Dual functions of gold nanorods as photothermal agent 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: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Photothermal therapy; Gold nanorods; Necrosis; Autofluorescence; Renal cell carcinoma; Hyperthermia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82003; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39751
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Gold nanorods have the potential to localize the treatment procedure by hyperthermia and influence the fluorescence. The longitudinal plasmon peak contributes to the photothermal effect by converting light to heat. When these nanorods are PEGylated, it not only makes it biocompatible but also acts a...