Gold Nanoplates as Cancer-Targeted Photothermal Actuators for Drug Delivery and Triggered Release

Figure 8

Bright field (left), fluorescence (live cells) (middle), and fluorescence (dead cells) (right) for A549 cells with (a) GNP-Hairpin (1 OD), no laser; (b) GNP-Hairpin (1 OD), laser; (c) GNP-Hairpin-DOX (1 OD), no laser; and (d) GNP-Hairpin-DOX (1 OD) with laser treatment.

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