Gold nanostars for superficial diseases: A promising tool for localized hyperthermia?

Nanomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-3

  Chirico, Giuseppe ^a   Pallavicini, Piersandro ^b   Collini, Maddalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

gold nanoparticle; hyperthermia; near infrared radiation; plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOSTAR; NANOROD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

ABSORPTION; APOPTOSIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYPERTHERMIA; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KERATINOCYTE; LIPID BILAYER; MELANOMA; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; NANOMEDICINE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOPICAL TREATMENT;

FEVER; GOLD; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; SKIN DISEASES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84896518080     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: 17486963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.13.186     Document Type: Review

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