Photothermal Therapy: Biodegradable Bi 2 O 2 Se Quantum Dots for Photoacoustic Imaging‐Guided Cancer Photothermal Therapy (Small 1/2020)

Graphene Quantum Dots-Coated Bismuth Nanoparticles for X-ray CT Imaging-Guided Photothermal therapy of Cancer Cells

Introduction: Theranostic nanoparticles, which integrate both diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities into one nanoagent, has great promise to ablate more effective tumoral tissue by optimizing and real-time monitoring treatment interventions, as well as monitoring therapeutic response to corresponding effect. Multifunctional theranostic nanoagent based on graphene quantum dots...

Advances in biodegradable nanomaterials for photothermal therapy of cancer

Photothermal cancer therapy is an alternative to chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery. With the development of nanophotothermal agents, this therapy holds immense potential in clinical translation. However, the toxicity issues derived from the fact that nanomaterials are trapped and retained in the reticuloendothelial systems limit their biomedical application. Developing biodegradable photo...

Biodegradable Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanodots for Non-Invasive Photoacoustic Imaging and Photothermal Therapy

Multifunctional nanoparticles have been widely investigated for biomedical applications, such as imaging, therapy, and drug delivery. Especially, photoactive nanoparticles have received great attention as theranostic agents because of their heat-generating abilities after exposure to laser irradiation. However, photostability and safety issues have been the technical hurdles for further clinica...

Biodegradable and Multifunctional Polymer Micro-Tubes for Targeting Photothermal Therapy

We describe an innovative form of polymer micro-tubes with diverse functions including biodegradation, magnetic manipulation, and photothermal effect that employs and activates photothermal therapy to target cancer cells. The micro-tube comprised soybean protein isolate, poly-l-glutamic acid, magnetite nanoparticles, plus gold nanoparticles. Through electrostatic force, these components, with o...

Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Imaging to Guide and Monitor Photothermal Therapy