JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2025
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IF 9.7
Zixun Fang,Yao Zhou,Yang Yang,Yidong Hou,Can Yang,Jinshui Zhang
Artificial Z-scheme photocatalytic systems, inspired by natural photosynthesis, have been widely employed for pollutant removal. In this study, we fabricated a ternary Z-scheme Bi 2 O 3 /Bi/porous carbon nitride (PCN) heterojunction with an intimately coupled interface through a simple EG-assisted solvothermal approach to improving photocatalytic performance of NO oxidation. The in-situ generated metallic Bi acts as an electron mediator, effectively accelerating the separation and transfer of photoexcited carriers. The unique Z-scheme charge transfer mechanism provides the strong redox abilities and isolates the active sites for specific reactions, thus promoting photocatalytic NO oxidation activity. As a result, the optimized Bi 2 O 3 /Bi/PCN sample achieved a NO removal efficiency of 94.6%, outperforming single-component catalysts and most previously reported heterojunction-based photocatalysts. Additionally, in-situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy was employed to propose the NO removal mechanism, offering valuable insight into the conversion pathway. Such a heterogeneous Z-scheme photocatalytic system with a strong redox ability, high charge-separation efficiency, and long-term stability, demonstrates significantly enhanced photoactivity for pollutant removal and is expected to attract increasing interest for other photocatalytic applications.
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环境科学
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材料科学
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光催化技术
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Small
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2023
·Vol. 19
·期 16
·2206124
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IF 13.3
Futing Yang,Wenjie Yu,Qiying Yu,Xiyu Liu,Chunping Liu,Chong Lu,Xinghua Liao,Yi Liu,Na Peng
The apoptosis-resistant mechanism of photodynamic therapy (PDT) usually results in limited therapeutic efficacy. The development of new strategies for sensitizing targeted ferroptosis that bypass apoptosis resistance is of great significance to improve the antitumor efficacy of PDT. In this study, a novel amphiphilic copolymer whose main chain contains reactive oxygen species (ROS)-responsive groups and the end of side chains contains triphenylphosphine is synthesized, to encapsulate porphyrinic metal–organic framework PCN-224 via self-assembly which are hydrothermally synthesized by coordination of zirconium (IV) with tetra-kis(4-caboxyphenyl) porphyrin, and loaded carbon monoxide releasing molecule 401 (CORM-401) by their hollow structures (PCN-CORM), and finally, surface-coated with hyaluronic acid. The nanosystem can sequentially localize to mitochondria which is an important target to induce apoptosis and ferroptosis in cancer cells. Upon excitation with near-infrared light, PCN-224 is activated to produce amounts of ROS, and simultaneously triggers the rapid intracellular release of CO. More importantly, the released CO can sensitize ferroptosis and promote apoptosis to significantly enhance the antitumor efficacy of PCN-224 both in vitro and in vivo. These results illustrate that the mitochondria-targeted drug delivery system combined PDT with CO leads to an effective antitumor efficacy, which maybe a promising way to enhance the treatment efficiency of PDT.
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药学
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生物医学工程
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肿瘤学
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ACS Applied Energy Materials
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2018
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IF 0
Bao-Xia Dong,She-Liang Qian,Fan-Yan Bu,Yi-Chen Wu,Li-Gang Feng,Yun-Lei Teng,Wen-Long Liu,Zong-Wei Li
Heterogeneous electrocatalysis provides better control of the chemical surroundings of the catalyst’s active site for improved performance, offers the possibility of overcoming drawbacks of deactivation caused by aggregation or dimerization in homogeneous condition, and permits the use of benign aqueous solutions. Employing metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) or covalent–organic frameworks (COFs) to support the active molecular catalyst of porphyrin for electrochemical conversion of CO2 to CO is a promising strategy. We have rationally introduced a 3D highly stable porphyrin-based MOF of PCN-222(Fe) into heterogeneous catalysis through the simple dip-coating method. The composite catalyst PCN-222(Fe)/C (mass ratio = 1:2) exhibited high catalytic performance for electrochemical conversion of CO2 to CO with 494 mV overpotential (where j = 1.2 mA cm–2) and maximum 91% FECO in a CO2-saturated 0.5 M KHCO3 aqueous solution, achieving a TOF of 0.336 site–1 s–1. The catalyst was found to retain its crystallinity and stability after 10 h of electrolysis at −0.60 V versus RHE (average FECO 80.4%; RHE, reversible hydrogen electrode), which generates 334 μmol of CO with the TOF of 0.012 s–1 (0.286 site–1 s–1). These results indicate that the PCN-222(Fe)/C has a substantial catalytic effect on the electrochemical reduction of CO2 due to the combination of the intrinsic activity of the porphyrin molecule, and the promising CO2 adsorption ability endowed by the conserved porosity, as well as the high conductivity of carbon black.
