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ReviewBiophysical reviews2018

Applications of functionalized nanomaterials in photodynamic therapy.

Olayemi J Fakayode, Ncediwe Tsolekile, Sandile P Songca, Oluwatobi S Oluwafemi

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Review in Biophysical reviews, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Fluorescent superparamagnetic magnetite-silica nanocomposites as carriers of a platinum diimine complex for photodynamic therapy.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2025
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  14. Porphyrin as Diagnostic and Therapeutic Agent.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Olayemi J FakayodeDepartment of Applied Chemistry, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 17011, Doornfontein, Johannesburg, 2028, South Africa.
Ncediwe TsolekileDepartment of Applied Chemistry, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 17011, Doornfontein, Johannesburg, 2028, South Africa.
Sandile P SongcaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Zululand, PB X1001, Kwadlangezwa, 3886, South Africa.
Oluwatobi S OluwafemiDepartment of Applied Chemistry, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 17011, Doornfontein, Johannesburg, 2028, South Africa. Oluwafemi.oluwatobi@gmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Specially designed functionalized nanomaterials such as superparamagnetic iron oxide, gold, quantum dots and up- and down-conversion lanthanide series nanoparticles have consistently and completely revolutionized the biomedical environment over the past few years due to their specially inferring properties, such as specific drug delivery, plasmonic effect, optical and imaging properties, therapeutic thermal energy productionand excellent irresistible cellular penetration. These properties have been used to improve many existing disease treatment modalities and have led to the development of better therapeutic approaches for the advancement of the treatment of critical human diseases, such as cancers and related malaise. In photodynamic therapy, for example, where the delivery of therapeutic agents should ideally avoid toxicity on nearby healthy cells, superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles have been shown to be capable of making photodynamic therapy (PDT) prodrugs and their associative targeting moieties tumor-specific via their unique response to an external magnetic fields. In this review, the nanomaterials commonly employed for the enhancement of photodynamic therapy are discussed. The review further describes the various methods of synthesis and characterization of these nanomaterials and highlights challenges for improving the efficacy of PDT in the future.

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Gold nanoparticlesLanthanideNanomaterialsPhotodynamic therapyQuantum dotsSuperparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles

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PMID29294258
PMCPMC5803176

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