Can you tell me your experiences regarding the toxicity profile of gold nanorods compared with gold nanoparticles that are spherical?

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Saad Zahraw Sekhi

you mean solar cell?

Omar Gonzalez-Ortega

The toxicity can be mainly associated to what is in the surface of either nanoparticle. Hence, gold nanorods are way more toxic.

Matheus Mendes

Zoraida P Aguilar A new review about this subject was published, you can check it on:

Article Toxicity of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs): A review

It is such a great review and your answer must be there

My regards,