Zeolitic imidazole framework coated Au nanorods for enhanced photothermal therapy and stability
Lin Fang1, Weiqi Wang, Yang Liu
1Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Remin Street, Changchun 130024, P. R. China. chenl686@nenu.edu.cn.
Dalton Transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)
|June 29, 2017
Abstract:
Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) were exploited to coat Au nanorods (AuNRs) as a hyperthermia agent for enhanced plasmonic photothermal therapy. The utilization of a MOF shell reduces the cytotoxicity of AuNRs and enhances the photothermal transduction efficiency of AuNRs, resulting in the improved phototoxicity of MOF coated AuNRs compared with the unmodified AuNRs.
