Laser ablation in liquids for shape-tailored synthesis of nanomaterials: status and challenges

• Natalie Tarasenka

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1963–1997, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.137

Modeling magnetic properties of cobalt nanofilms used as a component of spin hybrid superconductor–ferromagnetic structures

• Aleksey Fedotov,
• Olesya Severyukhina,
• Anastasia Salomatina and
• Anatolie Sidorenko

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1557–1566, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.110

• Aleksey Fedotov Olesya Severyukhina Anastasia Salomatina Anatolie Sidorenko Modeling Structures and Functional Materials Group, Institute of Mechanics, Udmurt Federal Research Center, Ural Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Baramzinoy 34, Izhevsk 426067, Russia Nanotechnology and Microsystems

Transient electronics for sustainability: Emerging technologies and future directions

• Jae-Young Bae,
• Myung-Kyun Choi and
• Seung-Kyun Kang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1545–1556, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.109

• without attenuation remains a major limitation, and the biocompatibility of the stimuli or triggering mechanisms may also pose challenges. Additionally, this strategy is highly material-specific, requiring the tailored design and development of functional materials for each target application, which adds

Cross-reactivities in conjugation reactions involving iron oxide nanoparticles

• Shoronia N. Cross,
• Katalin V. Korpany,
• Hanine Zakaria and
• Amy Szuchmacher Blum

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1504–1521, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.106

• )carbodiimide (EDC) coupling [5] and “click” chemistry reactions [6] have proven to be effective tools in the synthesis of novel functional materials. Carbodiimide coupling is an invaluable tool for the coupling of carboxylic acids to amines, through amide bond formation. The combination of EDC and N

Laser processing in liquids: insights into nanocolloid generation and thin film integration for energy, photonic, and sensing applications

• Akshana Parameswaran Sreekala,
• Pooja Raveendran Nair,
• Jithin Kundalam Kadavath,
• Bindu Krishnan,
• David Avellaneda Avellaneda,
• M. R. Anantharaman and
• Sadasivan Shaji

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1428–1498, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.104

• method for developing advanced functional materials. This section of the discussion focuses on the fabrication of thin films using laser-processed nanocolloids by various techniques such as electrophoretic deposition (EPD), spin-dip coating, spin coating, drop-casting, and spray deposition. The choice of

Hydrogels and nanogels: effectiveness in dermal applications

• Jéssica da Cruz Ludwig,
• Diana Fortkamp Grigoletto,
• Daniele Fernanda Renzi,
• Wolf-Rainer Abraham,
• Daniel de Paula and
• Najeh Maissar Khalil

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1216–1233, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.90

• prevention of the spontaneous combustion of coal [29]. The development of chemically functional materials on the nanoscale appears to be of fundamental importance when it comes to health applications. Nanogels are an excellent alternative for the manufacture of biomaterials due to their physical and chemical

Soft materials nanoarchitectonics: liquid crystals, polymers, gels, biomaterials, and others

• Katsuhiko Ariga

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1025–1067, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.77

• concept of nanoarchitecture, as a post-nanotechnology methodology, can be defined as the construction of functional materials from nanometer-sized units using a variety of materials processes. It is believed to be particularly well suited to the assembly of soft materials that exhibit flexible and diverse

• materials systems. It can be reasonably proposed that the mastery of materials science in the context of soft functional materials will facilitate the development of advanced functional systems that emulate the characteristics of living organisms. This concept is not limited to applications in biology, such

• as biomedical applications [15][16][17][18][19][20], but also extends to functional material systems that address issues such as energy [21][22][23][24][25] and environment [26][27][28][29][30]. The creation of such soft functional materials has been fostered alongside the advancement of science

Time-resolved probing of laser-induced nanostructuring processes in liquids

• Maximilian Spellauge,
• David Redka,
• Mianzhen Mo,
• Changyong Song,
• Heinz Paul Huber and
• Anton Plech

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 968–1002, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.74

• -transition kinetics using femtosecond laser pulses is critical. Such research promises to improve the ability to engineer functional materials through on-demand customization. Recognizing that photoexcited electrons serve as the initial point, it is intuitive to envision controlling localized surface

Insights into the electronic and atomic structures of cerium oxide-based ultrathin films and nanostructures using high-brilliance light sources

• Paola Luches and
• Federico Boscherini

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 860–871, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.65

• light sources, such as synchrotrons and free-electron lasers, allow researchers to probe the structural, electronic, and dynamic properties of functional materials at an unprecedented level of detail. Techniques like X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray absorption spectroscopy, can reveal atomic

Synthesis and magnetic transitions of rare-earth-free Fe–Mn–Ni–Si-based compositionally complex alloys at bulk and nanoscale

• Shabbir Tahir,
• Tatiana Smoliarova,
• Carlos Doñate-Buendía,
• Michael Farle,
• Natalia Shkodich and
• Bilal Gökce

