Table 1.

Five kinds of Au NP-liposome complex systems

	Properties of Au NPs	Lipid composition	Encapsulated molecules	Laser	References
Within the lipid bilayer of liposomes	3–4 nm Au NPs, coated with stearylamine	DPPC	Nil	Nil	[10]
	2–3 nm Au NPs coated with hexanethiol	DSPC/DPPC	Calcein	250 nm UV	[11]
	5 nm Au NPs coated with di-2-ethylhexyl sulfosuccinate	Lecithin, cholesterin	Alkaloid berberine	250 nm UV	[12]
	PTX-PEG400 coated Au NPs	Soya phosphatidylcholine, cholesterol	PTX	Nil	[13]
In the aqueous core of liposomes	5 nm Au NPs coated with citrate	DPPC/MPPC/DSPE-PEG-2000	Calcein	514 nm	[15]
	25 nm Au nanorods stabilized with citrate with the aspect ratio around 4.1 (length around 41 nm)	DPPC	Calcein	808 nm	[16]
	Au nanorods (width 25 nm, length 60 nm, CTAB stabilized)	DPPC/Lyso PC/DSPE-PEG or DSPC/DPPC	Calcein	656 nm	[17]
	50–60 nm Au nanostars coated with PEG	DPPC/Lyso PC/DSPE-PEG or DSPC/DPPC	Calcein	850 nm	[17]
	44 nm Au nanostars	DPPC/MPPC/DSPE-PEG2000	Dox	803 nm	[19]
	28–161 nm Au NPs	DSPC	Nil	Nil	[20]
On the surface of liposomes	13 nm Au NPs functionalized with DNA	DOPC/cholesterol/DOPG/MPB-PE	Calcein	302 nm UV	[21]
	4–50 nm Au NPs	DOPC	Nil	Nil	[22]
	Au nanostars	DPPC/MPPC/DSPE-PEG2000	Calcein and PTX	690 nm	[23]
Aggregates with liposomes	20 nm Au NPs	DPPC/DPTAP/cholesterol	Carboxyfluorescein	830 nm	[27]
Free in liposome solution	Au nanorods coated with mPEG-SH 5000	DPPC/DMPC/cholesterol/DSPE-PEG2000	Dox	808 nm	[28]
	PEG coated-multibranched Au nanoantennas	DPPC/MSPC/DSPE-PEG-2000	Dox	808 nm	[29]