Versatile types of inorganic/organic NIR-IIa/IIb fluorophores: from strategic design toward molecular imaging and theranostics

Y Liu, Y Li, S Koo, Y Sun, Y Liu, X Liu, Y Pan… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In vivo imaging in the second near-infrared window (NIR-II, 1000–1700 nm), which enables
us to look deeply into living subjects, is producing marvelous opportunities for biomedical …

Emerging ultrasmall luminescent nanoprobes for in vivo bioimaging

S Li, J Wei, Q Yao, X Song, J Xie, H Yang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoluminescence (PL) imaging has become a fundamental tool in disease diagnosis,
therapeutic evaluation, and surgical navigation applications. However, it remains a big …

Two triplet emitting states in one emitter: Near-infrared dual-phosphorescent Au20 nanocluster

WD Si, C Zhang, M Zhou, WD Tian, Z Wang, Q Hu… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Intrinsic dual-emission (DE) of gold nanoclusters in the near-infrared (NIR) are fascinating
for fundamental importance and practical applications, but their synthesis remains a …

Near-unity NIR phosphorescent quantum yield from a room-temperature solvated metal nanocluster

WQ Shi, L Zeng, RL He, XS Han, ZJ Guan, M Zhou… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Metal nanoclusters have emerged as promising near-infrared (NIR)–emissive materials, but
their room-temperature photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY), especially in solution, is …

Phosphorylcholine-conjugated gold-molecular clusters improve signal for Lymph Node NIR-II fluorescence imaging in preclinical cancer models

A Baghdasaryan, F Wang, F Ren, Z Ma, J Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Sentinel lymph node imaging and biopsy is important to clinical assessment of cancer
metastasis, and novel non-radioactive lymphographic tracers have been actively pursued …

Molecularly Engineered Room-Temperature Phosphorescence for Biomedical Application: From the Visible toward Second Near-Infrared Window

B Chang, J Chen, J Bao, T Sun, Z Cheng - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Phosphorescence, characterized by luminescent lifetimes significantly longer than that of
biological autofluorescence under ambient environment, is of great value for biomedical …

Visible to NIR‐II Photoluminescence of Atomically Precise Gold Nanoclusters

Z Liu, L Luo, R Jin - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Atomically precise gold nanoclusters (NCs) have emerged as a new class of precision
materials and attracted wide interest in recent years. One of the unique properties of such …

Near-Infrared Dual Emission from the Au42(SR)32 Nanocluster and Tailoring of Intersystem Crossing

L Luo, Z Liu, X Du, R Jin - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
This work presents the synthesis and intriguing photoluminescence of the Au42 (PET) 32
(PET= 2-phenylethanethiolate) nanocluster (NC). The Au42 (PET) 32 NC exhibits dual …

Mechanical nanolattices printed using nanocluster-based photoresists

Q Li, J Kulikowski, D Doan, OA Tertuliano, CJ Zeman IV… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Natural materials exhibit emergent mechanical properties as a result of their
nanoarchitected, nanocomposite structures with optimized hierarchy, anisotropy, and …

Tracking tumor heterogeneity and progression with near‐infrared II fluorophores

Q Xin, H Ma, H Wang, XD Zhang - Exploration, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Heterogeneous cells are the main feature of tumors with unique genetic and phenotypic
characteristics, which can stimulate differentially the progression, metastasis, and drug …