Table 1. Characterization of absorbance spectra of nanorods and cells-loaded with nanorods; FMHM – full width at half maximum.

	FWHM, nm	% Increase in FWHM	Longitudinal Peak Wavelength, nm
RhSilicaNRs	120		782
P388D1 cells with RhSilicaNRs	138	15.00%	778
SilicaNRs	83		704
RAW 264.7 cells with SilicaNRs	87	4.82%	700
PAH-PSS-NRs	139		725
RAW 264.7 cells with PAH-PSS-NRs	222	59.71%	800