Gold is a precious metal with a characteristic bright and beautiful hue known as the golden
yellow color.(1) As of 2012, a total of 174,100 tons of Au has been mined in human history …

In medicine, nanotechnology has sparked a rapidly growing interest as it promises to solve a
number of issues associated with conventional therapeutic agents, including their poor …

Cancer has been one of the major threats to the lives of human beings for centuries.(1)
Current cancer therapies mainly include surgery, chemotherapies, and radiotherapies …

In 2004, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released an important report entitled
“Innovation/Stagnation: Challenge and Opportunity on the Critical Path to New Medical …

Spurred by recent progress in materials chemistry and drug delivery, stimuli-responsive
devices that deliver a drug in spatial-, temporal-and dosage-controlled fashions have …

Poly (lactic‐co‐glycolic acid)(PLGA) copolymers have been broadly used in controlled drug
release applications. Because these polymers are biodegradable, they provide an attractive …

Photothermal ablation (PTA) therapy has a great potential to revolutionize conventional
therapeutic approaches for cancers, but it has been limited by difficulties in obtaining …

The unique physicochemical properties of nanomaterials have offered an opportunity to
integrate different theranostic modalities into a single nanoplatform for combined cancer …

Forty years after the first reports on stimuli-responsive phase transitions in synthetic
hydrogels, the first medicines based on responsive components are approaching the …

Well-designed photothermal nanomaterials have attracted the interest of many scientists
pursuing a better means to accurately diagnose cancer and assess the efficacy of treatment …