Noble metal nanoparticles with localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) properties are widely used as optical sensors in biochemical detection and medical diagnosis. In this paper, we propose an effective determinat...Noble metal nanoparticles with localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) properties are widely used as optical sensors in biochemical detection and medical diagnosis. In this paper, we propose an effective determination method to measure the LSPR absorption intensity of gold nanorods (GNRs). A near-infrared (NIR) imaging system is established, and an NIR absorption image of the multiple samples of the colloidal GNRs is captured. Then, the LSPR absorption intensities of these samples are obtained by calculating the average grayscale of the target areas based on the NIR image processing technology. By using this method, the LSPR absorption intensities of the multiple samples are determined all at once, and their accuracy is as high as that obtained by using spectrophotometry. These results suggest that this method is an efficient multi-channel determination technique with high-throughput sensing applications.展开更多
Cu2-x S nanocrystals(NCs), characterized by low cost, low toxicity, high stability and high photothermal conversion efficiency, provide promising platforms as photothermal agents. Herein, a novel twostep synthesis has...Cu2-x S nanocrystals(NCs), characterized by low cost, low toxicity, high stability and high photothermal conversion efficiency, provide promising platforms as photothermal agents. Herein, a novel twostep synthesis has been developed for Cu7S4 nanocrystals with hollow structure using the as-prepared copper nanoparticles as starting a solid precursor followed by hot-injection of sulfide source.The Cu7S4 NCs exhibit intense absorption band at Near-infrared(NIR) wavelengths due to localized surface plasmon resonance(LSPR)mode, which can effectively convert 980 nm-laser energy into heat.Moreover, the localized high temperature created by Cu7S4 NCs under NIR irradiation could result in efficient photothermal ablation(PTA) of cancer cells in vivo, demonstrating a novel and promising photothermal nanomaterials.展开更多
The near-infrared(NIR)absorption below band gap energy of crystalline silicon is significantly increased after the silicon is irradiated with femtosecond laser pulses at a simple experimental condition.The absorption ...The near-infrared(NIR)absorption below band gap energy of crystalline silicon is significantly increased after the silicon is irradiated with femtosecond laser pulses at a simple experimental condition.The absorption increase in the NIR range primarily depends on the femtosecond laser pulse energy,pulse number,and pulse duration.The Raman spectroscopy analysis shows that after the laser irradiation,the silicon surface consists of silicon nanostructure and amorphous silicon.The femtosecond laser irradiation leads to the formation of a composite of nanocrystalline,amorphous,and the crystal silicon substrate surface with microstructures.The composite has an optical absorption enhancement at visible wavelengths as well as at NIR wavelength.The composite may be useful for an NIR detector,for example,for gas sensing because of its large surface area.展开更多
Tumor hypoxia severely limits the therapeutic efficacy of photodynamic therapy(PDT) for solid tumors,which is highly dependent on tissue oxygen concentration.In this study,we developed a platinum(Ⅱ)-acetylide-based m...Tumor hypoxia severely limits the therapeutic efficacy of photodynamic therapy(PDT) for solid tumors,which is highly dependent on tissue oxygen concentration.In this study,we developed a platinum(Ⅱ)-acetylide-based metallacycle compound bearing six 1,4-dimethylnaphthalenes(DMN) groups,and controlled the photodynamic and photothermal effects of the compound by adjusting the power of 730 nm laser to achieve reversible sensitization,storage and release of 1~O_(2) within a single molecule.The compound formed nanoparticles by self-assembly and exhibited good water solubility and biocompatibility.Under laser irradiation,the strong spin-orbit coupling of platinum atoms in the metallacycle facilitated 1~O_(2) generation.The produced 1~O_(2) was captured by the DMN carriers and transported into the hypoxic tumor,where 1~O_(2) release was triggered owing to the good photothermal effect of the extended conjugation of the metallacycle.During therapy,the metallacycle serving as a photosensitizer,1~O_(2) carrier,and photothermal reagent,achieved the synergistic therapy of PDT/PTT,demonstrating the versatility of the metallacycle.This study proposes a new strategy to develop phototherapy agents that are suitable for hypoxic tumors.展开更多
Organic donor-acceptor semiconductors exhibit great potential in photothermal conversion.However,it is still challenging to achieve pure organic materials with broad absorption comparable with inorganic materials such...Organic donor-acceptor semiconductors exhibit great potential in photothermal conversion.However,it is still challenging to achieve pure organic materials with broad absorption comparable with inorganic materials such as graphene.Herein,two D-AD type DPA-BT-O4 and NDI-TPA-O4 and three D-A-π-A-D type Th-O4,Th2-O4,and IDT-O4 were readily prepared via two high-yield steps and simple air oxidization.The stability can be attributed to their multiple resonance structures based on the aromatic nitric acid radical mechanism.Compared with the D-A-D radicals,the conjugation extension of the D-A-π-A-D radicals endows them with a narrowed band gap and broad absorption in powder.Interestingly,the IDT-O4 powder with aggregation-induced radical effect exhibits broad absorption between 300 and 2500 nm,which is comparable with graphene and other inorganic materials.Under irradiation of 0.9 W/cm^(2)(808 nm),the temperature of IDT-O4 powder rises to 250℃within 60 s.The water evaporation conversion efficiency of 94.38%and an evaporation rate of 1.365 kg/m^(2)h^(−1)under one sun illumination were achieved.IDT-O4 stands as one of the most efficient photothermal conversion materials among pure organic materials via a rational design strategy.展开更多
