Title :
Spaser powered photothermal cancer therapy using graphene and carbon nanotubes
Author :
Rupasinghe, Chanaka ; Zhu, Weiren ; Premaratne, Malin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., Monash Univ., Clayton, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
We propose a new cancer treatment technique in which graphene nanoflakes and carbon nanotubes operate as a self-assembled cluster of spasers near cancer cells causing selective destruction of them by an amplified electric field.
Keywords :
biothermics; cancer; carbon nanotubes; cellular biophysics; graphene; nanomedicine; photothermal effects; radiation therapy; self-assembly; amplified electric field; cancer cells; cancer treatment; carbon nanotubes; graphene nanoflakes; self-assembled cluster; spaser powered photothermal cancer therapy; Cancer; Carbon nanotubes; Graphene; Laser excitation; Optical resonators; Plasmons; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6994967
