Semiconducting polymer nanoparticles for multimodal biophotonics

Abstract

This thesis contains material from 8 papers published in the following peer-reviewed journals in which I am listed as an author. Chapter 1 and 2 are published as (i) Y. Jiang and K. Pu. Multimodal biophotonics of semiconducting polymer nanoparticles Accounts of Chemical Research 51, 1840-1849 (2018); (ii) Y. Jiang and K. Pu. Advanced photoacoustic imaging applications of nearinfrared absorbing organic nanoparticles. Small 13, 1700710 (2017); (iii) Y. Jiang and K. Pu. Molecular fluorescence and photoacoustic imaging in the second near-infrared optical window using organic contrast agents. Advanced Biosystems 2, 1700262 (2018).