Plasmonic photothermal therapy (PPTT) using gold nanoparticles

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 217-228

  Huang, Xiaohua ^a   Jain, Prashant K ^a   El Sayed, Ivan H ^b   El Sayed, Mostafa A ^a,c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Gold nanorods; Gold nanoshells; Gold nanospheres; Immunotargeting; Plasmonic photothermal therapy (PPTT); Surface plasmon resonance (SPR)

Indexed keywords

GOLD; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; NANOROD; NANOSHELL; NANOSPHERE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; SILICON DIOXIDE; SINGLET OXYGEN;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CANCER THERAPY; CONJUGATION; HUMAN; LASER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PARAMETER; PHOTOTHERAPY; PLASMONIC PHOTOTHERMAL THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THERMAL INJURY;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; GOLD; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NEOPLASMS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 45849139679     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-007-0470-x     Document Type: Review

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