SmallVolume 6, Issue 7 p. 811-817 Communication Gold Nanocages as Photothermal Transducers for Cancer Treatment† Jingyi Chen, Corresponding Author Jingyi Chen [email protected] Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63130 (USA) Jingyi Chen, Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63130 (USA). Michael J. Welch, Department of Radiology Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63110 (USA). Younan Xia, Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63130 (USA).Search for more papers by this authorCharles Glaus, Charles Glaus Department of Radiology Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63110 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorRichard Laforest, Richard Laforest Department of Radiology Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63110 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorQiang Zhang, Qiang Zhang Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63130 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorMiaoxian Yang, Miaoxian Yang Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63130 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorMichael Gidding, Michael Gidding Department of Chemical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63130 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorMichael J. Welch, Corresponding Author Michael J. Welch [email protected] Department of Radiology Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63110 (USA) Jingyi Chen, Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63130 (USA). Michael J. Welch, Department of Radiology Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63110 (USA). Younan Xia, Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63130 (USA).Search for more papers by this authorYounan Xia, Corresponding Author Younan Xia [email protected] Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63130 (USA) Jingyi Chen, Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63130 (USA). Michael J. Welch, Department of Radiology Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63110 (USA). Younan Xia, Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63130 (USA).Search for more papers by this author Jingyi Chen, Corresponding Author Jingyi Chen [email protected] Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63130 (USA) Jingyi Chen, Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63130 (USA). Michael J. Welch, Department of Radiology Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63110 (USA). Younan Xia, Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63130 (USA).Search for more papers by this authorCharles Glaus, Charles Glaus Department of Radiology Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63110 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorRichard Laforest, Richard Laforest Department of Radiology Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63110 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorQiang Zhang, Qiang Zhang Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63130 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorMiaoxian Yang, Miaoxian Yang Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63130 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorMichael Gidding, Michael Gidding Department of Chemical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63130 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorMichael J. Welch, Corresponding Author Michael J. Welch [email protected] Department of Radiology Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63110 (USA) Jingyi Chen, Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63130 (USA). Michael J. Welch, Department of Radiology Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63110 (USA). Younan Xia, Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63130 (USA).Search for more papers by this authorYounan Xia, Corresponding Author Younan Xia [email protected] Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63130 (USA) Jingyi Chen, Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63130 (USA). Michael J. Welch, Department of Radiology Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63110 (USA). Younan Xia, Department of Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63130 (USA).Search for more papers by this author First published: 26 March 2010 https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.200902216Citations: 570 † This work was supported in part by a Director's Pioneer Award from the NIH (DP1 OD000798) and startup funds from Washington University in St. Louis (to Y.X.), as well as a Research Development Award from the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine (to J.C.). Siteman is supported by Grant P30 CA91842 from the NIH. The Inveon small animal PET/CT system, a component of the Siteman Small Animal Cancer Imaging Core, was acquired using an NIH-NCRR shared instrumentation grant (S10 RR025097, to R. L.). Part of the work was performed at the Nano Research Facility (NRF), a member of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN), which is supported by the NSF under award no. ECS-0335765. 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