Issue 3, 2011

Single-walled carbon nanotubes in biomedical imaging

Abstract

This article reviews the latest developments in using single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) for biomedical imaging. SWNTs with a number of unique intrinsic optical properties have been widely used as contrast agents in Raman imaging, near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging and photoacoustic imaging in vitro and in vivo. More imaging functionalities including positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging can be achieved by either utilizing external labels or the metal impurities of nanotube samples. Although there is still a long way to go before SWNTs are ready for clinical use, they are promising nanomaterials with great potential in multimodality biomedical imaging.

Graphical abstract: Single-walled carbon nanotubes in biomedical imaging

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
25 Jun 2010
Accepted
06 Aug 2010
First published
24 Sep 2010

J. Mater. Chem., 2011,21, 586-598

Single-walled carbon nanotubes in biomedical imaging

Z. Liu, K. Yang and S. Lee, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 586 DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02020F

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