Ultrastructural changes in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus induced by positively charged silver nanoparticles

• Dulce G. Romero-Urbina,
• Humberto H. Lara,
• J. Jesús Velázquez-Salazar,
• M. Josefina Arellano-Jiménez,
• Eduardo Larios,
• Anand Srinivasan,
• Jose L. Lopez-Ribot and
• Miguel José Yacamán

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 2396–2405, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.246

• 60 °C. The resin capsules were cut using an ultra microtome (Leica Ultracut, UCT) and a 45° diamond knife. Ultrathin sections of approximately 95 nm were obtained and observed using STEM mode. Electron microscopy characterization: Silver nanoparticles were characterized using a 2010-F JEOL field

Surfactant-controlled composition and crystal structure of manganese(II) sulfide nanocrystals prepared by solvothermal synthesis

• Elena Capetti,
• Anna M. Ferretti,
• Vladimiro Dal Santo and
• Alessandro Ponti

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 2319–2329, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.238

• observation that a larger than stoichiometric amount of sulfur is required [Puglisi, A.; Mondini, S.; Cenedese, S.; Ferretti, A. M.; Santo, N.; Ponti A. Chem. Mater. 2010, 22, 2804–2813], we carried out a wide set of reactions using Mn(II) carboxylates and Mn2(CO)10 as precursors with varying amounts of

• presence of carboxylate is not sufficient proof. Similar conclusions also apply to the spectrum of γ-MnS NCs prepared using a DdTh/OlAm mixture (Figure 6e). We now turn to NCs prepared using Mn2(CO)10 as a precursor. We first note that the strong CO stretching absorption bands of the precursor (1976, 2010

Selective porous gates made from colloidal silica nanoparticles

• Roberto Nisticò,
• Paola Avetta,
• Paola Calza,
• Debora Fabbri,
• Giuliana Magnacca and
• Dominique Scalarone

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 2105–2112, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.215

• characterization Transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) was used to evaluate the morphology of colloidal silica nanoparticle coatings after the removal of the templates. Micrographs were obtained by using a JEOL JEM 2010 instrument (300 kV) equipped with a LaB6 filament. For the specimen preparation a few drops

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

• errors) than data extracted from tables or text. 8. For some fields, drop-down lists with possible field entries were created using the “Data Validation” option in Excel 2010. 9. The fields were colour coded to indicate those fields which were judged to be essential (green), desirable (yellow) or not

• important for the purposes of the NanoPUZZLES project (red). 10. Some fields (e.g., the Material file “Material Design Rationale” column) which were not considered important for the purposes of the NanoPUZZLES project were simply deleted. 11. Detailed comments were added (via the Excel 2010 “Review” tab

Paramagnetism of cobalt-doped ZnO nanoparticles obtained by microwave solvothermal synthesis

• Jacek Wojnarowicz,
• Sylwia Kusnieruk,
• Tadeusz Chudoba,
• Stanislaw Gierlotka,
• Witold Lojkowski,
• Wojciech Knoff,
• Malgorzata I. Lukasiewicz,
• Bartlomiej S. Witkowski,
• Anna Wolska,
• Marcin T. Klepka,
• Tomasz Story and
• Marek Godlewski

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1957–1969, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.200

• and those doped with Co for samples before and after annealing. Acknowledgements The work reported here was conducted under the NanoFATE, Collaborative Project, CP-FP 247739 (2010–2014) under the 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission (FP7-NMP-ENV-2009, Theme 4), coordinated by C

Electrospray deposition of organic molecules on bulk insulator surfaces

• Antoine Hinaut,
• Rémy Pawlak,
• Ernst Meyer and
• Thilo Glatzel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1927–1934, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.195

• Prof. D. Bonifazi and Prof. F. Diederich for the synthesis of the molecules. The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), the Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI), and the Joint Swiss–Polish Research Programme PSPB-085/2010 are acknowledged for financial support. All images have been processed with the

