Highly stable organic photothermal agent based on near-infrared-II fluorophores for tumor treatment.

Yunjian XuShiqi WangZhenjiang ChenRui HuShaoqiang LiYihua ZhaoLiwei LiuJunle Qu

Published 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.

Keyphrases

photodynamic therapy
drug release
cancer therapy
drug delivery
fluorescence imaging
fluorescent probe
living cells
risk assessment
human health
combination therapy
replacement therapy
water soluble