摘要
Gold nanorods (GNRs) have great potential widespread applications in biomedical imaging, drug delivery and photothermal therapy due to unique surface plasmon resonance (SPR) ranging from visible to near infrared (NIR) region, facile synthesis and easy functionalization. In this review, the recent progress of GNRs in bioimaging, drug delivery, photothermal therapy and theranostics is summarized and the recommendations for the future work on GNRs are also covered.
Gold nanorods （GNRs） have great potential widespread applications in biomedical imaging, drug delivery and photothermal ther- apy due to unique surface plasmon resonance （SPR） ranging from visible to near infrared （NIR） region, facile synthesis and easy functionalization. In this review, the recent progress of GNRs in bioimaging, drug delivery, photothermal therapy and theranostics is summarized and the recommendations for the future work on GNRs are also covered.
基金
supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (2012BAI23B00)
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81000661 and 81271616)
the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(20100142110002)
the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Hust, 2012TS016 and 2011QN238)
