Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

J-aggregates of meso-[2.2]paracyclophanyl-BODIPY dye for NIR-II imaging

  • Kang Li,
  • Xingchen Duan,
  • Zhiyong Jiang,
  • Dan Ding,
  • Yuncong Chen,
  • Guo-Qiang Zhang,
  • Zhipeng Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22686-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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J-aggregation has been proved to be an efficient strategy for the development of fluorescent imaging agents in the NIR-II spectral region but the design of appropriate J-aggregates is challenging. Here, the authors demonstrate J-aggregation of a BODIPY dye with NIR-II emission and demonstrate lymph node imaging for fluorescence guided surgery.