The origin of black and white coloration of the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)

• Manuela Rebora,
• Gianandrea Salerno,
• Silvana Piersanti,
• Alexander Kovalev and
• Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 496–508, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.41

• , but also to better understand the nature of the cues potentially driving the behaviour of these medically and economically significant insects. This knowledge will allow for the development of more effective traps to collect, monitor, and control these dangerous insect species. Experimental Insects

Microneedle patches – the future of drug delivery and vaccination?

• Zahra Faraji Rad,
• Philip D. Prewett and
• Graham J. Davies

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 494–495, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.40

• blood for diagnostic tests. Other tests, such as blood glucose monitoring in diabetics [1], release blood by a pinprick from the capillaries immediately beneath the skin. Microneedles (MNs), typically less than 1 mm long, are a late 20th century development with significant promise for the above

• dedicated to MN patch vaccination are already established. The key to the future of MN patches is the development and commercial availability of reliable, inexpensive, and biocompatible MNs with regulatory approval for clinical use. The earliest MNs were made by adapting microfabrication technology

Specific absorption rate of randomly oriented magnetic nanoparticles in a static magnetic field

• Ruslan A. Rytov and
• Nikolai A. Usov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 485–493, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.39

• of the field-free point is obtained for assemblies with different nanoparticle size distributions. The results obtained seem to be helpful for the development of a promising joint application of magnetic nanoparticle imaging and magnetic hyperthermia. Keywords: dynamic hysteresis loop; magnetic

Mixed oxides with corundum-type structure obtained from recycling can seals as paint pigments: color stability

• Dienifer F. L. Horsth,
• Julia de O. Primo,
• Nayara Balaba,
• Fauze J. Anaissi and
• Carla Bittencourt

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 467–477, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.37

• . Keywords: circular economy; colorimetry; sustainability; Introduction The growing interest in industrial products that do not harm the environment triggered the development of diverse strategies to optimize recycling and green syntheses of materials. It is possible to combine economic and environmental

Conjugated photothermal materials and structure design for solar steam generation

• Chia-Yang Lin and
• Tsuyoshi Michinobu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 454–466, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.36

• Chia-Yang Lin Tsuyoshi Michinobu Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan 10.3762/bjnano.14.36 Abstract With the development of solar steam generation (SSG) for clean water production, conjugated photothermal

• and describe commonly used conjugated organic materials and structural designs. Keywords: absorption; conjugated molecules; energy transfer; photothermal materials; solar steam generation; Review Introduction With the rapid development of the world economy, global water shortages are occurring

• tunability of molecular structures [5][6]. In fact, there is a long development history of conjugated molecules and polymers, and a clear correlation between their chemical structure and physical properties has been established [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. For example, the absorption spectra

Molecular nanoarchitectonics: unification of nanotechnology and molecular/materials science

• Katsuhiko Ariga

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 434–453, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.35

• , Chiba 277-8561, Japan 10.3762/bjnano.14.35 Abstract The development of nanotechnology has provided an opportunity to integrate a wide range of phenomena and disciplines from the atomic scale, the molecular scale, and the nanoscale into materials. Nanoarchitectonics as a post-nanotechnology concept is a

• properties. The development of functional materials is an important key to solving various problems in human society. Functional materials have been created together with developments of well-established science such as organic chemistry [4][5][6], inorganic chemistry [7][8][9], polymer chemistry [10][11][12

• ], supramolecular chemistry [13][14][15], coordination chemistry [16][17][18], other materials chemistry [19][20][21], and bio-related chemistry [22][23][24]. Accordingly, it has become clear that precise control of structures is necessary to improve functionality [25][26]. With the development of nanotechnology

Evaluation of electrosynthesized reduced graphene oxide–Ni/Fe/Co-based (oxy)hydroxide catalysts towards the oxygen evolution reaction

• Karolina Cysewska,
• Marcin Łapiński,
• Marcin Zając,
• Jakub Karczewski,
• Piotr Jasiński and
• Sebastian Molin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 420–433, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.34

• ), CoNiFe (c), NiFe-GO (d), and CoNiFe-GO (e). Supporting Information Supporting Information File 62: Additional figures. Acknowledgements This publication was developed under the provision of the Polish Ministry of Education and Science project: “Support for research and development with the use of

