Monodisperse gold nanoparticles: A review on synthesis and their application in modern medicine

MA Dheyab, AA Aziz, P Moradi Khaniabadi… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are becoming increasingly popular as drug carriers due to their
unique properties such as size tenability, multivalency, low toxicity and biocompatibility …

Role of Oxide-Derived Cu on the Initial Elementary Reaction Intermediate During Catalytic CO2 Reduction

Z Jiang, C Clavaguéra, SA Denisov, J Ma… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The catalytic role of oxide-derived Cu (OD-Cu) in promoting CO2 reduction (CO2R) to C2+
products has been appreciated for decades. However, the dynamic evolution of the surface …

Mechanisms of nanoscale radiation enhancement by metal nanoparticles: role of low energy electrons

Y Zheng, L Sanche - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Metal nanoparticles are considered as highly promising radiosensitizers in cancer
radiotherapy. Understanding their radiosensitization mechanisms is critical for future clinical …

UV-Visible photo-reactivity of permanently polarized inorganic nanotubes coupled to gold nanoparticles

S Patra, F Testard, F Gobeaux, L Sicard, D Shaming… - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Hybrid aluminosilicate nanotubes (Imo-CH3) have the ability to trap small organic molecules
inside their hydrophobic internal cavity while being dispersed in water owing to their …

Direct Observation of the Reactivity of Electrons toward Gold Nanoparticles in Aqueous Solution

Z Jiang, M Mostafavi - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
The catalytic activity of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) has been widely acknowledged;
however, Au NPs are considered to be highly inert as radiosensitizers in biological systems …

Increase of OH radical yields due to the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide by gold nanoparticles under X-ray irradiation

Y Okazaki, T Kusumoto, S Roux, R Hirayama… - RSC …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
We elucidate the decomposition mechanism of hydrogen peroxide, which is formed by water
radiolysis, by gold nanoparticles (GNPs) under X-ray irradiation. The variations in yields of …

Microfluidic Electrochemical Sensor for Online Detection of Chemical Oxygen Demand Based on AuNPs/Au Electrodes

S Xie, H Wu, X Yang - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A microfluidic electrochemical sensor is fabricated for the measurement of chemical oxygen
demand (COD) in surface waters, such as lakes and reservoirs. An Au interdigital electrode …

A mechanistic study of gold nanoparticles catalysis of O 2 reduction by ascorbate and hydroethidine, investigating reactive oxygen species reactivity

V Shcherbakov, SA Denisov, M Mostafavi - RSC advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, the mechanism of dioxygen reduction catalysed by gold nanoparticles (AuNPs)
by two electron donors was investigated, ie, by sodium ascorbate and hydroethidine …

Comparative Evaluation of the Phytotoxicity Between Chemically and Green Synthesized Au–NP's

M Karuvelan, SS Sumukhi, N Selvakumar… - Plant Response to Gold …, 2024 - Springer
The major growing demand and promising adaptability in a wide range of applications, there
has been an upsurge in extensive research on metal nanoparticles. Among these because …

Chemistry of gold nanoparticles radiosensitizing effect

V Shcherbakov - 2022 - theses.hal.science
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are a promising class of radiosensitizers, agents that increase
radiotherapy efficacy. In 2004, it was demonstrated that (AuNPs) accelerated tumour size …