Many properties of nanoparticles are governed by their shape, size, polydispersity and
surface chemistry. To apply nanoparticles in chemical sensing, medical diagnostics …

Research related to the development and application of luminescent nanoparticles (LNPs)
for chemical and biological analysis and imaging is flourishing. Novel materials and new …

Afterglow imaging that detects photons after cessation of optical excitation avoids tissue
autofluorescence and thus possesses higher sensitivity than traditional fluorescence …

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) with multiple emission centers are newly emerging as
ratiometric sensors owing to their high sensitivity and high selectivity toward a wide range of …

The real-time, dynamic optical visualization of lesions and margins ensures not only
complete resection of the malignant tissues but also better preservation of the vital …

Phototheranostics that concurrently and complementarily integrate real‐time diagnosis and
in situ therapeutic capabilities in one platform has become the advancing edge of precision …

Cancer is ranked as the second leading cause of death globally. Traditional cancer
therapies including chemotherapy are flawed, with off-target and on-target toxicities on the …

Semiconducting nanoparticles, more commonly known as quantum dots, possess unique
size and shape dependent optoelectronic properties. In recent years, these unique …

Malignant brain tumors, a heterogeneous group of primary and metastatic neoplasms in the
central nervous system (CNS), are notorious for their highly invasive and devastating …

Photoluminescence (PL) imaging has become a fundamental tool in disease diagnosis,
therapeutic evaluation, and surgical navigation applications. However, it remains a big …