Plasmon-Resonant Nanorods as Contrast Agents

Wei, Alexander

Abstract

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
• Type: Research Project (R01)
• Project #: 3R01EB001777-01S1
• Application #: 6887894
• Study Section: Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1)
• Program Officer: Korte, Brenda
• Project Start: 2003-09-15
• Project End: 2008-07-31
• Budget Start: 2004-04-01
• Budget End: 2004-07-31
• Support Year: 1
• Fiscal Year: 2004
• Total Cost: $14,692

Institution

• Name: Purdue University
• Department: Chemistry
• Type: Schools of Arts and Sciences
• DUNS #: 072051394
• City: West Lafayette
• State: IN
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 47907

Publications

Wei, Alexander; Leonov, Alexei P; Wei, Qingshan (2010) Gold nanorods: multifunctional agents for cancer imaging and therapy. Methods Mol Biol 624:119-30

Tong, Ling; Wei, Qingshan; Wei, Alexander et al. (2009) Gold nanorods as contrast agents for biological imaging: optical properties, surface conjugation and photothermal effects. Photochem Photobiol 85:21-32

Wei, Qingshan; Song, Hyon-Min; Leonov, Alexei P et al. (2009) Gyromagnetic imaging: dynamic optical contrast using gold nanostars with magnetic cores. J Am Chem Soc 131:9728-34

Oldenburg, Amy L; Hansen, Matthew N; Ralston, Tyler S et al. (2009) Imaging gold nanorods in excised human breast carcinoma by spectroscopic optical coherence tomography. J Mater Chem 19:6407

Leonov, Alexei P; Zheng, Jiwen; Clogston, Jeffrey D et al. (2008) Detoxification of gold nanorods by treatment with polystyrenesulfonate. ACS Nano 2:2481-8

He, Wei; Henne, Walter A; Wei, Qingshan et al. (2008) Two-photon Luminescence Imaging of Bacillus Spores Using Peptide-functionalized Gold Nanorods. Nano Res 1:450-456

Zhu, Heng; Coleman, Donna M; Dehen, Christopher J et al. (2008) Assembly of dithiocarbamate-anchored monolayers on gold surfaces in aqueous solutions. Langmuir 24:8660-6

Hansen, Matthew N; Chang, Ling-Shao; Wei, Alexander (2008) Resorcinarene-Encapsulated Gold Nanorods: Solvatochromatism and Magnetic Nanoshell Formation. Supramol Chem 20:35-40

Huff, Terry B; Tong, Ling; Zhao, Yan et al. (2007) Hyperthermic effects of gold nanorods on tumor cells. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2:125-32

Huff, Terry B; Hansen, Matthew N; Zhao, Yan et al. (2007) Controlling the cellular uptake of gold nanorods. Langmuir 23:1596-9