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电化学
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催化
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材料科学
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环境化学
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Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
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2025
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IF 7.2
Mengyao Gui,Hongwei Yang,Erming Ouyang
Polystyrene nanoplastics (NPs), ubiquitous contaminants in aquatic ecosystems, are known to impede conventional anoxic denitrification processes. However, their effects on aerobic denitrification systems remained poorly understood. This study systematically elucidates the mechanistic interactions between polystyrene NPs and aerobic denitrification performance. Results revealed polystyrene NPs caused concentration-dependent suppression of denitrification efficiency in the aerobic denitrifier Pseudomonas stutzeri PCN-1 under controlled laboratory conditions (aerobic, 30 ℃). At NPs concentrations escalating from 100 to 1000 μg L⁻¹ , nitrate removal rates decreased markedly (0.4–3.3 mg L⁻¹ h⁻¹), paralleled by progressive accumulation of nitrite (8.8–87.2 mg L⁻¹) and N₂O (31.2–58.3 mg L⁻¹). Mechanistic analyses revealed that polystyrene NPs induced biotoxic effects through two primary pathways: (1) disruption of cellular membrane integrity and (2) excessive generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), collectively impairing bacterial viability and metabolic activity. Furthermore, critical denitrification processes were compromised, including diminished electron transport system activity, reduced catalytic activities of key denitrification enzymes, and downregulation in transcriptional expression of functional genes (e.g. napA , nirS , cnorB , and nosZ ). These multilevel inhibitions collectively contributed to the observed deterioration in nitrogen removal capacity. This investigation provides novel insights into the ecotoxicological risks posed by NPs to microbial nitrogen cycling in aquatic environments.
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环境微生物学
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生态毒理学
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ACS Applied Energy Materials
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2025
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IF 5.5
Xuejiao Tang,Xiujie Peng,Haitao Liao,Xiaoying Zeng,Xiaoying Zhang,Yu Zhu,Chao Weng,Ping Shen
The rational development of the third component is the key to obtaining highly efficient ternary organic solar cells (OSCs). In this contribution, one tetracyanobutadiene-functionalized small molecule, IDT-T-PCN, featuring a noncoplanar molecular backbone, is selected and employed as a third component to construct PM6:Y6:IDT-T-PCN ternary OSCs. Results demonstrate that IDT-T-PCN exhibits complementary absorption and cascade energy-level alignment with the host materials (PM6 and Y6), which are beneficial for improving light-capture capability and charge transfer properties. Absorption spectra and contact angle measurements reveal that there is good compatibility and strong interaction between IDT-T-PCN and Y6, which can affect the crystallization and molecular aggregation of the host materials, especially Y6. The morphology, structure, and formation kinetics characterizations of the active layer film have unveiled that IDT-T-PCN plays a critical role in optimizing phase separation and morphology, modulating molecular aggregation, and enhancing crystallization and orderly molecular stacking of the ternary blend. Therefore, the ternary OSCs exhibit improved charge dissociation and collection probability, enhanced charge transport, and reduced charge recombination, leading to improvements in all photovoltaic parameters. Specially, the ternary OSCs incorporated with IDT-T-PCN achieve a decent PCE of 17.36%, which is obviously higher than that of the host PM6:Y6 binary device (PCE = 15.84%) owing to the simultaneous increase of VOC, JSC, and FF. This work highlights the role of careful material selection and design of the third component with the aim of optimizing device physics processes, crystallinity, and morphology of the blend film, ultimately realizing high-performance ternary OSCs.
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材料科学
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有机电子学
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光伏技术
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高分子科学
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纳米技术
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ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
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2020
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IF 7.632
Yuling Chen,Wei Huang,Chendi Wang,Xinyu Zhai,Ting Zhang,Yang Wang,Xiaoya Hu
Metalloporphyrinic frameworks have demonstrated to be an alternative candidate for natural enzymes due to their diverse structures and unique peroxidase-mimicking properties. In this study, a manganese–metalloporphyrin framework (PCN-222(Mn)) was synthesized as a biomimetic metal–organic framework (MOF). This catalyst exhibited highly intrinsic peroxidase-like activity with 3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine as the chromogenic substrate. Additionally, a higher peroxidase-like activity was observed in a wider pH range (from 3.0 to 8.0), which is undoubtedly advantageous for PCN-222(Mn) to detect H2O2 under physiological and pathological environments. Based on the excellent peroxidase-mimicking activities of PCN-222(Mn), a novel hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) nonenzymic amperometric biosensor was constructed through electro-polymerizing a conductive and stable poly-glutamic acid (PGA) film on the surface of a PCN-222(Mn)-modified electrode (PGA/PCN-222(Mn)/GCE). Resulting from the synergistic activity of PCN-222(Mn) and PGA film, a sensitive, selective, and reliable method was established for H2O2 detection with a linear range of 5 × 10–7 to 1.01 × 10–3 mol/L and detection limit of 3.1 × 10–8 mol/L. In addition, PGA/PCN-222(Mn) has a long-term stability and can be used over 90 cycles without any decrease in analytical performance. These outstanding performances of the developed approach in sensitive and selective determination of H2O2 from human serum provides effective proof for its potential application in monitoring low-abundance H2O2 from complicated biological samples. This research not only expands the electrochemical applications of metalloporphyrin frameworks but also demonstrates a promising strategy for increasing the conductivity and stability of MOF-based electrode materials.
