Objective(s): In recent years, the biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles has been the focus of interest because of their emerging application in a number of areas such as biomedicine. In the present study we report the extracellular biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) by using a positive bacterium named Streptomyces fulvissimus isolate U from rice fields of Guilan Province, Iran.Materials a...

Nowadays, hydrogen has attracted significant attention as a next generation clean energy source. Hydrogen is highly flammable, so detection of hydrogen gas is required. Gold nanoparticle based localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) is an advanced and powerful sensing technique, which is well known for its high sensitivity to surrounding refractive index change in the local environment. We p...

The Bodaibo gold-bearing district in the Lena gold province of Siberia is one largest and oldest placer provinces world. Approximately 1650 tons has been extracted from region. Precise studies on source these unique deposits are lacking still controversial. Native four different locations was gathered to investigate its morphology, chemical signatures, structure inclusions. Some data primary be...

As an important x-ray source, enhancement of x-ray emissions from laser-produced plasmas is significant for various applications. Due to less expanding kinetic loss, gold foam with low initial density can have an enhanced x-ray conversion efficiency compared with solid-density gold. However, low-Z impurities within gold foam targets will diminish the enhancement remarkably, and should be tightl...

Objective(s): A novel technique for the early diagnosis of breast cancer involves the use of nanoparticles (NPs). The present study aimed to use gold NPs to assess the variations in light source transfer intensity. Materials and Methods: Blood samples with hemoglobin (Hb) concentrations of ×1, ×2, and ×4 were used to simulate normal and cancerous conditions in the breast. Spherical gold N...

A photochemical approach is reported for the straightforward synthesis of silver and gold nanoparticles using a single source precursor under very mild conditions.

Calmette–Guérin vaccination or nontuberculous mycobacteria. This must be determined by ongoing prospective restriction fragment length polymorphism studies observing the clinical course of QuantiFERON-gold-positive contact persons. These use ‘‘clustering’’ with the source case and observe who becomes infected with the disease. As QuantiFERON-gold is only just being implemented for routine use i...

Two distinct single-photon plasmon-modulated photo-luminescence processes are generated from nanostructured gold surfaces by tuning the spectral overlap of the incident laser source, localized surface plasmon resonance band, and the interband transitions between the d and sp bands, near the X- and L-symmetry points of the electronic band structure of gold. In the main section of the article, th...