Optical imaging is an indispensable tool in clinical diagnostics and fundamental biomedical
research. Autofluorescence-free optical imaging, which eliminates real-time optical …

We review the synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals/colloidal quantum dots in organic
solvents with special emphasis on earth-abundant and toxic heavy metal free compounds …

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 …

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 …

Graphene is composed of single-atom thick sheets of sp 2 bonded carbon atoms that are
arranged in a perfect two-dimensional (2D) honeycomb lattice. Because of this structure …

Nonthermal plasmas have emerged as a viable synthesis technique for nanocrystal
materials. Inherently solvent and ligand-free, nonthermal plasmas offer the ability to …

The emergence of the aggregation-induced emission (AIE) concept significantly changes
the cognition of the scientific community toward classic photophysical phenomena. More …

Phosphorescence, characterized by luminescent lifetimes significantly longer than that of
biological autofluorescence under ambient environment, is of great value for biomedical …

Nanomedicine is defined as “the application of nanotechnology to medicine, including the
use of nanometer-sized carrier materials for facilitating disease diagnosis, disease treatment …

In complex media such as white paint and biological tissue, light encounters nanoscale
refractive-index inhomogeneities that cause multiple scattering. Such scattering is usually …