How toxic are gold nanoparticles? The state-of-the-art

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1771-1799

  Fratoddi, Ilaria ^a   Venditti, Iole ^a   Cametti, Cesare ^b   Russo, Maria Vittoria ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

Author keywords

gold nanoparticles; nanocages; nanorods; nanospheres; nanostars; toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937519007     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0697-3     Document Type: Article

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