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Coating of upconversion nanoparticles with silica nanoshells of 5–250 nm thickness

  • Cynthia Kembuan,
  • Maysoon Saleh,
  • Bastian Rühle,
  • Ute Resch-Genger and
  • Christina Graf

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2410–2421, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.231

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  • stepwise growth, falls below −40 mV, the particles can be dispersed in an ammoniacal ethanol solution and grown further by the continuous addition of tetraethyl orthosilicate to a diameter larger than 500 nm. Due to the high colloidal stability, a coalescence of the particles can be suppressed, and single
  • were adjusted so that they are large enough to host the growing core–shell particles. After an initial silica shell of 5–10 nm was coated onto the UCNP, a further growth by a Stöber-like growth process was attempted, i.e., the particles were redispersed in ethanol, and ammonia water, water and TEOS
  • silica in reverse microemulsions was reported before [53][54][55][56] and attributed to the presence of the Igepal CO-520 on the NP surface. However, extensive purification of the particles after the growth of the first silica shell by repeated centrifugation and redispersion in ethanol did not
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Published 09 Dec 2019

Semitransparent Sb2S3 thin film solar cells by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis for use in solar windows

  • Jako S. Eensalu,
  • Atanas Katerski,
  • Erki Kärber,
  • Lothar Weinhardt,
  • Monika Blum,
  • Clemens Heske,
  • Wanli Yang,
  • Ilona Oja Acik and
  • Malle Krunks

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2396–2409, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.230

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  • chemicals were sourced from Sigma-Aldrich and used as-purchased without further processing. ITO covered (25 Ω sq−1, ZSW) soda-lime glass substrates were cleaned with deionized water, ethanol, deionized water, H2SO4 (1% w/w), and rinsed with deionized water before drying at 105 °C in air. Then, a dense
  • , compact TiO2 layer was grown on glass/ITO by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis in air from 0.1 M titanium tetraisopropoxide (98% v/v) and 0.4 M acetylacetone (99% v/v) dissolved in ethanol (96.6% v/v) according to a previously published procedure [28][46][70]. After deposition, the glass/ITO/TiO2 stack was
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Published 06 Dec 2019

Polyvinylpyrrolidone as additive for perovskite solar cells with water and isopropanol as solvents

  • Chen Du,
  • Shuo Wang,
  • Xu Miao,
  • Wenhai Sun,
  • Yu Zhu,
  • Chengyan Wang and
  • Ruixin Ma

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2374–2382, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.228

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  • . Device fabrication Prior to spin-coating, the ITO glass substrate was cleaned sequentially with detergent, acetone, ethanol, deionized water, each for 15 min, then dried with a nitrogen flow, and then cleaned with UV/ozone for 20 min. A thin layer of SnO2 nanoparticles was spin-coated on the ITO
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Published 05 Dec 2019

Multiwalled carbon nanotube based aromatic volatile organic compound sensor: sensitivity enhancement through 1-hexadecanethiol functionalisation

  • Nadra Bohli,
  • Meryem Belkilani,
  • Juan Casanova-Chafer,
  • Eduard Llobet and
  • Adnane Abdelghani

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2364–2373, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.227

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  • -assembled monolayer of 1-hexadecanethiol (HDT). The sensor functionalisation was undertaken through its immersion for 4 hours at room temperature in a solution of 5 mM of HDT diluted in ethanol. The sensor was then rinsed with ethanol to wash off the unbound thiol molecules and dried under a nitrogen stream
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Published 04 Dec 2019

Atomic force acoustic microscopy reveals the influence of substrate stiffness and topography on cell behavior

  • Yan Liu,
  • Li Li,
  • Xing Chen,
  • Ying Wang,
  • Meng-Nan Liu,
  • Jin Yan,
  • Liang Cao,
  • Lu Wang and
  • Zuo-Bin Wang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2329–2337, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.223

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  • microscope was also used to analyze the resulting cell morphology and alignment. Experimental Fabrication of SU-8 films as the stiffness and topography layers The SU-8 films on glass slides were prepared as follows. At first, glass slides (10 mm × 10 mm) were cleaned by sonication in ethanol, then washed
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Published 26 Nov 2019

