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SUBMITTER: Zhang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6185906 | biostudies-other | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Zhang Yunjiao Y Sha Rui R Zhang Lan L Zhang Wenbin W Jin Peipei P Xu Weiguo W Ding Jianxun J Lin Jun J Qian Jing J Yao Guangyu G Zhang Rui R Luo Fanchen F Zeng Jie J Cao Jie J Wen Long-Ping LP
Nature communications 20181012 1
Chemo-PTT, which combines chemotherapy with photothermal therapy, offers a viable approach for the complete tumor eradication but would likely fail in drug-resistant situations if conventional chemotherapeutic agents are used. Here we show that a type of copper (Cu)-palladium (Pd) alloy tetrapod nanoparticles (TNP-1) presents an ideal solution to the chemo-PTT challenges. TNP-1 exhibit superior near-infrared photothermal conversion efficiency, thanks to their special sharp-tip structure, and ind ...[more]