Engineering the optical properties of gold nanocages for biomedical applications

Author

Cobley, Claire M. ; Xia, Younan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO, USA

fYear

2010

Firstpage

36

Lastpage

37

Abstract

The galvanic replacement reaction has been shown to be a robust method to produce a wide variety of nanostructures with complex shapes and compositions. This reaction is highly tunable, allowing for precise control of the properties of the final material. Gold nanocages, one exciting structure made with the galvanic replacement reaction, are particularly interesting for their use in biological applications such as photothermal therapy and contrast enhancement in optical imaging.

Keywords

bio-optics; biochemistry; biomedical engineering; biomedical materials; biomedical optical imaging; gold; nanobiotechnology; photothermal effects; biomedical applications; complex shapes; contrast enhancement; galvanic replacement reaction; gold nanocages; nanostructures; optical imaging; optical properties; photothermal therapy; robust method; Biological materials; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical optical imaging; Galvanizing; Gold; Nanobioscience; Nanostructured materials; Nanostructures; Robustness; Shape;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanoelectronics Conference (INEC), 2010 3rd International

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3543-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3544-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INEC.2010.5424454

Filename

5424454