Photoacoustic imaging: contrast agents and their biomedical applications

Q Fu, R Zhu, J Song, H Yang, X Chen - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photoacoustic (PA) imaging as a fast‐develo** imaging technique has great potential in
biomedical and clinical applications. It is a noninvasive imaging modality that depends on …

Small‐molecule prodrug nanoassemblies: an emerging nanoplatform for anticancer drug delivery

G Li, B Sun, Y Li, C Luo, Z He, J Sun - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The antitumor efficiency and clinical translation of traditional nanomedicines is mainly
restricted by low drug loading, complex preparation technology, and potential toxicity …

Etching bulk covalent organic frameworks into nanoparticles of uniform and controllable size by the molecular exchange etching method for sonodynamic and immune …

D Wang, L Lin, T Li, M Meng, K Hao, Z Guo… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
To improve the therapeutic effect of sonodynamic therapy (SDT), more effective and stable
sonosensitizers and therapeutic strategies are still required. A covalent organic framework …

Self‐assembling endogenous biliverdin as a versatile near‐infrared photothermal nanoagent for cancer theranostics

R **ng, Q Zou, C Yuan, L Zhao, R Chang… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photothermal nanomaterials that integrate multimodal imaging and therapeutic functions
provide promising opportunities for noninvasive and targeted diagnosis and treatment in …

Biodegradable π-conjugated oligomer nanoparticles with high photothermal conversion efficiency for cancer theranostics

X Li, L Liu, S Li, Y Wan, JX Chen, S Tian, Z Huang… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We developed a biodegradable photothermal therapeutic (PTT) agent, π-conjugated
oligomer nanoparticles (F8-PEG NPs), for highly efficient cancer theranostics. By exploiting …

Near-infrared photodynamic and photothermal co-therapy based on organic small molecular dyes

S Guo, D Gu, Y Yang, J Tian, X Chen - Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2023 - Springer
Near-infrared (NIR) organic small molecule dyes (OSMDs) are effective photothermal agents
for photothermal therapy (PTT) due to their advantages of low cost and toxicity, good …

Supramolecular photothermal nanomaterials as an emerging paradigm toward precision cancer therapy

L Zhao, Y Liu, R Chang, R **ng… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of the “supramolecular photothermal effects” refers to the collection property
and photothermal conversion efficiency resulting from the supramolecular assembly of …

Porphyrin-based covalent organic framework nanoparticles for photoacoustic imaging-guided photodynamic and photothermal combination cancer therapy

D Wang, Z Zhang, L Lin, F Liu, Y Wang, Z Guo, Y Li… - Biomaterials, 2019 - Elsevier
Combination of photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photothermal therapy (PTT) generally
requires different components to build a composite irradiated with different excitation lights …

NIR‐II absorbing organic nanoagents for photoacoustic imaging and photothermal therapy

W Shao, F Zhao, J Xue, L Huang - BMEMat, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Near‐infrared (NIR) absorbing materials hold great potential in biomedical applications,
such as fluorescence imaging (FLI), photoacoustic imaging (PAI), photodynamic therapy …

A paclitaxel prodrug activatable by irradiation in a hypoxic microenvironment

S Zhou, X Hu, R **a, S Liu, Q Pei… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The innate hypoxic microenvironment of most solid tumors has a major influence on tumor
growth, invasiveness, and distant metastasis. Here, a hypoxia‐activated self‐immolative …