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An In Vitro Approach to Photodynamic Therapy
Published on: August 17, 2018
Two-dimensional tellurium nanosheets for photoacoustic imaging-guided photodynamic therapy
Yan Lin1, Ying Wu1, Rong Wang2
1MOE Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection Technology for Food Safety, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, P. R. China. hhyang@fzu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
We report the synthesis of two-dimensional Te nanosheets through a facile liquid exfoliation method. The as-synthesized Te nanosheets can produce reactive oxygen species under light irradiation and show high photoacoustic imaging performance due to their strong near-infrared absorbance, and can be engineered as a nanoplatform for simultaneous photoacoustic imaging and photodynamic therapy.
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