We show that through strong ligand mediated interfacial energy control between Au seeds and the deposited Au,the non-wetting growth of Au on Au seeds led to the formation homometallic core-satellite nanostructures.To ...We show that through strong ligand mediated interfacial energy control between Au seeds and the deposited Au,the non-wetting growth of Au on Au seeds led to the formation homometallic core-satellite nanostructures.To modulate the intraparticle plasmonic coupling between the core and the satellites,the number and size of the Au satellites,and their inter-island distances were continuously tuned by varying the growth kinetics.As a result of the precise structural control,the plasmonic absorptions of the core-satellite nanostructures were tuned from visible to near-infrared(NIR)spectral range,and the extent of spectral modulation(500-1300 nm)is among the best of the literature methods.This synthetic advance enriches the toolbox for nanosynthesis and points to a new direction in the exploration of sophisticated functional designs.展开更多
We synthesize and compare four near-infrared absorbing fused-ring electron acceptors named as nTTIC(n=2,3,4,and 5),based on different number of thieno[3,2-b]thiophene(TT)unit as the electron-donating core.With increas...We synthesize and compare four near-infrared absorbing fused-ring electron acceptors named as nTTIC(n=2,3,4,and 5),based on different number of thieno[3,2-b]thiophene(TT)unit as the electron-donating core.With increasing the TT unit,absorption spectrum of the TTIC series red shifts,and the highest occupied molecular orbital(HOMO)upshifts notably.It is worth noting that 4TTIC and 5TTIC exhibit absorption edges approaching 1100 nm,which is the photoresponse limit of solar cells based on crystal silicon.When the TTIC series acceptors are blended with polymer donor PM6,the binary-blend organic solar cells based on 3TTIC show the best power conversion efficiency(PCE)of 13.1%.In contrast,2TTIC-based devices exhibit relatively lower PCE of 8.32%,mainly caused by the larger energy loss and blue-shifted absorption.Due to insufficient driving force of charge separation caused by very high HOMO,4TTIC and 5TTIC show poor PCEs lower than 3%.展开更多
基金Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(SBK201240182)
文摘Noble metal nanoparticles with localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) properties are widely used as optical sensors in biochemical detection and medical diagnosis. In this paper, we propose an effective determination method to measure the LSPR absorption intensity of gold nanorods (GNRs). A near-infrared (NIR) imaging system is established, and an NIR absorption image of the multiple samples of the colloidal GNRs is captured. Then, the LSPR absorption intensities of these samples are obtained by calculating the average grayscale of the target areas based on the NIR image processing technology. By using this method, the LSPR absorption intensities of the multiple samples are determined all at once, and their accuracy is as high as that obtained by using spectrophotometry. These results suggest that this method is an efficient multi-channel determination technique with high-throughput sensing applications.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.21171035 and 51302035)the Key Grant Project of Chinese Ministry of Education (Grant No.313015)+7 种基金the PhD Programs Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China (Grant Nos.20110075110008 and 20130075120001)the National 863 Program of China (Grant No.2013AA031903)the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (Grant No.13ZR1451200)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universitiesthe Hong Kong Scholars Programthe Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (Grant No. IRT1221)the Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project (Grant No. B603)the Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities (No. 111-2-04)
文摘Cu2-x S nanocrystals(NCs), characterized by low cost, low toxicity, high stability and high photothermal conversion efficiency, provide promising platforms as photothermal agents. Herein, a novel twostep synthesis has been developed for Cu7S4 nanocrystals with hollow structure using the as-prepared copper nanoparticles as starting a solid precursor followed by hot-injection of sulfide source.The Cu7S4 NCs exhibit intense absorption band at Near-infrared(NIR) wavelengths due to localized surface plasmon resonance(LSPR)mode, which can effectively convert 980 nm-laser energy into heat.Moreover, the localized high temperature created by Cu7S4 NCs under NIR irradiation could result in efficient photothermal ablation(PTA) of cancer cells in vivo, demonstrating a novel and promising photothermal nanomaterials.
