Hartree–Fock interaction in superconducting condensate fractals

• Edward G. Nikonov,
• Yajiang Chen,
• Mauro M. Doria and
• Arkady A. Shanenko

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 2177–2182, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.150

• solve the Bogoliubov–de Gennes equations and show that, beyond the half-filling, the HF potential significantly enhances the self-similar spatial oscillations of the order parameter while simultaneously reducing its average value and altering its critical exponent. Consequently, the critical temperature

• units of tB). Our calculations are performed away from the half-filling as this regime was shown to produce a uniform electronic distribution in Fibonacci chains [22], where the HF potential does not alter superconducting properties. Here, we adopt an electron density of ne = 0.5. Our qualitative

• solution of the BdG equations for superconducting Fibonacci chains, we demonstrate that including the HF interaction significantly enhances the spatial oscillations of the order parameter when the averaged electron density is beyond the half-filling regime. These oscillations are a direct consequence of

On the road to sustainability – application of metallic nanoparticles obtained by green synthesis in dentistry: a scoping review

• Lorena Pinheiro Vasconcelos Silva,
• Joice Catiane Soares Martins,
• Israel Luís Carvalho Diniz,
• Júlio Abreu Miranda,
• Danilo Rodrigues de Souza,
• Éverton do Nascimento Alencar,
• Moan Jéfter Fernandes Costa and
• Pedro Henrique Sette-de-Souza

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1851–1862, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.128

• , intracanal medicaments, and filling materials enhances their penetration and antibacterial action against resistant microorganisms, including Enterococcus faecalis [8][43][44]. Green-synthesized AgNPs and ZnO-NPs are particularly relevant due to their ability to disrupt biofilm architecture within dentinal

Current status of using adsorbent nanomaterials for removing microplastics from water supply systems: a mini review

• Nguyen Thi Nhan and
• Tran Le Luu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1837–1850, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.127

• conventional treatments removing only 40–70%, especially struggling with smaller particles. Based mainly on mechanisms like electrostatic interactions, hydrophobic interactions, pore filling, hydrogen bonding, π–π stacking, and surface complexation, adsorbent nanomaterials achieve over 90% removal of MPs and

• bonding through oxygen-containing groups (oxidized biochar), pore filling, and electrostatic interactions [53]. GO materials, such as a nickel/reduced graphene oxide (Ni/rGO) nanocomposite, also exhibited high adsorption efficiency, achieving 80.3% removal of PS from water containing 100 mg·L−1 PS. The

Further insights into the thermodynamics of linear carbon chains for temperatures ranging from 13 to 300 K

• Alexandre Rocha Paschoal,
• Thiago Alves de Moura,
• Juan S. Rodríguez-Hernández,
• Carlos William de Araujo Paschoal,
• Yoong Ahm Kim,
• Morinobu Endo and
• Paulo T. Araujo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1818–1825, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.125

• synthesized using arc discharge [53]. The purity of MWCNT regarding nanoparticles is ≈80% with average diameters of 10.4 nm (average length of 2.3 mm). The LCC@CNT filling ratio is ≈80% [53]. The samples were dispersed in acetone and sonicated for 2 h and then drop casted onto a Si wafer of ≈1 cm2 area. Raman

Changes of structural, magnetic and spectroscopic properties of microencapsulated iron sucrose nanoparticles in saline

• Sabina Lewińska,
• Pavlo Aleshkevych,
• Roman Minikayev,
• Anna Bajorek,
• Mateusz Dulski,
• Krystian Prusik,
• Tomasz Wojciechowski and
• Anna Ślawska-Waniewska

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 762–784, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.59

Electron beam-based direct writing of nanostructures using a palladium β-ketoesterate complex

• Chinmai Sai Jureddy,
• Krzysztof Maćkosz,
• Aleksandra Butrymowicz-Kubiak,
• Iwona B. Szymańska,
• Patrik Hoffmann and
• Ivo Utke

