Why aren't Gold Nanoparticles Gold?

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Makes gold nanoparticles and explains why they look red, linking the colour to surface plasmon resonance; a clear materials-science demo.

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Why gold nanoparticles look red: surface plasmon resonance explained and demonstrated.

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