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Selective laser photo-thermal therapy of epithelial carcinoma using anti-EGFR antibody conjugated gold nanoparticles
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It is found that the malignant cells require less than half the laser energy to be killed than the benign cells after incubation with anti-EGFR antibody conjugated Au nanoparticles, offering a novel class of selective photothermal agents using a CW laser at low powers.About:
This article is published in Cancer Letters.The article was published on 2006-07-28. It has received 1313 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Photothermal therapy & Squamous carcinoma.read more
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Biosensing with plasmonic nanosensors
TL;DR: This paper introduces the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) sensor and describes how its exquisite sensitivity to size, shape and environment can be harnessed to detect molecular binding events and changes in molecular conformation.
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Noble Metals on the Nanoscale: Optical and Photothermal Properties and Some Applications in Imaging, Sensing, Biology, and Medicine
TL;DR: How the unique tunability of the plasmon resonance properties of metal nanoparticles through variation of their size, shape, composition, and medium allows chemists to design nanostructures geared for specific bio-applications is emphasized.
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Gold nanoparticles in nanomedicine: preparations, imaging, diagnostics, therapies and toxicity
Elodie Boisselier,Didier Astruc +1 more
TL;DR: This critical review provides an overall survey of the basic concepts and up-to-date literature results concerning the very promising use of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) for medicinal applications.
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Green synthesis of metal nanoparticles using plants
TL;DR: Most of the plants used in metal nanoparticle synthesis are shown in this article, and the advantages of using plant and plant-derived materials for biosynthesis of metal nanoparticles have interested researchers to investigate mechanisms of metal ions uptake and bioreduction by plants, and to understand the possible mechanism of nanoparticle formation in plants.
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Effect of Surface Properties on Nanoparticle–Cell Interactions
Ayush Verma,Francesco Stellacci +1 more
TL;DR: An understanding of how synthetic and natural chemical moieties on the nanoparticle surface (in addition to nanoparticle shape and size) impact their interaction with lipid bilayers and cells is presented.
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Gold nanoparticles: assembly, supramolecular chemistry, quantum-size-related properties, and applications toward biology, catalysis, and nanotechnology.
TL;DR: A review of gold nanoparticles can be found in this article, where the most stable metal nanoparticles, called gold colloids (AuNPs), have been used for catalysis and biology applications.
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Nanoshell-mediated near-infrared thermal therapy of tumors under magnetic resonance guidance
Leon R. Hirsch,R.J. Stafford,James A. Bankson,S.R. Sershen,Belinda Rivera,Roger E. Price,John D. Hazle,Nancy J. Halas,Jennifer L. West +8 more
TL;DR: In vivo studies under magnetic resonance guidance revealed that exposure to low doses of NIR light in solid tumors treated with metal nanoshells reached average maximum temperatures capable of inducing irreversible tissue damage, and found good correlation with histological findings.
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A clearer vision for in vivo imaging.
TL;DR: Progress continues in the development of smaller, more penetrable probes for biological imaging, and the number of probes in this line of research has increased.
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Some interesting properties of metals confined in time and nanometer space of different shapes.
TL;DR: Some of the observed new chemical, optical, and thermal properties of metallic nanocrystals when their size is confined to the nanometer length scale and their dynamical processes are observed on the femto- to picosecond time scale are described.
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Nanoparticles, Proteins, and Nucleic Acids: Biotechnology Meets Materials Science
TL;DR: This review is focused on current approaches emerging at the intersection of materials research, nanosciences, and molecular biotechnology, which is closely associated with both the physical and chemical properties of organic and inorganic nanoparticles.