Figure 7: In vivo photothermal cancer therapy.
From: Biodegradable black phosphorus-based nanospheres for in vivo photothermal cancer therapy
(a) Infrared thermographic maps and (b) Time-dependent temperature increase in the MCF7 breast tumour-bearing nude mice irradiated by the 808 nm laser (1 W cm−2) at 24 h after separate intravenous injection with 100 μl of PBS, PLGA NSs, BPQDs (1 mg ml−1) and BPQDs/PLGA NSs (1 mg BP ml−1) with the colour bar referring to the relative temperature. (c) Growth curves of MCF7 breast tumour in different groups of nude mice treated with PBS, PLGA NSs, BPQDs (1 mg ml−1) and BPQDs/PLGA NSs (1 mg BP ml−1) with the NIR laser irradiation.
