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Inside Back Cover: Photosensitization of Singlet Oxygen and In Vivo Photodynamic Therapeutic Effects Mediated by PEGylated W 18 O 49 Nanowires (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 47/2013)
Author(s) -
Kalluru Poliraju,
Vankayala Raviraj,
Chiang ChiShiun,
Hwang Kuo Chu
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201308950
Subject(s) - photodynamic therapy , singlet oxygen , photothermal therapy , nanowire , in vivo , materials science , doxorubicin , photosensitizer , oxygen , irradiation , chemistry , nanotechnology , biophysics , photochemistry , medicine , chemotherapy , physics , biology , surgery , nuclear physics , microbiology and biotechnology , organic chemistry
W 18 O 49 nanowires can sensitize the formation of singlet oxygen upon irradiation with near‐infrared (NIR) light. In their Communication on page 12332 ff. , K. C. Hwang and co‐workers describe the complete destruction of solid tumors in mice by W 18 O 49 ‐nanowire‐mediated photodynamic therapy (PDT). This effect was not achieved when employing photothermal therapy or the anticancer drug doxorubicin.