title: Nanoparticles for photothermal therapies.
abstract: The current status of the use of nanoparticles for photothermal treatments is reviewed in detail. The different families of heating nanoparticles are described paying special attention to the physical mechanisms at the root of the light-to-heat conversion processes. The heating efficiencies and spectral working ranges are listed and compared. The most important results obtained in both in vivo and in vitro nanoparticle assisted photothermal treatments are summarized. The advantages and disadvantages of the different heating nanoparticles are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Fluorescence Imaging Group, Departamento de Física de Materiales e Instituto Nicolás Cabrera, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid 28049, Spain. daniel.jaque@uam.es.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jaque
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Martínez Maestro
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: del Rosal
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Haro-Gonzalez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benayas
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Plaza
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martín Rodríguez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García Solé
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use; D036103:Nanotechnology; D010789:Phototherapy