Near-infrared luminescence high-contrast in vivo biomedical imaging

Y Chen, S Wang, F Zhang - Nature Reviews Bioengineering, 2023 - nature.com
Luminescence imaging in biomedical research has allowed new insights into the
architecture of pathological tissues, signalling networks and cell interactions, and is now …

Rare-earth doping in nanostructured inorganic materials

B Zheng, J Fan, B Chen, X Qin, J Wang… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Impurity doping is a promising method to impart new properties to various materials. Due to
their unique optical, magnetic, and electrical properties, rare-earth ions have been …

Nanoparticles with ultrasound-induced afterglow luminescence for tumour-specific theranostics

C Xu, J Huang, Y Jiang, S He, C Zhang… - Nature Biomedical …, 2023 - nature.com
Molecular imaging via afterglow luminescence minimizes tissue autofluorescence and
increases the signal-to-noise ratio. However, the induction of afterglow requires the prior …

Biomass-based carbon dots: current development and future perspectives

TC Wareing, P Gentile, AN Phan - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Carbon dots have been considered as a solution to the challenges that semiconductor
quantum dots have encountered because they are more biocompatible and can be …

X-ray-activated persistent luminescence nanomaterials for NIR-II imaging

P Pei, Y Chen, C Sun, Y Fan, Y Yang, X Liu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Persistent luminescence is not affected by background autofluorescence, and thus holds the
promise of high-contrast bioimaging. However, at present, persistent luminescent materials …

High performance of simple organic phosphorescence host–guest materials and their application in time‐resolved bioimaging

Y Wang, H Gao, J Yang, M Fang, D Ding… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The study of purely organic room‐temperature phosphorescence (RTP) has drawn
increasing attention because of its considerable theoretical research and practical …

Management of fluorescent organic/inorganic nanohybrids for biomedical applications in the NIR-II region

B Li, M Zhao, J Lin, P Huang, X Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Biomedical fluorescence imaging in the second near-infrared (NIR-II, 100–1700 nm) window
provides great potential for visualizing physiological and pathological processes, owing to …

Construction of a 980 nm laser-activated Pt (II) metallacycle nanosystem for efficient and safe photo-induced bacteria sterilization

Y Xu, C Li, J An, X Ma, J Yang, L Luo, Y Deng… - Science China …, 2023 - Springer
Although metal-based chemical agents have demonstrated promising bacteriostatic effects
in phototherapy, their short excitation/emission wavelengths and inadequate phototherapy …

A materials-science perspective on tackling COVID-19

Z Tang, N Kong, X Zhang, Y Liu, P Hu, S Mou… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
The ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic highlights the importance of materials science in
providing tools and technologies for antiviral research and treatment development. In this …

Construction of emissive ruthenium (II) metallacycle over 1000 nm wavelength for in vivo biomedical applications

Y Xu, C Li, S Lu, Z Wang, S Liu, X Yu, X Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Although Ru (II)-based agents are expected to be promising candidates for substituting Pt-
drug, their in vivo biomedical applications are still limited by the short excitation/emission …