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 …

Functional nanoparticles through π-conjugated polymer self-assembly

LR MacFarlane, H Shaikh… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The development of π-conjugated polymers has provided a gateway to a variety of new
functional organic materials reminiscent of inorganic semiconductors. Nanoparticles based …

Recent advances in functional nanomaterials for light–triggered cancer therapy

S Gai, G Yang, P Yang, F He, J Lin, D Jin, B Xing - Nano today, 2018 - Elsevier
Photo–triggered therapeutic modalities for cancer have attracted enormous attention in
recent years due to the easily focused and tuned properties of irradiation light that enable …

Stimuli-responsive nano-architecture drug-delivery systems to solid tumor micromilieu: past, present, and future perspectives

HS El-Sawy, AM Al-Abd, TA Ahmed, KM El-Say… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The microenvironment characteristics of solid tumors, renowned as barriers that harshly
impeded many drug-delivery approaches, were precisely studied, investigated, categorized …

[HTML][HTML] Poly (α-l-lysine)-based nanomaterials for versatile biomedical applications: Current advances and perspectives

M Zheng, M Pan, W Zhang, H Lin, S Wu, C Lu, S Tang… - Bioactive Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (α-l-lysine)(PLL) is a class of water-soluble, cationic biopolymer composed of α-
l-lysine structural units. The previous decade witnessed tremendous progress in the …

Photoresponsive biomaterials for targeted drug delivery and 4D cell culture

ER Ruskowitz, CA DeForest - Nature Reviews Materials, 2018 - nature.com
Biological signalling is regulated through a complex and tightly choreographed interplay
between cells and their extracellular matrix. The spatiotemporal control of these interactions …

Remote light‐responsive nanocarriers for controlled drug delivery: advances and perspectives

W Zhao, Y Zhao, Q Wang, T Liu, J Sun, R Zhang - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Engineering of smart photoactivated nanomaterials for targeted drug delivery systems (DDS)
has recently attracted considerable research interest as light enables precise and accurate …

Conjugated polymer nanoparticles for imaging, cell activity regulation, and therapy

Y Wang, L Feng, S Wang - Advanced Functional Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Conjugated polymer nanoparticles, considered as a class of promising nanomaterials for
biomedical application, are extensively employed in bioimaging, anti‐microorganism and …

Smart nanostructures for cargo delivery: uncaging and activating by light

M Karimi, P Sahandi Zangabad… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Nanotechnology has begun to play a remarkable role in various fields of science and
technology. In biomedical applications, nanoparticles have opened new horizons, especially …

Photo-responsive polymers: synthesis and applications

O Bertrand, JF Gohy - Polymer Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we highlight the progress realized in recent years on light-responsive
polymers. More precisely, we provide some guidelines towards the rational design of photo …