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Shape, membrane morphology, and morphodynamic response of metabolically active human mitochondria revealed by scanning ion conductance microscopy

  • Eric Lieberwirth,
  • Anja Schaeper,
  • Regina Lange,
  • Ingo Barke,
  • Simone Baltrusch and
  • Sylvia Speller

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 951–967, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.73

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  • metabolically driven vibration modes [47], ferroelectricity [48], resonant ionic conductance, and memristive behaviour [49]. Mitochondrial morphodynamics respond to the proximity and orientation of microtubules. Non-spherical mitochondria near microtubules align their long axes with those of the microtubules
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Published 30 Jun 2025

Tendency in tip polarity changes in non-contact atomic force microscopy imaging on a fluorite surface

  • Bob Kyeyune,
  • Philipp Rahe and
  • Michael Reichling

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 944–950, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.72

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  • ) reconstructed unit cell from STM imaging [33]. With the surface orientation established, the sublattices can be identified through a distance-dependent analysis of NC-AFM images [10], and corresponding model drawings of the CaF2(111) surface geometry are superimposed on the image data. To improve the signal-to
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Heat-induced transformation of nickel-coated polycrystalline diamond film studied in situ by XPS and NEXAFS

  • Olga V. Sedelnikova,
  • Yuliya V. Fedoseeva,
  • Dmitriy V. Gorodetskiy,
  • Yuri N. Palyanov,
  • Elena V. Shlyakhova,
  • Eugene A. Maksimovskiy,
  • Anna A. Makarova,
  • Lyubov G. Bulusheva and
  • Aleksandr V. Okotrub

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 887–898, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.67

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  • of diamond surfaces is important for many applications, which require the formation of thin conductive electrodes on dielectric substrates. Transition metal catalysts can facilitate the graphitization process, which depends on the diamond face orientation. In the present work, the role of a nickel
  • coating on the electronic structure and chemical state of graphite layers formed on the surface of a polycrystalline diamond (PCD) film with mixed grain orientation was studied. A synthetic single-crystal diamond (SCD) with a polished (110) face was examined for comparison. The samples were coated with a
  • fine structure (NEXAFS) methods. XPS data revealed the formation of a thin graphite-like film with low-ordered atomic structure on the surface of the nickel-coated PCD film. The chemical state of sp2-hybridized carbon atoms was found to be insensitive to the face orientation of the diamond micro-sized
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Synchrotron X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study of sodium adsorption on vertically arranged MoS2 layers coated with pyrolytic carbon

  • Alexander V. Okotrub,
  • Anastasiya D. Fedorenko,
  • Anna A. Makarova,
  • Veronica S. Sulyaeva,
  • Yuliya V. Fedoseeva and
  • Lyubov G. Bulusheva

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 847–859, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.64

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  • structural stability of the material [22][23][24]. The orientation of the carbon component in the hybrid can also affect the electrochemical processes. For example, interlayer-expanded MoS2 nanosheets vertically anchored on graphene film and carbon fibers showed a good rate performance in SIBs [25][26]. It
  • was shown that carbon coating on MoS2 particles prevents their aggregation, increases conductivity and reduces structural expansion during electrochemical cycling [21][27]. Hybrid materials consisting of vertically oriented MoS2 layers and graphitic carbon coating with horizontal layer orientation
  • remain poorly understood with respect to sodium-ion storage behavior. Comprehensive studies in this direction are needed. In this work, a thin MoS2 film with vertically aligned layers was coated by a thin film of pyrolytic carbon (PyC) with predominantly horizontal orientation of graphitic domains. The
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Nanostructured materials characterized by scanning photoelectron spectromicroscopy

  • Matteo Amati,
  • Alexey S. Shkvarin,
  • Alexander I. Merentsov,
  • Alexander N. Titov,
  • María Taeño,
  • David Maestre,
  • Sarah R. McKibbin,
  • Zygmunt Milosz,
  • Ana Cremades,
  • Rainer Timm and
  • Luca Gregoratti

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 700–710, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.54

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  • surfaces. The characterization of the building blocks is of paramount importance to deeply understand their functionalities and mutual interactions when they are part of a nanostructured body. The building blocks may differ in their atomic structure, crystallographic orientation, chemical composition, and
  • of (Ni,Fe)4Se5 (Figure 1g,h). The identical orientation of the (Ni,Fe)4Se5 crystals indicates that they have undergone coherent coupling with the lattice of the main crystal. The SPEM technique enables the determination of both the composition of inclusions and the shape of the valence band (Figure
  • Ni3+ to reach charge neutrality. Additionally, NiO exhibits a wide bandgap, which also prompts considerable research interest. The properties of NiO are highly dependent on the synthesis method, owing to the variable dimensionality, morphology, crystalline orientation, and defect structure [44
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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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  • materials science, biology, and nanotechnology. Experimental Polymer blend samples We used F14H20 samples that we bought from SPM Labs LLC, Tempe, AZ, USA. Microcapacitors Si wafers “CZ” were bought from “Si-Mat” with a diameter of 150 mm, ⟨100⟩ surface orientation, a thickness of 675 ± 20 μm, a resistivity
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Polyurethane/silk fibroin-based electrospun membranes for wound healing and skin substitute applications

