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 …

The design of small-molecule prodrugs and activatable phototherapeutics for cancer therapy

HH Han, HM Wang, P Jangili, M Li, L Wu… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer remains as one of the most significant health problems, with approximately 19
million people diagnosed worldwide each year. Chemotherapy is a routinely used method to …

Layered double hydroxide-based nanomaterials for biomedical applications

T Hu, Z Gu, GR Williams, M Strimaite, J Zha… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Against the backdrop of increased public health awareness, inorganic nanomaterials have
been widely explored as promising nanoagents for various kinds of biomedical applications …

Minimally invasive nanomedicine: nanotechnology in photo-/ultrasound-/radiation-/magnetism-mediated therapy and imaging

J Ouyang, A Xie, J Zhou, R Liu, L Wang, H Liu… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Traditional treatments such as chemotherapy and surgery usually cause severe side effects
and excruciating pain. The emergence of nanomedicines and minimally invasive therapies …

Rational design of biomaterials to potentiate cancer thermal therapy

Y Zhu, Q Li, C Wang, Y Hao, N Yang, M Chen… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cancer thermal therapy, also known as hyperthermia therapy, has long been exploited to
eradicate mass lesions that are now defined as cancer. With the development of …

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 …

Multifunctional photoactive hydrogels for wound healing acceleration

A Maleki, J He, S Bochani, V Nosrati, MA Shahbazi… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Light is an attractive tool that has a profound impact on modern medicine. Particularly, light-
based photothermal therapy (PTT) and photodynamic therapy (PDT) show great application …

Current and promising applications of Hf (IV)-based MOFs in clinical cancer therapy

X Chen, M Li, M Lin, C Lu, A Kumar, Y Pan… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer is one of the greatest challenges in medical science today as it poses a serious
threat to human life. In view of this, myriad of therapeutic strategies are being developed for …

Emerging photothermal-derived multimodal synergistic therapy in combating bacterial infections

J Huo, Q Jia, H Huang, J Zhang, P Li, X Dong… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to the emerging bacterial resistance and the protection of tenacious biofilms, it is hard
for the single antibacterial modality to achieve satisfactory therapeutic effects nowadays. In …

BODIPY as a Multifunctional Theranostic Reagent in Biomedicine: Self‐Assembly, Properties, and Applications

HB Cheng, X Cao, S Zhang, K Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The use of boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) in biomedicine is reviewed. To open, its
synthesis and regulatory strategies are summarized, and inspiring cutting‐edge work in post …