Abstract
Though biocompatible small-molecule-based NIR-II fluorescent nanoparticles (NPs) are highly desirable in fluorescence imaging (FI), the fluorescence quantum yield is relatively poor due to the significant aggregation-caused quenching and the heavy intermolecular interactions. Herein, we conveniently obtained bright NIR-II fluorescent small-molecule NPs (TQFPNs) fabricated from a polystyrene (PS)-modified fluorophore (TQF-PS). Our prepared PS-modified NPs displayed 3.2-fold higher emission intensity than that of non-PS polymer chain NPs (TQF@NPs) in vitro. Finally, bright and high-resolution NIR-II FI of a rheumatoid arthritis mouse model and a pneumonia mouse model using TQFPNs demonstrated its successful application for targeted in vivo inflammation imaging.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 5236-5242 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | ACS Applied Polymer Materials |
Volume | 3 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 8 Oct 2021 |
Keywords
- enhanced NIR-II fluorescence
- NIR-II
- reduced intermolecular interaction
- small-molecule nanoparticles
- targeted inflammation imaging