Electronic Supplementary Information Metallic oxide nanocrystals with near-infrared plasmon resonance for efficient, stable and biocompatible photothermal cancer therapy

Metallic oxide nanocrystals with near-infrared plasmon resonance for efficient, stable and biocompatible photothermal cancer therapy Kang Dou, ‡a Wenwen Zhu, ‡b Yousheng Zou, *a Yu Gu, a Jubin Li, a Shengli Zhang, a Zhuang Liu, *b and Haibo Zeng *a a MIIT Key Laboratory of Advanced Display Materials and Devices, Institute of Optoelectronics & Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China. b Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials Laboratory (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China. *Correspondence and requests for material to Yousheng Zou or Haibo Zeng or Zhuang Liu, Email address: yshzou75@njust.edu.cn; zliu@suda.edu.cn; zeng.haibo@njust.edu.cn ‡ These authors contribute to this work equally. †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Synthesis mechanism scheme of MoO2 nanocrystals, Simulation of MoO2 nanocrystals absorption spectrum.