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Electronics
OverviewGold is a vital material in the modern electronics industry, ensuring the reliability of many products ranging from mobile phones to credit cards. More...
Gold Bonding WireWire bonding is the method used to attach very fine gold wire from one connection pad to another, completing the electrical connection in an electronic device More...
ElectroplatingGold plating is a commonly used term to describe a thin gold coating on an object. In fact, gold can be deposited from solution by three similar processes. More...
Other UsesOther significant uses of gold in electronics include thick and thin film gold paste applications, sputtered gold metallisations and gold-based solder alloys. More...
RecyclingRecycling of waste electronic goods (containing gold and other precious metals), at the end of their life, is becoming of increasing importance. More...
Gold Bulletin ArticlesThe Gold Bulletin archive contains a range of technical articles describing the electronic uses of gold in more detail:Electrical Contacts & Materials, Electrodeposition, Electroless Deposition, Electronics & Sensors
Responsible Gold MiningRead more about the gold mining industry which supplies gold for a range of electronic components More...
Gold InnovationsRead ‘Gold Innovations’ – the blog that crosses the boundaries between research and the industrial application of gold technology. |
![]() The blog that crosses the boundaries between research and the industrial application of gold technology Linking catalyst properties to particle size6 Nov, 2009 This weeks edition of Science carries a nice paper entitled Electronic Structure Controls Reactivity of Size-Selected Pd Clusters Adsorbed on TiO2 Surfaces. What the authors, based at the University of Utah, have demonstrated is the first conclusive link between the size of catalyst particles on a solid surface, their electronic properties and their ability to [...] |