Update on gold nanoparticles from cathedral windows to nanomedicine

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Voliani, Valerio
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Shrewsbury : ISmithers Rapra Pub., 2013.
Subjects
Colloidal gold.
Nanostructured materials > Health aspects.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781847356444
9781847356437
Physical Description1 online zdroj (vi, 148 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Synthesis of gold nanostructures
  • Gold nanospheres
  • Gold nanoparticles
  • Methods-- Part 2. Behaviour of gold nanoparticles
  • Optical features
  • Coatings for gold nanoparticles
  • Biological features
  • Part 3. Gold applied to nanomedicine
  • Diagnostics and imaging
  • Therapeutics.

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