有机光热转换材料及其在光热疗法中的应用

光热疗法(photothermal therapy,PTT)作为一种新型的肿瘤治疗技术,由于其对肿瘤高效的消除能力和对正常组织极低的伤害,近年来受到了强烈的关注。在过去的十余年中,许多无机光热转换材料,尤其是金和碳的纳米材料,已经被报道广泛用于光热治疗的研究中。随着纳米技术和纳米材料的发展,光热试剂的种类和性能也得到不断提升。在光热治疗优异疗效的激励下,人们越来越关心其走向临床应用的可能。近年来出现的一些新型有机光热转换试剂,因为其能够克服无机材料不可生物降解的特点而得到快速地发展。本文主要综述了最近几年发展起来的几种典型的有机光热转换纳米材料,包括小分子染料类、超分子复合物类以及共轭聚合物类,介绍了它们应用在肿瘤光热治疗的研究,并简单描述了成像指导下的光热治疗以及联合治疗方面的应用。最后,总结了现有的有机光热试剂的种类,指出其研究发展方向,分析了光热疗法目前面临的难题与挑战,及其走向临床应用的前景。     

等离子体增强上转换发光及其应用

稀土上转换纳米材料（UCNPs）是一类在近红外光激发下发出可见光的纳米材料。与有机荧光染料、量子点等发光材料相比,UCNPs具有化学稳定性高、光稳定性强、荧光寿命长、反斯托克斯位移大、发光谱带窄和光穿透深度大等诸多优点,在生物成像、传感器、激光器、光动力疗法和太阳能电池等领域有潜在的应用价值。但是由于UCNPs激活离子的吸收截面太小,导致其发光效率偏低,限制了UCNPs的进一步应用。因而如何提高上转换发光强度成为当前的研究热点。针对上述问题,本文系统阐述了金属表面等离子体共振（SPR）增强上转换发光领域的研究进展。首先介绍了SPR增强上转换发光的三种机制,随后重点介绍了化学法和物理法这两种SPR-UCNPs体系的构建方法以及其在太阳能电池、生物成像、生物检测、光热治疗和光催化等领域的应用。文章最后指出了SPR增强上转换发光领域存在的不足和未来的研究方向。     

稀土氟化物上转换荧光增强及应用

稀土氟化物上转换纳米材料具有化学稳定性高、反斯托克位移大、无光漂白、荧光寿命长、发光谱带窄和穿透深度深等优点,在荧光成像和光热疗、传感器、太阳能电池及防伪技术等领域具有广泛的应用前景,是一种极具发展潜力的荧光材料。然而该类材料在实际应用时还存在有荧光效率低、吸收截面小等亟待解决的瓶颈问题。针对以上问题,本文系统阐述了离子共掺杂、核壳结构、表面等离子耦合、光子晶体、宽频敏化和热效应等增强稀土氟化物上转换荧光的方法及其近年的研究进展。并在此基础上,总结了近年来荧光增强稀土氟化物上转换纳米材料在生物成像和光热疗、生物传感、太阳能电池及防伪技术等领域的应用研究现状。最后,分析了稀土氟化物UCNPs目前仍存在的不足,并对将来的发展方向进行了展望。     

光热转换材料及其在脱盐领域的应用

光热脱盐技术在缓解水资源短缺和减少水环境污染等方面具有重要的应用前景,已吸引了各国研究者的广泛关注。光热脱盐主要是利用光热转换材料将吸收的太阳光能直接、高效地转化为热能,以蒸发水分实现含盐水脱盐和水质净化,其效率取决于光热转换材料的性能。本文综述了近年来太阳能光热转换材料如金属基材料、碳基材料、半导体材料、有机聚合物材料、复合光热材料的研究现状及其光热转换机理,并介绍了光热转换材料在脱盐领域的应用进展。基于上述分析,对光热转换材料在未来脱盐领域的研究前景进行了展望,提出应针对光热转换材料的低强度全光谱吸收和高效转化利用、光热稳定性和重复使用性提高,以及光热脱盐系统的热传递损失最小化和热量利用最大化等方面进行深入探析。     

