Organic semiconducting agents for deep‐tissue molecular imaging: second near‐infrared fluorescence, self‐luminescence, and photoacoustics

Q Miao, K Pu - Advanced materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Optical imaging has played a pivotal role in biology and medicine, but it faces challenges of
relatively low tissue penetration and poor signal‐to‐background ratio due to light scattering …

The chemistry of organic contrast agents in the NIR‐II window

J Mu, M Xiao, Y Shi, X Geng, H Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Optical imaging, especially fluorescence and photoacoustic imaging, is a non‐invasive
imaging approach with high spatial and temporal resolution and high sensitivity, compared …

Activatable molecular probes for second near‐infrared fluorescence, chemiluminescence, and photoacoustic imaging

J Huang, K Pu - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Optical imaging plays a crucial role in biomedicine. However, due to strong light scattering
and autofluorescence in biological tissue between 650–900 nm, conventional optical …

Beyond 1000 nm Emission Wavelength: Recent Advances in Organic and Inorganic Emitters for Deep‐Tissue Molecular Imaging

F Ding, Y Fan, Y Sun, F Zhang - Advanced Healthcare …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In vivo second near‐infrared (NIR‐II, 1.0–1.7 µm) bioimaging, a rapidly expanding imaging
tool for preclinical diagnosis and prognosis, is of great importance to afford precise dynamic …

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 …

Molecular fluorescence and photoacoustic imaging in the second near‐infrared optical window using organic contrast agents

Y Jiang, K Pu - Advanced Biosystems, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Noninvasive near‐infrared (NIR) light ranging from 650 to 1000 nm (NIR‐I) is widely
employed in fundamental research and clinical applications; however, a recently discovered …

Review of long-wavelength optical and NIR imaging materials: contrast agents, fluorophores, and multifunctional nano carriers

VJ Pansare, S Hejazi, WJ Faenza… - Chemistry of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The importance of long wavelength and near-infrared (NIR) imaging has dramatically
increased due to the desire to perform whole animal and deep tissue imaging. The adoption …

Optical nano-agents in the second near-infrared window for biomedical applications

Y Cai, Z Wei, C Song, C Tang, W Han… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The optical technology presents non-invasive, non-destructive, and non-ionizing features
and has the ability to display various chemical components in tissues to provide useful …

Molecular Programming of NIR‐IIb‐Emissive Semiconducting Small Molecules for In Vivo High‐Contrast Bioimaging Beyond 1500 nm

Y Yuan, Z Feng, S Li, Z Huang, Y Wan… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Materials with long‐wavelength second near‐infrared (NIR‐II) emission are highly desired
for in vivo dynamic visualizating of microstructures in deep tissues. Herein, by employing an …

Recent advances of semiconducting polymer nanoparticles in in vivo molecular imaging

K Pu, N Chattopadhyay, J Rao - Journal of Controlled Release, 2016 - Elsevier
Semiconducting polymer nanoparticles (SPNs) emerge as attractive molecular imaging
nanoagents in living animals because of their excellent optical properties including large …