Gold nanoparticles: An era in bionanotechnology

Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 397-409

  Kumar, Deepak ^a   Saini, Nisha ^a   Jain, Nitin ^a   Sareen, Rashmi ^a   Pandit, Vinay ^b  

^a SHOOLINI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b AL AMEEN COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Gold nanoparticles; Photothermal; Resonance; Wavelengths

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM DOT; SINGLET OXYGEN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

BIOSENSOR; COLOR; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISPERSION; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNALIZATION; LASER SURGERY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MELTING POINT; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY; NANOCATALYSIS; NANOFABRICATION; NANOPROBE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN TARGETING; REFRACTION INDEX; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TARGET CELL; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; WHITE LIGHT;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GOLD; HUMANS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84873905518     PISSN: 17425247     EISSN: 17447593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17425247.2013.749854     Document Type: Review

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