Issue 63, 2014
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Chemical Communications

Targeted and image-guided photodynamic cancer therapy based on organic nanoparticles with aggregation-induced emission characteristics†

Youyong Yuan,‡a   Guangxue Feng,‡ab   Wei Qin,c   Ben Zhong Tangcd  and  Bin Liu*ae  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore
E-mail: cheliub@nus.edu.sg

b Environmental Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore

c Department of Chemistry, Division of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong

d SCUT–HKUST Joint Research Laboratory, Guangdong Innovative Research Team, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China

e Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, 3 Research Link, Singapore

Abstract

We report for the first time that organic nanoparticles with photodynamic activity and aggregation-induced emission characteristics are developed for targeted and image-guided photodynamic cancer therapy.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC02767A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Apr 2014
Accepted
16 Jun 2014
First published
19 Jun 2014

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 8757-8760

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Targeted and image-guided photodynamic cancer therapy based on organic nanoparticles with aggregation-induced emission characteristics

Y. Yuan, G. Feng, W. Qin, B. Z. Tang and B. Liu, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 8757 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC02767A

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