Table 3. Examples of photo-sensitive polymeric materials, which can be applied for RA therapy.
| Polymeric material | Size of
nanoparticles (nm) |
Stimulus | Applied light
wavelength (nm) |
Reference |
| Quinone-methide backbone-diamine spacer 4,5-dime-thoxy-2-nitrobenzyl alcohol | 170 | Light (self-immolative
system) |
350; 750 | Fomina et al. 2010 |
| o-nitrobenzyl/methacrylate-functionalized poly(ethylenimine) | 160 | Light (photolytic degradation) | 365 | Kim et al. 2010 |
| Chitosan hydrochloride 4-oxo-4-(pyren-4-ylmethoxy) butanoic acid | 100 | Light (photolytic disassembly) | 1200 | Cui et al. 2011 |
| 4’-azobenzene dibenzoyl chloride/triethanolamine | 20–100 | Light (trans/cis isomerization) | 316 | Shen et al. 2011 |
| 2-nitrophenylethylene glycol/diamine | 217–358 | Light (photolytic degradation) | 550 | Lv et al. 2012 |