Although photothermal therapy(PTT)has been developed for fighting cancers,the degradative,toxic,and metabolic nature of photothermal conversion materials(PCMs)has prevented them from being clinically implemented.Takin...Although photothermal therapy(PTT)has been developed for fighting cancers,the degradative,toxic,and metabolic nature of photothermal conversion materials(PCMs)has prevented them from being clinically implemented.Taking advantage of the surface modification strategy of mussel-inspired dopamine chemistry and its excellent photothermal conversion effect,polydopamine(Pdop)represents a versatile PTT platform,providing strategies and methods for the construction of novel Pdop-functionalized PCMs.Thanks to its adhesion and secondary reactivity,Pdop can be deposited on virtually all substrates to improve their bioavailability and biocompatibility.Pdop-based PCMs could not be only functionalized with small biomolecules via chemical bonds and/or noncovalent force but also modified with functional polymers via either the“grafting to”or“grafting from”method.This review highlights the synthetic methods,therapeutic strategies,and designs of PCMs based on Pdop in recent years to explore its scope and limitations.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52003047)the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(No.20JC1414900)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.2232020D-05)。
文摘Although photothermal therapy(PTT)has been developed for fighting cancers,the degradative,toxic,and metabolic nature of photothermal conversion materials(PCMs)has prevented them from being clinically implemented.Taking advantage of the surface modification strategy of mussel-inspired dopamine chemistry and its excellent photothermal conversion effect,polydopamine(Pdop)represents a versatile PTT platform,providing strategies and methods for the construction of novel Pdop-functionalized PCMs.Thanks to its adhesion and secondary reactivity,Pdop can be deposited on virtually all substrates to improve their bioavailability and biocompatibility.Pdop-based PCMs could not be only functionalized with small biomolecules via chemical bonds and/or noncovalent force but also modified with functional polymers via either the“grafting to”or“grafting from”method.This review highlights the synthetic methods,therapeutic strategies,and designs of PCMs based on Pdop in recent years to explore its scope and limitations.
