Rationally assembling different surface functionalized carbon dots for enhanced near-infrared tumor photothermal therapy
- Corresponding author: Songnan Qu, songnanqu@um.edu.mo
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Xue Wu, Yupeng Liu, Bingzhe Wang, Lingyun Li, Zhenjian Li, Qingcheng Wang, Quansheng Cheng, Guichuan Xing, Songnan Qu. Rationally assembling different surface functionalized carbon dots for enhanced near-infrared tumor photothermal therapy[J]. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica,
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