Themed collection JMC B Editor’s choice web collection: ‘‘seeing the unseen updated: advances in bioimaging’’
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Journal of Materials Chemistry B Editor's choice web collection: “Seeing the unseen updated: advances in bioimaging”
Xiaogang Qu introduces a Journal of Materials Chemistry B Editor's choice web collection on advances in bioimaging (http://rsc.li/BioimagingAdvances).
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2018,6, 2920-2921
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TB90054J
Optical nanoprobes for biomedical applications: shining a light on upconverting and near-infrared emitting nanoparticles for imaging, thermal sensing, and photodynamic therapy
Shining a light on spectrally converting lanthanide (Ln3+)-doped nanoparticles: progress, trends, and challenges in Ln3+-nanoprobes for near-infrared bioimaging, nanothermometry, and photodynamic therapy.
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2017,5, 4365-4392
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TB00403F
Heteroatom-doped carbon dots: synthesis, characterization, properties, photoluminescence mechanism and biological applications
This review summarized the recent progress in the synthesis, characterization, properties, photoluminescence mechanism and biological applications of carbon dots.
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2016,4, 7204-7219
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TB02131J
Carbon dots: surface engineering and applications
Surface engineering of carbon dots and their applications in targeting sensing, accurate drug delivery and high resolution bioimaging are highlighted.
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2016,4, 5772-5788
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TB00976J
A novel near-infrared fluorescent probe with a large Stokes shift for biothiol detection and application in in vitro and in vivo fluorescence imaging
A novel near-infrared fluorescent probe with a large Stokes shift was developed for biothiol detection and application in in vitro and in vivo fluorescence imaging.
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2017,5, 3836-3841
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TB00187H
A NIR fluorescent chemodosimeter for imaging endogenous hydrogen polysulfides via the CSE enzymatic pathway
Sodium polysulfides (Na2Sn, n > 1) as important raw materials in the chemical industry can afford hydrogen polysulfides (H2Sn, n > 1) under physiological conditions.
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2017,5, 2574-2579
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TB00098G
Development of a unique family of two-photon full-color-tunable fluorescent materials for imaging in live subcellular organelles, cells, and tissues
We outline the rational design, synthesis, optical property studies, and biological imaging studies of a unique family of two-photon full-color-tunable functional fluorescent materials.
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2017,5, 2436-2444
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TB00174F
An aza-BODIPY photosensitizer for photoacoustic and photothermal imaging guided dual modal cancer phototherapy
A novel NIR absorbing aza-BODIPY photosensitizer with high 1O2 quantum yield and excellent photothermal conversion efficiency was designed for synergistic phototherapy.
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2017,5, 1566-1573
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TB02979E
Targetable and fixable rotor for quantifying mitochondrial viscosity of living cells by fluorescence lifetime imaging
A fixable probe, named Vis-A, to quantify mitochondrial viscosity of living cells by fluorescence lifetime imaging.
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2017,5, 360-368
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TB02524B
A mitochondria-targeted ratiometric fluorescent probe for hypochlorite and its applications in bioimaging
A novel ratiometric probe (RCP) for −OCl was developed based on the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) platform.
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2017,5, 289-295
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TB01992G
One-pot synthesis of gadolinium-doped carbon quantum dots for high-performance multimodal bioimaging
A high-performance fluorescence (FL)/magnetic resonance (MR) imaging probe is synthesized by doping Gd3+ into carbon quantum dots via a one-pot pyrolysis process, and its dual-modality applications are demonstrated by the use of HeLa cells and mice as models.
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2017,5, 92-101
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TB02115H
Highly efficient NIR to NIR upconversion of ZnMoO4:Tm3+,Yb3+ phosphors and their application in biological imaging of deep tumors
In vivo imaging of deep tumor in nude-mice was successfully demonstrated using highly efficient ZnMoO4:Tm3+,Yb3+,K+ nano-phosphors and an 810 nm NIR laser.
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2016,4, 6192-6199
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TB00965D
Preparation of fluorescent Au–SiO2 core–shell nanoparticles and nanorods with tunable silica shell thickness and surface modification for immunotargeting
Scalable methods for preparing and modifying Au–SiO2 core–shell nanoparticles provide a platform for engineering size-dependent multifunctional properties for in vivo biomedical applications.
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2016,4, 5418-5428
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TB01659F
Fabrication of hybridized nanoparticles with aggregation-induced emission characteristics and application for cell imaging
More TPE-CS/HA nanoparticles are endocytosed by culture for a long time, resulting in a much stronger fluorescence emission.
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2016,4, 5265-5271
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TB01466F
Pyrano[3,2-c]julolidin-2-ones: a novel class of fluorescent probes for ratiometric detection and imaging of Hg2+ in live cancer cells
A novel pyrano[3,2-c]julolidin-2-one based fluorescent molecular rotor PYJO4 has been designed and developed for selective ratiometric detection, quantification and imaging of intracellular Hg2+ in live cells.
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2016,4, 4934-4940
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TB01413E
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Cellular internalisation, bioimaging and dark and photodynamic cytotoxicity of silica nanoparticles doped by {Mo6I8}4+ metal clusters
{Mo6I8}@SiO2 nanoparticles for biomedical applications.
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2016,4, 4839-4846
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TB00723F
A lysosome-targeted and ratiometric fluorescent probe for imaging exogenous and endogenous hypochlorous acid in living cells
We have developed the first small-molecule based, lysosomal-targeted ratiometric fluorescent HClO probe (Lyso-HA). Fluorescence imaging shows that it is suitable for ratiometric visualization of exogenous and endogenous HClO at lysosomes in living cells.
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2016,4, 4739-4745
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TB01085G
Facile fabrication of amphiphilic AIE active glucan via formation of dynamic bonds: self assembly, stimuli responsiveness and biological imaging
A one-pot strategy has been developed for the preparation of stimuli responsive AIE active glucan through formation of a dynamic Schiff base and a phenyl borate.
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2016,4, 4033-4039
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TB00776G
A hydrothermal reaction of an aqueous solution of BSA yields highly fluorescent N doped C-dots used for imaging of live mammalian cells
In the current study, we present a new and facile synthesis of N doped C-dots (N@C-dots) by hydrothermally reacting an aqueous solution of Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) for imaging of live mammalian cells.
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2016,4, 2913-2920
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TB00519E
Rationally designed two-photon absorption compounds based on benzoxazole derivatives: structure–property relationships and bio-imaging applications
Five rationally designed benzoxazole-based two photon absorption compounds were reported and their structure–property relationships were summarized clearly.
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2016,4, 2785-2793
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TB00201C
A photostable AIEgen for nucleolus and mitochondria imaging with organelle-specific emission
A dual-color organelle-specific probe with the AIE feature for mitochondria and nucleolus is developed. Due to the different interactions with mitochondrial membrane and nucleic acids, distinct emission colors from mitochondria and nucleolus are observed under a fluorescence microscope.
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2016,4, 2614-2619
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TB00319B
About this collection
This first in a two-part series of JMC B Editor’s choice web collections focusses on the recent advances in bioimaging.
Journal of Material Chemistry B’s Associate Editor Xiaogang Qu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, CIAC, China) has gathered together the journal’s most outstanding recent papers on bioimaging with crucial real world applications.
Browse this collection to view reviews and original research demonstrating the unparalleled potential in personalized treatment, early detection, point-of-care, and accurate diagnoses and the many interesting results published in this exciting field. This Editor’s choice web collection entitled ‘‘seeing the unseen updated: advances in bioimaging’’ highlights Journal of Materials Chemistry B’s most outstanding papers in functional materials-based bioimaging.