Activity-based NIR fluorescent probes based on the versatile hemicyanine scaffold: design strategy, biomedical applications, and outlook

H Li, H Kim, F Xu, J Han, Q Yao, J Wang, K Pu… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The discovery of a near-infrared (NIR, 650–900 nm) fluorescent chromophore hemicyanine
dye with high structural tailorability is of great significance in the field of detection …

Size-Dependent In Vivo Transport of Nanoparticles: Implications for Delivery, Targeting, and Clearance

M Xu, Y Qi, G Liu, Y Song, X Jiang, B Du - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Understanding the in vivo transport of nanoparticles provides guidelines for designing
nanomedicines with higher efficacy and fewer side effects. Among many factors, the size of …

Molecular probes for autofluorescence-free optical imaging

Y Jiang, K Pu - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Optical imaging is an indispensable tool in clinical diagnostics and fundamental biomedical
research. Autofluorescence-free optical imaging, which eliminates real-time optical …

Multicharged cyclodextrin supramolecular assemblies

Z Liu, Y Liu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Multicharged cyclodextrin (CD) supramolecular assemblies, including those based on
positively/negatively charged modified mono-6-deoxy-CDs, per-6-deoxy-CDs, and random …

Design of superior phototheranostic agents guided by Jablonski diagrams

G Feng, GQ Zhang, D Ding - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Phototheranostics represents a promising direction for modern precision medicine, which
has recently attracted great research interest from multidisciplinary research areas. Organic …

Molecular imaging and disease theranostics with renal-clearable optical agents

P Cheng, K Pu - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Optical imaging in disease diagnosis and treatment benefits from high spatiotemporal
resolution and the availability of numerous optical agents. However, many optical imaging …

Chemical design of activatable photoacoustic probes for precise biomedical applications

Y Liu, L Teng, B Yin, H Meng, X Yin, S Huan… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Photoacoustic (PA) imaging technology, a three-dimensional hybrid imaging modality that
integrates the advantage of optical and acoustic imaging, has great application prospects in …

Small-molecule fluorescence-based probes for interrogating major organ diseases

HH Han, H Tian, Y Zang, AC Sedgwick, J Li… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemical tools that allow the real-time monitoring of organ function and the visualisation of
organ-related processes at the cellular level are of great importance in biological research …

Molecular engineering of NIR‐II fluorophores for improved biomedical detection

Z Lei, F Zhang - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The development of fluorophores for the second near‐infrared window (NIR‐II, 1000–1700
nm) represents an emerging, significant, and vibrant field in analytic chemistry, chemical …

Chemiluminescence for bioimaging and therapeutics: recent advances and challenges

M Yang, J Huang, J Fan, J Du, K Pu… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemiluminescence, the generation of light through chemiexcitation as a result of chemical
reactions, has emerged as a novel tool for bioimaging and therapy in vivo. Due to the …