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2017 journal article

Nanoscale steady-state temperature gradients within polymer nanocomposites undergoing continuous-wave photothermal heating from gold nanorods

NANOSCALE, 9(32), 11605–11618.

By: S. Maityⁿ, W. Wu ⁿ, J. Tracy ⁿ, L. Clarkeⁿ & J. Bochinskiⁿ

TL;DR: Photothermal heating in this manner has potential utility in creating unique thermal processing conditions for outcomes such as driving chemical reactions, inducing crystallinity changes, or enhancing degradation processes in a manner unachievable by conventional heating methods. (via Semantic Scholar)

10.1039/c7nr04613h

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Anisotropically-shaped metal nanoparticles act as nanoscale heaters via excitation of a localized surface plasmon resonance, utilizing a photothermal effect which converts the optical energy into local heat.