Nature Communications (May 2017)

Dual-stimuli responsive and reversibly activatable theranostic nanoprobe for precision tumor-targeting and fluorescence-guided photothermal therapy

  • Xu Zhao,
  • Cheng-Xiong Yang,
  • Li-Gong Chen,
  • Xiu-Ping Yan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14998
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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A number of nanomaterials for dual diagnostic and therapeutic application have a number of limitations including poor signal-to-noise ratio. Here, the authors developed dual stimuli-responsive and reversibly activatable nanoprobes for tumour targeting and fluorescence-guided photothermal therapy.