The fast-growing field of photo-driven theranostics based on aggregation-induced emission

Z Zhang, M Kang, H Tan, N Song, M Li, P **ao… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Photo-driven theranostics, also known as phototheranostics, relying on the diverse excited-
state energy conversions of theranostic agents upon photoexcitation represents a significant …

Cancer nanomedicine: a review of recent success in drug delivery

S Tran, PJ DeGiovanni, B Piel, P Rai - Clinical and translational medicine, 2017 - Springer
Cancer continues to be one of the most difficult global healthcare problems. Although there
is a large library of drugs that can be used in cancer treatment, the problem is selectively …

Nanomaterials as photothermal therapeutic agents

J Chen, C Ning, Z Zhou, P Yu, Y Zhu, G Tan… - Progress in materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Curing cancer has been one of the greatest conundrums in the modern medical field. To
reduce side-effects associated with the traditional cancer therapy such as radiotherapy and …

Stimuli-responsive therapeutic metallodrugs

X Wang, X Wang, S **, N Muhammad, Z Guo - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The success of platinum-based anticancer agents has motivated the exploration of novel
metal-based drugs for several decades, whereas problems such as drug-resistance and …

Silver nanoparticles: synthesis, characterization, properties, applications, and therapeutic approaches

XF Zhang, ZG Liu, W Shen, S Gurunathan - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Recent advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology radically changed the way we
diagnose, treat, and prevent various diseases in all aspects of human life. Silver …

Oncologic photodynamic therapy: basic principles, current clinical status and future directions

D Van Straten, V Mashayekhi, HS De Bruijn, S Oliveira… - Cancers, 2017 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a clinically approved cancer therapy, based on a
photochemical reaction between a light activatable molecule or photosensitizer, light, and …

New photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy

H Abrahamse, MR Hamblin - Biochemical Journal, 2016 - portlandpress.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) was discovered more than 100 years ago, and has since
become a well-studied therapy for cancer and various non-malignant diseases including …

Diverse applications of nanomedicine

B Pelaz, C Alexiou, RA Alvarez-Puebla, F Alves… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The design and use of materials in the nanoscale size range for addressing medical and
health-related issues continues to receive increasing interest. Research in nanomedicine …

Bibliometric analysis of global research on cancer photodynamic therapy: focus on nano-related research

K Cheng, Q Guo, Z Shen, W Yang, Y Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
A growing body of research has illuminated that photodynamic therapy (PDT) serves as an
important therapeutic strategy in oncology and has become a hot topic in recent years …

Organic photo-antimicrobials: Principles, molecule design, and applications

B Ran, Z Wang, W Cai, L Ran, W **a… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The emergence of multi-drug-resistant pathogens threatens the healthcare systems world-
wide. Recent advances in phototherapy (PT) approaches mediated by photo-antimicrobials …