Dual Functionality of Gold Nanostructures for Contrast Enhancement and Photo-thermal Therapy

Tao Sun; Fusayo Saeki; Jingyi Chen; Michael Cobb; Younan Xia; Xingde Li

doi:10.1364/bio.2006.sf4

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Dual Functionality of Gold Nanostructures for Contrast Enhancement and Photo-thermal Therapy

Article 2006 en

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We report on gold nanocages with sizes of 35-65 nm and tunable optical properties. The nanostructures can be bioconjugated for target delivery and potentially function as contrast and photo-thermal therapeutic agents.

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