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Published in final edited form as: Int J Hyperthermia. 2023 Oct 30;40(1):2272066. doi: 10.1080/02656736.2023.2272066

Table 3.

Summary of studies that have developed MWNPs for image-guided PTT.

Nanoparticle Components Membrane Source(s) Laser Parameters for In Vivo PTT Imaging Mode(s) Tumor Model Citation
PLGA loaded with ICG MCF-7 breast cancer modified with PEG 808 nm
1 W/cm2
5 min
FL, PA MCF-7 breast cancer Chen et al. ACS Nano. 2016; 10: 10049.
PEG-modified tungsten disulfide nanosheets loaded with DOX and ICG RBC modified with folic acid 808 nm
1 W/cm2
5 min
PA HeLa cervical cancer Long et al. Biomater. Sci. 2020; 8: 5088.
Poly-(caprolactone) (PCL)−PEG−PCL triblock copolymer loaded with IR780 and docetaxel RBC 808 nm
1.5 W/cm2
5 min
FL, PA MCF-7 breast cancer Yang et al. Molec. Pharm. 2019; 16: 3208.
Semiconducting poly-(cyclopentadithiophene-alt-benzothiadiazole) (PCPDTBT) Activated fibroblast 808 nm
0.3 W/cm2
5 min
FL, PA 4T1 breast cancer Li et al. ACS Nano. 2018; 12: 8520.
Narrow bandgap electron donor–acceptor semiconducting polymer
Acceptor segment: thiophene‑fused benzodifurandione‑based oligo(p‑phenylene vinylene)
Donor segment: thieno[3,2‑b]thiophen‑2‑yl) benzo[1,2‑b:4,5‑b′]dithiophene
RBC 808 nm
0.5 W/cm2
10 min
PA 4T1 breast cancer Zheng et al. Nano-Micro Lett. 2020; 12: 94.
Hollow copper sulfide loaded with DOX Hybrid: B16-F10 melanoma and RBC 1064 nm
1 W/cm2
5 min
PA B16-F10 melanoma Wang et al. ACS Nano. 2018; 12: 5241.
Melanin RBC 808 nm
2 W/cm2, 5 min or 1 W/cm2, 10 min
PA A549 lung cancer Jiang et al. Biomaterials. 2017; 143: 29.
Melanin Hybrid: MCF-7 breast cancer and RBC 808 nm
1 W/cm2
10 min
PA MCF-7 breast cancer Jiang et al. Biomaterials. 2019; 192: 292.
Prussian blue NPs modified with zinc glutamate and with triphenylphosphine conjugated lonidamine HepG2 liver cancer 808 nm
1 W/cm2
5 min
PA HepG2 liver cancer Wang et al. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2021; 13: 37563.
Gold nanostars RBC 785 nm
2 W/cm2
5 min
PA HepG2 liver cancer Huang et al. Appl. Mater. Today. 2020; 18: 100484.
Liposome loaded with IR1048 Platelet 1064 nm
1 W/cm2
5 min
PA C6 glioma Geng et al. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2020; 12: 55624.
Fe3O4 RBC 808 nm
5 W/cm2
5 min
MRI MCF-7 breast cancer Ren et al. Biomaterials. 2016; 92: 13.
Fe3O4 RBC 808 nm
5 W/cm2
5 min
MRI MCF-7
breast cancer
Rao et al. ACS Nano. 2017; 11: 3496.
Fe3O4 Myeloid derived suppressor cell 808 nm
5 W/cm2
5 min
MRI B16-F10 melanoma Yu et al. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2018; 28: 1801389.
Fe3O4@Cu2-xS RBC 1064 nm
0.8 W/cm2
10 min
MRI HeLa cervical cancer Lin et al. J. Mater. Chem. B. 2020; 8: 1202.
Fe3O4 coated with polydopamine and siRNA Mesenchymal stem cell 808 nm
0.6 W/cm2
6 min
MRI DU145 prostate cancer Mu et al. ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng. 2018; 4: 3895.
PLGA loaded with ICG and perfluoro-15-crown-5-ether (PFCE) A549 lung cancer 765 nm
400 mW/cm2
15 min
PA, MRI, FL A549 lung cancer Li et al. ACS. Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2020; 12: 57290.
Poly(caprolactone) (PCL) and pluronic copolymer F68 NP loaded with ICG B16-F10 melanoma, 4T1 breast cancer, or COS7 fibroblast 808 nm
1 W/cm2
5 min
FL U87 glioblastoma Wang et al. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2020; 30: 1909369.
Liposomes loaded with ICG C6 glioma 808 nm
1 W/cm2
5 min
FL C6 glioma Jia et al. ACS Nano. 2019; 13: 386.
DSPE-PEG NPs loaded with IR-792 Macrophages 808 nm
0.8 W/cm2
5 min
FL U87 glioblastoma Lai et al. Biomaterials. 2019; 211: 48.
Hollow bismuth selenide (Bi2Se3) loaded with quercetin Macrophage 808 nm
2 W/cm2
5 min
FL, CT 4T1 breast cancer Zhao et al. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2018; 10: 31124.
Gold nanodendrites loaded with ICG and functionalized with triphenylphosphonium (TPP) Macrophage 1064 nm, 1 W/cm2, 10 min and/or 808 nm, 0.3 W/cm2, 5 min FL, PA, SERS imaging MDA-MB-231 breast cancer Sun et al. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2021; 13: 10778.
Black-titanium (TiO2) NPs functionalized with iridium complexes HeLa cervical cancer 1064 nm
1 W/cm2
10 min
PA, Two-photon imaging HeLa cervical cancer Shen et al. Biomaterials. 2021; 275: 120979.
ZGGO coated with mesoporous silica and loaded with IR825 and irinotecan Hybrid: CT26 colorectal cancer and RAW 264.7 macrophage 808 nm
1 W/cm2
5 min
Long persistent luminescence imaging CT26 colorectal cancer Wang et al. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2020; 3: 7105.