Photothermal nanomaterials: a powerful light-to-heat converter

X Cui, Q Ruan, X Zhuo, X **a, J Hu, R Fu, Y Li… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
All forms of energy follow the law of conservation of energy, by which they can be neither
created nor destroyed. Light-to-heat conversion as a traditional yet constantly evolving …

Noble metal nanomaterials for NIR‐triggered photothermal therapy in cancer

Z Lv, S He, Y Wang, X Zhu - Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
It is of great significance to develop anticancer therapeutic agents or technologies with high
degree of specificity and patient compliance, while low toxicity. The emerging photothermal …

Advances in the application of magnetic nanoparticles for sensing

L Gloag, M Mehdipour, D Chen, RD Tilley… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are of high significance in sensing as they provide viable
solutions to the enduring challenges related to lower detection limits and nonspecific effects …

Light: a magical tool for controlled drug delivery

Y Tao, HF Chan, B Shi, M Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Light is a particularly appealing tool for on‐demand drug delivery due to its noninvasive
nature, ease of application, and exquisite temporal and spatial control. Great progress is …

Photo‐facilitated chemodynamic therapeutic agents: Synthesis, mechanisms, and biomedical applications

N Yang, C Cao, X Lv, T Zhang, J Shao, X Song… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Chemodynamic therapy (CDT) utilizes Fenton and/or Fenton‐like reactions in the tumor
microenvironment (TME) to produce cytotoxic reactive oxygen species (ROS, mainly …

An injectable supramolecular polymer nanocomposite hydrogel for prevention of breast cancer recurrence with theranostic and mammoplastic functions

Y Wu, H Wang, F Gao, Z Xu, F Dai… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The high locoregional breast cancer recurrence rate poses a significant risk for patients'
survival. Injecting theranostic drugs‐laden soft tissue‐like hydrogels into the resected breast …

Hypoxia-irrelevant photonic thermodynamic cancer nanomedicine

H **ang, H Lin, L Yu, Y Chen - Acs Nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
The hypoxic tumor microenvironment severely lowers the therapeutic efficacy of oxygen-
dependent anticancer modalities because tumor hypoxia hinders the generation of toxic …

Advances in photothermal nanomaterials for biomedical, environmental and energy applications

SY Tee, E Ye, CP Teng, Y Tanaka, KY Tang, KY Win… - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Materials that exhibit photothermal effect have attracted enormous research interests due to
their ability to strongly absorb light and effectively transform it into heat for a wide range of …

Platinum-coated gold nanorods: efficient reactive oxygen scavengers that prevent oxidative damage toward healthy, untreated cells during plasmonic photothermal …

M Aioub, SR Panikkanvalappil, MA El-Sayed - ACS nano, 2017 - ACS Publications
As a minimally invasive therapeutic strategy, gold nanorod (AuNR)-based plasmonic
photothermal therapy (PPT) has shown significant promise for the selective ablation of …

Nanoparticles-encapsulated polymeric microneedles for transdermal drug delivery

M Chen, G Quan, Y Sun, D Yang, X Pan… - Journal of Controlled …, 2020 - Elsevier
Polymeric microneedles (MNs) have been leveraged as a novel transdermal drug delivery
platform for effective drug permeation, which were widely used in the treatment of various …