Gold nanorods (NRs), pseudo-one-dimensional rod-shaped nanoparticles (NPs), have
become one of the burgeoning materials in the recent years due to their anisotropic shape …

Many properties of nanoparticles are governed by their shape, size, polydispersity and
surface chemistry. To apply nanoparticles in chemical sensing, medical diagnostics …

Plasmonic gold nanoparticles have been used increasingly in solid-state systems because
of their applicability in fabricating novel sensors, heterogeneous catalysts, metamaterials …

Natural extracts are the source of many antioxidant substances. They have proven useful not
only as supplements preventing diseases caused by oxidative stress and food additives …

The green synthesis of nanoparticles (NPs) using living cells is a promising and novelty tool
in bionanotechnology. Chemical and physical methods are used to synthesize NPs; …

Nanocrystals offer a unique platform for tailoring the physicochemical properties of solid
materials to enhance their performances in various applications. While most work on …

Recent advances in nanostructured materials and unconventional device designs have
transformed the bioelectronics from a rigid and bulky form into a soft and ultrathin form and …

From small molecules to entire organisms, evolution has refined biological structures at the
nanoscale, microscale and macroscale to be chiral—that is, mirror dissymmetric. Chirality …

During the last decade, the scientific community has become interested in hybrid
nanomaterials, especially the ones that combine gold nanoparticles with a second functional …

Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) is a physical phenomenon exhibited by
nanoparticles of metals including coinage metals, alkali metals, aluminum, and some …