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NANOTORRID®: Graphene-like properties of a gold/polypropylene nanocomposite and its photothermal application

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Nanoparticles (NP) with advanced optical or photothermal properties have been explored for potential cancer therapy applications. Gold (Au)-based nanomaterials exhibit superior photothermal properties among various Photothermal therapy (PTT) agents. NANOTORRID® material is superior in many ways, including it is composed of dielectric polymer polypropylene carbonate and gold, it has graphitic bands like G and D, its small size range of 20–30 nm, having tunable wavelength absorbance and need for a shorter duration of laser exposure or low material concentration to deliver desired therapeutic benefit. Here, we report a scalable single pot method to produce NANOTORRID® structures capable of intense heat generation within a short duration of 2 to 2.5 min of laser exposure due to multiple dielectric and gold interfaces. NANOTORRID® exhibits excellent photothermal properties as using 10 µg/mL concentration can reach effective temperature (43 °C) within only 2.5 min by absorbing a 430 mW 808 nm laser.

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  1. NanoBios Lab, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering (BSBE), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B), Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India

    Ashish Jha & Rohit Srivastava

  2. Molecular Functional Imaging Lab, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, 410210, India

    Gayathri Ravichandran & Abhijit De

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Jha, A., Ravichandran, G., De, A. et al. NANOTORRID®: Graphene-like properties of a gold/polypropylene nanocomposite and its photothermal application. Journal of Materials Research 37, 1183–1200 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-022-00518-0

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