Photothermal nanomaterials: a powerful light-to-heat converter

X Cui, Q Ruan, X Zhuo, X Xia, J Hu, R Fu, Y Li… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
All forms of energy follow the law of conservation of energy, by which they can be neither
created nor destroyed. Light-to-heat conversion as a traditional yet constantly evolving …

Recent strategies to develop innovative photosensitizers for enhanced photodynamic therapy

TC Pham, VN Nguyen, Y Choi, S Lee, J Yoon - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review presents a robust strategy to design photosensitizers (PSs) for various species.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a photochemical-based treatment approach that involves the …

Recent progress in photosensitizers for overcoming the challenges of photodynamic therapy: from molecular design to application

X Zhao, J Liu, J Fan, H Chao, X Peng - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), a therapeutic mode involving light triggering, has been
recognized as an attractive oncotherapy treatment. However, nonnegligible challenges …

Photodynamic therapy—current limitations and novel approaches

G Gunaydin, ME Gedik, S Ayan - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) mostly relies on the generation of singlet oxygen, via the
excitation of a photosensitizer, so that target tumor cells can be destroyed. PDT can be …

Clinical development and potential of photothermal and photodynamic therapies for cancer

X Li, JF Lovell, J Yoon, X Chen - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2020 - nature.com
Light-activated, photosensitizer-based therapies have been established as safe modalities
of tumour ablation for numerous cancer indications. Two main approaches are available …

Design of superior phototheranostic agents guided by Jablonski diagrams

G Feng, GQ Zhang, D Ding - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Phototheranostics represents a promising direction for modern precision medicine, which
has recently attracted great research interest from multidisciplinary research areas. Organic …

Advances in nanomaterials for photodynamic therapy applications: Status and challenges

J Chen, T Fan, Z Xie, Q Zeng, P Xue, T Zheng, Y Chen… - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), as a non-invasive therapeutic modality that is alternative to
radiotherapy and chemotherapy, is extensively investigated for cancer treatments. Although …

Golgi apparatus-targeted aggregation-induced emission luminogens for effective cancer photodynamic therapy

M Liu, Y Chen, Y Guo, H Yuan, T Cui, S Yao… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Golgi apparatus (GA) oxidative stress induced by in situ reactive oxygen species (ROS)
could severely damage the morphology and function of GA, which may open up an avenue …

An all‐round athlete on the track of phototheranostics: subtly regulating the balance between radiative and nonradiative decays for multimodal imaging‐guided …

Z Zhang, W Xu, M Kang, H Wen, H Guo… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aiming to achieve versatile phototheranostics with the integrated functionalities of multiple
diagnostic imaging and synergistic therapy, the optimum use of dissipated energy through …

Photothermal therapy and photoacoustic imaging via nanotheranostics in fighting cancer

Y Liu, P Bhattarai, Z Dai, X Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The nonradiative conversion of light energy into heat (photothermal therapy, PTT) or sound
energy (photoacoustic imaging, PAI) has been intensively investigated for the treatment and …