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Review | Open Access

Gold NanoStars: Synthesis, Modification and Application

Tianshuo Lan1, Daxiang Cui1,2, Tianyuan Liu1, Xinna Yu1, Meizhen Huang1( )
School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Institute of Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, Shanghai Engineering Research Center for Intelligent Instrument for Diagnosis and Therapy; Key Laboratory for Thin Film and Microfabrication of Ministry of Education; Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of Electronic Information and Electronical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Abstract

Since the nanomaterial has become one of the most popular topics, gold nanomaterials have always been a research hotspot. Gold nanostars (GNSs) as one of the formations of the gold nanoparticles has stepped on the stage due to its remarkable property. By using Turkevich method, Brust method, seeded growth method and seedless-based method with proper and specific modification, GNSs could be produced for different requirements. These GNSs present various properties under a proper modification: high physical and chemical stability, high biocompatibility and the ability of modification easily. Such enormous properties and the surface plasmon resonance of GNSs could be used for various-potential applications such as surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) detection, in vivo diseases detection and therapy, drug delivery and release and so on. All these indicate that GNS is a valuable material in biological, phenomenological and optical researches.

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gold nanostars (GNSs)modificationsurface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)cancer treatmenttargeted drug

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Nano Biomedicine and Engineering
Volume 15 Issue 3,
September 2023
Pages 330-341
DOI: 10.26599/NBE.2023.9290025
Cite this article:
Lan T, Cui D, Liu T, et al. Gold NanoStars: Synthesis, Modification and Application. Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, 2023, 15(3): 330-341. https://doi.org/10.26599/NBE.2023.9290025

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Received: 05 April 2023
Revised: 08 May 2023
Accepted: 16 June 2023
Published: 10 August 2023
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