The nonradiative conversion of light energy into heat (photothermal therapy, PTT) or sound
energy (photoacoustic imaging, PAI) has been intensively investigated for the treatment and …

Cancer has emerged over the last decades as one of the deadliest diseases in the world.
Among the most commonly used techniques (ie surgery, immunotherapy, radiotherapy or …

Microneedles (MNs), as an effective minimally invasive delivery route, when used to
puncture the skin, can bypass the skin's stratum corneum (SC) to enter the skin …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a clinically approved cancer therapy, based on a
photochemical reaction between a light activatable molecule or photosensitizer, light, and …

Photothermal therapy (PTT), which utilizes near‐infrared light‐absorbing agents to ablate
tumor, has emerged as a highly promising anticancer strategy and received intensive …

One-dimensional (1-D) nanomaterials possess unique shape-dependent phyicochemical
properties and are increasingly recognized as promising materials for nanotechnology. 1-D …

Tremendous interest in self‐assembly of peptides and proteins towards functional
nanomaterials has been inspired by naturally evolving self‐assembly in biological …

Photo–triggered therapeutic modalities for cancer have attracted enormous attention in
recent years due to the easily focused and tuned properties of irradiation light that enable …

Advanced treatments based on immune system manipulation, gene transcription and
regulation, specific organ and cell targeting, and/or photon energy conversion have …

The tumor microenvironment (TME) has been increasingly recognized as a crucial
contributor to tumorigenesis. Based on the unique TME for achieving tumor‐specific therapy …