Health care professionals use tiny particles of gold (nanoparticles) for a variety of medical applications—from diagnostic ...

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are nanoscale particles of gold ... resulting in the formation of spherical AuNPs with diameters ranging from 10 to 20 nm. The seed-mediated growth method allows for the ...

A new study by Brown University researchers suggests that gold nanoparticles -- microscopic bits of gold thousands of times thinner than a human hair -- might one day be used to help restore ...

Metal nanoparticles are nanoscale structures composed of metals such as gold, silver, platinum ... 3D images of platinum particles between 2-3 nm in diameter shown rotating in liquid under an electron ...