Can magneto-plasmonic nanohybrids efficiently combine photothermia with magnetic hyperthermia ? Nanoscale 2015, 7, 18872-18877
by : Ana Espinosa, Mathieu Bugnet, Guillaume Radtke, Sophie Neveu, Gianluigi A. Botton, Claire Wilhelm and Ali Abou-Hassan
Contact PHENIX : ali.abou_hassan@upmc.fr
Abstract :
Multifunctional hybrid-design nanomaterials appear to be a promising route to meet the current therapeutics needs required for efficient cancer treatment. Herein, two efficient heat nano-generators were combined into a multifunctional single nanohybrid (a multi-core iron oxide nanoparticle optimized for magnetic hyperthermia, and a gold branched shell with tunable plasmonic properties in the NIR region, for photothermal therapy) which impressively enhanced heat generation, in suspension or in vivo in tumours, opening up exciting new therapeutic perspectives.
