AuNPs	Gold nanoparticles
NPs	nanoparticles
SPR	surface plasmon resonance
NIR	near-infrared
CT	computed tomography
PAI	photoacoustic imaging
MRI	magnetic resonance imaging
FWHM	full width half maximum
SB	sodium borohydride
SC	sodium citrate
NBP	nanobipyramid
NRS	nanorod shell
TEM	Transmission electron microscopy
SEM	Scanning electron microscope
SERS	Surface-Enhanced Raman Resonance
FA	folic acid
MBA	4-mercaptobenzoic
BSA	bovine serum albumin
RBSA	reduced bovine serum albumin
ALP	alkaline phosphatase
SIO2	Silicon dioxide
Ag	silver
DOX	doxorubicin
PSS	poly sodium 4-styrenesulfonate
UV	Ultraviolet
HAuCl4	gold acid
HRTEM	high resolution Transmission electron microscopy
SAED	selected area electron diffraction
NaBH4	Sodium borohydride
OCT	optical coherence tomography
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic acid
CTAB	hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide
siRNA	small interfering Ribonucleic acid
HER	Herceptin
HER2	human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
DFM	dimethylformamide
FI	fluorescence imaging
EPR	enhanced permeability and retention
GSH	glutathione
CAL-27	human tongue squamous cell carcinoma
PSMA	prostate specific membrane antigen
Gd	gadolinium
T2-relaxation	spin–spin relaxation
NMR	nuclear magnetic resonance
DTPA	diethylenetriamine pentaacetate
LA	lactobionic acid
EDC	1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide
NHS	n-hydroxysuccinimide
NBP	nanobipyramid
PET	positron emission tomography
64Cu	copper-64
RGD	tripeptide arg-gly asp
PPT	photothermal therapy
PDT	photodynamic therapy
Fe3O4	iron oxide
MCF 7	breast cancer cell line
4T1	breast cancer cell line
ROS	reactive oxygen species
ErbB2	receptor tyrosine kinase 2
DM1	emtansine
PTX	paclitaxel
CPT	camptothecin
EGFR	epidermal growth factor receptor
RES	permeability and retention;
COOH	carboxylic group
NIH3T3	fibroblast cell line
MG63	hypotriploid human cell line
A542	epithelial cell