Metal-organic framework-based nanomaterials for CO₂ storage: A review

• Ha Huu Do,
• Iqra Rabani and
• Hai Bang Truong

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 964–970, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.79

• , characterized by the smallest pore diameter (5.9 Å), displayed the highest CO2 adsorption capacity at 273 K. The interpenetrated linkers contribute to the expansion of the cavity and the creation of an electric field gradient, enhancing the affinity for CO2. Prasad et al. employed 4-(2-carboxyvinyl)benzoic acid

• to create nanosized SNU-70, which possesses a pore size of 9 Å, whereas SNU-71, with a 4-(2-carboxyethyl)benzoic acid linker has a pore size of 2.5 Å [32]. The outcomes revealed that SNU-71 displayed a greater CO2 uptake than SNU-70, attributing to its smaller pore size. Pore space partition (PSP) is

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

• body. In this context, Gomes et al. conjugated gold nps with the antivenomous compound 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy-benzoic acid (HMBA) extracted from the herb Anantamul (H. indicus), which was found to be effective in neutralizing all kinds of toxicity generated by the venom of the deadly Russell’s viper [118

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

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

• for dissolving many species of high polarity, for example, amino acids, metal salts, glycerol, benzoic acid, citric acid, and glucose [26][76]. They are also promising in the dissolution of different polymers, such as starch, cellulose, lignin, chitin, and are also used in the pre-treatment of

Growth of a self-assembled monolayer decoupled from the substrate: nucleation on-command using buffer layers

• Robby Reynaerts,
• Kunal S. Mali and
• Steven De Feyter

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1291–1302, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.113

• layer. We discovered that the self-assembly on top of the buffer layer allows better control over the nanoscale manipulation of the self-assembled networks. Using the influence of the STM tip, we could initiate the nucleation of small isolated domains of the benzoic acid on-command in a reproducible

• fashion. Such controlled nucleation experiments hold promise for studying fundamental processes inherent to the assembly process on surfaces. Keywords: benzoic acid; nucleation; self-assembly; solution–solid interface; substrate effect; Introduction The ability of some molecules to crystalize in more

• . (a) STM image showing the superposition of the n-C50 lamellae with those of BA-OC14 confirming the bilayer structure of the system. Panels (b) and (c) show the same STM image with colored markers to aid the eye to identify the superimposed STM contrast arising from the columns of benzoic acid (blue

Thermal control of the defunctionalization of supported Au₂₅(glutathione)₁₈ catalysts for benzyl alcohol oxidation

• Zahraa Shahin,
• Hyewon Ji,
• Rodica Chiriac,
• Nadine Essayem,
• Franck Rataboul and
• Aude Demessence

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 228–237, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.21

• 4 h and showed full conversion of benzyl alcohol into mostly benzoic acid, under 1 atm of O2 at 30 °C using a base [17]. In a previous study by our group, Au25(SPhNH2)17@SBA-15, calcined at 400 °C to fully remove the ligands, induced the full conversion of benzyl alcohol after a couple of hours in

α-((4-Cyanobenzoyl)oxy)-ω-methyl poly(ethylene glycol): a new stabilizer for silver nanoparticles

• Jana Lutze,
• Miguel A. Bañares,
• Marcos Pita,
• Andrea Haase,
• Andreas Luch and
• Andreas Taubert

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 627–635, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.67

• produces a negatively charged carboxylate (from 4-cyanobenzoic acid attached to the SNP surface) and a neutral alcohol (from the free PEG chains released from the surface). The –OH group does not affect the surface charge at pH 12 but the higher number of negative charges from the cleaved benzoic acid

Nanostructured carbon materials decorated with organophosphorus moieties: synthesis and application

• Giacomo Biagiotti,
• Vittoria Langè,
• Cristina Ligi,
• Stefano Caporali,
• Maurizio Muniz-Miranda,
• Anna Flis,
• K. Michał Pietrusiewicz,
• Giacomo Ghini,
• Alberto Brandi and
• Stefano Cicchi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 485–493, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.52

• . Reduction of phosphine oxide 6 to the corresponding phosphine 6-red. The Staudinger ligation reaction performed with benzoic acid (15) or cinnamic acid (18), and benzyl azide (16) or 4-azidoanisole (20) and compound 8-red as catalyst. ICP-Analysis results and P loading. Supporting Information Supporting

Influence of surface chemical properties on the toxicity of engineered zinc oxide nanoparticles to embryonic zebrafish

• Zitao Zhou,
• Jino Son,
• Bryan Harper,
• Zheng Zhou and
• Stacey Harper

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1568–1579, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.160

• properties The 17 ZnO NPs (Table 1) had 6 different surface chemistries including bare ZnO, oleic acid, octanoic acid, para-nitrobenzoic acid, cyclohexanecaboxylic acid and benzoic acid (Figure 2). The average primary particle sizes in this study ranged from 4 to 70 nm (Table 1). Table 2 provides the values

