Thermally activated delayed fluorescence material: an emerging class of metal‐free luminophores for biomedical applications

F Fang, L Zhu, M Li, Y Song, M Sun, D Zhao… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The development of simple, efficient, and biocompatible organic luminescent molecules is of
great significance to the clinical transformation of biomaterials. In recent years, purely …

Advances and perspectives in carrier-free nanodrugs for cancer chemo-monotherapy and combination therapy

L Huang, S Zhao, F Fang, T Xu, M Lan, J Zhang - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanocarrier-based drug delivery systems hold impressive promise for biomedical
application because of their excellent water dispersibility, prolonged blood circulation time …

Green synthesis of bifunctional fluorescent carbon dots from garlic for cellular imaging and free radical scavenging

S Zhao, M Lan, X Zhu, H Xue, TW Ng… - … applied materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Nitrogen and sulfur codoped carbon dots (CDs) were prepared from garlic by a
hydrothermal method. The as-prepared CDs possess good water dispersibility, strong blue …

Diketopyrrolopyrrole–triphenylamine organic nanoparticles as multifunctional reagents for photoacoustic imaging-guided photodynamic/photothermal synergistic …

Y Cai, P Liang, Q Tang, X Yang, W Si, W Huang… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Herein, a donor–acceptor–donor (DAD) structured small molecule (DPP-TPA) is designed
and synthesized for photoacoustic imaging (PAI) guided photodynamic/photothermal …

Organic dye based nanoparticles for cancer phototheranostics

Y Cai, W Si, W Huang, P Chen, J Shao, X Dong - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Phototheranostics, which simultaneously combines photodynamic and/or photothermal
therapy with deep‐tissue diagnostic imaging, is a promising strategy for the diagnosis and …

Two-photon-excited near-infrared emissive carbon dots as multifunctional agents for fluorescence imaging and photothermal therapy

M Lan, S Zhao, Z Zhang, L Yan, L Guo, G Niu, J Zhang… - Nano research, 2017 - Springer
C dots (CDs) have shown great potential in bioimaging and phototherapy. However, it is
challenging to manipulate their fluorescent properties and therapeutic efficacy to satisfy the …

Electrospun nanofibers for drug delivery and biosensing

C Cleeton, A Keirouz, X Chen… - ACS biomaterials science …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Early diagnosis and efficient treatment are of paramount importance to fighting cancers.
Monitoring the foreign body response of a patient to treatment therapies also plays an …

Self-assembled organic nanomaterials for drug delivery, bioimaging, and cancer therapy

Y Zhang, F Fang, L Li, J Zhang - ACS Biomaterials Science & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Over the past few decades, tremendous progress has been made in the development of
engineering nanomaterials, which opened new horizons in the field of diagnosis and …

Tumor-microenvironment-responsive nanoconjugate for synergistic antivascular activity and phototherapy

P Liang, X Huang, Y Wang, D Chen, C Ou, Q Zhang… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Insufficient oxygen supply (hypoxia), short half-life (< 40 ns) of singlet oxygen, and up-
regulation of the heat shock protein expression in solid tumors impede the photodynamic …

Photosensitizer synergistic effects: D–A–D structured organic molecule with enhanced fluorescence and singlet oxygen quantum yield for photodynamic therapy

J Zou, Z Yin, P Wang, D Chen, J Shao, Q Zhang… - Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of photosensitizers with high fluorescence intensity and singlet oxygen
(1O2) quantum yields (QYs) is of great importance for cancer diagnosis and photodynamic …