@inproceedings{46ea9cbe79664c15aa29328eabf41d01,
title = "Gold nanostructures for OCT imaging of capillary flow",
abstract = "In this paper, plasmon-resonant nanostructures, such as gold nanostars and their silica-coated composites, were used for enhancement of OCT image contrast of water flows in glass capillaries. The contrasting properties of the synthesized nanostars and nanocomposites with silica shell thickness of about 5 nm and 50 nm were compared in the framework of capillary stasis model. The most intensive signal was detected from the nanocomposites with the thickest silica shell. The nanocomposites were characterized by optical spectroscopy and electron microscopy. Nontoxicity of nanostars and nanocomposites up to ~ 3 mg/mL concentration was showed by MTT assay suggesting practical applications of the nanostructures for bioimaging.",
keywords = "gold nanostars, gold-silica nanocomposites, light scattering, optical coherence tomography, plasmon-resonant nanoparticles, spectroscopy",
author = "Olga Bibikova and Alexey Popov and Alexander Bykov and Artur Prilepskyii and Matti Kinnunen and Kriszti{\'a}n Kord{\'a}s and Vladimir Bogatyrev and Nikolai Khlebtsov and Valery Tuchin",
year = "2014",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1117/12.2052019",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-6284-1077-8",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE",
publisher = "International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE",
editor = "J{\"u}rgen Popp and Tuchin, {Valery V.} and Matthews, {Dennis L.} and Pavone, {Francesco Saverio} and Paul Garside",
booktitle = "Biophotonics",
address = "United States",
note = "Biophotonics : Photonic Solutions for Better Health Care IV ; Conference date: 14-04-2014 Through 17-04-2014",
}