Targeted anticancer drugs block cancer cell growth by interfering with specific signaling
pathways vital to carcinogenesis and tumor growth rather than harming all rapidly dividing …

This work reviews fundamentals and the recent state-of-art achievements in the field of
plasmonic biosensing based terahertz (THz) spectroscopy. Being nonpoisonous and …

Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) with controlled geometrical, optical, and surface chemical
properties are the subject of intensive studies and applications in biology and medicine. To …

When light interacts with a metal nanoparticle (NP), its conduction electrons can be driven
by the incident electric field in collective oscillations known as localized surface plasmon …

Recent developments have greatly improved the sensitivity of optical sensors based on
metal nanoparticle arrays and single nanoparticles. We introduce the localized surface …

Recent advances in nanotechnology and growing needs in biomedical applications have
driven the development of multifunctional nanoparticles. These nanoparticles, through …

Synthesis and application of noble metal nanoparticles is an active area of research. A
variety of physical, chemical and more recently biological methods can be used for the …

Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is probably the fastest-growing area of biomedical imaging
technology, owing to its capacity for high-resolution sensing of rich optical contrast in vivo at …

Imaging modalities play an important role in the clinical management of cancer, including
screening, diagnosis, treatment planning and therapy monitoring. Owing to increased …

This critical review gives a short overview of the widespread use of gold nanoparticles in
biology. We have identified four classes of applications in which gold nanoparticles have …