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. 2016 Apr 27;6(7):948–968. doi: 10.7150/thno.15217

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Strategies for constructing light-triggered LTN from small molecular organic photosensitizers (PSs). Small molecular PSs which provide contrast for imaging and a therapeutic effect upon irradiation could be built into LTNs via five strategies: (1) the small molecular PS could be modified and induced to self-assemble into discrete LTNs; (2) nanocarriers, (3) nano-sized contrast agents, (4) nanomedicine, or even (5) LTNs could be used as transporter for small molecular PSs.