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Nature Nanotechnology 3, 583 - 584 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.295

Subject Categories: Nanoparticles | Structural properties

Catalysis: Individual nanoparticles in action

Bruce C. Gates1

  1. Bruce C. Gates is at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA.
    e-mail: bcgates@ucdavis.edu


A catalytic reaction occurring on a single gold nanoparticle can be monitored directly with surface plasmon spectroscopy.

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