Liposome-gold nanorod hybrids for high-resolution visualization deep in tissues

Neus Lozano, Wafa' T Al-Jamal, Adrian Taruttis, Nicolas Beziere, Neal C Burton, Jeroen Van den Bossche, Mariarosa Mazza, Eva Herzog, Vasilis Ntziachristos, Kostas Kostarelos

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    Abstract

    The design of liposome-nanoparticle hybrids offers a rich toolbox for the fabrication of multifunctional modalities. A self-assembled liposome-gold nanorod hybrid vesicular system that consists of lipid-bilayer-associated gold nanorods designed to allow deep tissue detection, therapy, and monitoring in living animals using multispectral optoacoustic tomography has been fabricated and characterized in vitro and in vivo.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)13256-13258
    Number of pages3
    JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
    Volume134
    Issue number32
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 15 Aug 2012

    Keywords

    • Optical Imaging
    • Animals
    • Humans
    • Gold
    • Metal Nanoparticles
    • Liposomes

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