Design of a nanostructured mucoadhesive system containing curcumin for buccal application: from physicochemical to biological aspects

  • Sabrina Barbosa de Souza Ferreira,
  • Gustavo Braga,
  • Évelin Lemos Oliveira,
  • Jéssica Bassi da Silva,
  • Hélen Cássia Rosseto,
  • Lidiane Vizioli de Castro Hoshino,
  • Mauro Luciano Baesso,
  • Wilker Caetano,
  • Craig Murdoch,
  • Helen Elizabeth Colley and
  • Marcos Luciano Bruschi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2304–2328, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.222

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  • polymeric systems by the second method of preparation, since the binary polymeric system was prepared and then CUR was incorporated, without pH adjustment at pH 5. On the other hand, by the first method of preparation, the incorporation of CUR was performed during the evaporation of ethanol in the rotary
  • between CUR molecules incorporated in the micelle and those dissolved in the ethanol until the equilibrium is achieved with decrease in the emission intensity [51]. Two distinct stages (pattern II and III) after pattern I could be observed due to the stabilization of these micellar systems, where CUR
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Published 25 Nov 2019

Microfluidics as tool to prepare size-tunable PLGA nanoparticles with high curcumin encapsulation for efficient mucus penetration

  • Nashrawan Lababidi,
  • Valentin Sigal,
  • Aljoscha Koenneke,
  • Konrad Schwarzkopf,
  • Andreas Manz and
  • Marc Schneider

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2280–2293, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.220

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  • adding the same volume of ethanol. The phases were separated by centrifugation at 20,000g for 20 min. The colored supernatant was removed and the polymer was obtained as a pink residue. The purification step was repeated for five cycles. After the last centrifugation, the polymer was dried under vacuum
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Published 19 Nov 2019

Design and facile synthesis of defect-rich C-MoS2/rGO nanosheets for enhanced lithium–sulfur battery performance

  • Chengxiang Tian,
  • Juwei Wu,
  • Zheng Ma,
  • Bo Li,
  • Pengcheng Li,
  • Xiaotao Zu and
  • Xia Xiang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2251–2260, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.217

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  • solution A is mixed with solution B and stirred for 30 min. Subsequently, the mixture was transferred to a 50 mL Teflon-lined stainless steel autoclave and retained at 200 °C for 24 h. After cooling naturally, the product was washed with deionized water and absolute ethanol for several times and dried at
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Published 14 Nov 2019

Nontoxic pyrite iron sulfide nanocrystals as second electron acceptor in PTB7:PC71BM-based organic photovoltaic cells

  • Olivia Amargós-Reyes,
  • José-Luis Maldonado,
  • Omar Martínez-Alvarez,
  • María-Elena Nicho,
  • José Santos-Cruz,
  • Juan Nicasio-Collazo,
  • Irving Caballero-Quintana and
  • Concepción Arenas-Arrocena

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2238–2250, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.216

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  • :PC71BM:FeS2/PFN/Field’s metal (FM) fabrication The OPV devices were fabricated as follows (Figure 1a): Indium tin oxide (ITO) covered glass substrates were cut (≈1.8 cm × 1.8 cm) and ultrasonically cleaned sequentially for about 20 min in a detergent solution, distilled water and ethanol and dried in an oven
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Published 14 Nov 2019

Targeted therapeutic effect against the breast cancer cell line MCF-7 with a CuFe2O4/silica/cisplatin nanocomposite formulation

  • B. Rabindran Jermy,
  • Vijaya Ravinayagam,
  • Widyan A. Alamoudi,
  • Dana Almohazey,
  • Hatim Dafalla,
  • Lina Hussain Allehaibi,
  • Abdulhadi Baykal,
  • Muhammet S. Toprak and
  • Thirunavukkarasu Somanathan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2217–2228, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.214

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  • -6610LV instrument from JEOL. The prepared powder was dispersed onto a doubled sided tape holder and examined under 20 keV. EDS spectra were obtained using Aztec software from Oxford company. The suspensions for TEM analysis were prepared from the dry sample using ethanol followed by ultrasonic treatment
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Published 12 Nov 2019

