How to realize targeted photoacoustic imaging, enhanced immunotherapy, and photothermal therapy of gastric cancer has become a great challenge. Herein, we reported for the first time that human cytokine-induced killer cells (CIK) loaded with gold nanorods were used for targeted photoacoustic imaging, enhanced immunotherapy, and photothermal therapy of gastric cancer. Silica-modified gold nanoro...

The carbon nanorods (CNR’s) were synthesized using flame reactor with diffusion burner. The growth of carbon nanorods in presence and absence of catalyst has been studied. The role of ferrocene as catalyst in the synthesis of carbon nanorods was investigated using a Flame Reactor at different oxygen to fuel ratios. The fuel used over here is acetylene. The fuel i.e., acetylene to oxygen ratio i...

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is a promising route for solar energy harvesting and storage, but it has been highly limited by the performance of the semiconductor photoelectrodes. Herein, we report a small molecular amine-mediated solvothermal method for synthesizing CdS nanorods. The obtained CdS nanorods are hydrophilic and can be easily dispersed in water. Furthermore, the small...

Cu2SnS3 (CTS) nanorods were synthesized with a controllable aspect ratio via a facile phosphine-free colloidal synthesis. This synthesis can be readily extended to obtain Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) nanorods with tunable Zn content.

This communication reveals new and unique optical properties with respect to enhanced fluorescence of gold nanorods as they elongate; a novel strategy for DNA hybridization studies based on monitoring the fluorescence intensity of gold nanorods has been demonstrated.

In this work, Co3O4 nanorods were successfully prepared by microwave-assisted solid state decomposition of rod-like CoC2O4.2H2O precursor within a very short reaction time (6 min) without the use of a solvent/surfactant and complicated equipment. The as-obtained Co3O4 nanorods were fully characterized by X-ray diffract...

Microsized nanostructured silicon-carbon composite is a promising anode material for high energy Li-ion batteries. However, large-scale synthesis of high-performance nano-Si materials at a low cost still remains a significant challenge. We report a scalable low cost method to synthesize Al/Na-doped and defect-abundant Si nanorods that have excellent electrochemical performance with high first-c...

We report on characterization of an optical fiber-based multi-parameter sensor concept combining localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) signal and interferometric sensing using a double-clad optical fiber. The sensor consists of a micro-Fabry-Perot in the form of a hemispherical stimuli-responsive hydrogel with immobilized gold nanorods on the facet of a cleaved double-clad optical fiber. T...

During the past decades, nanomaterials such as noblemetal, lanthanide-doped, magnetic, luminescent SiO2, [9,10] and semiconductor nanomaterials have been extensively investigated and used in the development of sensitive and selective detection and imaging in biological and medical fields. Owing to their novel optical properties, semiconductor nanocrystals are of great interest to many fields su...

Highly oriented ZnO nanoneedle/nanorods arrays have been fabricated by direct oxidation of zinc foil in alkaline zincate ion solution at near room temperature (20 degrees C for nanoneedles, 30 degrees C for nanorods).