradiation process. This enables the transition of the SAMs into CNMs to be observed and allows the
  • approximately 1:0.7:0.6. Inspired by these results, self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of the respective biphenyl-4-thiols, 2-Cl-BPT, 2-Br-BPT, 2-I-BPT as well as BPT, were grown on a Au(111) substrate and exposed to 50 eV electrons. The effect of electron irradiation was investigated by X-ray photoelectron
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Published 30 Nov 2017

Synthesis of metal-fluoride nanoparticles supported on thermally reduced graphite oxide

  • Alexa Schmitz,
  • Kai Schütte,
  • Vesko Ilievski,
  • Juri Barthel,
  • Laura Burk,
  • Rolf Mülhaupt,
  • Junpei Yue,
  • Bernd Smarsly and
  • Christoph Janiak

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2474–2483, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.247

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  • identified by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) to be MF2 for M = Fe, Co and MF3 for M = Eu, Pr. The diameters and size distributions of MFx@TRGO were from (6 ± 2) to (102 ± 41) nm. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were used for further characterization of
  • analyses see Supporting Information File 1 (Figures S1–S3, Tables S1–S7). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, XPS-(ESCA), measurements were performed with a Fisons/VG Scientific ESCALAB 200X spectrometer, operating at room temperature at a pressure of 1.0 × 10−8 bar and a sample angle of 30°. Spectra were
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Published 22 Nov 2017

Au nanostructure fabrication by pulsed laser deposition in open air: Influence of the deposition geometry

  • Rumen G. Nikov,
  • Anna Og. Dikovska,
  • Nikolay N. Nedyalkov,
  • Georgi V. Avdeev and
  • Petar A. Atanasov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2438–2445, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.242

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  • ). Goniometric scans for phase identification were recorded in the 2θ interval of 20–80° using a Philips PW 1050 diffractometer equipped with a Cu Kα tube and a scintillation detector. The composition of the material deposited on the substrate was determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) by means of
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Published 17 Nov 2017

Fabrication of CeO2–MOx (M = Cu, Co, Ni) composite yolk–shell nanospheres with enhanced catalytic properties for CO oxidation

  • Ling Liu,
  • Jingjing Shi,
  • Hongxia Cao,
  • Ruiyu Wang and
  • Ziwu Liu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2425–2437, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.241

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  • CeO2–NiO, generate more surface oxygen vacancies than pure CeO2. In order to obtain detailed information about the chemical bonding states of the as-prepared CeO2–MOx yolk-shell nanospheres, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analyses were carried out and the results are shown in Figure 7. As shown
  • laser of 532 nm. Surface analysis was obtained by an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS, Thermo ESCALAB 250Xi) with Al Kα radiation. All binding energies were corrected for surface charging by use of the C 1s peak (284.8 eV) of adventitious carbon as reference. The M contents in CeO2–MOx samples were
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Published 16 Nov 2017

Comprehensive investigation of the electronic excitation of W(CO)6 by photoabsorption and theoretical analysis in the energy region from 3.9 to 10.8 eV

  • Mónica Mendes,
  • Khrystyna Regeta,
  • Filipe Ferreira da Silva,
  • Nykola C. Jones,
  • Søren Vrønning Hoffmann,
  • Gustavo García,
  • Chantal Daniel and
  • Paulo Limão-Vieira

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2208–2218, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.220

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  • ]. Nanometre-thick films of surface-adsorbed W(CO)6 irradiated at 500 eV electron impact energy were analysed in situ by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), mass spectrometry and reflective absorption infrared spectroscopy (RAIRS) measurements [23]. These studies on electron-stimulated reactions of surface
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Published 23 Oct 2017

Ta2N3 nanocrystals grown in Al2O3 thin layers

  • Krešimir Salamon,
  • Maja Buljan,
  • Iva Šarić,
  • Mladen Petravić and
  • Sigrid Bernstorff

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2162–2170, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.215

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  • magnetron deposition at room temperature and characterized using grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS), X-ray reflectivity (XRR), grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXRD), secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). We found amorphous tantalum
  • spectrometry (SIMS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Experimental The films were grown as periodic multilayers by using the magnetron sputter deposition system KJLC CMS-18. In order to obtain tantalum nitride, the depositions were carried out in a reactive atmosphere containing 20% N2 and 80% Ar
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Published 16 Oct 2017

Imidazolium-based ionic liquids used as additives in the nanolubrication of silicon surfaces

  • Patrícia M. Amorim,
  • Ana M. Ferraria,
  • Rogério Colaço,
  • Luís C. Branco and
  • Benilde Saramago

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1961–1971, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.197

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  • force microscopy (AFM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), respectively. Due to the hygroscopic properties of PEG, the first step was to assess the effect of the presence of water. Then, a series of ILs based on the cations 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium [EMIM], 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium [BMIM
  • topography and chemical composition of the substrates surfaces were determined with atomic force microscopy (AFM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), respectively. Correlations between the obtained friction coefficients and the surface properties as well as the lubricants viscosity were attempted in
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Published 20 Sep 2017

