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 …

Application of glutathione depletion in cancer therapy: Enhanced ROS-based therapy, ferroptosis, and chemotherapy

B Niu, K Liao, Y Zhou, T Wen, G Quan, X Pan, C Wu - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
Glutathione (GSH) is an important member of cellular antioxidative system. In cancer cells, a
high level of GSH is indispensable to scavenge excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) …

Supramolecular cancer nanotheranostics

J Zhou, L Rao, G Yu, TR Cook, X Chen… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Among the many challenges in medicine, the treatment and cure of cancer remains an
outstanding goal given the complexity and diversity of the disease. Nanotheranostics, the …

Recent progress of supramolecular chemotherapy based on host–guest interactions

M Yan, S Wu, Y Wang, M Liang, M Wang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Chemotherapy is widely recognized as an effective approach for treating cancer due to its
ability to eliminate cancer cells using chemotherapeutic drugs. However, traditional …

Functional supramolecular polymeric networks: the marriage of covalent polymers and macrocycle-based host–guest interactions

D Xia, P Wang, X Ji, NM Khashab, JL Sessler… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Covalent polymers connected by non-covalent interactions constitute a fascinating set of
materials known as supramolecular polymer networks (SPNs). A key feature of SPNs is that …

Smart organic materials based on macrocycle hosts

XY Lou, S Zhang, Y Wang, YW Yang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Innovative design of smart organic materials is of great importance for the advancement of
modern technology. Macrocycle hosts, possessing cyclic skeletons, intrinsic cavities, and …

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 …

Photoacoustic imaging: contrast agents and their biomedical applications

Q Fu, R Zhu, J Song, H Yang, X Chen - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photoacoustic (PA) imaging as a fast‐developing imaging technique has great potential in
biomedical and clinical applications. It is a noninvasive imaging modality that depends on …

A metal–polyphenol‐coordinated nanomedicine for synergistic cascade cancer chemotherapy and chemodynamic therapy

Z Ren, S Sun, R Sun, G Cui, L Hong, B Rao… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The clinical application of chemotherapy is impeded by the unsatisfactory efficacy and
severe side effects. Chemodynamic therapy (CDT) has emerged as an efficient strategy for …

Cyclodextrin polymers: Structure, synthesis, and use as drug carriers

Z Liu, L Ye, J Xi, J Wang, Z Feng - Progress in Polymer Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Cyclodextrin-based polymers (CDPs) are amphiphilic macromolecules owing to their unique
structure and the presence of multiple hydroxyl groups. These polymers have become …