Gold nanoparticles exhibit unique properties making them widely used in nanotechnology
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SUPPORTED
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Multiple recent studies confirm that gold nanoparticles possess unique optical, chemical, and physical properties—such as surface plasmon resonance and strong biomolecular affinity—that make them widely and successfully utilized in nanotechnology.
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Metallic nanoparticles: from biosynthesis to biomedical applications, current scenarios and prospects.
2026 · cited by 1
Paper 0 discusses metallic nanoparticles, including gold, highlighting intrinsic physicochemical properties such as surface plasmon resonance and biocompatibility that enable diverse biomedical and nanotechnological applications.
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Nanophotonics in Molecular Imaging and Biomedicine: Diagnostics, Therapies, and Translational Challenges.
2025 · cited by 1
Paper 1 notes that gold nanoparticles and other biocompatible nanomaterials enable highly sensitive imaging and biosensing for advanced nanophotonics and biomedicine.
Meso-chiral optical properties of plasmonic nanoparticles: uncovering hidden chirality.
2025 · cited by 0
Paper 2 highlights chiral plasmonic nanoparticles, including gold helicoid nanoparticles, used in chiral sensing, separation, and photocatalysis.
DNA Unwinding Driven by Gold Nanoparticles.
2025 · cited by 0
Paper 5 demonstrates that gold nanoparticles have unique DNA-unwinding capabilities that facilitate applications in nanoelectronics and biosensing.