: The study of gold nanoparticles for potential cancer treatments.

: Common methods include X-ray structural analysis, spectroscopy, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR).

The discipline is primarily built on two theoretical frameworks:

: Synthesis of complex minerals like tetracalcium aluminoferrite ( C4AFcap C sub 4 cap A cap F ) for industrial applications like portland cement.

The field is often divided based on the scale of the particles being studied: