Low power upconverted near-IR light for efficient polymeric nanoparticle degradation and cargo release
Mathieu L Viger1, Madeleine Grossman, Nadezda Fomina
1Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of NanoEngineering, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
|June 1, 2013
Abstract:
By encapsulating NaYF4 :Tm.Yb upconverting nanocrystals in UV-degradable polymer capsules, it is possible to access efficient polymer photodegradation and remotely controlled release using near-IR laser light at an unprecedentedly low power.


