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Morphology and properties of pyrite nanoparticles obtained by pulsed laser ablation in liquid and thin films for photodetection

  • Akshana Parameswaran Sreekala,
  • Bindu Krishnan,
  • Rene Fabian Cienfuegos Pelaes,
  • David Avellaneda Avellaneda,
  • Josué Amílcar Aguilar-Martínez and
  • Sadasivan Shaji

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 785–805, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.60

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  • experimental variables that cause the kinetics of the nanoparticles formation to change, resulting in nanoparticles with different sizes and morphologies [40]. Thermodynamic properties such as density, dielectric constant, viscosity, vapor pressure, and optical properties of the solvents are some of the
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Published 03 Jun 2025

Nanoscale capacitance spectroscopy based on multifrequency electrostatic force microscopy

  • Pascal N. Rohrbeck,
  • Lukas D. Cavar,
  • Franjo Weber,
  • Peter G. Reichel,
  • Mara Niebling and
  • Stefan A. L. Weber

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 637–651, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.49

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  • nanoscale systems across materials science, biology, and nanotechnology, complementing established methods in the field. Keywords: atomic force microscopy; capacitance gradients; dielectric constant; dielectric spectroscopy; heterodyne frequency mixing; Kelvin probe force microscopy; multifrequency AFM
  • to at least 50 MHz, limited by the bandwidth of the LIA. To reach a nanoscale-sensitive measurement of the dielectric constant in media besides air, a detection at higher excitation frequencies in the megahertz regime is strictly necessary [59]. The indirect detection of local capacitance variations
  • yields: where ε0 is the dielectric constant of the vacuum. The dimensions of the lever are given by its width w, its length l, and the height of the tip cone h. The lever is tilted by the angle α = ϑlever. The tip cone can be approximated by a truncated cone (Figure 9). The electrostatic force as a
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Published 08 May 2025

Water in nanoporous hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets: a first-principles study

  • Juliana A. Gonçalves,
  • Ronaldo J. C. Batista and
  • Marcia C. Barbosa

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 510–519, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.39

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  • boron nitride (h-BN) [19]. Among these materials, h-BN stands out because of its properties, which are similar to those of graphene. It is composed of alternating boron and nitrogen atoms arranged in a honeycomb-like crystalline structure, characterized by high thermal stability, low dielectric constant
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Published 11 Apr 2025

Tailoring of physical properties of RF-sputtered ZnTe films: role of substrate temperature

  • Kafi Devi,
  • Usha Rani,
  • Arun Kumar,
  • Divya Gupta and
  • Sanjeev Aggarwal

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 333–348, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.25

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  • ]. The dielectric constant and the dielectric loss of the deposited ZnTe films exhibit a similar pattern and were also found to decrease with increasing substrate temperature (see below). Photoluminescence studies Photoluminescence (PL) studies were carried out to analyse the films’ electronic features
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Published 05 Mar 2025

Fabrication of hafnium-based nanoparticles and nanostructures using picosecond laser ablation

  • Abhishek Das,
  • Mangababu Akkanaboina,
  • Jagannath Rathod,
  • R. Sai Prasad Goud,
  • Kanaka Ravi Kumar,
  • Raghu C. Reddy,
  • Ratheesh Ravendran,
  • Katia Vutova,
  • S. V. S. Nageswara Rao and
  • Venugopal Rao Soma

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1639–1653, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.129

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  • [8] compared to bulk Hf. HfO2 is a wide-bandgap (5.68 eV) material with a high dielectric constant (≈25) [9][10]. HfC has a very high melting point (≈3900 °C) and ranks among the hardest materials, with a Vickers hardness value exceeding 20 GPa [4][11]. The properties vary substantially depending on
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Published 18 Dec 2024

Lithium niobate on insulator: an emerging nanophotonic crystal for optimized light control

  • Midhun Murali,
  • Amit Banerjee and
  • Tanmoy Basu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1415–1426, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.114

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  • high dielectric constant enables the fabrication of photonic crystals characterized by high-quality factors and minimal losses [17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. The combination of LiNbO3 and TiO2 in multi-stacked 1D PhC holds promise for optical applications [5]. The birefringence and electro-optic
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Published 14 Nov 2024

Quantum-to-classical modeling of monolayer Ge2Se2 and its application in photovoltaic devices

  • Anup Shrivastava,
  • Shivani Saini,
  • Dolly Kumari,
  • Sanjai Singh and
  • Jost Adam

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1153–1169, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.94