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

• products. In 2010, the CPI listed 1012 products from 409 companies in 24 countries. Even though it did not go through substantial updates in the period between 2010 and 2013, it continued being heavily cited in government reports [2] and the scientific literature – the website http

• accessible online and it acknowledges the CPI in its website. At the time of this writing, the inventory listed 541 product lines and 1241 products; its last update occurred in 2010 [9]. In 2009, two European consumer organizations, the European Consumers Organization (BEUC) and the European Consumer Voice

• containing nanomaterials of unknown composition are most likely to lead to exposure via the dermal route. Berube et al. [7] offered a critique of the original CPI in 2010, which focused primarily on the lack of data pertinent to the dosages of nanomaterials to which consumers might be exposed through CPI

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

• networking for the top 10 countries at the following stages: 1990–1999, 2000–2009 and 2010–2014; An organization diversity index (ODI) and a country diversity index (CDI) are used to judge the collaboration diversity of leading institutions; The matrix of co-authorship performance, which crosses two

• applied to measure the top academic internationalization degree for the top 10 countries within 1990–1999, 2000–2009 and 2010–2014 respectively, as shown in Figure 3. (1) Paper collaboration ratio (PCR) is defined as how much a country’s multinational papers accounted for the country or region’s total

• number of research results, showing that their number of publications between 2010 and 2014 is far greater than any other institution in the same time period. Nagoya University led the domain development previously, but it encountered a serious decline recently and is losing ground. Among these top 12

Possibilities and limitations of advanced transmission electron microscopy for carbon-based nanomaterials

• Xiaoxing Ke,
• Carla Bittencourt and
• Gustaaf Van Tendeloo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1541–1557, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.158

Transformations of PTCDA structures on rutile TiO₂ induced by thermal annealing and intermolecular forces

• Szymon Godlewski,
• Jakub S. Prauzner-Bechcicki,
• Thilo Glatzel,
• Ernst Meyer and
• Marek Szymoński

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1498–1507, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.155

• )-(2 × 1). Acknowledgements Antoni Tekiel is gratefully acknowledged for fruitful discussions. This work was supported by a grant from Switzerland through the Swiss Contribution to the enlarged European Union (Joint Polish-Swiss Research Program) no. PSPB-085/2010 “Molecular assemblies on

Using natural language processing techniques to inform research on nanotechnology

• Nastassja A. Lewinski and
• Bridget T. McInnes

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1439–1449, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.149

• purification control in 2005–2006, to plasma-enhanced and thermal CVD in 2007–2010. CVD is the dominant commercial synthesis approach and catalyzed CVD with fluidized bed has been used by Bayer to synthesize Baytubes [29]. Competitor analysis revealed overlap between Sony and an individual researcher, Young

The Kirkendall effect and nanoscience: hollow nanospheres and nanotubes

• Abdel-Aziz El Mel,
• Ryusuke Nakamura and
• Carla Bittencourt

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1348–1361, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.139

• permission from [43], copyright 2010 American Chemical Society. (e) Scheme of the oxidation process of a Cu nanoparticle. (f) Self-diffusion coefficients of Ni and Cu and diffusion coefficients of Ni and Cu ions in NiO and Cu2O, respectively. Figure adapted with permission from [32], copyright 2008 Taylor

• annealing and (b) ramp annealing. In the case of ramp annealing, the nanostructures in steps 1 to 3 are formed during the ramp up stage. The dashed lines in (b) represent the spike annealing temperature profiles. Figure adapted with permission from [66], copyright 2010 Wiley-VCH. TEM micrograph of (a) thick

• ) planar (i.e., thin films) and (d) 3D (i.e., silicon V-trench). Figure adapted with permission from [72], copyright 2010 Wiley-VCH. False-color TEM micrographs of some possible periodic Cu nanostructures that can be sculpted using an e-beam inside Kirkendall oxide nanotubes by local heating extracted from

