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. 2018 Mar 7;19(3):754. doi: 10.3390/ijms19030754

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Long polyethylene glycol-capped gold nanorods induced significant reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, disrupted the mitochondrial membrane potential and elicited apoptosis, while mercaptopropane sulfonate-capped gold nanospheres did not show any of cytotoxic effects. Reprinted with permission from reference [50]. Copyright (2012) American Chemical Society.