Gold nanorods (NRs), pseudo-one-dimensional rod-shaped nanoparticles (NPs), have
become one of the burgeoning materials in the recent years due to their anisotropic shape …

Nanotechnology‐based cancer treatment approaches potentially provide localized, targeted
therapies that aim to enhance efficacy, reduce side effects, and improve patient quality of …

The irradiation of gold nanorod colloids with a femtosecond laser can be tuned to induce
controlled nanorod reshaping, yielding colloids with exceptionally narrow localized surface …

Cancer is one of the major life-threatening diseases among human beings. Developing a
simple, cost-effective and biocompatible approach to treat cancers using ultra-low doses of …

The interplay between light polarization and matter is the basis of many fundamental
physical processes and applications. However, the electromagnetic wave nature of light in …

Combination therapy, or the use of multiple drugs, has been proven to be effective for
complex diseases, but the differences in chemical properties and pharmacokinetics can be …

Developing a simple and cost-effective strategy to diagnose and treat cancer with single and
minimal dosage through noninvasive strategies are highly challenging. To make the …

Nanomedicine can provide a multi-functional platform for image-guided diagnosis and
treatment of cancer. Although gold nanorods (GNRs) have been developed for …

Gold nanorods (AuNR) can be tailored to possess an intense and narrow longitudinal
plasmon (LP) absorption peak in the far-red to near-infrared wavelength region, where …

The incorporation of the material-based saturable absorber (SA) to generate mode-locked
fiber laser (MLFL) has been extensively explored and demonstrated. However, the material …