|
Shape
|
Size (diameter) (nm)
|
SA (m2)
|
Volume (m3)
|
SA/V-R
|
|---|
|
Nanospheres
|
10
|
3.14 × 10−16
|
5.23 × 10−25
|
6.00 × 108
|
|
20
|
12.56 × 10−16
|
41.87 × 10−25
|
3.00 × 108
|
|
21.7a
|
14.79 × 10−16
|
53.48 × 10−25
|
2.77 × 108
|
|
30
|
28.26 × 10−16
|
141.3 × 10−25
|
2.00 × 108
|
|
40
|
50.24 × 10−16
|
334.93 × 10−25
|
1.50 × 108
|
|
Nanorodsb
|
d = 5, l = 17
|
3.06 × 10−16
|
3.34 × 10−25
|
9.16 × 108
|
|
d = 8, l = 28
|
8.03 × 10−16
|
14.07 × 10−25
|
5.71 × 108
|
|
d = 11, l = 38
|
13.38 × 10−16
|
36.9 × 10−25
|
3.71 × 108
|
|
Nanoshells
|
C = 30, S = 8
|
66.4 × 10−16
|
53.1 × 10−24
|
1.25 × 108
|
|
C = 120, S = 5
|
530.7 × 10−16
|
265.30 × 10−24
|
2.00 × 108
|
|
C = 100, S = 7.5
|
415.3 × 10−16
|
311.5 × 10−24
|
1.33 × 108
|
- d diameter, l length, C core diameter, S Au shell thickness
- aAu NP size at minimum absorption bandwidth (Link and El-Sayed 1999a)
- bExperimental nanorod sizes used for photothermal therapy (Mackey et al. 2014)
