Issue 4, 2020

Conjugated polymers as nanoparticle probes for fluorescence and photoacoustic imaging

Abstract

Bioimaging enables the visualisation of biological processes at the microscopic and macroscopic levels, finding applications from cellular tracking to whole body scanning for diagnosis purposes. The different techniques developed to acquire images make use of most radiation types of the electromagnetic spectrum. Recently, there has been interest in non-ionising radiation imaging techniques that can offer improved detection or additional information about biological processes, and fluorescence and photoacoustic imaging have become an eminent field. Conjugated polymers are versatile materials for bioimaging due to their tailored absorption and emission spectra and applications in both fluorescence and photoacoustic imaging. This review gives an overview on bioimaging techniques, with a special focus on conjugated polymer nanoparticles (CPNs), the different types of nanoparticle chemistries published and their preclinical safety assessment.

Graphical abstract: Conjugated polymers as nanoparticle probes for fluorescence and photoacoustic imaging

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
15 nov 2019
Accepted
26 dez 2019
First published
06 jan 2020

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2020,8, 592-606

Conjugated polymers as nanoparticle probes for fluorescence and photoacoustic imaging

T. F. Abelha, C. A. Dreiss, M. A. Green and L. A. Dailey, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2020, 8, 592 DOI: 10.1039/C9TB02582K

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