Assessment and Modeling of Plasmonic Photothermal Therapy Delivered via a Fiberoptic Microneedle Device Ex Vivo

Assessment and Modeling of Plasmonic Photothermal Therapy Delivered via a Fiberoptic Microneedle Device Ex Vivo

Plasmonic photothermal therapy (PPTT) has potential as a superior treatment method for pancreatic cancer, a disease with high mortality partially attributable to the currently non-selective treatment options. PPTT utilizes gold nanoparticles infused into a targeted tissue volume and exposed to a spe...

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Main Authors: Forhad Akhter, Santiago Manrique-Bedoya, Chris Moreau, Andrea Lynn Smith, Yusheng Feng, Kathryn M. Mayer, R. Lyle Hood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-12-01
Series:Pharmaceutics
Subjects:
plasmonic photothermal therapy
gold nanorods
fiberoptic microneedle
near infrared
photothermal
COMSOL tissue model
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/13/12/2133

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