  Our group has recently developed a finite element model of a
nanoparticle-mediated optical breakdown phenomena. Previously, this model was
used to analyze the role of the nanoparticle morphology and the wavelength
dependence of a nanoparticle-mediated optical breakdown threshold during
near-infrared ps and fs pulse exposures. In this study, we provide a
theoretical insight into the optoporation efficiency of live cells and bubble
formation threshold during nanoparticle-mediated optical breakdown. It was done
by the calculation of maximum temperature and free electron density in the
vicinity of a single gold nanoshell in water during 70 femtosecond single pulse
exposure and comparison against published experimental data.
