Occasionally referred to as ‘colloidal gold,’ gold colloid is a suspension comprising sub-micron gold nanoparticles suspended in a solvent - most commonly water. Gold nanoparticles' distinct ...

nanoComposix, a global pioneer in gold nanoparticle manufacturing, specializes in high-purity and monodisperse nanomaterials, ensuring consistent results for users. 80 nm spherical gold nanoparticles ...

Thiol and organic polymer protection are two existing ways to add resilience to gold nanoparticles. On the right is a representation of the researchers’ new method using polyoxometalate. For the first ...

Embedding spherical gold nanoparticles into organic solar cells increases their efficiency but can also lead to unwanted ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The blood-brain barrier, a tightly regulated interface between the circulating blood and the central nervous system, has long been a daunting obstacle in the quest to deliver ...

Some key applications of gold nanoparticles include photonics, medicine and catalysis. 3 Gold nanoparticles have a high absorption cross-section in the visible and infrared regions, which can be tuned ...

A team of researchers has developed a novel method to enhance the precision of cancer treatment using gold nanoparticles tagged with DNA barcodes. A team of researchers from the National University of ...

(Nanowerk News) A research team led by Prof. LI Yue from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has introduced a self-confined solid-state dewetting mechanism.

Gold particles of the size of billionths of a meter are lethal to cancer cells. This fact has been known for a long time, as has a simple correlation: The smaller the nanoparticles used to fight the ...