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. 2025 Sep 10;17(9):1178. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics17091178
WHO World Health Organization
PTT Photothermal therapy
PTAs Photothermal agents
NIR Near-infrared
MPE Maximum permissible exposure
ANSI American National Standards Institute
NIR-II Second near-infrared
PCE Photothermal conversion efficiency
AuNPs Gold nanoparticles
SPR Surface plasmon resonance
LSPR localized surface plasmon resonance
GSM GNR@SiO2@MnO2
AuHNRs Hollow gold nanorods
M-AuHNRs Microscale hollow gold nanorods
CuS Copper sulfide
Ag2S Silver sulfide
PbS Lead sulfide
FeS Iron sulfide
5FU 5-fluorouracil
CuAAC Copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition
CuS NPs Copper sulfide nanoparticles
RBCm Red blood cell membrane
tMCP CpG/protamine
NCS Non-stoichiometric copper sulfide
BCS NPs Biomineralized copper sulfide nanoparticles
SERS Surface-enhanced Raman scattering
2D two-dimensional
AT-CuS NCs Atomic-thin 2D CuS nanocrystals
HMNC Hollow magnetite nanocluster
AuNCs@SiO2 Silica-encapsulated self-assembled gold nanochains
H-SiOx-PEG NPs Hollow silicon oxide nanoparticles
CNPs carbon materials
COFs covalent organic frameworks
HPP Hollow carbon nanosphere modified with polyethylene glycol-graft-polyethylenimine
QDs Quantum dots
GQDs Graphene quantum dots
EPR Enhanced permeability and retention
CQDs Carbon quantum dots
CCS Cet-CDs-SNO
OPTAs Organic photothermal agents
IPTAs Inorganic photothermal agents
PPTAs polymer-based photothermal agents
MPTAs molecule photothermal agents
D-A donor-acceptor
PBTPBF-BT Thieno-isoindigo derivative-based D-A polymer
DPP-IID-FA Diketopyrrole polymer
PDCDT Semiconducting copolymer poly [(diketopyrrolopyrrole-cyclopentadithiophene)-ran-(diketopyrrolopyrrole-thiadiazoquinoline)]
ICG Indocyanine green
FDA Food and Drug Administration
PPy Polypyrrole
Se Selenium
Te Tellurium
PDT Photodynamic therapy
O2 Molecular oxygen
PS Photosensitizer
ROS Reactive oxygen species
CN-NPs Carbon nitride nanoparticles
PTCDA Perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic dianhydride
SnO2−x@SiO2-HA Oxygen-deficient black tin oxide nanoparticles
HA Hyaluronic acid
ICB Immune checkpoint blockade
CAR-T Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell
TAAs Tumor-associated antigens
DCs Dendritic cells
APC Antigen-presenting cell
bmNPs biomimetic nanoplatforms
DAMPs Damage-associated molecular patterns
ICD Immunogenic cell death
GSH Glutathione
CBI checkpoint blockade immunotherapy
NK Natural killer
CTLs Cytotoxic T lymphocytes
ITME Immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment
TAMs Tumor-associated macrophages
CRT Calreticulin
HMGB1 High-mobility group box 1 protein
MDR Multidrug resistance
DOX Doxorubicin
PCM Phase change materials
H2O2 Hydrogen peroxide
AuMC AuHNR@MnO2@CS
CS Chitosan
TME Tumor microenvironment
CDT Chemodynamic therapy
BCC Basal cell carcinoma
SCC Squamous cell carcinoma
ISPI In situ photoimmunotherapy
CLR Complete local response
GSN Gold silica nanoshells
LITT laser interstitial thermal therapy
SCLC Small cell lung cancer
NSCLC Non-small cell lung cancer
LUAD Lung adenocarcinoma