Gold nanomaterials for optical biosensing and bioimaging

P Si, N Razmi, O Nur, S Solanki, CM Pandey… - Nanoscale …, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are highly compelling nanomaterials for biomedical studies due
to their unique optical properties. By leveraging the versatile optical properties of different …

Diverse gatekeepers for mesoporous silica nanoparticle based drug delivery systems

J Wen, K Yang, F Liu, H Li, Y Xu, S Sun - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Conventional cancer chemotherapy is often associated with toxicity issues. Thus, new drug
delivery systems (DDSs) are developed as alternatives owing to their potential to selectively …

Gold nanoparticles for photoacoustic imaging

W Li, X Chen - Nanomedicine, 2015‏ - Taylor & Francis
Photoacoustic (PA) imaging is a biomedical imaging modality that provides functional
information regarding the cellular and molecular signatures of tissue by using endogenous …

SERS tags: novel optical nanoprobes for bioanalysis

Y Wang, B Yan, L Chen - Chemical reviews, 2013‏ - ACS Publications
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is an ultrasensitive vibrational spectroscopic
technique to detect molecules on or near the surface of plasmonic nanostructures, greatly …

Thermo‐plasmonics: using metallic nanostructures as nano‐sources of heat

G Baffou, R Quidant - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Recent years have seen a growing interest in using metal nanostructures to control
temperature on the nanoscale. Under illumination at its plasmonic resonance, a metal …

The unique role of nanoparticles in nanomedicine: imaging, drug delivery and therapy

TL Doane, C Burda - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012‏ - pubs.rsc.org
This critical review will present the role of nanoparticles (NPs) in the directions that are vital
to the new field of nanomedicine, including imaging and drug delivery. We reflect on the …

Engineering gold nanoparticles for molecular diagnostics and biosensing

BB Oliveira, D Ferreira, AR Fernandes… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Advances in nanotechnology and medical science have spurred the development of
engineered nanomaterials and nanoparticles with particular focus on their applications in …

Light in and sound out: emerging translational strategies for photoacoustic imaging

S Zackrisson, S Van De Ven, SS Gambhir - Cancer research, 2014‏ - aacrjournals.org
Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) has the potential for real-time molecular imaging at high
resolution and deep inside the tissue, using nonionizing radiation and not necessarily …

Photoinduced heating of nanoparticle arrays

G Baffou, P Berto, E Bermúdez Ureña, R Quidant… - Acs Nano, 2013‏ - ACS Publications
The temperature distribution throughout arrays of illuminated metal nanoparticles is
investigated numerically and experimentally. The two cases of continuous and femtosecond …

Photoacoustic imaging in cancer detection, diagnosis, and treatment guidance

S Mallidi, GP Luke, S Emelianov - Trends in biotechnology, 2011‏ - cell.com
Imaging modalities play an important role in the clinical management of cancer, including
screening, diagnosis, treatment planning and therapy monitoring. Owing to increased …