Photothermal therapy (PTT) has attracted extensive research attention as a noninvasive and
selective treatment strategy for numerous cancers. PTT functions via photothermal effects …

Photothermal therapy (PTT), in which nanoparticles embedded within tumors generate heat
in response to exogenously applied laser light, has been well documented as an …

The present communication summarizes the importance, understanding and advancement
in the photothermal therapy of cancer using gold nanoparticles. Photothermal therapy was …

2. INTRODUCTION The investigation of many fundamental processes in life sciences
requires straightforward tools for fast, sensitive, reliable, and reproducible detection of …

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have a number of physical properties that make them appealing
for medical applications. For example, the attenuation of X-rays by gold nanoparticles has …

A compelling vision in nanomedicine is the use of self directed nanoparticles that can
accumulate in areas of disease to perform designed functions, such as molecular delivery or …

Therapeutic efficacy of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is often severely limited by poor
penetration of therapeutics through blood-brain barrier (BBB) into brain tissues and lack of …

Gold nanorods (AuNRs) are ideal inorganic nanophotothermal agents with unique
characteristics, including local surface plasmon resonance effects, easy scale preparation …

The beautiful interplay between light and matter can give rise to many striking physical
phenomena, surface plasmon resonance (SPR) being one of them. Plasmonic …

A promising clinical trial utilizing gold-silica core-shell nanostructures coated with
polyethylene glycol (PEG) has been reported for near-infrared (NIR) photothermal therapy …