Nanopartz^TM patent pending gold nanorods combine the revolutionary optical, photothermal, and mechanical properties inherent in the gold nanorod structure with a well characterized highly customizable surface for directing the bioactivity of gold nanorods or for conjugating them to a wide range of molecules of interest.  Nanopartz^TM  gold nanorods represent a truly enabling "nanotechnology" - the many benefits they bring to optical, photothermal, and material methodology include:

• These gold nanorods have a history of clinical success and have minimal inherent cytotoxicity, making them promising for in vitro and in vivo biomedical applications.

• Coated gold nanorods have long circulation times of several hours in-vivo.

• Absorption and scattering cross sections that are per micron, up to two orders of magnitude greater than nanoshells

• Intense absorption and scattering bands in the near infrared, orders of magnitude greater than spherical gold nanoparticles or QDs at advantageous wavelengths not available to either

• Two photon fluorescence equal to QDs

• High photothermal conversion rate

• Optical properties that benefit the use as subcomponents in polarizers, filters, and negative refractive index materials

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Aspect ratios, scattering and absorption cross sections - Nanopartz nanorod technology is explained.

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Listing by Products

 

Nanorodz^TM  Bare gold nanorods for the researcher or raw material developer.

 

HAR Nanorodz^TM High Aspect Ratio bare gold nanorods for the researcher or raw material developer looking for peak scattering and absorption from 1 to 1.6 microns.

 

Ntracker^TM  Ultra-long circulation times with high near-IR absorption.  This product finds applications in in vivo photothermal therapy and imaging.

 

Ntherapy^TM  These in-vivo targeted nanorods are conjugated with amine-, carboxyl-, biotin, and neutravidin terminated polymer coatings for custom antibody and oligo conjugations. 

 

Nsense^TM  Larger nanorods for scattering in the near-IR, orders of magnitude greater than quantum dots fluorescence in the visible.  Perfect for in-vitro assays, sensors, and diagnostics.

 

Nsol^TM  Our coated nanorods that can be suspended in organic solvents for spin coating, and many other organic applications.

 

Nsers^TM Our SERS labeled gold nanorods providing long in vivo circulation as well as Raman cross sections 1,000 times better than QD fluorescence.

 

 

Listing by Applications

Gold nanorods are important in many applications that require near-IR scattering, absorption, photothermal properties, polarization properties, filtering properties and more:

Life Sciences

v     In-Vivo

Ø      Imaging

§          Photoacoustic Imaging

§          Optical Coherence Tomography

§          Two photon fluorescence

§          SERS

Ø      Therapeutics

§          Photothermal

·         Cancer

·         Viral

§          Drug Delivery               

v     In-Vitro

Ø      Imaging

§          Dark Field Microscopy

Ø      Diagnostics

§          Heterogeneous

·         SERS

¨       Dark Field Microscopy

¨       Lateral Flow

·          Homogeneous

¨       Fluorescence Quenching

¨       SPR 

Non Life Science

v      Sensors

v      Solar Cells

v      Optical Polarizers and Filters (Flexible)

v      Nonlinear Optics

v      Optical Data Storage

v      Negative refractive index materials

v      Liquid Crystals

v      Standards

Ø       Microscopy

Ø       UV VIS

v      Catalysis

v      Remediation

v      Security anti-forge materials