Gold Nanorods in Photodynamic Therapy, as Hyperthermia Agents, and in Near‐Infrared Optical Imaging

Abstract

The best of three worlds: Gold nanorods coated with poly(styrene-alt-maleic acid) (see picture; pink), the photosensitizer indocyanine green (black), and antibodies (green “Y”) serve not only as photodynamic therapy and hyperthermia agents to destroy malignant cells, but they also act as optical contrast agents to simultaneously to monitor cells by imaging in the near-IR region. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.