适体功能化的金纳米棒用于癌症靶向治疗的研究进展

金纳米棒(gold nanorods,GNRs)具有特殊的光学性质、较大的比表面积、出色的光热转换性能、表面易修饰等特点,在药物递送、光疗、生物成像和化学传感等领域应用十分广泛。适体是短的单链DNA或RNA片段,可特异性识别癌细胞或其表面的膜蛋白。近年来,适体功能化的GNRs在癌症靶向治疗领域显示出良好的应用前景。根据GNRs对癌症作用机制的差异,本文从光热疗法、光动力疗法、化疗和联合疗法4个方面总结了适体功能化的GNRs在癌症靶向治疗中的最新进展,并对该领域面临的主要挑战和发展趋势进行了探讨与展望。     

聚吡咯及其纳米复合材料在光热治疗领域的应用

光热治疗是近年来兴起的一种治疗方法,具有靶向性强、适应性广的特点。在光热治疗中,通过光热剂对光的吸收将光能转化为热能,从而实现治疗作用,因而光热剂的光热转化性能直接决定了光热治疗的效果。光热剂的种类丰富,涵盖由无机到有机等组成和性能各异的多种材料。其中,聚吡咯具备良好的生物相容性、优异的光稳定性以及光热转化性能,在光热治疗领域受到广泛关注,是一种拥有巨大应用潜力的光热剂,然而其在光热治疗领域的发展趋势及前景却鲜有报道。本文综述了聚吡咯及其纳米复合材料的制备方法,详述了聚吡咯及其纳米复合材料在光热治疗领域中的应用情况,包括聚吡咯基纳米材料的自身性能和实际光热治疗的效果,指出以聚吡咯为基体或修饰材料来制备具有CT、磁共振、光声显影及光热治疗性能的聚吡咯基复合材料已成为发展趋势。在此基础上,本文还总结了聚吡咯基纳米复合材料在制备和应用中存在的问题,并分析了其在发展过程中遇到的挑战以及在生物医学应用中的前景。     

近红外光镊技术结合脂质体膜相变用于硅-金核壳纳米粒子热效应的研究

通过测定近红外光镊捕获的单个硅-金核壳纳米粒子对荧光标记的脂质体膜加热产生的相变,建立了一种对纳米粒子的激光热效应的三维稳态测定方法。考察了介质温度和激光功率等因素对纳米粒子热效应的影响,并对硅-金核壳纳米粒子和纳米金的光热转换效率进行了比较,结果表明硅-金核壳纳米粒子的光热转换效率最高,其表面温度和光镊激光功率呈正相关(激光功率为0.6 W时,其表面温度达200℃以上)。最后对这类核壳纳米粒子具有良好热效应的原因进行了理论分析。本文建立的方法和获得的结果有助于深入了解硅-金核壳纳米材料的热效应,并展示了这类材料在癌症光热治疗等方面的应用前景。     

β-HgS量子点的制备、性质及应用

β-HgS量子点因其具有可调谐的可见-近红外荧光和带间荧光而在光转换和荧光成像等多个领域有着广阔的应用前景。本文综述了β-HgS量子点的制备、性质及应用,重点梳理了β-HgS量子点在有机相和水相中的两大类共计五种制备方法,阐述了其不同于块状β-HgS的独特性质,总结了其在离子探测、细胞成像、活体成像、光转换器和荧光油墨等领域的最新应用。最后针对制约β-HgS量子点应用的主要问题(如应用于光转换器件中的转换效率和荧光量子产率不高、应用于生物荧光成像中的特异性识别能力不足和生物相容性较差等),提出了我们的解决方案:一方面,将β-HgS量子点自组装形成特定的纳米结构,以期提高其光转换效率和荧光量子产率;另一方面,通过将手性生物分子引入到β-HgS量子点表面来制备手性β-HgS量子点,以期增强其在体内和体外荧光成像中的特异性识别能力和改善其生物相容性。本文将为β-HgS量子点的发展提供新的思路。     

