Abstract Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Glossary Symbols and Units Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Overview 1.2 Physical properties 1.2.1 Surface to-volume ratio and size dependent properties 1.2.2 Quantum size effect 1.2.3 Superparamagnetism 1.2.4 Surface plasmon resonance 1.3 Applications of gold nanoparticles 1.3.1 Biosensing and bioimaging 1.3.2 Drug delivery and cancer treatment 1.4 Review of the interaction of electromagnetic waves with gold nanopartieles
Abstract Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Glossary Symbols and Units Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Overview 1.2 Physical properties 1.2.1 Surface to-volume ratio and size dependent properties 1.2.2 Quantum size effect 1.2.3 Superparamagnetism 1.2.4 Surface plasmon resonance 1.3 Applications of gold nanoparticles 1.3.1 Biosensing and bioimaging 1.3.2 Drug delivery and cancer treatment 1.4 Review of the interaction of electromagnetic waves with gold nanopartieles 1.5 The main contents of this book 1.6 Outlines of this book References Chapter 2 Gold Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Dielectric and Optical Properties 2.1 Overview 2.2 Preparation of gold nanoparticles 2.3 Fundamentals of dielectric properties 2.3.1 Fundamentals 2.3.2 Drude model for dielectric properties of metals 2.3.3 Dielectric model for mixed medium 2.4 Dielectric measurement methods 2.4.1 Open-ended coaxial method 2.4.2 Free-space method 2.5 Optical properties 2.6 Summary References Chapter 3 Study of GNPs' Heating Effect for Cancer Treatment 3.1 Overview 3.2 Dielectric measurement 3.2.1 Experimental setup 3.2.2 Measured results 3.2.3 Discussion 3.3 RF heating study 3.3.1 Microstrip waveguide exposure system 3.3.2 Power calibration and field strength measurement 3.3.3 Heating effect study 3.3.4 In vitro study 3.4 Heating effect using Kanzius exposure system 3.5 Discussions on the RF heating study 3.6 Magnetic heating effect 3.7 Microwave heating effect 3.7.1 Experiment setup 3.7.2 Experiment results 3.8 Summary References Chapter 4 Study of GNP's Interaction with Millimetre and THz Waves 4.1 Overview 4.2 Operating principles and experiment instrumentations 4.2.1 Quasi-optical techniques 4.2.2 THz time domain spectroscopy 4.3 Experiment results 4.3.1 Dielectric properties in the millimetre wave range 4.3.2 Dielectric properties in the THz range …… Chapter 5 Study of Static Electric Field Induced Size-dependent Optical Properties of GNP Chapter 6 Summary and Future Work Appendix I--Conductivity Dependent Field Strength and Temperature Rise Appendix II--Control Circuit Appendix III--CIE Colour Diagram Appendix IV--Surface Plasmon Resonance and Measurement Method