Update on gold nanoparticles from cathedral windows to nanomedicine

• Main Author: Voliani, Valerio.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Shrewsbury : ISmithers Rapra Pub., 2013.
• Subjects: Colloidal gold.; Nanostructured materials > Health aspects.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781847356444; 9781847356437
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (vi, 148 pages)

In the last decade, gold nanoparticles have provided a suitable platform for the development of novel and efficient diagnostic and therapeutic tools, which avoid the typical drawbacks of the old systems. They are biocompatible and they can be easily synthesised, encapsulated and functionalised with...