On the application potential of gold nanoparticles in nanoelectronics and biomedicine

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1915, 2010, Pages 1405-1453

  Homberger, Melanie ^a   Simon, Ulrich ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assembly principles; Biomedical applications; Cytotoxicity; Gold cluster; Nanoelectronics; Single electron tunnelling

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; GOLD; GOLD COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE REACTIONS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); WIND TUNNELS;

BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOMOLECULAR REACTIONS; COULOMB CHARGING EFFECTS; FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES; GOLD CLUSTER; GOLD CLUSTERS; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LIGAND-STABILIZED; NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES; NOVEL CONCEPT; SINGLE-ELECTRON TUNNELLING; TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENTS;

NANOELECTRONICS;

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ELECTRONICS; GOLD; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 77950199443     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0275     Document Type: Review

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