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Published on: March 22, 2020
Synthesis of an efficient far-red/near-infrared luminogen with AIE characteristics for in vivo bioimaging
Wei Qin1, Nuernisha Alifu, Yuanjing Cai
1Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Centre for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction, Institute for Advanced Study, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, Division of Biomedical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong. tangbenz@ust.hk.
Abstract:
A selenium-containing FR/NIR AIE luminogen with efficient solid-state emission is reported. Its AIE dots exhibit high brightness, large Stokes shift, good biocompatibility and satisfactory photostability, making them the first selenium-containing FR/NIR nanoprobes with AIE characteristics for in vivo bioimaging applications with high contrast and a high penetration depth.
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