Luminescence imaging in biomedical research has allowed new insights into the
architecture of pathological tissues, signalling networks and cell interactions, and is now …

We present the science and technology roadmap for graphene, related two-dimensional
crystals, and hybrid systems, targeting an evolution in technology, that might lead to impacts …

Photoactivatable (alternatively, photoremovable, photoreleasable, or photocleavable)
protecting groups (PPGs), also known as caged or photocaged compounds, are used to …

Since their inception 18 years ago, electrically driven colloidal quantum-dot light-emitting
devices (QD-LEDs) have increased in external quantum efficiency from less than 0.01% to …

Research on fluorescent semiconductor nanocrystals (also known as quantum dots or
qdots) has evolved over the past two decades from electronic materials science to biological …

Carbon nanomaterials are a class of low-dimensional materials that have aroused a great
deal of interest in the past 30 years since the spectacular debut of fullerene, the first member …

The near‐infrared window between 1000 and 1700 nm, commonly termed the “second near‐
infrared (NIR‐II) window,” has quickly emerged as a highly attractive optical region for …

We describe the development of multifunctional nanoparticle probes based on
semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) for cancer targeting and imaging in living animals. The …

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Photon penetration into living tissue is highly dependent on the absorption and scattering
properties of tissue components. The near-infrared region of the spectrum offers certain …