A NIR light-triggered drug delivery system using core–shell gold nanostars–mesoporous silica nanoparticles based on multiphoton absorption photo-dissociation of 2-nitrobenzyl PEG

Andy Hernández‐Montoto, Mónica Gorbe, Antoni Llopis‐Lorente, José Manuel Terrés, Roberto Montes, Roberto Cao‐Milán, Borja Díaz de Greñu, María Alfonso, Mar Orzáez, M. Dolores Marcos,

Chemical Communications · 2019 · 32 citations · 28 references

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Gold nanostars coated with a mesoporous silica shell and functionalized with poly(ethylene glycol) containing photolabile 2-nitrobenzyl moieties are able to release doxorubicin after NIR light irradiation at low power irradiance via a multiphoton absorption photo-dissociation process.

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