國立臺灣師範大學化學系C.-Y. YangC.-W.WeiY.-P. LinH.-C. TsengY.-N. WuChia-Chun ChenD.-B. ShiehP.-C. Li2014-12-022014-12-022008-02-010009-4536http://rportal.lib.ntnu.edu.tw/handle/20.500.12235/42331Gold nanoparticles with carbohydrate ligands attached on their surface have been synthesized and characterized with various techniques. The new nanoparticle conjugates have shown great potentials as a contrast agent for opto-acoustic imaging. Hemocompatibility measurements of human blood for the carbohydrate-gold nanoparticles have shown that the conjugates are feasible for in vivo testing. Preliminary quantitative flow measurements using the conjugates were also studied in this work based on the indicator-dilution theory. In vitro phantom experiments were designed and conducted, and results were discussed.Carbohydrate-AuNPsOpto-acoustic imagingTime-intensity curve