Advances in photothermal regulation strategies: from efficient solar heating to daytime passive cooling

L Zhu, L Tian, S Jiang, L Han, Y Liang, Q Li… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Photothermal regulation concerning solar harvesting and repelling has recently attracted
significant interest due to the fast-growing research focus in the areas of solar heating for …

The recent progress on metal–organic frameworks for phototherapy

Q Zheng, X Liu, Y Zheng, KWK Yeung, Z Cui… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Some infectious or malignant diseases such as cancers are seriously threatening the health
of human beings all over the world. The commonly used antibiotic therapy cannot effectively …

Solar absorber material and system designs for photothermal water vaporization towards clean water and energy production

M Gao, L Zhu, CK Peh, GW Ho - Energy & Environmental Science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Photothermal materials with broad solar absorption and high conversion efficiency have
recently attracted significant interest. They are becoming a fast-growing research focus in …

NIR‐II responsive inorganic 2D nanomaterials for cancer photothermal therapy: recent advances and future challenges

D An, J Fu, B Zhang, N Xie, G Nie… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐invasive cancer photothermal therapy (PTT) is a promising replacement for traditional
cancer treatments. The second near‐infrared region induced PTT (NIR‐II PTT, 1000–1500 …

Nanomaterials as photothermal therapeutic agents

J Chen, C Ning, Z Zhou, P Yu, Y Zhu, G Tan… - Progress in materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Curing cancer has been one of the greatest conundrums in the modern medical field. To
reduce side-effects associated with the traditional cancer therapy such as radiotherapy and …

Light-driven bimorph soft actuators: design, fabrication, and properties

Y Chen, J Yang, X Zhang, Y Feng, H Zeng, L Wang… - Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Soft robots that can move like living organisms and adapt to their surroundings are currently
in the limelight from fundamental studies to technological applications, due to their advances …

Solar-driven photothermal nanostructured materials designs and prerequisites for evaporation and catalysis applications

L Zhu, M Gao, CKN Peh, GW Ho - Materials Horizons, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar energy is a major source of renewable energy with the potential to meet the energy
demand and to support the sustainable development of the world. The efficient harvesting …

Compound copper chalcogenide nanocrystals

C Coughlan, M Ibanez, O Dobrozhan, A Singh… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
This review captures the synthesis, assembly, properties, and applications of copper
chalcogenide NCs, which have achieved significant research interest in the last decade due …

The copper age in cancer treatment: from copper metabolism to cuproptosis

W Xie, Z Guo, L Zhao, Y Wei - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Because of their intrinsic physiochemical and biological properties together with essential
role in living organism, copper (Cu) and Cu-based nanomaterials have garnered …

Solar water evaporation by black photothermal sheets

G Liu, J Xu, K Wang - Nano Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Solar energy-to-heat conversion for steam generation is an essential metrology for power
generation, water purification and desalination. Harvesting light energy and converting it to …