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Deep learning for enhancement of low-resolution and noisy scanning probe microscopy images

  • Samuel Gelman,
  • Irit Rosenhek-Goldian,
  • Nir Kampf,
  • Marek Patočka,
  • Maricarmen Rios,
  • Marcos Penedo,
  • Georg Fantner,
  • Amir Beker,
  • Sidney R. Cohen and
  • Ido Azuri

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1129–1140, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.83

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  • aligned with the human perception evaluation and can be even inversely related to fidelity metrics [20]. These metrics are based, for example on contrast, texture richness, and feature frequency. This is of heightened importance for AFM images that may suffer from ubiquitous artifacts and blurring effects
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Published 16 Jul 2025

Influence of ion beam current on the structural, optical, and mechanical properties of TiO2 coatings: ion beam-assisted vs conventional electron beam evaporation

  • Agata Obstarczyk and
  • Urszula Wawrzaszek

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 1097–1112, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.81

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  • to reorganize and form a regular crystal structure. To determine the degree of the preferential orientation, the texture factor (f) was estimated using the Lotgering method. A value of f = 0 indicates a random orientation, while f = 1 testifies the perfect orientation for the calculated plane [33][34
  • ][35]. For the annealed TiO2 thin films, the preferred orientation was calculated for the (004) lattice plane. The highest value of texture factor was determined for the film prepared without IBAD and was equal to 0.834. In the case of films prepared with additional ion beam assistance, the Lotgering
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Published 14 Jul 2025

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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  • results revealed detailed information about the morphology of the graphitized layer formed on the PCD film surface during annealing in the presence of nickel. We were also able to determine the texture of these graphitized layers relative to the (110) face of SCD. Results and Discussion Surface
  • crystallinity of the sp2 carbon coating was observed in the case of the SCD substrate. Changing the angle between the synchrotron beam and the flat surface of Ni-SCD revealed a significant increase in the π*(sp2) peak intensity at normal incidence. This behavior indicates an anisotropic texture of sp2 carbon
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Published 12 Jun 2025

Supramolecular hydration structure of graphene-based hydrogels: density functional theory, green chemistry and interface application

  • Hon Nhien Le,
  • Duy Khanh Nguyen,
  • Minh Triet Dang,
  • Huyen Trinh Nguyen,
  • Thi Bang Tam Dao,
  • Trung Do Nguyen,
  • Chi Nhan Ha Thuc and
  • Van Hieu Le

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 806–822, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.61

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  • instrument (Jasco). Ultraviolet–visible absorption spectroscopy (UV–vis) and light transmittance spectroscopy were recorded using a V-670 spectrophotometer (Jasco). Microscopic texture and imaging were observed by a stereo zoom microscope (Optika SZM). Agar diffusion assays were used for testing
  • Figure 8a–c showed GO nanosheets, SG nanoparticles, and ZH nanostructures of the GO-SG-ZH coating. Reflected light from the GO-SG-ZH coating gave a three-dimensional vision of the coating texture. The nanostructures in the coating morphology are well-distributed. In Figure 8c, two-dimensional shapes of
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Published 04 Jun 2025

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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Published 01 Apr 2025

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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  • 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
  • samples. The TC value for the (111) planes increases from 1.16 to 1.34 with the rise of substrate temperature. Other preferred orientations are [220] and [311], but with a smaller degree of texture compared to the [111] direction. The texture coefficient value for the (220) planes increases from 0.83 to
  • ) planes are also observed at this temperature, which indicates that, at higher substrate temperatures, the preferred orientation and structure may change. The higher texture coefficient of the (111) planes indicates a minimum surface energy density of these planes because crystal growth in films occurs in
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Published 05 Mar 2025

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

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  • , texture, and optical properties of TiO2/2D mordenite nanocomposites. Results and Discussion TiO2/2D mordenite compounds were synthetized from the parent layered MOR-L by introduction of TEOT, its further hydrolysis, and calcination. Further details are given in the Experimental section. The calcined (C
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Published 10 Feb 2025

Bioinspired nanofilament coatings for scale reduction on steel

  • Siad Dahir Ali,
  • Mette Heidemann Rasmussen,
  • Jacopo Catalano,
  • Christian Husum Frederiksen and
  • Tobias Weidner

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 25–34, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.3

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  • protrusions that have an overhanging shape and low surface energy can effectively render a surface super-hydrophobic (Figure 1D,F). This texture creates an energy barrier, causing water droplets to rest on the protrusions while trapping air beneath them. In analogy with the texture of Collembola skin, this
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Published 09 Jan 2025

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

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  • the honeybee, a special microscale hairy compliant texture on abdominal surfaces reduces friction, which is relevant considering that the abdominal sections, by undergoing many reciprocating motions, are at risk of wear or abrasion [50]. Ocular hairs in honeybees reduce airflow at the eye surface by
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Published 05 Nov 2024

The effect of age on the attachment ability of stick insects (Phasmatodea)

