Application of Plasmonic Nanoparticles in Cancer Therapy

Plasmonic photo thermal therapy (PPTT) is an invasive method in which photon energy is transformed into heat quickly via a series of nonradiative process to ablate cancer. Plasmonic (noble metal) nanoparticles, such as silver nanoparticle (AgNP), has a unique property which could improve the absorbance and scattering of light. Therefore, they could play an effiecive role in photo thermal therapy (PTT). The present study compared the photo thermal anticancer activity of visible excited carbon nanotubes decorated with silver (CNT-Ag) and silver nanorods (AgNRs) in cancer therapy.

کلیدواژه ها:

Plasmonic photo thermal therapy ، CNT ، Cancer therapy