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 530–539, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.41

• multiple cycles of water–acetone–isopropanol solvents in an ultrasonification bath and then dried using pressurized N2 gas. For the precursor delivery, we used a heatable, custom-built GIS. Before precursor filling, the GIS underwent the same cleaning procedure as the substrate. The solid precursor was

Performance optimization of a microwave-coupled plasma-based ultralow-energy ECR ion source for silicon nanostructuring

• Joy Mukherjee,
• Safiul Alam Mollick,
• Tanmoy Basu and
• Tapobrata Som

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 484–494, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.37

• , Germany). The schematic representation in Figure 1 elucidates the process of extracting an ultralow-energy ion beam. A magnetron is connected to the ceramic Al2O3 plasma cup via a waveguide. The gas inlet system facilitates the filling of the plasma cup with gas through a capillary tube. The intense

Size control of nanoparticles synthesized by pulsed laser ablation in liquids using donut-shaped beams

• Abdel Rahman Altakroury,
• Oleksandr Gatsa,
• Farbod Riahi,
• Zongwen Fu,
• Miroslava Flimelová,
• Andrei Samokhvalov,
• Stephan Barcikowski,
• Carlos Doñate-Buendía,
• Alexander V. Bulgakov and
• Bilal Gökce

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 407–417, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.31

• distance between the target surface and the window was ca. 7 mm. Deionized water was used as liquid in all experiments and pumped through the chamber at a flow rate of 0.13 L·min−1, ensuring the complete filling of the chamber volume under laminar flow conditions. For the synthesis of gold and Y2O3 NPs

Modeling and simulation of carbon-nanocomposite-based gas sensors

• Roopa Hegde,
• Punya Prabha V,
• Shipra Upadhyay and
• Krishna S B

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 90–96, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.9

• , mathematical models to predict the behavior of these sensors have been developed using numerical analysis software [1]. The polymer PEDOT: PSS aligns the surface of the CNT film by filling most of the gaps in the CNT network. The effective electrical conductivity at tube-to-tube junctions within the CNT

Instance maps as an organising concept for complex experimental workflows as demonstrated for (nano)material safety research

• Benjamin Punz,
• Maja Brajnik,
• Joh Dokler,
• Jaleesia D. Amos,
• Litty Johnson,
• Katie Reilly,
• Anastasios G. Papadiamantis,
• Amaia Green Etxabe,
• Lee Walker,
• Diego S. T. Martinez,
• Steffi Friedrichs,
• Klaus M. Weltring,
• Nazende Günday-Türeli,
• Claus Svendsen,
• Christine Ogilvie Hendren,
• Mark R. Wiesner,
• Martin Himly,
• Iseult Lynch and
• Thomas E. Exner

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 57–77, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.7

Orientation-dependent photonic bandgaps in gold-dust weevil scales and their titania bioreplicates

• Norma Salvadores Farran,
• Limin Wang,
• Primoz Pirih and
• Bodo D. Wilts

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1–10, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.1

• Information File 1, Figure S2). This phenomenon is similar to what has been previously observed in other weevils that possess diamond-type photonic crystals [14][15][30] with similar chitin filling fractions [31][32] and unit cell dimensions [15]. The elytral scales are not uniform, as they can contain single

Liver-targeting iron oxide nanoparticles and their complexes with plant extracts for biocompatibility

• Shushanik A. Kazaryan,
• Seda A. Oganian,
• Gayane S. Vardanyan,
• Anatolie S. Sidorenko and
• Ashkhen A. Hovhannisyan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1593–1602, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.125

• vessel filling (Figure 5). However, in groups II and V, mildly pronounced dystrophic changes are observed in individual hepatocytes, that is, cytoplasmic opacity and the presence of optically distinguishable vacuoles; whereas in group IV, these dystrophic changes are observed in the majority of

