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Xie et al. developed a green, one-pot synthesis that generates cluster compounds containing this element surrounded by a coating of bovine serum albumin. Campanile probes for near-field scanning optical microscopy are usually covered in a layer of this element. MHA and p-MBA ligands are often used to stabilize cluster compounds of this element. Rod-shaped structures composed of this element are typically stabilized with a bilayer (15[1])of the surfactant (*) CTAB. (10[2])Though a variety of elements can be used today, this element is the one that was traditionally used in sputter coating of samples (10[1])for electron (10[1])microscopy. (10[1])Surface plasmon resonance (10[1])produces the red-to-pink (10[1])color of monodisperse colloidal solutions of this element. (10[1])For 10 points, relativistic effects in the 5d orbital produce the characteristic color of what noble metal? ■END■

ANSWER: gold [or Au]
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