1. Editorial

   • Christopher W Corti

   EditorialNotes Open access Pages: 265 - 265

2. Announcement of the 5th International Conference

   Gold 2009 Open access Pages: 266 - 266

3. Michael Faraday's recognition of ruby gold: the birth of modern nanotechnology

   • David Thompson

   Scientific Papers Open access Pages: 267 - 269

4. The Lycurgus Cup — A Roman nanotechnology

   • Ian Freestone
   • Nigel Meeks
   • Catherine Higgitt

   Scientific Papers Open access Pages: 270 - 277

5. Gold-ruby glass in a new light: On the microstructuring of optical glasses with synchrotron radiation

   • Maik Eichelbaum
   • Klaus Rademann
   • Ralf Müller

   Scientific Papers Open access Pages: 278 - 282

6. A new procedure for the production of red gold purples at the “Manufacture nationale de Céramiques de Sèvres”

   • Olivier Dargaud
   • Lorenzo Stievano
   • Xavier Faurel

   Scientific Papers Open access Pages: 283 - 290

7. Preparation of a monolith-supported Au/TiO₂ catalyst active for CO oxidation

   • François Moreau
   • Geoffrey C Bond
   • Bozena Aeijelts Averink Silberova

   Scientific Papers Open access Pages: 291 - 294

8. Protein binding to gold autoassembled films

   • Ossi Horovitz
   • Gheorghe Tomoaia
   • Maria Tomoaia-Cotisel

   Scientific Papers Open access Pages: 295 - 304

9. Densitometry determination of dioxins using gold nanoparticlemodified dioxin response element probes

   • Li-Fan Zhao
   • Li Li
   • Shun-Qing Xu

   Scientific Papers Open access Pages: 305 - 309

10. Preparation of nanoscale gold structures by nanolithography

    • Nicholas Stokes
    • Andrew M McDonagh
    • Michael B Cortie

    Scientific Papers Open access Pages: 310 - 320

11. A facile and efficient “one-step” synthesis of Au^o with tunable size

    • Thathan Premkumar
    • Dongsik Kim
    • Kurt E Geckeler

    Scientific Papers Open access Pages: 321 - 327

12. Gold with a martensitic transformation: Which opportunities?

    • Stefano Besseghini
    • Francesca Passaretti
    • Franca Ricciardi

    Scientific Papers Open access Pages: 328 - 335

13. Gold in the news

    News Open access Pages: 336 - 336

14. Cat gold news

    News Open access Pages: 336 - 336

15. NanoTech gold news

    News Open access Pages: 336 - 336

16. Gold catalysis highlights at EuropaCatVIII in Turku/Åbo, Finland, August 26 – 31, 2007

    • David Thompson

    Conference Reports Open access Pages: 337 - 339

17. 21st Santa Fe Symposium on jewelry manufacturing technology, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

    • Christopher W Corti

    Conference Reports Open access Pages: 340 - 343

18. Faraday discussion on the subject of “Nanoalloys”: Gold alloys prominently featured

    • Geoffrey Bond

    Conference Reports Open access Pages: 344 - 345

19. Highlights from recent literature

    Announcement Open access Pages: 346 - 353

20. Calendar

    Events Open access Pages: 354 - 354