Improved adsorption and degradation performance by S-doping of (001)-TiO2

  • Xiao-Yu Sun,
  • Xian Zhang,
  • Xiao Sun,
  • Ni-Xian Qian,
  • Min Wang and
  • Yong-Qing Ma

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2116–2127, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.206

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  • washed several times with deionized water and absolute ethanol and then dried at 60 °C to obtain the resulting (001)-TiO2 NPs. S-doping of the (001)-TiO2 NPs was performed by thermal chemical vapor deposition. First, 300 mg of (001)-TiO2 NPs was added to a beaker containing 100 mL deionized water. Then
  • deposition has the advantages of rapid heat transfer, uniform heating and acceleration of the diffusion of S atoms into the TiO2 crystal lattice. After the autoclave had cooled naturally to room temperature, the precipitate was washed several times with deionized water and absolute ethanol, respectively and
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Published 01 Nov 2019

Microbubbles decorated with dendronized magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical imaging: effective stabilization via fluorous interactions

  • Da Shi,
  • Justine Wallyn,
  • Dinh-Vu Nguyen,
  • Francis Perton,
  • Delphine Felder-Flesch,
  • Sylvie Bégin-Colin,
  • Mounir Maaloum and
  • Marie Pierre Krafft

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2103–2115, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.205

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  • dendronized IONPs Thin films of DPPC, dendronized IONPs and DPPC/dendronized IONP mixtures were prepared by spin-coating on silicon wafers [49]. To this end, a dispersion of dendronized IONPs in water (1 mg L−1) was freeze-dried and then dissolved in ethanol for preparing a dispersion with a concentration of
  • 0.1 mg mL−1. 40 µL of this dispersion was added to 2 mL of a 1 mM-concentrated DPPC ethanol solution in order to obtain a mixed DPPC/dendronized IONP spin-coated film that has the same DPPC/Fe molar ratio as that used for the preparation of the microbubbles (28:1). A 0.5 mM-concentrated mixed
  • dispersion was obtained by diluting this 1 mM dispersion. Silicon wafers were cleaned for 30 min in a sonication bath containing ethanol/milli-Q water (1:1), followed by 2 min in a plasma cleaner. A droplet (15 µL) of DPPC, dendronized IONPs or mixed DPPC/dendronized IONP dispersions was deposited on a
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Published 31 Oct 2019

Green and scalable synthesis of nanocrystalline kuramite

  • Andrea Giaccherini,
  • Giuseppe Cucinotta,
  • Stefano Martinuzzi,
  • Enrico Berretti,
  • Werner Oberhauser,
  • Alessandro Lavacchi,
  • Giovanni Orazio Lepore,
  • Giordano Montegrossi,
  • Maurizio Romanelli,
  • Antonio De Luca,
  • Massimo Innocenti,
  • Vanni Moggi Cecchi,
  • Matteo Mannini,
  • Antonella Buccianti and
  • Francesco Di Benedetto

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2073–2083, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.202

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  • at least five times in absolute ethanol and dispersed the particles by means of sonication. Finally, the powders were dried under air at room temperature. Three different syntheses are presented in this study using different precursor concentrations. The mixing of the chemicals was performed in a 100
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Published 29 Oct 2019

Incorporation of doxorubicin in different polymer nanoparticles and their anticancer activity

  • Sebastian Pieper,
  • Hannah Onafuye,
  • Dennis Mulac,
  • Jindrich Cinatl Jr.,
  • Mark N. Wass,
  • Martin Michaelis and
  • Klaus Langer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2062–2072, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.201

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  • % (m/v) bovine serum albumin (BSA) was shaken at 37 °C with 500 rpm. Nanoparticle suspensions were centrifuged (30,000g, 15 min) after 0, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 24 h, and an aliquot (250 µL) of the supernatant was diluted with 750 µL ethanol (96%, v/v) in order to precipitate BSA. After a second
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Synthesis of highly active ETS-10-based titanosilicate for heterogeneously catalyzed transesterification of triglycerides

