Engineered PEG–PCL nanoparticles enable sensitive and selective detection of sodium dodecyl sulfate: a qualitative and quantitative analysis

• Soni Prajapati and
• Ranjana Singh

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 385–396, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.29

• ), cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB, Cat. No. H5882), sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS, Cat. No. 7910), Tween 20 (Cat. No. P1379), and Triton X-100 (Cat. No. T8787) were acquired from Sigma-Aldrich (USA). Dichloromethane (DCM, Cat. No. 24532), diethyl ether (Cat. No. 64665), phosphate-buffered saline (PBS, Cat. No. 78529

TiO₂ immobilized on 2D mordenite: effect of hydrolysis conditions on structural, textural, and optical characteristics of the nanocomposites

• Marina G. Shelyapina,
• Rosario Isidro Yocupicio-Gaxiola,
• Gleb A. Valkovsky and
• Vitalii Petranovskii

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 128–140, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.12

• cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) layers. The latter method involves the synthesis of layered 2D zeolites in the presence of CTAB and organic structure directing agents (OSDAs), followed by calcination to remove them from the resulting products [1]. The choice of the OSDA determines not only the interlamellar

Rapid controlled synthesis of gold–platinum nanorods with excellent photothermal properties under 808 nm excitation

• Jialin Wang,
• Qianqian Duan,
• Min Yang,
• Boye Zhang,
• Li Guo,
• Pengcui Li,
• Wendong Zhang and
• Shengbo Sang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 462–472, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.37

• Reagents Gold(III) chloride trihydrate (HAuCl4·3H2O), potassium tetrachloroplatinate(II) (K2PtCl4), silver nitrate (AgNO3), cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), ascorbic acid, and sodium borohydride (NaBH4) were purchased from Sinopharm Chemical Reagent Co. Ltd. (Taiyuan, China). Deionized water was used

Doxorubicin-loaded gold nanorods: a multifunctional chemo-photothermal nanoplatform for cancer management

• Uzma Azeem Awan,
• Abida Raza,
• Shaukat Ali,
• Rida Fatima Saeed and
• Nosheen Akhtar

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 295–303, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.24

• treatments. Regardless of the various beneficial properties, GNRs have limitations in clinical applications due to the cytotoxicity of the surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), which acts as a template in the synthesis process of GNRs [17]. Different polymers can be used to coat GNRs to enhance

High-responsivity hybrid α-Ag₂S/Si photodetector prepared by pulsed laser ablation in liquid

• Raid A. Ismail,
• Hanan A. Rawdhan and
• Duha S. Ahmed

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1596–1607, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.142

• ) mixed with cationic cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as surfactant. The effect of the CTAB surfactant on the structural, morphological, optical, and elemental composition of Ag2S NPs was evaluated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy

• . Keywords: cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB); laser ablation; monodisperse; photodetector; silver(I) sulfide (Ag2S); thiourea; Introduction Nanomaterials have attracted considerable attention due to their superior chemical and physical properties. The size-dependent properties of nanomaterials have

• Ag2S NPs were prepared by laser ablation of a high-purity silver target in an aqueous solution of thiourea (Tu, CH4N2S) mixed with an aqueous solution of the surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB, C19H42BrN). To prepare the ablation liquid, 0.39 g of Tu was dissolved in 10 mL of double

Direct observation of oxygen-vacancy formation and structural changes in Bi₂WO₆ nanoflakes induced by electron irradiation

• Hong-long Shi,
• Bin Zou,
• Zi-an Li,
• Min-ting Luo and
• Wen-zhong Wang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1434–1442, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.141

• of deionized water, 0.97 g (0.002 mol) Bi(NO3)3·5H2O, 0.15 g cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), and 0.33 g (0.001 mol) Na2WO4·2H2O were added successively under magnetic stirring at room temperature to yield the precursor suspension. The precursor suspension was further transferred into a Teflon

Highly ordered mesoporous silica film nanocomposites containing gold nanoparticles for the catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol

• Mohamad Azani Jalani,
• Leny Yuliati,
• Siew Ling Lee and
• Hendrik O. Lintang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1368–1379, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.135

• , good thermal stability, high uniformity, and controllable pore size [1]. These nanomaterials with a hexagonal structure were independently discovered using a layered silicate kanemite as a template to form folded sheet materials (FSM)-16 [14] and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as a cationic

