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Size-dependent joule heating of gold nanoparticles using capacitively coupled radiofrequency fields

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Capacitively coupled shortwave radiofrequency fields (13.56 MHz) resistively heat low concentrations (∼1 ppm) of gold nanoparticles with a thermal power dissipation of ∼380 kW/g of gold. Smaller diameter gold nanoparticles (< 50 nm) heat at nearly twice the rate of larger diameter gold nanoparticles (≥50 nm), which is attributed to the higher resistivity of smaller gold nanostructures. A Joule heating model has been developed to explain this phenomenon and provides critical insights into the rational design and engineering of nanoscale materials for noninvasive thermal therapy of cancer.

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  1. Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 7005, USA

    Christine H. Moran

  2. Department of Surgical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Box 107, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Christine H. Moran, Sean M. Wainerdi, Steven A. Curley & Paul Cherukuri

  3. Department of Bioengineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA

    Sean M. Wainerdi

  4. Department of Chemistry and Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA

    Tonya K. Cherukuri, Carter Kittrell & Paul Cherukuri

  5. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA

    Benjamin J. Wiley & Paul Cherukuri

  6. Department of Physics and Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA

    Nolan W. Nicholas

  7. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77005, USA

    Steven A. Curley

  8. Department of Experimental Therapeutics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Box 107, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Paul Cherukuri

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Moran, C.H., Wainerdi, S.M., Cherukuri, T.K. et al. Size-dependent joule heating of gold nanoparticles using capacitively coupled radiofrequency fields. Nano Res. 2, 400–405 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-009-9048-1

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Keywords

  • Resistivity
  • radiofrequency
  • gold
  • nanoparticles
  • cancer
  • thermal