Gold is a multifunctional material that has been utilized in medicinal applications for
centuries because it has been recognized for its bacteriostatic, anticorrosive, and …

Gold is a precious metal with a characteristic bright and beautiful hue known as the golden
yellow color.(1) As of 2012, a total of 174,100 tons of Au has been mined in human history …

Photoacoustic (PA) imaging is a biomedical imaging modality that provides functional
information regarding the cellular and molecular signatures of tissue by using endogenous …

Anisotropic gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have attracted the interest of scientists for over a
century, but research in this field has considerably accelerated since 2000 with the synthesis …

Understanding the control of the optical and plasmonic properties of unique nanosystems—
gold nanostars—both experimentally and theoretically permits superior design and …

Nanocrystals are fundamental to modern science and technology. Mastery over the shape of
a nanocrystal enables control of its properties and enhancement of its usefulness for a given …

Noble metal nanoparticles are capable of confining resonant photons in such a manner as
to induce coherent surface plasmon oscillation of their conduction band electrons, a …

The field of nanocatalysis (in which nanoparticles are used to catalyze reactions) has
undergone an exponential growth during the past decade. Two types of studies have been …

Due to strong electric fields at the surface, the absorption and scattering of electromagnetic
radiation by noble metal nanoparticles are strongly enhanced. These unique properties …

Lanthanide-doped upconversion (UC) nanoparticles have shown considerable promise in
biological labeling, imaging, and therapeutics.[1] However, although current synthetic …