Intraparticle Molecular Orbital Engineering of Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles as Amplified Theranostics for In Vivo Photoacoustic Imaging and Photothermal Therapy

• Main Authors: Lyu, Yan, Fang, Yuan, Miao, Qingqing, Zhen, Xu, Ding, Dan, Pu, Kanyi
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Semiconducting polymer nanoparticles; Theranostic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80231; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42127
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Optical theranostic nanoagents that seamlessly and synergistically integrate light-generated signals with photothermal or photodynamic therapy can provide opportunities for cost-effective precision medicine, while the potential for clinical translation requires them to have good biocompatibility and...