. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: Nat Protoc. 2016 Oct 20;11(11):2287–2299. doi: 10.1038/nprot.2016.137

TABLE 1.

Plasmonic vesicles assembled from amphiphilic gold nanoparticles coated with different hydrophobic polymer brushes.

Gold nanocrystals (nm)	Hydrophilic polymer	Hydrophobic polymer	Responsiveness	SPR peak (nm)	Reference
AuNP (14)	PEG	PMMA	Laser	520–620	33
AuNP (14)	PEG	PMMAVP	pH and laser	520–550	36
AuNP (14)	PEG	PNBA	UV light or laser	530–745	34
AuNR (14 × 50)	PEG	PLA	Enzyme and laser	780–940	35
AuNP (12–60)	PEG	PS	Laser	550–670	37
AuNP (26)	PEG	PCL	Laser	600–990	38

AuNP, gold nanoparticle; AuNR, gold nanorod; PCL, poly(ε-caprolactone); PEG, polyethylene glycol; PLA, polylactide; PMMA, poly(methyl methacrylate); PMMAVP, 25% 4-vinyl pyridine in PMMA; PNBA, poly(2-nitrobenzyl acrylate); PS, polystyrene; SPR, surface plasmon resonance.