• capping agent properties (Figure 5). When partitioned into three clusters, the plot shows a clear separation as: (Group 1) oleic acid; (Group 2) octanoic acid, para-nitrobenzoic acid, cyclohexane carboxylic acid and benzoic acid; (Group 3) bare ZnO with blank control responses (Figure 5). Similar analysis

Carbon nano-onions (multi-layer fullerenes): chemistry and applications

• Juergen Bartelmess and
• Silvia Giordani

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1980–1998, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.207

• -mediated “click” reaction. The successful functionalization was verified by TGA analysis as well as by Raman, absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy. Following the aforementioned functionalization of CNOs with benzoic acid [37], fluoresceinamine-based fluorophores [39] as well as NIR-emitting aza

• -borondipyrromethenes (azaBODIPYs) were attached to the CNOs through an amidation reaction [40]. In another very recent study, we attached a meso-phenol-substituted borondipyrromethene (BODIPY) fluorophore on the same benzoic acid functionalized CNO nanomaterial through an esterification reaction [41]. These

• -displaying cells. In our work, small benzoic acid functionalized CNOs were compared with similar functionalized single wall carbon nanotubes [39]. CNOs showed a lower inflammatory potential than CNTs and we demonstrated that chemical functionalization attenuates their inflammatory properties. This was

Organic and inorganic–organic thin film structures by molecular layer deposition: A review

• Pia Sundberg and
• Maarit Karppinen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1104–1136, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.123

• acids used to fabricate hybrid films together with TMA vary from each other regarding the number of carboxyl groups attached to the aromatic ring and how the groups are positioned. Benzoic acid has only one carboxyl group, which may explain why no decent growth for these films were observed. From

DFT study of binding and electron transfer from colorless aromatic pollutants to a TiO₂ nanocluster: Application to photocatalytic degradation under visible light irradiation

• Corneliu I. Oprea,
• Petre Panait and
• Mihai A. Gîrţu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1016–1030, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.115

• level alignment between the pollutant and the catalyst as well as the charge transfer between the pollutants and the oxide. We compare our theoretical results with the experimental data available, particularly with the work of Wang et al. [14] on phenol (Ph), benzoic acid (BA), p-hydroxybenzoic acid

• on the catalyst, the electronic states were accurately computed by using DZVP basis sets [40]. The Gaussian03 package [41] was used in all calculations. Free pollutants – electronic structure and optical properties During the photocatalytic degradation the benzene derivatives (phenol, Ph, benzoic

• acid, BA, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, pHBA, and salicylic acid, SA) undergo various processes, including deprotonation. We first perform a comparative analysis of the likelihood of the deprotonation process. For that, we found the optimized geometries and determined the total energy for all four aromatic

Dimer/tetramer motifs determine amphiphilic hydrazine fibril structures on graphite

• Loji K. Thomas,
• Nadine Diek,
• Uwe Beginn and
• Michael Reichling

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 658–666, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.75

• ), 7.71 (d,1H, aromatic). Synthesis of 3,4-bis(decyloxy)benzoic acid (4): Compound 3 (8.0014 g; 17.8 mmol) was dissolved in 350 mL boiling EtOH, and a solution of 11.2 g (200 mmol) KOH in 25 mL water was added and heated under reflux for 4 h. The reaction mixture was poured into 1 L distilled water

Distribution of functional groups in periodic mesoporous organosilica materials studied by small-angle neutron scattering with in situ adsorption of nitrogen

• Monir Sharifi,
• Dirk Wallacher and
• Michael Wark

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 428–437, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.49

• conductivities compared to grafted samples [25]. To the best of our knowledge there is only one report in the literature, by Mascotto et al., in which peptide-functionalized benzoic acid PMO materials were investigated by SAXS/SANS with in situ gas adsorption. The authors observed a complete contrast matching

Variations in the structure and reactivity of thioester functionalized self-assembled monolayers and their use for controlled surface modification

• Inbal Aped,
• Yacov Mazuz and
• Chaim N. Sukenik

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 213–220, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.24

• light was also applied to monolayers based on compounds 1a, 2, 3 and 4. Following the experience with SAMs based on compounds 1b–i, and the fact that both benzoic acid and its thiophene analogues are more water soluble than the long-chain aliphatic acids, the rinsing procedure was changed so as to only

Self-assembled monolayers and titanium dioxide: From surface patterning to potential applications

• Yaron Paz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 845–861, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.94

Towards a scalable and accurate quantum approach for describing vibrations of molecule–metal interfaces

• David M. Benoit,
• Bruno Madebene,
• Inga Ulusoy,
• Luis Mancera,
• Yohann Scribano and
• Sergey Chulkov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 427–447, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.48

• intermodal coupling is computed. Applications The methods presented above allow us to treat large molecular systems and have been used to compute the OH-stretch frequency of benzoic acid (system with 39 modes) [40], for example. Our method can also be applied to larger systems and the STA approach was used

• compute the OH-stretch frequency of benzoic acid nearly 10 times faster than the standard VCI approach, with comparable accuracy [46]. Our results show that there is excellent agreement between the vibrational frequency computed using the STA–VSCF/VCI approach and the STA–VCIPSI–PT2 technique. The new