Journal de la science des matériaux et des nanomatériaux

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Investigating the Role of Gold Nanoparticle Shape and Size in Their Toxicities to Fungi with a Novel Synthesis Method

Kangze Liu

With the flourishing development of nanotechnology, abundant amount of nanomaterials have been manufactured and applied in all sorts of areas in everyday life. Among which, gold nanoparticles (GNPs) possesses a certain proportion and very important status due to their fascinating properties like quantum size effects and wide applications in the fields of surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), chemical and biological sensing, biomedicine and so on. With such high usage in daily and industrial life, the release of GNPs into the environment is increasing in great quantities. Thus, attentions have been drawn to the effects of GNPs to the environment, especially the effects on living organisms, and ultimately the effects on human bodies and health. To achieve the such goal, the toxicity of GNPs to organisms that strongly interact with their direct environment, such as fungi and plants, is of critical importance.