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Anionic porphyrin-grafted porous silicon nanoparticles for photodynamic therapy
Emilie Secret1, Marie Maynadier, Audrey Gallud
1Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, UMR 5253 CNRS-ENSCM-UM2-UM1, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, 34296 Montpellier, France.
Abstract:
Non-toxic porous silicon nanoparticles carry porphyrin covalently attached to their surface inside breast cancer cells for a more efficient photodynamic effect.

