This paper presents a review in gold nanoparticles focusing on chemical reduction synthesis
mechanisms. We hope to aid students and researchers starting in the nanotechnology field …

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

Although gold is the subject of one of the most ancient themes of investigation in science, its
renaissance now leads to an exponentially increasing number of publications, especially in …

Anti-microbial materials have multiple applications in medicine, industry and commercial
products. Recent research has proposed the use of nanoparticles in a range of materials, as …

A low-cost methodology to prepare highly sensitive sensors is reported with different
nanoparticles for LSPR and SERS measurements. The LSPR and SERS sensor was self …

We review the performance of various nanoscaled structures needed to support the
propagation of the surface plasmons responsible for surface‐enhanced Raman scattering …

Gold nanoparticles in aqueous dispersions were prepared by two methods, using sodium
citrate as reduction agent, and their interaction with l-cysteine was investigated. UV–vis …

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 …

Immobilization of gold nanoparticles on planar surfaces is of great interest to many scientific
communities; chemists, physicists, biologists, and the various communities working at the …

Monodisperse ruthenium nanoparticles were prepared by reduction of RuCl3 in 1, 2-
propanediol. The mean particle size was controlled by appropriate choice of the reduction …