Polydopamine-coated Au nanorods for targeted fluorescent cell imaging and photothermal therapy

• Boris N. Khlebtsov,
• Andrey M. Burov,
• Timofey E. Pylaev and
• Nikolai G. Khlebtsov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 794–803, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.79

• fluids because of a cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) bilayer on the AuNR surface, which is a necessary agent in the synthesis method [16]. The coating of the nanoparticles with polymeric or inorganic shells and further functionalization with target molecules can help to overcome this drawback

• feature renders the nanocomposites very attractive due to their ability to implement folate-mediated fluorescent imaging and photothermal ablation of cancer cells. Experimental Reagents Dopamine hydrochloride (DA, H8502), cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB, >98.0%), cetyltrimethylammonium chloride (CTAC

Self-assembly and wetting properties of gold nanorod–CTAB molecules on HOPG

• Imtiaz Ahmad,
• Floor Derkink,
• Tim Boulogne,
• Pantelis Bampoulis,
• Harold J. W. Zandvliet,
• Hidayat Ullah Khan,
• Rahim Jan and
• E. Stefan Kooij

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 696–705, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.69

• , University of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 25120, Pakistan School of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan 10.3762/bjnano.10.69 Abstract The formation of self-assembled superstructures of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) after

• ][25], catalytic [26][27][28][29], photonic [30][31][32][33][34], plasmonic [35][36][37][38][39], and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) [40][41][42] applications. In relation to our system consisting of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB)-coated gold nanoparticles, it has also been observed

• conceptual framework used in this work are similar to our work presented elsewhere [9][51]. Materials Hydrogen tetrachloroaurate (HAuCl4·3H2O, 99.999%, Aldrich), silver nitrate (AgNO3, 99%, Acros), ascorbic acid (AA, 99%, Merck), cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB, Aldrich, 98%), sodium borohydrate (NaBH4

Graphene-enhanced metal oxide gas sensors at room temperature: a review

• Dongjin Sun,
• Yifan Luo,
• Marc Debliquy and
• Chao Zhang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2832–2844, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.264

• active sites. Meng and co-workers [81] published an inspiring study, where they develop a microwave-assisted hydrothermal technique to grow CuO rods in GO suspension using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as a soft template. The Cu2O nanorods–rGO hybrids obtained after annealing showed a porous

Cyclodextrin-assisted synthesis of tailored mesoporous silica nanoparticles

• Fuat Topuz and
• Tamer Uyar

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 693–703, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.64

• bromide (CTAB). Rod-like MSNs were synthesized by using Pluronic 123, a copolymer of ethylene and propylene oxides as porogen additive in the presence of NH4F and heptane [14]. The length and width of such particles could be tuned by addition of HCl. Likewise, Oden and co-workers reported a morphological

• a highly challenging task to date. MSNs are commonly synthesized by surfactant-templated sol–gel reactions [12][13]. In this regard, mesoporous silica nanospheres are the most commonly used form of silica particles that are produced using a pore templating agent, such as cetyltrimethylammonium

Facile phase transfer of gold nanorods and nanospheres stabilized with block copolymers

• Yaroslav I. Derikov,
• Georgiy A. Shandryuk,
• Raisa V. Talroze,
• Alexander A. Ezhov and
• Yaroslav V. Kudryavtsev

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 616–627, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.58

• seeded growth method [14][15][16] with some modifications. All solutions were prepared with distilled water. In the first stage, a solution of HAuCl4·3H2O (0.1 mL, 0.01 М) was added to a solution of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB, 3.0 mL, 0.1 М) under stirring. When the reaction medium became

The role of ligands in coinage-metal nanoparticles for electronics

• Ioannis Kanelidis and
• Tobias Kraus

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2625–2639, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.263

• initial nucleation processes of particle synthesis; this is probably the mechanism of the formation of ultrathin gold nanowires [64]. Silver nanoparticle synthesis by reduction of silver salts is an important case of ligand-directed nanoparticle growth. Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB, Figure 2) in

Synthesis and characterization of noble metal–titania core–shell nanostructures with tunable shell thickness

