Carbon nanomaterials for phototherapy
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Abstract Phototherapy attracts increasing interest for broad bio-applications due to its noninvasive and highly selective nature. Owing their good biocompatibility, unique optoelectronic properties size/surface effects, carbon nanomaterials show great promise phototherapy. Various have been demonstrated as efficient phototherapy agents a large variety of phototherapeutic applications, including cancer treatment, anti-bacteria, Alzheimer’s disease. This review summarizes the recent progress Current challenges future perspectives are also discussed.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nanophotonics
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2192-8606', '2192-8614']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2022-0574