Clinical examples include phototherapy on newborns to help treat jaundice, or photodynamic therapy which uses photosensitising agents and light to kill cancer cells.

临床实例包括对新生儿进行光以帮助疸，或者使用光敏剂光照来杀死癌细的光动力法。

Their light reflecting and absorbing qualities make them suitable for both electron microscopy, to examine the structure of microorganisms and cells, and photodynamic therapy, where the particles penetrate cancer cells and are then heated using light to destroy tumors.

它们的光吸收特性使它们既适用于电子显微镜， 检查微生物细的结构，也适用于光动力法， 在光动力法中， 粒子穿透癌细， 然后用光加热以破坏肿瘤。