Functionalization of gold nanoparticles is crucial for the effective utilization of these materials
in health-related applications. Health-related applications of gold nanoparticles rely on the …

Gold is a precious metal with a characteristic bright and beautiful hue known as the golden
yellow color.(1) As of 2012, a total of 174,100 tons of Au has been mined in human history …

The design and use of materials in the nanoscale size range for addressing medical and
health-related issues continues to receive increasing interest. Research in nanomedicine …

Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) has found extensive applications in chemi-sensors and
biosensors. Plasmons play different roles in different types of optical sensors. SPR …

A historical perspective of the development of spherical nucleic acid (SNA) conjugates and
other three-dimensional nucleic acid nanostructures is provided. This Perspective details the …

In the last 30 years we have assisted to a massive advance of nanomaterials in material
science. Nanomaterials and structures, in addition to their small size, have properties that …

Heavy metal pollution is one of the most serious environmental problems, which undermines
global sustainability. Many efforts have been made to develop portable sensors for …

Since the advent of click chemistry in 2001, the 1, 4-disubstituted triazole has become an
increasingly common motif in chemical sensors. Although these click-derived triazoles are …

In recent years, gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have drawn considerable research attention in
the fields of catalysis, drug delivery, imaging, diagnostics, therapy and biosensors due to …

A simple hydrothermal method was applied to prepare carbon nanodots (C dots) from o-
phenylenediamine (OPD). The C dots exhibit photoluminescence at 567 nm when excited at …