Effective in Vitro Photokilling by Cell-Adhesive Gold Nanorods

Upon excitation of their localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) band, gold nanorods (AuNRs) show a characteristic light-to-heat transduction, a useful and versatile property for a range of biomedical applications such as photothermal therapy, drug delivery, optoacoustic imaging and biosensing, a...

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Main Authors: Álvaro Artiga, Sonia García-Embid, Laura De Matteis, Scott G. Mitchell, Jesús M. de la Fuente
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Chemistry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fchem.2018.00234/full