Probing the surface-localized hyperthermia of gold nanoparticles in a microwave field using polymeric thermometers

Abstract

Gold nanoparticles decorated with “polymeric thermometers,” consisting of a polymeric spacer, thermally-labile azo linker, and fluorescent tag, were used to quantify the extent of localized hyperthermia under microwave irradiation.

Changing Perspectives on the Strategic Use of Microwave Heating in Organic Synthesis

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Thiol–ene click chemistry: a biocompatible way for orthogonal bioconjugation of colloidal nanoparticles

“…S7 and S8, ESI † ), the number of dopamine acrylamides was calculated as 1556 and the number of PEG chains after thiol–ene crosslinking was calculated as 984. 29 , 30 Thus a 63.23% of thiol–ene crosslinking efficiency was achieved. To rule out the possibility of physical absorption of PEG on iron oxide nanoparticles surface, control experiments were conducted and no obvious physical absorption was found (Fig.…”

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