The design of nanoparticles is critical for their efficient use in many applications ranging from
biomedicine to sensing and energy. While shape and size are responsible for the properties …

Surface-functionalized gold and silver nanoparticles, AuNPs and AgNPs for short, prepared
via the modification of organic chelating motifs by covalent or non-covalent bonds, represent …

Glucose, an essential nutrient to the metabolism of organisms, is closely related to human
health. Here, a novel serial quadruple tapered structure-based localized surface plasmon …

Inducing plasmonic characteristics, primarily localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR),
in conventional AuNPs through particle size and shape control could lead to a significant …

Surfactants have been widely used in many industrial products such as detergents,
medicines, and anti-corrosive treatments due to their unique structures consisted of two …

Plant pathogen detection conventionally relies on molecular technology that is complicated,
time-consuming and constrained to centralized laboratories. We developed a cost-effective …

Heavy metal contamination in environment and food has attracted intensive attention from
the public since it poses serious threats to ecological system and human health. Traditional …

Gold and silver nanoparticles (NPs) are widely used in the biomedical research both in the
therapeutic and the sensing/diagnostics fronts. Both metals share some common optical …

Pesticide contamination has become one of the most serious problems of public health in
the world, due to their wide application in agriculture industry to guarantee the crop yield …

Relevant properties of gold nanoparticles, such as stability and biocompatibility, together
with their peculiar optical and electronic behavior, make them excellent candidates for …