Sensing, Imaging, and Therapeutic Strategies Endowing by Conjugate Polymers for Precision Medicine

Abstract

Conjugated polymers (CPs) have promising applications in biomedical fields, such as disease monitoring, real‐time imaging diagnosis and disease treatment. As a promising luminescent material with tunable emission, high brightness and excellent stability, CPs are widely used as fluorescent probes in biological detection and imaging. Rational molecular design and structural optimization have broadened absorption/emission range of CPs, which are more conductive for disease diagnosis and precision therapy. This review provides a comprehensive overview of recent advances in the application of CPs, aiming to elucidate their structural and functional relationships. The fluorescence properties of CPs and the mechanism of detection signal amplification are firstly discussed, followed by an elucidation of their emerging applications in biological detection. Subsequently, CPs‐based imaging systems and therapeutic strategies are illustrated systematically. Finally, recent advancements in utilizing CPs as electroactive materials for bioelectronic devices are also investigated. Moreover, the challenges and outlooks of CPs for precision medicine are discussed. Through this systematic review, we hope to highlight the frontier progress of CPs and promote new breakthroughs in fundamental research and clinical transformation.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved

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