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SUBMITTER: Ayala-Orozco C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4076033 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ayala-Orozco Ciceron C Urban Cordula C Knight Mark W MW Urban Alexander Skyrme AS Neumann Oara O Bishnoi Sandra W SW Mukherjee Shaunak S Goodman Amanda M AM Charron Heather H Mitchell Tamika T Shea Martin M Roy Ronita R Nanda Sarmistha S Schiff Rachel R Halas Naomi J NJ Joshi Amit A
ACS nano 20140603 6
Au nanoparticles with plasmon resonances in the near-infrared (NIR) region of the spectrum efficiently convert light into heat, a property useful for the photothermal ablation of cancerous tumors subsequent to nanoparticle uptake at the tumor site. A critical aspect of this process is nanoparticle size, which influences both tumor uptake and photothermal efficiency. Here, we report a direct comparative study of ∼90 nm diameter Au nanomatryoshkas (Au/SiO2/Au) and ∼150 nm diameter Au nanoshells fo ...[more]