Highly stable organic photothermal agent based on near-infrared-II fluorophores for tumor treatment.
Yunjian XuShiqi WangZhenjiang ChenRui HuShaoqiang LiYihua ZhaoLiwei LiuJunle QuPublished in: Journal of nanobiotechnology (2021)
Utilizing IPET and the steric relaxation effect can effectively induce NIR-II emission of aza-BODIPY dyes. Stable NIR998 NPs have excellent photothermal conversion performance and negligible dark cytotoxicity, so they have the potential to act as photothermal agents in biological applications.