Gold nanorods (NRs), pseudo-one-dimensional rod-shaped nanoparticles (NPs), have
become one of the burgeoning materials in the recent years due to their anisotropic shape …

Photothermal therapy (PTT), which utilizes near‐infrared light‐absorbing agents to ablate
tumor, has emerged as a highly promising anticancer strategy and received intensive …

Recent advances in nanotechnology are as a result of the development of engineered
nanoparticles. Efficiently, metallic nanoparticles have been widely exploited for biomedical …

Abstract Gold nanorods (GNRs/AuNRs) are a group of gold nanoparticles which their simple
surface chemistry allows for various surface modifications, providing the possibility of using …

Plasmonic photothermal therapy (PPTT), a type of treatment involving the intravenous or
intratumoral injection to introduce gold nanoparticles to cancerous cells and the subsequent …

Although photothermal therapy (PTT) with the assistance of nanotechnology has been
considered as an indispensable strategy in the biomedical field, it still encounters some …

Optical imaging represents one of the most essential tools in biological studies. Although
with great advances, bio-optical imaging still suffers from problems such as resolution …

Over the past two decades, the development of plasmonic nanoparticle (NPs), especially
gold (Au) NPs, is being pursued more seriously in the medical fields such as imaging, drug …

A photoactivated bone scaffold integrated with minimally invasive implantation and mild
thermal‐stimulation capability shows great promise in the repair and regeneration of …

The present communication summarizes the importance, understanding and advancement
in the photothermal therapy of cancer using gold nanoparticles. Photothermal therapy was …