Colloidal gold has been studied for its potential application in medicine for centuries.
However, synthesis and evaluation of various gold nanoparticles have only recently been …

Recent advances in technology are expected to increase our current understanding of
neuroscience. Nanotechnology and nanomaterials can alter and control neural functionality …

Rapid and high precision detection of toxic metal ions is one of the chief requirements today
to combat environment pollution. Gold nanoparticles play a key role in this by assisting the …

This Review offers a comprehensive review of the colloidal synthesis, mechanistic
understanding, physicochemical properties, and applications of one-dimensional (1D) metal …

Noble metal nanoparticle-based localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) is an
advanced and powerful label-free biosensing technique which is well-known for its high …

The robust, sensitive, and selective detection of targeted biomolecules in their native
environment by prospective nanostructures holds much promise for real-time, accurate, and …

Recent advances in wet chemical synthesis and biomolecular functionalization of gold
nanoparticles have led to a dramatic expansion of their potential biomedical applications …

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 …

Localized surface plasmon resonances in noble metal nanoparticles cause enhanced
optical absorption and scattering that is tunable through the visible and near-infrared …

Gold nanorods were synthesized by the colloidal seed-mediated, surfactant-assisted
approach [Gou et al., Chem. Mater. 2005, 17, 3668− 3672] using CTAB …