Bright near-infrared α-tetraphenyletheneBODIPY nanoprobes with high aggregated state emission quantum yields in aqueous system for lipid droplet-specific imaging
Xing Guo, Bing Tang, Hao Wu, Qinghua Wu, Ze-yu Xie, Changjiang Yu, Erhong Hao, Lijuan Jiao
Abstract
Novel near-infrared lipid droplet-specific α-tetraphenyletheneBODIPY nanoprobes exhibited bright aggregated state quantum yields up to 0.81 in aqueous system and were applied for real-time bioimaging.
Topics & Concepts
Aqueous solutionInfraredMaterials scienceNanotechnologyQuantumQuantum dotChemical engineeringChemistryOpticsPhysical chemistryPhysicsQuantum mechanicsEngineeringLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsMass Spectrometry Techniques and ApplicationsNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics