Light is an attractive tool that has a profound impact on modern medicine. Particularly, light-
based photothermal therapy (PTT) and photodynamic therapy (PDT) show great application …

Cancer has been one of the most common life‐threatening diseases for a long time.
Traditional cancer therapies such as surgery, chemotherapy (CT), and radiotherapy (RT) …

Abstract Although two-dimensional (2D) layered double hydroxides (LDHs) have been
widely used as efficient nanoagents for biological diagnosis and treatment, they have been …

Two-dimensional (2D) materials are at the forefront of materials research. Here we overview
their applications beyond graphene, such as transition metal dichalcogenides …

Photodynamic therapy is an alternative treatment mainly for cancer but also for bacterial
infections. This treatment dates back to 1900 when a German medical school graduate …

With the development of nanomedical technology, the application of various novel
nanomaterials in the biomedical field has been greatly developed in recent years. MXenes …

As an emerging clinical modality for cancer treatment, photodynamic therapy (PDT) takes
advantage of the cytotoxic activity of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that are generated by …

The ultrahigh concentration of glutathione (GSH) inside tumors destroys reactive oxygen
species (ROS)‐based therapy, improving the outcome of chemodynamic therapy (CDT) …

Metal chalcogenides have been intensively investigated as antibacterial agents due to their
unique structures and superior photoactivities. Herein, various structures of copper sulfide …

Plasmonic nanostructures possessing unique and versatile optoelectronic properties have
been vastly investigated over the past decade. However, the full potential of plasmonic …