Study Findings Pave Way to Control Size and Characteristics of Gold Nanoparticles

Study Findings Pave Way to Control Size and Characteristics of Gold Nanoparticles, AzoNanotechnology, June 19, 2012. A research team from the North Carolina State University has discovered that the bulkiness of ligands, which are organic molecules utilized in the synthesis of gold nanoparticles, determines the size of the nanoparticles, which means the larger the ligands, the smaller the nanoparticles. Joe Tracy, materials science, featured.