Gold Nanocages as Photothermal Transducers for Cancer Treatment

Jingyi Chen; Charles Glaus; Richard Laforest; Qiang Zhang; Yang Miao-xian; Michael Gidding; Michael J. Welch; Younan Xia

doi:10.1002/smll.200902216

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Gold nanocages represent a new class of nanomaterials with compact size and tunable optical properties in the near-infrared region. They passively accumulate in the tumor after intravenous injection. By exposing tumors to a near-infrared diode laser, the photothermal effect of the Au nanocages selectively destroys tumor tissue with minimum damage to the surrounding healthy tissue.

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