A perfect “off” to “on” switch of the therapeutic function is very important to minimize the
phototoxicity of nanoplatforms assisted imaging-guided photodynamic therapy (PDT) of …

A new strategy for efficient in vivo image-guided photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been
demonstrated utilizing a ligand-exchange constructed upconversion-C60 …

Side effect is one of the main factors affecting the success of cancer therapies in clinic.
Patients treated with photodynamic therapy (PDT) suffer mainly from the phototoxicity due to …

Upconversion-based photon-initiated therapeutic modalities, photodynamic therapy (PDT) in
particular, have shown significant clinical potential in deep-seated tumor treatment …

Photoswitchable materials are important in broad applications. Recently appeared inorganic
photoswitchable upconversion nanoparticles (PUCNPs) become a competitive candidate to …

The treatment depth of existing photodynamic therapy (PDT) is limited because of the
absorption of visible excitation light in biological tissue. It can be augmented by means of …

Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) have drawn much attention in cancer imaging and
therapy in recent years. Herein, we for the first time report the use of UCNPs with carefully …

Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) that emit high-energy photons upon excitation by the
low-energy near-infrared (NIR) light are emerging as new optical nano-probes useful in …

Most photosensitizer molecules used for the photodynamic therapy (PDT) are chemically-
synthesized organic photosensitizer dyes which show several limitations such as …

Upconversion photodynamic therapy (PDT), utilizing upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs)
to excite surface-anchored molecular photosensitizers, enables to treat deep-seated tumors …