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

• , https://pubs.acs.org/page/policy/authorchoice_termsofuse.html. This content is not subject to CC BY 4.0. XPS spectra from a) Ni 3p, b) O 1s core levels, and c) valence band region from NiO samples sintered at 800, 1200, and 1400 °C. d) SEM image and e) XPS image acquired with the Ni 3p signal, from the

Recent advances in photothermal nanomaterials for ophthalmic applications

• Jiayuan Zhuang,
• Linhui Jia,
• Chenghao Li,
• Rui Yang,
• Jiapeng Wang,
• Wen-an Wang,
• Heng Zhou and
• Xiangxia Luo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 195–215, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.16

• , patient-centered research regarding various ophthalmic conditions is crucial to ensure the widespread future use of photothermal nanomaterials. Economic, social, and cultural initiatives to enhance awareness about photothermal nanomaterials and their impact on healthcare policy, especially for

Hymenoptera and biomimetic surfaces: insights and innovations

• Vinicius Marques Lopez,
• Carlo Polidori and
• Rhainer Guillermo Ferreira

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1333–1352, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.107

• Vinicius Marques Lopez Carlo Polidori Rhainer Guillermo Ferreira Lestes Lab, Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil Department of Environmental Science and Policy (ESP), University of Milan, Via Celoria 26, 20133, Milan, Italy 10.3762/bjnano.15.107 Abstract The

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

• ., Copyright 2020 American Chemical Society, distributed under the terms of the ACS AuthorChoice via Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivative Works 4.0 Usage Agreement, https://pubs.acs.org/page/policy/authorchoice_ccbyncnd_termsofuse.html). This content is not subject to CC BY 4.0. Schematic

A scanning probe microscopy study of nanostructured TiO₂/poly(3-hexylthiophene) hybrid heterojunctions for photovoltaic applications

• Laurie Letertre,
• Roland Roche,
• Olivier Douhéret,
• Hailu G. Kassa,
• Denis Mariolle,
• Nicolas Chevalier,
• Łukasz Borowik,
• Philippe Dumas,
• Benjamin Grévin,
• Roberto Lazzaroni and
• Philippe Leclère

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 2087–2096, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.197

• Materials, University of Mons) for the synthesis of P3HT-COOH. The nanoporous TiO2 layers were synthesized by J. Delvaux (Laboratory of Plasma-Surface Interactions Chemistry, University of Mons). This work was supported by the Action de Recherche Concertée program (MADSSCELLS project), the Science Policy

Multimodal noncontact atomic force microscopy and Kelvin probe force microscopy investigations of organolead tribromide perovskite single crystals

• Yann Almadori,
• David Moerman,
• Jaume Llacer Martinez,
• Philippe Leclère and
• Benjamin Grévin

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1695–1704, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.161

• financial support (Y.A. post-doctoral fellowship) by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France) with the J2D (ANR-15-CE24-0017) project. The single crystal synthesis was supported by the European Commission and Région Wallonne FEDER Program, the Science Policy Office of the Belgian Federal Government

Chemistry for electron-induced nanofabrication

• Petra Swiderek,
• Hubertus Marbach and
• Cornelis W. Hagen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1317–1320, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.124

• Nanotechnology and its editorial team in the name of all CELINA participants for the opportunity to publish this Thematic Series and the generous support in doing so. Due to Beilstein’s open access policy, this Thematic Series is a wonderful opportunity to present our results to the entire international

Review on nanoparticles and nanostructured materials: history, sources, toxicity and regulations

• Jaison Jeevanandam,
• Ahmed Barhoum,
• Yen S. Chan,
• Alain Dufresne and
• Michael K. Danquah

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 1050–1074, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.98

Facile chemical routes to mesoporous silver substrates for SERS analysis

• Elina A. Tastekova,
• Alexander Y. Polyakov,
• Anastasia E. Goldt,
• Alexander V. Sidorov,
• Alexandra A. Oshmyanskaya,
• Irina V. Sukhorukova,
• Dmitry V. Shtansky,
• Wolgang Grünert and
• Anastasia V. Grigorieva

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 880–889, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.82

• Foundation of Basic Research and Department of Science, Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship of Moscow Government (15-33-70050-mol_a_mos) and Lomonosov Moscow State University Program of Development. The XRD and Raman spectroscopy experiments were performed using equipment of the Collective Scientific

Towards molecular spintronics

• Georgeta Salvan and
• Dietrich R. T. Zahn

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2464–2466, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.245

• between spin-chemistry and spintronics, thereby opening the horizon for future progress in both fields. We truly appreciate the open access policy of the Beilstein-Institut, which made this Thematic Series possible. We are greatly indebted to the team at the Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology for their

Functional materials for environmental sensors and energy systems

• Michele Penza,
• Anita Lloyd Spetz,
• Albert Romano-Rodriguez and
• Meyya Meyyappan

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 2015–2016, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.201

• scientific community, policy makers and social networks. The topics of this Thematic Series, based on 23 peer-reviewed articles, includes works on advanced gas sensing semiconducting materials, hybrid materials and nanocomposites for chemical sensing, catalytic sensing materials, metal oxides for chemical

Needs and challenges for assessing the environmental impacts of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs)

• Michelle Romero-Franco,
• Hilary A. Godwin,
• Muhammad Bilal and
• Yoram Cohen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 989–1014, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.101

• was promoted within the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in the early 1970’s [11] as a holistic approach that considers the environmental, social and economic implications of planned projects. Another existing general framework is “risk assessment” (RA) [12], which was developed to estimate

Advanced atomic force microscopy techniques III

• Thilo Glatzel and
• Thomas Schimmel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1052–1054, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.98

