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Gold Nanorods as Nanodevices for Bioimaging, Photothermal Therapeutics, and Drug Delivery

Aung Thu Haine, Takuro Niidome

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2017;65(7):625-628.

PMID: 28674334

Abstract:

Gold nanorods are promising metals in several biomedical applications such as bioimaging, thermal therapy, and drug delivery. Gold nanorods have strong absorption bands in near-infrared (NIR) light region and show photothermal effects. Since NIR light can penetrate deeply into tissues, their unique optical, chemical, and biological properties have attracted considerable clinical interest. Gold nanorods are expected to act not only as on-demand thermal converters for photothermal therapy but also as mediators of a controlled drug-release system responding to light irradiation. In this review, we discuss current progress using gold nanorods as bioimaging platform, phototherapeutic agents, and drug delivery vehicles.

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