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 …

Delivery of drugs, proteins, and nucleic acids using inorganic nanoparticles

DC Luther, R Huang, T Jeon, X Zhang, YW Lee… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2020 - Elsevier
Inorganic nanoparticles provide multipurpose platforms for a broad range of delivery
applications. Intrinsic nanoscopic properties provide access to unique magnetic and optical …

Exploring recent advancements and future prospects on coordination self-assembly of the regulated lanthanide-doped luminescent supramolecular hydrogels

F Ahmed, MM Hussain, WU Khan, H Xiong - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Lanthanide-derived flexible luminescent hydrogels have attracted attention due to their
unique physical, chemical, and biological properties, which enable the construction of …

Biodegradable Nanoparticles of Polyacrylic Acid–Stabilized Amorphous CaCO3 for Tunable pH‐Responsive Drug Delivery and Enhanced Tumor Inhibition

C Xu, Y Yan, J Tan, D Yang, X Jia… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) are promising drug delivery carriers owing to their high drug
loading efficiency, scalable preparation, facile functionalization, and chemical/thermal …

Photo-controllable biochemistry: Exploiting the photocages in phototherapeutic window

H Xiong, Y Xu, B Kim, H Rha, B Zhang, M Li, GF Yang… - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
Photochemical tools have revolutionized the landscape of biomedicine, enabling the
exploration of nature in a noninvasively remote-controlled manner. Among them, especially …

Upconversion nanoparticles: Recent strategies and mechanism based applications

N Dubey, S Chandra - Journal of Rare Earths, 2022 - Elsevier
Upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) doped with lanthanides can convert near-infrared
excitation into UV and visible emissions. Because of their relatively high emission efficiency …

Solving the oxygen sensitivity of sensitized photon upconversion in life science applications

SHC Askes, S Bonnet - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2018 - nature.com
The conversion of low-energy light into high-energy light, also known as upconversion, can
be exploited in life science applications such as bioimaging and phototherapy. Sensitized …

Red-light-sensitive BODIPY photoprotecting groups for amines and their biological application in controlling heart rhythm

K Sitkowska, MF Hoes, MM Lerch… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Control of biological function by the use of photoremovable protecting groups (PPGs) is a
gateway towards many new medical developments. Herein, we report the synthesis and …

Approaches for the synthesis of o-nitrobenzyl and coumarin linkers for use in photocleavable biomaterials and bioconjugates and their biomedical applications

W Shen, J Zheng, Z Zhou, D Zhang - Acta Biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Photocleavable biomaterials and bioconjugates are particularly interesting because light
sources are easy to obtain and the responsiveness of materials is convenient to control. In …