due to the binding of the –coo- group with the mercury (ii), gold nanoparticlesfunctionalized with glutathione can self-assemble to form a supermolecular network in the hac-naac buffer solution. the aggregation of functionalized gold nanoparticles and mercury (ii)caused the shift of maximum absorption peak of the uv-vis spectrum from 520 nm to 609 nm.based on this principle, a simple spectropho...

objective(s): our present study sought to evaluate hepatoprotective and antioxidant effects of methanol extract of azolla microphylla phytochemically synthesized gold nanoparticles (gnap) in acetaminophen (apap) - induced hepatotoxicity of fresh water common carp fish.materials and methods: gnap were prepared by green synthesis method using methanol extract of azolla microphylla.  twenty four f...

one of the applications of gold nanoparticles (gnps) in medicine is radiation dose-enhancing effect. although there are many simulations, in vitro and in vivo evidence that gnps can enhance significantly the radiation dose effect of orthovoltage beams. these beams compared with megavoltage (mv) beams, have limited applications in radiotherapy. in order to evaluate gnps radiosensitization perfor...

S the discovery of high catalytic activities for CO oxidation by gold nanoparticles, 3 a growing list of important reactions has been found to be catalyzed by gold nanoparticles, such as epoxidation, hydrogenation/reduction, C Cbond formation, and water gas shift. Extensive research has been devoted to the CO oxidation reaction. Many factors have been reported to influence the rate of CO oxidat...

In this study, we prepared different shapes of gold nanoparticles by seed-mediated growth method and applied them on the photoelectrodes of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) to study the surface plasma resonant (SPR) effect of gold nanoparticles on the photoelectrodes of dye-sensitized solar cells. The analyses of field emission scanning electron microscopy show that the average diameter of th...

Nanomaterials with a characteristic dimension in the range of 1-100 nanometers (nm) are at the leading edge of nanoscience and nanotechnology. In recent years nanomaterials, and specifically metal nanoparticles, have received particular interest in diverse field ranging from material science to biotechnology (Guo et al. 2005, Daniel and Astruc 2004, Huang et al. 2007). Although widespread inter...

In this study, we have synthesized the gold nanoparticles by using Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, a medicinal plant. The gold nanoparticles were synthesized rapidly by the involvement of microwave heating. By changing of plant extract concentration, gold solution concentration, microwave heating time and power of microwave heating the optimized condition was identified. The surface Plasmon resonance f...

Herein we report the development of anisotropic bimetallic nanoparticles where aerosol gold nanoparticles served as the seeds for the continuous deposition of silver atoms on their surfaces. Initially, aerosol gold nanoparticles were formed by spark discharge and then injected into a silver precursor solution in an impinging device. The gold nanoparticles acted as the seed particles, and cataly...