Star-Shaped Magnetic-Plasmonic Au@Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> Nano-Heterostructures for Photothermal Therapy
Beatrice Muzzi, Martin Albino, Alessio Gabbani, Alexander Omelyanchik, Elena Kozenkova, Michele Petrecca, Claudia Innocenti, Elena Balica, Alessandro Lavacchi, Francesca Scavone, Cecilia Anceschi, Gaia Petrucci, Alfonso Ibarra, Anna Laurenzana, Francesco Pineider, Valeria Rodionova, Claudio Sangregorio
Abstract
-loaded cancer cell culture suspension at 658 nm confirmed their optical response and their suitability for photothermal therapy. The outstanding features of the prepared system can be thus potentially exploited as a multifunctional platform for magnetic-plasmonic applications.
Topics & Concepts
Materials sciencePhotothermal therapyPlasmonNano-HeterojunctionStar (game theory)NanotechnologyNanoparticleOptoelectronicsComposite materialMathematical analysisMathematicsGold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsNanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsAdvanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis