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Frontispiece: Luminescent Gold Nanorods To Enhance the Near‐Infrared Emission of a Photosensitizer for Targeted Cancer Imaging and Dual Therapy: Experimental and Theoretical Approach
Author(s) -
Nair Resmi V.,
Nair Lakshmi V.,
Govindachar Divya Maldepalli,
Santhakumar Hema,
Nazeer Shaiju S.,
Rekha Charuvil Radhakrishnapillai,
Shenoy Sachin J.,
Periyasamy Ganga,
Jayasree Ramapurath S.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202081363
Subject(s) - photothermal therapy , photodynamic therapy , nanorod , porphyrin , photosensitizer , cancer cell , cancer , plasmon , materials science , luminescence , nanotechnology , in vivo , fluorescence , cancer research , protoporphyrin ix , biophysics , chemistry , medicine , optoelectronics , photochemistry , optics , biology , physics , organic chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology
Dear cancer cells, we don't want you … Plasmonic photothermal therapy of gold nanorods and porphyrin‐induced photodynamic therapy, in combination, attack cancer cells to destroy them. The enhanced fluorescence of protoporphyrin IX in the near‐IR region facilitated by competitive charge transfer from plasmonic nanoparticles is used to see the cancer cells. The multifunctional system targets only cancer cells for near‐IR imaging and multiple therapy both in vitro and in vivo. For more details, see the Full Paper by G. Periyasamy, R. S. Jayasree and co‐workers on page 2826 ff.