Nature Communications (Mar 2018)

A bright organic NIR-II nanofluorophore for three-dimensional imaging into biological tissues

  • Hao Wan,
  • Jingying Yue,
  • Shoujun Zhu,
  • Takaaki Uno,
  • Xiaodong Zhang,
  • Qinglai Yang,
  • Kuai Yu,
  • Guosong Hong,
  • Junying Wang,
  • Lulin Li,
  • Zhuoran Ma,
  • Hongpeng Gao,
  • Yeteng Zhong,
  • Jessica Su,
  • Alexander L. Antaris,
  • Yan Xia,
  • Jian Luo,
  • Yongye Liang,
  • Hongjie Dai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03505-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Imaging in the second near-infrared window has attracted attention due to superior penetration depth and low signal interference. Here, the authors describe a new organic nano fluorophore with high quantum yield and demonstrate its use for in vivo imaging.