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Antiangiogenesis-Combined Photothermal Therapy in the Second Near-Infrared Window at Laser Powers Below the Skin Tolerance Threshold
摘要： Photothermal agents with strong light absorption in the second near-infrared (NIR-II) region (1000–1350 nm) are strongly desired for successful photothermal therapy (PTT). In this work, titania-coated Au nanobipyramids (NBP@TiO2) with a strong plasmon resonance in the NIR-II window were synthesized. The NBP@TiO2 nanostructures have a high photothermal conversion efficiency of (93.3 ± 5.2)% under 1064-nm laser irradiation. They are also capable for loading an anticancer drug combretastatin A-4 phosphate (CA4P). In vitro PTT studies reveal that 1064-nm laser irradiation can efficiently ablate human lung cancer A549 cells and enhance the anticancer effect of CA4P. Moreover, the CA4P-loaded NBP@TiO2 nanostructures combined with PTT induce a synergistic antiangiogenesis effect. In vivo studies show that such CA4P-loaded NBP@TiO2 nanostructures under mild 1064-nm laser irradiation at an optical power density of 0.4 W cm?2, which is lower than the skin tolerance threshold value, exhibit a superior antitumor effect. This work presents not only the development of the NBP@TiO2 nanostructures as a novel photothermal agent responsive in the NIR-II window but also a unique combined chemo-photothermal therapy strategy for cancer therapy.
关键词： Antiangiogenesis therapy,Gold nanobipyramids,Plasmon resonance,Core@shell nanostructures,Photothermal therapy
更新于2025-11-21 11:24:58
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Structural, morphological, optical and electrical characterization of InGaN/GaN MQW structures for optoelectronic applications
摘要： InGaN/GaN Multiple Quantum Well (MQW) structures were grown on c-plane sapphire substrate using metal organic chemical vapour deposition technique by varying the MQW periods. The indium composition and thickness were estimated using high-resolution X-ray diffraction. InGaN well, GaN barriers and Indium composition were estimated as 3 nm, 18 nm and 16-18% using epitaxy smooth fit software. Reciprocal space mapping revealed that InGaN/GaN MQW samples were coherently strained. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy exhibit decrease in the surface roughness with increase in the number of InGaN/GaN MQW periods with respect to the number of defects comprising of threading dislocations and hexagonal V-pits. Self-organized In(Ga)N like nanostructures with spiral growth mechanism was also observed due to the low temperature growth of p-GaN layer. The photoluminescence spectra of the MQWs showed a red-shift when the number of QW periods was increased due to quantum confined stark effect. Hall Effect microscopy images confirmed good interface between the InGaN/GaN MQW structures. Atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy exhibit decrease in the surface roughness measurement displayed good semiconducting behavior in the InGaN/GaN MQW structures. The carrier concentration values also emphasized adequate variations when number of periods was increased.
关键词： V-pits,InGaN,Photoluminescence,Multiple Quantum Well,nanostructures
更新于2025-11-21 11:18:25
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Differential photothermal and photodynamic performance behaviors of gold nanorods, nanoshells and nanocages under identical energy conditions
摘要： Various gold (Au) nanostructures have shown promising near infrared (NIR) light-activated phototherapeutic effects; however, their reported photothermal or photodynamic performance behavior is usually inconsistent or even conflicted, dramatically limiting the improvement of phototherapeutic Au nanostructures. The potential reason for this uncertainty is mainly because the photoactivities of Au nanostructures are not evaluated under identical energy conditions. Herein, three Au nanostructures, Au nanorods (NRs), nanoshells (NSs), and nanocages (NCs), were prepared to provide the same localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) peaks at 808 nm. All these Au nanostructures (at the same optical density) could fully exert their photoactivities under the identical and optimal energy condition of 808 nm laser irradiation. It was found that these Au nanostructures could induce similar levels of temperature elevation but different levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, where Au NCs exhibited the highest ROS production, followed by Au NSs and NRs. In vitro and in vivo phototherapeutic assessments further supported that Au NCs could cause the most severe cell death and tumor growth regression. This means that the identical incident energy has different contribution to photothermal and photodynamic performance of Au nanostructures, and the corner angle structures of Au NCs compared with NSs and NCs could more efficiently convert the photon energy into photodynamic property. Taken all together, Au NCs hold great potential for phototherapy due to their efficient energy utilization capability.
