“…A variety of nanomediators have been used for this objective, including gold-based nanomaterials (such as nanoshells, nanorods, and hollow nanospheres), 99 NIR dyes (such as indocyanine green, IR780), 100,101 metal sulfides 102,103 and carbon-based nanomaterials. 104,105 The possibility of imaging mode-integrated photothermal conversion (PTC) agents for diagnosis and concurrent therapy outcome tracking has also drawn great interest. 106…”