Plasmonic Gold and Silver Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy and Sensitive Detection
This community develops gold and silver nanostructures to treat cancer through photothermal heating and to detect biological targets or toxic ions with high sensitivity.
The work centers on synthesizing gold nanoparticles, nanorods, and nanoclusters, alongside silver nanoparticles, to exploit their plasmonic properties. These materials are engineered for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, colorimetric sensing, and photothermal therapy. Applications include targeting breast cancer cells, facilitating drug delivery, and detecting mercury ions. The research also involves functionalizing these particles with graphene oxide or quantum dots to enhance their optical and electrochemical performance for diagnostic and therapeutic use.
The largest share of the community's output is found in gold research, accounting for 41.0% of all gold research, and 9,714 papers here. Silver research contributes 5.4% of its total output, and mercury research contributes 3.5%.
The community comprises 23,839 papers, publishing most frequently in ACS Nano, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, and Analytical Chemistry.
Recent work continues to focus on multifunctional gold nanoparticles for cancer diagnosis and therapy, as well as the integration of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy with artificial intelligence and microfluidic technologies for biomedical applications.
Papers behind this description
- The role of lipid components in lipid nanoparticles for vaccines and gene therapy — Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2022 — doi:10.1016/j.addr.2022.114416
- Plasmonic silver and gold nanoparticles: shape- and structure-modulated plasmonic functionality for point-of-caring sensing, bio-imaging and medical therapy — Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 — doi:10.1039/d3cs00793f
- Radiotherapy combined with immunotherapy: the dawn of cancer treatment — Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2022 — doi:10.1038/s41392-022-01102-y
- Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs): A versatile material for biosensor application — Talanta Open, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.talo.2024.100327
- Gold Nanoparticles (AuNPs)—Toxicity, Safety and Green Synthesis: A Critical Review — International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024 — doi:10.3390/ijms25074057
- Gold nanoparticles and gold nanorods in the landscape of cancer therapy — Molecular Cancer, 2023 — doi:10.1186/s12943-023-01798-8
- Albumin Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery Systems — International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2024 — doi:10.2147/ijn.s467876
- Molecular Gold Nanoclusters for Advanced NIR-II Bioimaging and Therapy — Chemical Reviews, 2025 — doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.4c00835
- Integration of Artificial Intelligence in Biosensors for Enhanced Detection of Foodborne Pathogens — Biosensors, 2025 — doi:10.3390/bios15100690
- Multifunctional gold nanoparticles: bridging detection, diagnosis, and targeted therapy in cancer — Molecular Cancer, 2025 — doi:10.1186/s12943-025-02431-6
- Medical importance and pharmacokinetics of gold nanoparticles in the human body — Molecular Cancer, 2025 — doi:10.1186/s12943-025-02418-3
- X-ray Crystallographic Visualization of a Nucleation and Anisotropic Growth in Thiolate-Protected Gold Clusters: Toward Targeted Synthesis of Gold Quantum Needles — Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025 — doi:10.1021/jacs.5c11089
- Emerging biomedical applications of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy integrated with artificial intelligence and microfluidic technologies — Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.saa.2025.126285
- Patchy nanoparticles by atomic stencilling — Nature, 2025 — doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09605-8