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生物化学
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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
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2024
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IF 9.4
Zheng Wang,Hui Li,Chuang Jiang,Wenya Liu,Siyu Zhang,Yibin Zhou,Kang Liu,Yaqing Xiao,Ruyan Hou,Xiaochun Wan,Yingnan Liu
Herein, a novel dual-mode probe for organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) colorimetric and photothermal detection was developed based on manganese modified porphyrin metal–organic framework (PCN-224-Mn). PCN-224-Mn had excellent oxidase-like activity and oxidized colorless 3,3,5,5-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) to blue–green oxidation state TMB (oxTMB), which exhibited high temperature under near-infrared irradiation. l -ascorbate-2-phosphate was hydrolyzed by acid phosphatase to produce ascorbic acid, which weakened colorimetric and photothermal signals by impacting oxTMB generation. The presence of OPs blocked the production of ascorbic acid by irreversibly inhibiting the activity of acid phosphatase, causing the restoration of chromogenic reaction and the increase of temperature. Under the optimal conditions, the probe showed a good linear response to OPs in the concentration range of 5 ∼ 10000 ng/mL, using glyphosate as the analog. The detection limits of glyphosate in colorimetric mode and photothermal mode were 1.47 ng/mL and 2.00 ng/mL, respectively. The probe was successfully used for sensitive identification of OPs residues in tea, brown rice, and wheat flour. This work proposes a simple and reliable colorimetric/photothermal platform for OPs identification, which overcomes the problem that single-mode detection probes are susceptible to external factors, and has broad application potential in the field of food safety.
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分析化学
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环境科学
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食品科学
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FUEL
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2024
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IF 6.7
Xin-Yue Wang,Yi-Ming Gu,Xu-Peng Zong,Sheng-Sheng Zhao,Shu-Dong Wang
The inevitable combustion of fossil fuels in human industrial activities results in significant greenhouse gas emissions, leading to the pressing challenge of CO 2 /N 2 separation in humid flue gas. Iron-based Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have proven to be cheap, robust against water vapor attack due to the enhanced coordination bonds. In this study, we present two distinct MOFs i.e., DNL-9(Fe) and PCN-233(FeM II ), constructed by Fe clusters and 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid ligands. Static adsorption experiments revealed that DNL-9(Fe), featuring an exclusive Fe-F-Fe spiral packing structure, exhibited higher surface areas and enhanced CO 2 adsorption performance that outcompeted PCN-233 candidates. DNL-9(Fe) demonstrated a high IAST selectivity of CO 2 /N 2 at 247 (15/85, v/v, P/P 0 = 0.01), superior to the most of state-of-the-art Fe-MOFs reported up to date. The further theoretical calculations elucidated the binding sites of the framework with CO 2 molecules. Importantly, DNL-9(Fe) showed sufficient water stability and cyclic separation, as confirmed by dynamic breakthrough tests, indicating it as a promising candidate for practical CO 2 capture from humid flue gas.
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化学
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材料科学
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环境科学
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ENERGY & FUELS
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2026
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IF 6
Meng Gu,Wang Dai,Bochen Jiang,Songyuan Zhang,Qiong Wu,Yuanji Li,Qiang Zhang,Huiyuan Meng,Baoyong Zhang
Abstract Hydrate-based separation is an effective method for CH4 recovery from low-concentration coalbed methane. The hydrate separation performance, such as the generation rate and the efficiency of separation and purification, is influenced by kinetic promoters. In this work, a dual-promoter system consisting of l-tryptophan (l-Trp) and PCN-250-Fe2Co was developed to enhance hydrate-based CH4 separation. l-Trp regulates the gas–liquid interfacial microenvironment through its amphiphilic structure, suppressing compact ice crystal nucleation and enhancing CH4 diffusive transport across the interface. Meanwhile, the high specific surface area and abundant microporous structure of PCN-250-Fe2Co provide numerous heterogeneous nucleation sites for CH4, shorten the CH4 diffusion distance, and significantly enhance the mass transfer within the liquid phase. As a result, the optimized system containing 0.5 wt % l-Trp and 0.1 wt % PCN-250-Fe2Co framework achieved a CH4 recovery of 86.64%. This value is 11.46% and 5.02% higher than those obtained with PCN-250-Fe2Co alone and l-Trp alone, respectively. This significant enhancement is attributable to the synergistic interplay between the carboxylate anchors of l-Trp and the metal sites of PCN-250-Fe2Co, which simultaneously facilitate CH4 capture and mitigate mass-transfer resistance for CH4. Theoretical analysis further showed that the CH4/N2 selective adsorption ratio of the l-Trp&PCN-250-Fe2Co system (44.932) was 16.6% higher than that of the PCN-250-Fe2Co system (38.523). Overall, the l-Trp&PCN-250-Fe2Co composite system exhibits promising potential for hydrate-based CH4 separation and purification from low-concentration coalbed methane, providing a new method for hydrate-based gas separation.
