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SUBMITTER: Badaracco AG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7455021 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Badaracco Adrian Garcia AG Ward Erin E Barback Christopher C Yang Jian J Wang James J Huang Ching-Hsin CH Kim Moon M Wang Qingxiao Q Nam Seungjin S Delong Jonathan J Blair Sarah S Trogler William C WC Kummel Andrew A
Applied surface science 20190905
Marking colon tumors for surgery is normally done with the use of India ink. However, non-fluorescent dyes such as India ink cannot be imaged below the tissue surface and there is evidence for physiological complications such as abscess, intestinal perforation and inconsistency of dye injection. A novel infrared marker was developed using FDA approved indocyanine green (ICG) dye and ultrathin hollow silica nanoshells (ICG/HSS). Using a positively charged amine linker, ICG was non-covalently adso ...[more]