# Expression of concern: Flavin-adenine-dinucleotide gold complex nanoparticles: chemical modeling design, physico-chemical assessment and perspectives in nanomedicine

**Authors:** Celia Arib, Nadia Bouchemal, Maria Barile, Didier Paleni, Nadia Djaker, Nathalie Dupont, Jolanda Spadavecchia

PMC · DOI: 10.1039/d5na90056e · 2025-08-07

## TL;DR

This paper expresses concern about a prior study on flavin-adenine-dinucleotide gold complex nanoparticles and their potential use in nanomedicine.

## Contribution

The paper highlights issues or concerns with previously published findings on FAD-gold nanoparticle design and assessment.

## Key findings

- The paper raises concerns about the reliability or validity of the original study's results.
- It questions the chemical modeling or physico-chemical assessment of the FAD-gold complex nanoparticles.

## Abstract

Expression of concern for ‘Flavin-adenine-dinucleotide gold complex nanoparticles: chemical modeling design, physico-chemical assessment and perspectives in nanomedicine’ by Celia Arib et al., Nanoscale Adv. 2021, 3, 6144–6156, https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NA00444A.

## Linked entities

- **Chemicals:** flavin-adenine-dinucleotide (PubChem CID 703)

## Full-text entities

- **Chemicals:** Flavin-adenine-dinucleotide (MESH:D005182), gold (MESH:D006046)

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