All gold articles
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ResearchSimple gold salt test for whisky maturity could be round the corner
Formation of gold nanoparticles could track ageing process of whisky and signal when the spirit is ready for bottling
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Explaining the mysterious purple gold at Spain's Alhambra
Chemical corrosion converts gold leaf into purple nanospheres
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Gold(III) catalysis transforms protecting group from base-stable to base-labile
Unique orthogonality in a protecting group achieved using a gold-catalysed cyclisation for selective activation and deprotection
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Gold double helix assembles with DNA-like precision
DNA construction principles create first ever double-helical gold nanocluster assembly
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Contact lenses with gold nanoparticles can help correct colour blindness
Soft lenses can correct red–green colour vision deficiency
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Snail slime central to sustainable strategy for making wound-healing gold nanoparticles
Nanoparticles made using mucus could be developed into acne treatments
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Noble metals dissolved without aqua regia
Decades-old study inspires acidic salt solutions for recovering gold and platinum group metals from catalytic waste
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Superfluid helium nanoreactor takes single atom catalysis understanding to the next level
Gold alters bond energies to catalyse dissociation reaction
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Surface sites on gold catalyst edited to control regioselectivity of a click reaction
Steric hindrance created by phosphine ligands restricts how substrates approach catalyst
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Enzymes encapsulated in a golden cage perform in extreme conditions
No room for the proteins to denature but reactants can still get through
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Rotaxane–gold complex is in good shape for catalysis
A new type of catalyst containing a mechanically planar chiral rotaxane shows promise for organic synthesis
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Mouldable gold can be shaped just like clay
2D gold nanosheets self-assemble into pliable material
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Large gold nanoclusters are surprisingly stable paramagnets
An odd electron makes the magnetism
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New compounds make dissolving gold simpler and safer
Polypseudohalogen-based ionic liquid offers innovative way to recycle electronics
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Pencil graphite helps make gold nanoparticles golden
Scientists convince free electrons from gold nanoparticles to behave like those of bulk gold
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Catalytically, is copper the new gold?
Approach for depositing copper on silica support influences how easily it oxidises, and in turn the reactions it catalyses
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Gold melted at room temperature using electric fields
Controllable change from crystalline to disordered in a tiny cone tip might help chemical catalysis
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Colour changing cup printed using gold nanoparticle ink
Infusing PVA with dichroic nanoparticles gives 3D printed objects interesting optical properties
