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Nanoparticles: “Hyper‐bright” Near‐Infrared Emitting Fluorescent Organic Nanoparticles for Single Particle Tracking (Adv. Mater. 14/2014)
Author(s) -
Genin Emilie,
Gao Zhenghong,
Varela Juan A.,
Daniel Jonathan,
Bsaibess Talia,
Gosse Isabelle,
Groc Laurent,
Cognet Laurent,
BlanchardDesce Mireille
Publication year - 2014
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.201470092
Subject(s) - nanoparticle , materials science , nanotechnology , particle (ecology) , fluorescence , luminescence , infrared , optoelectronics , optics , physics , geology , oceanography
Novel near‐IR emitting luminescent nanoparticles made only from organic molecules are designed from a totally bottom‐up route and prepared via a simple and efficacious route as described by M. Blanchard‐Desce, L. Cognet, and co‐workers on page 2258. These biocompatible near‐IR emitting nanoparticles (named HIFONS), which combine excellent chemical and colloidal stability and exhibit outstanding brightness, have been successfully imaged at single‐particle level into saline and cellular environments. As such, these fully organic nanoparticles pave the way towards new tools in bio‐nanotechnologies.