Fig. 6: In vitro photothermal effect of Au@PSa nanocomposites. | NPG Asia Materials

Fig. 6: In vitro photothermal effect of Au@PSa nanocomposites.

From: Self-destructible polysaccharide nanocomposites with unlockable Au nanorods for high-performance photothermal therapy

Fig. 6

a Particle sizes of Au@Dex-2 and Au@Pul-2 in medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) (mean ± SD, n = 3). b Cell viability assay of HepG2 cells treated with Au@Dex-2 and Au@Pul-2 at various concentrations without and with NIR irradiation (mean ± SD, n = 6; *significant difference, P < 0.05). c Representative fluorescence images of FDA-PI-stained HepG2 cells under irradiation and treatment with Au@Pul-2 (30 μg/mL) in the absence and presence of irradiation at 808 nm

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