Controlling light interactions with matter on the nanometer scale provides for compelling
opportunities for modern technology and stretches our understanding and exploitation of …

Macrophages are one of the principal immune effector cells that play essential roles as
secretory, phagocytic, and antigen-presenting cells in the immune system. In this study, we …

In addition to alkanethiols and phosphine derivatives, alkylamines have been investigated
as capping agents in the synthesis of organically dispersible gold nanoparticles. However …

Following elucidation of the Brust protocol for the synthesis and capping of gold colloids with
alkanethiols in nonpolar organic solvents, 1 there have been a number of reports on the …

New approaches are constantly being developed for both the synthesis of inorganic
nanomaterials and their surface modification for sensing and electronic applications. Insofar …

The fabrication of flexible and transparent Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)
substrates enabling fast, sensitive and on site detection is relevant for the practical …

It was found that chloroauric acid (HAuCl4) could be directly reduced by the luminescent
reagent luminol in aqueous solution to form gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), the size of which …

The assembly of aqueous gold nanoparticles on the surface of polyurethane (PU) spheres
leading to [gold nanoparticle shell]−[polyurethane core] structures is demonstrated. The …

Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) is a powerful and highly sensitive technique commonly
used to study interactions between biomolecules in dilute aqueous solutions, both from …

We demonstrate the phase transfer of silver nanoparticles synthesized in an aqueous
medium into hexane containing the cationic surfactant octadecylamine (ODA). During …