PLGA nanoparticles as a platform for vitamin D-based cancer therapy

• Maria J. Ramalho,
• Joana A. Loureiro,
• Bárbara Gomes,
• Manuela F. Frasco,
• Manuel A. N. Coelho and
• M. Carmo Pereira

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1306–1318, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.135

• Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT, Portugal) trough research project PTDC/QUI-BIQ/115449/2009. J. A. Loureiro acknowledges FEDER postdoctoral grant (NORTE-07-0124-FEDER-000025/FEUP-ON2-25MC-EngªQuimicaBiologica). M. J. Ramalho and B. Gomes acknowledge FCT research grant (PTDC/QUI-BIQ/118076/2010). M. F. Frasco

Structural transitions in electron beam deposited Co–carbonyl suspended nanowires at high electrical current densities

• Gian Carlo Gazzadi and
• Stefano Frabboni

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1298–1305, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.134

• was performed with a JEOL 2010 microscope, equipped with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) system (Oxford INCA 100) for composition analysis. Results and Discussion In Figure 1a, an example of Co–carbonyl SNW deposited by FEBID is shown. The suspended wire is deposited across the slit and

Electronic interaction in composites of a conjugated polymer and carbon nanotubes: first-principles calculation and photophysical approaches

• Florian Massuyeau,
• Jany Wéry,
• Jean-Luc Duvail,
• Serge Lefrant,
• Abu Yaya,
• Chris Ewels and
• Eric Faulques

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1138–1144, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.115

• action MP0901 ”NanoTP” and French ANR-2010-BLAN-0819-04 ”SPRINT” is gratefully acknowledged.

From lithium to sodium: cell chemistry of room temperature sodium–air and sodium–sulfur batteries

• Philipp Adelhelm,
• Pascal Hartmann,
• Conrad L. Bender,
• Martin Busche,
• Christine Eufinger and
• Juergen Janek

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 1016–1055, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.105

• ), or dimethyl carbonate (DMC) have been applied in almost all of the experimental studies on catalyst materials between 2006 and 2010, because these compounds are well used in LIBs. A comprehensive overview of the properties of liquid lithium electrolytes is given in [43]. In the beginning, only minor

• attention had been paid to clarify the chemistry taking place in the cells, for example by analyzing all chemical species being formed during cycling. In 2010 Mizuno et al. reported an FTIR and TEM study of the reaction products in Li/O2 cells employing a PC based electrolyte [44]. They concluded that

• literature is available. Mostly aprotic electrolytes have been used and only one study on a mixed aprotic/aqueous electrolyte has been published. This may be due to the strong reactivity of sodium with water. Although research on Na/O2 cells started only in 2010 the number of publications now rapidly

Structure and mechanism of the formation of core–shell nanoparticles obtained through a one-step gas-phase synthesis by electron beam evaporation

• Andrey V. Nomoev,
• Sergey P. Bardakhanov,
• Makoto Schreiber,
• Dashima G. Bazarova,
• Nikolai A. Romanov,
• Boris B. Baldanov,
• Bair R. Radnaev and
• Viacheslav V. Syzrantsev

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 874–880, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.89

• electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution TEM (HRTEM), selective area electron diffraction (SAED), and energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDX) analysis. These measurements were performed on a JEM-2010 TEM (JEOL, Japan, 200 kV accelerating voltage, 0.14 nm resolution) equipped with an EDX (EDAX Co

In situ observation of biotite (001) surface dissolution at pH 1 and 9.5 by advanced optical microscopy

• Chiara Cappelli,
• Daniel Lamarca-Irisarri,
• Jordi Camas,
• F. Javier Huertas and
• Alexander E. S. Van Driessche

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 665–673, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.67

• from Projects CGL2008-01652 and CGL2011-22567 (Plan Nacional I+D and EU). C.C. benefitted from a FPU grant (MEC), and A.E.S.V.D. is grateful for the support by the Consolider-Ingenio 2010 project “Factoría Española de Cristalización” and Belgian PROgramme de Développement d’Expériences scientifiques

