Two-photon luminescence imaging of cancer cells using molecularly targeted gold nanorods

Nicholas J. Durr, Timothy Larson, Daniel K. Smith, Brian A. Korgel, Konstantin Sokolov, Adela Ben-Yakar

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Abstract

We demonstrate the ability to image cancerous cells in three-dimensional tissue phantoms utilizing the bright two-photon luminescence from molecularly targeted gold nanorods. Nanorod labeled cells provide three orders-of-magnitude more signal than autofluorescence from unlabeled cells.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationFrontiers in Optics, FiO 2007
PublisherOptical Society of America (OSA)
ISBN (Print)1557528462, 9781557528469
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
EventFrontiers in Optics, FiO 2007 - San Jose, CA, United States
Duration: Sep 16 2007Sep 16 2007

Publication series

NameOptics InfoBase Conference Papers
ISSN (Electronic)2162-2701

Other

OtherFrontiers in Optics, FiO 2007
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Jose, CA
Period9/16/079/16/07

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Instrumentation
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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