DocumentCode
1772244
Title
On the possibility of combining radiotherapy and photodynamic therapy
Author
Kudinov, Konstantin ; Cooper, Daniel ; Tyagi, Pooja ; Hill, Christopher ; Ha, Jung-Ik ; Nadeau, J. ; Bradforth, Stephen
Author_Institution
Dept. of Chem., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
The scintillation yield of rare-earth doped LaF3 nanoparticles (NPs) was experimentally measured. Taken together with evidence of FRET between NPs and covalently bound photosensitizer molecules, this suggests a route to combine radiation and photodynamic therapy.
Keywords
biomedical materials; lanthanum compounds; nanomedicine; nanoparticles; photodynamic therapy; scintillation; FRET; LaF3; covalent-bound photosensitizer molecules; photodynamic therapy; radiation therapy; radiotherapy; rare-earth doped LaF3 nanoparticles; scintillation; Electron tubes; Energy exchange; Luminescence; Medical treatment; Nanoparticles; Photonics; X-rays;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6989844
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