Аннотация:For our research we obtained a composite nanomaterial consisting of Au-containing nanoparticlesstabilized in a low-density polyethylene matrix by thermal decomposition of chloroauric acid. An investiga-tion was performed on the characteristics of the resulting composites employing methods of transmissionelectron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and EXAFS. The Au-containing nanoparticles were seen to have anaverage size of 50 nm, and the particle core has a crystalline structure close to that of bulk Au. An electronparamagnetic resonance (EPR) study showed that at low microwave power the EPR line had a virtuallyLorentzian shape. At maximum power, though, the line shape differed significantly from the Lorentzian dueto wide “wings” presence. The electrophysical properties of the resulting nanocomposites and their depen-dence on the filler concentration were also investigated. The study definitively established that the synthe-sized composites with gold-containing nanoparticles were characterized by diamagnetic susceptibility valuesthat are lower than those of unfilled polyethylene, as well as non-zero magnetization values presenting inweak magnetic fields. The composite materials were also studied in terms of their biocidal properties.