Impact of adsorbate–substrate interaction on nanostructured thin films growth during low-pressure condensation

• Alina V. Dvornichenko,
• Vasyl O. Kharchenko and
• Dmitrii O. Kharchenko

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 473–483, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.36

• formation. We simulate deposition on one- and multicomponent substrates with different strengths of adsorbate–substrate interactions. We will show that an increase in the strength of adsorbate–substrate interactions stimulates the formation of stable surface structures during deposition, which leads to an

• multicomponent substrates leads to the formation of a stationary surface morphology with an elevated number of adsorbate islands of smaller size, compared to one-component substrates. This study provides a deep insight into the peculiarities of nanostructured thin films’ growth in low-pressure systems with

• substrate–adsorbate interaction strength onto pattern formation during deposition, we consider here two different cases. The first one relates to the one-component substrates (OCS) characterized by different values of δ. The second case is the deposition onto multicomponent substrates (MCS) representing

Enhancing mechanical properties of chitosan/PVA electrospun nanofibers: a comprehensive review

• Nur Areisman Mohd Salleh,
• Amalina Muhammad Afifi,
• Fathiah Mohamed Zuki and
• Hanna Sofia SalehHudin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 286–307, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.22

• material as the electrospinning solution produces fibers with limited functional properties [74]. This limits the practical use of the fibers, especially to solve advanced issues that arise in line with the rapid growth in research and advanced technologies. Multicomponent fibers, composed of two or more

• materials, are designed to enhance the functionality and properties of the fibers, thereby broadening their applications in areas such as antibacterial treatments, water purification, and biomedical engineering [75][76][77]. Fabrication of multicomponent polymer nanofibers like chitosan/PVA can be carried

• fabricate multicomponent fibers, where a single nozzle is partitioned into separate chambers, with the most popular technique being the coaxial electrospinning. Coaxial electrospinning involves the use of a compound coannular nozzle to fabricate core–shell fibers [90][91][92]. For a two-solution system, the

A review of metal-organic frameworks and polymers in mixed matrix membranes for CO₂ capture

• Charlotte Skjold Qvist Christensen,
• Nicholas Hansen,
• Mahboubeh Motadayen,
• Nina Lock,
• Martin Lahn Henriksen and
• Jonathan Quinson

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 155–186, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.14

Effect of radiation-induced vacancy saturation on the first-order phase transformation in nanoparticles: insights from a model

• Aram Shirinyan and
• Yuriy Bilogorodskyy

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1453–1472, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.117

• tolerance is anticipated in nanocrystalline materials compared to bulk solids with conventional grain sizes. Therefore, it is expected that interfaces such as coherent and incoherent boundaries in HDCMs will act as sinks to promote point defect annihilation [6]. In many cases, multicomponent alloys and

• effects led to a polymorphic phase change, transforming the high-density fcc structure to a low-density hexagonal close-packed crystallographic phase. The investigation of the radiation stability of nanocrystalline single-phase multicomponent alloys (NiFe, NiCoFe, and NiCoCr) using molecular dynamics

Electrospun polysuccinimide scaffolds containing different salts as potential wound dressing material

• Veronika Pálos,
• Krisztina S. Nagy,
• Rita Pázmány,
• Krisztina Juriga-Tóth,
• Bálint Budavári,
• Judit Domokos,
• Dóra Szabó,
• Ákos Zsembery and
• Angela Jedlovszky-Hajdu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 781–796, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.65

• easily linked to the polymer or distributed to them in the same solvent; thus, a multicomponent composite system can be generated. Based on the parameters mentioned above, wound-dressing application is one of the most relevant research areas for these systems [7]. An effective wound dressing should

Antibody-conjugated nanoparticles for target-specific drug delivery of chemotherapeutics

• Mamta Kumari,
• Amitabha Acharya and
• Praveen Thaggikuppe Krishnamurthy

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 912–926, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.75

• effect makes the NPs very selective and provides a high sensitivity for binding on the target surface. Multicomponent effect of protein corona on antibody-conjugated NPs The small hydrodynamic diameter and unique structure of NPs offer increased adsorption and catalytic efficiency. The NP surface