• Bartosz Bartosewicz,
• Marta Michalska-Domańska,
• Malwina Liszewska,
• Dariusz Zasada and
• Bartłomiej J. Jankiewicz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2083–2093, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.208

• the latter approach, control over the shape and size of the synthesized particles is limited. The metal nanoparticles were stabilized before the coating step using various surfactants or stabilizing agents such as Lutensol ON50 [21], cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) [27][28][29][30][40], anionic

Fabrication of hierarchically porous TiO₂ nanofibers by microemulsion electrospinning and their application as anode material for lithium-ion batteries

• Jin Zhang,
• Yibing Cai,
• Xuebin Hou,
• Xiaofei Song,
• Pengfei Lv,
• Huimin Zhou and
• Qufu Wei

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1297–1306, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.131

• acid and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) were supplied by Shanghai Chemical Regents Co. (Shanghai, China). Additionally, polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) (Mw = 1300000) was purchased from Tianjin Bodi Chemical Reagent Co., Ltd. (Tianjin, China). All chemicals were used as received without further

Selective detection of Mg²⁺ ions via enhanced fluorescence emission using Au–DNA nanocomposites

• Tanushree Basu,
• Khyati Rana,
• Niranjan Das and
• Bonamali Pal

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 762–771, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.79

• bromide (CTAB) and DL-dithiothreitol solution (DTT) were purchased from Sigma Aldrich. Sodium borohydride (NaBH4) and silver nitrate (AgNO3) were purchased from Rankem and Fisher Scientific, respectively. Chloroauric acid (HAuCl4·H2O), ascorbic acid, mercaptopropionic acid (MPA) and magnesium acetate (Mg

• , rapidity, selectivity, and reproducibility, the Au–DNA nanocomposite was successfully demonstrated as a sensing system, which holds future promise in investigating the presence of many metal ions in various environmental and industrial monitoring applications. Experimental Materials Cetyltrimethylammonium

Comparison of four methods for the biofunctionalization of gold nanorods by the introduction of sulfhydryl groups to antibodies

• Xuefeng Wang,
• Zhong Mei,
• Yanyan Wang and
• Liang Tang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 372–380, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.39

• trihydrate (HAuCl4·3H2O; 99%), cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), sodium borohydride (NaBH4; 99%), silver nitrate (AgNO3; 99%), L-ascorbic acid (AA), 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimidehydrochloride (EDC), sodium oleate (NaOL; >97%), hydrochloric acid (HCl, 37%), (3-mercaptopropyl

Nanoscale isoindigo-carriers: self-assembly and tunable properties

• Tatiana N. Pashirova,
• Andrei V. Bogdanov,
• Lenar I. Musin,
• Julia K. Voronina,
• Irek R. Nizameev,
• Marsil K. Kadirov,
• Vladimir F. Mironov,
• Lucia Ya. Zakharova,
• Shamil K. Latypov and
• Oleg G. Sinyashin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 313–324, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.34

• , New Jersey, USA), pyrene for fluorescence (Sigma, Switzerland, 99%), cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) (Acros Organics, New Jersey, USA, 99%), sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) (Acros Organics, New Jersey, USA, 99%), Tween 80 (Acros Organics, New Jersey, USA, BioXtra) were used. Unless otherwise

• inside dialysis bag was withdrawn and assayed by determining the size and zeta potential using the Malvern Instrument Zetasizer Nano (Worcestershire, UK). Structures of isatin (1a–h), isoindigo derivatives 2a–h, 3 and anionic (sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS), cationic (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, CTAB

Organoclay hybrid materials as precursors of porous ZnO/silica-clay heterostructures for photocatalytic applications

• Marwa Akkari,
• Pilar Aranda,
• Abdessalem Ben Haj Amara and
• Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1971–1982, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.188

• contains more than 95% of pure sepiolite [32]. Methylene blue dye (MB, C16H18N3SCl, RPE) and the ibuprofen sodium salt (C13H17NaO2) were supplied by (Analyticals Carlo Erba) and Sigma-Aldrich, respectively. Hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, CTAB, purum, Aldrich) was used

Straightforward and robust synthesis of monodisperse surface-functionalized gold nanoclusters

• Silvia Varela-Aramburu,
• Richard Wirth,
• Chian-Hui Lai,
• Guillermo Orts-Gil and
• Peter H. Seeberger