  • Marie Grote,
  • Stanislav N. Gorb and
  • Thies H. Büscher

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 867–883, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.72

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  • sign of ageing is the loss of locomotory functions due to neuronal disorders or tissue wear. Soft and pliable attachment pads on the tarsi of insects adapt to the substrate texture to maximize their real contact area and, thereby, generate attachment during locomotion. In the majority of stick insects
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Published 15 Jul 2024

Investigation on drag reduction on rotating blade surfaces with microtextures

  • Qinsong Zhu,
  • Chen Zhang,
  • Fuhang Yu and
  • Yan Xu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 833–853, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.70

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  • moving animals, such as the “denticles” found on the surface of shark skin, which enable high-speed swimming [2], as well as the texture of bird feathers [3]. The phenomenon of drag reduction can also be observed on the surface of plants. For example, there is a superhydrophobic structure on the surface
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Published 10 Jul 2024

Functional fibrillar interfaces: Biological hair as inspiration across scales

  • Guillermo J. Amador,
  • Brett Klaassen van Oorschot,
  • Caiying Liao,
  • Jianing Wu and
  • Da Wei

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 664–677, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.55

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  • ]. Mechanical perception via hair is important for living organisms across length scales and evolutionary backgrounds. Cats, for instance, can sense the position, shape, and texture of objects by moving their whiskers, and can even use whiskers to sense the direction and speed of air flow to help them move in
  • such as food viscosity and texture [140][141]. Mechanosensing with hairs, regardless of stimulus, relies on deflections of the hairs triggering deformations to the sensory cells they are attached to. Chemoreception In addition to touch, hairs are able to sense their less-immediate environment by
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Published 06 Jun 2024

Unveiling the nature of atomic defects in graphene on a metal surface

  • Karl Rothe,
  • Nicolas Néel and
  • Jörg Kröger

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 416–425, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.37

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  • ; scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy; Introduction Defects in lattices of two-dimensional (2D) materials are considered as promising building blocks for tailoring electronic and phononic band structures, magnetic texture, photon emission, and charge carrier concentration [1]. In addition
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Published 15 Apr 2024

Insect attachment on waxy plant surfaces: the effect of pad contamination by different waxes

  • Elena V. Gorb and
  • Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 385–395, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.35

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  • evaluation of the degree of contamination. After insects have walked on various waxy plant substrates, adhesive pads demonstrated contamination of the setal tips by wax material in all cases (Figure 3 and Figure 4). Depending on the plant species, contamination differed in the texture of adhered wax (more or
  • Trifolium montanum (j). Note differences in the degree of contamination and in the texture of adhered wax depending on the plant species. Scale bars: 2 μm. Exemplary force–time curves obtained from one beetle individual in a set of tests on the following surfaces: reference glass gl1 (a), plant (b), and
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Published 11 Apr 2024

Upscaling the urea method synthesis of CoAl layered double hydroxides

  • Camilo Jaramillo-Hernández,
  • Víctor Oestreicher,
  • Martín Mizrahi and
  • Gonzalo Abellán

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 927–938, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.76

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  • better immobilization of these small anisotropic crystals, precluding any artefacts in the magnetic measurements. The porous texture of all prepared materials was characterized by N2 adsorption at 77 K and CO2 at 273 K in an AUTOSORB-6 apparatus. Prior to the measurements, the samples were degassed for 4
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Published 11 Sep 2023

A wearable nanoscale heart sound sensor based on P(VDF-TrFE)/ZnO/GR and its application in cardiac disease detection

  • Yi Luo,
  • Jian Liu,
  • Jiachang Zhang,
  • Yu Xiao,
  • Ying Wu and
  • Zhidong Zhao

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 819–833, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.67

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  • a series of processing steps, the heart sound signal is obtained. However, PZT has a brittle texture, does not fit the skin well, and lacks comfort when worn, making it unsuitable for wearable sensors [10]. Moreover, the lead in PZT is harmful to humans. In recent years, there has been a significant
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Published 31 Jul 2023

In situ magnesiothermic reduction synthesis of a Ge@C composite for high-performance lithium-ion batterie anodes

  • Ha Tran Huu,
  • Ngoc Phi Nguyen,
  • Vuong Hoang Ngo,
  • Huy Hoang Luc,
  • Minh Kha Le,
  • Minh Thu Nguyen,
  • My Loan Phung Le,
  • Hye Rim Kim,
  • In Young Kim,
  • Sung Jin Kim,
  • Van Man Tran and
  • Vien Vo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 751–761, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.62

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  • , the spherical Ge nanoparticles are quite uniform, with dimensions of several nanometers. In Figure 2b, the composite Ge/C-iM750 combines Ge nanoparticles with porous activated carbon. The texture of Ge@C composites was observed using TEM. According to Figure 2d–f, the Ge nanoparticles in Ge/C-iM750
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Published 26 Jun 2023

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

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  • have established an optimal protamine incubation time of 20 min (Figure 2E). Although it is appreciable that properly shaped yolk–shell microstructural arrangements have been formed, there is also a lot of smaller particles with a more granular texture surrounding them. These rough particles are
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Published 25 Apr 2023

