Visible-to-NIR-light activated release: from small molecules to nanomaterials

R Weinstain, T Slanina, D Kand, P Klan - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Photoactivatable (alternatively, photoremovable, photoreleasable, or photocleavable)
protecting groups (PPGs), also known as caged or photocaged compounds, are used to …

Surface modified lanthanide upconversion nanoparticles for drug delivery, cellular uptake mechanism, and current challenges in NIR-driven therapies

AA Ansari, AK Parchur, G Chen - Coordination chemistry reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Lanthanides (Ln 3+) are a particular class of optical materials and are regularly
utilized as a structure block for architectures of optoelectronic frameworks because of their …

Interrogating biological systems using visible-light-powered catalysis

KA Ryu, CM Kaszuba, NB Bissonnette… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Light-powered catalysis has found broad utility as a chemical transformation strategy, with
widespread impact on energy, environment, drug discovery and human health. A noteworthy …

[HTML][HTML] Light-responsive nanomaterials for cancer therapy

X Zhang, S Wang, G Cheng, P Yu, J Chang - Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to its unique advantages, which include minimal invasiveness and relative clinical
safety, phototherapy is considered to be a promising approach for cancer treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Melanin-loaded CpG DNA hydrogel for modulation of tumor immune microenvironment

Y Wu, Q Li, G Shim, YK Oh - Journal of Controlled Release, 2021 - Elsevier
Photothermal immunotherapy has emerged as one of the most potent approaches for cancer
treatment, but this strategy has suffered from the lack of biodegradability of the …

Green nanopesticide: pH-responsive eco-friendly pillar [5] arene-modified selenium nanoparticles for smart delivery of carbendazim to suppress sclerotinia diseases

Y Huang, Y Yang, B Liang, S Lu, X Yuan… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Controlled-release delivery systems have been widely used to improve the efficacy and
bioavailability of pesticides and minimize environmental risks. Herein, a fungicide …

Synthesis of methotrexate-loaded dumbbell-shaped titanium dioxide/gold nanorods coated with mesoporous silica and decorated with upconversion nanoparticles for …

P Dash, S Thirumurugan, CL Tseng… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This study prepared dumbbell-shaped titanium dioxide (TiO2)/gold nanorods (AuNRs)
coated with mesoporous silica shells (mS)(AuNRs-TiO2@ mS). Methotrexate (MTX) was …

Nanoparticles-mediated ion channels manipulation: From their membrane interactions to bioapplications

Q Huang, W Zhu, X Gao, X Liu, Z Zhang… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ion channels are transmembrane proteins ubiquitously expressed in all cells that control
various ions (eg Na+, K+, Ca 2+ and Cl-etc) crossing cellular plasma membrane, which play …

Photoactive lanthanide‐based upconverting nanoclusters for antimicrobial applications

N Kandoth, S Barman, A Chatterjee… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Developing photoactive nanosystems against microbial infection and its therapeutic
application is compromised by the lack of suitable materials or molecular dyes activatable at …

Near‐infrared light‐triggered polyprodrug/siRNA loaded upconversion nanoparticles for multi‐modality imaging and synergistic cancer therapy

G Kuang, H Lu, S He, H Xiong, J Yu… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Stimuli‐responsive nanosystems have been widely applied as effective modalities for
drug/gene co‐delivery in cancer treatment. However, precise spatiotemporal manipulations …