Synthetic Methodologies to Gold Nanoshells: An Overview.
Molecules
; 23(11)2018 Nov 02.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30400168
ABSTRACT
Gold nanostructures that can be synthetically articulated to adapt diverse morphologies, offer a versatile platform and tunable properties for applications in a variety of areas, including biomedicine and diagnostics. Among several conformational architectures, gold nanoshells provide a highly advantageous combination of properties that can be fine-tuned in designing single or multi-purpose nanomaterials, especially for applications in biology. One of the important parameters for evaluating the efficacy of gold nano-architectures is their reproducible synthesis and surface functionalization with desired moieties. A variety of methods now exist that allow fabrication and chemical manipulation of their structure and resulting properties. This review article provides an overview and a discussion of synthetic methodologies to a diverse range of gold nanoshells, and a brief summary of surface functionalization and characterization methods employed to evaluate their overall composition.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Nanoshells
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Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic
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Gold
Language:
En
Journal:
Molecules
Journal subject:
BIOLOGIA
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Canada