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

例包括对新生儿进行光疗以帮助治疗黄疸，或者使用光敏剂和光照来杀死癌细的光动力疗法。

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.

它们的光反射和吸收特性使它们既适用于电子显， 查生物和细的结构，也适用于光动力疗法， 在光动力疗法中， 粒子穿透癌细， 然后用光加热以破坏肿瘤。