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  • coefficient and a high dielectric constant inspired the design of a monolayer Ge2Se2-based solar cell, exhibiting a high open circuit voltage of Voc = 1.11 V, a fill factor of 87.66%, and more than 28% power conversion efficiency at room temperature. Our findings advocate monolayer Ge2Se2 for various
  • ) eigenvalues relative to the bottom of the conduction band. Along with the DFT-derived parameters, some excited state eigenfunctions in terms of absorption coefficient and dielectric constant are also required to simulate solar cell-based devices. An optimum way of extracting these optical parameters from
  • ground-state eigenvalues is described below. Extraction of optical properties To explore the optical properties, including dielectric constant, refractive index, absorption constant, extinction coefficient, and susceptibility for monolayer Ge2Se2, we employed the non-equilibrium Green’s function (NEGF
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Published 11 Sep 2024

Unveiling the potential of alginate-based nanomaterials in sensing technology and smart delivery applications

  • Shakhzodjon Uzokboev,
  • Khojimukhammad Akhmadbekov,
  • Ra’no Nuritdinova,
  • Salah M. Tawfik and
  • Yong-Ill Lee

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1077–1104, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.88

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  • ]. The polymer film’s soil moisture sensing capabilities were proved by measuring the dielectric constant of the polymer with soil samples containing low and high moisture (Figure 7). According to the results, the polymer film has excellent moisture sensing characteristics at frequencies as low as a few
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Published 22 Aug 2024

Recent progress on field-effect transistor-based biosensors: device perspective

  • Billel Smaani,
  • Fares Nafa,
  • Mohamed Salah Benlatrech,
  • Ismahan Mahdi,
  • Hamza Akroum,
  • Mohamed walid Azizi,
  • Khaled Harrar and
  • Sayan Kanungo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 977–994, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.80

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  • dielectric constant inside the cavity resulting in a gating effect modulation and subsequent alteration in channel conductivity. This leads to a change in both threshold voltage and drain current, manifesting the presence of target biomolecules in the cavity, and the corresponding sensitivity is defined
  • coupling [55]. The variation of capacitance depends on the intrinsic charge density and the dielectric constant of the target biomolecule [48]. The cavity specification and thereby the sensor device design is also related to the diameter of targeting species, which varied from micro- to nanoscale (Figure 4
  • biosensor without a gate above the nanocavity for biomolecules with a dielectric constant equal to 12, compared to the structure of the TMD FET biosensor with a gate above the nanocavity for fully-filled cavities. 2.2.3 Split-gate junctionless FET-based biosensors. A dielectric-modulated split-gate
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Published 06 Aug 2024

Electrospun nanofibers: building blocks for the repair of bone tissue

  • Tuğrul Mert Serim,
  • Gülin Amasya,
  • Tuğba Eren-Böncü,
  • Ceyda Tuba Şengel-Türk and
  • Ayşe Nurten Özdemir

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 941–953, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.77

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  • , concentration and molecular weight of the polymer, solvent or solvent mixture, surface tension, conductivity, dielectric constant, and environmental parameters are parameters that must be optimized in the electrospinning process. Voltage Voltage is the parameter that most affects the shape of the droplet from
  • fewer beads are formed [79]. Dielectric constant The dielectric constant refers to the ability of a substance to hold an electric charge in the region where an electric field is applied. The dielectric constant of a polymer liquid mainly depends on the solvent used. For the electrospinning process, the
  • dielectric constant must be high enough [74][75]. With an increase in dielectric constant fewer beads and smaller fiber diameters are formed [80]. Environmental parameters Temperature Temperature affects the viscosity and spinnability of polymer liquids and the thickness of the collected fiber mats
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Published 25 Jul 2024

Reduced subthreshold swing in a vertical tunnel FET using a low-work-function live metal strip and a low-k material at the drain

  • Kalai Selvi Kanagarajan and
  • Dhanalakshmi Krishnan Sadhasivan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 713–718, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.59

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  • research paper, a vertical tunnel field-effect transistor (TFET) structure containing a live metal strip and a material with low dielectric constant is designed, and its performance metrics are analyzed in detail. Low-k SiO2 is incorporated in the channel–drain region. A live molybdenum metal strip with
  • to reduce gate oxide leakage are high-k materials. The device’s ability to keep a charge is increased by using high-k materials, which also aids in downsizing. HfO2 is compatible with a silicon substrate and possesses a high dielectric constant (ε ≈ 25), a large bandgap (5.68 eV), band offsets with
  • [12] is 2.96 × 10−13 A/μm. The threshold voltage is 0.28 V. The on-state current is 1.00 × 10−5 A/μm. The transfer characteristics of the three devices are presented in Figure 7. The leakage current is minimal in the proposed model. Miller capacitance and leakage The high dielectric constant of HfO2
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Published 19 Jun 2024

