TY - JOUR T1 - Why gold nanoparticles are more precious than pretty gold: Noble metal surface plasmon resonance and its enhancement of the radiative and nonradiative properties of nanocrystals of different shapes JF - Chem. Soc. Rev. Y1 - 2005 A1 - Eustis, Susie A1 - El-Sayed, Mostafa A. KW - display AB - This tutorial review presents an introduction to the field of noble metal nanoparticles and their current applications. The origin of the surface plasmon resonance and synthesis procedures are described. A number of applications are presented that take advantage of the electromagnetic field enhancement of the radiative properties of noble metal nanoparticles resulting from the surface plasmon oscillations. PB - The Royal Society of Chemistry VL - 35 CP - 3 M3 - 10.1039/B514191E ER -