title: Applications of gold nanorods for cancer imaging and photothermal therapy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Laser Dynamics Laboratory, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Xiaohua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Ivan H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: El-Sayed
authors.forename: Mostafa A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: El-Sayed
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006046:Gold; D006801:Humans; D050997:Nanomedicine / Q000379:methods*; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D055620:Optical Phenomena; D010789:Phototherapy / Q000379:methods*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D006046:Gold