| ARPE-19 | Adult retinal pigment epithelial |
| Au-CNT | Gold coating on carbon nanotube |
| AuNPs | Gold NPs |
| Au-TiO2 | Gold-nanoparticle-decorated titania |
| CNT | Carbon nanotube |
| CPCB-RPE1 | California Project to Cure Blindness-Retinal Pigment Epithelium 1 |
| CT | Computed tomography |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| iPSC | Induced pluripotent stem cell |
| IR | Infrared |
| iRPE | Induced retinal pigment epithelial |
| mfERG | Multifocal electroretinography |
| MRI | Magnetic resonance imaging |
| MIONPs | Magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles |
| NIR | Near-infrared |
| NPs | Nanoparticles |
| NWs | Nanowires |
| OCT | Optical coherence tomography |
| pbUNCPs | Photoreceptor-binding upconversion nanoparticles |
| PCL | Poly (ε-caprolactone) |
| PDA | Polydopamine |
| P3HT | Poly (3-hexylthiophene) |
| POSS | Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane |
| PLA | Poly (L-lactic acid) |
| PLGA | Poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) |
| PMMA | Poly (methyl methacrylate) |
| PTT | Photothermic therapy |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| RPCs | Retinal progenitor cells |
| RPE | Retinal pigment epithelium |
| SEM | Scanning electron microscopy |
| Si NWs | Silicon nanowires |
| TEM | Transmission electron microscope |
| TUNEL | Deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling |
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