Strategies for Synthesizing and Tuning Properties of Gold Nanorods for Specific Biomedical Applications
Vitaly A. Khanadeev1,2, Andrey V. Simonenko1,3, Andrey M. Burov1, Boris N. Khlebtsov1, Nikolai G. Khlebtsov1
1 Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms – Subdivision of the Federal State Budgetary Research Institution Saratov Federal Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IBPPM RAS), Saratov, Russia;
2 Saratov State University of Genetics, Biotechnology and Engineering Named after N. I. Vavilov, Saratov, Russia;
3 Saratov State University, Saratov, Russia;
Abstract
Gold nanorods are one of the most common types of non-spherical gold nanoparticles. This is due to several factors. Firstly, their synthesis does not require expensive equipment. Secondly, their plasmon resonance can be tuned to a given wavelength in a fairly wide range, including the so-called first transparency window of biological tissues. Thirdly, their surface can be functionalized with thiol-modified derivatives, which makes it possible to use them for a wide range of biomedical applications.
This report will consider strategies for creating gold nanorods with desired properties, including the ability to tune plasmon resonance and create nanoparticles with a given shape. Methods for changing these parameters for already synthesized nanoparticles using etching and overgrowing technologies will also be considered.
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Vitaly A. Khanadeev
Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms – Subdivision of the Federal State Budgetary Research Institution Saratov Federal Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IBPPM RAS), Saratov, Russia; Saratov State University of Genetics, Biotechnology and Engineering named after N. I. Vavilov, Saratov, Russia;
Russia
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