• . Here, we also want to acknowledge the more and more important Open Access policy of the Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology providing the possibility to continue this exciting and stimulating Thematic Series freely accessible worldwide. Moreover, we would like to thank the editing team of the Beilstein

Nanoinformatics for environmental health and biomedicine

• Rong Liu and
• Yoram Cohen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 2449–2451, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.253

• the unwavering support of the team at the Beilstein-Institut. We particularly acknowledge and commend the Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology for its open access policy, which has provided a wonderful incentive for researchers and practitioners to contribute to this journal while is freely available

An ISA-TAB-Nano based data collection framework to support data-driven modelling of nanotoxicology

• Richard L. Marchese Robinson,
• Mark T. D. Cronin,
• Andrea-Nicole Richarz and
• Robert Rallo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1978–1999, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.202

• nanomaterials that are intentionally produced. (It should be noted that slightly different definitions of these terms have been proposed by different organisations [1] and the European Commission has recommended a specific definition of a “nanomaterial” for legislative and policy purposes within the European

Focused particle beam-induced processing

• Michael Huth and
• Armin Gölzhäuser

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1883–1885, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.191

• their continuous support. In particular, we would like to acknowledge the open access policy of the Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, which guarantees that this Thematic Series, together with a wealth of other articles, is freely available to the community. Michael Huth and Armin Gölzhäuser Frankfurt

Nanotechnology in the real world: Redeveloping the nanomaterial consumer products inventory

• Marina E. Vance,
• Todd Kuiken,
• Eric P. Vejerano,
• Sean P. McGinnis,
• Michael F. Hochella Jr.,
• David Rejeski and
• Matthew S. Hull

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1769–1780, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.181

• continue to make use of this inventory to help prioritize, for example, which types of products or nanomaterial components to evaluate in human exposure or toxicity studies, life cycle assessments, and nanomaterial release studies. The CPI is useful for policy makers interested in regulating nanotechnology

Analyzing collaboration networks and developmental patterns of nano-enabled drug delivery (NEDD) for brain cancer

• Ying Huang,
• Jing Ma,
• Alan L. Porter,
• Seokbeom Kwon and
• Donghua Zhu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1666–1676, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.169

• Ying Huang Jing Ma Alan L. Porter Seokbeom Kwon Donghua Zhu School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China Lab of Knowledge Management and Data Analysis (KMDA), Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China School of Public Policy, Georgia

• go well beyond journal impact factors. Results offer useful technical intelligence to help researchers identify potential collaborators and to help inform R&D management and science & innovation policy for such nanotechnologies. Keywords: bibliometrics; brain cancer; collaboration network; nano

• related fields. It is vital in interdisciplinary arenas and nano-bio-informatics can bolster intelligence concerning advances and potential collaborators. “R&D landscaping” to understand collaboration and developmental patterns can offer global-level insights [12]. This paper aims to support policy-makers

Materials for sustainable energy production, storage, and conversion

• Maximilian Fichtner

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1601–1602, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.163

• effort and excellent contributions. Special thanks go to the team at the Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology for their continuous support in the handling of this series. The open access policy of the Beilstein-Institut was a strong motivation for both the editor and the authors of this series to

How decision analysis can further nanoinformatics

• Matthew E. Bates,
• Sabrina Larkin,
• Jeffrey M. Keisler and
• Igor Linkov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1594–1600, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.162

• Bayesian models could be a natural extension of mechanistic and statistical models for nanoinformatics practitioners to master in solving complex nanotechnology challenges. Keywords: decision analysis; nanoinformatics; policy; portfolio analysis; risk assessment; value of information; weight of evidence

• , WOE, and PDA, as described here, can help to sort through and organize the vast nanomaterial data to inform both current choices and the prioritization of future nanomaterial research. These techniques focus the attention of researchers and policy makers toward what is most relevant to their decisions

Simulation tool for assessing the release and environmental distribution of nanomaterials

• Haoyang Haven Liu,
• Muhammad Bilal,
• Anastasiya Lazareva,
• Arturo Keller and
• Yoram Cohen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 938–951, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.97

• expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or the Environmental Protection Agency. This work has not been subjected to an EPA peer and policy review. The study was performed, in part, in a renovated collaboratory by the National

Correction: Carbon-based smart nanomaterials in biomedicine and neuroengineering

• Antonina M. Monaco and
• Michele Giugliano

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 499–499, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.51

• European Commission (FP7-PEOPLE-IEF “INCA-NANEP”, contract n. 328214; FP7-NMP "MERIDIAN" project, contract n. 280778-02), from the Flanders Research Foundation (contract no. G088812N), and from the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO) is kindly acknowledged.

Advanced atomic force microscopy techniques II

• Thilo Glatzel,
• Ricardo Garcia and
• Thomas Schimmel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 2326–2327, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.241

• excellent support and acknowledge the open-access policy of the Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, which provides the professional framework and support allowing the collection, review, publishing, and distribution of research results in an easy and excellent way. Thilo Glatzel, Ricardo Garcia & Thomas

Carbon-based smart nanomaterials in biomedicine and neuroengineering

• Antonina M. Monaco and
• Michele Giugliano

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1849–1863, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.196

• abstract. Financial support from the European Commission (FP7-PEOPLE-ITN "NAMASEN", contract n. 264872 and FP7-PEOPLE-IEF “INCA-NANEP”, contract n. 328214; FP7-NMP "MERIDIAN" project, contract n. 280778-02) and from the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO) is kindly acknowledged.

Advances in nanomaterials

• Herbert Gleiter,
• Horst Hahn and
• Thomas Schimmel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 805–806, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.91

• their promptly provided reports keeping the publication times short and attractive for contributors. Finally, we thank the team at the Beilstein Institut for their excellent support, and we acknowledge to the open access policy of the Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, which provides the basis for