New trends in nanobiotechnology

• Pau-Loke Show,
• Kit Wayne Chew,
• Wee-Jun Ong,
• Sunita Varjani and
• Joon Ching Juan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 377–379, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.32

• nanobiotechnological processes to encourage the development of these converging technologies for a sustainable economic growth. The synthesis and the characterization of nanoscale biomaterials, the innovative applications of “smart nanoparticles”, and the technological/biological impact of nanoscale systems are just

• thematic issue covered topics related to new concepts and ideas pertaining to the design and development of nanobiotechnology. These works include “The role of deep eutectic solvents and carrageenan in synthesizing biocompatible anisotropic metal nanoparticles” [4]. This review sheds light onto significant

• cytotoxicity activity on cancer and healthy cells. The results showed a selective cytotoxicity of the nanoparticles towards cancer cell compared to that towards monocytes. This finding gives rise to the development of a new system where cytotoxicity can be selective. This may benefit future research in the

Quercetin- and caffeic acid-functionalized chitosan-capped colloidal silver nanoparticles: one-pot synthesis, characterization, and anticancer and antibacterial activities

• Akif Hakan Kurt,
• Elif Berna Olutas,
• Fatma Avcioglu,
• Hamza Karakuş,
• Mehmet Ali Sungur,
• Cansu Kara Oztabag and
• Muhammet Yıldırım

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 362–376, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.31

• ; Introduction In recent years, nanoscale studies have become an important research area thanks to the ever increasing means of synthesis, characterization, and application of nanoscale materials (1 to 100 nm). Progress and development in nanotechnology have started to make a difference in various areas

• biggest problems in the development of new drugs [3]. One of the approaches to overcome these problems is nanoparticle carriers. These carriers are advantageous because their high surface area and good adhesion to biological surfaces increase solubility and dissolution rate [4]. The Gram-positive

• unique properties, low cost, and low cytotoxicity [37][38][39]. Hybrid structures containing silver played an important role in the development of strong antibacterial agents and do not cause drug resistance problems due to their broad-spectrum antibacterial action [40]. These features led to a wide

The steep road to nonviral nanomedicines: Frequent challenges and culprits in designing nanoparticles for gene therapy

• Yao Yao,
• Yeongun Ko,
• Grant Grasman,
• Jeffery E. Raymond and
• Joerg Lahann

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 351–361, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.30

• offer some standards on the most commonly found techniques with an intent to provide a starting point for the development of repeatable protocols. Imaging (individual analysis) For particles that are readily measured in the solid state, we recommend the ISO 19749:221 standard for SEM analysis, ASTM

Polymer nanoparticles from low-energy nanoemulsions for biomedical applications

• Santiago Grijalvo and
• Carlos Rodriguez-Abreu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 339–350, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.29

• escape from endosomes. Notably, lipid nanoparticles enabled the remarkably fast development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. Still, there is much to be done to reach the final goal of developing formulations that can deliver drugs at preset rates and periods of time to specific targets [1]. To this end

• work was supported by Project PID2021-122187NB-C31 funded by MCIN/ AEI/10.13039/501100011033/ and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

Overview of mechanism and consequences of endothelial leakiness caused by metal and polymeric nanoparticles

• Magdalena Lasak and
• Karol Ciepluch

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• mechanism of interactions between endothelium and NPs and the resulting consequences are crucial aspects for the development of effective therapeutic strategies. There are two main routes to transport NPs across the endothelium, namely the transcellular route and the paracellular route (Figure 2). In the

• providing a new therapeutic approach that could also be applied in noncancerous applications [41]. Therapeutic and pathological consequences of NanoEL The development of nanotechnology creates a number of possibilities in the synthesis of NPs with the desired physicochemical properties, which will determine

Bismuth-based nanostructured photocatalysts for the remediation of antibiotics and organic dyes

• Akeem Adeyemi Oladipo and
• Faisal Suleiman Mustafa

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• applications, are addressed. Keywords: advanced oxidation processes; emerging contaminants; low-dimensional nanomaterials; pharmaceutical by-products; Schottky junction; Review Introduction Worldwide, water pollution is rising, endangering the economic potential and development objectives of severely

• the environment, non-target species are unavoidably exposed [47]. The development of antibiotic resistance, which has reduced the therapeutic capacity against human and animal infections, is the most significant issue associated with the release of antibiotics into the environment. It is not true that

