Title :
Titanium nitride nanoparticles for therapeutic applications
Author :
Guler, Urcan ; Kildishev, Alexander ; Boltasseva, Alexandra ; Shalaev, Vladimir
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
Titanium nitride nanoparticles exhibit plasmonic resonances in the biological transparency window where high absorption efficiencies can be obtained with small dimensions. Both lithographic and colloidal samples are examined from the perspective of nanoparticle thermal therapy.
Keywords :
bioceramics; biothermics; laser applications in medicine; nanofabrication; nanomedicine; nanoparticles; patient treatment; surface plasmon resonance; titanium compounds; TiN; absorption efficiency; biological transparency window; colloidal samples; lithographic samples; nanoparticle thermal therapy; plasmonic resonances; therapeutic applications; titanium nitride nanoparticles; Biomedical optical imaging; Gold; Medical treatment; Nanoparticles; Plasmons; Tin; Titanium;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