基金supported by the National Science Foundation[grant number CMMI-1031111]。
文摘The near-infrared(NIR)absorption below band gap energy of crystalline silicon is significantly increased after the silicon is irradiated with femtosecond laser pulses at a simple experimental condition.The absorption increase in the NIR range primarily depends on the femtosecond laser pulse energy,pulse number,and pulse duration.The Raman spectroscopy analysis shows that after the laser irradiation,the silicon surface consists of silicon nanostructure and amorphous silicon.The femtosecond laser irradiation leads to the formation of a composite of nanocrystalline,amorphous,and the crystal silicon substrate surface with microstructures.The composite has an optical absorption enhancement at visible wavelengths as well as at NIR wavelength.The composite may be useful for an NIR detector,for example,for gas sensing because of its large surface area.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22075148,22161160318)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China(21KJB150013)the Youth Fund Project of Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation (BK20210583)。
文摘Tumor hypoxia severely limits the therapeutic efficacy of photodynamic therapy(PDT) for solid tumors,which is highly dependent on tissue oxygen concentration.In this study,we developed a platinum(Ⅱ)-acetylide-based metallacycle compound bearing six 1,4-dimethylnaphthalenes(DMN) groups,and controlled the photodynamic and photothermal effects of the compound by adjusting the power of 730 nm laser to achieve reversible sensitization,storage and release of 1~O_(2) within a single molecule.The compound formed nanoparticles by self-assembly and exhibited good water solubility and biocompatibility.Under laser irradiation,the strong spin-orbit coupling of platinum atoms in the metallacycle facilitated 1~O_(2) generation.The produced 1~O_(2) was captured by the DMN carriers and transported into the hypoxic tumor,where 1~O_(2) release was triggered owing to the good photothermal effect of the extended conjugation of the metallacycle.During therapy,the metallacycle serving as a photosensitizer,1~O_(2) carrier,and photothermal reagent,achieved the synergistic therapy of PDT/PTT,demonstrating the versatility of the metallacycle.This study proposes a new strategy to develop phototherapy agents that are suitable for hypoxic tumors.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant/Award Number:51973063Tip-top Scientific and Technical Innovative Youth Talents of Guangdong Special Support Program,Grant/Award Number:2019TQ05C890+3 种基金Opening Project of Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Chemical Materials and Devices of Ministry of EducationJianghan University,Grant/Award Number:JDGD-202010Pearl River S&T Nova Program of Guangzhou,Grant/Award Number:201710010194Fund of Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates,Grant/Award Number:2019B030301003。
文摘Organic donor-acceptor semiconductors exhibit great potential in photothermal conversion.However,it is still challenging to achieve pure organic materials with broad absorption comparable with inorganic materials such as graphene.Herein,two D-AD type DPA-BT-O4 and NDI-TPA-O4 and three D-A-π-A-D type Th-O4,Th2-O4,and IDT-O4 were readily prepared via two high-yield steps and simple air oxidization.The stability can be attributed to their multiple resonance structures based on the aromatic nitric acid radical mechanism.Compared with the D-A-D radicals,the conjugation extension of the D-A-π-A-D radicals endows them with a narrowed band gap and broad absorption in powder.Interestingly,the IDT-O4 powder with aggregation-induced radical effect exhibits broad absorption between 300 and 2500 nm,which is comparable with graphene and other inorganic materials.Under irradiation of 0.9 W/cm^(2)(808 nm),the temperature of IDT-O4 powder rises to 250℃within 60 s.The water evaporation conversion efficiency of 94.38%and an evaporation rate of 1.365 kg/m^(2)h^(−1)under one sun illumination were achieved.IDT-O4 stands as one of the most efficient photothermal conversion materials among pure organic materials via a rational design strategy.
基金We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China:General Program(No.21673117,HC)Major Program(No.91956109,HC)+2 种基金Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China:Major Program(No.2022XHSJJ002,HC)Jiangsu Science and Technology Plan(No.BK20211258,YF)Start-up Fund from Westlake University。
文摘We show that through strong ligand mediated interfacial energy control between Au seeds and the deposited Au,the non-wetting growth of Au on Au seeds led to the formation homometallic core-satellite nanostructures.To modulate the intraparticle plasmonic coupling between the core and the satellites,the number and size of the Au satellites,and their inter-island distances were continuously tuned by varying the growth kinetics.As a result of the precise structural control,the plasmonic absorptions of the core-satellite nanostructures were tuned from visible to near-infrared(NIR)spectral range,and the extent of spectral modulation(500-1300 nm)is among the best of the literature methods.This synthetic advance enriches the toolbox for nanosynthesis and points to a new direction in the exploration of sophisticated functional designs.
基金This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.U21A20101 and 22105208)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2021M703263).
文摘We synthesize and compare four near-infrared absorbing fused-ring electron acceptors named as nTTIC(n=2,3,4,and 5),based on different number of thieno[3,2-b]thiophene(TT)unit as the electron-donating core.With increasing the TT unit,absorption spectrum of the TTIC series red shifts,and the highest occupied molecular orbital(HOMO)upshifts notably.It is worth noting that 4TTIC and 5TTIC exhibit absorption edges approaching 1100 nm,which is the photoresponse limit of solar cells based on crystal silicon.When the TTIC series acceptors are blended with polymer donor PM6,the binary-blend organic solar cells based on 3TTIC show the best power conversion efficiency(PCE)of 13.1%.In contrast,2TTIC-based devices exhibit relatively lower PCE of 8.32%,mainly caused by the larger energy loss and blue-shifted absorption.Due to insufficient driving force of charge separation caused by very high HOMO,4TTIC and 5TTIC show poor PCEs lower than 3%.
