1. Guest Editorial

   • Jim Johnston

   EditorialNotes Open access Pages: 88 - 89

2. From the editor

   • Christopher W Corti

   EditorialNotes Open access Pages: 90 - 90

3. Dr David T Thompson

   • David T Thompson

   BriefCommunication Open access Pages: 90 - 90

4. Gold 2009 — Invited speakers

   Announcement Open access Pages: 91 - 91

5. Intermetallic growth in gold ball bonds aged at 175°C: comparison between two 4N wires of different chemistry

   • C. D. Breach
   • F. W. Wulff

   Scientific Papers Open access Pages: 92 - 105

6. Catalytically active gold sites: nanoparticles, borderline sites, clusters, cations, anions? FTIR spectra analysis of¹²CO and of¹²CO-¹³CO isotopic mixtures

   • Floriana Vindigni
   • Maela Manzoli
   • Flora Boccuzzi

   Scientific Papers Open access Pages: 106 - 112

7. Growing and stability of gold nanoparticles and their functionalization by cysteine

   • Andrea Majzik
   • Rita Patakfalvi
   • Imre Dékány

   Scientific Papers Open access Pages: 113 - 123

8. Support effects in the selective gas phase hydrogenation ofp-chloronitrobenzene over gold

   • Fernando Cárdenas-Lizana
   • Santiago Gómez-Quero
   • Mark A. Keane

   Scientific Papers Open access Pages: 124 - 132

9. Electron microscopy studies of the thermal stability of gold nanoparticle arrays

   • Roger Ristau
   • Ramchandra Tiruvalam
   • Mathias Brust

   Scientific Papers Open access Pages: 133 - 143

10. Towards a practical solution for removing inorganic mercury from drinking water using gold nanoparticles

    • K. P. Lisha
    • Anshup
    • T. Pradeep

    Scientific Papers Open access Pages: 144 - 152

11. Effect of gold nanoparticles on the respiratory activity of peritoneal macrophages

    • S. A. Staroverov
    • N. M. Aksinenko
    • L. A. Dykman

    Scientific Papers Open access Pages: 153 - 156

12. New Gold Innovations blog

    News Open access Pages: 157 - 157

13. Introduction to precious metals

    • Christopher Corti

    Book Review Open access Pages: 158 - 158

14. Highlights from recent literature

    Announcement Open access Pages: 159 - 167

15. Calendar

    Events Open access Pages: 168 - 168