Gold nanorod-photosensitizer conjugate with extracellular pH-driven tumor targeting ability for photothermal/photodynamic therapy

Nano Research

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1291-1301

  Wang, Nannan ^a   Zhao, Zilong ^a   Lv, Yifan ^a   Fan, Huanhuan ^a   Bai, Huarong ^a   Meng, Hongmin ^a   Long, Yuqian ^a   Fu, Ting ^a   Zhang, Xiaobing ^a   Tan, Weihong ^a,b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

gold nanorods; peptide; photodynamic therapy; photothermal therapy; targeting acidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920110233     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0493-0     Document Type: Article

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