Black phosphorus–polypyrrole nanocomposites for high-performance photothermal cancer therapy

Su, Chengkang, Zhong, Huiqing, Chen, Haolin, Guo, Yanxian, Guo, Zhouyi, Huang, Deqiu, Zhang, Wen, Wu, Qiang, Yang, Biwen and Liu, Zhiming (2019) Black phosphorus–polypyrrole nanocomposites for high-performance photothermal cancer therapy. New Journal of Chemistry, 43 (22). pp. 8620-8626. ISSN 1144-0546

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9NJ01249D

Abstract

The favorable biocompatibility, biodegradability and broadband absorption in the ultraviolet to near-infrared (NIR) region have made black phosphorus (BP) a new generation two-dimensional nanomaterial with great potential for photothermal therapy (PTT). However, an appropriate but not low dosage of nanoagent is required to achieve the satisfactory therapeutic effect in BP-based NIR PTT, due to the decreasing light absorption of BP in the NIR region. In this work, nanohybrids composed of BP nanosheets and several polypyrrole (PPy) nanoparticles attached to them (BP/PPy NSs) are fabricated for high-performance NIR PTT, benefiting from the superimposed NIR absorption characteristics of the two components. The nanocomposites exhibit irregular, speckled and flake-like morphologies with good biocompatibility and superior NIR photothermal transduction efficiency compared with that of the bare nanosheets. The utilization of BP/PPy NSs as novel nanotherapeutic agent for enhanced NIR photothermal cancer therapy is accomplished in vitro and in vivo.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: B800 Medical Technology
Department: Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering
Depositing User: Paul Burns
Date Deposited: 06 Jun 2019 15:32
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2021 18:15
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/39551

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