Intercalation of Si between MoS2 layers

  • Rik van Bremen,
  • Qirong Yao,
  • Soumya Banerjee,
  • Deniz Cakir,
  • Nuri Oncel and
  • Harold J. W. Zandvliet

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1952–1960, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.196

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  • tunnel current is fed into the lock-in amplifier. The output signal of the lock-in amplifier, which is proportional to dI/dz, is measured simultaneously with the topography. MoS2 samples used for the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) experiments were purchased from nanoScience Instruments. The MoS2
  • al. [30] deposited Si on MoS2 and found that Si forms an epitaxially strained layer on top of MoS2 with a lattice constant identical to the MoS2 lattice constant, i.e., 3.16 Å. A study confirming the two-dimensionality of deposited Si on MoS2 has recently been carried out using variable-angle X-ray
  • photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) [31]. It should be pointed out here that this study showed that the S 2p3/2 peak in MoS2 is at around 167.6 eV, which is considerably higher than the pure core-level line of pure S. This high value might be an indication of contamination with O [32] or Ni [33]. Here we revisit
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Published 19 Sep 2017

Fabrication of carbon nanospheres by the pyrolysis of polyacrylonitrile–poly(methyl methacrylate) core–shell composite nanoparticles

  • Dafu Wei,
  • Youwei Zhang and
  • Jinping Fu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1897–1908, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.190

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  • competitive thermal reactions, including oxidation, cyclization and dehydrogenation, take place. The reactions lead to the formation of a ladder structure, which makes the oxidized PAN infusible during the carbonization treatment and thus increases the carbon yield [45][46]. The X-ray photoelectron
  • spectroscopy result by Vowinkel et al. revealed the formation of pyridine groups after preoxidizing the film composed of SiO2@poly(styrene-co-AN) core–shell particles at 240 °C [30]. To optimize the preoxidation temperature of PAN–PMMA nanoparticles, the PAN-PMMA1 nanoparticles were preoxidized at 200 °C, 220
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Published 11 Sep 2017

Application of visible-light photosensitization to form alkyl-radical-derived thin films on gold

  • Rashanique D. Quarels,
  • Xianglin Zhai,
  • Neepa Kuruppu,
  • Jenny K. Hedlund,
  • Ashley A. Ellsworth,
  • Amy V. Walker,
  • Jayne C. Garno and
  • Justin R. Ragains

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1863–1877, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.187

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  • irradiation all proved necessary for the deposition of robust films that could survive nanoshaving. In addition to characterizations with AFM, grazing angle infrared reflectance–absorbance spectroscopy (IRRAS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF SIMS
  • instrument (AST Products, Inc.). Two µL of deionized water were deposited on the top of each sample in the horizontal position. At least six measurements were calculated for each sample using VCA Optima software. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS): Photoelectron spectra were obtained using a PHI 5000
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Published 06 Sep 2017

(Metallo)porphyrins for potential materials science applications

  • Lars Smykalla,
  • Carola Mende,
  • Michael Fronk,
  • Pablo F. Siles,
  • Michael Hietschold,
  • Georgeta Salvan,
  • Dietrich R. T. Zahn,
  • Oliver G. Schmidt,
  • Tobias Rüffer and
  • Heinrich Lang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1786–1800, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.180

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  • temperature. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurements indicated that after initial deposition not all CuTPP(Br)8 molecules remained intact (Figure 11, left column). Likely, some molecules partially debrominate during OMBD in the crucible or when arriving with high thermal energy on the Au(111
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Published 29 Aug 2017

Methionine-mediated synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles and functionalization with gold quantum dots for theranostic applications

  • Arūnas Jagminas,
  • Agnė Mikalauskaitė,
  • Vitalijus Karabanovas and
  • Jūrate Vaičiūnienė

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1734–1741, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.174

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  • spectroscopy, inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) of as-formed CoFe2O4 NPs before and after decoration with gold QDs were applied. Keywords: functionalization; gold; magnetic nanoparticles; quantum dots; theranostics; Introduction In current
  • cobalt ferrite NPs was also investigated using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The surface chemical composition of the CoFe2O4@Met–Au NPs is presented in Table 1, whereas the typical core-level spectrum of the deposited gold is presented in Figure 5. As shown, the main Au 4f7/2 photoelectron peak
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Published 22 Aug 2017

Effect of the fluorination technique on the surface-fluorination patterning of double-walled carbon nanotubes

  • Lyubov G. Bulusheva,
  • Yuliya V. Fedoseeva,
  • Emmanuel Flahaut,
  • Jérémy Rio,
  • Christopher P. Ewels,
  • Victor O. Koroteev,
  • Gregory Van Lier,
  • Denis V. Vyalikh and
  • Alexander V. Okotrub

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1688–1698, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.169

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  • structure (NEXAFS) spectra, which showed substantial differences for the samples prepared using elemental F2 at elevated temperature, BrF3 at room temperature, and CF4 rf plasma. Infrared (IR) spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) are invoked to support the proposed fluorine distributions
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Near-infrared-responsive, superparamagnetic Au@Co nanochains

  • Varadee Vittur,
  • Arati G. Kolhatkar,
  • Shreya Shah,
  • Irene Rusakova,
  • Dmitri Litvinov and
  • T. Randall Lee

