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POST CREATED BY AMAN GUPTA(11/08/20) BLACK GOLD BY INDIAN SCIENTIST Using gold nanoparticles Indian scientists have developed a new material called “black gold”, which can potentially be used for applications ranging from solar energy harvesting to desalinating seawater, according to a study. To develop the material, the team from Mumbai-based Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) rearranged size and gaps between gold nanoparticles. It has unique properties such as capacity to absorb light and carbon dioxide (CO2), the researchers said. Gold does not have these properties, therefore ‘black gold’ is being called a new material. In appearance it is black, hence the name ‘black gold’, according to the findings published in Chemical Science journal. “We have not doped gold nanoparticles with any other material or added other materials. We varied inter-particle distance between gold nanoparticles using a cycle-by-cycle growth approach by optimising the nucleation-growth step, using
