Development of organic semiconducting materials for deep-tissue optical imaging, phototherapy and photoactivation

J Li, K Pu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Biophotonics as a highly interdisciplinary frontier often requires the assistance of optical
agents to control the light pathways in cells, tissues and living organisms for specific …

Photoacoustic imaging: contrast agents and their biomedical applications

Q Fu, R Zhu, J Song, H Yang, X Chen - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photoacoustic (PA) imaging as a fast‐developing imaging technique has great potential in
biomedical and clinical applications. It is a noninvasive imaging modality that depends on …

Photoacoustic imaging and photothermal therapy of semiconducting polymer nanoparticles: signal amplification and second near‐infrared construction

X Zhen, K Pu, X Jiang - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Photoacoustic (PA) imaging and photothermal therapy (PTT) have attracted extensive
attention in disease diagnosis and treatment. Although many exogenous contrast agents …

Organic semiconducting macromolecular dyes for NIR‐II photoacoustic imaging and photothermal therapy

C Yin, X Li, Y Wang, Y Liang, S Zhou… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Owing to the unique advantages of photoacoustic imaging (PAI) and photothermal therapy
(PTT) conducted over the near‐infrared‐II (NIR‐II) window, the development of high …

Enhancing both biodegradability and efficacy of semiconducting polymer nanoparticles for photoacoustic imaging and photothermal therapy

Y Lyu, J Zeng, Y Jiang, X Zhen, T Wang, S Qiu, X Lou… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Theranostic nanoagents are promising for precision medicine. However, biodegradable
nanoagents with the ability for photoacoustic (PA) imaging guided photothermal therapy …

Conjugated polymer nanoparticles for imaging, cell activity regulation, and therapy

Y Wang, L Feng, S Wang - Advanced Functional Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Conjugated polymer nanoparticles, considered as a class of promising nanomaterials for
biomedical application, are extensively employed in bioimaging, anti‐microorganism and …

Recent progress on semiconducting polymer nanoparticles for molecular imaging and cancer phototherapy

J Li, J Rao, K Pu - Biomaterials, 2018 - Elsevier
As a new class of organic optical nanomaterials, semiconducting polymer nanoparticles
(SPNs) have the advantages of excellent optical properties, high photostability, facile …

Oxygenic hybrid semiconducting nanoparticles for enhanced photodynamic therapy

H Zhu, J Li, X Qi, P Chen, K Pu - Nano letters, 2018 - ACS Publications
Photodynamic nanotheranostics has shown great promise for cancer therapy; however, its
therapeutic efficacy is limited due to the hypoxia of tumor microenvironment and the …

Tumor targeting strategies of smart fluorescent nanoparticles and their applications in cancer diagnosis and treatment

J He, C Li, L Ding, Y Huang, X Yin, J Zhang… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Advantages such as strong signal strength, resistance to photobleaching, tunable
fluorescence emissions, high sensitivity, and biocompatibility are the driving forces for the …

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 …