Photo-triggered polymer nanomedicines: From molecular mechanisms to therapeutic applications

L Beauté, N McClenaghan… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
The use of nanotechnology to improve treatment efficacy and reduce side effects is central to
nanomedicine. In this context, stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems (DDS) such as …

Photo-responsive polymeric nanocarriers for target-specific and controlled drug delivery

VMM Giménez, G Arya, IA Zucchi, MJ Galante… - Soft Matter, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Conventional drug delivery systems often have several pharmacodynamic and
pharmacokinetic limitations related to their low efficacy and bad safety. It is because these …

Photosensitive drug delivery systems for cancer therapy: Mechanisms and applications

P Pan, D Svirskis, SWP Rees, D Barker… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
Over the past three decades, various photosensitive nanoparticles have been developed as
potential therapies in human health, ranging from photodynamic therapy technologies that …

Photo-induced drug release from polymeric micelles and liposomes: Phototriggering mechanisms in drug delivery systems

NM Salkho, NS Awad, WG Pitt, GA Husseini - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chemotherapeutic drugs are highly effective in treating cancer. However, the side effects
associated with this treatment lower the quality of life of cancer patients. Smart nanocarriers …

Photochemical mechanisms of light-triggered release from nanocarriers

N Fomina, J Sankaranarayanan, A Almutairi - Advanced drug delivery …, 2012 - Elsevier
Over the last three decades, a handful of photochemical mechanisms have been applied to
a large number of nanoscale assemblies that encapsulate a payload to afford spatio …

UV-and NIR-responsive polymeric nanomedicines for on-demand drug delivery

G Liu, W Liu, CM Dong - Polymer Chemistry, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Ultraviolet (UV) and near infrared (NIR) light-responsive polymeric nanomedicines (eg,
cargo-loaded micelles and vesicles) have increasingly received much attention for their …

Light‐sensitive Intelligent Drug Delivery Systems

C Alvarez‐Lorenzo, L Bromberg… - Photochemistry and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Drug delivery systems (DDS) capable of releasing an active molecule at the appropriate site
and at a rate that adjusts in response to the progression of the disease or to certain …

Reaching new lights: a review on photo-controlled nanomedicines and their in vivo evaluation

RCPA Remmers, K Neumann - Biomaterials Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The selective and efficient delivery of bioactive molecules to sites of interest remains a
formidable challenge in medicine. In recent years, it has been shown that stimuli-responsive …

Light: a magical tool for controlled drug delivery

Y Tao, HF Chan, B Shi, M Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Light is a particularly appealing tool for on‐demand drug delivery due to its noninvasive
nature, ease of application, and exquisite temporal and spatial control. Great progress is …

Photoresponsive polymersomes as smart, triggerable nanocarriers

E Cabane, V Malinova, S Menon, CG Palivan, W Meier - Soft Matter, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
The need for sophisticated systems to improve drug delivery to the body is growing, as is the
complexity of therapeutic agents available to treat a variety of conditions. Among the …