Table 1.

List of Core-shell Structured Nanocarriers.

Photothermal Material	Drug(s)	Polymer	Targeting Ligand	Reference
IR780	AMD3100	PC, MCT and trilaurin	AMD3100	[3]
ICG	DOX	Carboxyl-terminated pluronic F68 and polyethyleneimine-coated perfluorocarbon	HER2 antibody	[9]
Fe3O4	DOX	PMMA and PMMA-co-DMAEMA-co-DVB-co-PEG360-co-AA-co-DS	None	[14]
IR780	SN38	IR780-mPEG and IR780-mPEG-cRGD	cRGD	[45]
RGO	Resveratrol	Folate acid-terminated PEG-phospholipid	Folate acid	[21]
Au-S nanorod	DOX, NaHCO3 and Salicylic acid	PVA, PLGA and TPGS	None	[23]
AuNS	Resveratrol	Resveratrol-binding lipid and CTS	None	[24]
CuS and MoS2	DOX	Aptamer, NH2-(SH)-PEG	None	[60]
PDA	DOX	PDA and PLGA	None	[26]
OA-PB NP	DOX	DSPE-PEG 2000	None	[27]
BCNP	Curcumin	TPGS	None	[48]
PPy NP	Rapamycin	DPPC, cholesterol, CHEMS and DSPE-PEG2000-Maleimide	Trastuzumab	[49]
ICG	Wedelolactone	Soybean phosphatidylcholine, Cholesterol and PEG-2000	None	[50]
NGO	DOX and Rapamycin	PEGylated lipid	None	[51]
ICG	DOX	PEG-PLGA	HER2 antibody	[61]
RGO	DOX	PVA	Lactoferrin	[64]
HMPB	DOX	Red blood cell membrane	None	[76]
Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based polymers	DOX	TPGS-CHO copolymers	None	[80]
CuS	DTX	Povidone and chitosan	Folic acid	[81]
OA-CuS-NP	DOX	Chitosan	None	[82]
ICG	DOX	PLGA and NAcHis-TPGS	None	[83]
Graphene nanosponge	DTX and Perfluorohexane	DOPE and DSPE-PEG2000-NH2	Lactoferrin	[84]
BCNP	DOX	Tween 80	None	[85]
Nanogold and Fe3O4	DOX	PSMA	None	[86]
Fe3O4	DOX	poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-co-1-Vinyl-2-pyrrolidone	None	[87]
ICG	DOX	PPE-Chol1-HA	Hyaluronic acid	[88]
Porphyrin-phospholipid (PoP)	DOX	DOTAP and PoP	None	[89]
PDA NP	Bortezomib and DOX	pNIPAAm-co-pAAm	None	[90]
SPION (Fe2O3)	DOX	-PLGA-PEG-PLGA-urethane-SS-	Folic acid	[91]
Fe3O4	DOX	mPEG-g-PDAEAIM	None	[92]