  • Iqra Zainab,
  • Zohra Naseem,
  • Syeda Rubab Batool,
  • Muhammad Waqas,
  • Ahsan Nazir and
  • Muhammad Anwaar Nazeer

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 591–612, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.46

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Functionalized gold nanoflowers on carbon screen-printed electrodes: an electrochemical platform for biosensing hemagglutinin protein of influenza A H1N1 virus

  • Carlos Enrique Torres-Méndez,
  • Sharmilee Nandi,
  • Klara Martinovic,
  • Patrizia Kühne,
  • Yifan Liu,
  • Sam Taylor,
  • Maria Lysandrou,
  • Maria Ines Berrojo Romeyro Mascarenhas,
  • Viktoria Langwallner,
  • Javier Enrique Sebastián Alonso,
  • Ivana Jovanovic,
  • Maike Lüftner,
  • Georgia-Vasiliki Gkountana,
  • David Bern,
  • Abdul-Raouf Atif,
  • Ehsan Manouchehri Doulabi,
  • Gemma Mestres and
  • Masood Kamali-Moghaddam

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 540–550, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.42

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  • the section bound to the surface. This leads to proper antibody orientation such that the entire antigen binding site is available for adequate biorecognition [44]. No significant peak-to-peak separation change was observed in the CV analysis after immobilization of mAbs and blocking with bovine serum
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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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  • expected to be influenced by the asymmetric charge distribution at the pore edges, which could affect its orientation and subsequently impact the dynamics of water flow through the pore. In our study, we examined four different initial orientations for water adsorption: (1) The plane containing the water
  • hydrogen atoms directed away from the monolayer (Figure 4d). For each orientation, the water molecule was initially positioned at the geometrical center of the pore, at distances of 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, and 2.5 Å above the h-BN monolayer, as shown in Figure 4. After geometry optimization, we observed that in
  • final geometries for each orientation (i.e., similar OH and H–H distances) regardless of the initial height. Correspondingly, the adsorption energy values are also similar, approximately −2.83, −2.93, and −2.92 eV for orientations 1, 2, and 3, respectively. In contrast, the optimized geometries and
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N2+-implantation-induced tailoring of structural, morphological, optical, and electrical characteristics of sputtered molybdenum thin films

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

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 495–509, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.38

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  • significant influence of nitrogen inclusion on the stress evolution of Mo thin films. The crystalline orientation of the Mo films along a particular (hkl) plane can be quantified by determining the texture coefficient (TChkl), which is determined by the following equation [39][40]: where hkl represents the
  • (111), (200), (220), or (311) orientations. The calculated TChkl values for each Mo thin film are summarized in Table 2. The texture coefficients of as-deposited and N2+-implanted Mo thin films demonstrate a strong orientation preference in the (111) direction. The TC111 values of these films are
  • significantly larger than those for other orientations. Also, the texture coefficient for the (200) plane, though less than that for the (111) plane, is larger than those for the (220) and (311) planes. These observations reveal that the plane (111) is the dominant crystalline orientation in both as-deposited
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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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  • temperature are amorphous; those deposited at other substrate temperatures are polycrystalline with a cubic zincblende structure and a preferred orientation along the [111] direction. An increase in crystallite size (from 37.60 ± 0.42 Å to 68.88 ± 1.04 Å) is observed with increased substrate temperature. This
  • deposition temperature affects the preferred crystallite orientation. To quantitatively analyse the impact of deposition temperature on the preferred orientation, the texture coefficient (TC(hkl)) was determined using the relation [25] where I(hkl) stands for the Lorentz-fitted peak intensity, Is(hkl
  • orientation in that particular (hkl) direction, that is, more crystallites grow in this particular direction, while TC values less than one indicate that the orientation is random. The TC value of the (111) planes is greater than one, which indicates that [111] is the preferred orientation for all ZnT/Qz film
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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

