Advanced Materials, Vol.20, No.20, 3832-3832, 2008
Enhancing the Toxicity of Cancer Chemotherapeutics with Gold Nanorod Hyperthermia
The heat produced by optically excited gold nanorods is used to augment the chemotherapeutic agent cisplatin in killing tumor cells. This combined therapy kills 78% more cells than cisplatin alone, suggesting a synergistic interaction between these treatments.