Solid and Hollow Gold Nanostructures for Nanomedicine: Comparison of Photothermal Properties

• Published in: Plasmonics (Norwell, Mass.) Vol. 13; no. 5; pp. 1659 - 1669
• Main Authors: Lopatynskyi, A. M., Malymon, Y. O., Lytvyn, V. K., Mogylnyi, I. V., Rachkov, A. E., Soldatkin, A. P., Chegel, V. I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.10.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biochemistry; Biological and Medical Physics; Biophysics; Biotechnology; Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Continuous wave lasers; Controlled release; Drug carriers; Efficiency; Electromagnetic absorption; Gold; Heat generation; Irradiation; Modelling; Nanoparticles; Nanostructure; Nanotechnology; Optical density; Porosity; Thickness; Gold nanoshells; Gold nanocages; Nanocarrier; Localized surface plasmon resonance; Gold nanoparticles; Photothermal plasmonic effect

The photothermal properties of solid and hollow gold nanostructures represented by colloidal solutions of spherical nanoparticles, nanoshells, and nanocages upon irradiation with a 100 mW 808 nm continuous-wave laser for the first time were experimentally compared under identical optical density and...