Highly efficient photothermal nanoagent achieved by harvesting energy via excited-state intramolecular motion within nanoparticles.

ABSTRACT: The exciting applications of molecular motion are still limited and are in urgent pursuit, although some fascinating concepts such as molecular motors and molecular machines have been proposed for years. Utilizing molecular motion in a nanoplatform for practical application has been scarcely explored due to some unconquered challenges such as how to achieve effective molecular motion in the aggregate state within nanoparticles. Here, we introduce a class of near infrared-absorbing organic molecules with intramolecular motion-induced photothermy inside nanoparticles, which enables most absorbed light energy to dissipate as heat. Such a property makes the nanoparticles a superior photoacoustic imaging agent compared to widely used methylene blue and semiconducting polymer nanoparticles and a

SUBMITTER: Zhao Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6377612 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature