Hydrogen isotopes are unique tools for identifying and understanding biological and
chemical processes. Hydrogen isotope labelling allows for the traceless and direct …

The development of multifunctional agents for simultaneous tumor targeting and near
infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging is expected to have significant impact on future …

Squaraine dyes are a class of organic dyes with strong and narrow absorption bands in the
near-infrared. Despite high molar absorptivities and fluorescence quantum yields, these …

In recent years, numerous in vivo molecular imaging probes have been developed. As a
consequence, much has been published on the design and synthesis of molecular imaging …

Molecular imaging includes proteomic, metabolic, cellular biologic process, and genetic
imaging. In a narrow sense, molecular imaging means genetic imaging and can be called …

Nanoparticles emerged as promising tool in drug targeting, since, after appropriate
modification, they are able to deliver their payload to specific sites, like tissues, cells, or even …

Recent breakthroughs in fluorescence microscopy are producing notable improvements in
imaging resolution.[1] These ongoing technical advances should have a major positive …

Fluorescence is a very promising radioactive-free technique for functional imaging in small
animals and, in the future, in humans. However, most commercial near-infrared dyes display …

Nano-enabled technologies hold great promise for medicine and health. The rapid progress
by the physical sciences/engineering communities in synthesizing nanostructures and …

Numerous studies on nanocarriers use fluorescent dye labeling to investigate their
biodistribution or cellular trafficking. However, when the fluorescence dye is not grafted to …