Gold nanorods: Their potential for photothermal therapeutics and drug delivery, tempered by the complexity of their biological interactions

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 190-199

  Alkilany, Alaaldin M ^a   Thompson, Lucas B ^a   Boulos, Stefano P ^a   Sisco, Patrick N ^a   Murphy, Catherine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioconjugation; Cellular uptake; Drug delivery; Gold nanorods; Photothermal therapy; Surface modification; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIO-CONJUGATION; BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MEDIA; CELLULAR UPTAKE; DRUG DELIVERY VEHICLES; GOLD NANOROD; GOLD NANORODS; PHOTO-THERMAL; PHOTOTHERAPEUTIC AGENT; PHOTOTHERMAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOTHERMAL THERAPY; SIZE AND SHAPE; SYNTHETIC PROTOCOLS;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; DRUG DELIVERY; PLASMONS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TOXICITY;

NANORODS;

CISPLATIN; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; MACROGOL; NANOCARRIER; NANOROD;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; CANCER THERAPY; CELL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATERIAL COATING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GOLD; HUMANS; NANOTUBES; PHOTOTHERAPY;

EID: 84858614944     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: 18728294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2011.03.005     Document Type: Review

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