Photothermal therapy and photoacoustic imaging via nanotheranostics in fighting cancer

Y Liu, P Bhattarai, Z Dai, X Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The nonradiative conversion of light energy into heat (photothermal therapy, PTT) or sound
energy (photoacoustic imaging, PAI) has been intensively investigated for the treatment and …

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 …

Near‐infrared‐II molecular dyes for cancer imaging and surgery

S Zhu, R Tian, AL Antaris, X Chen, H Dai - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorescence bioimaging affords a vital tool for both researchers and surgeons to
molecularly target a variety of biological tissues and processes. This review focuses on …

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

J Mu, M ** imaging technique has great potential in
biomedical and clinical applications. It is a noninvasive imaging modality that depends on …

Molecular motion in aggregates: manipulating TICT for boosting photothermal theranostics

S Liu, X Zhou, H Zhang, H Ou, JWY Lam… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Planar donor and acceptor (D–A) conjugated structures are generally believed to be the
standard for architecting highly efficient photothermal theranostic agents, in order to restrict …

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 …

Emerging blood–brain-barrier-crossing nanotechnology for brain cancer theranostics

W Tang, W Fan, J Lau, L Deng, Z Shen… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Brain cancer, especially the most common type of glioblastoma, is highly invasive and
known as one of the most devastating and deadly neoplasms. Despite surgical and medical …