Thermal efficacy of IR825@B-PPNs (A), CPDA-131I NPs (B), 131I-BSA@CuS (C), B–OMe-NPs (D), PPRILK (E) [[52], [53], [54], [55], [56]]. The temperature fluctuation curves of the indocyanine green (ICG) solution and IR825@B-PPNs after four photothermal heating cycles (A1). The different power-density irradiation (A2) (Reproduced from Ref. [52] with permission. Copyright 2019 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd). The five photothermal cycles of BSA@CuS's temperature fluctuations (B1). The images of the photothermal heating curve at various light intensities (B2) (Reproduced from Ref. [54] with permission. Copyright 2022 International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology). Time-dependent temperature variation of B–OMe-NPs at different laser powers (C1). Photothermal cycle of BOMe-NPs and ICG solutions during laser irradiation (C2) (Reproduced from Ref. [55] with permission. Copyright 2022, American Chemical Society). Heating curves of PPRNC in gradient concentrations during 10 min of laser irradiation (D1). Temperature changes in PPRNC during three laser irradiating and natural cooling-down cycles (D2) (Reproduced from Ref. [56] with permission. Copyright 2022, American Chemical Society). (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)