Upper critical magnetic field in NbRe and NbReN micrometric strips

  • Zahra Makhdoumi Kakhaki,
  • Antonio Leo,
  • Federico Chianese,
  • Loredana Parlato,
  • Giovanni Piero Pepe,
  • Angela Nigro,
  • Carla Cirillo and
  • Carmine Attanasio

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 45–51, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.5

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  • ]. NbReN films also present a polycrystalline nature with a moderate texture. In this case, it was possible to interpret the results of the structural characterization only by assuming for NbReN the same unit cell as that of NbRe [4]. However, detailed knowledge of its structural and microscopic properties
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Published 05 Jan 2023

Growing up in a rough world: scaling of frictional adhesion and morphology of the Tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)

  • Anthony J. Cobos and
  • Timothy E. Higham

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1292–1302, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.107

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  • performance in geckos and anoles on natural surfaces might predict the surfaces used in nature [24]. They found that performance on natural substrates predicted which texture (rough vs smooth) was most often used by each species. Translating this interspecific study to our intraspecific experiments, we
  • capacity of their feet [54]. In terms of surface texture, they might be expected to avoid very rough surfaces in order to preserve a modest SF. In contrast, smaller geckos will have larger values of SF, and will experience lower impact forces from a fall, suggesting that they might safely occupy higher
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Published 09 Nov 2022

Laser-processed antiadhesive bionic combs for handling nanofibers inspired by nanostructures on the legs of cribellate spiders

  • Sebastian Lifka,
  • Kristóf Harsányi,
  • Erich Baumgartner,
  • Lukas Pichler,
  • Dariya Baiko,
  • Karsten Wasmuth,
  • Johannes Heitz,
  • Marco Meyer,
  • Anna-Christin Joel,
  • Jörn Bonse and
  • Werner Baumgartner

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1268–1283, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.105

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  • Microsoft Excel. Details are presented in Table S2 in Supporting Information File 1. To investigate the effects of the surface texture on the measured peel-off force in more detail, the surfaces of the Al alloy and the Ti alloy samples were investigated by means of atomic force microscopy (AFM). The
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Published 07 Nov 2022

Design and characterization of polymeric microneedles containing extracts of Brazilian green propolis

  • Camila Felix Vecchi,
  • Rafaela Said dos Santos,
  • Jéssica Bassi da Silva and
  • Marcos Luciano Bruschi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 503–516, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.42

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  • ethanolic or glycolic extracts of Brazilian green PRP. A 32 full-factorial design was utilized to determine the influence of P407 and PRP extract on the morphology and mechanical characteristics of MNs. They were characterized macroscopically, microscopically, and regarding size and texture, yielding an
  • compression area (the work required to deform the sample during compression) were calculated using the software Texture Exponent 6.1.12.0 (Stable Micro Systems, Surrey, UK). Puncture The effect of formulation composition on the puncture force and distance was evaluated by MN insertion study. The best
  • software Texture Exponent 6.1.12.0 (Stable Micro Systems, Surrey, UK). The substrate composed of an aqueous dispersion of gelatin 5% (w/w) was prepared by dispersing the weighed gelatin in warm water. After complete dispersion, the dispersion was poured into petri dishes and allowed to dry at room
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Published 08 Jun 2022

Selected properties of AlxZnyO thin films prepared by reactive pulsed magnetron sputtering using a two-element Zn/Al target

  • Witold Posadowski,
  • Artur Wiatrowski,
  • Jarosław Domaradzki and
  • Michał Mazur

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 344–354, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.29

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  • interaction of charged particles (mainly electrons that escape from the magnetic trap directly over pole pieces) with the growing film. Using on-axis geometry, it was found that secondary electrons emitted from the target and negative oxygen ions influence the texture of the growing AZO film and decrease its
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Published 31 Mar 2022

Effects of drug concentration and PLGA addition on the properties of electrospun ampicillin trihydrate-loaded PLA nanofibers

  • Tuğba Eren Böncü and
  • Nurten Ozdemir

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 245–254, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.19

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  • mechanical properties, such as tensile strength and elongation at break values of the electrospun nanofibers (2 × 1 cm) were evaluated on a texture analyzer (TAXT Plus, Stable Micro Systems, United Kingdom) with an extension rate of 10 mm/s (n = 3). Tensile strength (mPa) and elongation at break (%) values
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Published 21 Feb 2022

Electrical, electrochemical and structural studies of a chlorine-derived ionic liquid-based polymer gel electrolyte

  • Ashish Gupta,
  • Amrita Jain,
  • Manju Kumari and
  • Santosh K. Tripathi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 1252–1261, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.92

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  • amorphization of the system. The SEM images reveal the porous texture of the films, which have good liquid retention capability and support the electrical conductivity through their polymeric matrices. The electrochemical stability window of the prepared films was found to be 4.0 V. The ionic transference
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Published 18 Nov 2021
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