Silica-based materials (SBMs) are widely used in catalysis, photonics, and drug delivery.
Their pores and cavities act as hosts of diverse guests ranging from classical dyes to drugs …

The absorption photon energy utilization efficiency of small molecule fluorophores can be
enhanced only through the conformational change of a single molecule (without destruction …

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) have recently attracted a lot of interest for future
nanotheranostic applications because of their large surface-area and high biocompatibility …

Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) represent a viable spectral conversion technology
to maximize sunlight harvesting while promising to reduce the current gap for integration of …

Stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM) is an optical super‐resolution
microscopy (SRM) technique that traditionally requires toxic and non‐physiological imaging …

Optical near-infrared (NIR) nanomaterials provide a unique opportunity for applications in
bioimaging and medical diagnosis. A kind of hydrophilic NIR fluorescent core–shell …

Accurate detection and quantification of metastases in regional lymph nodes remain a vital
prognostic predictor for cancer staging and clinical outcomes. As intratumoral heterogeneity …

Platinum-based drugs cisplatin, carboplatin, and oxaliplatin are widely used in the clinical
treatment of cancer. However, the clinical applications of platinum-based drugs are greatly …

Synthetic advances in the formation of ultrasmall (< 10 nm) fluorescent poly (ethylene glycol)-
coated (PEGylated) core–shell silica nanoparticles (SNPs), enabling improved particle size …

In modern biosensing and imaging, fluorescence-based methods constitute the most
diffused approach to achieve optimal detection of analytes, both in solution and on the …