A dual-functional benzobisthiadiazole derivative as an effective theranostic agent for near-infrared photoacoustic imaging and photothermal therapy

• Main Authors: Huang, Shuo, Upputuri, Paul Kumar, Liu, Hui, Pramanik, Manojit, Wang, Mingfeng
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Nanoparticle; Theranostic agents
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83803; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41475
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

It is essential to monitor and understand the diseased tissue before starting the treatments. Recently, many efforts have been devoted to explore theranostic agents that encapsulate therapeutic agents and diagnostic probes into one package. However, these physically mixed two agents may slowly disso...