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  • . Key strategies for improvement are analyzed, including material modifications through blending and structural modifications like fiber orientation and multilayer constructions, and surface modifications such as coating and functionalization. The review also covers advanced characterization methods to
  • consideration [21]. Electrospun nanofibrous membranes typically have poor mechanical characteristics. The materials used, the non-Newtonian fluids in the electrospinning solutions, and the nanofibers’ random orientation are the three primary factors of the poor mechanical performance of electrospun nanofibers
  • chains in the fibers are not properly aligned, resulting in non-uniform mechanical and structural properties [23]. The incomplete crystallization of the fibers caused by the short and weak stretch process gives the fibers poor mechanical properties [24]. Last, there is the fibers’ random orientation
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Published 26 Feb 2025

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

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  • }-oriented domains exhibits polarization conversion, rotating the angle of linearly polarized light. The overall coloration, resulting from the reflections from many scales, is close to uniformly diffuse because of the random orientation of the domains. Using titania sol–gel chemistry, we produced negative
  • replicas that exhibited a 70 to 120 nm redshift of the bandgap, depending on the lattice orientation. The wavelength shift in {100} orientation is supported by full-wave optical modeling of a dual diamond network with an exchanged fill fraction (0.56) of the material with the refractive index in the range
  • . The domains in lattice orientation {100} exhibited polarization conversion. The structure inferred from optical measurements was confirmed using conventional and focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM). By averaging the reciprocal space images obtained from different lattice
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Mechanistic insights into endosomal escape by sodium oleate-modified liposomes

  • Ebrahim Sadaqa,
  • Satrialdi,
  • Fransiska Kurniawan and
  • Diky Mudhakir

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1667–1685, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.131

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  • integrity without inducing substantial changes in lipid orientation. The RDF data (Figure 8c) provides critical insights into the spatial distribution of OLA and AUR relative to the lipid components. OLA demonstrates a higher RDF peak, indicating a more structured and deeper association with the lipid
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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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  • liquid exceeds the vapour pressure exerted by HfO2, the cavitation bubble collapses, and the vapour rushes through the liquid in the form of a jet [23][24][41]. The lower temperature of the surrounding liquid leads to the formation of nuclei [23][42][43] with random crystallographic orientation, which
  • properties make Hf metal suitable for laser patterning of sub-wavelength-size structures, and the choice of the liquid for LAL enables the variation of feature size. We have used linearly polarised light in the present study. The orientation of the LIPSS depends on the polarization and rotates with the input
  • polarization. The available literature on LIPSS suggests that there will be no changes in the spacing or other morphological features except the orientation of the LIPSS with respect to the polarisation. Combined with the picosecond laser’s high precision processing and industrial scalability, Hf is a
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Integrating high-performance computing, machine learning, data management workflows, and infrastructures for multiscale simulations and nanomaterials technologies

  • Fabio Le Piane,
  • Mario Vozza,
  • Matteo Baldoni and
  • Francesco Mercuri

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1498–1521, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.119

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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

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  • simulations reveals that the critical irradiation dose for nanocrystallinity collapse varies among different simulation cells. Not only the size, but also the crystallographic orientation, shape of the grains, and structure of the grain boundaries have a strong impact on the stability of the nanocrystalline
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A biomimetic approach towards a universal slippery liquid infused surface coating

  • Ryan A. Faase,
  • Madeleine H. Hummel,
  • AnneMarie V. Hasbrook,
  • Andrew P. Carpenter and
  • Joe E. Baio

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1376–1389, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.111

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  • in the bulk. A final mode was assigned to the CF3 asymmetric stretching at 1370 cm−1 [46]. Observed changes across the SFG spectra collected with different polarization combinations provide information about the orientation of molecular bonds at the interface [26][27]. Here, by collecting SFG spectra
  • from the COC–PDA–FDT sample with ppp, ssp, and sps combinations, we acquired info about the general orientation of both the polymerized dopamine molecules and FDT after being bound to the surface. The CF3 asymmetric stretching, specifically in sps, at 1400 cm−1 provides evidence that the FDT molecule
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New design of operational MEMS bridges for measurements of properties of FEBID-based nanostructures

  • Bartosz Pruchnik,
  • Krzysztof Kwoka,
  • Ewelina Gacka,
  • Dominik Badura,
  • Piotr Kunicki,
  • Andrzej Sierakowski,
  • Paweł Janus,
  • Tomasz Piasecki and
  • Teodor Gotszalk

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1273–1282, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.103

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  • . The silicon edges under the opMEMS bridge bases were defined to be vertical and precisely located, thanks to the lattice orientation. The opMEMS were 600 μm long, 100 μm wide, and 80 nm thick, with 40 nm of silicon nitride body and 40 nm of platinum paths on top. To reduce the stiffness of the opMEMS
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The role of a tantalum interlayer in enhancing the properties of Fe3O4 thin films