关键词： reactive oxygen species,photodynamic therapy,gold nanostructures,photothermal therapy,cancer treatment
更新于2025-11-21 11:08:12
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Crystallographically oriented porous ZnO nanostructures with visible-blind photoresponse: controlling the growth and optical properties
摘要： We have grown catalyst-free crystallographically oriented porous ZnO nanostructures by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) method. The deposition was performed in two stages for each sample. In the first stage, self-seeding of ZnO was performed on the quartz substrate, and the angle of deposition (seeding-angle) was varied. Thus, the growth of seeds is different here. In the second stage, the deposition was performed at a glancing angle (at 85?) for the fixed duration of time to grow the nanostructures. These PLD-grown nanostructures acquire highly oriented wurtzite structure. We find that the seeding-angle during the first stage is the determining deposition parameter which influences the growth and other properties of these nanostructures in a controllable manner. The variation in seeding-angle systematically tunes the crystallographic orientation and porosity, which in turn influences the visible-blindness and ultraviolet (UV) photoresponse of these nanonetworks. Here we report the growth of completely defect-free crystallographically oriented nanostructures with necessary porosity for application in visible-blind UV photodetection.
关键词： Crystalline ZnO,catalyst-free ZnO,glancing angle deposition (GLAD),seeding,pulsed laser deposition (PLD),nanostructures
更新于2025-11-21 11:03:13
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Dual Management of Electrons and Photons to Get High-Performance Light Emitting Devices Based on Si Nanowires and Si Quantum Dots with Al <sub/>2</sub> O <sub/>3</sub> -Ag Hybrid Nanostructures
摘要： Silicon quantum dot (Si QD)-based light emitting devices are fabricated on Si nanowire (Si NW) arrays. Through inserting Al2O3-Ag hybrid nanostructures (Al2O3-Ag HNs) between Si NWs and Si QDs, both photoluminescence (PL) and electroluminescence (EL) are remarkably enhanced compared to the control sample. The PL enhancement can be mainly attributed to passivation effect of Al2O3 to p-type Si NWs and enlarged absorption cross-section due to the local surface plasmon resonance effect of Ag nanoparticles. The EL intensity is enhanced by 14.9-fold at the same injection current under a lower applied voltage, which may result from the high injection efficiency of electrons and the promoted waveguide effect of nanowire structures with Al2O3-Ag HNs. It is demonstrated that light emitting device performances can be well improved by careful management of both electrons and photons via controlling the interface conditions of Si NWs/Si QDs.
关键词： hybrid nanostructures,silicon nanowires,light emitting devices,silicon quantum dots
更新于2025-11-21 11:01:37
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Coral-Like Perovskite Nanostructures for Enhanced Light-Harvesting and Accelerated Charge Extraction in Perovskite Solar Cells
摘要： A novel coral-like perovskite nanostructured layer was grown on a compact perovskite foundation layer by the facile surface modification with dimethylformamide/isopropanol (DMF/IPA) as co-solvent. Surface morphological characterizations with SEM and XRD analyses revealed a growing mechanism of the new morphology, which was composed of the perovskite decomposition and recrystallization, excessive-PbI2 extraction, and sequential formation of coral-like nanostructured perovskite layer. The coral-like perovskite nanostructures resulted in significant light scattering, enhancing the light harvesting efficiency, and thus augmenting the photocurrent density. Moreover, the geometric configuration of the perovksite solar cells was changed from planar to bulk heterojunction, which results in the acceleration of charge separation and extraction due to the high surface area at the interface between the obtained perovskite and hole-transport layers. The optimal perovskite solar cell exhibited an impressive power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 19.47%, as compared to that of the pristine cell (17.19%).
关键词： solar cells,Bulk heterojunction,light-harvesting,coral-like nanostructures,surface modification,perovskite
更新于2025-11-21 11:01:37
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Controlling porosity and ultraviolet photoresponse of crystallographically oriented ZnO nanostructures grown by pulsed laser deposition
摘要： We have synthesized a series of porous nanostructures of c-axis oriented wurtzite ZnO using glancing angle pulsed laser deposition. During deposition, the oxygen partial pressure (PO2) was varied to study the effects on growth, porosity and optical properties. With varied PO2 the growth of nanostructure changes gradually without losing its crystallographic orientation. The variation in PO2 causes systematic change in porosity of these nanostructures, which strongly influences ultraviolet photoresponse. These results show that the parameters such as surface morphology, growth and porosity as well as the optoelectronic properties can be controlled by variation in PO2 without compromising the crystalline structure.
