Research Group on Gold Nanoparticles, abbreviated “GdR Or-nano”.

GdR Or-Nano brings together French researchers who are working on or with gold nanoparticles.
This group has been receiving financial support from the Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) for 4 years, since September 2006.

The main goal of GdR Or-nano is to develop a network of researchers working on/with gold nanoparticles in physics, chemistry and biology and to give rise to active collaborations

The following actions are in progress:

• An annual meeting to provide a scientific update of the research on gold NP in France and abroad lien
• The organisation of a summer school to share the knowledge gained during the last two years, to deepen concepts used in the differents fields, such as gold plasmon resonance,
• The development of contact with industry
• The connection between researchers of different backgrounds (chemistry, physics, biology) via a specially designed web site.

Main topics:

• Synthesis of gold colloids of controlled size in liquid phase
• Synthesis of materials containing gold nanoparticles of controlled size on or in solid substrates
• Physical methods of characterisation of gold nanoparticles
• Physical properties of gold nanoparticles
• Reactivity of gold surfaces
• Gold nanoparticles for biology

Organising committee:

• Catherine Louis (LRS, Paris): group leader

• Gold nanoparticles in catalysis
  Catherine Louis (LRS, Paris)
  Francisco Cadete, Jean-Luc Rousset (IRCELYON)
• Synthesis of gold Nanoparticles
  Hynd Remita (LCP, Orsay)
• Optical properties of gold nanoparticles
  Olivier Pluchery, Bruno Palpant (INSP, Paris)
  Pierre-François Brevet (LASIM, Lyon)
• Gold Nanoparticles and biology
  Cécile Sicard (LCP, Orsay)
  Barbara Gouget (CEA, Saclay)
  Stéphane Roux (LPCML, Lyon)
  
  
• Corporate promotion
  Catherine Dematteis (INSP, Paris)