“…Recently, considerable attention has been focused on the characteristics of "naked" metal nanoparticles (Harada, Toshima, Yoshida, & Isoda, 2005), which are believed to be appropriate for examining the effect of surface structure and geometry. However, the addition of both reducing and protecting agents highlights the complexity of their generation (Yang, Wan, & Wang, 2004). Other methods for generating naked metallic nanoparticles include pyrolysis, chemical vapor deposition, and sputtering.…”