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 823–836, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.62

• CCAs NPs. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 40: Additional experimental data. Acknowledgements We thank Tobias Bochmann for his help with the SEM imaging and EDX mapping of the Ge- and Al-based CCA targets. We also thank Dr. Alex Aubert for his help performing SPS at Functional

• Materials in TU Darmstadt. Funding The authors gratefully acknowledge the funding by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio (CRC/TRR) 270 (Project-ID 405553726, projects (B08, A04 and Z02). We further thank the DFG for funding of the projects GO 2566/10-1

Zeolite materials with Ni and Co: synthesis and catalytic potential in the selective hydrogenation of citral

• Inocente Rodríguez-Iznaga,
• Yailen Costa Marrero,
• Tania Farias Piñeira,
• Céline Fontaine,
• Lexane Paget,
• Beatriz Concepción Rosabal,
• Arbelio Penton Madrigal,
• Vitalii Petranovskii and
• Gwendoline Lafaye

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 520–529, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.40

• metallic species for various applications, leading to the invention of new functional materials for sustainable development, such as catalysts [1][2][3]. Among the various methods used to modify zeolites, ion exchange is the most widely employed. Different ion exchange methods are known, such as ion

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

• hydrolysis medium. Keywords: 2D zeolite; hierarchical porosity; mordenite; TEOT; TiO2; titanium tetraethoxide; Introduction Zeolites are important heterogeneous catalysts in various industrial processes. More and more functional materials based on zeolites are being searched for, including zeolites with

• the Research Park of Saint Petersburg State University (Centre for X-ray Diffraction Studies; Interdisciplinary Resource Centre for Nanotechnology; Centre for Physical Methods of Surface Investigation; Centre for Diagnostics of Functional Materials for Medicine, Pharmacology and Nanoelectronics

Ion-induced surface reactions and deposition from Pt(CO)₂Cl₂ and Pt(CO)₂Br₂

• Mohammed K. Abdel-Rahman,
• Patrick M. Eckhert,
• Atul Chaudhary,
• Johnathon M. Johnson,
• Jo-Chi Yu,
• Lisa McElwee-White and
• D. Howard Fairbrother

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1427–1439, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.115

• , deposition strategies in various applications, such as circuit editing and lithographic mask repair in the semiconductor industry [7][8][9][10][11][12] as well as the growth of functional materials for magnetism [13][14][15][16], superconductivity [17], and sensing [18][19]. Compared to FEBID, FIBID operates

Ca_n neutral clusters: a two-step G₀W₀ and DFT benchmark

• Sunila Bakhsh,
• Sameen Aslam,
• Muhammad Khalid,
• Muhammad Sohail,
• Sundas Zafar,
• Sumayya Abdul Wadood,
• Kareem Morsy and
• Muhammad Aamir Iqbal

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1010–1016, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.82

• properties and their potential applications, such as developing theoretical models and designing functional materials. The ground-state structures of Ca clusters (n = 2–20). The binding energies of ground-state Ca clusters (n = 2–20) in comparison with reported data [1][11][13][17]. The second difference in

Photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue under visible light by cobalt ferrite nanoparticles/graphene quantum dots

• Vo Chau Ngoc Anh,
• Le Thi Thanh Nhi,
• Le Thi Kim Dung,
• Dang Thi Ngoc Hoa,
• Nguyen Truong Son,
• Nguyen Thi Thao Uyen,
• Nguyen Ngoc Uyen Thu,
• Le Van Thanh Son,
• Le Trung Hieu,
• Tran Ngoc Tuyen and
• Dinh Quang Khieu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 475–489, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.43

• hydrothermal method was reported [7]. The effect of oleylamine concentration on the physicochemical properties of CF synthesized via a solvothermal process has been presented [8]. However, ferrites exhibit self-agglomeration due to their magnetic nature. Combining different functional materials to prepare

Influence of conductive carbon and MnCo₂O₄ on morphological and electrical properties of hydrogels for electrochemical energy conversion

• Sylwia Pawłowska,
• Karolina Cysewska,
• Yasamin Ziai,
• Jakub Karczewski,
• Piotr Jasiński and
• Sebastian Molin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 57–70, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.6

• , polypyrrole, and poly(ethylenedioxythiophene) [29][30][31], allows for the formation of conductive hydrogels. Conducting hydrogels possess properties of both conductive polymers and hydrogels, which makes them attractive functional materials for many applications in several fields of science and technology

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

• materials with other functional materials have been found to be useful. Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are a new class of organic polymers containing B, C, Si, N, and O in their backbones. Conjugation of COFs with Fe3O4 nanoparticles will yield a two to three times higher PCE than that of bare Fe3O4

Nanoarchitectonics for advanced applications in energy, environment and biology: Method for everything in materials science

