Noble and Precious Metals Properties, Nanoscale Effects and Applications

• Other Authors: Singh Seehra, Mohindar (Editor), Bristow, Alan D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IntechOpen 2018
• Subjects: Metals technology / metallurgy; cancer, nanoparticles, density functional theory, gold nanoparticles, silver, plasmonics
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The use of copper, silver, gold and platinum in jewelry as a measure of wealth is well known. This book contains 19 chapters written by international authors on other uses and applications of noble and precious metals (copper, silver, gold, platinum, palladium, iridium, osmium, rhodium, ruthenium, a...