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1278–1283, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.118

• bromide (CTAB-NCs) and tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)phosphonium chloride (THPC-NCs) as determined by UV absorbance. Gold nanoparticles smaller than 5 nm do not display a plasmon band. The Glc-NCs are stable and showed the same absorbance profile after three days of dialysis (Figure 1B). In contrast, the CTAB

• dynamic light scattering (DLS) (Figure S4, Supporting Information File 1). The one-pot synthesis of Glc-NCs is independent on the temperature between 0 and 90 °C (Figure S5, Supporting Information File 1). The Glc-NCs are more stable than nanoclusters that were stabilized with cetyltrimethylammonium

Mesoporous hollow carbon spheres for lithium–sulfur batteries: distribution of sulfur and electrochemical performance

• Anika C. Juhl,
• Artur Schneider,
• Boris Ufer,
• Torsten Brezesinski,
• Jürgen Janek and
• Michael Fröba

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1229–1240, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.114

• [35]. In the second step a mesoporous shell was grown on the spheres by employing tetraethyl orthosilicate in presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as a structure-directing agent. Combustion of CTAB in air generated the core–shell silica spheres. The diameter of the solid core was

Direct formation of gold nanorods on surfaces using polymer-immobilised gold seeds

• Majid K. Abyaneh,
• Pietro Parisse and
• Loredana Casalis

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 809–816, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.72

• size and preferred growth planes of {111}. On the other hand, it is proposed [40] that cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), used as a surfactant in this work, has a preferential binding to specific side faces of gold particles, slowing down the nucleation on these side planes and allowing growth of

• of 0.2 M cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), 250 μL of 0.01 M AuCl4−, 50 μL of 0.1 M ascorbic acid and 20 μL of 0.1 M HNO3 and kept undisturbed overnight at room temperature (ca. 24 °C). This step leads to the growth of protruded gold seeds into GNRs via seed-mediated growth. Atomic force

Characterisation of thin films of graphene–surfactant composites produced through a novel semi-automated method

• Nik J. Walch,
• Alexei Nabok,
• Frank Davis and
• Séamus P. J. Higson

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 209–219, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.19

• Semi-automated sonochemical exfoliation of graphene Two different surfactants were used to synthesise graphene–surfactant complexes: sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). Firstly the surfactant solutions were prepared by dissolving in water. The SDS solution was made

• bromide (CTAB). The formation of individual graphene flakes was confirmed by Raman spectroscopy, while the interaction of graphene with surfactants was proven by NMR spectroscopy. The resulting graphene–surfactant composite material formed a stable suspension in water and some organic solvents, such as

• Lane, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 6PE, UK 10.3762/bjnano.7.19 Abstract In this paper we detail a novel semi-automated method for the production of graphene by sonochemical exfoliation of graphite in the presence of ionic surfactants, e.g., sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and cetyltrimethylammonium

Comparative evaluation of the impact on endothelial cells induced by different nanoparticle structures and functionalization

• Lisa Landgraf,
• Ines Müller,
• Peter Ernst,
• Miriam Schäfer,
• Christina Rosman,
• Isabel Schick,
• Oskar Köhler,
• Hartmut Oehring,
• Vladimir V. Breus,
• Thomas Basché,
• Carsten Sönnichsen,
• Wolfgang Tremel and
• Ingrid Hilger

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 300–312, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.28

• [7] are suggested. Gold nanorods were shown to have better optical imaging properties compared to spherical gold nanoparticles [8][9][10]. Importantly, the cytotoxicity of gold nanoparticles depends on the surface coating. Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), an important material during synthesis

Mechanical properties of MDCK II cells exposed to gold nanorods

• Anna Pietuch,
• Bastian Rouven Brückner,
• David Schneider,
• Marco Tarantola,
• Christina Rosman,
• Carsten Sönnichsen and
• Andreas Janshoff

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 223–231, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.21

• -cold 0.010 M sodium borohydride (NaBH4) to 10 mL solution of 0.1 M cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) equipped with 50 μL 0.1 M tetrachloroauric acid (HAuCl4) under vigorous stirring. Second, rods were formed by adding 12 μL of seed solution to a growth solution consisting of 75 μL 0.1 M HAuCl4, 10