Jason H Hafner
	
					    												
Tanzania						                            
                            
						
 Research Article
												Rainbow Plasmonic Nanobubbles: Synergistic Activation of Gold Nanoparticle Clusters 						
Author(s): Ekaterina Y Lukianova-Hleb, Alexander O Oginsky, Derek L Shenefelt, Rebekah A Drezek, Jason H Hafner, Mary C Farach-Carson and Dmitri O LapotkoEkaterina Y Lukianova-Hleb, Alexander O Oginsky, Derek L Shenefelt, Rebekah A Drezek, Jason H Hafner, Mary C Farach-Carson and Dmitri O Lapotko             
						
												
				 The synergistic physical and biological effects of selective targeting and activation of plasmonic nanoparticles were  studied for a transient vapor nanobubble mode. Simultaneous optical activation of two plasmon resonances in multi- nanoparticle clusters significantly improved the selectivity and efficacy of the nanobubble generation through and was  termed  “rainbow  plasmonic  nanobubbles.”    The  rainbow  nanobubble  mechanism  has  been  studied  in  water  and  in  living  cells  in  vitro .  This  mechanism  provided  maximal  selectivity  of  the  nanobubble  generation  in  both  models  and  therefore,  can  the  therapeutic  selectivity  and  optical  contrast  of  gold  nanoparticles  in  a  heterogeneous  physiological  microenvironment at cell level. .. View More»
				  
												DOI:
												 10.4172/2157-7439.1000104