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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Synthetic Methodologies to Gold Nanoshells: An Overview.

Yu-Chen Wang, Éric Rhéaume, Frédéric Lesage, Ashok Kakkar

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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Yu-Chen WangDepartment of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B8, Canada. yu-chen.wang@mail.mcgill.ca.
Éric RhéaumeResearch Center, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 Belanger Street, Montreal, QC H1T 1C8, Canada. eric.rheaume@icm-mhi.org.ORCID 0000-0002-0554-0984
Frédéric LesageResearch Center, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 Belanger Street, Montreal, QC H1T 1C8, Canada. frederic.lesage@polymtl.ca.ORCID 0000-0003-3699-1283
Ashok KakkarDepartment of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B8, Canada. ashok.kakkar@mcgill.ca.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gold nanostructures that can be synthetically articulated to adapt diverse morphologies, offer a versatile platform and tunable properties for applications in a variety of areas, including biomedicine and diagnostics. Among several conformational architectures, gold nanoshells provide a highly advantageous combination of properties that can be fine-tuned in designing single or multi-purpose nanomaterials, especially for applications in biology. One of the important parameters for evaluating the efficacy of gold nano-architectures is their reproducible synthesis and surface functionalization with desired moieties. A variety of methods now exist that allow fabrication and chemical manipulation of their structure and resulting properties. This review article provides an overview and a discussion of synthetic methodologies to a diverse range of gold nanoshells, and a brief summary of surface functionalization and characterization methods employed to evaluate their overall composition.

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Chemistry Techniques, SyntheticChemical PhenomenaGoldMetal NanoparticlesNanoshellsParticle SizeSpectrum AnalysisSurface Plasmon ResonanceGoldcored gold nanoshellsgold nanoshellsgold nanoshell synthesishollow gold nanoshellstemplate galvanic replacement method

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PMID30400168
PMCPMC6278292

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