Light-driven liquid metal nanotransformers for biomedical theranostics

Svetlana A. Chechetka; Yue Yu; Xu Zhen; Manojit Pramanik; Kanyi Pu; Eijiro Miyako

doi:10.1038/ncomms15432

Nature Communications (May 2017)

Light-driven liquid metal nanotransformers for biomedical theranostics

Svetlana A. Chechetka,
Yue Yu,
Xu Zhen,
Manojit Pramanik,
Kanyi Pu,
Eijiro Miyako

Affiliations

Svetlana A. Chechetka: Department of Materials and Chemistry, Nanomaterials Research Institute (NMRI), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Yue Yu: Department of Materials and Chemistry, Nanomaterials Research Institute (NMRI), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Xu Zhen: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Manojit Pramanik: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Kanyi Pu: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Eijiro Miyako: Department of Materials and Chemistry, Nanomaterials Research Institute (NMRI), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15432
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Liquid metals are excellent candidate materials for biomedicine, owing to their intriguing optical properties and chemical stability. Here, the authors design multifunctional theranostic liquid metal nanocapsules that, upon irradiation, generate heat and reactive oxygen species and change shape to release drugs.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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