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Chemical Science

Surface chemistry of gold nanoparticles for health-related applications

Jiangjiang Zhang,†a   Lei Mou†bc  and  Xingyu Jiang ORCID logo *abc  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, No. 1088 Xueyuan Rd, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, P. R. China
E-mail: jiang@sustech.edu.cn

b Beijing Engineering Research Center for BioNanotechnology, CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for NanoScience and Technology, Beijing, P. R. China

c The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China

Abstract

Functionalization of gold nanoparticles is crucial for the effective utilization of these materials in health-related applications. Health-related applications of gold nanoparticles rely on the physical and chemical reactions between molecules and gold nanoparticles. Surface chemistry can precisely control and tailor the surface properties of gold nanoparticles to meet the needs of applications. Gold nanoparticles have unique physical and chemical properties, and have been used in a broad range of applications from prophylaxis to diagnosis and treatment. The surface chemistry of gold nanoparticles plays a crucial role in all of these applications. This minireview summarizes these applications from the perspective of surface chemistry and explores how surface chemistry improves and imparts new properties to gold nanoparticles for these applications.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9SC06497D
Article type
Minireview
Submitted
23 Dec 2019
Accepted
07 Jan 2020
First published
15 Jan 2020
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Sci., 2020,11, 923-936

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Surface chemistry of gold nanoparticles for health-related applications

J. Zhang, L. Mou and X. Jiang, Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 923 DOI: 10.1039/C9SC06497D

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