Bright NIR-II Fluorescent Small-Molecule Nanoparticles with Reduced Intermolecular Interaction for Targeted in Vivo Inflammation Imaging

Shangyu Chen, Wansu Zhang, Xinyue Jiang, Yaqi Guo, Pengfei Sun, Wenjun Wang, Quli Fan, Wei Huang

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5236-5242
Number of pages7
JournalACS Applied Polymer Materials
Volume3
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 8 Oct 2021

Keywords

  • enhanced NIR-II fluorescence
  • NIR-II
  • reduced intermolecular interaction
  • small-molecule nanoparticles
  • targeted inflammation imaging

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