Gold/diamond nanohybrids may reveal how hyperlocalized hyperthermia kills cancer cells

Nanomedicine (Lond). 2016;11(5):443-5. doi: 10.2217/nnm.15.209. Epub 2016 Feb 19.

Authors

Chandra P Epperla^{1

2

3}, Oliver Y Chen¹, Huan-Cheng Chang^{1

2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Atomic & Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
² Taiwan International Graduate Program - Molecular Science & Technology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan.
³ Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science & Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan.

PMID: 26893130
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.15.209

No abstract available

Keywords: fluorescent nanodiamond; gold nanorod; nanoscale thermometry; photothermal therapy; temperature sensing.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Fluorescence
Gold / chemistry
Humans
Hyperthermia, Induced*
Nanodiamonds / chemistry
Nanodiamonds / therapeutic use*
Nanotubes / chemistry
Neoplasms / pathology
Neoplasms / therapy*

Substances

Nanodiamonds
Gold