• Katsuhiko Ariga

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 738–740, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.60

• 10.3762/bjnano.14.60 Keywords: functional materials; materials science; nanoarchitectonics; nanotechnology; The advancement of society depends on functional materials that are available and systems that are generated by the population. We can say that the development of advanced civilizations happens in

• parallel and is due to the development of functional materials. In the beginning of the civilization, humans used to extract materials directly from nature and process them for personal use. Later, we learned how to create materials not found in nature through various chemical reactions. Such material

• the creation of functional materials that improved human life. In the course of their development, we have learned that the function of a material depends not only on the material itself but also on the precision of its internal structure. This is where nanotechnology has brought about a revolution

Nanoarchitectonics to entrap living cells in silica-based systems: encapsulations with yolk–shell and sepiolite nanomaterials

• Celia Martín-Morales,
• Jorge Fernández-Méndez,
• Pilar Aranda and
• Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 522–534, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.43

• assembly of biological and inorganic components is being increasingly developed with the aim of achieving high-quality functional materials exhibiting properties of living species, but entrapped within inorganic solid structures [2][3]. When such assembly processes are carried out at the nanometre scale

Molecular nanoarchitectonics: unification of nanotechnology and molecular/materials science

• Katsuhiko Ariga

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 434–453, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.35

• are introduced, and future prospects of nanoarchitectonics are discussed. The fusion of basic science and the application of practical functional materials will complete materials chemistry for everything. Keywords: local probe chemistry; materials chemistry; nanoarchitectonics; nanotechnology; on

• properties. The development of functional materials is an important key to solving various problems in human society. Functional materials have been created together with developments of well-established science such as organic chemistry [4][5][6], inorganic chemistry [7][8][9], polymer chemistry [10][11][12

• . Controlling macroscopic functions by controlling the molecular structure is a very well-established design strategy in molecular nanoarchitectonics. There is also a strong research interest in combining structure-forming techniques to develop functional materials. For example, the Langmuir–Blodgett (LB

Evaluation of electrosynthesized reduced graphene oxide–Ni/Fe/Co-based (oxy)hydroxide catalysts towards the oxygen evolution reaction

• Karolina Cysewska,
• Marcin Łapiński,
• Marcin Zając,
• Jakub Karczewski,
• Piotr Jasiński and
• Sebastian Molin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 420–433, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.34

• Karolina Cysewska Marcin Lapinski Marcin Zajac Jakub Karczewski Piotr Jasinski Sebastian Molin Laboratory of Functional Materials, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, and Advance Materials Centre, Gdańsk University of Technology, ul. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland

A novel approach to pulsed laser deposition of platinum catalyst on carbon particles for use in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

• Bogusław Budner,
• Wojciech Tokarz,
• Sławomir Dyjak,
• Andrzej Czerwiński,
• Bartosz Bartosewicz and
• Bartłomiej Jankiewicz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 190–204, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.19

• problem is to use material nanoarchitectonics, a new concept that emerged several years ago and has become widely applicable to material science [8][9][10]. Fabricating functional materials by combining two or more existing materials into one exhibiting unusual and often unpredicted properties is a

Recent trends in Bi-based nanomaterials: challenges, fabrication, enhancement techniques, and environmental applications

• Vishal Dutta,
• Ankush Chauhan,
• Ritesh Verma,
• C. Gopalkrishnan and
• Van-Huy Nguyen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1316–1336, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.109

• making nanostructures of functional materials. However, templates were chosen rather based on utility than on cost. The self-template technology does not require additional templates, which leads to less expensive production and increased efficiency. This makes the approach more realistic for practical

Recent advances in green carbon dots (2015–2022): synthesis, metal ion sensing, and biological applications

• Aisha Kanwal,
• Naheed Bibi,
• Sajjad Hyder,
• Arif Muhammad,
• Hao Ren,
• Jiangtao Liu and
• Zhongli Lei

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1068–1107, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.93

• availability. It is thus environmentally friendly and advantageous [51][52]. Plant parts such as roots, stem, leaves, fruits, flowers, and seeds have been used for the production of CDs. Several low-value plant materials can also be converted into functional materials with excellent biocompatibility by

Hierarchical Bi₂WO₆/TiO₂-nanotube composites derived from natural cellulose for visible-light photocatalytic treatment of pollutants

• Zehao Lin,
• Zhan Yang and
• Jianguo Huang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 745–762, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.66

• large variety of functional materials [10][11][12][13][14][15]; in particular, for the fabrication of specific catalytic materials [16][17][18][19]. Recently, several bismuth-based photocatalysts have drawn extensive attention owing to their unique band structures and excellent stability against

• control is expected to offer a solution [28]. Based on biomimetic synthesis, the morphological control of functional materials is accomplished by combining chemical building blocks and natural substances with unique structures. Natural cellulose products (e.g., filter paper for quantitative analysis