Figure 11.

In vivo photothermal ablation of tumor after intravenous injection of Au nanorod vesicles followed by laser irradiation. (A) Infrared thermographic maps and (B) temperature changes of the tumor region treated with small AuNRs and AuNR Ve and irradiated with a 808 nm laser at different power densities; (C) tumor growth curves and (D) survival curves of tumor-bearing mice treated with phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), small AuNRs and AuNR Ve and laser irradiation; (E) photographs of the tumor-bearing mice at days 0, 1, 5, and 8 d after being treated with the AuNR Ve; and (F) hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining of the tumor tissue after different treatments [31].