Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an established method for the treatment of cancer which
utilizes light, a photosensitizer (PS), and oxygen. Unfavourable characteristics of most PSs …

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) are widely known for their versatile applications.
One of the most extended is as drug delivery systems for the treatment of cancer and other …

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNPs) have attracted much attention in many biomedical
applications. One of the fields in which smart functional nanosystems have found wide …

Photoactivated therapeutic strategies (photothermal therapy and photodynamic therapy),
due to the adjusted therapeutic area, time and light dosage, have prevailed for the fight …

Photodinamic therapy (PDT) has gained an increasing interest as a new tool to treat skin
cancers such as melanoma. This clinical approach take advantage from the combination of …

In this review, the use of mesoporous silica nanoparticles for photodynamic therapy (PDT)
applications is described for the year 2017. Since the pioneering work in 2009, nanosystems …

In recent years, research trend has gradually removed from a concentration on monotherapy
to combination therapy for fighting cancer. Combination photo-chemotherapy, including …

Mannose -targeted mesoporous silica nanoparticles for photodynamic therapy - Chemical
Communications (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/B900427K Royal Society of Chemistry View …

A simple surface modification process that conjugates a photosensitizer, photoporphyrin IX
(PpIX), with mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) through covalent bonding to yield PpIX …

This paper describes the fabrication of a highly efficient, non-cytotoxic drug delivery platform
designed for photodynamic therapy (PDT): phospholipid-capped, protoporphyrin IX–loaded …