Our Communication is featured as Cover of Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Post date: Sep 11, 2014 4:19:14 AM

Hyelim Kang, Shin-Hyun Kim, Seung-Man Yang, and Ji-Ho Park, "Bio-inspired nanotadpoles with component-specific functionality," Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2, 6462-6466 (2014).

We report a new class of bio-inspired nanotadpoles (NTPs) with component-specific functionalities. The plasmonic NTPs with a gold-coated head and a reactive ion etching-treated tail showed the tail length dependence of their cellular uptake, enabling the photothermal treatment of cancer cells with high efficacy.