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Re: Gold beads

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From: Uncle Al
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 00:00
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Boaz Ran wrote:
 
> I need gold beads (or other metals) with radius of tenths of nano
> meters.

*Tenths* of nanometers?  How big is a gold atom?  There aren't any
metal "beads" at that scale.  The best you can do is colloidal
nanocrystals whose surfaces are decorated with amine, phosphine, or
thiol anti-aggregants.

It's in the literature.

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