Ultrablack color in velvet ant cuticle

• Vinicius Marques Lopez,
• Wencke Krings,
• Juliana Reis Machado,
• Stanislav Gorb and
• Rhainer Guillermo-Ferreira

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1554–1565, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.122

• longitudinal absorptive bands. These are often rods of chitin embedded in a protein matrix [23]. The authors also suggested that there is a proteinaceous filling material, which tends to leach out during preparation of the specimens for SEM, leaving behind empty lacunae. Modelled reflectance of V. orientalis

The round-robin approach applied to nanoinformatics: consensus prediction of nanomaterials zeta potential

• Dimitra-Danai Varsou,
• Arkaprava Banerjee,
• Joyita Roy,
• Kunal Roy,
• Giannis Savvas,
• Haralambos Sarimveis,
• Ewelina Wyrzykowska,
• Mateusz Balicki,
• Tomasz Puzyn,
• Georgia Melagraki,
• Iseult Lynch and
• Antreas Afantitis

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1536–1553, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.121

• [48]. Both the QSPR and read-across approaches are extensively used for data gap filling (predicting activity/property/toxicity values of compounds devoid of experimentally derived endpoint values). Recently, Luechtefeld et al. [49] introduced the concept of classification-based read-across structure

Synthesis, characterization and anticancer effect of doxorubicin-loaded dual stimuli-responsive smart nanopolymers

• Ömür Acet,
• Pavel Kirsanov,
• Burcu Önal Acet,
• Inessa Halets-Bui,
• Dzmitry Shcharbin,
• Şeyda Ceylan Cömert and
• Mehmet Odabaşı

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1189–1196, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.96

• because of fast filling of the adsorption sites. In conclusion, DOX loading onto the SNPs was accomplished successfully. In previous studies conducted by our group on the carrying capacity of nanostructures, we obtained comparable results [20][24][37]. Encapsulation and release studies of DOX encapsulated

Introducing third-generation periodic table descriptors for nano-qRASTR modeling of zebrafish toxicity of metal oxide nanoparticles

• Supratik Kar and
• Siyun Yang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1142–1152, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.93

• -randomization procedure, the study calculated the mean values of R2 and Q2 for the 100 randomly generated models. External dataset for data gap filling and prediction reliability Our prepared external dataset consists of 35 MONPs that were used to predict toxicity for zebrafish. External prediction quality is

Interface properties of nanostructured carbon-coated biological implants: an overview

• Mattia Bartoli,
• Francesca Cardano,
• Erik Piatti,
• Stefania Lettieri,
• Andrea Fin and
• Alberto Tagliaferro

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1041–1053, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.85

• self-repairing of the damaged surfaces by filling the cracks, thus, reducing wear loss. Chen et al. [134] improved the mechanical properties of a titanium alloy though deposition of graphene flakes. The authors investigated the system through indentation showing improvements in both toughness and yield

Beyond biomimicry – next generation applications of bioinspired adhesives from microfluidics to composites

• Dan Sameoto

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 965–976, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.79

• the channels but also directed the liquid metal flow via Laplace barriers within the channels, offering a mechanism by which we could precisely control the filling of a liquid with very high surface tension [36] (Figure 5). Additionally, small subfeatures within the microfluidic channels could allow

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

• Co. Ltd.)) [101]. The main polymeric nanofiber products on the market for bone regeneration are ReBOSSIS (Ortho Rebirth, Japan), a PLGA-based biomedical product for filling a synthetic bone cavity, poly-ʟ-lactic acid (PLLA) and collagen scaffolds (The Electrospinning Company, United Kingdom), and PCL

• -like nanofiber structure and the formulation components. Thus, ReBOSSIS provides ease of use in filling different shapes and sizes of bone voids during operations. In addition, unlike granular artificial bone material, it does not fall out of the bone cavities after the operation. During the patients

Synthesis of silver–palladium Janus nanoparticles using co-sputtering of independent sources: experimental and theorical study