  • Muhammad A. Zaheer,
  • David Poppitz,
  • Khavar Feyzullayeva,
  • Marianne Wenzel,
  • Jörg Matysik,
  • Radomir Ljupkovic,
  • Aleksandra Zarubica,
  • Alexander A. Karavaev,
  • Andreas Pöppl,
  • Roger Gläser and
  • Muslim Dvoyashkin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2039–2061, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.200

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Published 28 Oct 2019

Optimization and performance of nitrogen-doped carbon dots as a color conversion layer for white-LED applications

  • Tugrul Guner,
  • Hurriyet Yuce,
  • Didem Tascioglu,
  • Eren Simsek,
  • Umut Savaci,
  • Aziz Genc,
  • Servet Turan and
  • Mustafa M. Demir

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 2004–2013, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.197

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  • first, 3.0 g of PVP was mixed with 2.5 mL of ethanol and 2.5 mL of pure water in a glass vial. Then, 2.0 mL of the PVP solution was mixed with 15.0 µL of the N-CDot dispersion for electrospinning. The PVP/N-CDot fibers were fabricated by employing a potential difference of 15 kV and a flow rate of 1 mL
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Published 15 Oct 2019

Porous silver-coated pNIPAM-co-AAc hydrogel nanocapsules

  • William W. Bryan,
  • Riddhiman Medhi,
  • Maria D. Marquez,
  • Supparesk Rittikulsittichai,
  • Michael Tran and
  • T. Randall Lee

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1973–1982, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.194

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  • nitrate (AgNO3, Strem), and ethanol (Aaper). N-Isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM, 99%) and acrylic acid (AAc, 99.5%) were obtained from Acros. Water was purified to a resistivity of 18.2 MΩ cm (Academic Milli-Q Water System; Millipore Corporation) and filtered using a 0.22 μm filter to remove any impurities. All
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Synthesis and potent cytotoxic activity of a novel diosgenin derivative and its phytosomes against lung cancer cells

  • Liang Xu,
  • Dekang Xu,
  • Ziying Li,
  • Yu Gao and
  • Haijun Chen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1933–1942, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.189

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  • ethanol and kept at 4 °C overnight. Fixed cells were washed with PBS and incubated with fluorescent solution (1% (v/v) Triton X-100, 0.05% PI, 0.01% RNase A) in dark for 30 min at room temperature. Finally the cells were analyzed by FACS Calibur system and the data was processed and analyzed using the
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Published 24 Sep 2019

Oblique angle deposition of nickel thin films by high-power impulse magnetron sputtering

  • Hamidreza Hajihoseini,
  • Movaffaq Kateb,
  • Snorri Þorgeir Ingvarsson and
  • Jon Tomas Gudmundsson

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1914–1921, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.186

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  • ). For this aim, the edges of the substrate were marked before deposition. After deposition, the samples were sonicated in an ethanol/isopropanol mixture to remove the marker and the nickel on top of it (lift-off process). Cross sections of the Ni films were studied using a Leo Supra 25 scanning electron
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Published 20 Sep 2019

Processing nanoporous organic polymers in liquid amines

  • Jeehye Byun,
  • Damien Thirion and
  • Cafer T. Yavuz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1844–1850, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.179

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  • , however, mattered when the further process went on. For instance, when only a little amount of EDA was added to COP-100, the mixture became a red polymeric solution, but the COP-100 polymer precipitated (COP-100-Precip.) if a polar solvent, i.e., ethanol, was added (Figure 3a). It may be attributed that
  • -100. A typical COP-100 solution with 50 equiv EDA, showing a clear red color (Figure 3b), could be easily mixed and diluted with ethanol (Figure 3c). When the diluted polymer solution was analyzed with TEM, separated polymer nanoparticles were observed showing an average size of 115.7 ± 40.8 nm
  • , (g) 3 min, and (h) 5 min (scale bar = 10 μm). Effect of amine equivalence in solubilizing COP-100. (a) COP-100 dissolved in 8 equivalent EDA which precipitated by the addition of ethanol, (b) COP-100 dissolved in 50 equivalent EDA, and (c) diluted solution of (b) in ethanol. (d) TEM image of COP-100
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Published 09 Sep 2019

