Abbreviation
AuNP
Gold nanoparticle
BCH
A benzopyrylium-coumarin-based hydrogen peroxide-sensitive probe
BODIPY
Boron-dipyrromethene
BSA
Bovine serum albumin
CB
Cucurbit[7]uril
Ce6
Chlorin e6
CT
Computed tomography
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid
ET
Energy transfer
FITC
Fluorescein isothiocyanate
GSH
Glutathione
IBDP
Diiodo-substituted BODIPY
Ln
Lanthanide
LOD
Limit of detection
LRET
Lanthanide-based resonant energy transfer
MC540
Merocyanine 540
MRI
Magnetic resonance imaging
NI
1,8-Naphthalimide
NIR
Near-infrared
NP
Nanoparticle
PDT
Photodynamic therapy
PEG
Polyethylene glycol
PP
N-aminobacterio-purpurinimide porphyrin
PPy
Polypyrrole
PS
Photosensitizer
QD
Quantum dot
ROS
Reactive oxygen species
TCG
Thiol-coumarin-based glutathione-sensitive probe
UC Er
β-NaYF 4 :Yb,Er
UC Ho
β-NaYF 4 :Yb,Ho
UCNH
Upconversion nanohybrid
UCNP
Upconversion nanoparticle
UC Tm
β-NaYF 4 :Yb,Tm
UC YbErTm β-NaYF 4 :Yb,Er,Tm.
UV
Ultraviolet
Vis
Visible
Zn-PC
Zinc phthalocyanine
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