Silica micro/nanospheres for theranostics: from bimodal MRI and fluorescent imaging probes to cancer therapy

• Shanka Walia and
• Amitabha Acharya

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 546–558, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.57

Raman spectroscopy as a tool to investigate the structure and electronic properties of carbon-atom wires

• Alberto Milani,
• Matteo Tommasini,
• Valeria Russo,
• Andrea Li Bassi,
• Andrea Lucotti,
• Franco Cataldo and
• Carlo S. Casari

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 480–491, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.49

• polyynes and cumulenes of different lengths. Figure adapted with permission from [40], copyright 2010 John Wiley & Sons. (a) Experimental Raman spectrum (1064 nm) of H-capped polyynes in methanol (5 × 10−3 M), with the pure solvent shown for comparison. (b,c) UV–vis spectra for polyynes of different

Influence of spurious resonances on the interaction force in dynamic AFM

• Luca Costa and
• Mario S. Rodrigues

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 420–427, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.42

• /69201/2010. The authors thank Fabio Comin and Joel Chevrier for discussions and Irina Snigireva for the preparation of the gold coated optical fibers.

Influence of size, shape and core–shell interface on surface plasmon resonance in Ag and Ag@MgO nanoparticle films deposited on Si/SiO_x

• Sergio D’Addato,
• Daniele Pinotti,
• Maria Chiara Spadaro,
• Guido Paolicelli,
• Vincenzo Grillo,
• Sergio Valeri,
• Luca Pasquali,
• Luca Bergamini and
• Stefano Corni

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 404–413, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.40

• images were collected with a JEOL JEM-2010 (200 keV) operating with a LaB6 source, and a JEOL JEM-2200FS working at 200 KeV and equipped with Schottky field emission gun. Optical reflectivity experiments were performed in air using linearly polarised, s- and p-polarised radiation. The experimental system

Synthesis of boron nitride nanotubes and their applications

• Saban Kalay,
• Zehra Yilmaz,
• Ozlem Sen,
• Melis Emanet,
• Emine Kazanc and
• Mustafa Çulha

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 84–102, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.9

• setup, (b) stretching of dense BNNTs from the sample surface, (c) high magnification SEM image of BNNTs, (d) SEM images of slightly compressed BNNTs on a Si substrate, and (e) cross-sectional view of vertically aligned BNNTs. Figure adapted with permission from [56], copyright 2010 American Chemical

• (right) and (a,b) SEM images of a PLC–BNNT composite exhibiting improved mechanical properties due to BNNTs bridges (red). Figure adapted with permission from [75], copyright 2010 Acta Biomaterialia. Schematic

Materials and characterization techniques for high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

• Roswitha Zeis

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 68–83, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.8

Nanoparticle interactions with live cells: Quantitative fluorescence microscopy of nanoparticle size effects

• Li Shang,
• Karin Nienhaus,
• Xiue Jiang,
• Linxiao Yang,
• Katharina Landfester,
• Volker Mailänder,
• Thomas Simmet and
• G. Ulrich Nienhaus

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 2388–2397, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.248

• after the start of NP incubation is given in the panels. (a–c) DPA-QDs, 10 nM in PBS; (d–f) DHLA-AuNCs, 20 µg/mL in serum-free DMEM. Scale bar, 10 µm. Cell membranes (stained with CellMask DeepRed) are depicted in red. Images in panels a–c were reproduced with permission from [31]. Copyright 2010

• (red) regions of live HeLa cells within the first 60 min. Cells were exposed to (a, b) 10 nM DPA-QDs and (c) 1 µM DHLA-AuNCs. Images in panels a and b were reproduced with permission from [31]. Copyright 2010 American Chemical Society; the image in panel c was reproduced with permission from [34

• reproduced with permission from [32]. Copyright 2011 Royal Society of Chemistry. Images in panels d–f were reproduced with permission from [33]. Copyright 2010 American Chemical Society. Schematic depiction of the interplay between membrane receptors (depicted as cups) and NP surface ligands (depicted as