- Drug delivery: Our gold nanorods can be used to deliver drug molecules to cells, tissue, or organs. They are more efficient for delivering pain-relieving drugs than some other nanoparticles.
- Cell imaging: Our gold nanorods can be easily seen under a microscope, which means they can be used for cell imaging, yielding both qualitative and quantitative data.
- Photothermal therapy: Our gold nanorods can be used to target cancer cells inside the human body. Because they generate heat when excited with infrared light, they can be locally heated, destroying cancerous tissue and leaving healthy cells intact.