关键词： Crystalline nanostructures,Photoresponse,Porosity,Ultraviolet,Glancing angle pulsed laser deposition
更新于2025-11-19 16:56:42
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Band gap engineered zinc oxide nanostructures <i>via</i> a sol–gel synthesis of solvent driven shape-controlled crystal growth
摘要： A reliable sol–gel approach, which combines the formation of ZnO nanocrystals and a solvent driven, low shape-controlled, crystal-growth process to form well-organized ZnO nanostructures at temperature is presented. The sol of ZnO nanocrystals showed shape-controlled crystal growth with respect to the solvent type, resulting in either nanorods, nanoparticles, or nanoslates. The solvothermal process, along with the solvent polarity facilitate the shape-controlled crystal growth process, augmenting the concept of a selective adhesion of solvents onto crystal facets and controlling the final shape of the nanostructures. The XRD traces and XPS spectra support the concept of selective adhesion of solvents onto crystal facets that leads to yield different ZnO morphologies. The shift in optical absorption maxima from 332 nm in initial precursor solution, to 347 nm for ZnO nanocrystals sol, and finally to 375 nm for ZnO nanorods, evidenced the gradual growth and ripening of nanocrystals to dimensional nanostructures. The engineered optical band gaps of ZnO nanostructures are found to be ranged from 3.10 eV to 3.37 eV with respect to the ZnO nanostructures formed in different solvent systems. The theoretical band gaps computed from the experimental XRD spectral traces lie within the range of the optical band gaps obtained from UV-visible spectra of ZnO nanostructures. The spin-casted thin film of ZnO nanorods prepared in DMF exhibits the electrical conductivity of 1.14 × 10?3 S cm?1, which is nearly one order of magnitude higher than the electrical conductivity of ZnO nanoparticles formed in hydroquinone and ZnO sols. The possibility of engineering the band gap and electrical properties of ZnO at nanoscale utilizing an aqueous-based wet chemical synthesis process presented here is simple, versatile, and environmentally friendly, and thus may applicable for making other types of band-gap engineered metal oxide nanostructures with shape-controlled morphologies and optoelectrical properties.
关键词： electrical conductivity,ZnO nanostructures,optical band gap,shape-controlled crystal growth,sol–gel synthesis
更新于2025-11-19 16:56:42
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Double-layered hierarchical titanate and its attaching and splitting mechanism
摘要： Double-layered hierarchical titania materials exhibit outstanding properties. However, most hydrothermal synthesis methods of bilayer hierarchical titania materials are time-consuming and high alkali-consuming. In this study, a less alkali-consuming one-pot method was developed to synthesize bilayer hierarchical titanate, specifically, 1D nanoarray layer and 3D hierarchical layer. Morphologies of the composites can be manipulated by varying hydrothermal conditions and introducing titanate nuclei based on the attachment rule and splitting mechanism. More importantly, splitting phenomena were observed and confirmed in both nanosheet-to-nanowire transformation process and nanowire-to-nanotube transformation process. It was firstly confirmed that the driving force of the splitting process is the transformation from amorphous state titanate to crystalline state titanate.
关键词： 1D nanostructures,Splitting mechanism,Hierarchical titanate,Attaching mechanism
更新于2025-11-14 17:03:37
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S, N co-doped graphene quantum dots-induced ascorbic acid fluorescent sensor: Design, characterization and performance
摘要： In this work, new detection route for ascorbic acid was designed. First, highly luminescent sulfur and nitrogen doped graphene quantum dots (S,N-GQDs) were prepared via simple hydrothermal method using citric acid and thiourea as the C, N and S sources respectively. The prepared S,N-GQDs are characterized by XRD, HRTEM, FTIR, EDS and PL. Investigations showed that prepared S,N-GQDs have a good photostability and excitation-dependent emission fluorescence. Prepared S,N-GQDs showed maximum excitation wavelength and emission wavelength at 400 and 462nm, respectively. In the following, prepared S,N-GQDs were applied as a photoluminescence probe for detection of ascorbic acid (AA). The designed sensor was based on “off-on” detection mode. The developed sensor had a linear response to AA over a concentration range of 10-500μM with a detection limit of 1.2μM. The regression equation is Y = 0.0014 X+1.2036, where Y and X denote the fluorescence peak intensity and AA concentration, respectively.
关键词： Graphene quantum dots,Quantum confinement,Fluorescence sensor,Nanostructures,Water-soluble vitamin,Quenching
更新于2025-11-14 15:32:45