Gold Nanoparticles for Physics, Chemistry and Biology
Contributors: Pluchery, Olivier
Publisher: World Scientific Pub. Co.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Singapore
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9781848168077
Description: The fascination with gold is a story which spans millennia, however scientists have recently found a new interest for gold when it is divided into miniscule grains, such as gold nanoparticles. This scientific enthusiasm started in various fields of science in the middle of the 1980s and the present book offers a panorama of the major scientific achievements obtained with gold nanoparticles. Various topics are reviewed such as: gold nanoparticle preparation methods, their plasmon resonance and thermo-optical properties, their catalytic properties, their use in biology and medicine as well as the.
Notes: 3.6.1 Supported gold nanoparticles.

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Table of contents: title: Preface Gold Nanoparticles for Physics, Chemistry and Biology; Chapter 1. Gold Nanoparticles in the Past: Before the Nanotechnology Era Catherine Louis; 1.1 The First Usage of Gold; 1.1.1 Quest for gold and gold production; 1.1.2 Gold as jewels and artefacts; 1.1.3 Gold for monetary exchanges and the gold standard; 1.1.4 Gold for human well-being: food, drinks and medicine; 1.1.5 Gilding gold and gold-like lustre; 1.2 The First Uses of Gold Nanoparticles; 1.2.1 The Lycurgus cup; 1.2.2 Medieval period; 1.2.3 Fifteenth and sixteenth centuries; 1.2.4 Seventeenth century.; title: 1.2.4.1 Purple of Cassius1.2.4.2 Kunckel glass; 1.2.4.3 Perrot glass; 1.2.5 Gold ruby glass in the eighteenth century; 1.2.6 Gold ruby glass and cranberry glass in the nineteenth century; 1.2.7 Pink enamel porcelain: Rose Pompadour and Famille Rose; 1.3 Scientific Approach of the Preparation of the Gold Ruby Colour; 1.3.1 Elucidation of the constitution of the Purple of Cassius in the nineteenth century; 1.3.2 Chemical approach to the formation of the Purple of Cassius; 1.3.3 Chemical approach to the preparation of gold ruby glass; 1.4 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References.; title: Chapter 2. Introduction to the Physical and Chemical Properties of Gold Geoffrey C. Bond2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Physical Properties of Massive Gold; 2.2.1 Crystal structure; 2.2.2 Density; 2.2.3 Magnetic and electrical properties; 2.2.4 Colour; 2.3 Relativistic Effects on the Properties of Gold; 2.3.1 The relativistic contraction of the radius of gold atoms; 2.3.2 Optical properties, interband transitions and relativistic effect; 2.4 Chemical Properties of Gold in Relation to Its Neighbours; 2.5 The Aurophilic Bond; 2.6 Dependence of Physical and Chemical Properties of Gold on Particle Size.; title: 2.7 ConclusionAcknowledgement; References; Chapter 3. Optical Properties of Gold Nanoparticles Olivier Pluchery; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 What is the ambition of the present chapter?; 3.3 Distinction Between Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR) and Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR); 3.3.1 Optical properties of metals; 3.3.2 The dielectric function of gold; 3.3.3 Plasmon resonance at surfaces, SPR; 3.3.4 Localized surface plasmon resonance in nanoparticles, LSPR; 3.4 Theoretical Description of the Localized Plasmon Resonance; 3.4.1 About Mie theory.; title: 3.4.2 The quasistatic approximation for describing the localized plasmon resonance3.4.3 Extinction and scattering cross sections; 3.4.4 Experimental illustrations; 3.4.5 Local field enhancement and applications; 3.4.6 Beyond the quasistatic and dipolar approximations; 3.5 Factors Shifting the Plasmon Resonance of Gold Nanoparticles; 3.5.1 Influence of the surrounding medium; 3.5.2 Plasmon resonance of ellipsoids and other shapes; 3.5.3 The case of very small (less than 5 nm) and very large gold nanoparticles (greater than 60 nm); 3.6 Optical Response of Assemblies of Nanoparticles.