Ultrasound-responsive systems as components for smart materials

AG Athanassiadis, Z Ma, N Moreno-Gomez… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Smart materials can respond to stimuli and adapt their responses based on external cues
from their environments. Such behavior requires a way to transport energy efficiently and …

Exploring the potential of nanogels: from drug carriers to radiopharmaceutical agents

M Kubeil, Y Suzuki, MA Casulli, R Kamal… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nanogels open up access to a wide range of applications and offer among others hopeful
approaches for use in the field of biomedicine. This review provides a brief overview of …

Macromolecular Poly (N‐isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM) in Cancer Treatment and Beyond: Applications in Drug Delivery, Photothermal Therapy, Gene Delivery and …

S Throat, S Bhattacharya - Advances in Polymer Technology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Poly (N‐isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM) is a versatile polymer known for its phase transition
properties, exhibiting a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) of approximately 32° C …

[HTML][HTML] High resolution ultrasonic neural modulation observed via in vivo two-photon calcium imaging

Z Cheng, C Wang, B Wei, W Gan, Q Zhou, M Cui - Brain stimulation, 2022 - Elsevier
Neural modulation plays a major role in delineating the circuit mechanisms and serves as
the cornerstone of neural interface technologies. Among the various modulation …

A Biocompatible and Near‐Infrared Liposome for In Vivo Ultrasound‐Switchable Fluorescence Imaging

Y Liu, T Yao, W Cai, S Yu, Y Hong… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorescence imaging is a remarkable tool for molecular targeting and multicolor imaging,
but it suffers from low resolution in centimeter‐deep tissues. The recently developed …

Noninvasive measurement of local temperature using ultrasound-switchable fluorescence

L Ren, T Yao, KT Nguyen, B Yuan - Biomedical Optics Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Measuring the local background temperature in diseased and inflamed tissues is highly
desirable, especially in a non-invasive way. In this work, ultrasound-switchable fluorescence …

Temperature-sensitive polymeric nanogels encapsulating with β-cyclodextrin and ICG complex for high-resolution deep-tissue ultrasound-switchable fluorescence …

R Liu, T Yao, Y Liu, S Yu, L Ren, Y Hong, KT Nguyen… - Nano Research, 2020 - Springer
One of the thorny problems currently impeding the applications of the fluorescence imaging
technique is the poor spatial resolution in deep tissue. Ultrasound-switchable fluorescence …

Active Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS): A Novel Concept for Enhancing Signal Contrast in Complex Matrices Using External Perturbation

S Mosca, M Mehta, WH Skinner, B Gardner… - Applied …, 2025 - opg.optica.org
Noninvasive detection of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) signals from deep
within tissue represents a common challenge in many biological and clinical applications …

In vivo tumor ultrasound-switchable fluorescence imaging via intravenous injections of size-controlled thermosensitive nanoparticles

L Ren, Y Liu, T Yao, KT Nguyen, B Yuan - Nano research, 2023 - Springer
Near-infrared fluorescence imaging has emerged as a noninvasive, inexpensive, and
ionizing-radiation-free monitoring tool for assessing tumor growth and treatment efficacy. In …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in ultrasound-controlled fluorescence technology for deep tissue optical imaging

RL Liu, RQ Cai - Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis, 2022 - Elsevier
Fluorescence imaging is a noninvasive and dynamic real-time imaging technique; however,
it exhibits poor spatial resolution in centimeter-deep tissues because biological tissues are …