Gold nanoparticle (AuNPs) functionality has been highlighted in several areas of knowledge in recent decades, including diagnostics, where factors such as dispersion and stability are directly related to the test performance, ...

Petroleum is a feedstock of great economic value. Due to the aim for non-renewable feedstocks substitution, vegetable oils have been used ever more as a feedstock for fuels and polymers. Spills during oil handling are ...