Issue 23, 2018

Silicon nanowire-based multifunctional platform for chemo-photothermal synergistic cancer therapy

Abstract

Combination therapies for cancer have been promising strategies to reverse multidrug resistance, improve treatment efficiency, and minimize side effects. Herein, a new type of multifunctional silicon nanowire (MFSiNW)-based system, i.e., iron oxide nanoparticle and gold nanoparticle decorated silicon nanowires (IONPs@AuNPs@SiNWs), is prepared through a facile synthetic strategy. The resultant nanohybrids could load therapeutic drug molecules (e.g., doxorubicin, DOX) with high drug loading capacity (2000 mg gāˆ’1), and be simultaneously responsive to pH/NIR (near-infrared) light/magnetism, thus enabling high-efficacy synergistic treatment of drug-resistant cancer cells. The current work provides the pioneering demonstration of silicon nanomaterial-based combinational cancer treatment with high therapeutic efficiency.

Graphical abstract: Silicon nanowire-based multifunctional platform for chemo-photothermal synergistic cancer therapy

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 Nov 2017
Accepted
10 Apr 2018
First published
11 Apr 2018

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2018,6, 3876-3883

Silicon nanowire-based multifunctional platform for chemo-photothermal synergistic cancer therapy

D. Guo, X. Ji, H. Wang, Bin Sun, B. Chu, Y. Shi, Y. Su and Y. He, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2018, 6, 3876 DOI: 10.1039/C7TB02907A

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