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
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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