Nanoarchitectonics of photothermal materials to enhance the sensitivity of lateral flow assays

  • Elangovan Sarathkumar,
  • Rajasekharan S. Anjana and
  • Ramapurath S. Jayasree

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 988–1003, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.82

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  • LSPR effect highly depends on size, shape, composition, interparticle distance, dielectric constant, and surrounding medium of the particles [36][37]. While Pt, Ag, and Au particles all exhibit photothermal properties, Au nanoparticles are commonly used for photothermal applications. By changing the
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Published 04 Oct 2023

Investigations on the optical forces from three mainstream optical resonances in all-dielectric nanostructure arrays

  • Guangdong Wang and
  • Zhanghua Han

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 674–682, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.53

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  • (T) in the Cartesian coordinate system using the multipole decomposition technique. The multipole expansion is achieved based on the electric displacement current using the following formula: where ε0 represents the vacuum dielectric constant, n is the refractive index of the uniform background above
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Published 02 Jun 2023

ZnO-decorated SiC@C hybrids with strong electromagnetic absorption

  • Liqun Duan,
  • Zhiqian Yang,
  • Yilu Xia,
  • Xiaoqing Dai,
  • Jian’an Wu and
  • Minqian Sun

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 565–573, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.47

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  • ·6H2O at the same filler load (20–50 wt %). This may be because both the real and imaginary parts of the carbon permittivity are higher than those of ZnO. Comparing the dielectric constant of SCZ0.5 and SiC@C at the same filler load of 30 wt %, the ε′ and ε″ values of SCZ0.5 are lower than the
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Published 04 May 2023

Carbon nanotube-cellulose ink for rapid solvent identification

  • Tiago Amarante,
  • Thiago H. R. Cunha,
  • Claudio Laudares,
  • Ana P. M. Barboza,
  • Ana Carolina dos Santos,
  • Cíntia L. Pereira,
  • Vinicius Ornelas,
  • Bernardo R. A. Neves,
  • André S. Ferlauto and
  • Rodrigo G. Lacerda

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 535–543, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.44

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  • two important properties of the liquids, namely dielectric constant and vapor pressure, on the transduction of the MFC-MWCNT sensors. These results were corroborated by independent heat flow measurements (thermogravimetric analysis). The proposed MFC-MWCNT sensor platform may help paving the way to
  • mechanism of polymer composites with physicochemical characteristics such as dielectric constant, specific heat, and vapor pressure [25][56][57]. Our ink-based devices could extract those characteristics even from unknown samples and mixtures. Finally, test analysis using principal component analysis (PCA
  • ) with physicochemical properties of the organic solvents (vapor pressure and dielectric constant) [63][64]. Guided by previous studies that show the electrical response is due to the swelling of CPCs [25][56][57], we found that the maximum value in the Gain curve (max) is proportional to the dielectric
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Published 26 Apr 2023

Plasmonic nanotechnology for photothermal applications – an evaluation

  • A. R. Indhu,
  • L. Keerthana and
  • Gnanaprakash Dharmalingam

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 380–419, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.33

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  • constant of the surrounding medium and hence the LSPR frequency can be arrived at as [39]: Thus, for any morphology of a plasmonic nanoparticle, the LSPR frequency is intimately tied to the free electron density and the dielectric constant of the surrounding matrix. These factors thus decide the shape
  • different morphologies on plasmon excitation can be understood are hence crucial for assessing the PT properties of nanomaterials. 2.1.1 Tunability of the plasmon frequency – changes to the dielectric constant. In 1834, William Whewell coined the term dielectric [41]. In a dielectric material, positive
  • shown in prior sections) [42]. The real (εr) and imaginary part (εi) of the dielectric constant relate to the refractive index (n) and extinction coefficient (k), respectively. Energy from a time-varying incident electric field is dissipated in part as heat, termed as dielectric loss. It can be
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Published 27 Mar 2023

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

  • Vikas,
  • Raj Kumar and
  • Sanjeev Soni

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 205–217, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.20

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  • ]. Localized heat generation through GNPs under irradiation can be used for hyperthermia treatment of tumors, termed plasmonic photothermal therapy (PPTT) [7][8][9][10][11]. The net temperature rise of a GNP-containing medium highly depends on shape and size of the GNPs, the dielectric constant of the medium
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Published 06 Feb 2023

High–low Kelvin probe force spectroscopy for measuring the interface state density

  • Ryo Izumi,
  • Masato Miyazaki,
  • Yan Jun Li and
  • Yasuhiro Sugawara

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 175–189, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.18

