Colloidal photonic glasses offer an appealing way to produce vivid colors without any chemical dyes—but so far, a stubborn optical effect has long prevented them from generating a true red color. Now, ...

Gold nanoparticles have emerged as versatile tools in biomedical research owing to their unique optical, electronic and chemical properties at the nanoscale. Their capacity for surface plasmon ...

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 ...

When inorganic nanoparticles come together, their optical, electronic, and magnetic properties depend strongly on how they are arranged. Being able to reorganize these arrangements in a controlled way ...

When designing a nanoparticle-enabled drug delivery system, many intersecting considerations must be taken into account, such as the target location of the drug payload, the method of delivery, uptake ...

Extensive research has been conducted on gold nanostructures due to their captivating electrical, conductive, and optical characteristics. Recently, these materials have expanded beyond their ...

A new gold nanoparticle nasal spray delivers lithium directly to the brain, targeting Alzheimer's and bipolar disorder while avoiding harmful side effects. (Nanowerk News) A new nasal spray packed ...

Preclinical evaluation of 64Cu-labeled cetuximab in immuno-PET for detecting sentinel lymph node metastasis in epidermal growth factor receptor–positive breast cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract ...

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 ...