Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

Marriage of black phosphorus and Cu2+ as effective photothermal agents for PET-guided combination cancer therapy

  • Kuan Hu,
  • Lin Xie,
  • Yiding Zhang,
  • Masayuki Hanyu,
  • Zhimin Yang,
  • Kotaro Nagatsu,
  • Hisashi Suzuki,
  • Jiang Ouyang,
  • Xiaoyuan Ji,
  • Junjie Wei,
  • Hao Xu,
  • Omid C. Farokhzad,
  • Steven H. Liang,
  • Lu Wang,
  • Wei Tao,
  • Ming-Rong Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16513-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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A balance between high stability and rapid degradation is required for effective photothermal anti-cancer agents. Here, the authors use Cu2+ to accelerate the degradation of black phosphorus nanosheets while enhancing its photothermal ability and apply this material for PET-guided, CDT-enhanced combination cancer therapy in mice.