Microreactors for Gold Nanoparticles Synthesis: From Faraday to Flow

Green Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles

Nanotechnology has emerged as the interdisciplinary science conjugating the basic concept of engineering with the application of biology, chemistry, physics and medical science1. Research in the field of synthesis of nanoparticles has been growing dramatically over the last few decades due to their unusual and highly interesting properties with wide potential applications like antifungal activi...

Flash Chemistry: Fast Chemical Synthesis in Flow Microreactors

The length of time that the solution remains inside the reactor channels—the residence time—can be greatly reduced by adjusting the length of the channels in flow microreactors. This feature is extremely useful in controlling reactive species. Unstable short-lived reactive species can be generated and transferred to another location to be used in the next reaction before they decompose. Therefo...

Gold nanoparticles: From nanomedicine to nanosensing.

Because of their photo-optical distinctiveness and biocompatibility, gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have proven to be powerful tools in various nanomedicinal and nanomedical applications. In this review article, we discuss recent advances in the application of AuNPs in diagnostic imaging, biosensing and binary cancer therapeutic techniques. We also provide an eclectic collection of AuNPs delivery s...

Synthesis of gold nanoparticles inside polyelectrolyte brushes

In this work we report on the synthesis and characterization of Au nanoparticles grown in the inner environment of cationic polyelectrolyte brushes. The nanocomposite synthesis relies on loading the macromolecular film with AuCl4 2 precursor ions followed by their in situ reduction to Au nanoparticles. We observed that the nanoparticles are uniform in size and are fully stabilized by the surrou...

Synthesis and Characterization of Gold Nanoparticles