Table 1.

Gold nanoparticle size (nm)	10 nm	20 nm	50 nm
Plastic viscosity (cP)	0.743 ± 0.003	0.775 ± 0.003	0.793 ± 0.003
Yield stress (dyne/cm2)	0.077 ± 0.040	0.104 ± 0.030	0.038 ± 0.048
Consistency index (cP) (k)	0.727 ± 0.022	0.92 ± 0.029	0.846 ± 0.017
Flow index (n)	1.005 ± 0.0040	0.997 ± 0.0043	0.991 ± 0.0026
Activation Energy (kJ/mol)	332.55	415.40	182.20