title: Environmentally friendly synthesis of highly monodisperse biocompatible gold nanoparticles with urchin-like shape.
abstract: We report a facile and environmentally friendly strategy for high-yield synthesis of highly monodisperse gold nanoparticles with urchin-like shape. A simple protein, gelatin, was first used for the control over shape and orientation of the gold nanoparticles. These nanoparticles, ready to use for biological systems, are promising in the optical imaging-based disease diagnostics and therapy because of their tunable surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and excellent surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) activity.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 130022 Changchun, China. lehuilu@ciac.jl.cn
authors.forename: Lehui
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Kelong
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ai
authors.forename: Yukihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ozaki
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D036103:Nanotechnology; D013057:Spectrum Analysis; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D006046:Gold