A cascade X-ray energy converting approach toward radio-afterglow cancer theranostics

• Main Authors: Xu, Cheng, Qin, Xue, Wei, Xin, Yu, Jie, Zhang, Youjia, Zhang, Yan, Ding, Dan, Song, Jibin, Pu, Kanyi
• Other Authors: School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2025
• Subjects: Chemistry; Medicine, Health and Life Sciences; Biosensors; X-rays
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/181950
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Leveraging X-rays to initiate prolonged luminescence (radio-afterglow) and stimulate radiodynamic 1O2 production from optical agents provides opportunities for diagnosis and therapy at tissue depths inaccessible to light. However, X-ray-responsive organic luminescent materials are rare due to their...