Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are nanoscale particles of gold, typically ranging in size from 1 to 100 nanometers (nm). These nanoparticles exhibit unique physical, chemical, and optical properties that ...

Gold is widely ... the geometrical structure and electronic properties of large pure gold clusters 10. In particular, one question that has particular relevance to how chemical bonds are formed ...

Gold nanoparticles are also being used in the ... a small molecule drug that incorporates an atom of gold in its chemical structure that was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

A team of researchers from NUS has developed a novel method to enhance the precision of cancer treatment using gold ...

Inorganic nanoparticles are used in the development of sensitive and selective sensors for the detection of chemical and biological analytes. Gold nanoparticles are widely used in colorimetric and ...

Many studies have evaluated the toxicity of gold nanoparticles, although reliable predictions based on these results are rare. In order to overcome this problem, this article highlights strategies ...

Understanding the formation, structure, and performance of nanomaterials indeed relies on this atom-by-atom control. However, unlike most molecular chemistry, the synthesis of nanomaterials not only ...

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