The surface properties of nanoparticles determine the agglomeration state and the size of the particles under physiological conditions

• Christoph Bantz,
• Olga Koshkina,
• Thomas Lang,
• Hans-Joachim Galla,
• C. James Kirkpatrick,
• Roland H. Stauber and
• Michael Maskos

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1774–1786, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.188

• , since an exhaustive characterization of nanomaterials is complex and therefore both time- and cost-consuming, a customized characterization focusing on the objective of the study is recommended [9]. To ensure comparability of experiments, standardization of characterization methods must be developed and

Protein-coated pH-responsive gold nanoparticles: Microwave-assisted synthesis and surface charge-dependent anticancer activity

• Dickson Joseph,
• Nisha Tyagi,
• Christian Geckeler and
• Kurt E.Geckeler

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1452–1462, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.158

• ) with a molecular weight of 62,108 g/mol [32] as the standard protein, and the optimized procedure was adopted for the other proteins. The standardization experiments were based on BHG because of two main reasons. First, its molecular weight is between the lowest and highest molecular weights of the