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Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been extensively used in optical biosensing and bioimaging due to the unique optical properties. Biological applications including biosensing and cellular imaging based on optical properties of AuNPs will be reviewed in the paper. The content will focus on detection principles, advantages and challenges of these approaches as well as recent advances in this field.
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Peng, H., Tang, H. & Jiang, J. Recent progress in gold nanoparticle-based biosensing and cellular imaging. Sci. China Chem. 59, 783–793 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-016-5570-7
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