Near-Infrared Light-Responsive Semiconductor Polymer Composite Hydrogels: Spatial/Temporal-Controlled Release via a Photothermal “Sponge” Effect

• Main Authors: Wu, Yingjie, Wang, Kai, Huang, Shuo, Yang, Cangjie, Wang, Mingfeng
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Controlled Release; Drug Delivery
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85465; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43724
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Near-infrared (NIR) light-responsive hydrogels are important for biomedical applications, such as remote-controlled release, but the NIR agents previously used were largely limited to heavy-metal inorganic materials such as gold nanoparticles. In this article, we report a new type of NIR phototherma...