Gold highlights at the 11th “Trends in Nanotechnology” International Conference (TNT 2010) in Braga, Portugal, September 6–10, 2010

A report on the gold highlights on the 11th “Trends in Nanotechnology” International Conference (TNT 2010) held in Braga, Portugal, on September 6–10, 2010 is presented. There were around 300 participants attending this meeting. Gold-related subjects had a strong presence by 2 invited lectures, 13 keynote lectures, 13 oral presentations, and 35 posters. Moreover, seven posters dealing with gold were awarded for poster prizes. Subjects covering a wide range, like self-assembly, colloids, nanobiotechnology, scanning probe methods, carbon nanotube-based materials, nanochemistry, low-dimension materials, nanostructured and nanoparticles-based materials, nano-optics and nano-photonics, were presented.