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For malignant tumor phototherapy, current biomolecules-based materials face challenges such as limited tissue penetration, insufficient tumor accumulation, and overlook of the unique benefits of chirality, thus hampering their phototherapeutic efficiency. Herein, we introduce a novel near-infrared circularly polarized (NIR-CP) lightresponsive hybrid CuInSe2@ZnS (CISe@ZnS) quantum dots (QDs) hydrogel (QDs@L/D-Gel), which showcases distinctive NIR chiroptical activity, highly enhanced tumor retention, and superior photothermal/photodynamic properties. Particularly, the QDs@L-Gel exhibits a prominently improved photothermal conversion efficiency (PCE) of 43 % and elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) upon 808-nm CP light irradiation, outperforming those of linearly polarized light directly emitted from a laser device. Moreover, a remarkably enhanced phototherapeutic efficacy (tumor inhibition rate = 83 %) can be achieved for QDs@L-Gel treated mice after 808-nm CP light treatment, without any toxic side effects. Our findings highlight the importance of supramolecular chirality in NIR-CP-mediated phototherapy, thereby paving a new avenue for more advanced and effective tumor treatment in clinical applications.
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NANO TODAY
ISSN: 1748-0132
Year: 2024
Volume: 58
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