The great promise of photodynamic therapy (PDT) has thrusted the rapid progress of
develo** highly effective photosensitizers (PS) in killing cancerous cells and bacteria. To …

In recent years tremendous effort has been invested in the field of cancer diagnosis and
treatment with an overall goal of improving cancer management, therapeutic outcome …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been applied to treat a wide range of medical conditions,
including wet age-related macular degeneration psoriasis, atherosclerosis, viral infection …

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 …

Optical imaging represents one of the most essential tools in biological studies. Although
with great advances, bio-optical imaging still suffers from problems such as resolution …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) plays a key role in therapeutic effects as well as side effects
of platinum drugs. Cisplatin mediates activation of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide …

Over the past two decades, the development of plasmonic nanoparticle (NPs), especially
gold (Au) NPs, is being pursued more seriously in the medical fields such as imaging, drug …

Hybrid functional materials, constituting both inorganic and organic components, are
considered potential platforms for applications in extremely diverse fields such as optics …

Metal nanoclusters, composed of several to a few hundred metal atoms, have received
worldwide attention due to their extraordinary physical and chemical characteristics …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) can destroy local tumors and minimize normal tissue damage,
but is ineffective at eliminating metastases. Checkpoint blockade immunotherapy has …