Photodynamic therapy: photosensitizers and nanostructures
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چکیده
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) uses photosensitizers (PSs) to treat some skin and eye diseases, certain types of cancer. In this review, we summarise the strategies design PSs how they can be incorporated into different nanostructures.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Materials Chemistry Frontiers
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2052-1537']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d0qm00922a