Naomi J. Halas
Rice University
460 Papers
2.4K Citations
Naomi J. Halas is an academic researcher from Rice University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Plasmon & Nanoshell. The author has an hindex of 140, co-authored 435 publications. Previous affiliations of Naomi J. Halas include Northwestern University & Vanderbilt University.
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Papers
Applications of nanoparticles to diagnostics and therapeutics in colorectal cancer
Paolo Fortina,Paolo Fortina,Larry J. Kricka,David J. Graves,Jason Y. Park,Terry Hyslop,Felicia Tam,Naomi J. Halas,Saul Surrey,Scott A. Waldman +9 more
TL;DR: The use of nanostructures with surface-bound ligands for the targeted delivery and ablation of colorectal cancer, the third most common malignancy and the second most common cause of cancer-related mortality in the US, is outlined.
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Optical Properties of a Nanosized Hole in a Thin Metallic Film
Tae-Ho Park,Nikolay A. Mirin,J. Britt Lassiter,Colleen L. Nehl,Naomi J. Halas,Peter Nordlander +5 more
TL;DR: It is shown that both hole diameter and film thickness determine the energy of the optical resonance, and a theoretical dispersion curve was obtained and verified using spectral measurements of individual nanoholes.
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Aromatic amino acids providing characteristic motifs in the Raman and SERS spectroscopy of peptides.
TL;DR: It is concluded that, together with protein backbone groups, aromatic amino acid residues provide the overwhelmingly dominant features in the Raman and SERS spectra of peptides and proteins when present.
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Delivery of nanoparticles to brain metastases of breast cancer using a cellular Trojan horse
Mi Ran Choi,Rizia Bardhan,Katie J. Stanton-Maxey,Sunil Badve,Harikrishna Nakshatri,Keith M. Stantz,Keith M. Stantz,Ning Cao,Naomi J. Halas,Susan E. Clare +9 more
TL;DR: Macrophages originating from circulating monocytes are able to infiltrate brain metastases while the BBB is intact and this ability can be exploited to deliver both diagnostic and therapeutic nanoparticles specifically to experimental brain metastase of breast cancer.
Light-induced release of DNA from plasmon-resonant nanoparticles: Towards light-controlled gene therapy
TL;DR: This study forms an Au nanoshell-based complex designed to release single-stranded DNA from its surface when illuminated with plasmon-resonant light, and examines DNA dehybridization induced by excitation of localized surface plasmons on the nanoparticle, relative to the thermal DNA de Hybridization (melting).
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