Figure 17.

CDs-based cancer therapy by simultaneous PTT and PDT. (A) Synthetic route of PBA and CDs WITH simultaneous PTT and PDT capability by polymerization to carbonization. Adapted with permission from ¹¹⁹, copyright 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. (B) Schematic illustration of starving and phototherapy mediated by γ-PGA@GOx@Mn,Cu-CDs NPs. Adapted with permission from ¹⁷⁷, copyright 2020 Elsevier Ltd. (C) Illustration of the synthesis process of Cu/CC nanoassemblies. (H) Illustration of the features for enhancing tumor accumulation, TME stimuli-responses and synergistic therapy. Adapted with permission from ²²⁹, copyright 2020 Wiley-VCH GmbH.