Following the previous chapter, recent synthetic methods of metal-based nanoparticles and their applications based on plasmonic resonance properties are described in this chapter. This differs from the previous chapter, which described the general uses of metal-based nanoparticles, in that various recent advanced applications of metal-based nanoparticles are described in this chapter.
Keywords: B iosensors; Ex vivo/in vivo imaging; Seed-mediated growth; Therapeutics.