Prospects for gold nanorod particles in diagnostic and therapeutic applications

Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-112

  Pissuwan, Dakrong ^a   Valenzuela, Stella M ^a   Cortie, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENE THERAPY; GOLD; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; NEOPLASMS; PHOTOTHERAPY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; INFRARED DEVICES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE PLASMONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS; FACILE SYNTHESIS; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; GOLD NANOROD; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR-INFRARED; ROD-SHAPED; SURFACE-PLASMON; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION;

NANORODS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MACROGOL; NANOROD; OVALBUMIN; PLASMID DNA;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA IMMUNIZATION; DRUG RESEARCH; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMMUNOASSAY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MATERIAL COATING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 56249090030     PISSN: 02648725     EISSN: 20465556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5661/bger-25-93     Document Type: Article

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