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Polypyrrole Nanoparticles: A Potential Optical Coherence Tomography Contrast Agent for Cancer Imaging
Author(s) -
Au Kin Man,
Lu Zenghai,
Matcher Stephen J.,
Armes Steven P.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201103190
Subject(s) - optical coherence tomography , polypyrrole , nanoparticle , materials science , contrast (vision) , coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , nanotechnology , scattering , medical physics , computed tomography , biomedical engineering , optics , computer science , radiology , artificial intelligence , polymer , medicine , physics , polymerization , quantum mechanics , composite material
A near‐infrared (NIR) absorbing contrast agent based on polypyrrole nanoparticles is described. Quantitative optical coherence tomography studies on tissue phantoms and Mie scattering calculations indicate their potential application for early‐stage cancer diagnosis.