Imaging the transient heat generation of individual nanostructures with a mechanoresponsive polymer

Xueqin Chen; Qing Xia; Yue Cao; Qianhao Min; Jianrong Zhang; Zixuan Chen; Hong-Yuan Chen; Jun-Jie Zhu

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01614-0

Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Imaging the transient heat generation of individual nanostructures with a mechanoresponsive polymer

Xueqin Chen,
Qing Xia,
Yue Cao,
Qianhao Min,
Jianrong Zhang,
Zixuan Chen,
Hong-Yuan Chen,
Jun-Jie Zhu

Affiliations

Xueqin Chen: State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University
Qing Xia: State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University
Yue Cao: State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University
Qianhao Min: State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University
Jianrong Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University
Zixuan Chen: State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University
Hong-Yuan Chen: State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University
Jun-Jie Zhu: State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01614-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Remote thermometers with a high spatiotemporal resolution are very desirable for applications in the life sciences, including photothermal therapy. Here, Chen et al. develop polymer coated gold nanorods with a temperature sensitivity of 80 mK and a 4 ms response time for thermometry in the life sciences.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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