Journal article
Investigation of energy absorption by clustered gold nanoparticles
Abstract
The utilization of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) as a radiation sensitizer has received broad attention. Although GNPs form clusters in living cells, most previous simulation studies have assumed a homogeneous distribution of GNPs. In this study, a GNP cluster was constructed for simulations and the impact of cluster formation on dose enhancement was examined. Energy absorption by the GNPs was compared between clustered and homogeneous …
Authors
Kwon J; Sutherland K; Makarova A; Matsuura T; Hashimoto T; Peng H; Toshito T; Umegaki K; Shirato H; Shimizu S
Journal
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Vol. 429, , pp. 34–41
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
8 2018
DOI
10.1016/j.nimb.2018.05.033
ISSN
0168-583X