Gold nanostructure: Fabrication, surface modification, targeting imaging, and enhanced radiotherapy

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 110-118

  Wu, Di ^a,b   Zhang, Xiao Dong ^a,b   Liu, Pei Xun ^a,b   Zhang, Liang An ^a,b   Fan, Fei Yue ^a,b   Guo, Mei Li ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF RADIATION MEDICINE   (China)

^b Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine   (China)

^c TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF URBAN CONSTRUCTION   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer cell imaging; Gold nanoparticles; Nanoclusters; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CANCER CELLS; CONTRAST AGENT; CRITICAL REVIEW; FUNCTIONALIZED; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; GOLD NANOSTRUCTURES; LOW TOXICITY; PHOTOELECTRIC ABSORPTION; RADIATION MEDICINE; RECENT PROGRESS; SURFACE MODIFICATION; X RAY IRRADIATION;

CELLS; DISEASES; GAMMA RAYS; GOLD; NANOCLUSTERS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

RADIOTHERAPY;

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; NANOCAGE; NANOROD;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DRUG CONJUGATION; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGING; OPTICAL ROTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 79551679901     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341311794480246     Document Type: Article

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