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Organic–inorganic nanohybrids for fluorescence, photoacoustic and Raman bioimaging

有机-无机纳米杂化材料在荧光、光声和拉曼生物成像领域的最新研究进展

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Organic–inorganic nanohybrid materials represent a wide range of nanoscaled synthetic materials consisting of both organic and inorganic components that are linked together by covalent or non-covalent interactions, which have been widely employed in various fields such as optoelectronics, catalysis and biomedicine. As a result of this special combination, nanohybrid materials assemble numerous extraordinary features that provide great opportunities to improve their stability, multifunctions, biocompatibility, eco-friendliness and other physical and mechanical properties. This review highlights recent research developments of functional organic–inorganic nanohybrid materials and their specific applications in bioimaging including fluorescent, Raman, photoacoustic and combined bioimaging. Future research directions and perspectives in this rapidly developing field are also discussed.

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有机-无机纳米杂化材料是一类重要的功能材料,它们被广泛应用于光电、催化、生物医学等领域。本文着重总结了几类有机-无机纳米杂化材料的制备以及它们在荧光、光声和拉曼生物成像领域的最新研究进展。本文也对这个热门领域将来的研究发展方向进行了讨论。

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Research Foundation (NRF), Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore, under its NRF Fellowship (NRF2009NRF-RF001-015) and Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) Programme—Singapore Peking University Research Centre for a Sustainable Low-Carbon Future, the NTU-A*STAR Silicon Technologies Centre of Excellence under the program Grant No. 11235150003 and the NTU-Northwestern Institute for Nanomedicine.

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Sreejith, S., Huong, T.T.M., Borah, P. et al. Organic–inorganic nanohybrids for fluorescence, photoacoustic and Raman bioimaging. Sci. Bull. 60, 665–678 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-015-0765-4

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