Porous silicon nanoparticles as sensitizers for ultrasonic hyperthermiaстатья
Статья опубликована в высокорейтинговом журнале
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Аннотация:Aqueous suspensions of porous silicon nanoparticles (NPs) with average size 100 nm and
concentration 1 g/L undergo significant heating as compared with pure water under therapeutic
ultrasonic (US) irradiation with frequencies of 1–2.5MHz and intensities of 1–20 W/cm2. This
effect is explained by taking into account the efficient absorption of US energy by NPs. The
observed US-induced heating of biodegradable NPs is promising for applications in ultrasonic
hyperthermia of tumors.