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  • on the semiconductor surface and ε0 is the dielectric constant of vacuum. A bias voltage Vdc + Vac·cos 2πft is applied between the tip and the semiconductor sample, where Vdc, Vac, and f are the DC bias voltage, amplitude of the AC bias voltage, and modulation frequency of the AC bias voltage
  • dielectric constant. LD is the Debye length for majority carriers (electrons), which characterizes the change in the potential inside the semiconductor. kB, T and e are the Boltzmann constant, absolute temperature, and elementary charge (e > 0), respectively. Since the applied voltage V is divided between
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Published 31 Jan 2023

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

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

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 141–150, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.15

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  • density of spinning solution (kg/m3), g is the gravitational acceleration (m/s2), h is the fluctuation height of the polymer spinning solution (m), γ is the surface tension coefficient of the spinning solution (N/m), ε0 is vacuum dielectric constant, E0 is the edge electric field intensity (V/m), Ep is
  • the electric field intensity of the thin liquid surface (V/m), εα is the dielectric constant of the polymer, and k is the amount of radial fluctuations on the spinning solution surface. In addition, the centripetal force F1 at point B is generated by the horizontal component of the viscous force (τ
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Published 23 Jan 2023

Solvent-induced assembly of mono- and divalent silica nanoparticles

  • Bin Liu,
  • Etienne Duguet and
  • Serge Ravaine

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 52–60, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.6

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  • Instruments). The dielectric constant of water was set to 80.4 and the Smoluchowsky constant f(ka) was 1.5. Synthetic route for the preparation of 1-PSN with a controlled patch-to-particle size ratio. TEM images of the silica/PS monopods after (a) 0, (b) 1, (c) 2, (d) 4, (e) 9, and (f) 14 iterative silica
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Published 06 Jan 2023

Photoelectrochemical water oxidation over TiO2 nanotubes modified with MoS2 and g-C3N4

  • Phuong Hoang Nguyen,
  • Thi Minh Cao,
  • Tho Truong Nguyen,
  • Hien Duy Tong and
  • Viet Van Pham

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1541–1550, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.127

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  • Mott–Schottky relationship involving the apparent capacitance as a function of the potential under depletion conditions [54]: where C, ε, ε0, N, A, Va, Vfb, k, and T are the capacitance of the space charge region, the dielectric constant of the semiconductor, the vacuum permittivity, the donor density
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Published 16 Dec 2022

LED-light-activated photocatalytic performance of metal-free carbon-modified hexagonal boron nitride towards degradation of methylene blue and phenol

  • Nirmalendu S. Mishra and
  • Pichiah Saravanan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1380–1392, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.114

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  • –Schottky analysis through the following equations [28][31][32]. where Csc, e, A, ε, ε0, kB, and T indicate the capacitance of the space charge region, charge of an electron, active area of the electrode, dielectric constant, permittivity of free space, Boltzmann’s constant, and absolute temperature
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Published 22 Nov 2022

Application of nanoarchitectonics in moist-electric generation

  • Jia-Cheng Feng and
  • Hong Xia

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1185–1200, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.99

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  • cylindrical, the potential change (ΔV) is given by [10]: where ε is the dielectric constant of the fluid, ε0 is the vacuum permittivity, R is the flow resistance of the channel, ζ is the zeta potential of the ionic double layer on the channel surfaces, η is the liquid viscosity, C is the ionic concentration
  • resistance and surface potential, directly contribute to the flow potential. At the same time, the parameters of the fluid in the nanochannel, such as dielectric constant and ion concentration, are directly related to the magnitude of the flow potential. In the nanochannel, the flow velocity ν of the fluid
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Published 25 Oct 2022

Theoretical investigations of oxygen vacancy effects in nickel-doped zirconia from ab initio XANES spectroscopy at the oxygen K-edge

  • Dick Hartmann Douma,
  • Lodvert Tchibota Poaty,
  • Alessio Lamperti,
  • Stéphane Kenmoe,
  • Abdulrafiu Tunde Raji,
  • Alberto Debernardi and
  • Bernard M’Passi-Mabiala

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 975–985, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.85

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  • which is being currently employed in ultra-scaled electronics for its high dielectric constant [24][25] have received significant attention because of its practical applications. Thus, recently, exploiting first principles simulations and X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy (XANES) in high magnetic
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Published 15 Sep 2022

Recent advances in nanoarchitectures of monocrystalline coordination polymers through confined assembly

  • Lingling Xia,
  • Qinyue Wang and
  • Ming Hu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 763–777, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.67

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  • demonstrated in millimeter-sized superstructures formed by ZIF-8 or UiO-66 [131]. Owing to the porous structure of the monocrystalline coordination polymers. The dielectric constant of the particles may be changed upon adsorption of molecules such as organic vapor. This can lead to a change of the structural
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