Bright quantum dots emitting at ∼1,600 nm in the NIR-IIb window for deep tissue fluorescence imaging

3D NIR-II Molecular Imaging Distinguishes Targeted Organs with High-Performance NIR-II Bioconjugates

(2018) Shoujun Zhu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A bright organic NIR-II nanofluorophore for three-dimensional imaging into biological tissues

(2018) Hao Wan et al.   Nature Communications

Single ultrasmall Mn2+-doped NaNdF4 nanocrystals as multimodal nanoprobes for magnetic resonance and second near-infrared fluorescence imaging

(2017) Xin Wang et al.   Nano Research

Targeting orthotopic gliomas with renal-clearable luminescent gold nanoparticles

(2017) Chuanqi Peng et al.   Nano Research

In vivo imaging of neural activity

(2017) Weijian Yang et al.   NATURE METHODS

Molecular imaging of biological systems with a clickable dye in the broad 800- to 1,700-nm near-infrared window

(2017) Shoujun Zhu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Boosting the down-shifting luminescence of rare-earth nanocrystals for biological imaging beyond 1500 nm

(2017) Yeteng Zhong et al.   Nature Communications

A high quantum yield molecule-protein complex fluorophore for near-infrared II imaging

(2017) Alexander L. Antaris et al.   Nature Communications

Next-generation in vivo optical imaging with short-wave infrared quantum dots

(2017) Oliver T. Bruns et al.   Nature Biomedical Engineering

Near-infrared fluorophores for biomedical imaging

(2017) Guosong Hong et al.   Nature Biomedical Engineering

Silica-Polymer Hybrid with Self-Assembled PEG Corona Excreted Rapidly via a Hepatobiliary Route

(2016) Lingzhi Zhao et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Layer-by-layer assembled fluorescent probes in the second near-infrared window for systemic delivery and detection of ovarian cancer

(2016) Xiangnan Dang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Continuous injection synthesis of indium arsenide quantum dots emissive in the short-wavelength infrared

(2016) Daniel Franke et al.   Nature Communications

Engineering interfacial structure in “Giant” PbS/CdS quantum dots for photoelectrochemical solar energy conversion

(2016) Lei Jin et al.   Nano Energy

Positron Emission Tomography Based Elucidation of the Enhanced Permeability and Retention Effect in Dogs with Cancer Using Copper-64 Liposomes

(2015) Anders E. Hansen et al.   ACS Nano

High-Performance Shortwave-Infrared Light-Emitting Devices Using Core-Shell (PbS-CdS) Colloidal Quantum Dots

(2015) Geoffrey J. Supran et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Fluorescence Imaging In Vivo at Wavelengths beyond 1500 nm

(2015) Shuo Diao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Carbon Nanomaterials for Biological Imaging and Nanomedicinal Therapy

(2015) Guosong Hong et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Biological imaging without autofluorescence in the second near-infrared region

(2015) Shuo Diao et al.   Nano Research

Real-time in vivo visualization of tumor therapy by a near-infrared-II Ag2S quantum dot-based theranostic nanoplatform

(2015) Feng Hu et al.   Nano Research

Recombinant protein (EGFP-Protein G)-coated PbS quantum dots for in vitro and in vivo dual fluorescence (visible and second-NIR) imaging of breast tumors

(2015) Akira Sasaki et al.   Nanoscale

A small-molecule dye for NIR-II imaging

(2015) Alexander L. Antaris et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Imaging liver biology in vivo using conventional confocal microscopy

(2015) Pedro E Marques et al.   Nature Protocols

EPR or no EPR? The billion-dollar question

(2015) Andrew Z. Wang   Science Translational Medicine

Applications of Highly Bright PbS Quantum Dots to Non-Invasive Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging in the Second Optical Window

(2015) Takashi Jin et al.   ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology

Monodisperse, Air-Stable PbS Nanocrystals via Precursor Stoichiometry Control

(2014) Mark C. Weidman et al.   ACS Nano

Epitaxial Seeded Growth of Rare-Earth Nanocrystals with Efficient 800 nm Near-Infrared to 1525 nm Short-Wavelength Infrared Downconversion Photoluminescence for In Vivo Bioimaging

(2014) Rui Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Influence of Shell Thickness and Surface Passivation on PbS/CdS Core/Shell Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells

(2014) Darren C. J. Neo et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Infrared Emitting PbS Nanocrystal Solids through Matrix Encapsulation

(2014) Pavel Moroz et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

1.3 μm emitting SrF2:Nd3+ nanoparticles for high contrast in vivo imaging in the second biological window

(2014) Irene Villa et al.   Nano Research

Imaging macrophages with nanoparticles

(2014) Ralph Weissleder et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Selective uptake of single-walled carbon nanotubes by circulating monocytes for enhanced tumour delivery

(2014) Bryan Ronain Smith et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Through-skull fluorescence imaging of the brain in a new near-infrared window

(2014) Guosong Hong et al.   Nature Photonics

Ultrafast fluorescence imaging in vivo with conjugated polymer fluorophores in the second near-infrared window

(2014) Guosong Hong et al.   Nature Communications

Improving Conventional Enhanced Permeability and Retention (EPR) Effects; What Is the Appropriate Target?

(2014) Hisataka Kobayashi et al.   Theranostics

Aqueous synthesis of glutathione-coated PbS quantum dots with tunable emission for non-invasive fluorescence imaging in the second near-infrared biological window (1000–1400 nm)

(2013) Yuko Nakane et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Rare-earth-doped biological composites as in vivo shortwave infrared reporters

(2013) D. J. Naczynski et al.   Nature Communications

Cation exchange on the nanoscale: an emerging technique for new material synthesis, device fabrication, and chemical sensing

(2012) Jessy B. Rivest et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Inorganically Functionalized PbS–CdS Colloidal Nanocrystals: Integration into Amorphous Chalcogenide Glass and Luminescent Properties

(2012) Maksym V. Kovalenko et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Multifunctional in vivo vascular imaging using near-infrared II fluorescence

(2012) Guosong Hong et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Size-Tunable, Bright, and Stable PbS Quantum Dots: A Surface Chemistry Study

(2011) Iwan Moreels et al.   ACS Nano

Effect of CdS shell thickness on the optical properties of water-soluble, amphiphilic polymer-encapsulated PbS/CdS core/shell quantum dots

(2011) Haiguang Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Effect of Different Types of Surface Ligands on the Structure and Optical Property of Water-Soluble PbS Quantum Dots Encapsulated by Amphiphilic Polymers

(2011) Haiguang Zhao et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Colloidal-quantum-dot photovoltaics using atomic-ligand passivation

(2011) Jiang Tang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Deep-tissue anatomical imaging of mice using carbon nanotube fluorophores in the second near-infrared window

(2011) K. Welsher et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The EPR effect: Unique features of tumor blood vessels for drug delivery, factors involved, and limitations and augmentation of the effect

(2010) Jun Fang et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Synthesis of PbS/CdS Core−Shell QDs and their Nonlinear Optical Properties

(2010) M. S. Neo et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Absolute Photoluminescence Quantum Yields of IR-26 Dye, PbS, and PbSe Quantum Dots

(2010) Octavi E. Semonin et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Clickable Gold Nanoparticles as the Building Block of Nanobioprobes

(2010) Ming-Xi Zhang et al.   LANGMUIR

A route to brightly fluorescent carbon nanotubes for near-infrared imaging in mice

(2009) Kevin Welsher et al.   Nature Nanotechnology