Controlled growth of uniform noble metal nanocrystals: Aqueous-based synthesis and some applications in biomedicine

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-22

  Tran, Thai Hoa ^a   Nguyen, Thanh Dinh ^b  

^a HUE UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Binary; Biomedicine; Nanocrystals; Nanoparticles; Noble metal; Size and shape control

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AGENTS; BINARY; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOMEDICINE; CONTROLLED GROWTH; CONTROLLED SHAPE; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; GOLD NANOCRYSTALS; HIGH POTENTIAL; HIGH YIELD; KEY MATERIALS; LOW COSTS; METAL NANOCRYSTALS; METAL NUCLEI; NOVEL MATERIALS; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL; RECENT PROGRESS; RESEARCH GROUPS; SHAPE-CONTROLLED; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; SIZE AND SHAPE; SYNTHETIC APPROACH;

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; METALS; PRECIOUS METALS;

NANOCRYSTALS;

BIMETALLIC NANOCRYSTAL; DOXORUBICIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; LEAD NANOCRYSTAL; NANOCAGE; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOROD; NANOSHELL; PLATINUM NANOCRYSTAL; POLYOL; RHODIUM NANOCRYSTAL; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMEDICINE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CANCER CELL DESTRUCTION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHEMICAL AGING; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; NANOFABRICATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

GOLD; MEDICINE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 80052092871     PISSN: 09277765     EISSN: 18734367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2011.07.017     Document Type: Review

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