TY - BOOK ID - 4865587 TI - Gold Nanostars : Synthesis, Properties and Biomedical Application AU - Chirico, Giuseppe. AU - Borzenkov, Mykola. AU - Pallavicini, Piersandro. PY - 2015 SN - 9783319207681 3319207679 9783319207674 3319207687 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Materials Science. KW - Metallic Materials. KW - Biomedical Engineering. KW - Nanoscale Science and Technology. KW - Nanochemistry. KW - Biomaterials. KW - Biomedical engineering. KW - Materials. KW - Nanochimie KW - Génie biomédical KW - Matériaux KW - Nanoparticles. KW - Nanoscience. KW - Materials Science KW - Chemical & Materials Engineering KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Nano science KW - Nanoscale science KW - Nanosciences KW - Materials science. KW - Nanoscale science. KW - Nanostructures. KW - Metals. KW - Science KW - Nanostructured materials KW - Particles KW - Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering. KW - Biocompatible materials KW - Biomaterials KW - Medical materials KW - Medicine KW - Biomedical engineering KW - Materials KW - Biocompatibility KW - Prosthesis KW - Nanoscale chemistry KW - Chemistry, Analytic KW - Nanoscience KW - Clinical engineering KW - Medical engineering KW - Bioengineering KW - Biophysics KW - Engineering KW - Engineering materials KW - Industrial materials KW - Engineering design KW - Manufacturing processes KW - Nano-particles KW - NPs (Nanoparticles) KW - Bioartificial materials KW - Hemocompatible materials KW - Analytical chemistry KW - Physics KW - Metallic elements KW - Chemical elements KW - Ores KW - Metallurgy KW - Biomaterials (Biomedical materials) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4865587 AB - This Brief focuses on the synthesis, functionalization techniques, optical properties and biomedical application of gold nanostars (GNS). Various facilities of gold nanostars synthesis as well as functionalization of GNS with PEG, organic dyes, bioactive compounds are discussed. The authors discuss physical origin of the Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances and the way the nano-environment affects them. The implication of the LSPR of gold nanostars surface enhanced Raman scattering is also discussed. The emphasis has been done on the application of GNS for current and emerge needs of medicine, biology and pharmacy. Moreover, properties of gold nanostars as contrast agents for in vivo imaging and interaction of GNS with cells are also discussed in this Brief. ER -