Microfluidic manufacturing of different niosomes nanoparticles for curcumin encapsulation: Physical characteristics, encapsulation efficacy, and drug release

  • Mohammad A. Obeid,
  • Ibrahim Khadra,
  • Abdullah Albaloushi,
  • Margaret Mullin,
  • Hanin Alyamani and
  • Valerie A. Ferro

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1826–1832, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.177

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  • , SP80), polyoxyethylenesorbitan trioleate (Tween 85, T85), cholesterol (Chol), curcumin, ethanol, methanol, and cellulose membrane with molecular weight cut-off = 14000 were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (UK). Preparation of SP80 and T85 niosomes by microfluidic mixing Niosomes composed of SP80 or T85 as
  • the organic phase and the other for the aqueous phase. The organic phase was prepared by dissolving the lipid components (Sp80 or T85 with Chol at a 50:50 molar ratio) with or without curcumin in ethanol while the aqueous phase was deionised water. The mixing process carried out at 50 °C using a
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Biocatalytic oligomerization-induced self-assembly of crystalline cellulose oligomers into nanoribbon networks assisted by organic solvents

  • Yuuki Hata,
  • Yuka Fukaya,
  • Toshiki Sawada,
  • Masahito Nishiura and
  • Takeshi Serizawa

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1778–1788, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.173

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  • sulfoxide (DMSO), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), acetonitrile (MeCN), and ethanol (EtOH), with different characteristics were used in this study. We addressed the CDP-catalyzed oligomerization from ᴅ-glucose primers, where the precipitated nanosheets are produced in aqueous solution [30][31]. The
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Published 26 Aug 2019

Novel hollow titanium dioxide nanospheres with antimicrobial activity against resistant bacteria

  • Carol López de Dicastillo,
  • Cristian Patiño,
  • María José Galotto,
  • Yesseny Vásquez-Martínez,
  • Claudia Torrent,
  • Daniela Alburquenque,
  • Alejandro Pereira and
  • Juan Escrig

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1716–1725, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.167

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  • ) and ethanol were obtained from Sigma Aldrich (Santiago, Chile). Texas Industrial Solutions Advanced (Santiago, Chile) supplied commercial titanium dioxide nanoparticles commonly used in industrial applications, named TiO2 NPs. Two clinical isolates of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus 622-4
  • (model Actinic BL TL TL-D 15W/10 1SL/25) was used. Development of hollow TiO2 nanospheres Electrosprayed SPVP materials were obtained using a vertical electrospinning system (Spraybase® power supply unit, Ireland). A 20% (w/v) PVP solution was prepared in 50% ethanol solution and stirred at room
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Published 19 Aug 2019

Doxorubicin-loaded human serum albumin nanoparticles overcome transporter-mediated drug resistance in drug-adapted cancer cells

  • Hannah Onafuye,
  • Sebastian Pieper,
  • Dennis Mulac,
  • Jindrich Cinatl Jr.,
  • Mark N. Wass,
  • Klaus Langer and
  • Martin Michaelis

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1707–1715, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.166

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  • ) HSA solution and incubated for 2 h at room temperature under stirring (550 rpm, Cimaric i Multipoint Stirrer, ThermoFisher Scientific, Langenselbold, Germany). 4 mL of ethanol 96% was added at room temperature under stirring using a peristaltic pump (Ismatec ecoline, Ismatec, Wertheim-Mondfeld
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Published 14 Aug 2019

Precise local control of liquid crystal pretilt on polymer layers by focused ion beam nanopatterning

  • Maxim V. Gorkunov,
  • Irina V. Kasyanova,
  • Vladimir V. Artemov,
  • Alena V. Mamonova and
  • Serguei P. Palto

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1691–1697, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.164

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  • of chromolane (spin-coated from 0.1 wt % ethanol solution and then dried at 95 °C). Note that in such a cell geometry, when the LC is vertically aligned at the top substrate, the difference between optical phase retardations of differently polarized normally incident light is fully determined by the
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