AIE-nanoparticle assisted ultra-deep three-photon microscopy in the in vivo mouse brain under 1300 nm excitation
Yalun Wang,Ping Lu,Ling Wang,Robert Prevedel,Jun Qian
Materials Chemistry Frontiers Pub Date : 02/25/2021 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/D1QM00243K
Abstract

Aggregation-induced emission nanoparticles serve as promising fluorescence probes for multi-photon excitation microscopy due to the large absorption cross-section in the NIR-IIb region. Here we present organic AIE nanoparticles that feature a high absorption cross-section under three-photon excitation. We show that these enable ultra-deep NIR-IIa excited three-photon imaging in the in vivo mouse brain.

Graphical abstract: AIE-nanoparticle assisted ultra-deep three-photon microscopy in the in vivo mouse brain under 1300 nm excitation