Overview
- Covers the synthesis, properties and functionalization of gold nanostars
- Describes the usage of gold nanoparticles in biomedical applications
- Examines the importance of gold nanoparticles in the field of energetics
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Materials (BRIEFSMATERIALS)
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Giuseppe Chirico is full professor in Applied Physics at University of Milano-Bicocca. His main research interests are fluorescence correlation spectroscopy in solution and on cells, photon correlation spectroscopy and metal nanoparticles for biomedical application.
Mykola Borzenkov received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry at Lviv Polytechnic National University (Lviv, Ukraine). At present time M. Borzenkov is a research assistant at Department of Physics at University of Milano-Bicocca (Milan, Italy). His main research fields are synthesis and application of functional surface active monomers, polymers of biomedical applications, synthesis, functionalization and biomedical application of metal nanoparticles.
Piersandro Pallavicini is associate professor in General and Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Pavia. His main research interests are chemistry of nanoparticles and coordination compounds, fluorescent labeled gold nanoparticles, application of metal nanoparticles.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Gold Nanostars
Book Subtitle: Synthesis, Properties and Biomedical Application
Authors: Giuseppe Chirico, Mykola Borzenkov, Piersandro Pallavicini
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Materials
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20768-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-20767-4Published: 12 August 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-20768-1Published: 03 August 2015
Series ISSN: 2192-1091
Series E-ISSN: 2192-1105
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 80
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Metallic Materials, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Nanoscale Science and Technology, Nanochemistry, Biomaterials