From colloidal particles to photonic crystals: advances in self-assembly and their emerging applications

Z Cai, Z Li, S Ravaine, M He, Y Song, Y Yin… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the last three decades, photonic crystals (PhCs) have attracted intense interests thanks
to their broad potential applications in optics and photonics. Generally, these structures can …

Colloidal self-assembly approaches to smart nanostructured materials

Z Li, Q Fan, Y Yin - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Colloidal self-assembly refers to a solution-processed assembly of nanometer-/micrometer-
sized, well-dispersed particles into secondary structures, whose collective properties are …

Hollow MnO2 as a tumor-microenvironment-responsive biodegradable nano-platform for combination therapy favoring antitumor immune responses

G Yang, L Xu, Y Chao, J Xu, X Sun, Y Wu… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Herein, an intelligent biodegradable hollow manganese dioxide (H-MnO2) nano-platform is
developed for not only tumor microenvironment (TME)-specific imaging and on-demand …

Recent advances in functional nanomaterials for light–triggered cancer therapy

S Gai, G Yang, P Yang, F He, J Lin, D **, B **ng - Nano today, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

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 …

Intelligent Albumin-MnO2 Nanoparticles as pH-/H2 O2-Responsive Dissociable Nanocarriers to Modulate Tumor Hypoxia for Effective Combination Therapy.

Q Chen, L Feng, J Liu, W Zhu, Z Dong… - … (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2016 - europepmc.org
A unique type of pH/H2 O2 dual-responsive intelligent nanoscale delivery system based on
albumin-coated MnO2 is presented, which is capable of modulating the tumor …

Sol–gel‐based advanced porous silica materials for biomedical applications

Q Lei, J Guo, A Noureddine, A Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Porous silica‐based materials have burgeoning applications ranging from fillers and
additives, to adsorbents, catalysts, and recently therapeutic agents and vaccines in …

Modulation of Hypoxia in Solid Tumor Microenvironment with MnO2 Nanoparticles to Enhance Photodynamic Therapy

W Zhu, Z Dong, T Fu, J Liu, Q Chen, Y Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Hypoxia not only promotes tumor metastasis but also strengthens tumor resistance to
therapies that demand the involvement of oxygen, such as radiation therapy and …

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 …

Highly emissive dye-sensitized upconversion nanostructure for dual-photosensitizer photodynamic therapy and bioimaging

J Xu, P Yang, M Sun, H Bi, B Liu, D Yang, S Gai, F He… - Acs Nano, 2017 - ACS Publications
Rare-earth-based upconversion nanotechnology has recently shown great promise for
photodynamic therapy (PDT). However, the NIR-induced PDT is greatly restricted by …