According to the latest quarterly analysis of the natural gas market released by the International Energy Agency, global natural gas consumption will decline slightly this year and increase slowly in the following years because of soaring prices and the possibility of further reductions in Russian natural gas supplies. Global natural gas use this year is expected to be 0.5% lower than the 2021 level, and global natural gas demand is expected to increase by only 140 billion cubic meters over 2021 by 2025, the report said. The annual growth in 2021 will reach 175 billion cubic meters.

At the same time, the IEA's forecast for natural gas demand growth by 2024 was 60 per cent lower than its previous forecast, mainly due to "a weak economy and a smaller energy shift from coal or oil to natural gas", the report said.

It is worth noting that the South Korean Ministry of Industry, Trade and Resources announced on the same day that it plans to increase the proportion of nuclear power in South Korea's national energy structure to more than 30% by 2030. The proportion is 27.4% in 2021. The department also announced the resumption of the construction of two nuclear reactors. According to reports, after taking office, South Korean President Yoon Sik-Yue rejected the previous government's plan to phase out nuclear power and promised to increase investment in the nuclear power industry, so as to regain South Korea's status as a major exporter of safe nuclear reactors.

In addition, the supply and prices of many international bulk gold nanoparticles are still very uncertain.

What is colloidal gold?
Colloidal gold is the sol or colloidal suspension of gold nanoparticles in fluid (usually water). Colloids are usually wine red (for spherical particles less than 100 nm) or blue / purple (for larger spherical particles or nanorods).
 
Colloidal gold properties
The properties of colloidal gold nanoparticles and their potential applications depend to a large extent on their size and shape. For example, rod-shaped particles have transverse and longitudinal absorption peaks, and the anisotropy of their shape will affect their self-assembly.
 
What are gold nanoparticles used for?
Drug delivery system
Gold nanoparticles can be used to optimize the biological distribution of drugs to diseased organs, tissues or cells in order to improve and target drug delivery. Only when the drug distribution is insufficient, the drug delivery mediated by nanoparticles is feasible. These cases include targeting unstable drugs (proteins, siRNA, DNA), delivering drugs to difficult sites (brain, retina, tumors, intracellular organelles), and drugs with serious side effects (such as anticancer drugs). The properties of nanoparticles depend on their size and surface function. In addition, drug release and particle disintegration may vary from system to system (for example, biodegradable polymers that are sensitive to pH). The optimal nano-drug delivery system ensures that the active drug is available within the correct time and duration of the action site, and its concentration should be higher than the min. effective concentration (MEC) and lower than the min. toxic concentration (MTC).
Gold nanoparticles are being studied as carriers for drugs such as paclitaxel. The delivery of hydrophobic drugs requires molecular encapsulation, and nanoparticles have been found to be particularly effective in avoiding the reticuloendothelial system.
 
Radiotherapy dose enhancer
There has been considerable interest in the use of gold and other nanoparticles containing heavy atoms to increase the dose to tumors. Because gold nanoparticles are more absorbed by tumors than nearby healthy tissues, the dose is selectively increased. The biological effect of this treatment seems to be due to the local deposition of radiation doses near the nanoparticles. This mechanism is the same as that occurred in heavy ion therapy.
 
Detect toxic gases
Based on the anti-aggregation effect of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), the researchers developed a simple and inexpensive method for on-site detection of hydrogen sulfide in air. Dissolving hydrogen sulfide in a weakly alkaline buffer solution forms HS-,HS-, which stabilizes AuNPs and ensures that they remain red, allowing visual observation of hydrogen sulfide toxicity levels.
 
What are gold nanoparticles made of?
Turkevich et al.1951 developed a method for the synthesis of AuNPs by treating tetrachloroauric acid (HAuCl4) with citric acid in boiling water, in which citric acid not only acts as a reduction but also acts as a stabilizer. Frances further improved this method by changing the ratio of gold to citric acid to control the particle size. This scheme has been widely used to prepare moderately stable spherical AuNPs diluents with a diameter of 10-20 nm, but it can also be used to prepare larger AuNPs (for example, 100 nm).
 
Why are gold nanoparticles red?
The resonance frequency of gold nanoparticles is in the visible spectrum. Smaller gold nanoparticles absorb and resonate with purple, blue, green and yellow wavelengths, so they look red.
 
Colloidal gold Price
The price is influenced by many factors including the supply and demand in the market, industry trends, economic activity, market sentiment, and unexpected events.
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The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic not only had a significant impact on public health, it also severely affected one of the linchpins of the global economy – the tourism industry. As many countries introduced curfews and travel restrictions to contain the spread of the virus, travel across the world significantly declined from early 2020 onwards. The financial repercussions of the coronavirus have already begun to manifest themselves within the tourism industry. In 2020, global revenue from the travel and tourism industry was estimated to drop from a forecasted 711.94 billion U.S. dollars to 568.6 billion U.S. dollars, representing a decrease of over 20 percent. The region predicted to see the highest decline in revenue was Europe, decreasing from 211.97 billion U.S. dollars in 2019 to roughly 124 billion U.S. dollars in 2020.
The downturn in tourism has caused the recession, and the weakening of the economy has also affected the market demand for gold nanoparticles. Recently, however, the demand for gold nanoparticles has increased, so contact us for the latest news on gold nanoparticles.

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