调控供电子策略简易制备近红外二区有机小分子光学诊疗试剂

有机小分子凭借着明确的化学结构、出色的生物相容性、优异的可重复性等诸多优势被广泛应用于光学诊疗领域. 然而, 目前报道的有机小分子存在合成步骤复杂、成像波长位于近红外一区(NIR-I)、光热转换效率及单线态氧产率低等缺陷, 严重限制了其诊疗效果. 基于此, 本工作以吡咯并吡咯二酮作为缺电子单元、分别以苯、苯胺、邻苯二胺作为供电子单元, 通过一步偶联反应简易制备得到三种有机小分子DPP-0、DPP-2、DPP-4, 进一步利用纳米沉淀法制备得到对应的水溶性纳米粒子DPP-0 NPs、DPP-2 NPs和DPP-4 NPs. 研究发现, 随着氨基数量的增加, 纳米粒子吸收/发射均发生了红移, 其中DPP-4 NPs具有良好的NIR-I吸收能力且其最大荧光发射达到了近红外二区(NIR-II)区域, 表明可以通过改变供电子单元策略实现光学性能的调控. 在单一激光照射下, DPP-4 NPs可以同时产生NIR-II荧光信号、过高热及单线态氧, 其光热转换效率和单线态氧产率分别高达40.2%及34.3%, 可成功应用于肿瘤深层次NIR-II荧光成像诊断及高效光热/光动力联合治疗.     

光热效应增强的Au/RGO/Na2Ti3O7光催化加氢性能

将典型的光热等离激元石墨烯和纳米金简便地负载在钛酸钠(Na₂Ti₃O₇)载体上, 构建出具有较窄禁带宽度和较高光催化活性的Au/RGO/Na₂Ti₃O₇光热辅助光催化体系. 研究发现, 石墨烯片层与金纳米颗粒在光照下, 通过局域表面等离激元共振效应诱导产生大量的热电子, 以活化反应物并降低反应活化能, 其引发的光热效应还可精准提升光催化体系中反应位点附近的温度, 从而大幅提升光催化反应速率. 通过构建特殊微支结构, 进一步增强了Au/RGO/Na₂Ti₃O₇催化剂对光的捕获, 并限域锚定高表面能催化剂以增强体系的稳定性. 在光热、 光催化的高效协同增强下, Au/RGO/Na₂Ti₃O₇催化剂体系对对硝基苯酚和肉桂醛的加氢反应均表现出增强的光催化活性. 光热辅助下的Au/RGO/Na₂Ti₃O₇光催化剂在对硝基苯酚反应中的转换频率（TOF）值高达54.4 min^-1, 反应活化能显著降低至15.78 kJ/mol, 且其在长效测试中表现出良好的稳定性（4次循环催化后, 转化率的保持率近90%）.     

Polymer materials for constructing therapeutical nanoparticles in photothermal therapy

Photothermal therapy (PTT) ablates tumors by thermal effects of photothermal agents (PTAs), and attracts wide attention due to the non-invasive characteristic. The ideal PTAs are expected to have high photothermal conversion effect under NIR irradiation, as well as targeting abilities and good biocompatibility satisfying the need of application in vivo. Nanoparticles (NPs) are commonly used as anti-tumor materials, and plenty of researches on therapeutical NPs for PTT treatment have been developed. Among various building blocks for photothermal NPs, polymer materials for biomedical applications have great advantages due to their negligible toxicity, flexibility for functional modification, and ability to integrate multiple therapeutic strategies. This review focuses on the polymer materials utilized in photothermal NP designing, including their application as excellent carriers and powerful PTAs with great PTT effects. Furthermore, the synergy therapy based on polymeric nanoplatform for enhancing PTT therapeutic efficiency will be introduced.     

