Important Parameters for Optimized Metal Nanoparticles‑Aided Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Effect on Cancer

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dc.contributor.authorOchoo, Lawrence
dc.contributor.authorMigwi, Charles
dc.contributor.authorOkumu, John
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-04T12:55:51Z
dc.date.available2023-07-04T12:55:51Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionarticleen_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: A number of experimental research findings for the metal nanoparticles (NPs)-mediated EMF photothermal therapy of cancer cells show an intriguing trend of the NPs’ size-dependent efficacy. This is a phenomenon we find to trend with the light absorption bandwidth behavior (full width at half maximum) of the NPs and the accompanying electric field enhancement. We find that the nanoparticle sizes that have been reported to produce the optimized effect on cancer cells are of minimum absorption bandwidth and optimized electric field magnitude. While the death of cancer cells under the NPs-aided EMF effect has in the past attracted varied interpretations, either as a thermal or non-thermal effect, photothermal effect has gained a wide acceptance due to the exhibited hyperthermia. However, the exhibited trend of the NPs’ size-dependent efficacy is beginning to feature as a possible manifestation of other overlooked underlying or synergistic phenomenal conditions. Method: We present a theoretical model and analysis which reveal that the contribution and efficacy of the metal NPs in the destruction of cancer depend partly but significantly on the accompanying electric field intensity enhancement factor and partly on their absorption cross-section. Results: This paper finds that, other than the expected hyperthermia, the metal NPs’ sizes for the optimized therapy on cancer cells seem to fulfill other synergistic conditions which need to come to the fore. We find interplay between electric field and thermal effects as independent energy channels where balancing may be important for the optimized EMF effect, in the ratio of about 5:1. The required balancing depends on the absorption bandwidth and absorption cross-section of the NPs, the frequency of EMF used and the relative permittivity of the cancer cells. The NPs’ size-dependent efficacy decreases away from the NPs’ size of minimum absorption bandwidth, which is around 20 nm for Au NPs or other shapes of equivalent surface area–volume ratio. While the absorption wavelength peak for metal NPs would change with the change of shape, the responsible condition(s) for optimizing the efficacy remains relatively invariable. Conclusion: From the modeling and the analysis of the NPs’ size for optimizing the EMF therapy on cancer cells, the ratio of electric field enhancement by metal NPs to the associated thermal effect is a very important factor for efficacy.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOchoo, L., Migwi, C., & Okumu, J. (2018). Important parameters for optimized metal nanoparticles-aided electromagnetic field (EMF) effect on cancer. Cancer nanotechnology, 9(1), 1-19.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12645-018-0038-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/26067
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen_US
dc.subjectCanceren_US
dc.subjectMetal nanoparticlesen_US
dc.subjectElectromagnetic fielden_US
dc.subjectPhotothermal therapyen_US
dc.subjectElectric field effecten_US
dc.titleImportant Parameters for Optimized Metal Nanoparticles‑Aided Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Effect on Canceren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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