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Preparation and Photoacoustic Analysis of Cellular Vehicles Containing Gold Nanorods
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Intracellular gold nanoparticle aggregation and their potential applications in photodynamic therapy
1Department of Chemistry, Chemical Biology and Biomedical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Castle Point on Hudson, Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA. Hongjun.Wang@stevens.edu.
Abstract:
Gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) with opposite surface charge can form aggregates through electrostatic interaction and exhibit surface plasmon resonance (SPR) induced-localized electromagnetic (EM) field enhancement under light irradiation. Intracellular aggregation of Au NPs can further improve the therapeutic efficiency of Au NP-enhanced photodynamic therapy of cancer by promoting singlet oxygen generation.

