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@ARTICLE{Chepurna:639305,
author = {Chepurna, Oksana and Yakovliev, Artem and Ziniuk, Roman and
Grebinyk, Anna and Xu, Hao and Nikolaeva, Olena A. and
Marynin, Andrii I. and Vretik, Liudmyla O. and Qu, Junle and
Ohulchanskyy, Tymish Y.},
title = {{P}olymeric nanoparticles with a thermoresponsive shell
loaded with fluorescent molecules allow for thermally
enhanced fluorescence imaging and singlet oxygen generation},
journal = {Nanoscale advances},
volume = {7},
number = {7},
issn = {2516-0230},
address = {Cambridge},
publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
reportid = {PUBDB-2025-04406},
pages = {1946 - 1961},
year = {2025},
abstract = {A thermosensitive polymeric nanoformulation (NF) was
fabricated for thermally enhanced near-infrared (NIR)
fluorescence imaging (FLI). It comprised core–shell
nanoparticles (NPs) with a polystyrene core and a
thermosensitive shell of a co-polymer of
N-isopropylacrylamide and acrylamide [poly(NIPAM-co-AA)],
which underwent a reversible conformational transition at
38–40 °C (corresponding to a lower critical solution
temperature, LCST), leading to a reversible shrinkage of NPs
from ∼250 nm to ∼140 nm for temperatures above LCST. The
NIR dye 3782SL or photosensitizer HPPH were loaded to the NP
shells. While the fluorescence of 3782SL and HPPH was
quenched in water, it recovered in the NPs dispersion as a
result of adsorption by NPs. Fluorescence for 3782SL and
HPPH in NF increased when the temperature increased above
LCST. Heating of HPPH-loaded NFs led to the elongation of
the HPPH fluorescence lifetime and increased the generation
of singlet oxygen ($^1$O$_2$). This occurred as a result of
the NP shrinkage, corresponding shell compaction and NP
aggregation, which hindered the internal conversion for
photoexcited molecules adsorbed by NPs, and resulted in an
increase in other deactivation pathways, namely fluorescence
emission and intersystem crossing. The latter led to an
increase in the triplet yield and, consequently, in singlet
oxygen generation. Fluorescence microscopy revealed a
2–3-fold increase in the 3782SL or HPPH fluorescence
signal from the NF-treated cells after they were heated up
to 40 °C. Comparable results were obtained for the FLI of
mice in vivo, after subcutaneous, intravenous, or
intratumoral NF injections and localized heating by NIR (1.3
μm) laser irradiation. The developed NF holds immense
potential for thermally enhanced FLI and photodynamic
therapy.},
cin = {$Z_PITZ$},
ddc = {540},
cid = {$I:(DE-H253)Z_PITZ-20210408$},
pnm = {621 - Accelerator Research and Development (POF4-621)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-621},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-MLZ)NOSPEC-20140101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {10.1039/D4NA00687A},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/639305},
}