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Gold Nanocages as Photothermal Transducers for Cancer Treatment
Author(s) -
Chen Jingyi,
Glaus Charles,
Laforest Richard,
Zhang Qiang,
Yang Miaoxian,
Gidding Michael,
Welch Michael J.,
Xia Younan
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.200902216
Subject(s) - nanocages , photothermal therapy , materials science , photothermal effect , nanomaterials , nanotechnology , laser , diode , infrared , optoelectronics , optics , chemistry , biochemistry , physics , catalysis
Gold nanocages represent a new class of nanomaterials with compact size and tunable optical properties in the near‐infrared region. They passively accumulate in the tumor after intravenous injection. By exposing tumors to a near‐infrared diode laser, the photothermal effect of the Au nanocages selectively destroys tumor tissue with minimum damage to the surrounding healthy tissue.