Michael Maloney is widely recognized as a leading expert on monetary history, economics, economic cycles investing, and precious metals. He is CEO and founder of GoldSilver.com, one of the world's largest gold and silver bullion dealers, CEO and founder of WealthCycles.com, an e…
Drawing on thousands of pages of original documents and thousand of hours of interviews, the Seagraves expose one of the great state secrets of the 20th century. In 1945, US intelligence officers in Manila discovered that the Japanese had hidden large quantities of gold bullion …
"In 1945, US intelligence officers in Manila discovered that the Japanese had hidden large quantities of gold bullion and other looted treasure in the Philippines. President Truman decided to recover the gold but to keep the riches secret. These would be combined with treasure r…
Correct diagnosis of disease is essential in the effort to save and improve lives. Point of care (POC) diagnostics are in-vitro tests that assist in patient diagnosis and can be used at the location of patient care. POC diagnostics are easy to use and provide near-instant readou…
The Yellow Pine Mining District, located in central Idaho, has produced nearly 900,000 ounces of gold and significant amounts of silver (> 2.5 million ounces), antimony (50,000 tons) and tungsten (845 K units). Midas Gold Inc., who is currently exploring the district, has def…
In-Between Pleats is a research project constituted by a series of case studies, historical research, a short intensive pleating apprenticeship, and live performances. The research objective emerged through the exploratory making of pleats. It is to create new thinking about ple…
Formaldehyde is a chemical used widely in the manufacture of building materials. A remarkable example is represented by the Lucite two-step Alpha technology for the large scale production of methyl methacrylate (MMA), the essential building block of all acrylic-based products. E…
This thesis describes the development of gold, rhodium and palladium complexes incorporating a series of fluorinated N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands (NHC = 1,3-bis(fluorophenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene, fluorophenyl = 4-fluorophenyl (NHC-1), 2,4-difluorophenyl (NHC-2), 2,6-difluo…
This thesis examines the influence of institutional investors in the activities of large, publicly traded gold mining companies. As key sources of financing and dominant shareholders in company stocks, institutional investors have pushed for the maximisation of shareholder value…
The hydrogenation of β-ketoesters over chirally modified Ni catalysts is a celebrated and thoroughly researched example of an enantioselective heterogeneous catalytic reaction. Enantioselective heterogeneous processes, although extremely attractive in terms of fewer complication…
Silica nanoparticles are effective fluorophore carriers with high potential in imaging, diagnostics, and therapy. The particles are resistant to drastic change of environmental conditions (pH, temperature etc.) and insulate the dyes so as to protect them from photobleaching. Sil…
Recently established as an excellent activator for π-systems, efforts made in gold chemistry have increased enormously, resulting in a new ‘Gold Rush’ in chemistry. This thesis is a small contribution to it. There are two main aspects dominating the following chapters: gold cata…
This Thesis reports the synthesis, purification and characterisation of gold nanoparticles (NPs) functionalised with a monolayer of hydrazone ligands in order to perform post-synthetic manipulations of the NP-bound monolayer exploiting dynamic covalent chemistry. NP post-synthet…
The application of ICP-MS to the fields of proteomics and genomics has arisen in part due to its ability to detect and quantify trace levels of S and P, which are major constituents in proteins and nucleic acids respectively. The development of collision/reaction cell technology…
Catalysis by gold
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