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

Optical imaging, especially fluorescence and photoacoustic imaging, is a non‐invasive
imaging approach with high spatial and temporal resolution and high sensitivity, compared …

Heptamethine indocyanines are invaluable probes for near-infrared (NIR) imaging. Despite
broad use, there are only a few synthetic methods to assemble these molecules, and each …

Objective: To establish consensus recommendations for the use of fluorescence imaging
with indocyanine green (ICG) in hepatobiliary surgery. Background: ICG fluorescence …

Intraoperative fluorescent imaging can provide real-time identification of tumours, lymph
nodes, nerves and other healthy and malignant tissues during oncological surgery …

The exciting applications of molecular motion are still limited and are in urgent pursuit,
although some fascinating concepts such as molecular motors and molecular machines …

Fluorescence imaging is a method of real-time molecular tracking in vivo that has enabled
many clinical technologies. Imaging in the shortwave IR (SWIR; 1,000–2,000 nm) promises …

After decades of development, microrobots have exhibited great application potential in the
biomedical field, such as minimally invasive surgery, drug delivery, and bio‐sensing …

Hydrogels are water-absorbing materials with three-dimensional network structures.
Hydrogel actuators have heterogeneous structures and can respond to specific …

Surgical resection of cancer remains an important treatment modality. Despite advances in
preoperative imaging, surgery itself is primarily guided by the surgeon's ability to locate …