New-generation photosensitizer-anchored gold nanorods for a single near-infrared light-triggered targeted photodynamic-photothermal therapy

• Main Authors: Zongjunlin Liu (Author), Fang Xie (Author), Jun Xie (Author), Jianhao Chen (Author), Yang Li (Author), Qin Lin (Author), Fanghong Luo (Author), Jianghua Yan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Traditional combined photodynamic and photothermal therapy (PDT/PTT) was limited in clinical treatment of cancer due to the exceptionally low drug delivery efficiency to tumor sites and the activation by laser excitation with different wavelengths. We have accidentally discovered that our synthesize...