Recent strategies to develop innovative photosensitizers for enhanced photodynamic therapy

TC Pham, VN Nguyen, Y Choi, S Lee, J Yoon - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review presents a robust strategy to design photosensitizers (PSs) for various species.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a photochemical-based treatment approach that involves the …

Advances in nanomaterials for photodynamic therapy applications: Status and challenges

J Chen, T Fan, Z **e, Q Zeng, P Xue, T Zheng, Y Chen… - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), as a non-invasive therapeutic modality that is alternative to
radiotherapy and chemotherapy, is extensively investigated for cancer treatments. Although …

Degradability and clearance of inorganic nanoparticles for biomedical applications

G Yang, SZF Phua, AK Bindra, Y Zhao - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Inorganic nanoparticles with tunable and diverse properties hold tremendous potential in the
field of nanomedicine, while having non‐negligible toxicity concerns in healthy …

Nanochemistry and nanomedicine for nanoparticle-based diagnostics and therapy

G Chen, I Roy, C Yang, PN Prasad - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Nanoparticles are generally defined as any particulate material for which at least one
dimension lies in the range of 1− 100 nm. 1− 3 They can exist in various shapes, such as …

Degradability and clearance of silicon, organosilica, silsesquioxane, silica mixed oxide, and mesoporous silica nanoparticles

JG Croissant, Y Fatieiev, NM Khashab - Advanced materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The biorelated degradability and clearance of siliceous nanomaterials have been
questioned worldwide, since they are crucial prerequisites for the successful translation in …

Functional nanomaterials for phototherapies of cancer

L Cheng, C Wang, L Feng, K Yang, Z Liu - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Cancer has been one of the major threats to the lives of human beings for centuries.(1)
Current cancer therapies mainly include surgery, chemotherapies, and radiotherapies …

[HTML][HTML] Multifunctional phototheranostic nanomedicine for cancer imaging and treatment

D Gao, X Guo, X Zhang, S Chen, Y Wang, T Chen… - Materials Today Bio, 2020 - Elsevier
Cancer, as one of the most life-threatening diseases, shows a high fatality rate around the
world. When improving the therapeutic efficacy of conventional cancer treatments …

Nanotechnology-based drug delivery systems for photodynamic therapy of cancer: a review

GMF Calixto, J Bernegossi, LM De Freitas, CR Fontana… - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising alternative approach for improved cancer
treatment. In PDT, a photosensitizer (PS) is administered that can be activated by light of a …

Nanoparticles in photodynamic therapy

SS Lucky, KC Soo, Y Zhang - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Cancer accounted for 7.6 million deaths (around 13% of all deaths) worldwide in 2008.(1)
Almost 13 million cancer cases are newly diagnosed every year, and deaths are projected to …

Nanoscale metal–organic frameworks for phototherapy of cancer

G Lan, K Ni, W Lin - Coordination chemistry reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Phototherapy involves the irradiation of tissues with light and is commonly implemented in
the forms of photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photothermal therapy (PTT). Photosensitizers …