PDT	Photodynamic therapy
PS	Photosensitizer
PTT	Photo thermal therapy
NIR	Near infrared
HpD	Hematophorphyrin derivative
1O2	Singlet oxygen
HAC6	Hyaluronated fullerene
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
PACT	Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy
PEG	Polyethylene glycol
MRI	Magnetic resonance imaging
C60-(Glc)1	d-glucose residue pendant fullerene
C60-(6Glc)1	maltohexaose residue pendant fullerene
CD44	Cluster determinants 44
APBA	3-aminophenylboronic acid
UCNPs	upconversionnanoplatform
PC12	pheochromocytoma
aPDT/APDT	Antimicrobial PDT
LC17	Decacationic side chain
LC18	Decateritiary amine side chain
CNTs	Carbon nanotubes
SWCNT/SWNT	Single walled (carbon) nanotube
MWCNT/MWNT	Multiwalled (carbon) nanotube
ZNMAPc-	Zinc monoaminophthalocyanine
FA	Folic acid
ZnMCPPc	Zinc mono carboxyphenoxyphthalocyanine
AP	Aptamer
TPPDT	Two photon photodynamic therapy
RU II	Ruthenium complex II
Ce6	Chlorine e6
mTHPC	m-terahydroxyphenyl chlorine
HA	Hyaluronic acid
CS	Chitosan
SOG	singlet oxygen generation
HMME	Hematoporphyrin monomethyl ether
OEG	Ethylene glycol oligomers
DOX	Doxorubicin
PEI	Polyethyleneimine
PVPK30	Polyvinyl pyrolidone
SWNHs	single-walled carbon nanohorns
dMNT	dendrimer modified MWCNT
ALA	Alanine
DLC	Drug loading content
DLE	Drug loading efficiency
VACNT	Vertically aligned carbon nanotube
ZnPc	Zinc Phthalocyanine
PHT	Photo hyperthermic
TSCuPc	tetrasodium salt copper phthalocyanine
GC	glycol chitosan
GQD	Graphene quantum dot
CQD	Carbon quantum dot
SWNHsox	single walled nanohorns ox
BSA	Bovine serum albumin
GO/NGO	Graphene Oxide/Nano Graphene oxide
UCL	upconversion luminescence
PL	Photoluminescence
PFD	Photosensitizer fluorescence detection
FRET	Fluorescence resonance energy transfer
HA	Hyaluronate
TMPyP	tetrakis (1-methyl 4-pyridinio) porphyrins
TPACS	Two-photon absorption cross section
TPE	Two photon excitation
PPIX	protoporphyrin IX
EPR	Enhanced permeation and retention
GNR	Gold Nanorod
PA	Photoacoustic
PT2	polythiophene
GSH	Glutathione
HMNS	Hollow magnetic nanospheres
MRSA	methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
BPEI	branched polyethylenimine
mAb	Monoclonal antibody
DVDMS	sinoporphyrin sodium
PPa	Pyropheo-phorbide-a
DWI	Diffusion-weighted imaging
BOLD	Blood oxygenation level dependent
ADC	Apparent diffusion coefficient
ICG	Indocyanine green
mGO	Magnetic grapheme oxide
LED	light emitting diode
hA	hypocrellin A
hB	hypocrellin B