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A carbon nanomaterial derived from a nanoscale covalent organic framework for photothermal therapy in the NIR-II biowindow

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A Borondifluoride‐Complex‐Based Photothermal Agent with an 80 % Photothermal Conversion Efficiency for Photothermal Therapy in the NIR‐II Window

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Innovation of TiO2-x Nanomaterials in the Biomedical Field: Synthesis, Properties, and Application Prospects

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NIR-II driven photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide-supply on metallic copper-nickel selenide (Cu-Ni0.85Se) nanoparticle for synergistic therapy

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Copper‐Based Nanozymes: Potential Therapies for Infectious Wounds

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A Borondifluoride‐Complex‐Based Photothermal Agent with an 80 % Photothermal Conversion Efficiency for Photothermal Therapy in the NIR‐II Window

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NIR‐II Absorbing Semiconducting Polymer‐Triggered Gene‐Directed Enzyme Prodrug Therapy for Cancer Treatment

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Nanomedicine‐Enabled Mild Photothermal Therapy Strategies for Enhanced Antitumor Treatment

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NIR-Driven Intracellular Photocatalytic O2 Evolution on Z-Scheme Ni3S2/Cu1.8S@HA for Hypoxic Tumor Therapy

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Transforming Commercial Copper Sulfide into Injectable Hydrogels for Local Photothermal Therapy

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Space and Bond Synergistic Conjugation Controlling Multiple‐Aniline NIR‐II Absorption for Photoacoustic Imaging Guided Photothermal Therapy

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Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based covalent organic polymer with donor-acceptor structure for efficient near-infrared photothermal conversion

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Nanoparticles in photothermal therapy-based medical and theranostic applications: an extensive review

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J‐aggregation strategy of organic dyes for near‐infrared bioimaging and fluorescent image‐guided phototherapy

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Photothermal and adsorption effects of silver selenide nanoparticles modified by different surfactants in nursing care of cancer patients

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Tetherless Optical Neuromodulation: Wavelength from Orange-red to Mid-infrared

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Z-scheme MoS2/Co3S4@PEG nanoflowers: Intracellular NIR-II photocatalytic O2 production facilitating hypoxic tumor therapy

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A Mitochondria-Targeted NIR-II Molecule Fluorophore for Precise Cancer Phototheranostics

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Biomimetic Nanoparticles Carrying a Repolarization Agent of Tumor-Associated Macrophages for Remodeling of the Inflammatory Microenvironment Following Photothermal Therapy

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Engineering of bioactive metal sulfide nanomaterials for cancer therapy

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The photothermal and adsorption properties of different surfactant-modified caesium tungsten bronze

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Acoustic-Based Theranostic Probes Activated by Tumor Microenvironment for Accurate Tumor Diagnosis and Assisted Tumor Therapy

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Near-infrared boron–dipyrrin (BODIPY) nanomaterials: Molecular design and anti-tumor therapeutics

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Biomolecule-tailored chiral nickel oxide nanozymes amplify autophagy-mediated tumor ablation via synergistic photodynamic-chemodynamic therapy

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Nanostructure-reinforced multifunctional hydrogels for synergistic cancer therapy

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Ni/Mn-doped hydroxyapatite nanoparticles for bioimaging and tumor-specific phototherapy

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NIR‐II Responsive Inorganic 2D Nanomaterials for Cancer Photothermal Therapy: Recent Advances and Future Challenges

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Nickel sulfide and dysprosium-doped nickel sulfide nanoparticles: Dysprosium-induced variation in properties, in vitro chemo-photothermal behavior, and antibacterial activity

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Photoresponsive polymeric microneedles: An innovative way to monitor and treat diseases

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A simple therapeutic nanoplatform in the second near-infrared window for synergistic phototherapy

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Enhanced photodynamic therapy/photothermo therapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma via a tumour microenvironment-responsive self-oxygenated drug delivery system

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Recent Progress on NIR-II Photothermal Therapy

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A versatile NiS2/FeS2 hybrid nanocrystal for synergistic cancer therapy by inducing ferroptosis and pyroptosis

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Near-infrared manipulation of temperature-sensitive ion channel through photothermal nanotransducer brightens in vivo photomedicine

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Two 3D Fe(IV)-containing coordination polymers with remarkable photothermal conversion properties

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