Molecular plasmonics for biology and nanomedicine

Nanomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 751-770

  Zheng, Yue Bing ^a   Kiraly, Brian ^b   Weiss, Paul S ^a   Huang, Tony Jun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

drug delivery; gene switches; localized surface plasmon resonance n molecular plasmonics; nanocarrier; nanosensor; photothermal therapeutics; plasmonic nanoscopy; plasmonic tweezers; surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOCARRIER; NANOMATERIAL; NANOROD; NANOSHELL; PLASMID DNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ABSORPTION; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COVALENT BOND; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MECHANICS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE; NANOFABRICATION; NANOMEDICINE; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOMEDICINE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84861638261     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: 17486963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.12.30     Document Type: Review

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