2. Some gold nanoparticle synthesis processes
It would be too ambitious to give an exhaustive list of methods for synthesizing gold nanoparticles, but they can be grouped into a few broad categories:
chemical synthesis in aqueous or organic solution ;
chemical synthesis on surfaces ;
ultra-high-vacuum preparations of gold NPs deposited on a surface.
Other more original methods include mass sorting of gold aggregates, sonolysis, or even intra-cellular reduction by green algae.
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Bibliography
Websites
Or-Nano, CNRS Research Group
World Gold Council, official website
Gold Bulletin, the Journal of Gold Science, Technology and Applications (free access)
Events
International congress entitled "Gold" dealing with scientific research and applications of gold. The congress is held every 3 years. Gold 2009 took place in July 2009 in Heidelberg (Germany). Announcement of the congress relayed on http://www.gold.org .
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The Or-Nano research group's website contains a directory of French researchers from public institutions working on gold nanoparticles. See http://www.or-nano.org .
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