• , which further confirmed the multicomponent effect of the protein corona [85]. Based on these findings, it appears that the protein corona significantly alters the properties of the antibody-conjugated NPs in both affirmative and destructive manners. The protein corona formation results in the reduction

Two-dimensional molecular networks at the solid/liquid interface and the role of alkyl chains in their building blocks

• Suyi Liu,
• Yasuo Norikane and
• Yoshihiro Kikkawa

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 872–892, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.72

• increasing the adsorption energy per molecule (all alkyl chains are adsorbed). Adjusting the pore size by changing the alkyl chain length enables the accommodation of various guest molecules, resulting in multicomponent assemblies [68][93][94][95][96][97][98]. Note that DBA-C10 and DBA-OC10 with triangular

• accommodated at the center of the hexagons (Figure 7f,g). Thus, the alkyl chain length affected the formation of porous or non-porous structures, whereas the incorporation of guest molecules changed the 2D assemblies, possibly due to the induced fit mechanism. Multicomponent assemblies owing to matching sizes

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

• and flexible devices are paradigms of the current “Industry 4.0”. One can envision applications such as multicomponent liquid and gas sensors, wearables for healthcare, paper-based sensors, and electronic solutions for smart city applications [1][2][3][4][5]. Another area of increasing demand is the

Mixed oxides with corundum-type structure obtained from recycling can seals as paint pigments: color stability

• Dienifer F. L. Horsth,
• Julia de O. Primo,
• Nayara Balaba,
• Fauze J. Anaissi and
• Carla Bittencourt

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 467–477, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.37

• chromium hydroxide (Cr(OH)3) (component at 576.8 eV) and Cr3+ in Cr2O3 [24]. The characteristic multicomponent of Cr3+ (578.7, 578.1, 577.2, 576.3, and 575.3 eV) [24] is caused by the coupling between the unpaired electrons in the core and the unpaired electrons in the outer shell. This can create a series

Formation of nanoflowers: Au and Ni silicide cores surrounded by SiO_x branches

• Feitao Li,
• Siyao Wan,
• Dong Wang and
• Peter Schaaf

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 133–140, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.14

• nanoparticles [5][6][7]. The research of thin film dewetting has been extended to bilayers and multilayers for the synthesis of multicomponent nanoparticles [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16], like alloyed AuNi and AuAg nanoparticles produced by the solid-state dewetting of bilayers [17][18][19][20][21][22][23

• VLS mechanism [3][4]. This has inspired the possible fabrication of nanoflowers from multicomponent nanoparticles and surrounding SiOx NWs, on which, to date, there is no relevant research. The addition of the second element brings more tailorable properties and broadens the range of applications. For

The influence of structure and local structural defects on the magnetic properties of cobalt nanofilms

• Alexander Vakhrushev,
• Aleksey Fedotov,
• Olesya Severyukhina and
• Anatolie Sidorenko

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 23–33, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.3

• not decreasing. Evolutionary analysis of the structural transformations of substances finds wide application in many areas of science and technology, including physics of multicomponent systems. One promising application of multicomponent systems is the development of phase-transition heat-storage

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

• scientific community in environmental cleanup using bismuth-based nanoparticles (Figure 1). In recent years, an abundance of Bi-based photocatalysts has been reported. The most commonly used Bi-based photocatalysts include metallic Bi, Bi-based binary oxides, Bi-based oxyhalides, Bi-based multicomponent

Temperature and chemical effects on the interfacial energy between a Ga–In–Sn eutectic liquid alloy and nanoscopic asperities

• Yujin Han,
• Pierre-Marie Thebault,
• Corentin Audes,
• Xuelin Wang,
• Haiwoong Park,
• Jian-Zhong Jiang and
• Arnaud Caron

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 817–827, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.72

• tension can be defined as the work to create a new unit area of surface reversibly. For a single component liquid, this translates as γ*A = Fs, where A is the surface area and Fs is the Helmholtz free energy of the surface. In the case of a multicomponent and single-phase liquid, this equality is reduced

