Gold nanorods as photothermal agents and autofluorescence enhancer to track cell death during plasmonic photothermal therapy

• Main Authors: Kannadorai, Ravi Kumar, Chiew, Geraldine Giap Ying, Luo, Kathy Qian, Liu, Quan
• Other Authors: Brown, J. Quincy
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Hyperthermia; Autofluorescence; Photothermal therapy; Fluorescence enhancement; Cell viability
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81179; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39192
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The transverse and longitudinal plasmon resonance in gold nanorods can be exploited to localize the photothermal therapy and influence the fluorescence to monitor the treatment outcome at the same time. While the longitudinal plasmon peak contributes to the photothermal effect, the transverse peak c...