Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 47, Issue 2, 207033(2020)

Antimonene Nanoflakes as a Photoacoustic Imaging Contrast Agent for Tumor in vivo Imaging

Yu Jingwen1, Wang Xiuhong1、*, Feng Jinchao2, Zhang Na2, and Wang Pu1
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  • 1Beijing Engineering Research Center of Laser Technology, Institute of Laser Engineering of Beijing University of Technology, Key Laboratory of Trans-Scale Laser Manufacturing Technology,Ministry of Education, Beijing 100124, China
  • 2College of Electronic Information and Control Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, China
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    Photoacoustic imaging, a novel biomedical imaging technique that combines the advantages of optical imaging and acoustic imaging, offers high-resolution biological tissue imaging to facilitate the observation of deeper imaging sites. In other words, it breaks the “soft limit” of conventional optical bioimaging techniques. However, many diseases, especially in the early stage, present no obvious photoacoustic contrast; therefore, it is crucial to identify effective exogenous photoacoustic contrast agents. Here we introduce a novel two-dimensional material, antimonene nanoflakes (AMNFs), which demonstrates great optical absorption from 300 nm to 900 nm as well as excellent photothermal conversion efficiency and photoacoustic performance. This material is expected to be useful as a contrast agent, helping to achieve excellent photoacoustic imaging of ultra-small tumors in vivo.

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    Yu Jingwen, Wang Xiuhong, Feng Jinchao, Zhang Na, Wang Pu. Antimonene Nanoflakes as a Photoacoustic Imaging Contrast Agent for Tumor in vivo Imaging[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2020, 47(2): 207033

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    Category: biomedical photonics and laser medicine

    Received: Oct. 21, 2019

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Feb. 21, 2020

    The Author Email: Wang Xiuhong (wxh2012@bjut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL202047.0207033

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