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  • adjective physics Describing the production of heat by photoexcitation

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Examples

  • So these nanoparticles and the type of therapy called photothermal cancer therapy actually has remarkably high success rates with eliminating tumors and it is -- has actually transitioned to the clinic in the last year-and-a-half.

    CNN Transcript Jan 1, 2010 2010

  • At the company's Houston headquarters, scientists are also developing a new form of cancer treatment called photothermal destruction.

    Tiny Weapons With Giant Potential 2007

  • The sun shines, regardless of the presence or absence of photovoltaic solar modules or photothermal systems.

    Define "Sustainability." Please. | The Greenwash Brigade | Marketplace from American Public Media 2008

  • That mirage is created by photothermal deflection - the heat is bending the light rays, creating the impression that there's a puddle up ahead.

    ABC News: Top Stories 2011

  • It's an experiment in photothermal deflection "the mirage effect" to physicists, and it was done with

    ABC News: Top Stories 2011

  • Each set of particles was photographed with a scanning electron microscope and then analyzed for its absorption and scattering properties via single-particle photothermal imaging and laser dark-field scattering.

    D Mag - News 2010

  • Nanoparticles provide a targeted version of photothermal therapy for German physician Paul Ehrlich coined the term Zuberkugel, or

    WN.com - Articles related to Are your eyes puffy when you wake up in the morning? 2010

  • It will explore the basics of nanoparticles, the experimental measurement of nanoparticle interactions with biological tissues, photothermal, and photochemical mechanisms of nanotherapy.

    Newswise: Latest News 2010

  • It will explore the basics of nanoparticles, the experimental measurement of nanoparticle interactions with biological tissues, photothermal, and photochemical mechanisms of nanotherapy.

    VT Campus News 2010

  • Better characterization of single nanoparticles is important to researchers pursuing microscopic optical sensors, subwavelength "super lenses," catalysis and photothermal cancer therapies that use nanoparticles.

    D Mag - News 2010

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