TY - CHAP T1 - Applications of gold nanorods for cancer imaging and photothermal therapy T2 - Methods in Molecular Biology Y1 - 2010 A1 - Huang, Xiaohua A1 - El Sayed, I.H. A1 - El-Sayed, Mostafa A A1 - Grobmyer, SR KW - cancer KW - gold nanorods KW - imaging KW - photothermal therapy AB - This chapter describes the application of gold nanorods in biomedical imaging and photothermal therapy. The photothermal properties of gold nanorods are summarized and the synthesis as well as antibody conjugation of gold nanorods is outlined. Biomedical applications of gold nanorods include cancer imaging using their enhanced scattering properties and photothermal therapy using their enhanced nonradioactive photothermal property. JA - Methods in Molecular Biology PB - Springer VL - 624 SN - 1064-3745 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-609-2_23 M3 - 10.1007/978-1-60761-609-2_23 ER -