Sentences with word «photothermal»

If successful, it's a system that could greatly enhance the effectiveness of photothermal therapy, a process that destroys tumor cells using laser light.

We conclude that the suggested method of cell theranostics with «rainbow plasmonic nanobubbles» demonstrates the following advantages over other methods of photothermal excitation of plasmonic NPs and PNBs:

Gold nanoflowers grown in starfruit juice are promising agents for photothermal cancer therapy.

Photoacoustic imaging and temperature measurement for photothermal cancer therapy.

In this work, we report on study of luminescent impurities in single - crystal TPCO and FPCO by photothermal deflection spectroscopy.

During the study's next phase, Madsen and Hirschberg's team showed that using gold - loaded macrophages in concert with photothermal therapy was effective in treating tumor cells in the brains of laboratory animals.

Gold nanocages as photothermal transducers for cancer treatment.

One way to help gold nanorods retain their shape during photothermal heating is to coat them with silica shells, which confine the nanorods to their original shape but allow light to pass through.

The potential use of the enhanced nonlinear properties of gold nanospheres in photothermal cancer therapy.

Lapotko D. Plasmonic nanoparticle - generated photothermal bubbles and their biomedical applications.

Metallic conductivity and hydrophilicity of MXenes have established them as electrodes in rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors, as well as other applications, including photothermal cancer therapy, electromagnetic shielding, water purification and gas sensing.

El - Sayed, co-lead author Ronghu Wu, and first authors Yue Wu and Moustafa Ali published the results of their current in vitro experiments, a new development in photothermal gold nanorod therapy, on June 26, 2017, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Sublethal Photothermal Stimulation with a Micropulse Laser Induces Heat Shock Protein Expression in ARPE - 19 Cells.

[1] We finally evoke an active response of the cells by improving the photoreceptor architecture and adapting the stimulation protocol to allow for other excitation pathways, such as photothermal coupling.

Taking into account the TPCO and FPCO photoluminescence data, we discuss luminescent and photothermal techniques for study small amounts of dopants.

Since then, researchers around the world have developed various electrochemical and photothermal catalysts that reduce carbon dioxide into compounds such as carbon monoxide, formic acid, ethylene and methane.

The treatment of organic materials is characterized by the limitation of photochemical and photothermal destruction.

Expertise: Interactions of Ionizing and Non-ionizing Radiation with Biological Tissues, Novel Laser - Based Therapeutics for Brain Tumors, Nanoparticle - Based Photothermal Therapy

Ongoing research thrusts include different advanced multiphoton and fluorescence techniques, single - molecule approaches, pioneering near - field nano - imaging, plasmonics and nano - antenna approaches, Raman imaging, photothermal imaging, diffuse optical imaging, among others.

Gold nanorods are efficient for photothermal heating, the process of converting absorbed light into heat.

The field of plasmonics has broad applications that include ultrasensitive chemical detection, photovoltaics, and photothermal cancer therapy.

Animals that received the macrophages and photothermal therapy, in fact, showed zero tumor cells when the treatments concluded.

The gold - iron oxide core - shell nanorods may be useful in cancer therapy, with MRI imaging enabled by the iron oxide shell, and local heating created by the photothermal effect on the gold nanorod core killing cancer cells.

«Our experiments have shown that the photothermal effect on gold nanorods by irradiation of near - infrared light causes the skin to heat up and become more permeable,» said Professor Takuro Niidome, leader of the research project.

When exposed to photothermal therapy, gold nanoparticles act as heat generators and burn the tumor cells.

We can also use them as vehicles to deliver chemotherapy directly to tumors; apply light to make the nanoparticles release singlet oxygen (photodynamic therapy) or use a laser to heat them (photothermal therapy)-- all proven ways to destroy tumors.»

Another area of study includes the use of nanoparticles and photothermal therapy to destroy tumors.

Keywords: Plasmonic nanobubble, gold nanoparticle, laser, photothermal, prostate cancer, theranostics.

However, the continuous delivery of optical energy to an NP compromises the efficacy and spatial selectivity of the photothermal output of such an NP due to thermal diffusion [55].

The PNB generation threshold fluence of the pump laser pulse describes both the efficacy of the photothermal conversion by NPs and the hydrodynamic conditions of PNB generation.

Very short (fs) single pulses improve the photothermal efficacy by minimizing heat loss by NPs, though at the same time they limit the efficacy of PT conversion, since maximal energy is limited by the optical breakdown threshold.