Nature Communications (Apr 2020)

In situ supramolecular polymerization-enhanced self-assembly of polymer vesicles for highly efficient photothermal therapy

  • Yannan Liu,
  • Hao Wang,
  • Shanlong Li,
  • Chuanshuang Chen,
  • Li Xu,
  • Ping Huang,
  • Feng Liu,
  • Yue Su,
  • Meiwei Qi,
  • Chunyang Yu,
  • Yongfeng Zhou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15427-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Photothermal therapy (PTT) has recently emerged as a promising approach for cancer therapy. Here, the authors report a hyperbranched polymer vesicle with favorable photothermal stability and high photothermal efficiency for PTT through a supramolecular polymerization-enhanced self-assembly strategy.