SIRIUS, Ultra-Scintillating Upconversion Breast Implant for Remote Orthotopic Photodynamic Therapy.

Present day strategies for delivery of wireless photodynamic therapy (PDT) to deep-seated targets are limited by the inadequacy of irradiance and insufficient therapeutic depth. Here we report the design and preclinical validation of a flexible wireless upconversion nanoparticle (UCNP) implant (SIRIUS) that is capable of large field, high intensity illumination for PDT of deep-seated tumors. The implant achieves this by incorporating submicrometer core-shell-shell NaYF UCNPs into its design, which significantly enhances upconversion efficiency and mitigates light loss from surface quenching.