Facile synthesis of Fe–baicalein nanoparticles for photothermal/chemodynamic therapy with accelerated FeIII/FeII conversion†
Abstract
Fe2+–baicalein–polyethylene glycol (Fe–BaP) nanoparticles were synthesized by a room temperature wet chemical method via coordination between Fe2+ and baicalein. Fe–BaP possessed high photothermal conversion efficiency (η = 45.6%) and excellent antitumor efficacy was achieved with the synergistic photothermal/chemodynamic tumor therapy.