In Situ Synthesis of Gold Nanostars within Liposomes for Controlled Drug Release and Photoacoustic Imaging

• Main Authors: Mathiyazhakan, Malathi, Upputuri, Paul Kumar, Sivasubramanian, Kathyayini, Dhayani, Ashish, Vemula, Praveen Kumar, Zou, Peichao, Pu, Kanyi, Yang, Cheng, Pramanik, Manojit, Xu, Chenjie
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: gold nanostars; light sensitive liposomes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84691; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41948
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This report describes the design and synthesis of gold nanostars (AuNSs) containing liposomes by the in situ reduction of gold precursor, HAuCl4 (pre-encapsulated within the liposomes) through HEPES diffusion and reduction. Compared with the conventional process that encapsulates the pre-synthesized...