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Semiconductor nanowires offer the opportunity to incorporate novel structures and functionality into electronic and optoelectronic devices. A clear understanding of the nanowire growth mechanism is essential for well-controlled growth of…
A recent article by Lee et al. in Nature Communications has reported an intriguing phenomenon that gold nanostructures, AuNSs, can be spontaneously formed in aqueous microdroplets with dissolved tetrachloroaurate ions. The authors suggested…
In this work the synthesis and characterization of novel gold-nanodiamond nanoparticles was performed. The synthesis was based on the reduction of gold onto the different types of nanodiamond (annealed or annealed and oxidized, 50 or 230…
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The development of simple, versatile strategies for the synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) on semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDC) layers is of increasing scientific and technological interest in photocatalysis,…
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) play an important role in fundamental research and development due to their versatile applications and biocompatibility. This study addresses the aging of three AuNP suspensions after the addition of various…
We report an unexpectedly strong and complex chemical bonding of rare-gas atoms to neutral gold clusters. The bonding features are consistently reproduced at different levels of approximation within density-functional theory and beyond:…
Gold nanoparticles are unique electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction, carbon dioxide reduction, and alcohol oxidation. Electrocatalytic processes are influenced by the interaction with the solvent, yet the direct investigation of the…
This study aimed to investigate the antitumor effect of ultrasmall gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), around 3 nm, stabilized by the anionic polysaccharide gum arabic (GA-AuNPs). The focus was downregulation of cancer hallmarks of aggressive…
Straight, axial InAs nanowire with multiple segments of GaInAs were grown. High resolution X-ray energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) mapping reveal the distribution of group III atoms at the axial interfaces and at the sidewalls.…
In this paper, we have tried to find out the origin of magnetism in Gold nanoparticles (Au- NPs). We observe that upon incorporating Gold nanoparticles (Au-NPs) in Fe3O4 nanoparticle medium the net magnetisation increases compared to the…
A new type of metabolizable and efficient radiosensitizer for cancer radiotherapy is presented in this study by combining ultrasmall Au nanoclusters (NCs, <2 nm) with biocompatible coating ligands (glutathione, GSH). The new nano-construct…
This work explores the enhancement of ionization clusters around a gold nanoparticle (NP), indicative of the induction of DNA lesions, a potential trigger for cell-death. Monte Carlo track structure simulations were performed to determine…
Silver nanoparticles (AgNP's) possess inherent biological potentials that have obliged an alternative, eco-friendly, sustainable approach to "Green Synthesis." In the present study, we synthesized Green Silver Nanoparticles (GAgNP's) using…
The properties of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are affected by various parameters, making optimisation of their synthesis a laborious task. This optimisation is facilitated in this work by concurrent use of a T-junction microfluidic system…
For its potential as a catalyst, nanoporous gold (NPG) prepared through dealloying of bulk Ag-Au alloys has been extensively investigated. NPG thin films can offer ease of handling, better tunability of the chemistry and microstructure of…