Recent progress in cancer cell membrane-based nanoparticles for biomedical applications

• Qixiong Lin,
• Yueyou Peng,
• Yanyan Wen,
• Xiaoqiong Li,
• Donglian Du,
• Weibin Dai,
• Wei Tian and
• Yanfeng Meng

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 262–279, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.24

• diseases, and cardiovascular diseases. Furthermore, cancer cell membrane-encapsulated nanoparticles show improved effectiveness and efficiency in combination with current diagnostic and therapeutic methods, which will contribute to the development of individualized treatments. This strategy has promising

• environment (TME) because of immune evasion and cancer targeting abilities [15]. Moreover, biomimetic nanoparticles provide significant advantages regarding biocompatibility, low cytotoxicity, and structural support [16]. With the rapid development of biomimetic nanotechnology different types of derived

• membranes have been exploited for the development of novel membrane NP-based therapies, such as erythrocytes [10], platelets [11], cancer cells [14], stem cells [12], immune cells [13], central nervous system-derived cells [17], bacterial outer membrane vesicles [18], and extracellular vesicles [19]. Cancer

Nanotechnology – a robust tool for fighting the challenges of drug resistance in non-small cell lung cancer

• Filip Gorachinov,
• Fatima Mraiche,
• Diala Alhaj Moustafa,
• Ola Hishari,
• Yomna Ismail,
• Jensa Joseph,
• Maja Simonoska Crcarevska,
• Marija Glavas Dodov,
• Nikola Geskovski and
• Katerina Goracinova

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 240–261, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.23

• selecting candidates for therapies with tyrosine kinase inhibitors against the human epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR TKI therapies) and further monitoring cancer treatment efficacy and cancer development. Acquired resistance due to various genetic aberrations is an unavoidable problem during EGFR TKI

• lung cancer harboring specific types of activating EGFR mutations involved in the development of NSCLC (classical sensitive EGFR mutations, i.e., deletions in exon 19 and the single-point substitution mutation L858R in exon 21) [8][9]. Not all tumors with activating EGFR mutations will respond to EGFR

• the adverse effects. Inhibitors of multiple targets within a single pathway exerting synergistic effects Amplification, overexpression, and mutation of MET and HER2 are heavily involved in EGFR TKI resistance development, and the cross talk of these receptors is a way to avoid TK inhibition in many

Spin dynamics in superconductor/ferromagnetic insulator hybrid structures with precessing magnetization

• Yaroslav V. Turkin and
• Nataliya Pugach

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 233–239, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.22

• superconductors opens new ways for the development of prospective spintronic devices such as magnon transistors [2][3] and superconducting magnon crystals [4]. In this context, the challenge of superconducting spin injection is one of the central problems in modern superconducting spintronics. There are several

• double time structure of the nonstationary Usadel equation. The recent successes in the theory of boundary conditions for quasiclassical approximations [22][23] enabled the development of adequate models of the proximity effect in different types of superconducting hybrid structures. Quasiclassical

Concentration-dependent photothermal conversion efficiency of gold nanoparticles under near-infrared laser and broadband irradiation

• Vikas,
• Raj Kumar and
• Sanjeev Soni

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• concentrations in a standard quartz cuvette of 10 mm path length. GNPs were irradiated separately by using a NIR broadband source (754–816 nm, in-house development) or an 808 nm continuous-wave diode laser (INFINITY Laser, New Age Instruments & Materials Pvt. Ltd.) with an irradiation intensity of 0.8 W/cm2. The

A novel approach to pulsed laser deposition of platinum catalyst on carbon particles for use in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

• Bogusław Budner,
• Wojciech Tokarz,
• Sławomir Dyjak,
• Andrzej Czerwiński,
• Bartosz Bartosewicz and
• Bartłomiej Jankiewicz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 190–204, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.19

• have well-developed characteristics of a platinum–carbon material. This confirms their quality, which does not differ from high-quality catalysts of this type (such as from Johnson Matthey, ETEK). The CV curves of the catalysts fabricated by PLD indicate a worse development of the platinum surface on

• electrode surface is proven by the hydrogen evolution current registered at a potential of about 50 mV. Based on the comparison of the CV curves, the best catalyst from the point of view of Pt surface development is sample B, while the worst is sample C. These results are as expected and correlate well with

