Photoactivated nanomotors via aggregation induced emission for enhanced phototherapy

Shoupeng Cao; Jingxin Shao; Hanglong Wu; Shidong Song; Maria Teresa De Martino; Imke A. B. Pijpers; Heiner Friedrich; Loai K. E. A. Abdelmohsen; David S. Williams; Jan C. M. van Hest

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-22279-w

Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

Photoactivated nanomotors via aggregation induced emission for enhanced phototherapy

Shoupeng Cao,
Jingxin Shao,
Hanglong Wu,
Shidong Song,
Maria Teresa De Martino,
Imke A. B. Pijpers,
Heiner Friedrich,
Loai K. E. A. Abdelmohsen,
David S. Williams,
Jan C. M. van Hest

Affiliations

Shoupeng Cao: Bio-Organic Chemistry, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology
Jingxin Shao: Bio-Organic Chemistry, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology
Hanglong Wu: Bio-Organic Chemistry, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology
Shidong Song: Bio-Organic Chemistry, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology
Maria Teresa De Martino: Bio-Organic Chemistry, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology
Imke A. B. Pijpers: Bio-Organic Chemistry, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology
Heiner Friedrich: Center for Multiscale Electron Microscopy (CMEM) and Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS), Eindhoven University of Technology
Loai K. E. A. Abdelmohsen: Bio-Organic Chemistry, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology
David S. Williams: Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Swansea University
Jan C. M. van Hest: Bio-Organic Chemistry, Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22279-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Induced motion has emerged as a method to increase the efficacy of delivery and therapeutic outcomes using nanomaterials. Here, the authors report on a Janus gold shell polymersome with aggregation-induced emission molecules for phototactic and photodynamic therapy applications.

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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