TECHNOLOGY: Nanoparticles
Photothermal-activated nanoparticles could be used for sequential delivery of chemotherapy and photothermal therapy for cancer. The nanoparticles consist of an inner porous silica shell containing a palladium (II)-based photothermal agent which emits heat in response to near-infrared (NIR) laser irradiation, and an outer 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine micelle for loading with chemotherapies, which...