journal article·2026-08

Electrospray self-healing porous polymer microspheres for multimode imaging and combined photothermal/chemodynamic therapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Yifan Huang, Aiyu Li, Meijuan He, Huxiao Sun, Zhuo Li, Jiahui Liu, Jiansong Xing, Han Wang, Mingwu Shen, Xiangyang Shi

Science China Materials· Volume 69· Issue 8
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