Ab	Antibody
ACQ	Aggregation-Caused Quenching
Au	Gold
AuNPs	Gold Nanoparticles
AuNRs	Gold Nanorods
CFUNs	Caspase-3 responsive Functionalized Upconversion Nanoparticles
CL	Cerenkov Luminescence
CNPs	Carbon Nanoparticles
CSNC	Core-Satellite Nanoconstructs
CNTs	Carbon Nanotubes
CP-TPP	poly(cyclotriphosphazene-co-tetraphenylporphyrin-co-sulfonyldiphenol)
CPNs	Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles
CRC	Colorectal Cancer Cells
CRET	Cerenkov Radiation Energy Transfer
DOX	Doxorubicin
FL	Fluorescence
GQDs	Graphene Quantum Dots
HMSN	Hollow Mesoporous Silica Nanoshells
HpD	Hematoporphyrin derivative
LDL	Low Density Lipoprotein
LSPR	Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance
MCTS	Multicellular Tumor Spheroids
MRI	magnetic Resonance Imaging
MSN	Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles
NCs	Nanocrystals
NHEKs	Normal Human Epidermal Keratinocytes
NIR	Near Infrared
NPs	Nanoparticles
2P-PDT	Two-Photon Photodynamic Therapy
PAI	Photoacoustic Imaging
PBPs	Porphyrin based PSs
PDT	Photodynamic Therapy
PEG	Polyethylene Glycol
PET	Positron Emission Tomography
PJ	Protoporphyrin IX-modified Jeffamine
PL	Pullulan
PMOs	Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica Nanoparticles
PSs	Photosensitizers
PpIX	Protoporphyrin IX
PTT	Photothermal Therapy
PTAs	Photothermal Transduction Agents
QDs	Quantum Dots
ROS	Reactive Oxygen Species
SCCs	Squamous Cell Carcinomas
SDT	Sonodynamic Therapy
SiNPs	Silica Nanoparticles
TAPP	Tetra-(4-aminophenyl) porphyrin
TCPP	Meso-tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl)porphyrin
TMPyP	5,10,15,20-tetrakis (1-methyl 4-pyridinio) porphyrin tetra (p-toluenesulfonate)
TOP	Topotecan
TPP	Tetraphenylporphyrin
TPP	Tetra(4-hydroxyphenyl) porphyrin
TPPS	Meso-tetrakis(4-sulphonatophenyl)porphyrin
UCNPs	Upconversion Nanoparticles
UCST	Upper Critical Solution Temperature
Zn	Zinc
Zn-TCPP	Zinc(II)meso-tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl)porphyrin