Selective detection of complex gas mixtures using point contacts: concept, method and tools

• Alexander P. Pospelov,
• Victor I. Belan,
• Dmytro O. Harbuz,
• Volodymyr L. Vakula,
• Lyudmila V. Kamarchuk,
• Yuliya V. Volkova and
• Gennadii V. Kamarchuk

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1631–1643, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.146

• between the components, similarly to any multicomponent medium that contains substances of different chemical nature [26]. These interactions may eventually result in significant changes not only in the concentrations of the original components, but also in the chemical composition of the gas mixture. The

Self-assembly and spectroscopic fingerprints of photoactive pyrenyl tectons on hBN/Cu(111)

• Domenik M. Zimmermann,
• Knud Seufert,
• Luka Ðorđević,
• Tobias Hoh,
• Sushobhan Joshi,
• Tomas Marangoni,
• Davide Bonifazi and
• Willi Auwärter

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1470–1483, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.130

• chirality. Overall, six distinct rotational orientations of the cis-like pyrene molecule 3, separated by 60°, were observed on hBN/Cu(111) (not shown). Binary assemblies The combination of different pyrene derivatives opens pathways to distinct multicomponent assemblies on hBN/Cu(111). For example, the

Pulsed laser synthesis of highly active Ag–Rh and Ag–Pt antenna–reactor-type plasmonic catalysts

• Kenneth A. Kane and
• Massimo F. Bertino

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1958–1963, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.192

• –reactor; catalysis; heterostructures; laser ablation; multicomponent; nanoparticles; 4-nitrophenol; plasmonic; Pt; Rh; Introduction Metal nanoparticles can interact with visible light through an excitation of the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR). The LSPR is a resonant, collective oscillation

• . [18] and Zhang and co-workers [19]. The aim of the present study is to lay the foundation for future work and illuminate the potential efficacy of pulsed laser ablation as an effective method for the production of multicomponent plasmonic catalysts. The reported method possesses several inherent

• forming multicomponent, antenna–reactor-type photocatalysts. Highly elevated LSPR-induced electric fields in the angular concavities increase the number of energetic charge carriers of adsorbed Rh/Pt NPs, and subsequently increase the reduction rate of 4-nitrophenolate. This effect is isolated to the NP

Warped graphitic layers generated by oxidation of fullerene extraction residue and its oxygen reduction catalytic activity

• Machiko Takigami,
• Rieko Kobayashi,
• Takafumi Ishii,
• Yasuo Imashiro and
• Jun-ichi Ozaki

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1391–1400, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.137

• . The oxidation treatment to NB-ORG diminished the intensity of the peak at 2θ = 17°, as can be observed in ONB-1 (Figure 2b). This trend was more apparent with extended oxidation treatment time. The peak at around 2θ = 23° became dominant in ONB-2. The results confirm the multicomponent feature of the

• . The NB-ORG used in this study already included WGLs, as evidenced by the multicomponent feature of the XRD profiles in the vicinity of 002 diffraction, which was supported by TEM observation. Ultimately, the formation of the WGLs by the oxidation of NB-ORG occurred by removing amorphous carbons

Multicomponent bionanocomposites based on clay nanoarchitectures for electrochemical devices

• Giulia Lo Dico,
• Bernd Wicklein,
• Lorenzo Lisuzzo,
• Giuseppe Lazzara,
• Pilar Aranda and
• Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1303–1315, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.129

• , multicomponent conductive nanoarchitectured materials integrating halloysite nanotubes (HNTs), graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) and chitosan (CHI) have been developed. The resulting nanohybrid suspensions could be easily formed into films or foams, where each individual component plays a critical role in the

• characteristics allow for a possible application of these active elements as integrated multicomponent materials for advanced electrochemical devices such as biosensors and enzymatic biofuel cells. This strategy can be regarded as an “a la carte” menu, where the selection of the nanocomponents exhibiting

• ]. Interestingly, HNTs are known to maintain their ability to act as nanocontainers even when dispersed in a multicomponent system included in polymer matrices [22]. It has been observed that positively charged polymers such as chitosan (CHI) can electrostatically incorporate the previously loaded halloysite

