Gold nanorods have potential applications in the area of drug delivery and photothermal therapy. These promises arises due to their unique optical and photothermal properties, the existence of some synthetic protocols that can tune the size and shape of the particles and modification regarding surface and conjugate drugs or molecules to the nanorods with relative biocompatibility of gold nanorods. The current utilization of gold nanorods as drug delivery vehicles along with their issues regarding dosage, toxicity and biological interactions are focused in this review.
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