Structural, optical, and bioimaging characterization of carbon quantum dots solvothermally synthesized from o-phenylenediamine

• Zoran M. Marković,
• Milica D. Budimir,
• Martin Danko,
• Dušan D. Milivojević,
• Pavel Kubat,
• Danica Z. Zmejkoski,
• Vladimir B. Pavlović,
• Marija M. Mojsin,
• Milena J. Stevanović and
• Biljana M. Todorović Marković

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 165–174, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.17

• by the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia, grant no. #7741955, Are photoactive nanoparticles salvation for global infection threat? - PHOTOGUN4MICROBES. This research was also supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (grant numbers

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

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

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• financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.11672198), Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (Grant No.20KJA130001) and PAPD (A Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions).

Formation of nanoflowers: Au and Ni silicide cores surrounded by SiO_x branches

• Feitao Li,
• Siyao Wan,
• Dong Wang and
• Peter Schaaf

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 133–140, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.14

• 305 (FastµXRD) and B715-10009 (BioMacroNano2020), all co-financed by the European Union within the framework of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The financial support from the Thuringian State Graduate Support for one of the authors, F.L., is acknowledged.

Intermodal coupling spectroscopy of mechanical modes in microcantilevers

• Ioan Ignat,
• Bernhard Schuster,
• Jonas Hafner,
• MinHee Kwon,
• Daniel Platz and
• Ulrich Schmid

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 123–132, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.13

• , optomechanical coupling. Such insight contours a vital step for the development of novel multifrequency methods by allowing one to distinguish coupling effects that are mediated by nonlinear elasticity or tip–surface interactions. Inclusion of intermodal coupling would pave the way for a new era of

Characterisation of a micrometer-scale active plasmonic element by means of complementary computational and experimental methods

• Ciarán Barron,
• Giulia Di Fazio,
• Samuel Kenny,
• Silas O’Toole,
• Robin O’Reilly and
• Dominic Zerulla

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 110–122, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.12

• microscopy (SJEM); surface plasmon polariton; Introduction Active plasmonics has been gaining attention from the research community for its role in the development of photonic devices [1][2], low-loss waveguides [3], and imaging systems [4]. It is an emerging subfield of plasmonics, which focuses on

• applications in the development of new imaging technologies using this localised field to go beyond the diffraction limit of light. Because the temperature is geometry-dependent in the constriction, it is necessary to map the thermal distribution in the vicinity of the element. The experimental complementary

• discussed active plasmonic element giving access to a variety of possible applications. This plasmonic element was developed to be used as a key feature in a new sub-diffraction-limit imaging technique currently under development. Conclusion In summary, using correlative methods to investigate a single

Combining physical vapor deposition structuration with dealloying for the creation of a highly efficient SERS platform

• Adrien Chauvin,
• Walter Puglisi,
• Damien Thiry,
• Cristina Satriano,
• Rony Snyders and
• Carla Bittencourt

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 83–94, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.10

• substrates with better reliability and stability compared to conventional NP-based SERS substrates [25]. The race towards more efficient SERS platforms has led to the development of highly complex synthesis processes which limits their use in practical applications [15][26][27][28][29]. Most reports on

• R6G [57]. Besides an easy synthesis and a good detection limit, these substrates cannot be cleaned and reused. In the case of nanoporous silver, the reusability of the structure for SERS detection has already been reported [1]. Conclusion The development of an easy strategy to engineer efficient SERS

Frontiers of nanoelectronics: intrinsic Josephson effect and prospects of superconducting spintronics

• Anatolie S. Sidorenko,
• Horst Hahn and
• Vladimir Krasnov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 79–82, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.9

• , during the last four decades, the triumphal development of microelectronics and computers, based on traditional semiconductor chips, was enabled by the exponential growth of the number of transistors in chips and the shrinkage of the size of individual transistors, following the empirical Moore’s Law

• , which is now showing slowing-down and failure signs [2]. It is evident that a radical reduction in energy consumption through efficiency improvement is needed and has become one of the main goals in the development of new supercomputers. For example, the powerful modern supercomputer TIANHE-2, a massive

• development in superconducting spintronics, based on functional nanostructures and Josephson junctions, has taken place [13][14]. The implementation of such devices in building blocks for quantum computers and for novel computers using non-von Neumann architecture with brain-like artificial neural networks