Near Infrared-Emitting Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

Chapter 1. Optical Properties of Tissues in the Near Infrared: Their Relevance for Optical Bioimaging.- Chapter 2. NIR autofluorescence: molecular origins and emerging clinical applications.- Chapter 3. Surface Modification of Near-Infrared-Emitting Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications.- Chapter 4. Rare earth doped nanoparticles for advanced in vivo near infrared imaging.- Chapter 5. Recent advances in development of NIR-II fluorescent agents.- Chapter 6. Highlights on NIR Carbon Nanotubes applied to biomedical imaging sensing.- Chapter 7. NIR-Infrared Emitting Carbon Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications.- Chapter 8. NIR-persistent luminescent nanoparticles for bio-imaging, principle and perspectives.- Chapter 9. NIR-emitting bioprobes for low-autofluorescence imaging techniques.- Chapter 10. Polymer-functionalized NIR-emitting nanoparticles: Applications in cancer theranostics and treatment of bacterial infections.- Chapter 11. Near-Infrared Ag2S Quantum Dots: Synthesis, functionalization and in vivo stem cell tracking applications.- Chapter 12. Non-plasmonic NIR activated photothermal agents.- Chapter 13. NIR-based probes and techniques for brain imaging.