Abstract
Targeting imaging and enhanced radiotherapy are very important issues for decrease in diagnosis and therapy. Functionalized gold nanostructures show low toxicity and excellent optical properties, and thus, they can be used as the contrast agent in cancer cell imaging. Furthermore, gold nanostructures can enhance radiotherapy due to strong photoelectric absorption and second electron caused by gamma or X-ray irradiation. This critical review provides a recent progress in fabrication, optical properties (especially, fluorescence of nanoclusters), surface modification, targeting imaging, and enhanced radiotherapy of gold nanostructures. It will interest the radiation medicine, chemistry, spectroscopy, biochemistry, biophysics, and nanoscience communities.
Keywords: Gold nanoparticles, nanoclusters, cancer cell imaging, radiotherapy, Nanostructure, Fabrication,, Surface Modification, Targeting Imaging,, Enhanced Radiotherapy, photoelectric absorption, surface plasmon resonance, novel photolumi-nescence, Gold colloids, microwave irradiation, chemical reduction, auric acid, nanorods, nanocages, Turkevich method, sodium borohydride, Seed-mediated growth method, hydroxylamine hydrochlo-ride, hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide, monodispersity nanorods, nanocrystals, polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE), near infrared (NIR) region, PEG- Au Nanoparticle Bioconjugation, Antibody-Au Nanoparticle Bioconjugation, Thiol protection, etching method, Toxicity of Nanostructures, brachytherapy, radiosensitization
Current Nanoscience
Title: Gold Nanostructure: Fabrication, Surface Modification, Targeting Imaging, and Enhanced Radiotherapy
Volume: 7 Issue: 1
Author(s): Di Wu, Xiao-Dong Zhang, Pei-Xun Liu, Liang-An Zhang, Fei-Yue Fan and Mei-Li Guo
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Keywords: Gold nanoparticles, nanoclusters, cancer cell imaging, radiotherapy, Nanostructure, Fabrication,, Surface Modification, Targeting Imaging,, Enhanced Radiotherapy, photoelectric absorption, surface plasmon resonance, novel photolumi-nescence, Gold colloids, microwave irradiation, chemical reduction, auric acid, nanorods, nanocages, Turkevich method, sodium borohydride, Seed-mediated growth method, hydroxylamine hydrochlo-ride, hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide, monodispersity nanorods, nanocrystals, polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE), near infrared (NIR) region, PEG- Au Nanoparticle Bioconjugation, Antibody-Au Nanoparticle Bioconjugation, Thiol protection, etching method, Toxicity of Nanostructures, brachytherapy, radiosensitization
Abstract: Targeting imaging and enhanced radiotherapy are very important issues for decrease in diagnosis and therapy. Functionalized gold nanostructures show low toxicity and excellent optical properties, and thus, they can be used as the contrast agent in cancer cell imaging. Furthermore, gold nanostructures can enhance radiotherapy due to strong photoelectric absorption and second electron caused by gamma or X-ray irradiation. This critical review provides a recent progress in fabrication, optical properties (especially, fluorescence of nanoclusters), surface modification, targeting imaging, and enhanced radiotherapy of gold nanostructures. It will interest the radiation medicine, chemistry, spectroscopy, biochemistry, biophysics, and nanoscience communities.
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Wu Di, Zhang Xiao-Dong, Liu Pei-Xun, Zhang Liang-An, Fan Fei-Yue and Guo Mei-Li, Gold Nanostructure: Fabrication, Surface Modification, Targeting Imaging, and Enhanced Radiotherapy, Current Nanoscience 2011; 7 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157341311794480246
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157341311794480246 |
Print ISSN 1573-4137 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-6786 |
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