Structurally Well-Defined Au@Cu2-xS Core-Shell Nanocrystals for Improved Cancer Treatment Based on Enhanced Photothermal Efficiency

Ji MW; Xu M; Zhang W; Yang ZZ; Huang L; Liu JJ; Zhang Y; Gu L; Yu YX; Hao WC; An PF; Zheng LR; Zhu HS; Zhang JT

Advanced Materials, Vol.28, No.16, 3094-3101, 2016

DOI10.1002/adma.201503201 Export Citation

Structurally Well-Defined Au@Cu2-xS Core-Shell Nanocrystals for Improved Cancer Treatment Based on Enhanced Photothermal Efficiency

Ji MW, Xu M, Zhang W, Yang ZZ, Huang L, Liu JJ, Zhang Y, Gu L, Yu YX, Hao WC, An PF, Zheng LR, Zhu HS, Zhang JT

Au@Cu2-xS coreDshell nanocrystals (NCs) have been synthesized under large lattice mismatch with high crystallinity, controllable shape, and nonstoichiometric composition. Both experimental observations and simulations are used to verify the flexible dual-mode plasmon coupling. The enhanced photothermal effect is harnessed for diverse HeLa cancer cell ablation applications in the NIR-I window (750-900 nm) and the NIR-II window (1000-1400 nm).