Scientists have described the principles behind the stability and electronic properties of tiny nanoclusters of metallic gold. The study found that the clusters are stable because they behave like ...

In an effort to make graphene more useful in electronics applications, engineers have made a golden discovery -- gold "snowflakes" on graphene. In an effort to make graphene more useful in electronics ...

Gold prices continue to reach historic highs. The precious metal, valued for its long-term store of value, has seen a sharp, 50% year-to-date increase from being priced at $2,669 in January. The price ...

Mesoporous gold (Au) films with tunable pores are expected to provide fascinating optical properties stimulated by the mesospaces, but they have not been realized yet because of the difficulty of ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. “As our group is working for a long time on nanomaterials, especially gold colloids, our curiosity was awoken by the mythic properties of ...