Highly selective synthesis and near-infrared photothermal conversion of metalla-Borromean ring and [2]catenane assemblies

Although the selective synthesis of complicated supramolecular architectures has seen significant progress in recent years, the exploration of the properties of these complexes remains a fascinating challenge. Herein, a series of new supramolecular topologies, metalla[2]catenanes and Borromean ring assemblies, were constructed based on appropriate Cp*Rh building blocks and two rigid alkynyl pyridine ligands (L1, L2) via coordination-driven self-assembly. Interestingly, minor differences between the two rigid alkynyl pyridine ligands with/without organic substituents led to products with dramatically different topologies. Careful structural analysis showed that π–π stacking interactions play a crucial role in stabilizing these [2]catenanes and Borromean ring assemblies, while also promoting nonradiative transitions and triggering photothermal conversion in both the solution and the solid states. These results were showcased through comparative studies of the NIR photothermal conversion efficiencies of the Borromean ring assemblies, [2]catenanes and metallarectangles, which exhibited a wide range of photothermal conversion efficiencies (12.64–72.21%). The influence of the different Cp*Rh building blocks on the NIR photothermal conversion efficiencies of their assemblies was investigated. Good photothermal conversion properties of the assemblies were also found in the solid state. This study provides a new strategy to construct valuable half-sandwich-based NIR photothermal conversion materials while also providing promising candidates for the further development of materials science.

The selective synthesis of three kinds of supermolecular topologies, molecular Borromean ring, [2]catenane and metallarectangle based on two alkynyl ligands is presented. Remarkably, the NIR photothermal conversion efficiency was found to improve as the π–π stacking increases.     

Two‐Dimensional Nanomaterials for Photothermal Therapy

Two‐dimensional (2D) nanomaterials are currently explored as novel photothermal agents because of their ultrathin structure, high specific surface area, and unique optoelectronic properties. In addition to single photothermal therapy (PTT), 2D nanomaterials have demonstrated significant potential in PTT‐based synergistic therapies. In this Minireview, we summarize the recent progress in 2D nanomaterials for enhanced photothermal cancer therapy over the last five years. Their unique optical properties, typical synthesis methods, and surface modification are also covered. Emphasis is placed on their PTT and PTT‐synergized chemotherapy, photodynamic therapy, and immunotherapy. The major challenges of 2D photothermal agents are addressed and the promising prospects are also presented.     

Manipulating Host-Guest Charge Transfer of a Water-Soluble Double-Cavity Cyclophane for NIR-II Photothermal Therapy

Water-soluble small organic photothermal agents (PTAs) over NIR-II biowindow (1000–1350 nm) are highly desirable, but the rarity greatly limits their applications. Based on a water-soluble double-cavity cyclophane GBox-4⁴⁺ , we report a class of host–guest charge transfer (CT) complexes as structurally uniform PTAs for NIR-II photothermal therapy. As a result of its high electron-deficiency, GBox-4⁴⁺ can bind different electron-rich planar guests with a 1 : 2 host/guest stoichiometry to readily tune the CT absorption band that extends to the NIR-II region. When using a diaminofluorene guest substituted with an oligoethylene glycol chain, the host–guest system realized both good biocompatibility and enhanced photothermal conversion at 1064 nm, and was then exploited as a high-efficiency NIR-II PTA for cancer cell and bacterial ablation. This work broadens the potential applications of host–guest cyclophane systems and provides a new access to bio-friendly NIR-II photoabsorbers with well-defined structures.     

Fused Isoindigo Ribbons with Absorption Bands Reaching Near‐Infrared

Through fusing isoindigo (IID) units at 6,7;6′,7′‐positions, a series of new near‐infrared (NIR) absorbing and stable ribbon‐like conjugated molecules, namely nIIDs in which n represents the number of IID units, have been synthesized. The optical band gaps of the molecules are lowered from 2.03 eV of 1IID to 1.12 eV of 6IID with the increase of the conjugation length. 3IID, 4IID, and 6IID have strong absorption in the NIR region and exhibit photothermal conversion efficiencies of greater than 50 % under laser irradiation at λ=808 nm.     

