title: Three-dimensional nanographene based on triptycene: synthesis and its application in fluorescence imaging.
abstract: A novel kind of three-dimensional (3D) nanographene based on a triptycene structure bearing three hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene (HBC) moieties was synthesized efficiently from triiodotriptycene. With the characteristic of intrinsic fluorescence, the 3D nanographene was used as a fluorescent agent for in vitro and in vivo fluorescence imaging with good antiphotobleaching ability and little toxicity.
authors.affiliation: College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, Hubei, 430074, China. chunzhang@hust.edu.cn
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiao-Qin
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Lian-Hui
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gan
authors.forename: Chuan-Feng
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hui-Bi
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000873:Anthracenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D061848:Optical Imaging / Q000379:methods; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000873:Anthracenes; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds; C507240:hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene; C520712:triptycene