title: Structurally Well-Defined Au@Cu2- x S Core-Shell Nanocrystals for Improved Cancer Treatment Based on Enhanced Photothermal Efficiency.
abstract: Au@Cu2- x S core-shell nanocrystals (NCs) have been synthesized under large lattice mismatch with high crystallinity, controllable shape, and nonstoichiometric composition. Both experimental observations and simulations are used to verify the flexible dual-mode plasmon coupling. The enhanced photothermal effect is harnessed for diverse HeLa cancer cell ablation applications in the NIR-I window (750-900 nm) and the NIR-II window (1000-1400 nm).
authors.affiliation: Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Muwei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.affiliation: Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing, 100088, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zhenzhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Liu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jiajia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Youxing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Weichang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.affiliation: Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility (BSRF), Beijing, 100049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Pengfei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: An
authors.affiliation: Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility (BSRF), Beijing, 100049, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Lirong
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Hesun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jiatao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D003460:Crystallization; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D050997:Nanomedicine / Q000295:instrumentation*; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D010789:Phototherapy / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D006046:Gold; D003300:Copper
keywords: Au@Cu2−xS core-shell nanocrystals; dual-mode plasmon coupling; in vivo cancer treatment; photothermal; surface plasmon resonance coupling