4 Conclusions
In summary, novel rod-like carbon nanomaterials (RCNs) were prepared by
soft template hydrothermal method with glucose as raw materials, which
were proved to have good biocompatibility, excellent drug-loading
capacity and high photothermal efficiency. Furthermore, DOX@RCNs were
fabricated for integrated photothermal/chemotherapy toward cancer, which
was proved to hold high photothermal efficiency, as well as excellent
NIR-responsive DOX release properties. In vitro cell experiments
indicated that the novel DOX@RCNs have good application prospects in the
field of tumor therapy. This research provided a novel NIR-responsive
nano platform for combined photothermal/chemotherapy toward cancer.