PEG-PCL-based nanomedicines: A biodegradable drug delivery system and its application

P Grossen, D Witzigmann, S Sieber… - Journal of Controlled …, 2017 - Elsevier
The lack of efficient therapeutic options for many severe disorders including cancer spurs
demand for improved drug delivery technologies. Nanoscale drug delivery systems based …

Recent advances in the development of near-infrared organic photothermal agents

L Li, X Han, M Wang, C Li, T Jia, X Zhao - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Recently, near-infrared (NIR) absorbing photothermal therapy (PTT) agents, which
usually apply for deep-tissue cancer treatment, has gained increasing attention due to deep …

Molecular motion in aggregates: manipulating TICT for boosting photothermal theranostics

S Liu, X Zhou, H Zhang, H Ou, JWY Lam… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Planar donor and acceptor (D–A) conjugated structures are generally believed to be the
standard for architecting highly efficient photothermal theranostic agents, in order to restrict …

Donor engineering for NIR-II molecular fluorophores with enhanced fluorescent performance

Q Yang, Z Hu, S Zhu, R Ma, H Ma, Z Ma… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Organic fluorophores have been widely used for biological imaging in the visible and the
first near-infrared windows. However, their application in the second near-infrared window …

Rational design of molecular fluorophores for biological imaging in the NIR‐II window

Q Yang, Z Ma, H Wang, B Zhou, S Zhu… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, the lack of desirable fluorophores with high brightness and biocompatibility
presents a major bottleneck in the path to widespread adoption of NIR-II fluorescence …

Recent progress in the development of near-infrared organic photothermal and photodynamic nanotherapeutics

H Zhu, P Cheng, P Chen, K Pu - Biomaterials science, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Phototherapies including photothermal therapy (PTT) and photodynamic therapy (PDT)
have gained considerable attention due to their high tumor ablation efficiency, excellent …

Recent advances in photoacoustic contrast agents for in vivo imaging

PK Upputuri, M Pramanik - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is a noninvasive hybrid imaging modality offering rich optical
contrast and high depth‐to‐resolution ratio deep‐tissue imaging. Endogenous …

Photoacoustic imaging in the second near-infrared window: a review

PK Upputuri, M Pramanik - Journal of biomedical optics, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Photoacoustic (PA) imaging is an emerging medical imaging modality that combines optical
excitation and ultrasound detection. Because ultrasound scatters much less than light in …

Recent advances toward preclinical and clinical translation of photoacoustic tomography: a review

PK Upputuri, M Pramanik - Journal of biomedical optics, 2017 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Photoacoustic imaging is an emerging hybrid imaging modality that can provide
multicontrast, multiscale imaging of biological features ranging from organelles to organs …

Direct arylation polymerization: A guide to optimal conditions for effective conjugated polymers

NS Gobalasingham, BC Thompson - Progress in Polymer Science, 2018 - Elsevier
The rapid increase in the breadth and scope of transformations that involve metal-promoted
activation of Csingle bondH bonds is fundamentally changing the field of synthetic …