pH-sensitive and biodegradable charge-transfer nanocomplex for second near-infrared photoacoustic tumor imaging

• Main Authors: Wang, Zhimin, Upputuri, Paul Kumar, Zhen, Xu, Zhang, Ruochong, Jiang, Yuyan, Ai, Xiangzhao, Zhang, Zhijun, Hu, Ming, Meng, Zhenyu, Lu, Yunpeng, Zheng, Yuanjing, Pu, Kanyi, Pramanik, Manojit, Xing, Bengang
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry; Second Near-infrared Window; Charge-transfer Nanocomplex
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89425; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/47098
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The emerging photoacoustic imaging (PAI), especially in the NIR window, offers reliable sensing for deep-penetration and high-resolution closing to clinical requirements. However, the contrast agents that are capable of specifically responding to the intricate biological environments, more important...