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Applications of Gold Nanorods for Cancer Imaging and Photothermal Therapy

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Cancer Nanotechnology

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 624))

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This chapter describes the application of gold nanorods in biomedical imaging and photothermal therapy. The photothermal properties of gold nanorods are summarized and the synthesis as well as antibody conjugation of gold nanorods is outlined. Biomedical applications of gold nanorods include cancer imaging using their enhanced scattering property and photothermal therapy using their enhanced nonradiative photothermal property.

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Acknowledgment

We like to thank the support of the Chemical Science, Geosciences, and Bioscience Division of the Department of Energy (Grant DE-FG02-97ER14799) and the National Cancer Institute Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence Award (U54CA119338).

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  1. Laser Dynamics Laboratory, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Xiaohua Huang & Mostafa A. El-Sayed

  2. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Ivan H. El-Sayed

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  1. Dept. Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

    Stephen R. Grobmyer

  2. ERC - Engineering Research Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

    Brij M. Moudgil

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Huang, X., El-Sayed, I.H., El-Sayed, M.A. (2010). Applications of Gold Nanorods for Cancer Imaging and Photothermal Therapy. In: Grobmyer, S., Moudgil, B. (eds) Cancer Nanotechnology. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 624. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-609-2_23

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