Fabrication and characterization of chitosan nanoparticles using the coffee-ring effect for photodynamic therapy.

Alina BekmukhametovaMir Muhammad Nasir UddinJessica HouangChandra MalladiLaurel GeorgeRichard WuhrerShital K BarmanMing J WuDamia MawadAntonio Lauto

Published in: Lasers in surgery and medicine (2022)

A simple protocol was established to prepare and purify spherical and biocompatible chitosan nanoparticles with a peak size of ~200 nm. These have remarkable antitumor activity when coupled with photodynamic treatment.

Keyphrases

photodynamic therapy
drug delivery
randomized controlled trial
wound healing
cancer therapy
hyaluronic acid
drug release
ionic liquid
walled carbon nanotubes
combination therapy
replacement therapy