Red‐Emissive Carbon Dots for Fluorescent, Photoacoustic, and Thermal Theranostics in Living Mice

Abstract

Novel red-emissive carbon-dots (C-dots) with broad absorption in the region from 400 to 750 nm are prepared from polythiophene phenylpropionic acid. Upon near infrared laser irradiation, the red-emissive C-dots show strong photoacoustic response and high photothermal conversion efficiency (η ≈ 38.5%). These unique properties enable the C-dots to act as multifunctional fluorescent, photoacoustic, and thermal theranostics for simultaneous diagnosis and therapy of cancer. As a service to our authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors. Such materials are peer reviewed and may be re-organized for online delivery, but are not copy-edited or typeset. Technical support issues arising from supporting information (other than missing files) should be addressed to the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.