Serum type and concentration both affect the protein-corona composition of PLGA nanoparticles

• Katrin Partikel,
• Robin Korte,
• Dennis Mulac,
• Hans-Ulrich Humpf and
• Klaus Langer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1002–1015, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.101

• solution (Figure 2B). The results exhibit the characteristic shape of a Langmuir adsorption isotherm for a multicomponent fluid indicating that equilibrium conditions could be achieved with increasing contents of serum in the incubation medium. The Langmuir equation was arranged into the linear form and

• fraction of protein in serum for the different incubation conditions could be calculated by subtraction of the total amount of NP-bound proteins. This relation was represented as Langmuir adsorption isotherm for a multicomponent fluid applying the following equation: where q is the amount of solute (serum

Polymorphic self-assembly of pyrazine-based tectons at the solution–solid interface

• Achintya Jana,
• Puneet Mishra and
• Neeladri Das

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 494–499, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.50

• molecules opens up intriguing possibilities to design multicomponent assemblies on solid surfaces. Such synthesis strategies using synthons than can operate side-by-side without interfering with each other are of potential importance to realize complex supramolecular structures in predictable manner

Raman study of flash-lamp annealed aqueous Cu₂ZnSnS₄ nanocrystals

• Yevhenii Havryliuk,
• Oleksandr Selyshchev,
• Mykhailo Valakh,
• Alexandra Raevskaya,
• Oleksandr Stroyuk,
• Constance Schmidt,
• Volodymyr Dzhagan and
• Dietrich R. T. Zahn

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 222–227, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.20

• “Investigation of nanostructures based on multicomponent metal chalcogenides for a new generation of photovoltaics and luminescent biomarkers”).

Variation of the photoluminescence spectrum of InAs/GaAs heterostructures grown by ion-beam deposition

• Alexander S. Pashchenko,
• Leonid S. Lunin,
• Eleonora M. Danilina and
• Sergei N. Chebotarev

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2794–2801, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.261

• 3D growth but has some limitations for a number of functional applications such as manipulating the photosensitivity spectrum in the infrared region. The solution to the problem can be found by the selection of a potential-barrier material for QDs based on III–V multicomponent solid solutions. GaAsSb

SO₂ gas adsorption on carbon nanomaterials: a comparative study

• Deepu J. Babu,
• Divya Puthusseri,
• Frank G. Kühl,
• Sherif Okeil,
• Michael Bruns,
• Manfred Hampe and
• Jörg J. Schneider

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1782–1792, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.169

• caused by the electrostatic interactions of SO2 molecules with CO functionalities. By investigating the adsorption of a multicomponent mixture containing SO2, NO, chlorobenzene and H2O on activated carbon using a fixed-bed reactor, Li et al. observed that the presence of carbonyl groups enhances the SO2

Evaluation of replicas manufactured in a 3D-printed nanoimprint unit

• Manuel Caño-García,
• Morten A. Geday,
• Manuel Gil-Valverde,
• Xabier Quintana and
• José M. Otón

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1573–1581, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.149

• the copy. The result is a single multicomponent vector (typically, several thousands of elements) called HOG descriptor, which is assigned to every image, i.e., the whole image information is condensed in one result. This is quite convenient for comparisons between samples, but data elaboration is

• as the block contains cells. As the window is sweeping over the image, the same cell contributes to the histogram of different blocks. This procedure acts as an overlapping local contrast that improves the accuracy. HOG is defined as the multicomponent vector that gathers all the histograms obtained

Surface characterization of nanoparticles using near-field light scattering

• Eunsoo Yoo,
• Yizhong Liu,
• Chukwuazam A. Nwasike,
• Sebastian R. Freeman,
• Brian C. DiPaolo,
• Bernardo Cordovez and
• Amber L. Doiron

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1228–1238, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.114

• microscope is efficient in characterization of polymer-coated nanoparticles. However, due to the fact that the nanoparticle scattering intensity depends on the dielectric constant of the material, multicomponent particle coatings, especially those on metallic or metal oxide materials such as those studied