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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Ntracker^TM  Ultra-long circulation times with high near-IR absorption enable these conjugated nanorods for in-vivo photothermal therapy and imaging.

 

Ntherapy^TM  These in-vivo targeted nanorods are conjugated with amine-, carboxyl-, biotin, and neutravidin terminated PEGs 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 resuspended in organic solvents for spin coating, and many other organic applications.

 

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

 

 

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

• Contrast Agents for In-Vivo and In-Vitro Imaging

  Optical Imaging Contrast Agents in Photoacoustic Imaging, Optical Coherence Tomography, Confocal Microscopy, Two Photon Fluorescence

• Cancer and other In-Vivo Therapeutics

• Diagnostics including SERS Labels for In-Vivo and In-Vitro imaging, Resonance Light Scattering in Dark Field Microscopy

• Sensors, homogeneous and heterogeneous

• X-ray Contrast Enhancement

• Optical polarizers, filters, negative index refraction materials

• Micro-Antennas

• A component in enhancing solar cell efficiency