Gold Nanoparticles in Analytical Chemistry

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Analytical nanoscience and nanotechnology is a growing topic that is expected to have a great impact in the field of analytical chemistry. Many of the exceptional properties of gold nanoparticles make them suitable for different analytical applications and these applications allow extrapolations for their use in other fields as well. In analytical chemistry gold nanoparticles play two main roles, namely: i) As target analytes in the realm of the analysis of the nanoworld; and ii) As tools to improve analytical processes, such as the use of gold nanoparticles as components of electrodes, in spectroscopic techniques and (bio)chemical sensors and lateral flow sensors. This book is a comprehensive review of the role of gold nanoparticles in analytical nanoscience and nanotechnology, with chapters devoted to their synthesis, physico-chemical characteristics, derivatization and potential toxicity. The main microscopic, spectroscopic and separation techniques for the characterization are reviewed as well as the developments for their determination in environmental, biological and agrifood samples. Content: Advisory BoardPage ii Front MatterPage iii CopyrightPage iv Contributors to Volume 66Pages xv-xvii Series Editor's PrefacePage xix Volume Editor's PrefacePages xxi-xxii Chapter 1 - Analytical Nanoscience and NanotechnologyPages 3-35Ángela Inmaculada López-Lorente, Miguel Valcárcel Chapter 2 - Synthesis of Gold NanoparticlesPages 37-79Han-Wen Cheng, Zakiya R. Skeete, Elizabeth R. Crew, Shiyao Shan, Jin Luo, Chuan-Jian Zhong Chapter 3 - Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Gold NanoparticlesPages 81-152Vincenzo Amendola, Moreno Meneghetti, Mauro Stener, Yan Guo, Shaowei Chen, Patricia Crespo, Miguel Angel García, Antonio Hernando, Paolo Pengo, Lucia Pasquato Chapter 4 - Derivatization of Colloidal Gold Nanoparticles Toward Their Application in Life Sciences1Pages 153-206Dominik Hühn, Wolfgang J. Parak Chapter 5 - Toxicity of Gold NanoparticlesPages 207-254Encarnación Caballero-Díaz, Miguel Valcárcel Chapter 6 - Microscopic Techniques for the Characterization of Gold NanoparticlesPages 257-299Christine Kranz, Boris Mizaikoff Chapter 7 - Spectroscopic Techniques for Characterization of Gold NanoparticlesPages 301-328Georg Ramer, Bernhard Lendl Chapter 8 - Mass Spectrometry for the Characterization of Gold NanoparticlesPages 329-356Laura Trapiella-Alfonso, José M. Costa-Fernández, Jorge Ruiz Encinar, Rosario Pereiro, Alfredo Sanz-Medel Chapter 9 - Separation Techniques of Gold NanoparticlesPages 357-394Ángela Inmaculada López-Lorente, Miguel Valcárcel Chapter 10 - Determination of Gold Nanoparticles in Biological, Environmental, and Agrifood SamplesPages 395-426Ángela Inmaculada López-Lorente, Miguel Valcárcel Chapter 11 - Applications of Gold Nanoparticles in ElectroanalysisPages 429-476Marek Trojanowicz Chapter 12 - Spectroscopic Techniques Based on the Use of Gold NanoparticlesPages 477-527María Jesús Almendral Parra, Sara Sánchez Paradinas Chapter 13 - Gold Nanoparticles as (Bio)Chemical SensorsPages 529-567Miguel Peixoto de Almeida, Eulália Pereira, Pedro Baptista, Inês Gomes, Sara Figueiredo, Leonor Soares, Ricardo Franco Chapter 14 - Lateral Flow Biosensors Based on Gold NanoparticlesPages 569-605Lourdes Rivas, Alfredo de la Escosura-Muñiz, Josefina Pons, Arben Merkoçi IndexPages 607-621