Investigation of sub-100 nm gold nanoparticles for laser-induced thermotherapy of cancer

Nanomaterials

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 86-106

  Leung, Jennifer P ^a   Wu, Sherry ^a   Chou, Keng C ^a   Signorell, Ruth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gene therapy; Gold core corona nanoparticles; Gold nanorods; Hollow gold nanoshells; Light scattering microscopy; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884182689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20794991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nano3010086     Document Type: Article

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