AuNRs were provided by the Kunming Institute of Precious Metals (Kunming, People’s Republic of China). AuNRs were prepared using seeded growth conditions, described elsewhere.37 (
link)–39 The longitudinal plasmon resonances of AuNRs centered at 800 nm. To prepare the
EGFRmAb-AuNRs conjugates, a 250 μL colloidal solution (0.4 nmol/L) of poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate)-modified AuNRs and 1 μL (25.7 mg/mL)
EGFRmAb (Sigma-Aldrich, St Louis, MO, USA) were mixed and oscillated for 30 minutes. Then, the solution was centrifuged for 10 minutes at 12,000 rpm, and the sediments of
EGFRmAb-AuNR conjugate were dissolved with phosphate-buffered saline (PBS). The synthetic AuNRs (0.1 nmol/L) were observed under transmission electron microscope (TEM) (
JEM 1010; JEOL Ltd, Tokyo, Japan) to determine the mean value of the long and transverse diameter of the AuNRs. The absorption spectra of the AuNRs and
EGFRmAb-AuNRs were determined by using ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis)-NIR spectrometer (
Lambda 900; PerkinElmer Inc., Waltham, MA, USA). A diode laser K81S09F (WT Beijing Ltd, Beijing, People’s Republic China), at 808 nm, was used for the laser irradiation experiment. The red laser, at 808 nm, was focused to a 1 mm diameter spot on the sample.
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