What theranostic applications could ultrapure laser-synthesized Si nanoparticles have in cancer?

Nanomedicine (Lond). 2016 Sep;11(17):2247-50. doi: 10.2217/nnm-2016-0228. Epub 2016 Aug 16.

Authors

Andrei V Kabashin¹, Victor Yu Timoshenko^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Aix Marseille University, CNRS, UMR 7341 CNRS, LP3, Campus de Luminy - Case 917, 13288, Marseille Cedex 9, France.
² Department of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
³ National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI" (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), International Laboratory "Bionanophotonics", 31 Kashirskoe sh., 115409 Moscow, Russia.

PMID: 27527580
DOI: 10.2217/nnm-2016-0228

No abstract available

Keywords: cancer; laser ablation; nanocrystals; nanoparticles; silicon; theranostics.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Humans
Lasers
Nanoparticles / chemistry*
Neoplasms / blood supply
Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Neoplasms / therapy*
Optical Imaging / methods
Phototherapy / methods
Silicon / chemistry*
Theranostic Nanomedicine

Substances

Silicon