Fig. 1From: Biodistribution of single and aggregated gold nanoparticles exposed to the human lung epithelial tissue barrier at the air-liquid interfaceCharacterisation of single and aggregated AuNPs. a Preparation of single and aggregated AuNPs from AuNPs-tiopronin. Scheme modified from Hirsh et al. with permission [27]. b Physicochemical parameters of single and aggregated AuNPs. c Extinction spectra of single and aggregated AuNPs. The spectra were normalized based on the absorbance at 400Â nm. d TEM image of single AuNPs. e cryo-TEM image of aggregated AuNPsBack to article page