It is of great significance to develop anticancer therapeutic agents or technologies with high
degree of specificity and patient compliance, while low toxicity. The emerging photothermal …

Recent advances of plasmonic nanoparticles include fascinating developments in the fields
of energy, catalyst chemistry, optics, biotechnology, and medicine. The plasmonic …

The discovery of the enhancement of Raman scattering by molecules adsorbed on
nanostructured metal surfaces is a landmark in the history of spectroscopic and analytical …

Silver and gold nanoparticles have found extensive biomedical applications due to their
strong localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) and intriguing plasmonic properties …

In recent years tremendous effort has been invested in the field of cancer diagnosis and
treatment with an overall goal of improving cancer management, therapeutic outcome …

Cancer photothermal therapy (PTT) has captured the attention of researchers worldwide due
to its localized and trigger-activated therapeutic effect. In this field, nanomaterials capable of …

Photothermal therapy (PTT), in which nanoparticles embedded within tumors generate heat
in response to exogenously applied laser light, has been well documented as an …

Multicompartment nanoparticles have raised great interest for different biomedical
applications, thanks to the combined properties of different materials within a single entity …

The application of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) in biological and
biomedical detection schemes is feasible due to its excellent molecular specificity and high …

Optical imaging represents one of the most essential tools in biological studies. Although
with great advances, bio-optical imaging still suffers from problems such as resolution …