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Photoacoustic Imaging: Perylene‐Diimide‐Based Nanoparticles as Highly Efficient Photoacoustic Agents for Deep Brain Tumor Imaging in Living Mice (Adv. Mater. 5/2015)
Author(s) -
Fan Quli,
Cheng Kai,
Yang Zhen,
Zhang Ruiping,
Yang Min,
Hu Xiang,
Ma Xiaowei,
Bu Lihong,
Lu Xiaomei,
Xiong Xiaoxing,
Huang Wei,
Zhao Heng,
Cheng Zhen
Publication year - 2015
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.201570028
Subject(s) - perylene , diimide , photoacoustic imaging in biomedicine , materials science , nanoparticle , nanomaterials , polymer , nanotechnology , amphiphile , organic chemistry , optics , composite material , chemistry , physics , molecule , copolymer
Perylene‐3,4,9,10‐tetracarboxylic diimide (PDI) and its derivatives are generally used as industrial pigments and materials for constructing various organic electronic devices. By encapsulating into amphiphilic polymers, water‐soluble PDI nanoparticles can be easily prepared, and they exhibit excellent photoacoustic imaging (PAI) properties, as described by Z. Cheng and co‐workers on page 843. The PDI‐based nanomaterials can further be used for PAI of deep glioblastoma in orthotopic mice models. Photo credit: Zhen Cheng and Quli Fan.