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JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS
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2022
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IF 8.047
Yuan Yu,Chun-Xiu Liu,Xin-Yue Fan,Yun-Jie Wei,Ru-De Lin,Yao Yao,Ming-Liang Shi,Na Wang,Xiao-Qi Yu
High-efficiency photo-enzymatic synthesis of chalcone chemicals was achieved by tandem catalysis based on the photocatalytic oxidation of porphyrin-based metal organic frameworks (MOFs) confined copper nanoclusters and the non-specific catalytic activity of hydrolases. A series of photocatalysts were successfully synthesized and the Cu nanoparticles (NPs) were loaded on the materials by in-situ reduction of Cu 2+ . Subsequently, in situ oxidation of benzyl alcohol and aldol reaction catalyzed in tandem by Cu@PCN-222(M) and hydrolase were used as template reactions and the reaction conditions were systematically studied. 20 chalcone derivatives were successfully synthesized (yield up to 98 %). Finally, the optical properties difference of photocatalysts were studied by spectroscopic and electrochemical analysis. The reaction system used greener benzyl alcohol as the reaction substrate and was driven by visible light under O 2 . This method has good yield and recovery performance, which provides a new strategy for the construction of MOF-enzyme combined catalytic system.
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化学
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生物化学
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DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS
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2020
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IF 2.65
Liqun Cheng,Xiaoping Dong
Photocatalysis technology has stimulated extensive research interest in various fields, but several limitations, such as the inefficient separation ratio of photo-generated charges and the possible release of metal ions from metal oxides or sulfides, need to be overcome before its practical application. Herein, we fabricated a metal-free carbonaceous composite photocatalyst via modification of 2D polymeric carbon nitride (PCN) with 0D graphene quantum dots (GQDs) by an ultrasound-assisted route. Characterization results clearly indicated the formation of 0D/2D composite structure with an intimately contacted interface, and the type II band structure promotes the charge separation between PCN and GQDs. As a result, an enhanced photocatalytic activity for degradation of dyes was achieved by the GQDs/PCN in comparison to the single PCN and GQDs. Furthermore, multiple cycling tests reflected the GQDs/PCN had relatively high photocatalytic durability. This study provides a facile method to construct carbonaceous composite and demonstrates it is a promising photocatalyst for environmental remediation.
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材料科学
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环境科学
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化学
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纳米技术
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Advanced Healthcare Materials
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2023
·Vol. 12
·期 15
·2202280
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IF 10
Wenya Li,Rongtian Li,Qiang Ye,Yiming Zou,Xing Lu,Wenhua Zhang,Jinxiang Chen,Yinghua Zhao
Nanomedicine exhibits emerging potentials to deliver advanced therapeutic strategies in the fight against triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Nevertheless, it is still difficult to develop a precise codelivery system that integrates highly effective photosensitizers, low toxicity, and hydrophobicity. In this study, PCN-224 is selected as the carrier to enable effective cancer therapy through light-activated reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation, and the PCN-224@Mn 3 O 4 @HA is created in a simple one-step process by coating Mn 3 O 4 nanoshells on the PCN-224 template, which can then be used as an “ROS activator” to exert catalase- and glutathione peroxidase-like activities to alleviate tumor hypoxia while reducing tumor reducibility, leading to improved photodynamic therapeutic (PDT) effect of PCN-224. Meanwhile, Mn 2+ produced cytotoxic hydroxyl radicals (∙OH) via the Fenton-like reaction, thus producing a promising spontaneous chemodynamic therapeutic (CDT) effect. Importantly, by remodeling the tumor microenvironment (TME), Mn 3 O 4 nanoshells downregulated hypoxia-inducible factor 1 α expression, inhibiting tumor growth and preventing tumor revival. Thus, the developed nanoshells, via light-controlled ROS formation and multimodality imaging abilities, can effectively inhibit tumor proliferation through synergistic PDT/CDT, and prevent tumor resurgence by remodeling TME.
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纳米技术
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癌症治疗
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材料科学
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生物医学工程
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