• Maria J. Martínez-Carreón,
• Francisco Solís-Pomar,
• Abel Fundora,
• Claudio D. Gutiérrez-Lazos,
• Sergio Mejía-Rosales,
• Hector N. Fernández-Escamilla,
• Jonathan Guerrero-Sánchez,
• Manuel F. Meléndrez and
• Eduardo Pérez-Tijerina

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 808–816, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.67

• ). (d) Simulated Z-contrast image of the model in (b). (a) Perspective view of the Ag surface space sphere filling model, (b) side view of the (111) Ag surface with the calculated (111) interplanar distance, (c) (111) Ag unit cell, (d) perspective view of (111) Pd surface space sphere filling model, (e

Ultrasensitive and ultrastretchable metal crack strain sensor based on helical polydimethylsiloxane

• Shangbi Chen,
• Dewen Liu,
• Weiwei Chen,
• Huajiang Chen,
• Jiawei Li and
• Jinfang Wang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 270–278, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.25

• hollow tube was employed for filling the PDMS. The elimination of air bubbles was accomplished through the application of a vacuum pump. Subsequently, the screw was inserted into the PDMS-filled straw by rotating it. The screw’s outer diameter and the straw’s inner diameter exhibit a favorable

Exploring disorder correlations in superconducting systems: spectroscopic insights and matrix element effects

• Vyacheslav D. Neverov,
• Alexander E. Lukyanov,
• Andrey V. Krasavin,
• Alexei Vagov,
• Boris G. Lvov and
• Mihail D. Croitoru

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 199–206, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.19

• ][64]. Additionally, we determine the chemical potential μ from the condition that the average electron density ne is fixed. In the calculations, we choose ne = 0.875. This is quite far from the half-filling condition ne = 1, at which a singular van Hove singularity appears in the DOS in the middle of

Ferromagnetic resonance spectra of linear magnetosome chains

• Elizaveta M. Gubanova and
• Nikolai A. Usov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 157–167, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.15

• that of random clusters of interacting spherical magnetite nanoparticles. The shape of FMR spectra of both assemblies is shown to differ appreciably even at sufficiently large values of filling density of random clusters. Keywords: chains of magnetosomes; ferromagnetic resonance spectra; magnetite

• assembly of chains shown in Figure 4a with the FMR spectra of a random assembly of clusters of interacting magnetite nanoparticles calculated for different cluster filling densities η = NpV/Vcl. Here, Vcl is the volume of a random cluster containing Np = 60 spherical magnetite nanoparticles of the same

• diameter D = 40 nm, randomly located in the cluster volume and having a random orientation of the cubic anisotropy axes. As Figure 4b shows, the width of the FMR spectra of dilute assemblies of random clusters increases with an increase in the filling density η because of an increase in the intensity of

Spatial variations of conductivity of self-assembled monolayers of dodecanethiol on Au/mica and Au/Si substrates

• Julian Skolaut,
• Jędrzej Tepper,
• Federica Galli,
• Wulf Wulfhekel and
• Jan M. van Ruitenbeek

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 1169–1177, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.97

• substrate and the mercury electrode yields the conductivity of the SAM, averaged over the contact area of the mercury droplet. In such studies, one of the crucial problems was mercury filling out defects in the SAMs, which leads to short circuits and unreliable currents running through the microcontact

Hierarchically patterned polyurethane microgrooves featuring nanopillars or nanoholes for neurite elongation and alignment

• Lester Uy Vinzons,
• Guo-Chung Dong and
• Shu-Ping Lin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 1157–1168, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.96

• PDMS molds (Figure 1B(iii) and 3B(iii)). To facilitate filling of the nano- and microstructures, a dilute 5 wt % PU solution in dimethylacetamide was first cast into the molds twice, with slow, partial drying at 80 °C in an oven for 10 min and 15 min in the first and second casting, respectively. Then