Author Topic: "1-3nm 'gold dots'"??.. is this even possible?  (Read 1836 times)

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"1-3nm 'gold dots'"??.. is this even possible?
« on: August 05, 2014, 02:30:55 AM »
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.201401499/abstract

"PGCS-NPs (40 nm) with excellent photo­thermal activity are developed, on the surface of which affibody peptides with specific affinity for EGFR and many small gold dots (1–3 nm) are densely presented. The IV-injected PGCS-NPs into EGFR-expressing tumor-bearing mice successfully perform targeted and photothermal therapy of cancer. It seems that the small gold dots released from disassembled PGCS-NPs are easily removed and never cause in vivo toxicity problems."

maybe 3nm, but 1nm gold particle??