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My students are in academia, industry, etc. Conjugating photosensitizers to nanoparticles further improves aPDT.
Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the Department of Science and Innovation (DST), Innovation and National Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa through DSI/NRF South African Research Chairs Initiative for Professors of Medicinal Chemistry and Nanotechnology (UID 62620), Rhodes University, CSIR National Laser Centre Rental Pool Program and by DSI/Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre-Sensors.
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NPs can act as a drug-delivery system and consequently facilitate the internalization of photosensitizers; this approach allows for the use of low concentrations of photosensitizers and the shortest light exposure time [42].