Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the biggest threats to the environment and health.
AMR rapidly invalidates conventional antibiotics, and antimicrobial nanomaterials have …

This review presents a robust strategy to design photosensitizers (PSs) for various species.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a photochemical-based treatment approach that involves the …

The dramatic increase in drug resistant bacteria resistance to existing conventional
antibiotics poses a great challenge to the effective treatment of infectious diseases …

Due to the emerging bacterial resistance and the protection of tenacious biofilms, it is hard
for the single antibacterial modality to achieve satisfactory therapeutic effects nowadays. In …

We report a cationic porphyrin 5, 10, 15, 20‐tetrakis‐(4‐N‐methylpyridyl)‐porphyrin (TMPyP)
that can respond to specific bacteria, followed by adaptable photodynamic/photothermal …

The emergence of multi-drug-resistant pathogens threatens the healthcare systems world-
wide. Recent advances in phototherapy (PT) approaches mediated by photo-antimicrobials …

An effective strategy to engineer selective photodynamic agents to surmount bacterial‐
infected diseases, especially Gram‐positive bacteria remains a great challenge. Herein, we …

Near-infrared (NIR) organic small molecule dyes (OSMDs) are effective photothermal agents
for photothermal therapy (PTT) due to their advantages of low cost and toxicity, good …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising treatment for cancers such as superficial skin
cancers, esophageal cancer, and cervical cancer. Unfortunately, PDT often does not have …

Bacteria can cause numerous infectious diseases and has been a major threat to human
humans. Although antibiotics have partially succeeded in treating bacteria, owing to …