金属催化剂光热催化CO2还原的研究进展

CO2的过量排放导致温室效应对环境的影响越来越严重,通过电催化、光催化、热催化、光热催化或光电催化将CO2还原成高附加值的化学品是解决CO2排放的有效途径.其中, CO2的光热催化转化是当前的主要研究领域之一.我们对光热催化进行了总结分类:热助光、光助热、光驱热和光热协同催化,并详细介绍相应的催化机理,总结了金属催化剂用于光热催化CO2还原的最新研究进展,最后提出了光热催化面临的挑战与展望.     

Recent advances in photothermal and RNA interfering synergistic therapy

As a new treatment technique,photothermal therapy(PTT) has aroused worldwide attention in cancer treatment,mainly due to its excellent absorption ability,easy regulation,and biodegradability.Photothermal conversion materials with enhanced permeability and retention effect can be targeted easily to tumor tissue.They can accumulate efficiently to tumor tissues and allow normal tissues and organs not to be affected by temperature,thus significantly helping to reduce the systemic toxicity and improve the antitumor effect.However,PTT alo ne often suffers from the rapeutic resistance and reduced therapeutic efficacy,due to photothermal nanomaterial-mediated fundamental cellular defense mechanism of heat shock response,which could be inhibited by small interfering RNA(siRNA).Nevertheless,photothermal conversion materials as an excellent siRNA delivery carrier may conside rably enhance the delivery efficiency of siRNA.Therefore,photothermal and RNA interfering(RNAi) synergistic therapy has recently aroused extensive attention in tumor treatment.In this review,we mainly summarize the recent advances of photothermal and RNAi synergistic therapy,including some synergistic therapeutic nanoplatforms of inorganic and organic photothermal materials and other combined therapies such as combining with small molecular antitumor agents or PDT/imaging.The combination of various treatment techniques may considerably improve the synergistic therapeutic effect of PTT and RNAi in the treatment of cancers.     

Recent Advances in Carbon Nanomaterials for Cancer Phototherapy

Carbon nanomaterials have received great attention from the scientific community over the past few decades because of their unique physical and chemical properties. In this minireview, we will summarize the recent progress of the use of various carbon nanomaterials in the field of cancer phototherapy. The structural characteristics of each category and the surface functionalization strategies of these nanomaterials will be briefly introduced before focusing on their therapeutic applications. Recent advances on their use in photothermal therapy, photodynamic therapy, and combined phototherapies are presented. Moreover, a few challenges and perspectives on the development of carbon nanomaterials for future theranostics are also discussed.     

A Sweet Polydopamine Nanoplatform for Synergistic Combination of Targeted Chemo‐Photothermal Therapy

Inspired by sweet or sugar‐coated bullets that are used for medications in clinics and the structure and function of biological melanin, a novel kind of sweet polydopamine nanoparticles and their anticancer drug doxorubicin loaded counterparts are prepared, which integrate an active targeting function, photothermal therapy, and chemotherapy into one polymeric nanocarrier. The oxidative polymerization of lactosylated dopamine and/or with dopamine are performed under mild conditions and the resulting sweet nanoparticles are thoroughly characterized. When exposed to an 808 nm continuous‐wave diode laser, the magnitude of temperature elevation not only increases with the concentration of nanoparticles, but can also be tuned by the laser power density. The nanoparticles possess strong near infrared light absorption, high photothermal conversion efficiency, and good photostability. The nanoparticles present tunable binding with RCA₁₂₀ lectin and a targeting effect to HepG2 cells, confirmed by dynamic light scattering, turbidity analysis, MTT assay, and flow cytometry. Importantly, the sweet nanoparticles give the lowest IC₅₀ value of 11.67 μg mL⁻¹ for chemo‐photothermal therapy compared with 43.19 μg mL⁻¹ for single chemotherapy and 67.38 μg mL⁻¹ for photothermal therapy alone, demonstrating a good synergistic effect for the combination therapy.