Thanks to rapid development of nanotechnology, studies have discovered an emerging
polymer nanomaterial—polydopamine (PDA) inspired by natural mussels. PDA possesses …

One-dimensional (1-D) nanomaterials possess unique shape-dependent phyicochemical
properties and are increasingly recognized as promising materials for nanotechnology. 1-D …

Malignant brain tumors, a heterogeneous group of primary and metastatic neoplasms in the
central nervous system (CNS), are notorious for their highly invasive and devastating …

Silver and gold nanoparticles have found extensive biomedical applications due to their
strong localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) and intriguing plasmonic properties …

Much effort is devoted to develop agents with superior photoacoustic/photothermal
properties for improved disease diagnosis and treatment. Herein, a new fused two isoindigo …

Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) and imaging‐guided photothermal therapy (PTT) in the second
near‐infrared window (NIR‐II, 1000–1700 nm) have received increasing attention owing to …

Photoacoustic imaging using endogenous chromophores as a contrast has been widely
applied in biomedical studies owing to its functional imaging capability at the molecular …

Gold nanorods (AuNRs) have potential application value in the field of cancer therapy.
However, the poor stability, high dark toxicity, insufficient drug-carrying capacity and …

Developing probes to simultaneously detect and discriminate biothiols is important, yet
challenging. Activatable photoacoustic (PA) probes for discriminating biothiols in vivo are …

Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) has attracted great attention in the diagnosis and treatment of
diseases due to its noninvasive properties. Especially in the second near-infrared (NIR-II) …