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1680–1687, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.168

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  • electron diffraction (SAED) shown in the inset is also consistent with a single-phase fcc structure [36]. The chemical composition of the bimetallic nanochains was evaluated by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Figure 4 shows the EDX spectrum with peaks
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Published 14 Aug 2017

Group-13 and group-15 doping of germanane

  • Nicholas D. Cultrara,
  • Maxx Q. Arguilla,
  • Shishi Jiang,
  • Chuanchuan Sun,
  • Michael R. Scudder,
  • R. Dominic Ross and
  • Joshua E. Goldberger

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1642–1648, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.164

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  • are retained on the germanane lattice after topotactic deintercalation. Using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) we show that up to 1.1% and 2.3% of As and Ga, respectively, can be substituted onto the germanane lattice. In contrast to pristine GeH, these materials
  • measured using X-ray fluorescence on an Olympus X-5000 Mobile XRF System. SEM and EDX were performed using a FEI Helios Nanolab 600 dual beam focussed ion beam/scanning electron microscope. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was performed using a Kratos Axis ultra X-ray photoelectron spetrometer with a
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Published 09 Aug 2017

Surface functionalization of 3D-printed plastics via initiated chemical vapor deposition

  • Christine Cheng and
  • Malancha Gupta

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1629–1636, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.162

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  • with both hydrophobic and hydrophilic polymers. Contact angle goniometry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy were used to characterize the functionalized surfaces. Our results can enable the use of iCVD to functionalize 3D-printed materials for a range of applications such as tissue scaffolds and
  • diacrylate)) (P(HEMA-co-EGDA)) [30] onto 3D objects of a variety of shapes and sizes to study the capabilities and limitations of the iCVD process. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and contact angle goniometry were used to study the surface properties before and after coating. Results and Discussion A
  • vinyl bonds were completely reacted. Additionally, the presence of PPFDA at the top of the lattice was verified using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) to analyze the chemical composition of the surface (Figure 2c). The survey spectrum of the top of the PPFDA-coated lattice had atomic percentages
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Published 08 Aug 2017

Two-dimensional carbon-based nanocomposites for photocatalytic energy generation and environmental remediation applications

  • Suneel Kumar,
  • Ashish Kumar,
  • Ashish Bahuguna,
  • Vipul Sharma and
  • Venkata Krishnan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1571–1600, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.159

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Development of a nitrogen-doped 2D material for tribological applications in the boundary-lubrication regime

  • Shende Rashmi Chandrabhan,
  • Velayudhanpillai Jayan,
  • Somendra Singh Parihar and
  • Sundara Ramaprabhu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1476–1483, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.147

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  • N-rGO as an effective additive for improving the tribological properties of base oil. N-rGO has been characterized by different characterization techniques such as X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Raman
  • electron microscopy (FEI quanta FEG200). Transmission electron microscopy images were taken using transmission electron microscope (JEOL JEM-2010F) operated at 200 keV. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was performed to confirm the presence of various elements. Nanolubricants were prepared by using a probe
  • carbon-coated copper grid (200 mesh). TEM images shown in Figure S3c,d (Supporting Information File 1) reveal that N-rGO has few layers and shows folding at some places. In order to confirm the nitrogen doping in N-rGO, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was carried out. The XPS survey spectrum of N-rGO
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Published 17 Jul 2017

Deposition of exchange-coupled dinickel complexes on gold substrates utilizing ambidentate mercapto-carboxylato ligands

  • Martin Börner,
  • Laura Blömer,
  • Marcus Kischel,
  • Peter Richter,
  • Georgeta Salvan,
  • Dietrich R. T. Zahn,
  • Pablo F. Siles,
  • Maria E. N. Fuentes,
  • Carlos C. B. Bufon,
  • Daniel Grimm,
  • Oliver G. Schmidt,
  • Daniel Breite,
  • Bernd Abel and
  • Berthold Kersting

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1375–1387, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.139

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  • “auration” of 2 and 3 with AuI sources leads to the trinuclear NiII2AuI species 4 and 5. Moreover, complexes 2 and 3 interact also with Au surfaces via Au–S and Au–P bonds without complex disintegration as established by contact angle, spectroscopic ellipsometry, atomic force microscopy (AFM), X-ray
  • photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) measurements [41]. The present study is an extension of this work and focuses on the synthesis, characterization and deposition of dinuclear [Ni2L(L’)](ClO4) complexes 6–8 bearing the ambidentate coligands H2L4–H2L6 (Figure 1, Scheme 2
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Published 05 Jul 2017

Oxidative chemical vapor deposition of polyaniline thin films

  • Yuriy Y. Smolin,
  • Masoud Soroush and
  • Kenneth K. S. Lau

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1266–1276, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.128

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  • pentachloride as oxidant. Microscopy and spectroscopy indicate that oCVD processing conditions influence the PANI film chemistry, oxidation, and doping level. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) indicate that a substrate
  • components that might lead to unfavorable electrochemical properties. Thin film characterization As-deposited and washed PANI films were analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). FTIR spectra were acquired using
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Published 16 Jun 2017
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