We introduce photothermal optical lock-in Optical Coherence Microscopy (poli-OCM), a volumetric imaging technique, which combines the depth sectioning of OCM with the high sensitivity of photothermal microscopy while maintaining the fast acquisition speed inherent to OCM. We report on the detection of single 40 nm gold particles with a 0.5 μm lateral and 2 μm axial resolution over a 50 μm depth...

Solar energy-induced catalysis has been attracting intensive interests and its quantum efficiencies in plasmon-mediated photothermal (P-photothermal catalysis) external heat-coupled photocatalysis (E-photothermal are ultimately determined by the catalyst structure for photo-induced energetic hot carriers. Herein, different catalysts of supported (TiO2-P25 Al2O3) platinum dots employed photo, th...

Photothermal catalysis is a promising method for converting C1 feedstocks into valuable chemicals. This comprehensive review highlights the mechanism, design strategies catalysts, and recent progress in photothermal catalytic conversion.

Tumor combination therapy using nano formulations with multimodal synergistic therapeutic effects shows great potential for complete ablation of tumors. However, targeting tumor metastases with nano structures is a major obstacle for therapy. Therefore, developing a combination therapy system able to target both primary tumors and their metastases at distant sites with synergistic therapy is de...

we demonstrate that photothermal deflection spectroscopy can be used to measure velocity distributions in dye jets. such measurements are useful in determining the quality of flow in dye jets, the quality of jets is very important for a stable and naanow linewidth operation of dye lasers

Introduction: Photothermal therapy using gold nanoshells is one of cancer therapy methods. Gold nanoshells generally consist of a silica core and a thin gold shell. Fe3O4@Au core-shell can be used for magnetic targeted therapy. The objective of this study was investigation of the photothermal effects of magnetically targeted Fe3O4@Au NPs and NIR laser irradiation on model of me...

Photothermal microscopy enables detection of nanometer-sized objects solely based on their absorption. This technique allows efficient observation of various nano-objects in scattering media notably gold nanoparticles in cells. The extreme sensitivity of the method and the stability of the signals open numerous applications in spectroscopy, analytical chemistry and bioimaging. This review brief...

A method to measure thermal diffusivity around a single heated gold nanoparticle is presented. It is based on photothermal single particle microscopy and employs the phase delay of temperature modulation due to finite thermal diffusivity. The phase delay is detected optically averaging over the focal volume of a diffraction limited beam of light. Thermal diffusivity is extracted by comparison t...

Optical methods for manipulation of cellular function have enabled deconstruction of genetic and neural circuits in vitro and in vivo. Plasmonic gold nanomaterials provide an alternative platform for external optical manipulation of genetic circuits. The tunable absorption of gold nanoparticles in the infrared spectral region and straightforward surface functionalization has led to applications...

Multifunctional Taxol-loaded PLGA nanoparticles show chemotherapeutic and photothermal destruction of cancer cells in vitro and in vivo.