  • Hai Dang Ngo,
  • Vo Doan Thanh Truong,
  • Van Qui Le,
  • Hoai Phuong Pham and
  • Thi Kim Hang Pham

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1253–1259, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.101

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  • the Fe3O4 thin films causes a shift in the peak observed in sample 3 [32]. Our results reveal that the growth orientation of the Fe3O4 thin film depends on the lattice mismatch between the Fe3O4 thin film and the substrate or buffer layer. When the Fe3O4 thin film is deposited on the amorphous SiO2
  • substrate, the lattice mismatch between the amorphous substrate and the crystalline film is large. In this case, the growth orientation of Fe3O4 thin film is determined by the direction having the least internal energy, which is [111]. The energetically favored [111] direction also has the highest
  • probability of occupying random dangling bonds from the amorphous substrate surface because it has the highest areal density [13][33]. In contrast, the small lattice mismatch between Fe3O4 thin film and MgO(100) substrate (≈0.3% [29]) results in the growth orientation controlled by the substrate and leads to
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Realizing active targeting in cancer nanomedicine with ultrasmall nanoparticles

  • André F. Lima,
  • Giselle Z. Justo and
  • Alioscka A. Sousa

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1208–1226, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.98

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  • interaction with cell surface receptors on cancer cells, the incorporation of targeting ligands onto usNPs must optimize the exposure, orientation, and conformation of the functional portion. For small molecules and peptides in particular, the functional moiety must circumvent both steric hindrance from the
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Photocatalytic methane oxidation over a TiO2/SiNWs p–n junction catalyst at room temperature

  • Qui Thanh Hoai Ta,
  • Luan Minh Nguyen,
  • Ngoc Hoi Nguyen,
  • Phan Khanh Thinh Nguyen and
  • Dai Hai Nguyen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1132–1141, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.92

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  • ) [43][44]. As expected, the crystal orientation of the TiO2/SiNWs catalyst obviously led to the creation of a robust p–n junction photocatalyst. The SEM analysis further confirms the morphological evolution during etching and TiO2 ALD. As revealed in Supporting Information File 1, Figure S1, the
  • . Experimental Chemicals and materials Commercial p-type Si 3-inch wafers (⟨100⟩ orientation, boron-doped, resistivity = 0.01–1 Ω·cm) were purchased from Silicon Mitus Corporation, South Korea. Silver nitrate (AgNO3, 0.1 M), hydrofluoric acid HF (50 wt %), nitric acid (HNO3, 63%), acetone, and ethanol were
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Bolometric IR photoresponse based on a 3D micro-nano integrated CNT architecture

  • Yasameen Al-Mafrachi,
  • Sandeep Yadav,
  • Sascha Preu,
  • Jörg J. Schneider and
  • Oktay Yilmazoglu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1030–1040, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.84

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  • for non-cryogenic IR microbolometer technology, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have emerged as highly promising candidates [2] with broadband blackbody absorption [3], high resistance perpendicular to the CNT orientation [4], low lateral thermal conductivity [5], a high temperature coefficient of resistance
  • applications [3]. The device resistance perpendicular to the CNT orientation is mainly determined by the high junction resistances of the neighboring aligned CNTs [4]. This configuration allows for high device resistance, low thermal conductivity, and high temperature coefficient of resistance, thus, enabling
  • customized specific requirements for various applications. While the thermal conductivity along the CNT orientation is large, it decreases dramatically in the perpendicular direction [5]. This thermal behavior varies significantly depending on structure, density, and fabrication of the CNTs. Single-walled
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Water-assisted purification during electron beam-induced deposition of platinum and gold

  • Cristiano Glessi,
  • Fabian A. Polman and
  • Cornelis W. Hagen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 884–896, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.73

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  • orientation) with a native silicon oxide layer. Samples of 1 × 1 cm2 were used, on to which an array of annular patterns was lithographically defined, by laser lithography and etching using an SF6–O2 dry-etch, to facilitate location of the deposition areas. The substrates were roughly cleaned in acetone and
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Intermixing of MoS2 and WS2 photocatalysts toward methylene blue photodegradation

  • Maryam Al Qaydi,
  • Nitul S. Rajput,
  • Michael Lejeune,
  • Abdellatif Bouchalkha,
  • Mimoun El Marssi,
  • Steevy Cordette,
  • Chaouki Kasmi and
  • Mustapha Jouiad

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 817–829, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.68

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  • orientation is indicated by the (103) direction. In the high-resolution image, some edge-related defects can also be seen which is common in CVD-grown MoS2 materials [34]. Similarly, the WS2 sample exhibits a flake shape along with a high crystalline nature of the flakes (Figure 5c, Figure 5d). Figure 5e and
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