Fluorescent nanothermometers can probe changes in local temperature in living cells and in
vivo and reveal fundamental insights into biological properties. This field has attracted …

The development of π-conjugated polymers has provided a gateway to a variety of new
functional organic materials reminiscent of inorganic semiconductors. Nanoparticles based …

The increasing demand for high-contrast biological imaging, non-destructive testing, and
infrared night vision can be addressed by the development of high-performance NIR light …

The responses of patients to tumor therapies vary due to tumor heterogeneity. Tumor
stratification has been attracting increasing attention for accurately distinguishing between …

In vivo near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging is an emerging biomedical imaging
modality for use in both fundamental scientific research and clinical practice. Owing to …

Photo–triggered therapeutic modalities for cancer have attracted enormous attention in
recent years due to the easily focused and tuned properties of irradiation light that enable …

Although photothermal therapy (PTT) with the assistance of nanotechnology has been
considered as an indispensable strategy in the biomedical field, it still encounters some …

Among luminescent nanostructures actively investigated in the last couple of decades, rare
earth (RE3+) doped nanoparticles (RENPs) are some of the most reported family of …

The in vivo temperature monitoring of a microenvironment is significant in biology and
nanomedicine research. Luminescent nanothermometry provides a noninvasive method of …

Advances in diagnostic imaging have provided unprecedented opportunities to detect
diseases at early stages and with high reliability. Diagnostic imaging is also crucial to …