Figure 25.

Drug delivery. (a) Schematic showing the release of the encapsulated chemotherapeutic drug caused by NIR light irradiation on BP@hydrogel, resulting in the breaking of the DNA chains and the apoptosis induction. Reprinted with permission from ref (740). Copyright 2018 National Academy of Sciences. (b) Schematic illustrating the intracellular delivery of miRNA by the photothermal heat generated on plasmonic pyramid arrays. Reprinted with permission from ref (756). Copyright 2022 Wiley-VCH. (c) Schematic showing intracellular delivery through membrane permeabilization with photothermal nanofibers. Reprinted with permission from ref (757). Copyright 2021 Springer Nature. (d) Schematic illustrating large-cargo delivery driven by photothermal-heat-triggered cavitation bubbles. Reprinted with permission from ref (758). Copyright 2015 Springer Nature.