Abstract
Spherical gold nanoparticles with a plasmonic extinction peak at 532 nm and two sizes of star shaped gold nanoparticles with plasmonic extinction peaks at 532 nm and 600 nm were synthesised and introduced into tissue phantoms as exogenous absorbers. The photoacoustic signals generated from the three different nanoparticle morphologies embedded in tissue the phantoms is compared. The effect of nanoparticle concentration on the generated photoacoustic signal strength was also investigated for the spherical nanoparticles. At an excitation laser wavelength of 532 nm, the spherical gold nanoparticles were shown to produce the greatest photoacoustic response.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | IEEE SENSORS 2017 - Conference Proceedings |
Place of Publication | Piscataway, N.J. |
Publisher | IEEE |
Number of pages | 3 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-5090-1013-4 |
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Publication status | Published - 21 Dec 2017 |
Event | IEEE SENSORS 2017 - Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 29 Oct 2017 → 1 Nov 2017 http://www.ieee-sensors2017.org |
Conference
Conference | IEEE SENSORS 2017 |
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Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Glasgow |
Period | 29/10/17 → 1/11/17 |
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Funding
This work was supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and Medical Research Council [grant number EP/L016559/1]
Keywords
- gold nano-spheres
- gold nano-stars
- nanoparticles
- photoacoustic