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Application of Metallic Nanomaterials in Nanomedicine

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Infectious Diseases and Nanomedicine III

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 1052))

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In this chapter, we explain why metallic nanomaterials are used in nanomedicine. We have shown that the electron density in metallic nanomaterials oscillates and creates electron density waves. When laser light falls on metallic nanoparticles, light interacts with electron density waves. According to Einstein, light, which is electromagnetic waves, consists of particles called photons. Similarly, electron density waves are also made of particles called surface plasmons. Therefore, photons from laser light and surface plasmons from metallic nanostructures interact with each other and create new particles called surface plasmon polaritons. These new particles produce an intense light near the surface of metallic nanomaterials. We showed that this intense light is important in the application of metallic nanomaterials in nanomedicine. Further, we have applied metallic nanoparticles, single metallic nanoshells and double metallic nanoshells for treatment of cancer and detection of smaller tumors.

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The author (MRS) is thankful to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for their research grant. The author also thanks full my graduate students Mr. Kevin Black for editing English of the paper and Mr. Jiaohan Guo for converting the figures into the JPG format.

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6G3K7, Canada

    Mahi R. Singh

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  1. Research Center for Applied Science and Technology (RECAST), Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Rameshwar Adhikari

  2. Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA

    Santosh Thapa

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Singh, M.R. (2018). Application of Metallic Nanomaterials in Nanomedicine. In: Adhikari, R., Thapa, S. (eds) Infectious Diseases and Nanomedicine III. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1052. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7572-8_8

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