Regulating the Photophysical Property of Organic/Polymer Optical Agents for Promoted Cancer Phototheranostics

Abstract

On the basis of the Jablonski diagram, the photophysical properties of optical agents are highly associated with biomedical function and efficacy. Herein, the focus is on organic/polymer optical agents and the recent progress in the main strategies for regulating their photophysical properties to achieve superior cancer diagnosis/phototheranostics applications are highlighted. Both the approaches of nanoengineering and molecular design, which can lead to optimized effectiveness of required biomedical function, are discussed.

Keywords: aggregation-induced emission; cancer phototheranostics; organic polymer optical agents; photophysical properties; semiconducting polymer nanoparticles.