Leveraging Non‐Radiative Transitions in Asphaltenes‐Derived Carbon Dots for Cancer Photothermal Therapy (Small 10/2025)
Cancer Phototherapy In article number 2404591, Aiguo Wu, Milana Trifkovic, and co-workers present the first utilization of asphaltenes-derived carbon dots for tumor treatment. Unlike typical carbon dots that emit light when excited with near infrared, the asphaltenes-derived carbon dots uniquely undergo a series of non-radiative transitions to generate sufficient heat for thermal destruction of tumors.
Authors
- Aiguo Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7200-8923)
- Milana Trifkovic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3954-2777)
- Ozioma Udochukwu Akakuru (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5773-1806)
- Steven L. Bryant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7547-0475)
- Zubair M. Iqbal
- Jie Xing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9822-5368)
- Shuqi Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7557-4822)
Institutions
- Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (CN)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Small
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202570079
- Primary Topic
- Synthesis and Characterization of Pyrroles
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00